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Q: Python indexing larger than range but does not output an error so I have a list x = [1,2,3]
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it still prints out 1,2,3 I would expect an index out of range error.

A: It is just returning every element in the list up to 100. It doesn't require that there are 100 elements in the list. If you did x[100] it would error

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Crit Care. 2010;14(1):115. doi: 10.1186/cc8846. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
First evidence of a pro-inflammatory response to severe infection with influenza virus H1N1.
de Castro IF, Guzmán-Fulgencio M, García-Alvarez M, Resino S.
The great majority of infections caused by the pandemic variant of the influenza virus (nvH1N1) are self-limited, but a small percentage of patients develop severe symptoms requiring hospitalization. Bermejo-Martin and colleagues have presented a pilot study describing the differences in the early immune response for patients both mildly and severely infected with nvH1N1. Patients who develop severe symptoms after nvH1N1 infection showed Th1 and Th17 'hypercytokinemia', compared to mildly infected patients and healthy controls. The mediators involved with the Th1 and Th17 profiles are known to be involved in antiviral, pro-inflammatory and autoimmune responses. This is the first work reporting the association of a pro-inflamatory immune response with a severe pandemic infection, although it is likely that more studies are needed to understand the detrimental or beneficial roles these cytokines play in the evolution of mild and severe nvH1N1 infection.
Th1 and Th17 hypercytokinemia as early host response signature in severe pandemic influenza. [Crit Care. 2009]
10.1186/cc8846
Publication types, MeSH terms, Substance
Case-Control Studies
Cytokines/blood
Inflammation/blood
Inflammation/pathology*
Inflammation/virology
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/isolation & purification*
Influenza, Human/blood
Influenza, Human/pathology*
Influenza, Human/virology
Flu - MedlinePlus Health Information
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After a good night's sleep, we set off after breakfast for a visit to the World of Wedgwood in nearby Barlaston.
The Wedgwood estate stretches for 240 acres with ample free parking in its grounds. The modern buildings have huge willow sculptures near the entrance in the shape of crockery. We planned our arrival for 10.00 a.m. just as the visitor centre was opening and loved the train themed lobby adorned with flowers and Wedgwood tableware.
The helpful receptionists welcomed us to Wedgwood and explained where we needed to meet for the factory tour at 10.45 a.m. as well as arranging further activities for later in the day. Tours cost £10 per person and are booked on the day on a first come, first served basis Monday to Friday, so at busy times it's advisable to arrive early.
Our tour guide was very informative as he led us around the factory explaining each process from starting with clay to hand painted finished items.
We observed most of the techniques looking down from balconies but were able to come down to the factory floor to watch intricate hand painting and gold edging being applied to cups and saucers. The tour lasted one hour and gave us an insight into the production of high quality ceramics.
Following the tour, there was an opportunity for visitors to try their hand at the potters wheel so we decided to roll our sleeves up, pick up an apron and have a go. For those of you who have ever watched The Generation Game, I had visions of it being like that, clay flying off the wheel, a total mess and mis-shaped objects being produced.
I was paired with Mandy, an experienced potter who guided me through the process. Firstly I had to bang a dome shaped lump of clay down onto the centre of the wheel, wet my hands and then cup the clay firmly as it turned on the wheel. Mandy explained that it was important to keep the clay flexible so that it could be stretched and elongated into shape.
It felt very therapeutic holding my hands around the clay trying to remember to keep it wet. As the clay formed into a cylinder, Mandy instructed me to gently press two fingers into the centre to create a hole. The clay then needed to be widened by pulling outwards whilst bringing the sides up. With the help of Mandy, my lump of clay had now been transformed into a smart looking vase. This was labelled and would be fired in the Wedgwood ovens, stamped with the World of Wedgwood logo, dated and posted to my home address as a lasting souvenir of my visit.
I would definitely recommend this activity as it was great fun with the friendly potters offering one-to-one tuition and ensuring that everyone produced an object to be proud of. Pot throwing costs £15 including postage but for those visitors who live nearby and can collect the item themselves, the cost is £10 with the activity lasting approximately 20 minutes.
We then removed our aprons and cleaned ourselves up, the clay coming off our hands easily with the use of a nail brush. Looking presentable again, we'd worked up an appetite so we made our way to the luxurious Wedgwood tea room to indulge in their afternoon tea. We were seated near the window from where we had views across the estate. Our friendly and efficient waitress brought glasses of Prosecco to set the mood whilst we browsed the menu. I selected Earl Grey tea which was of course served in the finest Wedgwood bone china.
The afternoon tea then arrived on a traditional three tier cake stand comprising a delicious assortment of open sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, fruit jellies, meringues and cakes. Taking afternoon tea here is sheer decadence and a luxuriously self indulgent experience not to be missed.
We couldn't manage to eat all the cakes so our waitress kindly packaged them in a a box so we could take them away and enjoy them later. After popping the cakes back in the car we returned to the visitor centre to join our guided tour of the Wedgwood museum.
The Wedgwood collection of 80,000 works of art, ceramics, letters and photographs is now owned by the V & A but continues to be on display at the World of Wedgwood. The tour started with a chronological history of the company where we learnt that Wedgwood was founded in 1759 by Josiah Wedgwood. He had previously worked with the established potter Thomas Whieldon until 1759 when relatives leased him the Ivy House in nearby Burslem which enabled him to start his own pottery business. Our guide explained that his marriage to Sarah, a distant cousin also helped him become established in the ceramics industry.
In 1766 Wedgwood bought Etruria, a large Staffordshire estate as both his home and factory. The company's best known product is Jasper ware, created to look like ancient cameo glass with Greek, Egyptian and Roman themes, traditionally in pale blue with white cameos. During the 1930's Wedgwood's success continued and in order to increase efficiency the 5th Josiah Wedgwood decided to build a new factory near the village of Barlaston where our visit was taking place. Wedgwood was a philanthropic entrepreneur who took responsibility for constructing both a modern factory, worker's housing and sporting facilities ensuring he had a devoted and healthy workforce.
The museum contains many exquisite items, hand painted figurines and examples of the iconic blue and white Jasper ware and although visitors can just wander around the museum themselves, by taking a 45 minute guided tour we undoubtedly learnt much more.
Before leaving the site, we visited the Wedgwood flagship store and factory outlet shop which were both doing a brisk trade. Next to these stores is the Dining Hall which has an outdoor terrace providing an alternative to dining in the tea room. I didn't quite know what to expect before we arrived, but we left having enjoyed a splendid 5 hours and would recommend a visit as there is something for everyone.
Feeling like a little exercise, we returned to the car and headed to Biddulph Grange Garden thirty minutes away. Biddulph lies in a valley on the edge of North Staffordshire and is famed for its Chinese landscape, Egyptian court and Italianate garden.
The house is privately owned but the National Trust gardens are open to the public. The garden was the vision of James Bateman who from 1841 spent more than 20 years collecting plants from all over the world. He didn't often travel himself but instead employed plant hunters to send specimens back to him by sea.
We began exploring from the terrace of the Italianate villa from where we had beautiful views over the formal Italianate garden and across the lily pond. Narrow paths, steps and short tunnels lead from one area to another resulting in an intriguing journey of discovery.
It took us awhile to locate the small Chinese temple which is absolutely beautiful and designed to reflect a willow pattern. Crossing an ornate bridge, we reached the temple sitting for a few moments in one of its alcoves. It was the perfect spot to relax whilst overlooking the magnificent Chinese garden.
