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Professor Falls 70 Feet Into Himalayan Crevasse And Survives
Aleksander Chan · 05/23/14 03:15PM
Western Kentucky University professor John All fell 70 feet and into an icy crevasse while conducting climate research on Mount Himlung in the Himalayas. With a broken arm and ribs, it took him hours to climb out.
Drunk Safari Tour Guide Charges Wild Elephant at African Game Reserve
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/13/13 12:45PM
Officials from the Singita Game Reserve at Kruger National Park in South Africa say it was their field guide who was caught on camera charging at an elephant while apparently under the influence of alcohol.
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Encountering a black bear in his backyard (while "taking a massive piss"?), intrepid Canuck Mr. Jangzter utters a few famous last words to an unseen friend: "He's a scraggly bear, man, he's not going to attack me."
Jake Gyllenhaal Goes Shirtless on Man vs. Wild
Brian Moylan · 07/12/11 03:46PM
I heard that Hollywood manhunk Jake Gyllenhaal was going to join Bear Grylls on a frosty trek for the show Man Vs. Wild, I thought, "Great, he's never going to get shirtless in Iceland." Was I wrong!
Reality Show Lessons Save 14-Year-Old
Max Read · 01/03/11 08:55PM
Jake Denham, a 14-year-old kid from Portland, Ore., got separated from his mother while skiing in below-freezing temperatures on Mt. Bachelor. Luckily, Jake watches survival reality show Man Vs. Wild—and used his reality TV-derived knowledge to survive.
Bear Grylls Kills a Snake For Food and Fashion
John Siegel · 08/19/10 03:15PM
Yesterday's Man Vs. Wild took Bear Grylls to northern Australia. Walking by a stream, Bear spots a water snake that will feed him and add the perfect touch to his ensemble. So he breaks the snake's neck using his teeth.
Dude vs. Wild: How to Survive Like a Dude
Emily Miethner · 06/15/10 02:49PM
Tummy aches, aliens, and hippos... just a few of the things this Dude faces in his fight against the unforgiving forces of the desert. Will he survive? Watch this parody of Man Vs. Wild to find out!
Bear Grylls Introduces Thermal Imaging Technology to Urine Facials
Jessica Poolt · 02/18/10 03:23PM
During a romp through Northern Africa, Bear Grylls taught us that it's better to slather yourself with pee than to be dehydrated. Using advanced thermal-imaging technology, he scientifically proved that areas in which urine (a liquid) was applied became cooler.
Bear Grylls Doing What He Does Best: Eating Live Creatures, Flesh, and Testicles
Whitney Jefferson · 02/11/10 04:16PM
Discovery has released this short video compilation featuring Man Vs. Wild's Bear Grylls eating the absolutely nasty things: bugs, snakes, testicles, and raw/living animals (among other things.) Hope you've already eaten lunch!
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Etan Berkowitz · 01/21/10 02:41PM
Bear Grylls has no trouble stomping on and over nature. Last night he ran into trouble when a rapidly moving train trapped him in a tunnel. He proceeds to climb train that nearly killed him and presumably hijacks it.
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Today at Gawker.TV, Anthony Bourdain comes across six tons of pure cocaine, NCIS: Los Angeles in 60 seconds, Mariah Carey's drunken acceptance speech, highlights from MTV's Teen Mom, and Bear Grylls gives himself an enema.
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Making the rounds today is the promotional clip for the new season of Man Vs. Wild. Host Bear Grylls always seems to out-do himself and this clip is not for the faint of heart. Warning: hope you already ate lunch!
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Remember when sci-fi movies were about blowing up aliens and attacking Godzilla? Those days are gone, my friend. Thanks to Battlestar Galactica and District 9, the genre now exists to please the intelligentsia. The latest victim, the Star Trek sequel.


