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Will the Well Run Dry? Non-renewable Water
Posted on December 11, 2012 by amyhuva
Ancient groundwater sources are being depleted at fast rates and the impacts of climate change are still unknown
WHO: Richard G. Taylor, Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Bridget Scanlon, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
Petra Döll, Institute of Physical Geography, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Matt Rodell, Hydrological Science Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Rens van Beek, Yoshihide Wada, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Department of Physical Geography, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Laurent Longuevergne, Géosciences Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Marc Leblanc, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, NCGRT, James Cook University, Cairns QLD, Australia
James S. Famiglietti, UC Center for Hydrologic Modelling, University of California, Irvine, USA
Mike Edmunds, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Leonard Konikow, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA
Timothy R. Green, Agricultural Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Jianyao Chen, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Makoto Taniguchi, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
Alan MacDonald, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK
Ying Fan, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Reed M. Maxwell, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
Yossi Yechieli, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Jason J. Gurdak, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA
Diana M. Allen, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Mohammad Shamsudduha, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK
Kevin Hiscock, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
Pat J.-F. Yeh, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), UNESCO, Tsukuba, Japan
Ian Holman, Environmental Science and Technology Department, Cranfield University, Milton Keynes, UK
Holger Treidel, Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO-IHP, Paris, France
WHAT: Looking at all the research on groundwater and working out what we know and what we don't know
WHEN: 25 November, 2012
WHERE: Nature Climate Change, 2012 nclimate1744
TITLE: Ground water and climate change (subs req.)
Last month, 26 scientists all published a paper together on groundwater, which must have required either some massive Skype sessions, or people getting very sick of email chains where everyone hits 'reply all'. As I've said before: science – it's a collaborative thing.
What these researchers were trying to do was to work out exactly what we know about groundwater and how it will be affected by climate change and where the gaps are that we need to fill. Having worked in water policy, I can tell you that groundwater is normally the big unknown. Governments and organisations generally don't have the information to know how much there is, who is taking it at what rates and how to monitor and regulate it. Generally, it gets put off until next time, while surface water rights are dealt with.
However, groundwater is estimated to be one third of all freshwater withdrawals worldwide and also the water source for 42% of the world's agricultural water. So with climate change affecting rain patterns and shifting weather pole-ward, what will happen to groundwater? Will the well run dry in some places?
One of the biggest issues with measuring groundwater is the rate of recharge for the underground aquifers. These underwater storage vaults of water and mostly ancient water in that if you measure the isotopic composition of the water, they were likely filled thousands of years ago and have remained there without changing greatly.
Another interesting thing the isotopic analysis of the water tells us, is that if you look at the oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios (so that's the ratio of atoms that have different numbers of neutrons, making some heavier than others), many aquifers were filled in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene eras, around 12,000 years ago when the average temperature of the earth was around 5oC cooler than now.
Isotopic analysis: Hydrogen on the left and it's isotope Deuterium (with the extra neutron) on the right
What that means is that if those aquifers were recharging when the world was 5oC cooler than now, it's unlikely that any recharge is taking place now or going to take place as we continue to heat our world through climate change. As the paper says 'this non-renewable groundwater exploitation is unsustainable and is mined in a manner similar to oil'. Thousand year old water is just as renewable as million year old oil, and both are longer than a human life span.
So, what do we know about groundwater? There are two ways that groundwater can recharge: rain fed (the rain soaks into the ground) and surface water leakage (from rivers, irrigated agriculture or lakes). Both of these methods will be variable and vulnerable to climate change.
Changes in snow pack and snow distribution also impact recharge. The research currently published is still uncertain as to the extent of the impacts, but early findings are that the early start to spring is reducing the duration of recharge. Glacial retreat also impacts groundwater.
The other affects on groundwater are land use change and sea level rise inundating areas and making them salty. Managed ecosystems are not able to respond to change the way natural ecosystems can. Even if it's a drought year, a farmer still needs to plant and crop their land. For each degree of climate change, you can roughly estimate that the equivalent climate will move 150km towards the pole. The desert of Salt Lake City will move north into the cropping areas of Idaho, and the slushy snow will move north into the 'champagne powder' ski regions.
More importantly, global estimates of groundwater depletion by 2050 range from 70% decreases in the Mediterranean and Brazil to increases in the Middle East and only 10% decreases in the Western US. There's lots of uncertainty in the models as there's a lack of data, so researchers need to extrapolate from incomplete data, resulting in large uncertainty margins.
One interesting thing I learned from this paper that I hadn't considered before is that groundwater depletion increases sea level rise. How, you may ask? It's the thing of living in a planetary system where everything is connected, so follow me through the water cycle here:
Thousand year old water that has been stored in the ground is pumped up a well and onto your farm. Some of the water will evaporate and the other water will grow plants, but the water has now gone into the atmospheric water cycle, so the evaporated water goes into the clouds, comes down as rain, and since 70% of our planet is ocean, there's a really high chance the ancient groundwater will get added to the ocean. How much water? This is where it gets scary.
Groundwater water cycles (from paper)
The paper talks about cubic kilometres of water. Yes, kilometres. I was unable to mentally picture that too, so I did a conversion for you. The groundwater depletion for the planet is between 145 – 204km3 of water per year, which is between 145,000 and 204,000 billion litres of water. To visualise this, you'd need to take the island of Manhattan and cover it twice with 1km deep water, which would be a depth of 4.5 Empire State Buildings end to end. This contributes between 0.4-0.5mm of sea level rise each year.
Climate change will have an effect on groundwater resources. Exactly what that is won't be known until all the data is collected to create detailed models. However, sustainable aquifer management is going to be difficult and grow increasingly difficult as the climate continues to change.
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IPCC vs Reality: Who Got it Right?
Posted on December 6, 2012 by amyhuva
How did the projections from the IPCC 3rd and 4th reports match up against recorded temps for the last decade?
WHO: Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Grant Foster, Tempo Analytics, Garland, Maine, USA
Anny Cazenave, Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse, France
WHAT: Comparing the projections from the IPCC 3rd report in 2001 and the IPCC 4th report in 2007 to the observed climate data to 2011
WHEN: November 2012
WHERE: Environmental Research Letters Vol 7, No. 4 (2012)
TITLE: Comparing climate projections to observations up to 2011
The IPCC. It is the favourite punching bag of climate deniers and conspiracy theorists alike, who all like to claim that the reports are faulty or flawed or incorrect. So these researchers decided with the 5th Assessment Report due soon to go back to the 3rd and 4th reports, check what was in the projections and see how accurate they were on temperature rise and sea level rise. Kind of like a mid-term report card!
Five years ago, the CO2 concentration and global temperatures were closely following the projections of the IPCC 3rd report, and sea level rise was tracking along the upper limit of the uncertainty range. So where the sea level rise projections were plus or minus several millimetres a decade, the observed data was only on the plus side. How did the projections look with an extra five years of data?
The IPCC projections didn't attempt to include the effect of solar variability, volcanic eruptions or El Niño in their temperature models because those things are random and therefore pretty impossible to predict in the future. The observed data was adjusted to remove the random variability from solar, volcanic and El Niño effects so that the researchers were comparing apples to apples when trying to assess the accuracy of the IPCC projections. For those playing at home, they used a multivariate correlation analysis (yeah, I love those too!).
The data adjustment removed the cold anomaly from the 1992/3 Mt Pinatubo eruption, and the 'exceptionally high' 1998 temperature maximum from the extreme El Niño event. The observed data showed warming of 0.3oC from 1990 to 2011. The IPCC 3rd report projected 0.2-0.4oC warming to 2011 and the 4th report projected 0.3-0.5oC warming. So for temperature increases, the IPCC was pretty much spot on.
3rd report projections in blue, 4th report projections in green, observed data in red, shaded areas are the uncertainty range. (from paper)
So what about sea level rise? The IPCC got that one wrong, but not in a way that climate deniers can celebrate – they underestimated it by 60%.
Sea level rise: measured data in red, third assessment in blue, fourth assessment in green (from paper)
The IPCC best assessment was 2.0mm per year of sea level rise, and the satellite based recorded data is actually 3.2mm per year (±0.5mm error range). The researchers tried to work out if the huge difference between the projection and the recorded data was because of variability over recent decades, and decided it was unlikely because the IPCC similarly underestimated the sea level rise from 1961-2003. It was even more unlikely because the rate of sea level rise over the past 130 years has a 'highly significant correlation with global temperature'.