Visiting the garden in June, the rhododendrons had all but finished and the renowned Dahlia Walk was not yet in bloom but there was still much to enjoy from the vivid shades of green to the pale pink and white hues of the water lilies. We left the gardens just before closing time and returned to our hotel for a little rest before having dinner in the attractive small market town of Stone.
Lovely story and excellent photos once again.
Thank you Chris for your much appreciated thoughts!
What a wonderful way to learn and experience pottery. Thank you for photos and very informative text.
Thank you for your kind words. We had a splendid time learning about pottery making and visiting the factory.
Yes, so did mine and I still have some of her china!
Marion this is my idea of a fabulous day out; love Wedgewood – I had a beautiful dinner set given to me by my family for my weeding in 1989 (still have it and still love it).
How lovely Sue that you have a Wedgwood dinner service. It was such a fabulous day out and although Stoke is less than three hours drive from home, I hadn't been before. I enjoyed having a go on the potter's wheel and my vase arrived in the post a few days ago.
What an interesting, multi-faceted, tour!
Thank you, t was a fun day out!
You are right, I had a marvellous time but can't take all the credit for my masterpiece! So nice to hear from you again.
Thank you for your kind words Ingrid, it's so nice to have the recognition and I'll certainly take a look.
Well done with your pot – looks very professional!
Thanks Linda, I was very impressed with it too.
Wonderful stuff! And so many excellent photos!
Thanks Mitch for your kind words. I'm pleased you enjoyed reading this post.
You are going to be one VERY little Traveller by the time you're finished…Thank you for the fascinating tour of the factory and surrounds, etc., I'm an artistic soul, so would be fascinated to see the various pieces being made, the collection, etc., And the tea and sandwiches, cakes etc looked really yummy! Do hope your next trip will be as interesting.
Thanks Joy for your welcome thoughts. It was a really fun day out with so much to see and do at Wedgwood and I wouldn't mind having another go at pottery making sometime, messy but fun!
This looks like a lot of fun and the prices seem very reasonable. The nearby garden also looks beautiful.
Thank you, we had such a fun day out and the tour and pottery making were reasonably priced.
What an interesting day! I've always had a fondness for Wedgwood but my favorite pics would have to be the cakes and gardens. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks Sue for your kind words. Visiting Wedgwood was so nice and the afternoon tea and visit to the gardens rounded off our day so well!
Thank you for your ever welcome thoughts. Yes, it's good to see Wedgwood still producing pottery. I think we have all got some fine china dinner and tea sets tucked away on upper shelves of our cupboards!
What a fabulous day! Your descriptions, as always, are superb.
Thank you so much for your kind words, it's so nice to read you are enjoying my posts.
Lovely photos! This has given me an idea for a day out with my mum, it looks like great fun!
Thank you for your kind words. I hope you get an opportunity to visit Wedgwood soon.
Thank you for a very interesting account. I've been to Biddulph Grange many years ago. It was lovely to see the pictures again.
I'm so pleased my post brought back some happy memories for you. Thank you for your nice comments.
Do they still make Willow Pattern there? I remember hearing the 'legend' behind the pattern at school … it was only later in life I discovered the pattern and the legend is about as Chinese as I am!
I don't think that Willow Pattern is made there any longer but we saw lots of other beautiful china being produced.
I think it's thought of as rather old-fashioned these days, and I don't imagine there'd be much call for it. But, I do remember a set going for quite a considerable sum on a TV antiques show.
Your vase looked pretty good! I am impressed. Not the Generation Game at all!
Thank you! It was great fun working with the clay.


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The Nature of Career Advice Provided to Undergraduate Allied Health Sciences Students at the University of South Australia
Marie Williams, University of South Australia
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of career advice, especially advice concerning postgraduate research training degrees, provided to and by students in five health professional bachelor's degree programs at the University of South Australia. In addition, differences between professional disciplines in terms of career advice and knowledge of current research activities of staff and research degree students were explored. Method: A cross-sectional survey of final year students in five disciplines within the School of Health Sciences was used in this study. Information was sought on demographics, the nature of career advice received, advice the respondent would provide to a peer, and knowledge of current research activities. Differences between disciplines were calculated with respect to positive responses for advice for postgraduate study (Honours, Masters by Research or PhD) and knowledge of current research activities. Results: In 2004, 278 students completed the survey (response rate 82%). The majority of respondents (72%) indicated that career advice was provided throughout their degree. The most frequent career advice was related to postgraduate study (encouraged 28%, discouraged 27%) or work within a specific place of employment immediately upon graduation (encouraged 17%, discouraged 24%). Respondents from physiotherapy were significantly more positive in their responses concerning postgraduate study, experience of research courses, and knowledge of research activities. Conclusions: While generic advice was provided, there appears to be a lack of specific information relating to career progression and requirements for promotion within different modes of employment. Systematic evaluation of the relationships between career advice provision, employment choices and career progression is required specifically in the allied health professions.
Williams M. The Nature of Career Advice Provided to Undergraduate Allied Health Sciences Students at the University of South Australia. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 2006 Oct 01;4(4), Article 8.


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Poniżej znajduje się lista odcinków serialu telewizyjnego Magazyn 13 – emitowanego przez amerykańską stację telewizyjną  SyFy od 7 lipca 2009 roku do 19 maja 2014 roku. Łącznie powstało 5 sezonów,64 odcinków W Polsce serial jest emitowany od 13 października 2010 roku przez stację SciFi Universal.

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BAFTA announces longlists for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards
Film Awards voting takes place over three rounds: Longlisting, Nominations and Winners
Longlisted titles announced today will progress to Round Two of voting
Nominations will be announced on 19 January 2023
Winners will be announced at the EE BAFTA Films Awards ceremony on 19 February 2023
BAFTA has announced the full set of longlists of films and talent that have gone through to Round Two of voting for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards. Round Two voting kicks off Jan 6th; and will determine the Nominations, to be unveiled via a global livestream on 19 January at 12pm (GMT). Round Three of voting will determine the winners, to be announced on 19 February at the EE BAFTA Film Awards.
Longlists for 24 categories including Best Film, Cinematography, Casting, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language, the four performance categories, and more, are published HERE.
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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ ™ & © DC Comics
CINEMATOGRAPHY category
10 films will advance in the Cinematography category. Members of the Cinematography chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 167 films were submitted for consideration.
All Quiet On The Western Front – DP James Friend BSC ASC
Amsterdam – DP Emmanuel Lubezki
Athena – DP Matias Boucard
Babylon – DP Linus Sandgren
The Banshees of Inisherin – DP Ben Davis BSC
The Batman – DP Greig Fraser ACS ASC
Elvis – DP Mandy Walker AM ACS ASC
Empire Of Light – DP Sir Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC
Tár – DP Florian Hoffmeister BSC
Top Gun: Maverick – DP Claudio Miranda ASC
BAFTA Film Committee chair, Anna Higgs, said: "The publication of the EE BAFTA Film Awards Longlist is a very special moment to recognise the wide range of exceptional crafts, performances and productions that make the magic of films a reality. To be Longlisted is a fantastic achievement amidst the phenomenal films released in the last year. Sharing the list ahead of the Nominations will hopefully inspire the public to watch as many films as possible and join in the conversation as excitement builds for the Awards."