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NPC Gangs
Unbalanced 'terf'
This is just an idea I've had floating around in my head for a while and I thought I would share to see if anyone else had similar opinions or a good idea of how to handle this.
As it stands at the moment. Being NPC's there is no real effect on a gang member when they're killed or on the gang as a whole. I think this should change. NPC's aren't affected by DCD nor do i think they should be, but to add some realism after death I think there should be a random respawn time.
Something like 4-24 hours.
The recent gang war in the mix got me thinking about this because I saw one NPC dead on the street twice during what was a relatively short turf war. Meaning they respawned and rejoined the fray.
I think this could add depth and a lot of realism. Turf wars between gangs could actually have an impact. Because as it stands now. You kill all of a gang, a short while later they're all standing on the street again proclaiming their turf. This isn't a perfect system it just adds consequences.
It also opens avenues for players who have rivals in a gang to be able to have some kind of effect. Because as it stands right now, they merely insta-respawn with pockets full of Chyen to replace their lost gear.
By Pocketface at Jan 21, 2014 1:22 AM
If you want to have a targetted impact on a gang - I would recommend treating the NPC's as you would a normal PC and just @noting your place so GMs know. For example: NPC's have been permed in the past, it just requires a bit more doing.
By ReeferMadness at Jan 21, 2014 8:24 AM
I like the respawn delay idea.
By Jinx at Jan 21, 2014 8:35 AM
I like the respawn delay idea too for all the prominent npcs of any group. It adds to realism.
By Pengwen at Jan 21, 2014 9:14 PM
I agree with the whole concept as well
By Snook at Jan 21, 2014 9:15 PM
I honestly can't say how I feel about this, considering the fact NPCS are treated like PCs, it takes us the same amount of time it would for an NPC to come out the vats and such.
Also if you're looking for realism, there are A LOT more gang members than NPCs played, so if Gang Members were taken down, new ones would obviously take their place on the streets or else they would be letting their Turf down.
By Mew at Jan 21, 2014 9:18 PM
I think a reasonably long respawn timer would be good for any NPC important enough that their name can't be generated on spawn. Otherwise it should probably be fairly short, I would expect.
By TwistedAkai at Jan 21, 2014 9:25 PM
You also have to consider older characters who can wipe out a whole gang with only a few scratches. How is that fair to anyone? If there were more PCs in gangs than maybe yeah this would be fine but there really isn't.
There are no -or at least shouldn't be- unlimited resources to any group, be it Gangers, Judges, Agents. Whether they would be letting their turf, or organisation down is not an issue, it is what it is in my opinion, a fact. That's what impact means. Otherwise, why bother at all trying to inflict damage on any group of people, if there is no actual cost?
As for the random respawn time for named NPCs (hence not mobs whose names always differ and could always be rookie Judges and Agents, newfish gangers etc) it is proposed I think as a countermeasure as npcs do not suffer the same death disadvantages as a player. No chance for DCD, no cost for cloning, unlimited funds to purchase new gear and weapons. A player who just died needs time to recover -apart from the time needed to clone and get back to his/her base-. A NPC does not. That's what the random respawn would serve, in my view: this gap between death and recovery.
I think that there may be aspects and details that would need further consideration to make such an idea applicable, but the general spirit finds me in agreement.
A ganger does not get their weapons and gear right off the bat right away. I don't know where thats coming from but gangers have to wait for PCs to sell them things which goes through the player economy.
Weapons especially are expensive even for a player to sell too a ganger, so no they do take a lot of time to get regeared.
That was my reasoning behind the post.
A PC has to pay for a new clone, find out what happened cure DCD (if applicable) and recover gear. NPC's (Not just gang members) do not.
I think it could be applied as a blanket to most NPC's. Someone kills Rychek, he isn't going to go straight back to serving drinks. If a storekeep gets murdered they should also have a respawn timer.
It's a balancing. It isn't removing a gangs/NPC's usefulness. It's making consequences for IC actions. Get all your NPC pals killed. You're on your own. Kill all of a rival gang? Take over their turf.
I said it isn't a perfect system. It was an idea I had. And I would like some opinions on it.
By Pocketface at Jan 21, 2014 10:05 PM
Theres a few problems though. One, who would be taking care of the store? That keeps players from being able to buy anything. I'd be better off taking a store keep hostage and screwing them over that way. You aren't just hurting that one person, you screw a lot of people over and it puts the game on pause for people.
What about older characters who can wipe out a whole gang? Once again you're screwing everyone else over. Especially considering RED is where the newbies come and they are just trying to start out. You take away their crate chances and making it even more difficult than it already is for them.
It is possible to perm an NPC, it just takes more effort, if you want to wipe out a gang, which is supposed to have the chy to support problems like this and who knows what other illegal shit too make it. Than do it like you would a strong PC with a lot of power. Because if you have that old character who can hold a street all on it's own because the NPC's don't match to par with them than what?
By Mew at Jan 21, 2014 10:10 PM
I worry that combat begins to trump rp in this case and that it might reward wanton NPC violence...which is not always appreciated. I'm intrigued though let me expand on this below:
Ganger Momento's deaths would reset a need for gear, drugs, etc...also costing them an npc-specific bank based on a "weekly salary". If there bank reached below a threshold, they become impoverished, no longer buy drugs and would be slightly weaker for time.
Storekeeper Momento's deaths would damage the "weekly salary" of the gang controlling the turf they inhabited. It would also shutdown the store for period of time hurting potential profits to the stores owner if any. Immi jobs would flow to alternative shops.
To offset murdering oldbies of doom, you would need some very very bad @hate consequences. Bounties, Terra, WJF, autoturrets in shops, and even then there would still be a lot of potential for abuse.
The transitioning of turf also will require a lot of rp. SD doesn't just reward he who kills the most NPC's. Perming NPC's should definitely be a plot worthy affair as well.
I like the idea of NPC consequences that effect the game-world though.
By ReeferMadness at Jan 21, 2014 10:54 PM
I agree with the delay in respawn time for them too. It adds realism considering they don't get the drawbacks a PC gets when he dies.
They spawn with infinite money ready to buy a weapon from the first PC that has one to sell. Let's be honest. There are loads of cricket bats, heavy bolo machetes and hatchets in PC hands. PCs who will sell them directly to a ganger who just respawned and is ready to buy and join the fray. Unrealistic imo.
It is almost impossible for a PC who respawned to gear up again and be at full strength in half an hour and join the fray, Why shouldn't be difficult for a ganger too?
Pocketface's idea is a very good one and imo it needs to stay on the table.
By Steven at Jan 21, 2014 10:59 PM
Okay, I think you're missing the point here.
1) Nobody said they respawn with their gear. NPC's have access to the Chyen needed to replace their gear instantly. And this wouldn't change.
2) And it would be a system that forces you to protect NPC lives as much as you do PC lives. Because if your shopkeep gets dead, you make no money. It isn't about what is better/worse/whatever in regards to NPC's it's simply an idea about a respawn timer.
3) I don't see your point at all in regards to older characters. That has nothing to do with a respawn timer.
The point here isn't to weaken anybody. It's to stop NPC's killed respawning 5 seconds later. Nobody said anything about perming or otherwise making their lives difficult. I'm not suggesting a turf based system. I was using that as an example. Because at the moment, when the Snakes kill all the Arteries. 5 minutes later. The street is filled with the exact same NPC's that died. Sometimes even before the attack is over. It's to simulate time taken to recover, hit the bank, get a clone and then hitch the next Lev back to the mix.
also (and i apologise for the double post) it is a good idea that gangers should lose resources and turf and influence when they get their shit beaten by other gangers who, let's be honest, are there to try and do exactly that: Weaken their rivals.
Except you are missing the biggest crucial thing.
Sometimes Balance takes over Realism.
I still don't see your point tbh. This is about creating balance. As well as adding realism.
NPC longer respawn time is not unbalanced in ANY way. None, nada, niet etc etc. It adds realism without taking back anything. Sin, Fuller and Ashlin can survive just fine without them for a while until they respawn etc.
You're not creating balance, it seems more unbalancing.
One PC can't give the gangers all weapons because of the Earning Cap. That puts a check in keeps gangs from getting weaponized by one person. It also keeps that PC from making ridiculous amounts of money.
I don't mind consequences but something like this would need to be thought out very well.
Also as said earlier, this is an RP game. NPCs shouldn't probably be popping up five minutes later but maybe thirty minutes, give or take for the time for them to go through a death sequence, vat and try and get themselves together long enough to return back to their places.
Earning cap? PC's have found a way around that for a long time now. One PC can resupply a whole gang and make tons of money as long as he knows how. By delaying the respawn time you also deal with that too.
Your not stopping them from doing that if they already are than, the gang will still get resupplied and said PC will still make a lot of money.