This is scientist for almost identical, because those of you that read the IPCC 3rd report will remember that when the IPCC says 'very likely' they mean there's a 90-99% chance it will happen. Talk about understatement.
What did the IPCC miss for sea level rise? Well firstly, it's worth mentioning that most of the world's scientific community didn't expect humanity to ignore them when they warned of climate change, so their predictions were more conservative as they hoped we wouldn't keep burning carbon at greater and greater rates as we are currently doing.
The key part though is 'future rapid dynamical changes in ice flow' which is scientist for big and unexpected changes, like the Arctic Death Spiral we had this summer where they found the Arctic was melting about 80 years ahead of schedule. The Arctic wasn't supposed to be ice free in the summer from climate change until 2100, but we might get to see it as early as 2020.
What does that mean for future climate change projections? Well, it's not pretty. So far the IPCC has been either seriously accurate (yay science!) or their worst case scenario underestimated what we're actually doing to the planet. Which means that while the picture that the IPCC paints doesn't look very appealing, it seems that reality could be a whole lot worse. My suggestion once again is that we stop burning carbon.
Brisbane floods 2011 (photo: Eric Veland, flickr)
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Green healthcare isn't an option, it's a necessity
Philips is strongly committed to sustainability in healthcare through its 'Healthy people, sustainable planet' program – a five-year initiative, started in 2016, based on three pillars: creating value for Philips' customers through sustainable solutions, leading by example in sustainable operations, and multiplying impact by driving sustainability through the supply chain. It's no surprise then that Philips was also a contributor and signatory to the Dutch government's latest Green Deal 'Sustainable Healthcare for a Healthy Future' initiative, which was signed by the company's Head of Sustainability, Robert Metzke, on October 10, 2018, to coincide with the Dutch 'Day of Sustainability'.
The goal of the Dutch government's Green Deals is to bring together all stakeholders in a particular sector with the aim of breaking down barriers to the introduction of innovations that will help make the Netherlands even more sustainable and environmentally friendly. In the 'Sustainable Healthcare for a Healthy Future' Green Deal, it includes innovations aimed at reducing CO2 emissions, working 'circularly' to deal with raw materials more efficiently and less wastefully, reducing the impact of used or discarded medicines on water supplies, and creating a healthy environment for patients and their caregivers. These are all important issues, because despite the fact that healthcare systems exist for the specific purpose of curing patients and preventing disease, their carbon footprint and levels of waste and pollution are disproportionately high.
We can only minimize the impact of healthcare on the environment if we all work together to put sustainability at the core of every component in the system, because green healthcare isn't an option, it's a necessity.
Robert Metzke
Head of Sustainability Philips
"Healthcare is responsible for around 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions" said Robert Metzke. "We can only minimize the impact of healthcare on the environment if we all work together to put sustainability at the core of every component in the system, because green healthcare isn't an option, it's a necessity."
Philips is already rising to the challenge. For example, the BlueSeal magnet technology in its newly-introduced Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T scanner allows hospitals to reduce operating costs and scanner down-time by eliminating the need to routinely purchase helium, a gas harvested from natural gas fossil-fuel extraction. Philips is no less innovative in its own operations. In the Netherlands, it is committed to buying all its electricity from renewable sources, already receiving substantial supplies from the new Bouwdokken Wind Farm on the country's Oosterscheldekering sea defenses. In the US, all the company's operations are already powered by wind energy.
That commitment to sustainability is ongoing. At the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Philips CEO Frans van Houten cemented the company's commitment to the Circular Economy, pledging that by 2020 it will take back and repurpose all the large medical systems that its customers are prepared to return to it. Other Philips 'Healthy people, sustainable planet' objectives for 2020 include 70% of turnover derived from 'green' solutions, 15% of turnover from circular economy solutions, 95% of revenue linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals, 90% of operational waste recycled, and 100% renewable electricity – ambitions it is determined to achieve.
For more information on Philips' sustainability programs, click here.
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Fueling Plastics: New Research Details Fossil Fuel Role in Plastics Proliferation
by Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) September 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 22, 2017 – The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) launched an ongoing investigative series, Fueling Plastics, examining the deep linkages between the fossil fuels and plastics industries and the products they produce, and exposing how the US shale gas boom fuels a massive buildout of plastics infrastructure in the United States and beyond. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and the release of air pollutants and toxic substances from petrochemical facilities across the Gulf region, these reports shed new light on the harmful impacts of fossil fuels at every stage of their lifecycle.
Fossils, Plastics, and Petrochemical Feedstocks outlines the role of fossil fuels in plastics production, detailing how over 99% of plastics are produced from chemicals sourced from fossil fuels. Because fossil fuel production is highly localized to specific areas, plastics production is also concentrated in specific regions where fossil fuel development is present, especially in the US Gulf Coast. Because plastics production is part of the fossil fuels supply chain, many fossil fuel companies own plastics producers and many plastics companies own fossil fuel operations.
"Fossil fuels and plastics are not only made from the same materials, they are made by the same companies," says Steven Feit, Staff Attorney at CIEL. "Exxon is both the gas in your car and the plastic in your water bottle." If trends in oil consumption and plastics production continue as expected, plastics will account for 20% of total oil consumption by 2050.
How Fracked Gas, Cheap Oil, and Unburnable Coal are Driving the Plastics Boom warns of the enormous influx of investment to expand or construct new petrochemical facilities in the Gulf. The availability of cheap shale gas in the United States is fueling a massive wave of new investments in plastics infrastructure in the US and abroad, with $164 billion planned for 264 new facilities or expansion projects in the US alone, and spurring further investment in Europe and beyond. In as little as five years, these investments could increase global plastics production capacity by a third, driving companies to produce ever greater volumes of plastics for years to come. In so doing, this wave of investment increases pollution risks to frontline communities throughout the plastics supply chain and directly undermines efforts by cities, countries, and the global community to combat the growing plastics crisis.
"Many projects, including the largest, are still in the construction or planning stages," continues Feit. "If they succeed in attracting investment to build all these new facilities, a new generation of cheap plastics will flood markets around the world, exposing frontline communities to toxic risks and the world's rivers and oceans to an endless stream of plastic waste."
"There is no question that the plastic pollution crisis has become a pervasive and pernicious global problem threatening the integrity of the global commons, if not life itself," says Von Hernandez, Global Coordinator of the Break Free From Plastic Movement. "It is the ugly twin of climate change – both are spawned, perpetuated, and buttressed by fossil fuel interests. The way out of both crises is to reduce our reliance and dependence on fossil fuels – and that means applying the brakes on the reckless, devil-may-care expansion of the petrochemical industry in the United States and in other countries."
The release of these papers coincides with a joint statement by more than 135 organizations highlighting the toxic links between fossil fuels, plastics, and climate change exposed by Hurricane Harvey. The groups demand that recovery and redevelopment efforts remedy the systemic failures that led to Hurricane Harvey, not serve as an excuse to accelerate fossil fuel and plastics infrastructure in the Gulf. "The continued rapid expansion of plastics production and related natural gas production not only creates more toxic hazards, plastic-related pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, but also ensures that continued climate change will make extreme weather events more likely and even more dangerous," the groups state.
"Hurricane Harvey demonstrated the danger of building such concentrated petrochemical capacity in the Gulf," says Feit. "Industry's plans to double down on those dangers is unconscionable."
Links to briefing papers:
Fossils, Plastics, and Petrochemical Feedstocks
How Fracked Gas, Cheap Oil, and Unburnable Coal are Driving the Plastics Boom
Link to joint statement
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What makes Pegloticase a very interesting, and more importantly, a hopeful new gout drug, is the way it works. All drugs used in gout try to cure or alleviate the disease by reducing the body's uric acid (UA) levels. They do this by either inhibiting its production or making it easier to remove.
Pegloticase is significant because its trials have focused on gout patients who have not had success with other gout drugs, or who have medical conditions which prohibit the use of them. Thus it has been tackling harder-to-treat gout cases, not the easier ones. Hard to treat cases are a significant percentage of the gout sufferer universe.
It has been having a decent degree of success.
Elimination of gout attacks In its most recent statement the developing company's most significant remark was that the extension trial group receiving Pegloticase every two weeks, there were only four gout attacks among those who had been administered Pegloticase (8 mg) every fortnight for two months, in subsequent months. And none in this group had a gout attack after five months of Pegloticase treatment, in following months. All were patients who had been through a phase 3 trial.
Of course Pegloticase has caused side effects, in the extension trial in about 1 in 5 patients. The developing company has said that most were mild, moderate, or controllable. But in some cases more severe side effects have been described as including chest and back pains, muscle cramps, sweating and flushes.