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Director: Edward Berger, Prague 2021
The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards will be announced via a global livestream hosted by actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh on Thursday 19 January at 12 midday (GMT), from the arts charity's newly redeveloped HQ at 195 Piccadilly, London.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards will take place on Sunday 19 February at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall and will be broadcast in the UK on BBC One, BBC One HD and BBC iPlayer and syndicated globally. For the first time, the ceremony will culminate in a live broadcast to reveal the final four category winners, enabling audiences at home to be part of the excitement as it happens. Details of the refreshed format can be found HERE.


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What's up: Lakeside Park dredging
What's the story with Lakeside Park dredging?
What's up: Lakeside Park dredging What's the story with Lakeside Park dredging? Check out this story on fdlreporter.com: http://fondul.ac/1wUT5b9
Laurie Ritger, Action Reporter Media Published 11:00 p.m. CT Nov. 1, 2014 | Updated 11:09 p.m. CT Nov. 1, 2014
With a five-gallon pail as his chair, Joe Pflum of Fond du Lac fishes for bluegill last week at Lakeside Park. The park lagoons were dredged in a project that was completed in September. (Photo: Doug Raflik/Action Reporter Media )Buy Photo
Editor's note: Today in "What's the Story?" we answer a question from a reader who wants to know what's the story with the dredging project at Lakeside Park.
Question: "I've been wondering about the dredging project at Lakeside Park. Is it finished? Are they still going to use the material that was dredged out of the lagoons to enhance the sledding area out at UW-FDL?"
Answer: "Dredging at Lakeside Park was finished in mid-September," said Jordan Skiff, public works director. "It was decided before the project started not to use the material for the sledding hill at UW-Fond du Lac. The main reason was the kind of dredging selected. If mechanical dredging was chosen and trucks would have been filled up and the material hauled somewhere, it wouldn't have been too far to take to UW-FdL. But we went with hydraulic dredging and it was the most cost-effective option taken."
PCI Dredging of Minocqua used barges with claw-like arms that dig the material and send it through pipes to an area where water and solids are separated. The project was done to deepen the lagoons to an eight-foot center channel depth that will allow boaters to navigate the waters.
"The material was pumped to Lakeside Park West and (is) sitting and drying out," Skiff said.
PCI Dredging typically doesn't work in settings like Lakeside Park, Skipp said. The dredge turned up park benches, bicycles, garbage and a number of other items that were not compatible with the pumping process.
"I think it made it a challenge," he said.
The last dredged material was put into a makeshift bowl formed inside previously pumped material. He said it will be months before the material is firm enough to work with and will be planted with grass seed.
'Very successful'
"We consider (the dredging) to be very successful," Skiff said. "Obviously it took a little longer than we or the contractor had hoped."
The project began in late November 2013 and went into December 2013, when crews were working around the clock to keep pumps from freezing. Severe winter weather forced them to stop. They hoped to resume work in late February or March, but due to weather start until April. Then, the city added more to the project, sking crews to dredge outside the marina and near fisherman's pier.
More than 70,00 cubic yards of material was removed.
A conservation group is planning to add fish structures in the channels this winter.
The amount budgeted for the dredging was slightly more than $1 million, but with the added area and use of the hydraulic method the actual cost was over $1.6 million. A Recreational Boating grant of about $60,000 and $90,000 from the harbor fund were applied to the project and Skiff said the city used money from other projects that came in under budget to help pay for the increased cost.
"We wanted to make the most of the opportunity when the contractor was here," Skiff said of the larger-scope project.
Without dredged material from Lakeside Park lagoons, enhancements to the sledding hill are stalled.
Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel said the county missed several opportunities for free soil from the Pioneer Road project and the city's decision to use the hydraulic method to dredge made that material unavailable.
"The Noon Optimist Club has been raising some funds for that project, however they are short of their goal," he said. "(But) the biggest issue is not the funding, but the lack of soil material to use on the site."
The UW-Fond du Lac master plan calls for digging one or two more detention ponds on the campus that would provide material for the hill, Buechel said. The project is slated for the future, "so unless something else changes, the sledding hill will remain as it is for the next several years," he said.
Do you have a question you'd like answered in "What's the Story?" Email us at whatsthestory@fdlreporter.com or call us at (920) 907-7912.
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William Worthington (Troy, Nova Iorque, 9 de abril de 1872 — Beverly Hills, Califórnia, 9 de abril de 1941) foi um ator e diretor norte-americano da era do cinema mudo.

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This is another Healthy Breakfast / Dinner recipe with more nutritional value, rich in protein, fiber, low calorie and filling recipe perfect to kick start anyone's day. Its good for diet and diabetic people too. This is one of my recent experiment with Pearl Barley and Mixed lentils combo. Though Pearl Barley is low in protein content compared to the whole grain barley but low in calorie and the addition of lentils like Green gram, Orange lentils/Masoor dal, Tuvar Dal, Channa dal, Urad dal makes it a protein packed meal. The Barley Adai / Dosa is a Instant version it doesn't require fermentation and can be cooked soon after grinding. The dosa turned so crispy and tasty and i served with Kadamba Chutney, which i posted last week. The combo was so good and my kids loved this Barley Adai so much. For a change from regular Dosa & Adai, try this healthy and tasty Barley Adai. And also Pearl Barley are very cheap, healthy and easy to use and also available in all supermarket & Departmental stores. Great nutrition in an less or cheap price.
Oil as needed to toast dosa.
Wash and all the ingredients from Barley to Brown rice for 4-5 hours.
After that drain water and grind along with cumin seeds & Fennel seeds to a fine coarse batter using little water, make a little thick batter but not too thick like adai.
To the ground batter, add enough salt, chilli powder and hing mix well.
That's it..Barley Adai batter is ready. You can make dosa soon after grinding. But i usually grind around 6.30 pm/am for 8.00 pm/am for dinner/breakfast.
Heat a tawa/griddle, pour a ladle full of batter make it a thin dosa, drizzle oil around.
Cook in medium heat after 1-2 minutes, dosa starts browning and crisp then turn other side and cook for a minute.
Then fold it and serve with Chutney or Podi. I served with Kadamba Chutney.
If you want you can also add some finely chopped onions, cilantro, ginger, spinach, few shredded carrots to the batter for even more tasty and healthy dosa.
Instead of chilli powder you can also grind 4-5 dry red chillies along with soaked ingredients.
To above ingredients you can also add 1/2 cup-3/4 cup Oats, have tried with oats also.
Nyc nd healthy one! I wanna try ths badly.. Shall send u feedback fr sure!
sure give it a try, definitely you will like it :) waiting for your feedback! Thanks!
A very very healthy adai :) i love your adai pessaratu a lot because they are so very way u make dear :) lovely clicks and tempting Barley adai !!
I am yet to add barley to the diet.. Healthy and delicious adai.. Love the presentation dear!
that is mind blowing!!! should have tasted awesome and is so healthy!!!
This looks like a yummy way of adding barley to the diet..
This must have tasted awesome..
Healthy & tempting adai.. Looks tempting !
Such a nutritious adai, i do this quite often.. Wat a wonderful way to add barley in our diet na.
We enjoyed the adai. Thank you for sharing your receipe. I prepare all your diabetic receipes..
Thanks for sharing your feedback, glad that you liked this Adai...so healthy n tasty na! Keep trying and feel free to share your feedback, means a lot to me..i consider it as a big reward for my work :) thanks again!