I'm kinda torn on this particular issue.
On the one hand, I do understand how the quick and free respawn of NPCs screws with the otherwise carefully balanced game world.
But on the other, I struggle to justify nerfing gang NPCs on the basis of it being unfair or unrealistic that they can get immediately back into the fray. The key point here is that these are big gangs, so just because there are say six targets of a certain gang out and about, even if you kill all of them, you haven't even scratched the surface of their ranks. No one person should be able to, either. Now if you're in a turf war and engaging in something actually RP significant (besides killing all the gangers who @hate you so you have free access in a given region, which is pure and unadulterated metagaming. It's a rare thing, but I have witnessed multiple players do this.), then please get the staff involved so they can affect such a change on the game world.
I think it'd be better for staff to accommodate the exceptions where such a conflict would deserve IC notice/change, than to make it standard that one or a few PCs can easily influence or affect street gangs that have absolutely ridiculous numbers.
By Xenode at Jan 22, 2014 2:28 AM
Perhaps the respawn time could get steadily longer as gang members are killed? A gang that's not doing so well won't be as quick to replace their members, after all, but it would still require more than the effort of a lone oldbie to get them to that level.
By BattleJenkins at Jan 22, 2014 2:14 PM
If someone is getting around the earnings cap that what we like to call CHEATING so I'm not really sure why this isn't something you are xhelping about when you see since the player 'getting around' something coded is by definition, cheating. So please xhelp with each person you have seen 'get around' the cap and also how they are doing it so we can punish those players and fix the issue.
By Slither at Jan 22, 2014 3:27 PM
I think I read that a different way, Slither, as in they are established enough to make quite a bit of extra money off other players, not automated earning systems.
By PandaReverb at Jan 22, 2014 3:32 PM
I think you were the one that read it wrong.
"Earning cap? PC's have found a way around that for a long time now. One PC can resupply a whole gang and make tons of money as long as he knows how."
That sounds like cheating to me.
The only way I can see around it, in this context, is hiring other players to find out what the gangers want and paying them some money to find out what they need, supply that player with the item, then collect the profits...
Which sounds like gray area to me, but I'm pretty new.
Yeah what Panda said.
By Steven at Jan 22, 2014 5:03 PM
Sorry for the double post (again) but i didn't know how to edit my last one. What panda says is what i meant. I just didn't clarify because i didn't know if it would cross ooc/ic barriers. I wasn't in anyway accussing anyone of cheating or whatnot. If i thought someone was cheating i would xhelp in a matter of seconds.
@Slither: You missread my first comment but i think that's mostly my fault as english is not my native language.
Crime's supposed to pay - isn't that a major theme?
There's only one reason a ganger needs re-kitting:
Theft, almost always accompanied by murder.
Used to be, this income source would have been a solo mission and generate absolutely no RP directly.
Today, since the cap, PC's organize and make chy for themselves and for each other. I've roleplayed with at least five characters I definitely would not have, at the time and possibly not ever, because of the conflict generated by the gangers' reluctance to repeatedly deal with the same PC more than about once a week, depending on the items.
Let's clarify whether what Panda described above is cheating or not. My opinion is that it absolutely drives the kind of "players roleplaying and making money off each other" goal which Johnny described when announcing the cap.
By Vetra at Jan 22, 2014 7:00 PM
@Vetra
I didn't say it is bad or anything. Quite the opposite. I just stated that using this method a gang can resupply 6-7 members very easy and very quick so they are able to join the fray again at lightning fast speed. Thus it's good to have a longer respawn time.
By Steven at Jan 23, 2014 4:45 AM
@Steven, I know that's what you're saying.
But now we've got an admin on record as saying "this sounds like cheating and people are likely to be punished for it if it is".
So is it? Slither? Now that the details are clear? If this isn't the way we're "supposed" to play, I'll take my licks.
By Vetra at Jan 23, 2014 9:03 AM
On topic (leaving the income tangent behind):
Can I ask, is there anything unbalanced or negative about the way NPCs respawn now?
Other than "suspension of disbelief"?
I witnessed some, not all but some, of the recent plot we're talking about. It didn't seem to me like anything about it went bad due to gangers swarming. I agree with Mew, that they're *supposed* to swarm practically nonstop. I don't object to the ones stepping up as their homeys fall having the same names or faces.
I'll also point out, without going too IC, that the reason some of these dead people got back into the fight didn't always involve coming down from GeneTek, so, changing the clone mechanic wouldn't even have had the effect we're talking about here in many cases.
I started this post intending for it to be about NPC respawn times. Because some NPC's spawn very close to where they died and are back quite quickly.
For example. One NPC died twice in the gang war and his corpses were side by side.
So its partially about believability, partly about consequences. If there's a gang war, or other sort of violence that kills a lot of gang members/Terra agents/whatever I think their street presence should be reduced.
So. If you fuck up, and cause your gang to get murdered, they wouldn't be back in almost full strength 20 minutes later. They don't have to buy clones, they can't contract DCD, they don't have to save up to reequip gear.
This wouldn't weaken them. It just creates consequences. And. It could allow gangs to more effectively exert dominance.
By Pocketface at Jan 23, 2014 9:04 PM
You know, it is quite possible that since these are gangs that the names they use are actually monikers; so if one version of a ganger dies, a new one steps up and takes the mantle of the old one.
Ganger X dies, five minutes later Ganger is back with different equipment/none at all. Sure, the two may look similar, but can you really tell? You were too focused on surviving your encounter to notice that the first ganger had different colored eyes.
Anyway, that's how I justify it to myself. Also, it makes sense considering how many people in the mix have to turn to crime that they are easily replaced.
By Funkbeast5555 at May 4, 2014 11:10 PM
Sorry I totally disagree with this. NPC's are exactly like us PC's so why should they have a respawn timer longer than ours? Furthermore you are forgetting ambience. Sure only a few NPC's actually represent a gang by name but there are usually a lot of gang members involved.
By IssacF at May 4, 2014 11:14 PM
Whilst I'm not really in a knowledgeable position to comment on most of the things listed here as I don't play anywhere near often enough due to outside issues making it unfortunately impossible for me to do so I will make specific comment with regards to the multiple comments about 'oldbies' wiping out the gangs without taking much more than a strength.
Speaking as someone who's been playing this game for 10+ years on and off with the same character, the fatigue system has largely dampened down a heavily UEd characters ability to do this, in addition, there are numerous serious IC consequences (coded and otherwise which I won't go into) if you simply start laying the smack down on any singular group en-masse. More to the point however, it simply doesn't really add anything to RP individually or as a whole for an oldbie to do this and except in very specific circumstances makes no RP sense either way.
By Gerik at May 8, 2014 1:02 AM
I really like this idea, or a variant of it. The respawn timer would be a great way to embody the time it takes to get rolling after death. Anyone who has died should know that there is a lengthy process of RP text and what not associated with embodying your clone. Throw in possible clone sickness, simply the time it can take to get back to your hood, or whatever, and I see how a respawn timer has a great place in our system.
Now, I also understand the idea that these members represent more than just themselves in the gang or organization. However, We are supposed to treat these NPC's as other players, but this mechanic goes directly against this type of RP. If I slay Randy, and Randy pops back up in 5 minutes, saying the same things Randy always says, I find it hard to imagine him as someone else. And again, we are told time and again since chargen that we should imagine them as players just like us. So why would they not take the same amount of time, generally speaking, to work through the process of cloning. Now I am wondering how hard it would be, to create some more NPC's that randomly pop out in place of someone who has recently died. I do not think we would need a TON of them, and as usual, you could lean on the current player base to help with descriptions.
By mindkontrol at May 15, 2014 10:58 AM
I forget the precise term for them but for some reason I am recalling memento npcs... I hope that's not terribly off the mark. They're generated under certain circumstances, patrol for a short while (I think), and disappear back into the void from whence they came.Is that not in the game anymore?
Also, if you're engaging an NPC and kill them, and they respawn they're probably going to act the way they always acted unless they're puppeted, which would most likely been the way they acted before they cloned. Is there really an issue with them doing so?
I kind of remember a change being put into place over a year or two ago that stopped the NPCs from respawning with their full set of equipment so when they die they'll be looking to be restocked from players, that should also provide some semblance of "the process of getting things rolling again" and make it easier to view the NPC as an actual living breathing entity.
Correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while.
By Grok at May 15, 2014 7:53 PM