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Before the search begins, it's a good idea to define what type of house, neighborhood, and location best suits your needs and lifestyle. Have fun with this! Have you always wanted a wood fireplace? Is a large yard important to you? I recommend imagining your dream home, while also taking into account your financial considerations.
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This Week's Encouraging Episode with Elisa!
Sometimes it's hard to wrap our minds around just how good God is. We struggle with anxiety, depression, feelings of inadequacies, and more. It's easy to lose sight of how amazing God really is and just how trustworthy He is. Today, my wonderful guest, Lisa Pulliam, is going to be sharing about her new book, Unblinded Faith. It's a 90-day devotional intended to help women get into the Word and be encouraged to live out our faith without any blinders that the enemy might want us to keep on.
Beyond this, we also talk about Lisa's incredible ministry of mentoring. It's almost a lost art in this day and age. Most women crave the idea of having another woman pour into them and encourage them along life's journey. Lisa has built a ministry based on biblical mentoring and helping woman to grow closer to the Lord. It was so neat learning more about how she has been building "intentional relationships rooted in the Word of God." I loved that definition of mentoring.
And, yes, to address the elephant on the page–her name is Elisa, but she goes by Lisa. She'll tell her great story about her name change in the show, too.
I can't wait for you to listen in and be encouraged by all that Lisa has to share with us.
Elisa Pulliam wears many hats — writer, life coach, mom, wife — she's amazing! She says that she's just a woman on a journey trying to figure out who she is. She also has a set of twins. She says her twins were God's little surprise to their family. We also chat about why she prefers to go by Lisa. I just love her story. So precious!
I enjoy prepping for the podcast and researching my guests a bit before they come on. I found out that Lisa has a heart for mentoring teen girls! So much of what she is doing now through her business and ministry has to do with this mentoring element. Mentoring is such a lost art. I asked Lisa to share a little about some of the beautiful things that she has been able to see through mentoring. She also shares about her mentoring course, Impact Mentoring for Women's Ministry, that helps you start a mentoring ministry. You can check that out on her website for free!
One of the central elements of Biblical mentorship is getting women to encourage other women to deepen their relationship with the Lord and get into the Word. That's why I love that Lisa's newest book, Unblinded Faith, is a devotional. I asked Lisa what the inspiration behind Unblinded Faith was.
We chat about how Lisa's devotional is set up — how she's taken verses that are hard, ones that you wouldn't necessarily want to put on a coffee mug, and break them down. She makes you dig into the Word. I love devotionals like that! I also talk about a fun story from my college days on why knowing Scripture is so important. Lisa explained where the title came from (rooted in the verse 2 Corinthians 4:4) — and the fact that the book wasn't originally Unblinded Faith. It's a pretty cool God story.
Finding time to get in the Word is tough. I asked Lisa for tips on making time to get in the Word daily. She shares that she has actually been thinking a lot about this question as it's one that she gets asked regularly. She has lots of great advice! You aren't going to want to miss this section!
While Lisa was working with a launch team on this book, they begged her to create a study guide for groups! Lisa explains a bit about how this intensive guide works and how you can use it with a group. It's easy enough to either do face-to-face or online or via text message.
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I love disciplining my kids! There are so many great family Bible studies out there too! I wrote a blog post a few years back sharing some of my favorites. You can find that HERE. I also linked to some of my favorite family Bibles below!
In spite of not growing up in a Christian home, and spending many years in rebellion, Lisa (which is what she prefers to be called and there's a story about that) came to know Jesus Christ as her personal Savior in the fall of 1993. Ever since the Lord has been in the process of transforming her from the outside in and inside out. It's this first-hand encounter with God that motivates her to inspire women to pursue God personally and join Him in work in their lives.
Soon after launching More to Be, however, Elisa discovered that there was an equally important need to reach women stuck in a rut of poor habits and unhealthy thinking, and began shining the ministry focus towards women seeking spiritual growth and life transformation. She became a certified life coach and later joined Life Breakthrough Academy as a life coach trainer, having no idea at the time that God would use this experience in the writing of Meet the New You: A 21-Day Plan for Embracing Fresh Attitudes and Focused Habits for Real Life Change.
Elisa believes each moment of each day belongs to the Lord and strives to be emotionally present and eternally purpose, especially with her husband of 22 years, Stephen, and her four tween through college-age children.
You can check out Elisa's books HERE on Amazon! Be sure to visit her site as well at www.moretobe.com.
Here's a sweet picture of Elisa's sweet family!