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Myth, legend surround Point Happy rock
Will Toren
Always wondered why the strip of Highway 111 at the border of Indian Wells and La Quinta cut through the hill instead of around it.It is weird, right? They could have just curved the road around it instead of blasting through. Would love to know why.
Casey Dolan, via Twitter
Personally, the question that comes to my mind is: If people just built roads around big rocks (and piles of rocks) what would they do with all those cool explosives they tote around? But maybe that's just me. In the case of Highway 111's route at the Point Happy rock in La Quinta, what we have is an earthy blend — like a robust coffee — of practicality and legend.
First, the practical: The cut through the rock occurs in the stretch of Highway 111, roughly between Manitou Drive in Indian Wells and Jefferson Street in Indio, that runs right along the Whitewater River/wash. An aerial view shows that Point Happy juts just about right into the path of the wash, and most likely historically determined its course in that part of the Coachella Valley. Where river meets rock, roads get tricky.
Rather than build a bridge across the wash, the planners of the route, which goes back to the 1930s as a designated connector between Route 60 at Whitewater and Route 99 at Brawley, chose the more direct path through the finger of mountain that lay in front of them. This makes a lot of sense, since once the gap is blasted, the road through it needs a lot less upkeep than a bridge, and although workers on the 2009 widening project apparently didn't think all that highly of their predecessors' paving job, I think we can still appreciate their foresight.
But wait, you might argue, wouldn't it have been easier for everybody in the long term if they'd just blasted the whole thing? Well that's where the legends come in, going all the way back to the Cahuilla story of how they came to live in what we now call the Coachella Valley.
According to Desert Sun records, Point Happy was named after Norman "Happy" Lundbeck, who homesteaded 40 acres in 1889, calling it Point Happy Ranch. It's said the first deglet noor dates in the state were grown at the Point Happy Date Gardens.
Lundbeck supplied the only water available between the Coachella Valley and Arizona for travelers along the old Bradford Trail stagecoach route, and the distinctive outcropping of rock jutting into the dunes was a beacon of life for the sturdy prospectors and pioneers braving the desert in those early days.
Of course, the proximity of water made the rock significant long before Lundbeck's era. Legend has it that the Cahuilla Indians long used the rock as a reference point for the water source that eventually gave the city of Indian Wells its name.
As Point Happy enthusiast Gordon Fisher of http://www.pointhappy.com/phappy.htm tells it:
"The Cahuilla name for Point Happy is 'Cow on Vah al ham ah,' or 'The sharp point of the pestle of the mortar or grinding stone.'
"Point Happy is a mythical place. According to legend, a Cahuilla named Aswitsei (Eagle Flower) was one of the original five leaders, leader of the Sewakil clan of the coyote moiety. He established the settlement near Point Happy. According to legend, when he first stopped at Point Happy he leaned on the rock and where his arm, his ribs and his hips touched the rock, they left a mark. Then he climbed to the top of it and made a small hole where he could see without being seen and he put his knees and elbows on the rock and leaned his chin on the edge of the hole to see below and again left marks where his body had touched the rock. Obviously not a man to be trifled with."
Though nowadays the rock is perhaps more well known as the location of the Cliffhouse restaurant built into its western side, or for the 9/11 memorial flag that flies from its top, it continues to stand as a bit of a monument against monotony.
"Jeopardy" champ and copy editor Will Toren is The Desert Sun's resident know-it-all. He defies you to stump him. Follow Will on Twitter @WillToren for his daily downloads and send him your questions at will.toren@thedesertsun


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This wonderful year round home is just a short walk to charming downtown Glen Arbor. Head out the door and walk to town for lunch and browse the shops and art galleries. Step outside and jump onto the Sleeping Bear Heritage Bike Trail which runs right in front of the home. This trail connects Glen Arbor to Empire and offers 22 miles of hard surfaced, non-motorized fun! Come back home and relax at this comfortable three bedroom, two bath home. This home offers a nice floor plan with two bedrooms and full bath on the main level. Upstairs you will find a spacious loft bedroom and sitting area. There is also a queen size sofa sleeper for additional sleeping accommodations in the loft. The bath upstairs offers a newly renovated walk-in tiled shower. Plenty of space to gather in the kitchen and dining area which is open to the Great Room. The Great Room is bright and airy with a vaulted ceiling and lots of natural light. The skylights in the loft and three-season room bring in more sunlight and add to the open feeling. Come for a visit in the fall and cozy up with a good book and relax in front of the natural gas stone fireplace. The cook in the family will be pleased with the well equipped kitchen. For those who like to barbecue, step outside and fire up the natural gas grill. Stop at one of the local farm stands or the Tuesday Farmers Market in Glen Arbor were you will find a great selection of local products to make a delicious meal. Not only does this home offer great indoor space but you will find plenty of places to relax outside. Come sit on the front deck and relax on the porch swing and Adirondack chairs or bring your book and beverage to the large three season and take in the sights and sounds of nature. End your day with a stroll to Lake Michigan for a spectacular sunset and return home and build a fire at the firepit with the wood that is available for your use at the wood shed. Gather around the fire for s'mores and plan your next day of adventures in Northern Michigan. Will it be a tour of local wineries and breweries, a relaxing beach day, boating on Glen Lake, shopping, hiking, biking or exploring Sleeping Bear Dunes? With so many options, you'll want to stay for more than a week! Just because you are up north doesn't mean you are with out the comforts of home. You will be able to stay connected during prime season with Wi-Fi and cable (these amenities will be limited during the off-season). There are many ceiling fans throughout the home, including in each bedroom to offer comfort during the warmer weather; however, central air is available if needed. There is a full size washer and dryer available for your use. No Pets. Please see rental agreement for cancellation and refund policy.
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Off Season Nov 02, 2022 Jun 09, 2023 275.00
Prime 2023 Jun 10, 2023 Aug 26, 2023 460.00
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Reviewer Name: Robert
Review Date: Sep 23, 2022
Great location. Short walk to everything in town. Has all the amenities for a comfortable stay
Reviewer Name: Kayse
Review Date: Jun 17, 2022
The house was just as described & the perfect location. The fire pit area had been updated since the pictures which was a wonderful area. House location was walking distance to town & beach or Glen Lake in the other direction. We had a wonderful vacation.
Reviewer Name: Frank
Review Date: Oct 18, 2021
Nice house. Real close to "downtown" - easy walk. But, when you are at the house you would never know you are that close.
Reviewer Name: Jane
Lovely house in a great location. Just steps from downtown Glen Arbor and 2 easy blocks from Lake Michigan. The house was well stocked with everything you could want. We hope to come back next year!
Reviewer Name: John C.
Review Date: Jul 13, 2021
This home is amazing! So close to town and with an easy walk! Plenty of room to share with our family, BBQ, screen room, front porch with swing! Couldn't be better!
Reviewer Name: Mary Ann Zalla
We absolutely LOVED our stay at Glenwood! So many wonderful things to enjoy- the screened in porch, front porch swing, firepit, fireplace, adorable design & location to absolutely EVERYTHING! We would stay here again in a heartbeat & will tell all our friends about it!
Reviewer Name: Kelly
Review Date: Feb 22, 2021
We had a wonderful time at Glenwood cottage! It was adorably decorated, clean, comfortable, and cozy. With two full bathrooms, two bedrooms and a huge loft, a washer and dryer, it fit our family of six with plenty of space to relax. It was also in the perfect location! We felt like we were tucked away in the woods yet we were a five minute walk to downtown Glen Arbor. Also, the kitchen was well-stocked if you enjoy eating-in. We look forward to staying again in the future! Thank you!