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.......... Canby, Historic Places (1984)
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 5 March 2004


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Jody Wilson-Raybould And Jane Philpott On Running As Independents
Two former cabinet ministers take aim at real change in politics.
Anne Kingston, Maclean's Updated May 27, 2019
(Photo: Jessica Deeks)
In announcements as carefully choreographed as a Busby Berkeley musical, former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott cleaved to the "doing politics differently" mantra that initially drew them to the partisan arena. Wilson-Raybould spoke at Marpole Neighbourhood House in the Vancouver Granville riding at 12 EST on Monday, Philpott at Reesor's Farm Market in Markham-Stouffville at 12:30 EST. Bringing an end to rabid speculation about which party they'd run for if any in the 2019 election, both said "None." Instead they announced their plans to run as Independents and an ambitious, idealistic "real change" agenda that took a few subtle knocks at the Liberal's "Real Change" promise that lured them years ago.
The friends and colleagues were coordinated down to the the hue of their clothing—Philpott in a white suit, Wilson-Raybould in a white shawl. The sartorial detail shouldn't be ignored. White is the hue of new beginnings, and also famously worn by suffragettes. It matched perfectly with the two MPs' urgent call for bi-partisan cooperation. "White goes with everything," Philpott noted, meaning the blue, orange, red, green of the major Canadian political parties. She acknowledged her decision would not be greeted with joy universally: "I know some wanted a different outcome."
As they spoke, one could imagine the mass Google search for "how many Independents are re-elected federally historically?" The answer: less than one-third of the time, though it's key to note many of these candidates were expelled from a political caucus for scandal or misbehaviour, not for acting on principle, as was the unprecedented case with Wilson-Raybould and Philpott last April after they vocally opposed Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin file. Notably, no Independent candidate has won election federally since 2008, when Nova Scotia's Bill Casey and Quebec radio host Andre Arthur won.
But we're in new territory here. Never have such high-profile candidates, key players in a scandal that rocked the government, chosen to run as Independents. Media coverage is assured. Nor have Independent candidates issued a tandem rallying cry for a collaborate, non-partisan approach to politics, one destined to resonate amid frustration over the toxicity and divisiveness of political discourse.
The pair share a unique history as former political outsiders drawn to a Justin Trudeau-led Liberal Party by the promise of a new approach to governance—more transparency, electoral reform, letting cabinet ministers run their own portfolios free from prime ministerial interference. They literally fronted promised change: Philpott, a medical doctor with a history of community engagement, was appointed Minister of Health; Wilson-Raybould, a former Crown attorney and Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, was the first Indigenous woman named Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Wilson-Raybould highlighted her own "unconventional political background"—having never been a member of a political party, as well as her history of work within Indigenous communities using a consensus-based approach. As an Independent candidate, she is "truly free to take the guidance of citizens of Vancouver Granville and truly guide you," she told the crowd to cheers. She also spoke with urgency of economic, environment and security challenges at a moment of evolving democracy that called for greater transparency. "Canada is one of the best if not the best countries to live but we can not take it for granted," she said.
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Both uttered similar supportive shout-outs to Elizabeth May, the Green Party of Canada leader who had extended invitations to both to join the party. Wilson-Raybould seriously considered the offer, she said, noting she'd also talked with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh before calling May and the Greens "necessary allies." Philpott declared climate change the "existential crisis of our time" and highlighted the Greens' "outstanding ideas."
As uplifting and non-partisan as today's announcements were structured, it was difficult not to see the subtly directed barbs at the governing party. "I regret that it has come to this," Wilson-Raybould said. "I do not believe that being a member of a political party means you have to set your principles aside." She took pride in her accomplishments in cabinet with a caveat, saying: "I wonder what more could have been accomplished if it was a less partisan environment." Philpott also made a generic comment that seemed aimed at Trudeau: "People want politicians who are authentic," she said, "and who are accountable, who own up to their mistakes." She spoke of the need to improve Indigenous rights and for democratic reform, two Liberal promises in 2015. "The system is dysfunctional," she said. Philpott also exercised her feminist bona fides, noting that her leaving politics after what she experienced would set a terrible example to young girls. Being an Independent MP was liberating, Philpott said; "I didn't lose my voice. I found my voice."
Both Wilson-Raybould and Philpott alluded to the Liberal government as if it were autocratic command central. Wilson-Raybould spoke of the "need to make sure voices of elected representatives are the ones making the policy" and the desire not to be "dictated to vote by non-elected officials." Philpott spoke with frustration of the influence of "corporate lobbyists." The comment could shed light on her tweet from last week calling out Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor for attending an event convened by think tank Canada 2020 on pharmacare heavily attended by industry; it was "problematic & makes me nervous about government version of pharmacare," Philpott wrote.
Both women also spoke of conducting intensive consultations with constituents (they didn't mention whether they'd engaged in polling and media didn't ask). They also acknowledged the daunting obstacles Independents face. In her plea for financial donations for her campaign, Philpott said the system is "rigged" against Independents; for one, they can't issue tax receipts for donations until after the writ is dropped in September. In addition to momentous financial challenges, Independents also don't get other party perks such as automatic questions in the House of Commons or seats on committees.
Still, both implored others to run as Independents. "It doesn't mean working on your own, it means being committed to working with everyone," Wilson-Raybould said. Philpott said she heard a number of people say: "None of the parties is exactly me. But I feel I can represent my community'," and offered an instruction: "Go for it!"
As for future prospects, anyone doing the math using familiar calculus will see Wilson-Raybould's chance of re-election is far greater than Philpott's. She was elected in 2015 with almost 44 percent of the popular vote in Vancouver Granville, a redrawn riding; the NDP candidate came in second with 27 per cent of the vote. Philpott prevailed by a far narrower margin in the newly drawn Markham-Stouffville over Conservative Paul Calandra, the incumbent MP in Oak Ridges-Markham district—49 per cent to 43 per cent. Yet she also won respect as one of the Trudeau government's most competent and trusted ministers. Her expulsion from caucus saw the dismantling of the Liberal riding association in Markham-Stouffville, with its members stepping down in solidarity.
Philpott ended Monday's announcement with more imagery: "We are going to paint outside the party lines," she said, referring to her campaign signs, but making a bigger point. She emphasized the power of one person to effect change, quoting the lyrics of "Fight Song," after asking the Mennonites present to forgive her for the "fight" reference: "Like a small boat in the ocean sending big waves into motion."
Tellingly, neither Philpott nor Wilson-Raybould ruled out running for a political party again when fielding reporters' questions. For now, being Independent, free from politics as usual, delivers the most potent, timely one-two political punch.
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Nidar Bamsemums – Marshmallow Bears 400g – Chocolate covered marshmallow bears from Norway – an all time favourite.
Bamsemums roughly translates to bear-yumminess, and are chocolate covered marshmallow bears. Melts-in-your-mouth yummy. Are you the type to bite the head or feet off first? Or do you put the whole bear in your mouth at once? An all time favourite treat in Norway – one of the things most Norwegian ex-pats miss from home.
Sugar,MILK powder, glucose, humidity retaining agent, cocoa butter, water, cocoa mass, invert sugar, gelling agent, emulsifier, salt and aroma.