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Review: Beauty in Truth
Beauty in Truth , a film by Pratibha Parmar, is a documentary about American writer and activist Alice Walker.
Image of Alice Walker from the film Beauty in Truth
Predisposed to love it would be a good description of my attitude toward the film. I'm a lifelong admirer of Alice Walker. I have a tendency to finish her books and turn back to page 1 and start reading again. She's an extraordinary soul – a beautiful soul – who has given so much to the planet. I respect her, I value her brilliance, I see so much wisdom and spiritual guidance in work. Her life is an inspiration.
Everyone should see Beauty in Truth . Everyone who is cares about American history. Everyone who cares about justice anywhere on the planet. Everyone with an interest in writing and storytelling.
Indeed, my recommendation of the film is enthusiastic and heartfelt.
Pratibha Parmar wrote, directed and produced the film. She first worked with Alice Walker after the release of Possessing the Secret of Joy , Walker's novel about female genital mutilation. The Beauty in Truth website explains,
1993 Pratibha released her most challenging film Warrior Marks, which documented female genital mutilation at a time when the subject was taboo globally. This award-winning documentary was made in collaboration with the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker. Parmar and Walker collaborated on the book Warrior Marks – Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women, which documented the making of the film.
Beauty in Truth documents Alice Walker's life from her upbringing in rural Georgia to the present day. It uses interviews, conversations with Alice, quotations from her poems and books, historical video footage, news reports and video and personal images supplied by Alice Walker to create the story of a writer and activist who is known worldwide.
Alice Walker: Photo by Virginia DeBolt from Wikimedia Commons
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The particularities and struggles of Alice Walker's life reflect with universal truth on the Civil Rights Movement, on the women's movement, on the gay rights movement, and movements for justice all around the globe. Her struggles and the reaction of the American people to them are not just a story about her but a story about the American character. Her writing and her activism create change that affects us all.
Alice Walker has been honored as a writer with a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for The Color Purple as well as numerous other awards and honors for her writing and humanitarianism. This film honors the life she's lived as a human being with an ability to understand and speak for truth and justice.
The film is available for streaming on PBS if you act soon. A screening schedule is available on the film website, and the film can be booked for showing in schools. (PBS LearningMedia provides four video-based educational components are available for teachers of grades 9-12 to download for free. University level instructors can sign up to be notified when materials for their level are available. Instructions are on the website.)
Other People's Opinions: A Few Reactions from Twitter
I saw quite a few tweets about the film when it first aired on PBS last week. I thought you might be interested in the reactions of a few other people as well.
It was such a wonderful and deeply touching film #Beautyintruth #Alicewalker
— Mahlet (@Mahlet_S) February 8, 2014
The Color Purple is one of the first books ppl accepted as "universal" despite not being White or hegemonic. Matters. #BeautyInTruth
— Trudy (@thetrudz) February 8, 2014
Imagine I say something here which inspires you to click this link and let her in…#AliceWalker: #BeautyinTruth http://t.co/s5ZmEO9LPX
— Ben (@BenReadsALot) February 8, 2014
#alicewalker #beautyintruth just saved my life. this is not an exaggeration.
— C.L.M. (@onceuponapoet) February 8, 2014
Activism is the rent I pay for living in America. #AliceWalker #beautyintruth
— Ericka (@designsofzuri) February 8, 2014
@kalifilms Stunning, as always! Some people make documentaries, you love them into being. @alicewalkerfilm #beautyintruth
— W.L. Lewis (@ArtMusicLife) February 8, 2014
Really glad I switched over to #BeautyInTruth b/c this was an amazing doc. #AliceWalker is truly a magnificent person.
— Arnesa (@_arnesa_) February 8, 2014
Author Virginia DeBoltPosted on February 10, 2014 February 13, 2014 Categories MoviesTags Alice Walker, Beauty in Truth, documentary, Possessing the Secret of Joy, Pratibha Parmar, The Color Purple, Warrior Marks1 Comment on Review: Beauty in Truth