Reviewer Name: Amanda G.
"Was the perfect place for our visit to Glen Arbor area! Was a wonderful cottage, in a great location. Hope to stay again!"
Reviewer Name: Josh
Awesome place great area
Reviewer Name: Mark Morawski
Our family loved this comfortable and clean cottage steps from town and Lake Michigan and short drives to amazing hikes to admire the winter beauty of the area. Date of arrival - December 26, 2020
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Пётр Бори́сов:
 Борисов, Пётр Алексеевич (1877—1963) — советский учёный-геолог, заслуженный деятель науки Карело-Финской ССР.
 Борисов, Пётр Иванович (1800—1854) — декабрист.
 Борисов, Пётр Павлович (1901—1940) — советский военный деятель, комбриг, Герой Советского Союза.
 Борисов, Пётр Михайлович (1932—2019) — советский хозяйственный, государственный и политический деятель, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Борисов, Пётр Сергеевич (1921—1968) — Герой Советского Союза.
 Борисов, Пётр Ф. (1811 — не ранее 1832) — русский поэт-самоучка.


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Biden and Xi agree to meet during call that focused on tension with Taiwan, economic anxiety
Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY
July 28, 2022, 4:52 PM ·3 min read
WASHINGTON – Tensions over Taiwan, Russia's war in Ukraine and clashes over the economy dominated a call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday.
The planned call between the leaders – their first in more than four months – comes as the U.S. seeks to regain a competitive edge over China and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi considers a visit to Taiwan.
The call lasted more than two hours, according to the White House, reflecting the long and thorny agenda.
Xi and Biden agreed to meet face-to-face at a time that has yet to be determined, a U.S. official who briefed reporters after the call said.
President Joe Biden speaks about "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Catching up: Biden and Xi began their call at 8:33 a.m. ET, the White House said, and ended at 10:50 a.m.
Last call: They last spoke on March 18 and could see each other in person in November at the Group of 20 Summit, the G-20, in Indonesia.
Biden mum: Biden declined to take questions about the call from reporters at an economic event on Thursday afternoon.
White House readout: The White House released a statement on the call that said the leaders "discussed a range of issues," including climate change and health security.
What the Chinese said: The Chinese government was the first of the two nations to readout the call between the leaders, saying in a statement that Xi discouraged Biden from focusing on the rivalry between the nations.
Competition legislation: One area of disagreement appeared to be the computer chips bill that Congress passed Thursday. It seeks to reduce U.S. manufacturing reliance on China, particularly for semiconductors.
Differences over Taiwan: In its statement, China indicated that Taiwan was a significant topic of discussion during the call, with Xi reiterating the nation's firm opposition against independence.
What's in dispute: Taiwan is a self-governed island that China considers part of its territory. The U.S. has long tried to navigate a murky middle ground that aims to support Taiwan without provoking China.
No change in policy: The White House suggested that Biden warned Xi against taking any action that would upend the status quo.
What they are saying
Legislation in Congress aimed at increasing U.S. competition with China came up, according to the Chinese.
"Attempts at decoupling or severing supply chains in defiance of underlying laws would not help boost the U.S. economy. They would only make the world economy more vulnerable," China's statement said.
The harshest rhetoric was reserved for Taiwan, with the Chinese declaring that "public opinion cannot be defied" on the issue and stating, "Those who play with fire will perish by it."
"It is hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this. The U.S. should honor the one-China principle and implement the three joint communiqués both in word and in deed," the statement said.
A U.S. official declined to "parse the various metaphors" that China has used on Taiwan.
Biden administration officials also stressed that the legislative branch is a separate and co-equal branch of government.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the leaders had a "direct, straightforward conversation."
Jean-Pierre stressed during her daily press briefing that Biden won't tell Pelosi if she should travel to Taiwan or not.
"The president was a member of Congress for 36 years. He understands what that means. And he knows that he cannot say, tell a member of Congress, what they can or cannot do," Jean-Pierre said.
Biden did not preview potential action on the Trump-era tariffs on China during the call, the U.S. official said.
A man reads the books "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" at a booth during the annual book fair in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The Hong Kong Book Fair will be held on July 20-26. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) ORG XMIT: XKC115
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Easing Tariffs?:Why Biden is still mulling whether to roll back Trump's China tariffs to fight inflation
TOPSHOT - China's President Xi Jinping waves following his speech after a ceremony to inaugurate the city's new leader and government in Hong Kong on July 1, 2022, on the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. (Photo by Selim CHTAYTI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SELIM CHTAYTI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: AFP_32DL269.jpg
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Biden clashes with China's Xi over economy, Taiwan during call


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April 27th, 2021 Livestream Q&A: Are Vehicle Modules still being considered?
April 27th, 2021 Livestream
Q&A: Are Vehicle Modules still being considered?
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our vehicle modules still being considered I think so yes, I don't know exactly what's been said, but we have some ideas of like you know we're going to improve the vehicle system in the game at some point we are kind of working on that already we've we've started working on doing vehicle simulations I think vehicles are already a little bit better in update four than they were previously, but there's still more work to be done there and we might also make some changes to vehicles we won't necessarily add more vehicles I don't think that's going to happen but we we are probably going to add like maybe some customization of vehicles or maybe like some extensions to vehicles maybe that's kind of the path that we're thinking of going down but a little bit too early to say yet because we still need to like the vehicle system is is very tricky because we need to either like rework it completely from ground up or just booger down just fix it you know and it's it's it's tricky it's hard


Over two weeks, Year 10 Roundabout has been dedicated to 1st Aid training for the whole year group. Miss Atkins has utilised our new Pavilion as an attractive teaching space for up to 75 students to train them in a variety of 1st Aid skills from communication to bites and stings to temperature conditions and practical application of slings. Mrs James lead lessons at the same time with alternate groups primarily on safe airways( recovery position) and, using the 35 mini-annies provided free by the British Heart Foundation, to teach CPR. 1st Aid for severe bleeding, burns and shock were also covered. This training is necessary for those undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme but it is also part of our school ethos that this is an important life skill. In Scandinavian countries it is routine and the survival rate of heart attack casualties is 80% higher than the European average.


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Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/comings-and-goings-30/)
By Catalyst Chicago | October 2, 2006
PRINCIPALS MOVING ON James Lalley, principal of Northside College Prep since the school's founding in 1999, will step down at the end of the current school year to seek new opportunities. The school is conducting a national search for a replacement to take over in July 2007. … Gertrude Hill, principal of Harlan High, was removed and has had her contract terminated. Reginald Evans, former assistant principal at Simeon High, has replaced her.
AT CLARK STREET Reorganization of central office staff continues. CPS Budget Director Pedro Martinez is being promoted to executive finance officer and will oversee the offices of finance, purchasing, grants management and budget. Tyra Newell, former deputy director, takes over as director of the Office of Management and Budget. … Mercedes Laing, a lawyer and former non-profit and business consultant, is the new chief of internal and external affairs, taking over from Peter Cunningham, who will continue as a general strategic consultant. … Norma Rodriguez, former Area 22 instructional officer, is now officer of the new department of high school curriculum and instruction. … High school area instructional officers now report directly to Donald Pittman, chief officer of high school programs. … David Roche, former director of the Old Town School of Folk Music, was named to the newly created position of director of fine and performing arts.