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package com.github.niqdev

import akka.testkit.TestKit
import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, Suite}

trait StopSystemAfterAll extends BeforeAndAfterAll { this: TestKit with Suite =>

  override protected def afterAll(): Unit = {
    super.afterAll()
    TestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system)
  }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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import {Datasource} from "../module";
import Q from "q";
import _ from "lodash";

describe('GenericDatasource', function () {
  var ctx = {};
  const queryData = {
    range: {
      from: {format: () => 'from', utcOffset: ()=> -8},
      to: {format: () => 'to'}
    },
    maxDataPoints: 1024,
    targets: [{rawDashboardQuery:'m=tasks', cluster:"mycluster"}]
  };
  beforeEach(function () {
    ctx.instanceSettings = {};
    ctx.instanceSettings.url = "http://localhost:3000/";
    ctx.$q = Q;
    ctx.backendSrv = {};
    ctx.templateSrv = {};
    ctx.templateSrv.replace = function (data) {
      return data;
    };
    ctx.ds = new Datasource(ctx.instanceSettings, ctx.$q, ctx.backendSrv, ctx.templateSrv);
  });

  it('should build a url', function() {
    const url = ctx.ds.buildUrl("clustername", "/my/query?", "a=b");
    expect(url).to.equal("http://localhost:3000/clustername/my/query?a=b")
  });

  it('should return an empty array when no targets are set', function (done) {
    ctx.ds.query(_.extend({}, queryData, {targets: []})).then(function (result) {
      expect(result.data).to.have.length(0);
      done();
    });
  });

  it('should return the server results when a target is set', function () {
    // done();
    // return;
    ctx.backendSrv.datasourceRequest = function (request) {
      return ctx.$q.when({
        _request: request,
        data: {
          data: {
            allSeries: [
              {
                seriesId: 'tasks',
                dataPoints: [[1479429840, 31], [1479429900, 8]]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      });
    };

    const promise = ctx.ds.query(queryData);
    return promise.then(function (result) {
      expect(result.data).to.have.length(1);
      var series = result.data[0];
      expect(series.target).to.equal('tasks');
      expect(series.datapoints).to.have.length(2);
    });
  });
});


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Zoya Imran Celebrated Her First Fast Breaking Ceremony in Karachi
By Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / / 16 July 2014
Zoya Imran
Zoya Imran celebrated her first fasting ceremony on July 11, 2014 in Karachi at Darbar Lawn with all her close relatives, friends and many other common guests of her parents. Zoya is seven years old and from last year she was insisting to her parents that she wanted to start fasting like them. On her keen interest the parents accepted her request and plan to celebrate the occasion and share it with all close relatives and friends. The function was very well arranged at the Darbar Lawn in North Nazimabad, Karachi where all close relatives, family members, friends and few of Zoya's classmates attended the function and wished Zoya a good health and pray that she will be fasting regularly in her future life.
Zoya and Zara
Zoya and her sister Zara are the bright students of Generation's School and at present is enjoying their summer vacations. Zoya's father is working for a Multinational Gas Company in the Instrumentation Department. Zoya is the Grand-daughter of Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Vice President of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA) and the eldest daughter of Erum Imran who is the second daughter of Engr. Iqbal Khan. SAEEA wishes Zoya Imran a very happy first fasting celebration and pray for her bright future and hope that she will keep her parents and Grand-parents always proud, Ameen.


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Am here to find out more about your Lib Dem newsletter, because I'm sick to death of Labour's woes in the news every single week, when there's an awesome opposition party who were in government just a year or so ago, and yet we never seem to hear or see them in the news, there's little new on your Youtube channel, and I've no idea what the party's up to, or what their responses to unfolding events are, and in the internet age, I can't wait for your conference, that's too far off. So! I'm off to google for "Liberal Democrat Voice" and try and learn what this fortnightly thing you do actually is, =). As regards to: "get in the business of changing hearts and minds" – you can never do that, ^_^. I'd recommend reading some Carnegie (How to win friends and influence people – where he advises helpful suggestions, and clearly outlining benefits – allowing people to buy into suggestions, instead of trying to sell ideas to them … i.e. they change their own hearts and minds), Chomsky (Media Control – on setting a political agenda, and then getting the public behind it using propaganda), and Zizek (Ticklish Subject – on subjectivisation and people's passionate attachments in life, and stubborn attachments to them – something that could explain Nigel Farage, Terrorists, and someone giving their life to Lib Dem campaigning, all pretty well, ^_^). That said, I haven't read any of those books in full. I just read a page here, or a page there, and use any useful theories, =). Anyway! Am off to google, to see if I can find something on the Lib Dem Voice… apologies if there's something already on this site about it, I've only just got here… ^_^…. still exploring, =).
Ahh! Turns out Lib Dem Voice is a website, =). I hadn't realised. Your fortnight reference, not a reference to a newsletter frequency, but literally you going away for a fortnight. XD. Haha. Gosh, how embarrassingly ignorant of me. =). Hope you've enjoyed your break so far, =).


The recorded session covers a bag of tricks around estimating data quality, joins, implementing change, communicating data expectations and maintaining data quality. I certainly don't have all the answers here so please bring along your ideas, experiences, tips and tricks.
From Andy: Recommends Unicode Sharp for character conversion in string matching.


