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Een ander zijn geluk is een Belgische film uit 2005, geregisseerd door Fien Troch over een Vlaams dorp waarin een kind wordt doodgereden en de dader doorrijdt.

De film gaat onder meer over gebrekkige communicatie tussen mensen. Er wordt vaak weinig gezegd. Bij de enkeling die veel praat, is hetgeen gezegd wordt vrij inhoudsloos. De cinematografie van deze film door Frank van den Eeden werd bekroond met de Selection Camerimage.

Cast

Ina Geerts
Peter Van Den Begin
Natali Broods
Johan Leysen
Josse De Pauw

Prijzen
(2005) - Gouden Alexander (beste film) op het 46e Internationale Filmfestival van Thessaloniki
(2005) - prijs voor het beste scenario op het 46e Internationale Filmfestival van Thessaloniki

Externe links

 Officiële website
 Een ander zijn geluk op digg.be

Ander Zijn Geluk
Ander Zijn Geluk

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Q: Moving a batch variable to a sql table Is there anyway to take the output of a batch variable and put it into a SQL table?
For example, if I'm calculating the time it takes for a script to execute
set STARTTIME=%time%
code to be measured
set ENDTIME=%time%
set /a DURATION=%STARTTIME%-%ENDTIME%
echo %DURATION%

could I take the %DURATION% variable and put that into a sql table on sql server
EDIT: This is my batch script
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
cls

RMDIR c:\path1 /s /q
mkdir c:\path1
xcopy "\\path2\*" c:\path1 /s /i
cd c:\path3

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /od') do set newest=%%a
cd c:\path1

sqlcmd -S server -i "\\path2\DropDatabases.sql"

for /D /r %%F IN ("*") DO (
    for %%G  IN ("%%F\*.extenstion1") DO xcopy "%%G" c:\path2\%newest% /y /i

        set STARTTIME=!TIME!

    for /f "delims=_" %%J IN ('forfiles /p "%%F" /m *.jmpt /c "cmd /c echo @path"')  DO start "program"  /D "c:\path3" /Wait program -r  %%J

    set ENDTIME=!TIME!
call :GetDuration !STARTTIME! !ENDTIME!
    )
)

    exit /b
    :GetDuration
    set function_starttime=%1
    set function_endtime=%2

    rem Change formatting for the start and end times
    for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%a in ("%function_starttime%") do (
        set /A "start=(((%%a*60)+1%%b %% 100)*60+1%%c %% 100)*100+1%%d %% 100"
)

    for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%a in ("%function_endtime%") do (
        set /A "end=(((%%a*60)+1%%b %% 100)*60+1%%c %% 100)*100+1%%d %% 100"
)

    rem Calculate the elapsed time by subtracting values
    set /A elapsed=end-start

    rem Format the results for output
    set /A hh=elapsed/(60*60*100), rest=elapsed%%(60*60*100), mm=rest/(60*100), rest%%=60*100, ss=rest/100, cc=rest%%100
    if %hh% lss 10 set hh=0%hh%
    if %mm% lss 10 set mm=0%mm%
    if %ss% lss 10 set ss=0%ss%
    if %cc% lss 10 set cc=0%cc%

    set DURATION=%hh%:%mm%:%ss%.%cc%

    echo Start    : %function_starttime%
    echo Finish   : %function_endtime%
    echo          ---------------
    echo Duration : %DURATION%
    echo.

sqlcmd -S server -i "\\path2\query.sql" rem **This is the query shown below**

pause

EDIT: This is the query
declare @dbname nvarchar (200);
declare @query nvarchar (max);
declare @testid int;

DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
select name from sys.databases
where name like '%abcdbase%'

select  @testid = coalesce(MAX(TestNum), 0) from [database].table3
set @testid = @testid + 1;

Open db_cursor
fetch next from db_cursor into @dbname

while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

BEGIN
  set @query = CAST('select (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''File Name'') as File_Name,
            (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''Version'') as Version,
            CAST(count(*) as float)/MAX(repnum) as Value, column3 as Measure, GETDATE() as DateRun, (select ' + CAST(@testid as CHAR) +') as TestNum from [' +@dbname+ '].table2
            group by column3

            union

            select (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''File Name'') as File_Name,
           (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''Version'') as Version,
            CAST(LEFT((select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''File Execution Elapsed Time''),
            CHARINDEX(''m'',(select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''File Execution Elapsed Time''),1 )-2) as float) as  Value,
           (select ''Run Time'') as Measure, GETDATE() as DateRun, (select ' + CAST(@testid as CHAR) +') as TestNum  from [' +@dbname+ '].table2
            group by column3

            union

            select (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''File Name'') as File_Name,
           (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''Version'') as Version,
           (SELECT cast((size*8)/1024 as float) SizeMB FROM sys.master_files
            where DB_NAME(database_id) = ''' +@dbname+ ''' and type = 0) as  Value,
           (select ''DBSize'') as Measure, GETDATE() as DateRun, (select ' + CAST(@testid as CHAR) +') as TestNum  from [' +@dbname+ '].table2
            group by column3

            union

            select (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''File Name'') as File_Name,
            (select column1 from [' +@dbname+ '].table1 where column2 = ''Version'') as Version,
            COALESCE(CAST(count(*) as float)/MAX(repnum),0) as Value, ''Total'' as Measure,
            GETDATE() as DateRun, (select ' + CAST(@testid as CHAR) +') as TestNum
            from [' +@dbname+ '].table2
            where column3 = ''entry1'' or column3 = ''entry2'' or column3 = ''entry3''' as nvarchar(max))

  Insert INTO [database].table3(File_Name,Version, Value, Measure, DateRun, TestNum)
  Execute (@query)
  FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @dbname

END
Close db_cursor
deallocate db_cursor

A: Nice one...
Can you give this a try....
sqlcmd -S <SERVER> -d <DATABASE> -Q "INSERT INTO _DEBUG(Value) Values('%DURATION%')"

You'll need to replace the tags with actual values.
i.e.  = server
 = MyDb or You could remove the -d  and prefix the table in your insert statement.
You'll obviously have to replace the insert statement too, with the statement you want to run
If your table is called table2, and it has the following columns... RunDate, Duration,
CREATE TABLE Table2(
    RunDate DATETIME NULL,
    Duration VARCHAR(20) NULL);

Your insert statement will look like this
INSERT INTO Table2(RunDate, Duration) VALUES(GETDATE(), '%DURATION%')

That will insert todays date, and the value of %DURATION% into the table called Table2
Hope that helps

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Istrup (niederdeutsch: Üistrup) gehört seit 1970 zu den 19 Ortschaften der Stadt Blomberg im Kreis Lippe in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Ortschaft liegt rund vier Kilometer westlich der Kernstadt. In Istrup leben rund 1401 Einwohner auf einer Gemeindefläche von 10,54 km² (Stand: 2021), das entspricht einer Bevölkerungsdichte von 133 Einwohnern/km². Istrup ist damit nach der Kernstadt die zweitgrößte Ortschaft Blombergs. Der Ortsvorsteher Istrups ist derzeit Jürgen Berghahn (SPD) (Stand: 16. Juli 2020).

Geschichte
Um 1900 wurde in Istrup beim Graben eines Brunnens ein Mammutzahn gefunden, dessen Alter auf 80 bis 100 Tausend Jahre geschätzt wird. Die menschliche Besiedlung der Gegend begann offenbar rund 4000 Jahre v. Chr., das zeigen Funde von Steinbeilen aus der Jungsteinzeit. Diese Funde werden im Lippischen Landesmuseum in Detmold ausgestellt. Als weiteres frühes Zeichen menschlicher Besiedlung gilt ein Knüppeldamm, der bei Kanalisationsarbeiten entdeckt wurde und 2,45 m unter dem heutigen Straßenniveau liegt.

Um 1361 wurde Isinctorp erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Im Jahr 1467 gab es acht Höfe am Hainbach und seit 1676 heißt das Dorf Istrup. 1968 hatte der Ort knapp 1300 Einwohner. Die Endung -torp ist das mittelalterliche Wort für 'Dorf'. Es wird vermutet, dass der Wortbeginn auf einen Personennamen, Yso, zurückgeht.

Am 1. Januar 1970 wurde Istrup durch das Gesetz zur Neugliederung des Kreises Detmold ein Teil der Stadt Blomberg.

Infrastruktur
In Istrup gibt es einen Kindergarten sowie eine Mehrzweckhalle und einen Kunstrasen Sportplatz. Darüber hinaus findet man hier zwei Kirchengemeinden, einen Friedhof und zwei Seniorenbegegnungsstätten. An Betrieben und Geschäften gibt es zwei landwirtschaftliche Vollerwerbsbetriebe, eine Tischlerei, einen Malerbetrieb, ein Architekturbüro, eine Tankstelle, eine Bäckerei und einen Dorfgrill.

Vereine
Zu den Vereinen in Istrup zählen der Sportverein Blau-Weiß, der Heimatverein, der Schießsportverein, der Spielmannszug, die Chorgemeinschaft und der Taubenzuchtverein.