Following on from last week's blog about using technology to your advantage as a guitarist, now I want to talk to you about YouTube.
If you can manage to navigate around the distraction of cats making cocktails and a Japanese football team's physiotherapist scoring from the car park, there's about 5 lifetimes' worth of Guitar backing tracks to get to grips with. There being such an array of backing tracks to choose from gives the some great opportunities.
You can practise a variety of styles, changing your entire musical canvas with a single click.
The first 4 (of 1,010,000) results for a search of "Guitar backing tracks" are "Power Ballad", "Smooth Jazz", "Blues" and "Hard Rock".
One fantastic thing you can find by searching "<song name> guitar backing track" is either a backing track of that song minus guitar and vocals, or sometimes minus guitar but with original vocals intact. This is brilliant for practising in context and great fun too.
So Guitarists, don't take YouTube and its backing tracks for granted! Make the most of it, and use it to help you practise, improve and have fun. It's only 10-15 years ago that you'd have had to spend £20 on a CD and book containing the tab and backing tracks for a handful of songs by one specific band. Now, thanks to YouTube and other sites, just about everything you need as a developing guitarist is completely free!
….Except one-to-one lessons of course. For those you'll have to contact us!


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Home : Knight Rider : Season 2 : Let It Be Me : Nitpicks
KNIGHT RIDER: LET IT BE ME
NITPICKS
WORKING TITLE: "It's Only Rock 'N Roll"
Filmed: February 1-9, 1984 (20)
Teleplay: .................. Robert Foster &
............................ Robert W. Gilmer
Story: ..................... William Elliott
Director: .................. Bernard McEveety
Note: Timecodes are based on DVD releases of the episodes (Region 1, NTSC).
CONTINUITY:
Michael and McCord are wearing their prison clothes, but as they make their way to the semi they can be seen in their civilian gear - the second shot comes from the climax of the show, and is reused around the 40:00 mark.
K.I.T.T. runs a scan for police patrol cars in the area; Michael notes that they are surrounded before it's displayed in the graphic.
Phillip Hunt's licence plate is NNU322. Moments later, another car is seen with the same plate.
Watch the pile of cassettes; between the first and second shots, the top cassette has changed position. In the next shot, it appears to have moved again.
The police roadblock is visible in the distance, before they arrive on the scene.
DASH:
K.I.T.T.'s pursuit indicator changes colour throughout the show, thanks to stock footage from different periods of the show. First violet, then red, then white.
The Trans Am used for interior shots is missing the overhead controls.
Stunt Trans Ams with stock dashboards and steering wheels. The first car is also a disguised hardtop.
K.I.T.T.:
Blind driving scenes. The Auto Drive seat is visible and highlighted.
MINIATURES:
Showcasing the work of Sessums & Slagle.
STUNTS & DOUBLES:
Not David Hasselhoff.
Jack Gill drives K.I.T.T.
The roll cage inside the jump car can be seen.
David's marker can be seen taped to the floor of the set.


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Q: Which is the best php framework to start with? It is the first time i am going to use any php framework and i am confused among zend framework, yii & Laravel. Also which one has better community.

A: Choosing a framework will not depend upon the popularity of the framework or something else,it totally depend upon our project requirements.
For that we need to go through features of different frameworks providing for us,then finally it will be in our hand's to choose the frameworks keeping above points in mind.
I'm using KOHANA 2.x for my project, it have almost all the features for modern web development.

A: I learned Yii and Laravel v4. In my opinion only 2 good.
Yii - Really good and old framework with many ready libraries.
Laravel 4 - new framework, better then yii, new modern and best solutions there. But there is not many ready libraries yet.
I moved to Laravel 4, beucase i believe it is the best framework for this day. It is easy and elegant.
If i were you, i will learn one of this two what i wrote. Because i choose Laravel 4 after learned Yii, i recommend Laravel.

A: Its very much about personal preference and the scope of your project. Zend will make you a better developer, it's very well written. Albeit hard to learn if your new to frameworks, but good documentation, support, community etc even commercial support, if u want it, from the people who made PHP

A: I've used several, and many are good, but from my experience with 6 or 7 frameworks, cakephp is the easiest, with Yii probably being the fastest performance-wise.  Cake is an all around good framework.

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Achieving Optimal Population Cardiovascular Health Requires an Interdisciplinary Team and a Learning Healthcare System: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Circulation. 2021 Jan 12;143(2):e9-e18. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000913. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
Randi E Foraker, Catherine P Benziger, Bailey M DeBarmore, Crystal W Cené, Fleetwood Loustalot, Yosef Khan, Cheryl A M Anderson, Véronique L Roger, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; and Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000913
Population cardiovascular health, or improving cardiovascular health among patients and the population at large, requires a redoubling of primordial and primary prevention efforts as declines in cardiovascular disease mortality have decelerated over the past decade. Great potential exists for healthcare systems-based approaches to aid in reversing these trends. A learning healthcare system, in which population cardiovascular health metrics are measured, evaluated, intervened on, and re-evaluated, can serve as a model for developing the evidence base for developing, deploying, and disseminating interventions. This scientific statement on optimizing population cardiovascular health summarizes the current evidence for such an approach; reviews contemporary sources for relevant performance and clinical metrics; highlights the role of implementation science strategies; and advocates for an interdisciplinary team approach to enhance the impact of this work.
Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; cardiovascular diseases; delivery of health care; disease management; interdisciplinary research; learning health system; population health.


Justin, Jacob and Mitchell dig into Blade Runner, the sequel and the book it's based on. They debate which movie has more to say, discuss what changed from the book and evaluate how 2049 subverts sci-fi norms.
Produced by Mitchell Thompson. Originally aired on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto.


Tonight The Muppets played the first of three performances at the Hollywood Bowl. Billed as Muppets Take the Bowl, this event was hosted by Kermit the Frog and Bobby Moynihan. They were backed by Thomas Wilkins and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The night was full of heartwarming moments, surprise celebrity guests, music, and even fireworks!
The evening began with Sam Eagle introducing the Star Spangled Banner. Once that was done, the show began just as any Muppet show should. The Muppet Show Theme kicked off the evening. The whole show was really an extended live performance of The Muppet Show. This is what made this evening so wonderful, it was a modern version of the original show so many of us know and love. Kermit was running things, or trying to. Scooter was on hand to make sure that things were moving forward. Fozzie Bear was telling "great" jokes, Gonzo was being Gonzo, and Miss Piggy continually fought to be the star of the show. Oh, and you can't forget the Swedish Chef making salsa with Bobby Mohnihan, Pepe the Prawn stealing the orchestra, and hearing Mahna Mahna live.
On top of that several classic segments returned from The Muppet Show. There was Pigs in Space, Veterinarian's Hospital, and the Muppet News Flash! Couple that with beloved tunes and humor from The Muppets and it was an absolutely magical experience. Many favorites were performed that included Mahna Mahna, Movin' Right Along, Can You Picture That?, The Magic Store, Bohemian Rhapsody, and more!
The evening concluded with a fireworks performance accompanied by Thomas Wilkins and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. They performed a medley of Muppets music that was simply wonderful. As the whole night did, it pulled music from all eras of The Muppets. Following the fireworks, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem hopped on stage and sang With a Little Help From My Friends. Everyone who had performed throughout the evening joined the band for this beautiful ending.
Muppets Take the Bowl was absolutely successful because The Muppets stayed true to who they are. They were as zany and charming as any of the original episodes of The Muppet Show. Couple that with the comedic spirit of Bobby Moynihan as the celebrity host and everything just felt right. Conductor Thomas Wilkins also featured on occasion and was a fitting addition to the show as well.
As the main performance wrapped up with Rainbow Connection before the fireworks, Paul Williams joined Kermit on the stage before the rest of The Muppets and Moynihan joined. It was the heartwarming moment that The Muppets always did such a wonderful job at creating at the end of so many of its movies and shows. These classic moments were what made the show so much fun. The Muppets were true to themselves and whoever put this show together captured this spirit of this amazing group. This is exactly what makes The Muppets great and what should always be remembered in all Muppet endeavors. I, for one, would love to be attending all three performances this weekend of Muppets Take the Bowl. I sincerely hope that there will be more opportunities for The Muppets to be themselves in more places in the future. And if not, I hope this becomes a yearly tradition. I know I would attend this on a yearly basis!