PEER REVIEW BOARD As part of a pilot peer evaluation and mentoring program launched this fall in eight Fresh Start schools, a nine-member board that includes CPS and Chicago Teachers Union representatives will make decisions on whether to keep probationary teachers at the end of the year. The board will be chaired by Sandra Westbrooks, dean of the School of Education at Chicago State University. Its members are: CEO Arne Duncan; Chief Education Officer Barbara Eason-Watkins; Flavia Hernandez, an officer in the Office of Elementary Areas and Schools; Amanda Rivera, director of the Department of Learning and Development; CTU President Marilyn Stewart; Mary Hanson, a National Board-certified teacher; Marvin Irizarry, dean of students at Logandale Middle School; and Victor Ochoa, an arts teacher at Kelvyn Park High. The participating schools are Attucks, Bass, Burke, Chalmers, Hamline, Piccolo, Richards High and Wells High.
NEW BLOG The Chicago Teachers Union coalition that was ousted in the last election has launched a new blog to discuss teaching and learning conditions in CPS. Find it at www.chicagoteachersspeakout.blogspot.com. The coalition, known as PACT for ProActive Chicago Teachers & School Employees, is finalizing a slate to challenge the United Progressive Caucus in next May's election, says former CTU president Deborah Lynch. She declined to say whether she would run again.
BOUNDARIES REDRAWN To accommodate the district's new student information system, CPS is redrawing elementary school attendance boundaries that run down alleys, cut through city blocks or even "through somebody's living room," says Jimm Dispensa, director of school demographics and planning. The redrawn boundaries will align with streets and waterways so that the district can merge addresses in its new system with the city's official Geographic Information Systems maps. Five percent of schools will lose or gain more than 20 students from their attendance areas, Dispensa reports. Students already enrolled will not have to switch schools, but new students will be subject to the new boundaries, which are expected to go into effect on Nov.1st.
MOVING IN/ON Juana Andrade, a parent from Cooper Elementary, was recently named president of the Chicago Multilingual Parents Council, a group that advises the district on bilingual programs and policy.
COLLEGE READINESS Kennedy, Morgan Park, Roosevelt and Al Raby are among 11 urban schools in three districts selected for the College Board's "EXCELerator" program, a college readiness initiative for low-income and minority students. Chicago is sharing a $16 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will pay for web-based tools to prepare students for Advanced Placement courses, professional development for staff, assistance in analyzing student test data and other services. The two other districts are Washington, D.C. and Duval County, Fla.
EXTRA CASH FOR TURNAROUND Four principals will earn bonuses worth as much as $69,000 over four years for taking over leadership at struggling schools. Keith Foley, former principal of Lane Tech High, will mentor a new principal at Marshall Metro High, where principal Gwendolyn Boyd was removed; Adrian Willis of Keller Gifted Magnet is now principal of Earle; Denise Gamble of Herbert is now principal of Medill, replacing Frederic W. Metz, who was removed; Kimberly McNeal of South Chicago is now principal at Mahalia Jackson, replacing Doris Spivey-Tompkins, who was removed. Gamble, McNeal and Willis will receive training from the University of Virginia.
PRINCIPAL CONTRACTS New principal contracts have been awarded to Pedro Alonso, Von Steuben High; Leslie Martin, Dumas; Sean Stalling, Manley High; Blanca A. Trevino, New Field Primary. … William Harris, Julian High, has had his contract renewed.
Comings & Goings: Cruzat, Washington
Tasha Green Cruzat will become Voices for Illinois Children's new president, and Kelley Washington is now executive director of the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Education.
Comings & Goings: Berry, Lyons, Giraldo
Chicago Principals & Administrators Association President Clarice Berry will be leaving her position, while Matt Lyons has joined Chicago Public Schools as chief talent officer.
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It is best to find professional contractors for the different aspects of your home because you may need their services when you are going to remodel your home. Roofing services is among the many different contracting services that you may need once in a while for renovating your roof or installing roofs to your newly built home. It is recommended to look for these service providers because they are the ones who have the experience and skills when it comes to installing a roof for your home to make sure that you will really get the roof that you wanted for your home.
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Does carbon offsetting work? A guide to the debate …
17 September 2011 | 3:37 pm
The debate about the validity and effectiveness of carbon offsetting seems to be popping up a bit more of late – for example in Mark Lynas's book, The God Species. As a result, I offered to publish on the Guardian a very slightly updated version of the offsetting chapter from my book The Rough Guide to Green Living, which I'm reproducing below.
Originally published on The Guardian
Carbon offset schemes allow individuals and companies to invest in environmental projects around the world in order to balance out their own carbon footprints. The projects are usually based in developing countries and most commonly are designed to reduce future emissions. This might involve rolling out clean energy technologies or purchasing and ripping up carbon credits from an emissions trading scheme. Other schemes work by soaking up CO2 directly from the air through the planting of trees.
Some people and organisations offset their entire carbon footprint while others aim to neutralise the impact of a specific activity, such as taking a flight. To do this, the holidaymaker or business person visits an offset website, uses the online tools to calculate the emissions of their trip, and then pays the offset company to reduce emissions elsewhere in the world by the same amount – thus making the flight "carbon neutral".
Offset schemes vary widely in terms of the cost, though a fairly typical fee would be around £8/$12 for each tonne of CO2 offset. At this price, a typical British family would pay around £45 to neutralise a year's worth of gas and electricity use, while a return flight from London to San Francisco would clock in at around £20 per ticket.
Increasingly, many products are also available with carbon neutrality included as part of the price. These range from books about environmental topics through to high-emission cars (new Land Rovers include offsets for the production of the vehicle and the first 45,000 miles of use).
Over the past decade, carbon offsetting has become increasingly popular, but it has also become – for a mixture reasons – increasingly controversial.
Is the whole concept of offsetting a scam?
Traditionally, much of the criticism of offsetting relates to the planting of trees. Some of these concerns are valid, but in truth most of the best-known carbon offset schemes have long-since switched from tree planting to clean-energy projects – anything from distributing efficient cooking stoves through to capturing methane gas at landfill sites. Energy-based projects such as these are designed to make quicker and more permanent savings than planting trees, and, as a bonus, to offer social benefits. Efficient cooking stoves, for instance, can help poor families save money on fuel and improve their household air quality – a very real benefit in many developing countries.
Even in the case of energy-based schemes, however, many people argue that offsetting is unhelpful – or even counterproductive – in the fight against climate change. For example, writer George Monbiot famously compared carbon offsets with the ancient Catholic church's practice of selling indulgences: absolution from sins and reduced time in purgatory in return for financial donations to the church. Just as indulgences allowed the rich to feel better about sinful behaviour without actually changing their ways, carbon offsets allow us to "buy complacency, political apathy and self-satisfaction", Monbiot claimed. "Our guilty consciences appeased, we continue to fill up our SUVs and fly round the world without the least concern about our impact on the planet … it's like pushing the food around on your plate to create the impression that you have eaten it."
A similar if more humorous point is made by the spoof website CheatNeutral.com, which parodies carbon neutrality by offering a similar service for infidelity. "When you cheat on your partner you add to the heartbreak, pain and jealousy in the atmosphere," the website explains. "CheatNeutral offsets your cheating by funding someone else to be faithful and not cheat. This neutralises the pain and unhappy emotion and leaves you with a clear conscience."