Verkehr
Durch Istrup verläuft die B 252, auch Ostwestfalenstraße genannt. Bereits seit 30 Jahren gibt es Pläne, für Istrup eine Ortsumgehung zu bauen, die bisher noch nicht realisiert werden konnten. Diskutiert wird über dieses Problem am Runden Tisch, einem 1999 gegründeten Kreis. Bei einer Bürgerbefragung sprachen sich 2005 52 % der stimmabgebenden Bewohner gegen eine Ortsumgehung aus.

Literatur
 Roland Linde: Istrup. Geschichte eines Dorfes im Blomberger Becken. Lippe Verlag, Lage 2011, ISBN 978-3-89918-028-2.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Ortsteil von Blomberg
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Kreis Lippe)
Gemeindeauflösung 1970
Ersterwähnung im 14. Jahrhundert


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Die Liste der Biografien führt alle Personen auf, die in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia einen Artikel haben. Dieses ist eine Teilliste mit 185 Einträgen von Personen, deren Namen mit den Buchstaben "Wolt" beginnt.

Wolt

Wolta
 Woltaer, Johann Christian (1744–1815), deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

Wolte
 Wolte, Wolfgang (1931–2020), österreichischer Diplomat
 Woltemade, Nick (* 2002), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Woltemath, Uwe (* 1956), deutscher Politiker (FDP, parteilos), MdBB
 Wolter, Albert (1893–1977), deutscher Immobilienmakler und Projektentwickler
 Wolter, Allan Bernard (1913–2006), US-amerikanischer Ordensgeistlicher und Philosoph
 Wolter, Andrä (* 1950), deutscher Erziehungswissenschaftler
 Wolter, Andreas (* 1966), deutscher Pianist, Organist, Musikproduzent, Musikpädagoge und Komponist
 Wolter, Benjamin (* 1990), deutscher Webvideoproduzent und Entertainer
 Wolter, Birthe (* 1981), deutsche Schauspielerin
 Wolter, Charlotte (1834–1897), deutsch-österreichische Schauspielerin
 Wolter, Christian (* 1972), deutscher Museologe, Sporthistoriker und Autor
 Wolter, Christine (* 1939), deutsche Schriftstellerin
 Wolter, Clemens (1875–1955), deutscher Maler
 Wolter, Constanze (* 1965), deutsche Volleyballspielerin
 Wolter, Dennis (* 1990), deutscher Webvideoproduzent und Entertainer
 Wolter, Detlef (1933–2002), deutscher Komponist
 Wolter, Detlev (* 1957), deutscher Diplomat
 Wolter, Dietmar (* 1941), deutscher Chirurg, Unfallchirurg und Erfinder
 Wolter, Ernst (1886–1967), Todesopfer an der innerdeutschen Grenze
 Wolter, Franz (1865–1932), deutscher Maler und Kunstschriftsteller
 Wolter, Gerd (* 1939), deutscher Ruderer
 Wolter, Gerd (1942–2019), deutscher Schauspieler, Autor und Kommunalpolitiker
 Wolter, Gerhard Andrejewitsch (1923–1998), russlanddeutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist
 Wolter, Gundula (* 1951), deutsche Modehistorikerin
 Wolter, Gustav-Adolf (1906–1997), deutscher Sachbuchautor
 Wolter, Hans (1910–1984), deutscher römisch-katholischer Theologe
 Wolter, Hans (1911–1978), deutscher Physiker
 Wolter, Hans-Jürgen (1941–2019), deutscher Rechtsanwalt und Politiker (SPD), MdL
 Wolter, Henner (* 1944), deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler
 Wolter, Henning (* 1964), deutscher Jazz-Pianist und Komponist
 Wolter, Hilde (1898–1946), deutsche Stummfilmschauspielerin
 Wolter, Horst (* 1935), deutscher Landwirt und Politiker (SED)
 Wolter, Horst (* 1942), deutscher Fußballtorhüter
 Wolter, Horst Erich (1906–1984), deutscher Typograf, Gebrauchsgrafiker und Buchgestalter
 Wolter, Jean (1926–1980), luxemburgischer Politiker, Mitglied der Chamber und MdEP
 Wolter, Johann (1665–1721), Jurist und Ratsherr der Hansestadt Lübeck
 Wolter, Jonas (* 1997), deutscher Eishockeyspieler
 Wolter, Judith (* 1978), deutsche Juristin, Fraktionsvorsitzende der Bürgerbewegung Pro-Köln
 Wolter, Jupp (1917–1993), deutscher Karikaturist und Illustrator
 Wolter, Jürgen (1938–2013), deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Pfarrer
 Wolter, Jürgen (* 1943), deutscher Jurist, Richter am Bundesarbeitsgericht
 Wolter, Jürgen (* 1943), deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler
 Wolter, Karl (* 1879), deutscher Manager
 Wolter, Karl (1894–1959), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Wolter, Katrin (* 1983), deutsche Schauspielerin
 Wolter, Lucius (* 1979), deutscher Sänger, Schauspieler und Musicaldarsteller
 Wolter, Manfred (1938–1999), deutscher Autor und Drehbuchautor
 Wolter, Marcus (* 1967), deutscher Fernsehproduzent und Unternehmer
 Wolter, Maurus (1825–1890), deutscher Ordensgeistlicher und Theologe, Erzabt von Beuron
 Wolter, Michael (* 1950), deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Neutestamentler
 Wolter, Michel (* 1962), luxemburgischer Politiker (CSV), Mitglied der Chambre
 Wolter, Mirko (* 1976), deutscher Speedwayfahrer
 Wolter, Pascal (* 1975), deutscher Badmintonspieler
 Wolter, Peter (1947–2018), deutscher Journalist und Agent der DDR-Staatssicherheit
 Wolter, Pia-Sophie (* 1997), deutsche Fußballspielerin
 Wolter, Placidus (1828–1908), deutscher Geistlicher, Benediktiner und Abt
 Wolter, Rainer (* 1959), deutscher Koch
 Wolter, Ralf (1926–2022), deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher
 Wolter, Richard (* 1963), deutscher Hockey-Schiedsrichter
 Wolter, Sebastian (* 1977), deutscher Freestyle-Motocrosser
 Wolter, Stefan Stadtherr (* 1967), deutscher Historiker und Autor
 Wolter, Thomas (* 1963), deutscher Fußballspieler und -trainer
 Wolter, Toni (1875–1929), deutscher Landschaftsmaler der Düsseldorfer Schule
 Wolter, Udo (1939–1993), deutscher Rechtshistoriker
 Wolter, Ursula (* 1966), deutsche Autorin
 Wolter, Waldemar (1908–1947), deutscher Lagerarzt in mehreren Konzentrationslagern
 Wolter, Werner (* 1926), deutscher DBD-Funktionär, MdV
 Wolter, Wilfried (* 1948), deutscher Politiker (CDU)
 Wolter, Willi (1907–1969), deutscher SS-Hauptsturmführer
 Wolter, Wolfgang (1946–2005), deutscher Schauspieler
 Wolter, Wolfgang (* 1957), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Wolter-Pecksen, Otto (1882–1954), deutscher KZ-Arzt und SS-Sturmbannführer
 Wolter-Peeksen, Releff (* 1913), deutscher Politiker (FDP)
 Wolter-Seevers, Renate (1959–2022), deutsche Tonmeisterin und Musikproduzentin bei Radio Bremen
 Wolter-von dem Knesebeck, Harald (* 1964), deutscher Kunsthistoriker
 Wolterbeek, Jan Isaac (1773–1853), niederländischer Mediziner
 Woltereck, Christoph (1686–1735), deutscher Beamter und Dichter
 Woltereck, Friedrich August Andreas (1797–1866), deutscher Opernsänger (Bass)
 Woltereck, Richard (1877–1944), deutscher Zoologe
 Woltering, Clara (* 1983), deutsche Handballspielerin
 Wolterink, Jörn (* 1984), deutscher Handballspieler
 Wolters, Albrecht (1822–1878), deutscher Theologe
 Wolters, Alfred (1884–1973), deutscher Kunsthistoriker
 Wolters, Alois (1914–1978), deutscher Kommunalpolitiker (FDP)
 Wolters, Andreas Christian (1770–1827), deutscher Jurist und Politiker
 Wolters, August (1903–1990), deutscher Gewerkschafter und Politiker (CDU), MdL, rheinland-pfälzischer Landesminister
 Wolters, Carsten (* 1969), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Wolters, Christian (1912–1998), deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Restaurator
 Wolters, Christian Albrecht (1716–1799), deutscher Kanzleidirektor zu Oldenburg
 Wolters, Coen, niederländischer Gitarrist
 Wolters, Cordt († 1591), Ratsherr der Hansestadt Lübeck und Unteradmiral der Lübecker Flotte
 Wolters, Corinna (* 1968), deutsche Journalistin und Fernsehmoderatorin
 Wolters, Eugène (1844–1905), niederländisch-belgischer Maler
 Wolters, Franz, deutscher Syndikus und Politiker
 Wolters, Frederick (1904–1990), US-amerikanischer Hockeyspieler
 Wolters, Friedrich (1876–1930), deutscher Historiker, Dichter und Übersetzer
 Wolters, Friedrich (* 1942), deutscher Architekt und Stadtplaner
 Wolters, Fritz H. (1905–1981), deutscher Hochschullehrer und Baubeamter
 Wolters, Geo (1866–1943), deutscher Marinemaler
 Wolters, Georg (1861–1933), deutscher Tier- und Jagdmaler und Illustrator
 Wolters, Gereon (* 1944), deutscher Philosoph
 Wolters, Gereon (* 1966), deutscher Jurist und Hochschullehrer
 Wolters, Gottfried (1910–1989), deutscher Chorleiter und Komponist
 Wolters, Hans Edmund (1915–1991), deutscher Ornithologe
 Wolters, Hans-Georg (1934–2017), deutscher Arzt und ehemaliger Politiker (SPD)
 Wolters, Heinrich, deutscher Chronist und Kanoniker
 Wolters, Henriette (1692–1741), holländische Miniaturenmalerin
 Wolters, Hermann (1910–1974), deutscher Politiker (SPD), MdBB
 Wolters, Jannes (* 1979), niederländischer Fußballspieler
 Wolters, Jens (* 1971), deutscher Journalist, Hörfunkmoderator und Sportreporter
 Wolters, Jörg-Michael (* 1960), deutscher Erziehungswissenschaftler, Begründer der Budopädagogik
 Wolters, Jürgen (1940–2015), deutscher Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
 Wolters, Jürgen (* 1946), deutscher Schauspieler, Synchron- und Hörspielsprecher
 Wolters, Kai (* 1971), deutscher Schauspieler, Regisseur, Disponent und Autor des Rheinischen Landestheaters in Neuss
 Wolters, Kara (* 1975), US-amerikanische Basketballspielerin
 Wolters, Kersten (* 1965), deutscher Leichtathlet
 Wolters, Lara (* 1986), niederländische Politikerin (PvdA), MdEP
 Wolters, Ludwig (1892–1974), deutscher Tierarzt und Bakteriologe
 Wolters, Maxine (* 1999), deutsche Schwimmerin
 Wolters, Olaf (* 1971), deutscher Rechtsanwalt und Lobbyist
 Wolters, Otto (1796–1874), deutscher lutherischer Theologe und Geistlicher
 Wolters, Otto (1938–2020), deutscher Jazz-Pianist
 Wolters, Paul (1858–1936), klassischer Archäologe
 Wolters, Paul (1913–1998), deutscher Architekt
 Wolters, Petra (* 1965), deutsche Sportpädagogin und Hochschullehrerin
 Wolters, Randy (* 1990), niederländischer Fußballspieler
 Wolters, Reinhard (* 1951), deutscher Politiker (CDU), Oberbürgermeister von Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
 Wolters, Reinhard (* 1958), deutscher Althistoriker
 Wolters, Richard (1897–1975), deutscher Politiker (KPD)
 Wolters, Romuald (1888–1973), deutscher Benediktinerabt
 Wolters, Rudolf (1903–1983), deutscher Architekt und Stadtplaner
 Wolters, Stephan (* 1967), deutscher Politiker (CDU), MdL
 Wolters, Terry, US-amerikanischer Autorennfahrer
 Wolters, Thomas E. (1932–2004), US-amerikanischer Offizier
 Wolters, Tod D. (* 1960), US-amerikanischer General (United States Air Force), Oberbefehlshaber des USEUCOM und Supreme Allied Commander Europe
 Wolters, Volkmar (* 1953), deutscher Biologe und Hochschullehrer
 Wolters, Wilfried (1891–1969), deutscher Theologe (Lutherisch), Landessuperintendent von Sprengel Celle
 Wolters, Wilhelm (1855–1918), deutscher Kaufmann und Mäzen
 Wolters-Krebs, Leonore (* 1938), deutsche Architektin und Stadtplanerin
 Woltersdorf, Karl Heinrich Theodor (1834–1904), evangelischer Theologe
 Woltersdorf, Lorenz (1651–1712), Jurist und Ratsherr der Hansestadt Lübeck
 Woltersdorff, Arthur (1817–1878), deutscher Jurist und Theaterleiter
 Woltersdorff, Stefan (* 1965), deutscher Schriftsteller und Reiseleiter
 Wolterstorff, Willy (1864–1943), deutscher Herpetologe