"Look well to the growing edge. All around us worlds are dying and new worlds are being born; all around us life is dying and life is being born. The fruit ripens on the tree, the roots are silently at work in the darkness of the earth against a time when there shall be new leaves, fresh blossoms, green fruit.
After four years of leadership, Ceasar McDowell has stepped down from his position as President of Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC).
Under Ceasar's leadership, IISC deepened its core competence: applying a collaborative approach to social change, infusing the value of racial equity into all community-based engagements, advancing the practice of network leadership, and harnessing love as the driving force for sustainable change. This work will continue under the leadership of Kelly Bates, who will serve as the interim Executive Director.
Ceasar will continue his work at MIT in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration.
A team of us at IISC are partnering with an engineering firm to work on a climate change resiliency planning initiative in a vulnerable neighborhood in New York City. Our role is to lead the creation and implementation of a "stakeholder engagement plan" for broad-based input into project deliverables, including a fully funded infrastructure project and a feasibility study.
It's not too late for us to create a world that is better for future generations using collaborative change. To do this, we need everyday leaders who shift power dynamics towards justice, weave vibrant networks, and magnify love.
Our fate is shared and ALL voices must be empowered to realize our collective genius. Collaborative Change Agents ask, who is not here? What perspectives are missing?
Diversity and difference strengthen solutions. Collaborative change agents work skillfully with and through networks to make change.
Collaborative Change Agents practice treating themselves and those around them with dignity, respect, and the love that every person deserves.
Collaborative change increases trust. People can come together, resolve conflicts, and make the world a better place for all.
Think like a network, act like a node.
Through its myriad nodes and links, as well as the ongoing addition of participants and new pathways, a dense and intricate network can expand quickly and broadly. This can be critical for spreading information and other resources and mobilizing actors in ways that organizations simply cannot achieve.


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Home Technology KFC is Releasing a Smartphone in China and We are Just as Confused as You Are
KFC is Releasing a Smartphone in China and We are Just as Confused as You Are
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Kentucky Fried Chicken is joining forces with Huawei to release a limited edition smartphone in honor of the fast-food chain's 30th anniversary in China.
In collaboration with one of China's largest electronics company, the KFC Huawei Enjoy 7 Plus is available in signature red with a logo of Colonel Sanders and 1987, the year KFC made its debut in the country, inscribed on the back.
According to The Verge, the limited edition phone sports a 5.5-inch screen, runs on a Snapdragon 425 processor, and comes with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage that can expand up to 128 GB using a microSD card.
The KFC Huawei Enjoy 7 Plus has a 3,020 mAh battery life and also comes equipped with a fingerprint scanner.
It also comes preinstalled with a KFC-branded music app, which allows you to create and share playlists at any KFC restaurant located in China.
Watch the KFC Huawei Enjoy 7 Plus in action via Shanghaiist:
The phone is priced at 1,099 yuan (about $162), and Huawei and KFC will only release 5,000 devices, so get it while it's hot!
Here's KFC's statement via its Weibo page, which the Verge hilariously translated using Google:
"# Kentucky China 30 years from 1987 to 2017, 30 years accompanied by the taste of the times, suck refers to the aftertaste! Kentucky together with Huawei joint cooperation, the introduction of Huawei Chang enjoy 7 Kentucky commemorative version of gorgeous struck! Commemorative Edition laser back carving, pre-installed Kentucky Super APP, with WOW member 10 thousand K gold, but also the first to experience k-music song function. Limited to 5000 will soon be on sale, waiting for you to grab!"
If only the phone could download a bucket of fried chicken, then it would be perfect.
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Suspect arrested and charged with hate crime for alleged attack on Sikh cab driver at JFK Airport


Will he be the happiest man at Ulladullirious?
After his great success on Australia's Got Talent in 2013, Tommy has been wowing crowds with his infectious attitude to dancing and life in general. His life motto is to change the world one smile at a time.
So, get your smile on and get ready to dance yourself happy.
The night will kick off with H E I M S K I warming up the crowds with his original tunes from 6pm. Next up Tommy Franklin will hit the stage and get everyone dancing.


"They were young, and so sweet. They traveled with their parents' money and had bodies that bent with confidence in strange lands that spoke of such perfect, disgraceful privilege – and yet their smiles were not to be mistaken for empathy."
Excerpt/Short Story. THIS Magazine. July/August 2017.
Long-listed for The Journey Prize 2018.
This section of Desperada I wrote in a quick, three-day burst, first on the ripped, line pages of a blue spiral Hilroy notebook then later, on my laptop. Rihanna's "Desperado" played on repeat the entire time (still one of my fav songs).
While I wrote this, I was thinking about how we can judge & love other people in the same quick, easy breath. I was thinking about how Westerners & the privileged travel with this seemingly contradictory sense of openness and ignorance.
I was thinking about the friendships that form between women & of how women help each other heal from the pains that men can and do cause us.
And I was thinking of Orientalism, of the romanticizing and eroticizing of the East and of the Other, which persists, still.
The story is part of a much larger project, which chronicles the journey of a newly raging and reckless young woman, Khorshad (Kora, for short). Prompted by the sudden and recent death of her little sister, Kimia, Kora sets out to travel across Europe and Asia, collecting as many friends, lovers, and experiences, as stamps in her passport.
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Q: Automatically increasing the value of a variable in generate_series I ran into the need to automatically increment the value of a variable in generate_series. By the condition of the business logic, the field identifier in the model does not increase automatically.
I decided to try to find the maximum id value in advance and, within the of the generation, try to simply increase it by 1. But I don't understand how to do this correct.
max_id = Companies.objects.aggregate(Max('id'))  # {'id__max': 1529367}
value = max_id['id__max']

cursor.execute(f'''
    INSERT INTO test.companies(
                    id, name, city_id, revenue, labors
                )
    SELECT  {value} = {value}+1,   # This is what I want, but I don't know how to do it
           (
                SELECT x[1 + ((random() * 25)::INT) % 3]
                FROM (
                    SELECT '{{Google,Yandex,Amazon}}'::text[]
                ) AS z2(x)
                WHERE SEQ = SEQ
            ),
           (random() * 3000)::INT,
           (random() * 3000)::INT,
           (random() * 3000)::INT

    FROM generate_series(1,10)  SEQ;
''')

All this I do as part of my work for Python Django.