CheatNeutral may be tongue-in-cheek but the indulgence and cheating analogies have both become de facto arguments against carbon offsetting. But do the comparisons stand up? Not according to David Roberts, staff writer at Grist. "If there really were such a thing as sin, and there was a finite amount of it in the world, and it was the aggregate amount of sin that mattered rather than any individual's contribution, and indulgences really did reduce aggregate sin, then indulgences would have been a perfectly sensible idea," Roberts has written, mirroring similar claims made by others sympathetic to offsetting. "The comparison is a weak and transparent smear, which makes me wonder why critics rely so heavily on it."
And what about the claim that people use offsetting as a way to avoid changing their unenvironmentally friendly ways? This is nonsense, too, according to the offset schemes themselves, which claim that most of their customers are also taking steps to reduce their emissions directly. A report from Britain's National Consumer Council and Sustainable Development Commission agreed with this perspective: "a positive approach to offsetting could have public resonance well beyond the CO2 offset, and would help to build awareness of the need for other measures."
Ultimately, the question of whether the concept of offsetting is valid must come down to the individual. If you offset to assuage guilt and to make yourself feel better about high-carbon activities such as flying, that can't be good. If you offset as part of cutting your footprint, or as an incentive to be greener (after all, the less you emit, the less it will cost you to go carbon neutral) then that can't be bad – especially if the offset projects offer extra benefits such as poverty reduction in the developing world.
Do offset projects actually deliver the carbon benefits they promise?
Arguments about guilty consciences aside, the key issue for anyone who does want to offset is whether the scheme you're funding actually achieves the carbon savings promised. This boils down not just to the effectiveness of the project at soaking up CO2 or avoiding future emissions. Effectiveness is important but not enough. You also need to be sure that the carbon savings are additional to any savings which might have happened anyway.
Take the example of an offset project that distributes low-energy lightbulbs in a developing country, thereby reducing energy consumption over the coming years. The carbon savings would only be classified as additional if the project managers could demonstrate that, for the period in which the carbon savings of the new lightbulbs were being counted, the recipients wouldn't have acquired low-energy bulbs by some other means.
The problem is that it's almost impossible to prove additionality with absolute certainly, as no one can be sure what will happen in the future, or what would have happened if the project had never existed. For instance, in the case of the lightbulb project, the local government might start distributing low-energy bulbs to help reduce pressure on the electricity grid. If that happened, the bulbs distributed by the offset company would cease to be additional, since the energy savings would have happened even if the offset project had never happened.
Partly because of the difficulty of ensuring additionality, many offset providers guarantee their emissions savings. This way, if the emissions savings don't come through or they turn out to be "non-additional", the provider promises to make up the loss via another project.
As the offset market grows, some offset companies have enough capital to invest in projects speculatively: they fund an offset project and then sell the carbon savings once the cuts have actually been made. This avoids the difficulty of predicting the future – and also avoids the claim that a carbon cut made some years in the future is worth less than a cut made now.
These kinds of guarantees and policies provide some reassurances, but do they mean anything in the real world? Without actually visiting the offset projects ourselves, how can individuals be sure that the projects are functioning as they should?
To try and answer these questions, the voluntary offset market has developed various standards, which are a bit like the certification systems used for fairly traded or organic food. These include the Voluntary Gold Standard (VGS) and the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). VGS-certified offsets are audited according to the rules laid out in the Kyoto protocol and must also show social benefits for local communities. The VCS, meanwhile, aims to be just as rigorous but without being as expensive or bureaucratic to set up, thereby allowing a greater range of innovative small-scale projects.
Offsets with these standards offer extra credibility, but that still doesn't make them watertight. Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong, visited a number of offset schemes in India and found all kinds of irregularities. One VGS-certified biomass power plant refused to allow her around, though staff there reported a number of concerns such as trees being chopped down and sold to the plant, which was designed to run on agricultural wastes.
Even if offset projects do work as advertised, some environmentalists argue that they're still a bad idea. If we're to tackle climate change, they argue, the projects being rolled out by offset companies should be happening anyway, funded by governments around the world, while companies and individuals reduce their carbon footprints directly. Only in this way – by doing everything possible to make reductions everywhere, rather than polluting in one place and offsetting in another – does the world have a good chance of avoiding runaway climate change, such critics claim.
On the other hand, some carbon-neutrality advocates suggest offsetting carbon-intensive activities such as flights two or three or even ten times over. This, they argue, allows individuals not just to stop their total carbon footprint from going up, but actually to make it fall.
The price of offsetting
Many people are confused by the low prices of carbon offsets. If it's so bad for the environment to fly, can a few pounds really be enough to counteract the impact? The answer is that, at present, there are all kinds of ways to reduce emissions very inexpensively. After all, a single low-energy lightbulb, available for just £1 or so, can over the space of six years save 250kg of CO2 – equivalent to a short flight. That's not to say that offsetting is necessarily valid, or that plugging in a low-energy lightbulb makes up for flying. The point is simply that the world is full of inexpensive ways to reduce emissions. In theory, if enough people started offsetting, or if governments started acting seriously to tackle global warming, then the price of offsets would gradually rise, as the low-hanging fruit of emissions savings – the easiest and cheapest "quick wins" – would get used up.
Another frequent point of confusion about the cost of offsetting is that different offset companies quote different prices for offsetting the same activity. There are two reasons for this. First, there are various ways of estimating the precise impact on climate change of certain types of activity – including flying, which affects global temperature in various different ways. Second, different types of offset project will inevitably have different costs – especially given that projects may be chosen not just for the CO2 impacts but for their broader social benefits.
• This article is adapted from The Rough Guide to Green Living by Duncan Clark.
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Syria accuses UN of 'tsunami of lies' over Houla massacre
Syria's ambassador to the United Nations hits out at "a tsunami of lies" after the Security Council condemn the country's government for a massacre in the town of Houla.
Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari denied his government had anything to do with the killings after the UN Security Council unanimously condemned President Bashar al-Assad's regime for the heavy-weapons attacks on the town, which reportedly left 108 people dead, many of them children.
Ja'afari dismissed what he termed as the "tsunami of lies" of the British, French and German envoys, who lined up to blame the Syrian government for the attack.
Earlier the council had issued a statement which was read out after a three-hour emergency meeting by Azerbaijan's deputy UN ambassador Tofig Musayev.
"The Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the killings, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of (Houla), near Homs, in attacks that involved a series of government artillery and tank shellings on a residential neighbourhood," the non-binding statement said.
The head of the UN observer mission in Syria General Robert Mood briefed the 15-nation council on the massacre as he spoke via a video link from Damascus.
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A letter to the Security Council from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also confirmed that UN observers had "viewed the bodies of the dead and confirmed from an examination of ordnance that artillery and tank shells were fired at a residential neighbourhood."
After the meeting, British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant pointed to the bombardment by government artillery and tanks as the cause of the killings.
"The Security Council has made it abundantly clear through its resolutions that there are no circumstances whatsoever that justify the use of heavy weapons and tanks against civilian population," he said.
"Those weapons and tanks should have been returned to their barracks months ago.
"So, it does not matter, to be honest, what the exact circumstances in the run up to this atrocity was. The fact is that it is an atrocity, and it was perpetrated by the Syrian government."