Woltg
 Wöltgens, Thijs (1943–2008), niederländischer Politiker (PvdA)

Wolti
 Wolting, Monika (* 1972), polnische Literaturwissenschaftlerin und Hochschullehrerin
 Wolting, Stephan (* 1960), deutscher Germanist und Professor in Poznań

Woltj
 Woltje, Ernst (1898–1965), deutscher Jurist und Politiker (DP), MdB
 Wöltje, Heinz (1902–1968), deutscher Hockeyspieler
 Woltjen, Heidrun (* 1965), deutsche Tischtennisspielerin
 Woltjer, Lodewijk (1930–2019), niederländischer Astronom

Woltm
 Woltman, George (* 1957), US-amerikanischer Mathematiker
 Woltman, Reinhard (1757–1837), deutscher Wasserbauingenieur
 Woltmann, Alfred (1841–1880), deutscher Kunsthistoriker
 Woltmann, Arne (* 1974), deutscher Basketballtrainer, -funktionär und ehemaliger -spieler
 Woltmann, Barbara (* 1957), deutsche Politikerin (CDU), MdB
 Woltmann, Benjamin (* 1990), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Woltmann, Jörg (* 1947), deutscher Bankier und Unternehmer
 Woltmann, Jörg (* 1968), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Woltmann, Karl Ludwig von (1770–1817), deutscher Historiker
 Woltmann, Karoline von (1782–1847), deutsche Schriftstellerin
 Woltmann, Ludwig (1871–1907), deutscher Anthropologe, Zoologe und Neukantianer

Woltn
 Woltner, Margarete (1897–1985), deutsche Slawistin

Woltr
 Woltreck, Franz (1800–1847), deutscher Bildhauer
 Woltreck, Friedrich (1804–1831), deutscher Maler
 Woltreich, Anton (1593–1645), deutscher Jurist und Syndicus der Hansestädte Wismar und Rostock
 Woltron, Klaus (* 1945), österreichischer Unternehmer, Publizist
 Woltron, Renate (* 1972), österreichische Regisseurin, Autorin, Dramaturgin, Produzentin und Schauspielerin
 Woltron, Ute (* 1966), österreichische Journalistin und Autorin

Wolts
 Woltschak, Aleh (* 1967), belarussischer Menschenrechtsanwalt
 Woltschek, Galina Borissowna (1933–2019), russische Schauspielerin und Theaterregisseurin
 Woltschenkow, Alexei Alexejewitsch (1953–2011), sowjetischer Eishockeyspieler
 Woltschenkow, Anton Alexejewitsch (* 1982), russischer Eishockeyspieler
 Woltschkow, Alexander Alexandrowitsch (* 1977), russischer Eishockeyspieler
 Woltschkow, Alexander Fjodorowitsch (1902–1978), sowjetischer Richter bei den Nürnberger Prozessen
 Woltschkow, Alexander Sergejewitsch (* 1952), russischer Eishockeyspieler und -trainer
 Woltschkowa, Wiktorija Jewgenjewna (* 1982), russische Eiskunstläuferin
 Woltschuk, Alexei Wladimirowitsch (* 1976), russischer Biathlet

Woltt
 Woltter, Johann Anton von (1709–1787), deutscher Arzt und Mitglied der Leopoldina

Woltz
 Woltz, Alfred (1861–1935), deutscher Architekt
 Woltz, Anna (* 1981), niederländische Schriftstellerin
 Woltz, Wout (* 1932), niederländischer Journalist, Chefredakteur und Autor
 Woltze, Berthold (1829–1896), deutscher Illustrator sowie Bildnis- und Genremaler
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Puri Jagganadh launched the first look posters and teaser of his new film Rogue. It is Bilingual Movie movie directed by Puri Jagannadh. This film marks the debut of hero Ishan, the nephew of the popular Kannada producer C.R. Manohar. Mannara Chopra and Angela will be seen in the lead roles for the movie. In the teaser he looked totally comfortable facing the camera and seems to be a promising actor.
Puri Jagannadh who has introduced many stars like Ram Charan to the industry will be introducing another young hero with his movie'Rogue. Exactly on 22nd Feb at 12 AM, Puri released the teaser of the film (both Telugu and Kannada versions) via social media. Puri is intensively promoting the film on social media by releasing movie stills, poster and motion videos. Now, He is released the teaser of Rogue which showcase the lead actor Ishan's look in the film.
The 13-second teaser looked impressive although it entirely focuses on the film's lead actor Ishan. Ishan looked simple and appears to be at ease. In the teaser, he looks totally comfortable facing the camera and seems to be a promising actor. Since the film marks the debut of newcomer Ishan, Puri Jagganadh is focusing a lot on this film as at this point in his career it means a lot to him. It is expected to release in the last week of March. An official announcement regarding this is yet to be out.