A: Is there any obstacle to run your iteration from 1 to 10 in Python instead of SQL?
Besides that, I think you missed VALUES in your SQL statement.
max_id = Companies.objects.aggregate(Max('id'))  # {'id__max': 1529367}
value = max_id['id__max']

for addval in range(1,10):
    cursor.execute(f'''
        INSERT INTO test.companies(id, name, city_id, revenue, labors)
        VALUES (''' + value+addval + ''',
           (
                SELECT x[1 + ((random() * 25)::INT) % 3]
                FROM (
                    SELECT '{{Google,Yandex,Amazon}}'::text[]
                ) AS z2(x)
                WHERE SEQ = ''' + addval + '''
            ),
           (random() * 3000)::INT,
           (random() * 3000)::INT,
           (random() * 3000)::INT
        )
     '''

EDIT
If you want to do it all with PostgreSQL, why don't you start your generate_series from value+1?:
max_id = Companies.objects.aggregate(Max('id'))  # {'id__max': 1529367}
value = max_id['id__max']

cursor.execute(f'''
    INSERT INTO test.companies(
                    id, name, city_id, revenue, labors
                )
    SELECT  SEQ,
                SELECT x[1 + ((random() * 25)::INT) % 3]
                FROM (
                    SELECT '{{Google,Yandex,Amazon}}'::text[]
                ) AS z2(x)
                WHERE SEQ = SEQ
            ,
           (random() * 3000)::INT,
           (random() * 3000)::INT,
           (random() * 3000)::INT