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From the archive to the oven: How to make a sweet potato pudding
November 15, 2016 | By Amanda E. Herbert
"Let the sky rain potatoes… I will shelter me here." Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor is referring here to a food that had but recently arrived to England, but was already on its way to popularity.
A team of Folger researchers recently uncovered a very early European potato recipe in our archives. The Folger is proud home to the largest collection of early modern western European recipe books in the United States. And in one of these rare and special books, a recipe collection kept by the Grenville family from c. 1640-1750, is a recipe entitled "to make a potato puding."
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Recipe: The Grenville Family Sweet Potato Pudding
Keep reading to learn about how potatoes came to England, and how we adapted this recipe from its early modern form.
Cover of Grenville family recipe collection. Folger Shakespeare Library.
Grenville family recipe collection. Folger Shakespeare Library.
When the potato came to Europe
Potatoes are a "new world" food. Culinary historians now think that they originated in Peru, and they were eaten by inhabitants of South and Central America long before western Europeans arrived in these areas in the fifteenth century.
Sweet potatoes were brought back to Spain by Christopher Columbus around 1493, and they quickly became part of European sailors' diets, as well as those of enslaved people of African and American origin. Potatoes were useful: they have a high yield, thrive in any kind of soil, are drought-resistant, and grow in many different climatic zones.
By 1500, the sweet potato had become an established crop in western Europe. "Common," or white potatoes, took a bit longer to catch on; they arrived in Europe as a cultivable vegetable between 1550-1570.
Britain was one of the last European countries to take to the potato; the first mention of potatoes (sweet or otherwise) in a printed British book was in 1596, when famed herbalist and botanist John Gerard included it in his Catalogue. This was apparently so well-received that a year later, Gerard devoted an entire chapter of his famous 1597 Herbal to this new and unfamiliar plant.
Over the course of the seventeenth century, more and more British subjects – on both sides of the Atlantic – began to grow, harvest, cook, and eat potatoes. In the early modern period, food trends and fads spread in very different ways than they do today. Cooking blogs, shows, and magazines didn't exist. Instead early modern people learned about potatoes through experimentation, books, and word of mouth. They exchanged recipes with friends. They shared potato cuttings with their neighbors. They read about potatoes and tried their hands at preparing them. And some were forced to learn about and eat potatoes out of necessity, because they had nothing else.
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Adapting the Grenville family recipe
The Grenville family recipe for "potato puding" called for some ingredients that would have been familiar to any early modern British person, like butter and eggs.
But it also included ingredients that might have seemed luxurious and even exotic: sweet wine imported from Spain, cinnamon (which was sourced from India and Sri Lanka in the early modern period), and three pounds of potatoes.
This recipe reveals one family's attempt to bring a new and unfamiliar food to their table, but it also teaches us about wealth and social status in seventeenth-century Britain. The Grenville's potato pudding was a fancy dish, saved for special occasions, and something that most early modern families would not have been able to afford.
We invited Dr. Amanda Moniz, a former professional chef and a historian, to help us re-create the Grenville's potato pudding in our test-kitchen. We faced three major challenges in making this dish in a form that early modern people would have recognized.
First, the recipe calls for sack, a type of sweet fortified wine originally produced in Spain and the Canary Islands. Sack fell out of use in the nineteenth century, and isn't available in most American markets. The closest approximation to early modern sack is modern sherry, and especially a dark sherry like Oloroso, which is what we used in our adaptation.
The second challenge is that the pudding calls for a lot of eggs: eight of them, both whites and yolks. Early modern eggs were smaller, less uniform, and had different moisture levels than our modern American ones. In order to reach the right consistency, we cut the number of eggs in our potato pudding down to five, and we adjusted our cooking time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes so that the pudding would set properly.
And last, the recipe doesn't specify what types of potatoes the Grenvilles used in their pudding. But since sweet potatoes were the first kind of potato to be widely adopted in early modern Europe – and since we thought that those flavors would be more familiar to most modern Americans today – that's what we chose.
When it was finished, the potato pudding was delicious, earning high marks from all of the members of our tasting team. Creamy and rich, delicately scented with sweet wine and cinnamon, this early modern sweet potato pudding was both unusual and familiar, imparting a sense of the past without compromising the sensibilities of a present-day palate.
We don't know how often the Grenvilles made this potato pudding, but I'm going to add it to my own family's Thanksgiving menu this year, and I hope that you will, too.
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Amanda E. Herbert is Assistant Director for Fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She earned her Ph.D. in History from the Johns Hopkins University, and completed her B.A. at the University of Washington. Her first book, Female Alliances: Gender, Identity, and Friendship in Early Modern Britain, was published by Yale University Press in 2014 and won the Best Book Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women. She loves researching, thinking, and writing about food and drink, and is an editor for The Recipes Project, a blog devoted to the study of historical recipes of all kinds. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Carol Barton says:
I made it, Amanda, and it was lovely! I served it warm, as a side dish to the turkey and stuffing (with which it went very well), but I like it cold, too. Now I'm curious (and your posting didn't say)–was it a side dish, served warm, an appetizer, or (cooled) a dessert? (I used Holland House cooking sherry, which may have been a little too tart, but will try a sweeter sherry next time.) Nonetheless–it was great!
Amanda Herbert says:
Hello, Carol! You've got a great question. The manuscript itself doesn't provide any clues as to how the dish should be served: it only offers advice on how it should be cooked. But some clues might lie in history of the word "pudding." In the seventeenth century, puddings could be either sweet or savory, and were prepared by boiling, steaming, or baking. Most of them contained dairy products (milk or butter), as well as eggs, and some kind of binding agent (flour, rice, semolina, etc.). These types of puddings were usually served hot. And they were typically side-dishes, accompanying other early modern feast day foods: meats, salads, cheeses, and sweets. Most seventeen-century people would not have been able to afford this type, variety, or quantity of food. But for wealthy women and men (like the Grenvilles) this sweet potato pudding would have been a special treat. If you're curious about the history and use of words like "pudding" I'd recommend the Oxford English Dictionary, which is a historical dictionary, offering insights into the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. Thanks very much for your interest in our post, and for trying the recipe! I'm glad that it was a hit.
Lisa Pearson says:
This recipe sound delicious! Thank you for sharing it.


Today, the advertising industry is a multi-billion-dollar industry. According to Forrester, a market research firm, digital marketing expenditures in the US are on course to reach levels close to $120 billion by the year 2021. It's no wonder that companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google collect information about their consumers continuously.
However, bots generate about half of all the ad traffic. Brands spend a lot of money to reach potential customers, but this doesn't guarantee that such ads will increase sales.
The intriguing thing is that such a scenario might easily change after businesses are able to target individual customers directly. Several technological advancements such as smart contracts and blockchain are already innovating the digital marketing industry to do exactly that.
What's yours? Let's examine how a business could potentially utilize such innovations to market itself more effectively.
The revolutionary technology of blockchain has recently taken the advertising world by storm. It allows for the sharing and distribution of information without the possibility of making any changes or copying it.
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Smart contracts will increase the efficiency of B2B cross-promotional marketing especially in the age of bloggers and influencers that use platforms like YouTube and Instagram to cultivate personal brands.
Digital marketing with such a group of influencers can be quite fruitful, but it has its challenges because there isn't a third party regulating the terms of such agreements and each player determines his or her own costs.
Lori H. Morris is a digital marketing specialist and content writer for a Toronto web development company and specializing in marketing, SEO and social engagement.