Matt is part of the inaugural class of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, a highly-selective program for entrepreneurship where he focuses on Mixed Reality innovation.
Matt and I talk about creating truly immersive VR experiences, which culminates with an exploration of the thinking and experimentation that went into The Walk VR.
Regarding AR, Matt shares his perspective on the the problem with Hololens and his goal of making hands-free AR accessible to everyone. Mira is consciously trading away higher brightness and pixel density for a device that costs substantially less and provides a high field of view. I think of the Mira Prism as the Smartglasses version of Google Cardboard or Google Daydream.
Matt describes creating hardware prototypes on the cheap with half-dome-shaped fish bowls and hot glue guns, which he and his co-founders used as the basis for raising money from Sequoia Capital, Troy Capital, Marc Benioff, and other angel investors. He shares what he thinks is missing in AR, and why the AR experience you get when holding your phone out in front of you isn't going to motivate people to buy smartglasses.


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Q: CSS transition top Estou criando um CSS que simula cartas de um baralho, com cartas e mãos de carta. Quando uma carta de uma mão for selecionada ela é destacada acima das outras.
Isso funciona bem, porém eu gostaria de aplicar um efeito de transição para quando a carta for destacada. Tentei de algumas formas sem sucesso.
Segue o código abaixo:
HTML:

CSS:
.card {
    width: 140px;
    height: 190px;
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
    border-radius: 7px;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px 0px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.75);
    background: white;
}
.hand {
    position: relative;
}
.hand .card {
    position: absolute;
    transition: top .5s;
}
.hand .card:hover, .hand .card.selected {
    top: -2em;
}
.hand .card:nth-child(1)  { left: 1.1em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(2)  { left: 2.2em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(3)  { left: 3.3em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(4)  { left: 4.4em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(5)  { left: 5.5em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(6)  { left: 6.6em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(7)  { left: 7.7em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(8)  { left: 8.8em; }
.hand .card:nth-child(9)  { left: 9.9em; }

Link para o sample no JSFiddle
Esse modelo já estaria OK. O que eu preciso é que o transition funcione com o top, pra que em vez de a carta pular seja exibido um efeito, uma transição, mais suave.

A: Simplesmente defina top: 0 na mesma regra onde você define a transição. Ambas as "pontas" da transição precisam estar definidas, e você só definiu a final:
.hand .card {
    position: absolute;
    transition: top .5s;
    top: 0;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/q9DBN/7/

A: Acho que isso resolve:
.hand .card {
    position: absolute;
    transition-duration: 0.3s;
    -webkit-transition-duration: 0.3s;
    transform: translate(0,0em);
    -webkit-transform: translate(0,0em);
    -o-transform: translate(0,0em);
    -moz-transform: translate(0,0em);
}

.hand .card:hover, .hand .card.selected {
    position: absolute;
    transition-duration: 0.3s;
    -webkit-transition-duration: 0.3s;
    transform: translate(0,-2em);
    -webkit-transform: translate(0,-2em);
    -o-transform: translate(0,-2em);
    -moz-transform: translate(0,-2em);
}

Usando transition-duration para definir o tempo da transição e translate(x,y) para mover a carta.
Exemplo

A: Eu sugiro usar o margin-top. Neste caso o CSS podia ser assim:
.hand .card {
    position: absolute;
    transition: margin-top 0.3s;
}
.hand .card:hover, .hand .card.selected {
    margin-top: -2em;
}

Exemplo


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American Eugenics Society (1926-1972)
The American Eugenics Society (AES) was established in the US by
Madison Grant, Harry H. Laughlin, Henry Crampton, Irving Fisher, and
Henry F. Osborn in 1926 to promote eugenics education programs for
the US public. The AES described eugenics as the study of improving
the genetic composition of humans through controlled reproduction of
different races and classes of people. The AES aided smaller eugenic
efforts such as the Galton Society in New York, New York, and the
Subject: Organizations
The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man (1918–1935)
Charles Benedict Davenport, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn founded the Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man, or the Galton Society, in New York City, New York, in 1918. The Galton Society was a scientific society that promoted the study of humans in terms of race in service to the US eugenics movement. The Galton Society was named in honor of Francis Galton who first coined the term eugenics in 1883. Galton and other eugenics proponents claimed that the human species could improve through selective breeding that restricted who could have children.
Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology
The Carnegie Institution of Washington's (CIW) Embryology Department was opened in 1914 and remains one of six departments in the CIW. The department quickly became, and remains, world renowned for its many embryonic development discoveries. In 1913 Franklin P. Mall, Professor of Anatomy at Johns Hopkins Medical School, applied for a Carnegie grant to support his research with human embryos. Mall had a collection of over 800 human embryo specimens and was at the point of wanting to do more than just collect.
The Roslin Institute (1993- )
The Roslin Institute was established in 1993 in the village of Roslin, Scotland, as an independent research center by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), and as of 2014 is part of the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland. Researchers at the Roslin Institute cloned the Dolly the sheep in 1996. According to the Roslin Institute, Dolly was the first mammal to develop into an adult from the transfer of the nucleus of an adult sheep cell into an ovum with the nucleus removed.
The Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1910-1939)
From its founding in 1910 until it closed its doors in 1939, the Eugenics Record Office (ERO) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York was the center of the American Eugenics Movement. Charles Davenport, a geneticist and biologist, founded the ERO, and served as its director until 1934. Under the direction of Davenport and his associate, superintendant Harry H. Laughlin, the influence of the ERO on science and public policy waxed during the early twentieth century until after World War II.
The Human Genome Project (1990-2003)
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific effort to sequence the entire human genome, that is, to produce a map of the base pairs of DNA in the human chromosomes, most of which do not vary among individuals. The HGP started in the US in 1990 as a public effort and included scientists and laboratories located in France, Germany, Japan, China, and the United Kingdom.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1890- )
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a non-profit research institution that specializes in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative biology, and genomics. The organization is located on the shores of Cold Spring Harbor in Laurel Hollow, New York. The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences established the CSHL in 1890, to provide scientists with facilities to research Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory. The first mission of CSHL was biological science education.

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Manlius Library is proud to have founded and to maintain the Carol B. Gilligan Memorial Pollinator Garden, located in the courtyard behind the library near the Manlius Senior Centre and Manlius Village Clerk's office. The garden was donated by Carol's family in memory of her and in appreciation of the treasured time Carol spent at the library.
Gilligan was born and raised in Plainfield, N.J. She and her husband John moved to Manlius in the early 1970s, where she worked as a banker until she retired in 2006. She volunteered at Manlius Library for years before her death in 2016.
The Carol B. Gilligan Memorial Pollinator Garden is one of the largest dedicated pollinator gardens in Onondaga County, covering over 3,000 square feet. Plants chosen in this garden attract and support important pollinators like birds, bees and butterflies with flowers such as lavender and catmint. The garden was designed and installed by Ballantyne Gardens, which specializes in organic landscaping and horticulture, and is maintained by library staff and volunteers.
The library is using this new space for programs and educational events for children about pollinators and ecology. All patrons are invited to enjoy the garden, and several benches are available for seating around the gravel path.
If you have any interest in volunteering to water or weed the garden during the summer months, please email lfinger@manliuslibrary.org.


Andy's IEP was in the morning. I brought donuts so the class could have a treat. Andy thought I was going to stay. Because Monday's home note said that they celebrated birthdays. I assumed this meant Andy & Ms. Karem and was upset that I wasn't invited. I was not ready for his birthday. I had more gifts to wrap and balloons to buy. I had made plans to meet Doyle for lunch and did not bring my camera. I negotiated with Andy that I would take him own early on Thursday after bowling. He was OK with that.
I had everything ready just minutes before the bus came. I went out that morning to Toys R Us because the gifts I did have him seemed like not enough.
Andy came home and showed me the card he got from his classmates & teachers. Then he began to open gifts. He opened the iPod Touch first and very happy. He would have been happy to stop but I made him open the rest. Ryan would check in to see what Andy got them leave for a few more minutes. Andy was opening his gifts so slowly, peeling the tape off the paper instead of ripping it off.
When Andy was done, he happily disappeared into his bedroom with his iPod Touch. Even the balloons were left in the kitchen until Friday. I realize that I didn't need to buy the extra gifts.


STUNNING 5 bedroom home w/ walk-out basement & POOL in popular Oak Meadows! Master on main level, Possible in-law quarters in basement, & so many amazing features & upgrades! Kitchen features granite counters, custom cabinetry & stainless appliances, including double oven w/ warming drawer. Light & bright Master suite incl. 2 walk-in closets, fully renovated bathroom w/ tiled shower, free-standing tub, & dual sinks. Full, finished walk-out basement has kitchen, bedroom, full bathroom, 2 fireplaces, & leads out to your own private yard & pool! Entertain out back on the large deck area, while enjoying the view of the woods and pool. Hardwoods, irrigation system, vaulted ceilings, custom moldings, & so much more! Impeccably maintained!