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The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has accepted that its relationship with the press has fallen below expected standards at times, but defended the need for a dialogue between the two sectors, reports The Guardian.
Representing the police in Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press standards, Neil Garnham QC said that progress can only be made by recognising the mistakes of the past and there have been times when errors have been made.
For people in the media jobs London has to offer, the good news is that Mr Garnham believes interaction between the police and press is "critical" for a democratic society, since it ensures fair reporting as well as effective reporting.
According to Press Gazette, National Union of Journalists general secretary Michelle Stanistreet told the inquiry that a lack of resources may have prompted some members of the press to take shortcuts and contravene their ethical principles.
She said investigative journalists have become something of an endangered species due to the amount of time it takes to research such stories, while much of what is released by newspapers is sourced from agency copy or press releases.


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Rupee continues to gain ground, closes at Rs217 in interbank
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee continued to recover in the interbank market, extending its gains against the dollar for 12 consecutive sessions, ARY News reported on Monday.
The local currency, which had closed at Rs219.92 on Friday, gained Rs1.96 to close at Rs217.97 today, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This amounts to an appreciation of 0.89 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP) stated that the banks were selling the greenback at Rs218.30. In open market, the dollar was being traded between Rs217 to Rs219.
Interbank closing #ExchangeRate for todayhttps://t.co/qJQerkvyHv pic.twitter.com/WM5rDxuKiQ
— SBP (@StateBank_Pak) October 10, 2022
Earlier on October 7, the Pakistani rupee's recovery streak with a gain of Rs2.02 against the dollar in the interbank market. The local currency closed at Rs219.92 per dollar, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The rupee has recovered by Rs19.79 or 8.26pc in the last 11 sessions after falling close to an all-time low of Rs239.94 on Sept 22.
Last week, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif lauded the hard work of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for a strengthening rupee against the US dollar.
Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz Sharif said it is the grace of Allah that the Pakistani rupee was the best-performing currency against the dollar in the world.


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Q: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" Please help me! The first time when I setup PostgreSql and Rails on Linux, I only need run sudo service postgresql restart. It works. Recently I have installed hadoop and made some change on file permission. And then, when I cd to Rails project and run rails s, above errors messages occurs. I don't know why. I spent two days trying so many avaiable solutions on internet. It is still not working.

A: It's likely you don't have permissions to create the file in /var/run/postgresql from the "postgres" owner OS user. Sudo won't make a difference as the service script itself initiates as the postgres owner/user.
Check permissions on /var/run/postgresql.
Try starting it manually (not using the servcie script) with
pg_ctl start -d $PGDATA

Check PostgreSQL log files (default: /var/log/pgsql) for the output to see the true reason it's not starting.
My bet is the permissions.


Proxy Advisors: Republicans and Democrats both asked Blass about the SEC's recent decision to rescind its 2004 no-action letters regarding proxy advisory firms (the ISS and Egan-Jones letters). Huizenga asked how this decision will help investors and reduce proxy advisory conflicts of interest. Blass defended the action, noting that the underlying rules surrounding proxy voting have not changed, that the Division is assessing all of its outstanding guidance as part of a regulatory review, and that the Commission wants to encourage debate at an upcoming industry roundtable on proxy advisors.
Exchange Traded Funds: Blass fielded numerous questions on ETFs. Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) asked when the SEC's rules on ETF research would be finalized. Blass said that the comment period closed in July, and that the Commission was working to finish the rule.
Regulation Best Interest: Republicans and Democrats pressed Blass on the SEC's in-development Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) for broker-dealers. While Republicans supported the SEC's efforts, Rep. Steven Lynch (D-Mass.) pressed Blass on the statutory authority that the SEC is using to promulgate the rule, noting that the law requires the promulgated standard for broker-dealers to be "no less stringent" than the investment advisor fiduciary standard.
In his opening statement, Huizenga called for policymakers to make improvements to capital markets to provide investors, especially main street investors, more opportunities to earn returns. Huizenga outlined Division of Investment Management's (the Division) work regulating the asset management industry and praised the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for beginning rulemaking on a best interest standard for broker dealers.
In her opening statement, Maloney outlined several recent actions by the Division that caused her concern. First, the Division rescinded two no-action letters relating to proxy advisory firms from 2004, and she argued that asset managers need proxy advisory firms to accurately vote their shares. Second, she criticized the SEC's recent vote to eliminate the public disclosure component of the liquidity risk management rules.
In her testimony, Blass outlined the Division's work in 2018, which was focused on improving the retail investor experience. Recent initiatives include rulemakings on standards of conduct for investment professionals, as well as the Division's attempts to solicit retail investor feedback on the proposed changes. Another initiative focused on mutual fund disclosures. Blass also briefly discussed the SEC's work to develop new regulatory frameworks for business development companies (BDCs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as well as the Division's attempts to incorporate sophisticated data analysis as part of its market regulation.
Republicans and Democrats both asked Blass about the SEC's recent decision to rescind its 2004 no-action letters regarding proxy advisory firms (the ISS and Egan-Jones letters). Huizenga asked how this decision will help investors and reduce proxy advisory conflicts of interest. Blass defended the action, noting that the underlying rules surrounding proxy voting have not changed, that the Division is assessing all of its outstanding guidance as part of a regulatory review, and that the Commission wants to encourage debate at an upcoming industry roundtable on proxy advisors.
Maloney criticized the SEC's decision to rescind the letters and asked Blass to specifically enumerate what industry developments since 2004 necessitated that. Blass said that the regulatory landscape has changed, passive investment has grown, and data analytical tools have changed portfolio management strategies. Blass defended the SEC's action but said that the Commission is focused on empowering shareholders, and that proxy firms are an important part of the ecosystem.
Huizenga asked Blass to discuss the benefits that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provide investors. Blass noted that ETFs have grown dramatically in recent years because investors are able to enter and exit ETF positions quickly, and that they allow for easy diversification with low fees. Blass said that it is important that investors know the difference between ETFs and other exchange-traded products (ETPs) which are not subject to all the provisions of the 1940 Investment Company Act ('40 Act).
Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) asked when the SEC's rules on ETF research would be finalized. Blass said that the comment period closed in July, and that the Commission was working to finish the rule.
'40 Act questions due to the law's portfolio composition requirements. Davidson said that stakeholders want to offer crypto ETPs but are concerned by the current regulation by enforcement/rejection practices at the SEC.
Hultgren said he was pleased that the SEC is "stepping in" to replace the Department of Labor's fiduciary duty rule with Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI). Hultgren asked how the SEC plans to incorporate the feedback it received regarding the rule, and Blass assured him that SEC staff are reviewing the thousands of comments received. Rep. Steven Lynch (D-Mass.) pressed Blass on the statutory authority that the SEC is using to promulgate the rule, noting that the law requires the promulgated standard for broker-dealers to be "no less stringent" than the investment advisor fiduciary standard.
Maloney noted that money market funds (MMFs) are currently required to provide investors with a floating net asset value (NAV) to discourage runs on MMFs in periods of market stress. Maloney asked if the SEC had observed any problems with the rules surrounding floating NAVs. Blass noted that the SEC did see significant asset shifts during the rule's implementation, as over $1 trillion in funds moved from prime funds to government funds.
Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) asked about the Volcker Rule's covered fund provisions that currently prevent banks from participating in certain venture capital funds and investments. Hultgren argued that the legislative record shows that these types of investments were never meant to be included in the Volcker Rule's prohibition on fund participation by banks. Blass said that she recognized the covered funds rule was both over-and under-inclusive and that the SEC and other regulators are still soliciting comments on their proposed revisions to Volcker. In response to a separate question, Blass said that there were statutory questions that could impact the type of reforms the SEC and other regulators could undertake, due to the Volcker Rule's statutory prohibition on the participation by banks in private equity funds.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) praised the SEC for implementing Rule 30e-3, on the electronic delivery of fund information, and asked what other actions the SEC would take to reduce the "amount of clutter" related to disclosures. Blass pointed him to the SEC's efforts to improve the investor experience by reforming the disclosures provided to investors.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) asked if Blass's Division was participating in creating the SEC's planned Concept Release on Investing in Private Companies. Blass said that the Division was working with other teams at the SEC on the Concept Release.