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Gardaí Appealing For Witnesses to Serious Collision on Limerick N18
By Limerick Voice Reporter
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a "serious road traffic collision" which took place on the N18 at Ballinacurra Weston, Co. Limerick, yesterday 18th October 2021.
The incident occurred at approximately 3.20pm when a truck, which had a trailer attached, collided with the back of a tractor, which also had a trailer attached on the busy dual carriageway, according to Emma Farrelly, Executive Officer at the Garda Press Office.
She said, "Significant material damage was caused to both vehicles. The drivers of both vehicles attended University Hospital Limerick; their injuries are believed to be non-life threatening."
Any road users who were travelling on the N18 at Ballinacurra yesterday afternoon between 3.00pm and 3.30pm and who may have camera footage (including dash cam) are asked to make it available to Gardaí.
One witness said "I was driving past the scene of the crash yesterday going in the opposite direction and the traffic was backed up to the nearest exit.
"The guards were there directing people to get off at that exit, but the cars that had already passed it by were stuck in a huge line of traffic.
"There were people getting out of their cars to stand because they knew they would be there for a long time and there were people recording the line of traffic on their phones."
The garda press office asks that anyone with any information contact Roxboro Road Garda Station on 061 214340, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Ethan Happ scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Wisconsin beat Chicago State 82-70 on Wednesday in a closer-than-expected contest.
The Cougars (2-14) have now lost 10 straight and nine of their losses on the season have been by an average of 38 points.
Chicago State closed to 62-52 on Deionte Simmons' putback with eight minutes left, but Wisconsin clamped down, forcing turnovers on the next two Cougars possession and registering blocks on the following three to push the lead back to 68-52.
Simmons, who led Chicago State with 19 points, fouled out during that stretch, and Wisconsin (7-7) kept the lead in double digits the rest of the way.
Part of Wisconsin's struggles stemmed from its poor outside shooting. The Badgers hit 4 of 9 3-point attempts in the first half, but made just 3 of 11 in the second half.
Their free-throw shooting also proved key in a game that saw 24 fouls called in the second half. The Badgers were 23 of 32 from the line (71.9 percent), compared with 15 of 18 (83.3 percent) for Chicago State.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/03/personal-carbon-allowances
Trial produces encouraging results for backers of personal carbon budgets
Royal Society forecasts scheme to encourage individuals to cut their global warming emissions could be in place in just over a decade
Juliette Jowit
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 February 2009 09.03 GMT
Personal carbon allowances set a limit on the emissions that can be produced by an individual's activities. Photograph: PR
Every person in the UK could have their own carbon budget in just over a decade to encourage individuals to cut their global warming emissions, the head of the most comprehensive trial of the idea has predicted.
Personal carbon allowances set a limit on the emissions that can be produced by an individual's activities, such as driving and heating homes. People could switch to greener products and services or simply do without to meet their allowances. The idea also allows people to sell credits if they do not use the full limit or buy credits if they go over the budget through indulging in highly polluting activities such as flying or simply consuming too much.
The idea has been promoted for years by visionary environmentalists as a way of reducing emissions. But it was given credibility by the support of David Miliband, the former environment and now foreign secretary, and the launch of a three-year study by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). However, critics fear an "Orwellian" future in which every transaction would be watched and judged.
A report into the project has concluded that trading allowances � allowing people who cut emissions to sell their credits to those with more polluting lifestyles � is politically too controversial in the short term.
But Matt Prescott, the RSA's project director, said important elements of the idea could work, including the fundamental principal of giving every person in the country a carbon budget.
Initially budgets would probably cover emissions from key areas such as buildings and transport, but could be extended to cover "all goods and services" as technology developed, he said.
Last year, a report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) effectively dismissed personal carbon trading after consultants estimated it would cost �700m-2bn to set up and �1bn-2bn a year to run, therefore "outweighing by many times" any benefits in changing public behaviour.
But the RSA report says budgets could be managed through existing technology � such as bank cards, loyalty and fuel cards or company expense accounts � for much less than Defra's consultants, Accenture, calculated for a new system.
Also, instead of individual trading, credits could be bought and sold by groups such as local authorities or employers, who were in a better position to make cuts, for example by investing in clean energy or public transport, with the benefits passed on through incentives such as council tax rebates or extra holiday, said Prescott.
Such a scheme would be technically feasible by 2013 but he predicted 2020 was a more likely date for its introduction when technology had developed to make it easier to cut emissions. A further trial is to be launched with volunteer local authorities.
"Some people will adopt greener living because they think it's the right thing to do, but the bulk of the population need to feel that they are part of a movement," said Prescott. "The government have to become bolder in getting more directly involved in behaviour change."
The Department for Energy and Climate Change welcomed the RSA study but warned of the challenges that still need to be tackled: "As our own studies found, personal carbon trading, whilst having a lot of potential, raises a number of challenges which need to be tackled. We welcome the further analysis the RSA have undertaken and take an active interest in the ongoing academic work in this area, which we hope in due course will lay the foundations for further policy development."
The RSA's CarbonLimited study was launched in 2006. Hundreds of individuals joined an open market scheme and 27 voluntary groups registered to use the specially developed CarbonDAQ trading system.
The report, A Persuasive Climate, publishes results from the three most advanced trials: one involved a group of students; another was set up by council workers in the London borough of Lewisham; and the third was an experiment run by technology specialists Atos Consulting using Nectar loyalty cards to monitor the fuel use of 100 volunteer drivers.
Although none of the trials offered money as a financial incentive to cut emissions, the 140 volunteers in those three groups reduced emissions by just under 5% on average. Using a "currency" to trade credits would encourage more people to make cuts and could fund further reductions, such as investment in clean electricity generation, adds the report.
The trial results compare to two theoretical studies which suggest individuals could cut their emissions by up to 20%, but would need external help such as better public transport to go further than that.
However, the trials revealed some problems:
� Contrary to hopes that carbon trading could be progressive by enabling people with less money to spend on emitting carbon to sell their credits, the report says people with lower incomes or savings had less money to spend on improvements to cut emissions such home efficiency or newer, less polluting cars.
� The report dashes hopes that markets would help find the cheapest ways of cutting emissions because, it says, people often do not know the full costs and benefits of choices, and individuals "do not act rationally and make optimal decisions consistently".
� Even if individuals cut their emissions by one fifth - equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide - it might not be worth the cost in time and effort because the market only valued that tonne at �25-50, says the report.
� And those who had higher emissions were discouraged rather than inspired to cut their carbon footprint, it adds.
Questions also remain about what would happen if the market was extended, including what emissions to measure, and how to stop "free riders" from making no effort but still getting the benefits of rewards to a group.
The trials were "very basic", but the 5% cuts were "an encouraging start", said Prescott. "If we wanted to add incentives on top, arguably you could achieve even higher results."
The Local Government Information Unit thinktank has taken over CarbonDAQ and hopes to launch a trial of community carbon trading among volunteer local authorities this year. The authorities could offer incentives to groups such as residents to reduce emissions in return for giving them votes on how to spend community funds or giving council tax discounts. Longer term, there could also be national trading between councils on behalf of local groups, said Gemma Roberts, one of the thinktank's policy analysts.
Last year, the environmental audit committee of MPs said carbon trading "might be the kind of radical measure needed to bring about behaviour change" and "has the potential to drive greater emissions reductions than green taxation".
Another study by the Institute of Public Policy Research thinktank showed it was the most popular of three choices to tackle global warming, ahead of carbon taxes and a cap on emissions from power generators.
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:07 am Post subject: Lucy Siegle weighs in with her threepenceworth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/feb/06/carbon-emissions-personal-trading
Get out your carbon ration books
The scheme to reduce emissions � championed by David Miliband � is gaining new support
The personal carbon budget (aka carbon ratioining) is the crazy notion that refuses to go away.
To be honest, I had assumed that the idea - giving everyone in the country an equal share of carbon credits to be spent judiciously on heating, transport and goods and then allowing the carbon thrifty to sell their surplus - had been mothballed since it lost its patron saint, David Miliband, to foreign affairs.
I now see this was an error. Juliette Jowitt's piece this week charts developments since those heady days of explicit government support. Leading proponent, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), which has developed CarbonDAQ (a virtual carbon trading site for personal allowances) reckons we're on course for individual carbon budgets in 10 years' time.
Yes, within a decade you could be making space in your wallet for another Nectar-style reward card that will clock every purchase, flight and lightbulb you buy and deduct them from your given carbon allowance. Or perhaps the chip will just be implanted in your forehead so you can run that through a head-height checkout in the fulfilment of the Orwellian nightmare that detractors envision.
Spookily, this is the second time within a week that I've found myself being reacquainted with the opportunity/spectre (which is it?) of personal carbon trading. It came up during a discussion called The Politics of Limits at the launch of the Fabian Society's pamphlet The Green Crunch last week.
The author, Sir John Harman, the former head of the the Environment Agency, is not a fan. "The interest that the government is showing in personal carbon allowances is worrying," he asserts at the opening of The Green Crunch.
Presumably he would be very anxious indeed were he to venture down to the RSA and the Local Government Information Unit thinktank who are again promoting it.
I'm not sure I buy the bad, mad and dangerous argument. Yes, it would be good to have what Harman calls a more "liberal version of collective action" as a solution to pressing environmental and social justice problems. But achieving this has many hurdles in its way, even though a lot of people find personal carbon trading an attractive option. It is seen as a potentially revolutionary way to cut carbon which can also redistribute wealth.
Carbon rationing is horribly complex. In January 2007, I came up with the bright idea of doing a carbon diet for the Observer focusing on the things you could do to cut personal emissions. Annoyingly, this was just weeks before Chris Goodall's useful book was published so I spent weeks sobbing over my calculator and reports full of conflicting estimates of emissions tied to everything from washing towels to orange squash.
The RSA CarbonDAQ figures, and project director Matt Prescott, rescued me. Divining the embodied carbon emissions of every damned thing did not then appear to be an exact science, but progress was being made. In 10 years' time, will we have watertight calculations to make the rationing of carbon a reality? Or will it be regarded as an unacceptably authoritarian tool and fall by the wayside?
Posted by Lucy Siegle Friday 6 February 2009 13.14 GMT
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Sculpture Parks and Street Art: Curating Hong Kong's Public Art Agenda
By Aaina Bhargava Hong Kong, renowned for its booming art market, is widely regarded as Asia's art hub. While commercial success has unquestionably been essential in validating this rising status, so has been the provision of proper education and exposure of the public to a diverse range of artistic practices. To fulfil its potential as an art capital, Hong Kong needs more of the latter. There are still sectors of the art community that are severely under-represented, from local art initiatives to experimental art spaces and, in particular, public-art projects. Public-art programmes are vital to cultural development in cities, due to the easy accessibility to art they provide. Hong Kong has suffered from a lack of quality programmes, but two recent initiatives seek to change this. One is Hong Kong's first sculpture park, and the other is the formation of HKwalls, a non-profit organisation facilitating street-art projects citywide. Harbour Arts Sculpture Park opened in late February, altering an iconic space on the harbour front between Central and Wan Chai. Co-curators Tim Marlow and Fumio Nanjo have emphasised the significance of the park in …
After the Deluge
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The personal finance company somerset ky is offering a $1 million bonus to the first employee who can explain to their colleagues why they should pay for the company by next week.
Somer is a private equity firm founded by John McAfee. It was one of the first to offer online personal finance tools and has been around since the late 90's. Somer's goal is to create a product that makes it easier to save money, and most of their profits are tied to their clients.
It's difficult to believe that this would be the first time a company has offered to make you pay for the company by next week, but there's a good chance that was the plan all along. The company's founder is John McAfee, who has spent much of his life trying to uncover and expose the truth behind the world's financial problems. This is especially true as he has since suffered from a rare neurological disorder that makes it difficult for him to operate machinery.
McAfee was able to obtain a $1 million loan from a hedge fund because the fund manager had a "close relationship with" McAfee. By obtaining the loan, McAfee was able to prove to the fund manager that he had the skills to pay back the money and that McAfee had the financial clout to do this in the short term.
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One of these people is the CEO, and as with the CEO, there is more to him than meets the eye. He is known as the "First Man in the Room," a person who has an inside track and knows all the ins and outs of every aspect of the company. To the rest of the company, he is only known as the "CEO and Boss" because he is in charge of everything.
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