Crave™ Adult Wet Dog Food is inspired by a dog's natural diet. With 99% of protein from animal sources and real chicken being the first ingredient, these protein-rich recipes provide dogs with energy and support strong, lean bodies.
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Jasic: a very interesting mobile development environment for iPad. Use it to learn programming, build sophisticated apps, and more. It has a modern debugger, project management tools, code editor, and many other convenient features.
CoffeeScript At Once: a simple web environment for editing HTML, CSS, and JS files. It has a customizable environment and a custom keyboard for input symbols. It offers post to Gist functionality.


A platform to easily create, share, and discover beautiful and organized interactive maps.
Bizly lets you quickly book meeting and event space in hotels and restaurants across the U.S.
Reddit meets Yelp to feed the hungry.
At Spotlight, we are developing a mobile app to help you find places to go out.
Your Menu, Your App, Your Way!
LinkedIn for shift workers. Get hired with video on the go.
Agendrix makes employee scheduling painless and effective.


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Everyday Homoeopathy - third edition
Narayana Verlag
Author(s) David Gemmell
Practical handbook for using homoeopathy in the context of one's own personal and family health care.
A practical guide for the general public on how to use homeopathy for personal and family health care. It addresses 116 situations likely to be encountered in everyday life, with a particular warning that self-medication is in certain situations inappropriate if not dangerous.
This is the revised and expanded new edition of an already successful book, showing you how to use homoeopathy in the everyday context of your own personal and family health care. It covers 116 problems that a lay person is quite likely to encounter and have to cope with, either as first aid or else in a wide variety of complaints and disorders which may not be urgent but where relief and cure are sought.
Dr Gemmell starts by describing the thinking behind homoeopathic medicine, the emphasis it places on relating treatment to a proper assessment of each patient as an individual person, and its freedom from toxic side effects. There is the necessary information on how to observe symptoms and select a remedy, as well as on potency and dosage.
He presents the material in four sections — accidents and first aid, the problems of women, children's problems and general problems -explaining the nature of each problem and suggesting commonsense measures to be taken whatever else is done. He then discusses the particular symptoms and personal circumstances which may be present, using these to point to the appropriate homoeopathic treatment.
He highlights the cases where self-treatment is out of place and medical advice must be sought without delay. He also highlights the cases where homoeopathy may well provide more effective help than conventional medicine, but where self-treatment is equally inappropriate and a professional homoeopathic evaluation should be obtained.
After three years in hospital posts, Dr David Gemmell worked as a principal in general practice in the UK National Health Service and abroad. He then trained in homoeopathic medicine, becoming Medical Registrar at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital and subsequentl) Director of Education at the Faculty of Homoeopathy. He practised privately as a consultant homoeopath until his untimely death in 1995. He had all but finished his work on this new edition, which was completed for publication by his friend and colleague Dr Janet Gray.
This book review is reprinted with the permission of the International Foundation for Homeopathy
reviewed by Donald Hotton
That there is nothing new under the sun may be true but there are certainly different ways of arranging it. Dr. Gemmell is to be congratulated for laying out, in Everyday Homoeopathy, one of the most user friendly self-help books available to the layman for prescribing for any minor health problem. In the time it takes to grab the book off the shelf you have information about the common remedies, their potencies, how often to take them, and possible cautions,
With the younger generation oriented to computers and television, a book like Gemmell's should be appealing. In it one call "see" die answer to a problem quickly rather than having to undertake a laborious reading task.
Would it be fair to describe this book as the "Cliff Notes" to Constantine Hering's The Homoeopathic Domestic Physician? It appears so and is, perhaps, invaluable because of it. Gemmell wrote his book for the same reason Hering wrote his: Everyday Homoeopathy to keep the doctor away.
I am not praising the content of this book. Its contents are entirely consistent with 190 years of homeopathic science. If one looks up Hering's "Sore Throat" (I 883) and then Gemmell's (I 987), 104 years later, Aconite, Belladonna, Mercury, and Hepar will still be listed, but Gemmell does it in two pages with lots of airy room while Hering takes six pages and the space is so cramped it takes an ant to read it. And, Hering doesn't give potencies.
I also compared this book to several modern "first-aid" books including Homoeopathy, A Different Way of Treating Common Ailments by Michel Aubin and Philippe Picard, Homeopathic Remedies for Health Professionals and Lay people by Dale Buegal, Dennis Chernin, and Blair Lewis, The Family Guide to Homeoopathy by Alain Horvilleur, Homeopathic Medicine, First-Aid and Emergency Care by Lyle Morgan, and Homeopathic Medicine, A Doctor's Guide to Remedies for Commonn Ailments by Trevor Smith. Only Trevor Smith's book can really compare to Gemmell's; it makes curing a simple health problem as easy as looking a word up in the dictionary. For instance, under "Sore Throat," all the above books list Hepar among other remedies but only in Smith's and Gemmell's books is it easy to see, and Gemmell includes the suggested potency and the times to repeat the remedy.
The Introduction contains a nuts-and-bolts explanation of homeopathy and its use in minor ailments that should inspire beginners to take the bold Step of prescribing for themselves, family, and friends. The book is a "you got it, you see it, you fix it" book entirely in concert with Hahnemann's "speedy, gentle cure."
Gemmell makes it easy. When you don't have the time to read Hering, pick up Gemmell. This excellent little book takes a modest step towards unveiling our miraculous science for the beginner. It's a good book to have. I recommend it.
RESONANCE MARCH-APRIL 1992


From the 95'-96' NBA Hoops Block Party set, my most coveted Scottie Pippen card. That's a strong lay-up.
As a kid of the 90s, I can recall a great fascination with collecting: Pokemon cards, basketball cards, football cards, beanie babies, Sports Illustrated posters, bouncy balls (odd, weird, wish I didn't admit it), CDs, Tech Decs – amongst more, no doubt. No, actually that's all I can think of. Oh, Harry Potter legos too. Oh, and those special edition State quarters – a challenge accepted and completed. Yes, I had all the Pokemon cards. Yes, I had 5 editions of Scottie Pippen basketball cards from who knows where. And yes, not a single Beanie Baby was missing a TY tag. That life is over, though. I do not collect much of anything now, except for bills (notes that tell me I owe money) and weight (body weight).
Presumably, I don't have the physical space in any closet, nor do I have much of a closet to begin with. Plus, once I reached adulthood the term "collecting" was revised to "hoarding" (Webster Dictionary approval pending). I'm really missing the boat here in my point of this post - this is an incredibly long winded route to explain the point of this travel blog. In simple assuming you are still reading (thank you by the way) – I treat traveling like a kid collecting in the 90s.
Note: this is not our actual office map. Maybe someday though. What is this map? A map of every US city with a pin in it? What function is happening that pins all these places? I do wonder.
1) A map of the US, with pins in cities to locate our events. The color of pins change the more times we are in said location.
In a sense, traveling feels like the sensation of being able to add to a collection. We have found ourselves in an extremely unique position to travel all over the world to produce events. And we have not taken this for granted. Each city we go to brings new perspective – personally and professionally. We appreciate the fact that we get to encounter a new city or revisit a place far from home. So adding a pin – collecting basketball cards – that parallel makes sense, right?
Actual photo of my favorite pizza pie in NY: Rubirosa's Tie-Dye. Vodka sauce, tomato, pesto and fresh mozzarella.
This picture is here so I can get Matt to read the blog. He loves Roscoe's, I love Roscoe's, we all love Roscoe's.


The B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most famous U.S. bombers ever produced, and was the backbone of the 8th Air Force's strategic bombing campaign in the European theater. Its combination of maneuverability, range, and heavy bombs loads was unmatched by any other medium range heavy bomber and helped secure air superiority over the cities factories and battlefields of Western Europe. Its ability to return home despite extensive battle damage quickly took on mythic proportions, and proved to be one of the most favored airplanes of the 8th Air Force crews.


Thank you to all the people who walked down the fairy tale trail this year. Our last count showed we had over 350 people take the trip the Neverland and back. Thank you to all our cast members, parents, volunteers, and the staff of Farm Park in Germantown. We hope to have you all come back again next year!


I have come to believe in the two forces theory. The first force drives you in the direction you should be going, and a second force which tries to take you the exact opposite way. The influence of the second force becomes visible in events and actions that you fail to justify on a rational ground. We condemn this force when it strikes the hardest- in the forms of crime and terrorism; but we ignore it, allow it, and even give it impetus while it grows inside us. Something tells me life was supposed to be simple- just as the creator is. But we complicate it. We make rules, norms, rights, wrongs and then define crime, punishment, sin, redemption. Ironically, inside, we all sin and forgive ourselves, each day. Its just too hard to do that for others. We get restless hearing about terrorism, racist attacks, but we do not care to contain the narrowing of eyes or discomfort in our body language realizing the presence of someone from a different community around us. We all nurture in our minds baseless negative prejudices, in large or small amounts. Why is it so hard to give others what we want the most ourselves- respect and acceptance? It does not require more than a thought to see the meaninglessness and futility of our everyday hate stories. We do not choose where, when and as who we are born. How can we become so 'proud', aggressive or for that matter, defensive about something that is not even under our control! God created diversity to break monotony, not to divide himself. Faith can not be fought about. What you fight about can not be faith. Because faith has nothing to prove. It is absolute, certain, obdurate, pure. It is part of the first force. It can only lead us in the right, simple direction.
Your writings are so thoughtful. And they went straight to my heart. "What you fight about can not be faith."
It is as simple and as beautiful as that.
What a lovely blog. Thank you for the visit.
wow! that was a different style..