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Q: Dynamic content url I want to loop SPAN string values from class .metric-type, so that the string (for ex: "Home-Icon") can be used as the definition of @iconurl to be passed as a parameter to the last declaration. Essentially updating all those spans content url by concatenating matched string. Any ideas?
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UPDATE:
I was able to achieve some dynamic function by use of content: attr(data-name)
but it is very limited and was only able to get a string result as I am not able to concatenate it with additional string variables to generate images.
Although I am editing visual content here, the language just does not support it, so I went with an all jQuery solution here:
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A: SOLVED (via jQuery instead): I was able to achieve some dynamic function by use of content: attr(data-name) but it is very limited and was only able to get a string result as I am not able to concatenate it with additional string variables to generate images.
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State to end use of Social Security numbers for IDs
15 Apr State to end use of Social Security numbers for IDs
Madison, Wis. – First, it was the Department of Health and Family Services that vowed to end the use of Social Security numbers as identifiers for state programs. Now perhaps all of state government will end the practice as part of a directive from Gov. Jim Doyle.
In the aftermath of a review of security breaches linked to the visibility of Social Security numbers in state mailings, Doyle has called for state agencies to replace Social Security numbers with random identifiers for the administration of state programs. The review, conducted by Metavante Corp., recommends changes to the state's data collection practices.
Doyle issued the directive for new data privacy standards in a letter to state Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan. In addition to replacing Social Security numbers with random ID numbers, the governor directed Morgan to work with state agencies to conduct annual risk assessments of policies designed to protect sensitive data, to designate a privacy officer in each agency that would be responsible for data protection oversight, and to develop standard language for the safeguarding of personal information that would be part of vendor contracts.
In the letter, Doyle wrote: "Every day, government has to collect sensitive information about its citizens in order to provide services like issuing a fishing license, calculating a tax refund, or confirming eligibility for healthcare services. We have a serious responsibility to protect Wisconsin's citizens by ensuring their personal information is secure."
Kevin Hayden, outgoing Secretary of DHFS, told the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy in January the department was working with Electronic Data Systems to change identification numbers to a unique 10-digit number that does not include the Social Security numbers of Wisconsin residents enrolled in state healthcare programs.
His testimony came shortly after EDS mistakenly mailed 260,000 brochures to Medicaid recipients that included their Social Security numbers on the address labels. Prior to that, the state Department of Revenue sent mailings to 5,000 people with their Social Security numbers visible in the address window.
The breaches prompted Doyle to ask Metavante, a Milwaukee-based provider of banking and payments technology, to look into the state's security practices.
• DHFS to end practice of using Social Security numbers for ID
• Metavante strengthens ties with European bank
• Extracting and redacting: Is solution to state's privacy fumbles right in its own back yard?