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nature geoscience
Moisture variability in the southwestern United States linked to abrupt glacial climate change
J. D. M. Wagner1,
J. E. Cole1,2,
J. W. Beck1,3,
P. J. Patchett1,
G. M. Henderson4 &
H. R. Barnett1
Nature Geoscience volume 3, pages 110–113 (2010)Cite this article
Climate sciences
Palaeoceanography
Many regions of the world experienced abrupt climate variability during the last glacial period (75–15 thousand years ago1,2). These changes probably arose from interactions between Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean3, but the rapid and widespread propagation of these changes requires a large-scale atmospheric response whose details remain unclear4,5,6,7. Here we use an oxygen isotope record from a speleothem collected from the Cave of the Bells, Arizona, USA, to reconstruct aridity in the southwestern United States during the last glacial period and deglaciation. We find that, during this period, aridity in the southwestern United States and climate in the North Atlantic region show similar patterns of variability. Periods of warmth in the North Atlantic Ocean, such as interstadials and the Bølling–Allerød warming, correspond to drier conditions in the southwestern United States. Conversely, cooler temperatures in the high latitudes are associated with increased regional moisture. We propose that interstadial warming of the North Atlantic Ocean diverted the westerly storm track northward, perhaps through weakening of the Aleutian Low, and thereby reduced moisture delivery to southwestern North America. A similar response to future warming would exacerbate aridity in this already very dry region.
The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history
Shailendra Pratap
& Yannis Markonis
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science Open Access 31 May 2022
Enhanced North Pacific subtropical gyre circulation during the late Holocene
Yancheng Zhang
, Xufeng Zheng
… Zhonghui Liu
Nature Communications Open Access 12 October 2021
Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America
Mathew Stewart
, W. Christopher Carleton
& Huw S. Groucutt
Nature Communications Open Access 16 February 2021
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Posted on November 13, 2022 by Ken
The closeness of the election is somewhat obscured now by the "winner take all" nature of Kenya politics and the quick consolidation of power by Ruto, but it really was very tight under any view. No disrespect to Martha Karua intended because her choice did help revitalize Raila's campaign when he had persistently trailed in the polls throughout and then moved ahead when she was tapped.
Nonetheless, all politics in Kenya is local/tribal and she was undoubtedly picked in part to try to offset Raila's weakness versus Ruto in the core Kikuyu old Central Province, as well as a play for "good governance" support from the "international community" and civil society (which had adopted Karua for a variety of reasons in recent years in spite of her understood role as a Kibaki Kikuyu hardliner opposed to the peace deal and power sharing in the 2007-08 ECK and PEV crisis).
At the end of the day, I think Karua was respected but not highly popular, whereas Ngilu was less respected internationally, and perhaps among some parts of Kenya's more intellectual class, but more popular as a politician.
One thing that I am guessing that happened is that Raila overestimated the practical value of going with a "Good Government" choice in terms of support from Washington and London, and otherwise from "the Western donors", just as he overestimated the transferability of the support that Kenyatta had in those capitals to him. I think he just may have been behind the times on this: there were years when Ruto or a candidate with his profile would have drawn active criticism internationally for corruption but 2022 was just not such a year for a variety of reasons. Likewise people in Washington that considered Ruto "dangerous" as late as a couple of years ago because of his role in the PEV seem to have gotten over it once they saw him as the long-established frontrunner in the polls and BBI not catching on. I think many were unsure whether Kenyatta was really going to follow through on supporting Raila which made it that much easier to rationalize a Ruto presidency.
"On the ground" among Kenyan voters, Raila could not pull off running a traditional opposition anti-corruption oriented campaign after several years of the handshake and clearly counting on Kenyatta's support. Too much cognitive dissonance, especially after getting beat in the Courts on a BBI that got larded up and bogged down to the point of becoming notably unpopular in its own right. On that front, the Karua pick seems to have proven too late and too out of step with the messaging from Raila's other coalition heavyweights.
Given that he was behind in the polls and needed a spark, I do think choosing a woman made sense, but Ngilu as a more traditional Kenyan politician who was a current office holder and a long established vote getter from a "swing" region and ethnicity might have fit the bill quite a bit better. A more obvious choice to match up versus Mudavadi and Wetagula on Ruto's side and a more congruous fit with the rest the established heavyweights on the Azimio team.
Posted in Justice/Impunity, Kenya, UK, United States | Tagged Charity Ngilu, corruption, democracy, diplomacy, elections, foreign assistance, governance, impunity, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Martha Karua, post election violence, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United Kingdom, United States, William Ruto | Leave a reply
Good pre-election Kenya report from Carnegie Endowment
Posted on July 27, 2022 by Ken
Saskia Brechenmacher and Nanjira Sambuli have released an excellent pre-election report for the Carnegie Endowment's Pivotal Elections in Africa series produced jointly by Carnegie's Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program and Africa Program.
Moreover, as other analysts have noted, a recurring pattern of dealmaking between political insiders also serves to protect the economic and political power of a narrow elite class, while undermining more meaningful forms of political accountability. Politicians have incentives to mobilize voters to secure their place in elite bargains; yet once those bargains are struck, the needs of communities tend to fall by the wayside at the expense of elite interests. This pattern helps explain why inequality in the country has spiraled: according to Oxfam, "the number of super-rich in Kenya is one of the fastest growing in the world," with "less than 0.1 [percent] of the population . . . own[ing] more wealth than the bottom 99.9 [percent]."
"The Specter of Politics as Usual in Kenya"
Posted in democracy, Kenya | Tagged corruption, democracy assistance, elections, Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta | Leave a reply
"You are doing a heck of a job"; Biden and Kenyatta get cozy at White House
Remarks by President Biden and President Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya Before Bilateral Meeting
President Biden and President Kenyatta had an apparently cozy visit at the White House. Biden got to host an African head of state after neglecting to do so around the UN General Assembly. Kenyatta got to "bring home" news of a U.S. vaccine donation, personal praise from Biden and a mutual reiteration about how well the Governments of our two countries do on cooperating on terrorism, business and generally on being "partners". See the account from Kenya's state media, KBC.
A good way to end the week for Client 13173 of Geneva's Union Bancaire Privée (see "Secret Assets Exposed by Pandora Papers Expose Uhuru Kenyatta's Family", by Will Fitzgibbon in The Elephant, Oct 8).
I do not think it unfair to read the tea leaves from this action by the Biden Administration–on the heels of announcing the appointment of Judd Devermont, late of the Center for Strategic and Studies, to formulate a new Africa policy (as John Bolton in the Trump Administration)–toward deciphering how the U.S. executive branch can be expected to play Kenya's current election.
Of course, the "heck of a job" line in the United States in recent years is usually intended to be sarcastic. The background is remembered with poignancy by those of us who had personal experience with Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. As explained in Taegan Goddard's Political Dictionary:
A "heck of a job" is a complete and total screw-up. It's used, ironically, to show when one's view of a situation is in contradiction to easily-observed facts.
The phrase comes from President George W. Bush who visited Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and told FEMA chief Michael D. Brown, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
Brown later admitted he winced when Bush told him that: "I knew the minute he said that, the media and everybody else would see a disconnect between what he was saying and what I was witnessing on the ground. That's the president's style. His attitude and demeanor is always one of being a cheerleader and trying to encourage people to keep moving. It was just the wrong time and the wrong place."
Brown resigned ten days after he was praised.
President George W. Bush tells FEMA Administrator Michael Brown he's doing "a heck of a job." (Photo: AP)
Posted in diplomacy, Kenya, United States | Tagged corruption, democracy, diplomacy, Ethiopia, foreign assistance, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, investment, Joe Biden, Kenya, Kenya 2022 election, Pandora Papers, terrorism, Uhuru Kenyatta, United Nations, United States, vaccines | 1 Reply
Kenya's IEBC "races" to fulfill mandates from 2010 Constitution for lawful 2022 general election; behind again after 2013 and 2017 failures
For the latest from Kenya's IEBC, see "Electoral body in rush to seal 2022 loopholes" from The People's Daily.
Same issues as 2013 and 2017, same alleged frantic time-crunch.
For instance, the 2010 "New Katiba" granted the right to vote to Kenyans in the diaspora, starting with the 2012 general election. Even though the election was postponed to 2013, the IEBC under then-Chairman Issack Hassan elected to disenfranchise diaspora voters in spite of the coming into force of the new Constitution.
See, "IFES to webccast workshop on Kenya Diaspora voting ", Nov 1, 2012, Africommons.
But see, "Kenya, Attempt to suppress the diaspora vote", Dec 12, 2012, by Nathan Wangusi, Pambazuka.
After the failures of 2013, in particular the procurement-fraud driven failure of electronic poll books and the breakdown of the results transmission system with no organized manual backup, and full election results not published (see "It's mid-June: another month goes by without Kenya's election results while Hassan goes to Washington) Hassan was eventually forced out by protests in 2016. See my Page covering the 2012-13 election in detail.
After departing the IEBC Hassan has been on the international election assistance circuit, having already traveled to observe (positively) Djiboutian President Guelleh's 2016 re-election on behalf of IGAD while still IEBC Chairman. Most recently he was associated with a USAID-funded joint International Republican Institute/National Democratic Institute election assessment in Ethiopia this year. (See report released today.)
The current IEBC Chairman, Wafula Chebukati, was then appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta from the nominees of a controversial selection process and took office in January 2017 in time for the general election and annulled presidential vote that August, marked by the unsolved abduction, torture and murder of the ICT Director and the subsequent resignation of a majority of the Commissioners.
Although civil society groups had obtained a 2015 court ruling to enforce the diaspora voting requirement of the Constitution, the IEBC still failed in 2017 to implement more than a very limited, truncated, diaspora vote process.
See "Diaspora Voting in Kenya: a Promise Denied", Elizabeth Iams Wellman and Beth Elise Whitaker, African Affairs, Vol. 120, Issue 479, April 2021, Pages 199-217. (In 2010, Kenya extended voting rights to its estimated 3,000,000 citizens living abroad . . . Yet . . . fewer than 3,000 Kenyans were permitted to vote from abroad in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. What explains the failure of the Kenyan government to implement diaspora voting on a broader scale? . . . We argue that uncertainty about the number of Kenyan emigrants and their political preferences, paired with a highly competitive electoral climate, meant there was little political will to push for more widespread implementation of diaspora voting.)
A year ago I warned: "Kenya Election Preparation: raising alarm for 2022, past secrets still buried".