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The IoT could help the UK cut 17.4M tonnes of CO2
By Ryan Daws | 14th September 2021 | TechForge Media
Categories: 5G, AI, Enterprise, Industrial IoT (IIoT), IoT, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Research, Smart Cities & Homes,
A report from Vodafone and WPI Economics has found that emerging technologies like the IoT and 5G could help the UK cut 17.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Earlier this year, the UK enshrined in law a target to slash carbon emissions by 78 percent by 2035 as part of a bid to achieve net-zero by 2050. Achieving the UK's target, and hopefully exceeding it, will require taking advantage of every possible tool.
Susanne Baker, Associate Director, Climate, Environment and Sustainability at TechUK, said: "It is critical that Government, regulators and business work together to fight climate change and achieve net-zero by 2050."
"Digital technology has a huge potential to help us achieve our climate goals. Digital is already emerging as a key tool to support the net-zero transition, and as this report shows, existing digital technology can have an even more significant impact in reducing our carbon footprint across the economy. With COP26 around the corner, now is the time to act."
Technologies including the IoT and 5G will be key in delivering the efficiency improvements that reduce our carbon footprints while minimising the impact on people's ability to live, work, and travel without significant disruption.
The new report – 'Connecting for Net Zero: addressing the climate crisis through digital technology' – focuses on three key but high-polluting sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, and transport.
Agriculture ensures there's enough produce for all citizens but, in the process, has historically created a large amount of carbon. The report estimates that around 4.8 million tonnes of CO2e – equivalent to producing three billion pints of milk – could be saved annually by adopting smart sensors for improving the monitoring of crops, soil, fertiliser, feed, and water to improve resource efficiency and reduce waste.
Manufacturing helps to improve lives but does so at a significant environmental cost. Around 3.3 million tonnes of CO2e could be saved annually – equivalent to producing almost 600,000 cars – by combining emerging technologies like AI and smart building solutions to improve production lines and energy efficiency.
Transport is essential for visiting loved ones, work, daily tasks, and seeing the world, but it's also the biggest polluter. Figures from the Department for Transport have found "little change over time in transport emissions" with just a three percent reduction in 2019 since 2009.
Around 9.3 million tonnes of CO2e could be saved annually – the equivalent of taking two million cars off the road – through solutions including enhanced telematics which enable logistics companies to shorten delivery routes and cut idle time through intelligent route planning.
Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer at Vodafone UK, said: "Significantly reducing emissions from traditionally carbon-intensive sectors – such as manufacturing, transport and agriculture – is one of the biggest opportunities of the next decade.
"Businesses and government must work together to drive the adoption of technology that will maximise efficiencies and help the UK decarbonise more rapidly to meet vital environmental goals."
Vodafone, for its part, recently announced that its European operations are now powered via 100 percent renewable electricity. The operator plans to achieve net-zero for its UK operations by 2027 and globally by 2040.
Over the last year, Vodafone UK estimates that 54 percent of its 123 million IoT connections have enabled customers to reduce their emissions.
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Typically, a user will start by viewing their token balance and transaction history in your app. This is possible through the Balance API and Ledger API, and does not require the Wallet SDK.
To transact with their tokens, a user will have to first create a 6-digit PIN for their Wallet. After setting their PIN users will also have the option to immediately set up biometric authentication for convenient wallet use.
To alleviate the burden of approving every transaction manually, the OST Wallet SDK defines a 2 week ephemeral session authorization period. During that period, logged-in users of your app can approve transactions without reauthorizing with their biometrics or PIN.
After a session has expired, a user will only need to re-enter their PIN or biometric information, when they wish to approve another token transfer.
If a user loses their device they will be able to recover their wallet by entering their 6 digit PIN on another device provided that device has access. The OST Wallet SDK natively supports multi-device access. The user's 6 digit PIN is one of three pieces of data used to construct a new wallet, the other two being an encrypted secret stored by the company providing the brand tokens and another encrypted secret stored by OST. The user will have to wait 12 hours before a wallet is recovered. A full guide on wallet recovery is available here.
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Stefan Doru Moscu: Piecing Together Deconstructed Reality
Time And Texture
Stefan Doru Moscu is a surrealist artist and sculptor based in Brasov, Romania, born there in 1982. A Quentin Tarantino of fine arts, he paints an oddly satisfying pulp fiction every time he holds a brush. His work is enigmatic with scenes from popular music videos, old photographs, cartoons, movies, and fairy tales. The abstract imagery isn't just a fancy puzzle but depicts the socio-political and cultural issues as well as the transformation of society through time.
"I Can't Stand My Own Mind" by Stefan Doru Moscu, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017
"I intend to explore the relationship between man and nature in urban environments in an attempt to obscure historical and political references with personal memories, film references, and scenes from the entertainment industry, and elements from art history."
"Try To Name What You Feel When The Feeling Is Gone" by Stefan Doru Moscu, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018
Moscu's father was a self-taught sculptor and young artist's first inspiration. Stefan studied Arts and Restoration at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. At the moment, the artist prefers oil and acrylic on canvas more than sculpture as painting allows him to express himself better. His current style is the evolution of decades of practice and hard work.
"Skin Covered In Ego" by Stefan Doru Moscu, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018
Hypnotizing Symbolism
With a somber palette of colors with shades of blue and gray, the paintings are dark but far from dull. The surreal reality Moscu creates on his canvas presents a unique overlook on the realities of living in a current political, economic, and ecological climate. Reflecting on the social issues and injustices, Stefan projects these global problems onto personal, individual human struggle.
"Party Never Fit Me" by Stefan Doru Moscu, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018
"The transformation of society between the "online and offline" of the immediate past and the present is my main focus. I take inspiration from textures like those of objects degrading, decaying, rusting, or corroding over time."
"I Refuse To Give Up My Obsession" by Stefan Doru Moscu, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017
Stefan Doru Moscu has presented his artworks in multiple exhibitions in the USA and Europe. The independent artist works in the studio with his wife, who is also a painter, and has been working on four series of paintings, experimenting with abstract expressionism. By deconstructing reality and piecing it back together with the use of oils and acrylics, the artist challenges existing political, economic, social, and technological paradigms.
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You can view more work by Stefan on his Instagram and website.
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Papal conclave to begin next week
Pope Benedict XVI delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) Christmas Day message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on December 25, 2012. UPI/Stefano Spaziani | License Photo
VATICAN CITY, March 8 (UPI) -- Roman Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome will begin electing a new pope Tuesday to succeed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Vatican said Friday.
The start date was determined following days of deliberations and more than 100 speeches by the 115 voting cardinals who went to the Vatican to select a new pope for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, The Washington Post reported.
Vatican officials said the cardinals, meeting in their eighth general congregation, voted to start the conclave Tuesday afternoon after a morning mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
Earlier Friday, the cardinals voted to accept the absence of the two voting-age cardinals who said they would not attend the conclave, the Post said. One, a cardinal from Jakarta, asked to be excused for health reasons.
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The second is Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland, who recently admitted to accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior toward priests. When he announced his resignation as leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland in February, he said he would not attend the conclave.
The announcement of a start date for the papal election provides a timetable for the vote, The New York Times reported. Holy Week begins March 24, Palm Sunday, followed by Easter Sunday on March 31.
The last day of papal duties for the 85-year-old Benedict was Feb. 28. He announced earlier he was leaving the chair of St. Peter because of health and advancing age.
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Six days before his resignation took effect, the pope emeritus issued an order to the cardinals that they didn't have to wait the traditional 15 to 20 days to begin the balloting process.
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My Chemical Romance (often abbreviated as MCR) was an American rock band from New Jersey, active from 2001 to 2013. The band's best-known lineup consisted of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way and drummer Bob Bryar. Founded by Gerard, Mikey, Toro, Matt Pelissier, and later joined by Iero, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002. They signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge in 2004. Shortly after the album's release, Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar. A commercial success, the album was awarded platinum status over a year later.
The band eclipsed their previous success with their 2006 concept album, The Black Parade, which gained generally favorable reviews among music critics and was certified double platinum in the United Kingdom, the band's first and only double platinum. After the departure of long-time drummer Bob Bryar in March 2010, the band released their fourth studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, in November that same year, to positive reviews. After the addition of touring keyboardist James Dewees in 2012 and the release of Conventional Weapons, a series of singles recorded in 2009, released over the course of five months, the band announced its break-up on March 22, 2013, one month after the final release in the Conventional Weapons series. After the band's split, a greatest hits album entitled May Death Never Stop You was released in March 2014. A tenth anniversary reissue of The Black Parade was released in September 2016 titled The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts.
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