Posted in democracy, elections, Kenya | Tagged constitution, corruption, diaspora, diaspora voting, election law, elections, IEBC, Issack Hassan, Kenya, Kenya 2022 election, procurement fraud, Uhuru Kenyatta, Wafula Chebukati | 1 Reply
Stand by . . .
After eleven years I am taking a real hiatus from writing here for early 2021.
Several reasons:
First, there is so much going on in Kenyan politics relative to my time to really delve in, uncover and keep current—it is all very much familiar and still "frozen" from 2007-08 in many ways, but I risk being simply wrong if I write without adequate depth this many years since I have actually lived in Kenya.
Second, I am tired of having and expressing opinions after the all the overwrought drama of the Trump years and watching all of the continuing open and notorious corruption in Kenya and East Africa more generally.
Third, I have made a career change. I have left the corporate world and am back in private law/consulting practice and have some potential intersection between development issues I might write about here and things that I am not able to about as a matter of professional obligation.
Maybe I'll send some new FOIA requests in the meantime…
Posted in Kenya | Tagged corruption, democracy, democracy assistance, IEBC, Kenya | Leave a reply
Catch latest AfriCOG report on State Capture online tomorrow—"Highway Robbery"
On Thursday 12th November at 2pm EAT, AfriCOG will be launching its latest report on state capture – Highway Robbery. Budgeting for State Capture: A case study of infrastructure spending under the Jubilee Administration.
Access Link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87889507376
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcI3GL4ylM
Thursday 12th Nov, 2pm EAT
Opening Welcome & Intro: Gladwell Otieno, AfriCOG Executive Director (Moderator)
Report Findings: David Ndii, Economist
Guest Speaker: Jerotich Seii, Energy Sector and Social Justice Activist #SwitchOffKPLC
Q&A and Discussion: Open Forum
Closing Remarks: Gladwell Otieno
Former Auditor General Edward Ouko, speaking at the launch of AfriCOG's first "State Capture" report spoke of a phenomenon he referred to as "budgeted corruption," through which government budgets are inflated by monies that are earmarked to be stolen. Ouko characterised the budgeting process as a "highway", and such projects as "exit lanes".
With the "Highway Robbery" study, we set out to test the hypothesis that the runaway corruption during the Jubilee administration is evidence of "budgeted corruption", which is in turn a manifestation of state capture. Budgets and expenditure in three key infrastructure sectors, electricity, roads and water are examined to see the extent to which there is systematic deviation of project choice from PFM value for money norms, and whether that divergence can be construed to be "exit lanes" for budgeted corruption as postulated by the former Auditor General.
AfriCOG's hope is that this latest study will contribute to the continuing exposure and naming of the structures and operations of state capture, which seem to obviate the conventional reform strategies that civil society has been advocating. Our aim is for citizens to understand that while democracy is the only protection against capture by special interests, at the same time, democracy is fragile, tenuous and must be defended, deepened and imbued with real meaning by a vigilant and enlightened public.
We very much look forward to your attendance. For further information, contact admin@africog.org
Gladwell Otieno
Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG)
Posted in Civil Society, corruption, Kenya, NGOs | Tagged AFRICOG, Auditor General, civil society, corruption, eating, events, Highway Robbery, Kenya, looting, Nairobi, politics, public spending, reform, State Capture, think tank | Leave a reply
"Fraud", "Rigging" and "Falsifying" are the words for Kenya's 2007 presidential election, as opposed to "disputed"
How to describe Kenya's 2007 presidential vote in concise language more than a dozen years later for comparative purposes?
Here, from the Executive Summary of the USAID-funded International Election Observation Mission report from the International Republican Institute, published and released in July 2008:
Following the transfer of the ballot boxes, it was reported that in some areas constituency-level officials from the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) turned off their cells phones, and many suspected these officials of manipulating the results of the presidential poll. In addition, the ECK in Nairobi refused to allow observers into tallying areas throughout the final process, and the government instituted a media blackout until the sudden announcement of President Kibaki as the winner of the poll, which furthered suspicions of malfeasance.
Although IRI's observation mission consisted of only short-term observers who were unable to be present through all of the vote- tallying at the constituency level, IRI has reason to believe that electoral fraud took place and condemns that fraud. The rigging and falsifying of official documentation constitutes a betrayal of the majority of the Kenyan people who peacefully and patiently waited in long lines to vote on December 27.
The Institute also condemns the tragic loss of life and property that characterized the post-election period. It has been estimated that the violence claimed more than 1,500 lives, displaced close to 600,000 people and caused millions of dollars in property destruction and lost revenue and wages.1 At the time of printing this report the mediation efforts have led to a tentative power- sharing deal, but it remains to be seen if the government will in fact honor the agreement signed by President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga on February 28, 2008 (emphasis added).
See "The War for History: Was Kenya's 2007 election stolen or only "perceived to be" stolen?":
8. I think it is important to look at the exit poll situation in the context of IRI's Election Observation Mission Final Report which has now been published as a printed booklet (they FedEx'd me a copy with a cover letter from Lorne in mid-July). The report, which I had the opportunity to provide input on, working with my staff in Nairobi on early drafting and through later editorial input on into April when I was doing follow-up work such as the internal exit poll memo of 4-20 that I sent you, is very explicit that IRI found that "after the polls closed and individual polling stations turned over their results to constituency-level returning centers, the electoral process ceased to be credible". Likewise, the report states that "To date, there has been no explanation from the ECK as to exactly how or when it determined the final election totals, or how and when that determination was conveyed to President Kibaki to prepare for the inauguration." The report also notes ". . . the obvious fraud that took place during the tallying of the presidential race . . . " The Executive Summary states: " . . . IRI has reason to believe that electoral fraud took place and condemns that fraud. The rigging and falsifying of official documentation constitutes a betrayal of the majority of the Kenyan people who peacefully and patiently waited in long lines to vote on December 27."
Posted in African Studies, Kenya | Tagged corruption, election fraud, election observation, elections, Electoral Commission of Kenya, International Republican Institute, Kenya, Kenya 2007 election, Michael Ranneberger, Mwai Kibaki, political science, Raila Odinga, USAID, voting fraud | 1 Reply
Independence Day, snakes and freedom
I spent part of Independence Day during my year in Kenya at the party at the American Embassy residence. I had a nice time and appreciated the Ambassador's courtesy in inviting me, but I was a bit surprised at the choice of featured speaker from the Kenyan government, the then-Minister of Internal Security John Michuki. Also on the dais were Vice President Moody Awori and the "Leader of the Opposition" Uhuru Kenyatta. Michuki talked about his recent "security cooperation" visit to the U.S.
Michuki struck me as a particularly ironic choice of headliner for such an event celebrating American democracy because of his notoriety in regard to a high profile and highly symbolic act reflecting a deteriorating state of respect for political freedoms in Kenya not much more than a year earlier. Here is how Canada's diplomatic magazine Embassy described the Kenyan government's raid on the Standard Media Group in March 2006:
The malignant designs against the media took centre-stage in Kenyan politics two weeks ago when a dozen hooded policemen raided the newsroom and printing press of Kenya's oldest daily newspaper, The East African Standard, and its television station, Kenya Television Network (KTN).
It was a commando-style midnight raid. Printed copies of the newspaper ready for morning dispatch were burnt and the printing press dismantled. The police squad, code named Quick Response Unit (QRU), then switched off KTN and took away computers and accessories. Upon their arrival at the media group's premises, they ordered staff to lie down and robbed them of money and cellular phones. All those items have not been returned.
The Kenyan Minister for Internal Security, John Michuki, justified the raid on the following day with a proverb: "When you rattle a snake, the snake will bite you."
Indeed "the snake" may have been rattled lately in that the raid came as Kenyan media exposed a high-level multi-million dollar scam in which senior government ministers were accused of successive embezzlements of public funds. The scam, which stunned the nation for the huge amounts looted, involved a fictitious company named as Anglo-Leasing Company that was awarded several government contracts and paid upfront. It is still a running story.
However, the exposures prompted public pressure against the government leading to the sacking of four government ministers. The heat is still on against Vice President Moody Awori to step aside for facilitation of investigations against him.
I don't know the real reason for the Standard raid, although I have read arguments that it was triggered by reporting regarding allegations that Kalonzo Musyoka, then a contender for the ODM presidential nomination and now the Vice President, had met secretly with President Kibaki. Regardless, the raid was vigorously condemned by the diplomatic community at that time, including by U.S. Ambassador Mark Bellamy. Just before the December election Bellamy was removed as a delegate from the IRI International Election Observation team after Ranneberger made threats that he would, inter alia, pull funding for the mission at the last minute if Bellamy was included, because he was seen by the Kenyan government as critical.
Happy 4th of July. To celebrate, do something to uphold democratic values.
[Originally published July 4, 2010]
Posted in Kenya | Tagged "Anglo Leasing", Artur Brothers, corruption, democracy, democracy assistance, election observation, elections, Fourth of July, Independence Day, John Githongo, John Michuki, Kenya, Kenya 2007 election, Mark Bellamy, Michael Ranneberger, Moody Awori, Mwai Kibaki, security assistance, Standard, State Department, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, United States Embassy, USAID | Leave a reply
Update on Kenya 2013 election procurement corruption saga: magistrate dismisses two defendants after prosecution case, rules trial to proceed for Oswago and Shollei
Posted on June 27, 2020 by Ken
"Court rules ex-IEBC boss Oswago has case to answer over election device procurement malpractices" The Star, 27 May, 2020:
This means the duo will now have to defend themselves over the charges levelled against them. Thirty-six witnesses testified in the case.
The court however acquitted two others who had been charged alongside Oswago. The magistrate said no case has been made against Edward Kenga Karisa and Willy Gachanja Kamanga.
In 2013, Oswago and Shollei were arraigned in court charged with failing to comply with the law relating to procurement.
The two allegedly failed to ensure the changes made to the contract awarded to Face Technologies Limited by the IEBC for the supply of Electronic Voter Identification in Tender No. IEBC14/2011-2012 were approved by the IEBC tender committee.
On a different count, they were accused of using their offices to improperly confer a benefit on Face Technologies Limited by approving payment of Sh1.39 billion for the supply of EVIDs without ascertaining that devices supplied were inspected, accepted and met the technical specifications in the contract.
Posted in corruption, Kenya, Kenya 2013 election | Tagged corruption, democracy assistance, election observation, elections, EVID, IEBC, IFES, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, investigations, Kenya, Kenya 2013 election, poll books, procurement fraud, Results Transmission System, Supreme Court of Kenya, United States, USAID | Leave a reply


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Robinson Donovan believes in philanthropy and partners with charities year-round, providing funds and support for organizations throughout the Pioneer Valley. These organizations include Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Hampden County, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Springfield Museums, and Homework House.
Learn more: https://businesswest.com/blog/robinson-donovan-partners-with-the-gray-house-for-adopt-a-family-christmas-program/
Nicholas Lata is an Attorney at the firm Robinson Donovan. Nick specializes in representing startup companies as well as established businesses. He can be reached at (413) 732-2301 or nlata@robinsondonovan.com
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Dr Palmer is Deputy Director of the Health Humanitarian Crises Centre and a social scientist based part-time in the Maternal & Newborn Health Group within the Centre for Maternal Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH) at LSHTM. She is also based part-time at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Jen is broadly interested in the implementation of health programmes in conflict-affected and emergency settings. Jen received a PhD and MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM as well as a BSc, Hon in Microbiology & Immunology from McGill University. She has also worked with non-governmental organisations in post-conflict and emergency contexts in Africa and Asia.
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import techreborn.tiles.TileQuantumChest;

public class GuiQuantumChest extends GuiBase {

	TileQuantumChest quantumChest;

	public GuiQuantumChest(final EntityPlayer player, final TileQuantumChest quantumChest) {
		super(player, quantumChest, quantumChest.createContainer(player));
		this.quantumChest = quantumChest;
	}

	@Override
	protected void drawGuiContainerBackgroundLayer(final float f, final int mouseX, final int mouseY) {
		super.drawGuiContainerBackgroundLayer(f, mouseX, mouseY);
		final Layer layer = Layer.BACKGROUND;

		this.drawSlot(80, 24, layer);
		this.drawSlot(80, 64, layer);
	}

	@Override
	protected void drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer(final int mouseX, final int mouseY) {
		super.drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer(mouseX, mouseY);
		final Layer layer = Layer.FOREGROUND;

		if (!this.quantumChest.storedItem.isEmpty() && this.quantumChest.getStackInSlot(1) != null) {
			this.builder.drawBigBlueBar(this, 31, 43, this.quantumChest.storedItem.getCount() + this.quantumChest.getStackInSlot(1).getCount(), this.quantumChest.maxCapacity, mouseX - this.guiLeft, mouseY - this.guiTop, "Stored", layer);
		}
		if (this.quantumChest.storedItem.isEmpty() && this.quantumChest.getStackInSlot(1) != null) {
			this.builder.drawBigBlueBar(this, 31, 43, this.quantumChest.getStackInSlot(1).getCount(), this.quantumChest.maxCapacity, mouseX - this.guiLeft, mouseY - this.guiTop, "Stored", layer);
		}
	}
}

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Once again, the Earth is under attack. Alien "buggers" are poised for a final assault. The survival of the human species depends on a military genius who can defeat the buggers. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battleschool. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. In simulated war games he excels. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battleschool is just a game. Right?
A review in 10 words (or thereabouts): A war of adults, an army of children.
Ender Wiggin's life started out with troubles. He was the third child of his family when, legally only two were allowed. His older brother Peter was terrifyingly vindictive and cruel. And life at school was no walk in the park. So when a government agency recruits Ender for training at Battle School to save the human race against an alien race that threatened to destroy Earth in the past, Ender agrees. And he thrives, proving himself to be a master tactician and commander in the many games the teachers put him through. But Ender soon realizes he is part of a bigger game. A deadly game. And the survival of the Earth is resting on his shoulders.
From the science fiction angle, this book is truly amazing. Sure there are aliens and space ships. But the core of the story is a philosophical tale about human nature. About good versus evil. About the loss of childhood and the murky waters of the greater good. All of that wrapped up in an engaging, fast-paced, emotional story about a young boy.
This is a hard book. It often left me literally hurting. It asks and raises big questions and drives you absolutely crazy throughout. These are children. The teachers are evil. And there seems to be no reprieve. Which, of course, is the purpose of the story, so it was only not awesome because it was so awesomely executed.
I can't believe it took me this long to pick up what many consider a premiere science fiction classic for teens. I'll be very interested to see how they portray this particular story on the silver screen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nm7p8cf5dg) . If it leaves me squirming in my seat, uncomfortable, I will consider it well done. Ender is a reluctant hero, and I think that's what makes him so appealing. And I would definitely recommend this to both scifi lovers and haters.


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River Herring, Once Eyed for Endangered List, Grow in Counts
Last Updated May 28, 2021 @ 2:29pm
River Herring
By Patrick Whittle.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A small fish that has been the subject of conservation efforts for years appears to be growing in number in the rivers of the East Coast.
River herring are critically important to coastal ecosystems because they serve as food for birds and larger fish. Regulators have described the fishes' population as nearing historic lows because of dams, pollution, warming waters and other factors.
But years of effort to save them appear to be paying off. Preliminary counts of the fish from Maine to South Carolina in 2019 showed 2.7 million more fish than in 2015, according to documents provided by the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The 2019 counts found more than 6.5 million fish.
The river herrings include two species of schooling fish, alewives and blueback herring, that have been fished in East Coast rivers for millennia. Harvesters of the fish said conservative management of the fishery in recent years, coupled with conservation efforts such as dam removal, have helped the fish spawn and grow in number.
"You've got to get the parents in the bedroom so the kids can go to school," said Jeff Pierce, a longtime alewife fisherman and the president of Alewife Harvesters of Maine.
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