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Academics Urge Government Climate Action: Sources News Release
More than 500 university faculty members from universities across Canada signed a letter to the Canadian Government calling for immediate drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The letter poi...
An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto
Callinicos, Alex
An extended argument about what the anti-capitalist movement should stand for.
Arctic Death Rattle
Hunziker, Robert
The warming of the Arctic negatively affects the entire Northern Hemisphere by altering jet streams at 30,000-40,000 feet altitude, which turns normal weather patterns upside down, wreaking havoc thro...
The Arctic Turns Ugly
Runaway global warming is far and away humankind's biggest nightmare, and the Arctic is the likely perpetrator. If it happens, it'll blister agricultural foodstuff before it can reach the outstretched...
As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer
Grossman, Elizabeth
The summer of 2016 is barely two weeks old, but this year is already on track to break high temperature records in the United States. On June 20, cities across the Southwest and into Nevada reached al...
Australia: Socialist Alliance's 'International Political Perspectives' Resolution
Resolutions adopted by the 10th National Conference of the Socialist Alliance, June 7-9, 2014.
Beckoning Committed Climate Activists: Extreme Weather and Even More Extreme Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Bond, Patrick
It is evident the climate crisis is far more severe than most scientists had anticipated.
Blueprint for a Green Economy
Pearce, David; Markandya, Anil; Barbier, Edward B.
A set of practical proposals for financing a sustainable environment.
Bottomfeeder: How the Fish on Our Plates is Killing the Planet
Grescoe, Taras
Canada After Harper: His Ideology-fuelled Attack on Canadian Society and Values, and How We Can Resist and Create the Country We Want
Finn, Ed (editor)
Essays documenting the breadth and depth of the Harper government's attack on institutions, policies, and programs that embody values and principles shared by most Canadians: education, health care, w...
Canada Is Now To Climate What Japan Is To Whaling
Here I am, watching the astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state. Canada is slipping down the development ladder, retreating from a complex, dive...
The Canadian Environmental Education Catalogue: A Guide to Selected Resources
The Cancer in Occupy
Hedges, Chris
The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are the cancer of the Occupy movement. The presence of Black Bloc anarchists — so named because they dress i...
Capitalism is failing the planet
Weedall, Gemma
If we continue with capitalist business as usual, there will be disastrous consequences for humanity. Capitalism is in unavoidable conflict with environmental sustainability because of three key featu...
Changing minds on a changing climate : What Makes Climate Science Deniers Change Their Minds?
Kirk, Karin
Reddit commenters point to reasons they went from being climate contrarians to having confidence in mainstream climate science.
Climate Change and World Agriculture
Parry, Martin
Climate Change as a Class Issue
Coles, Nick
Protesting PNC Bank in Pittsburgh financing of mountain-top removal (MTR) coal mining across Appalachia. MTR causes increased cancer rates and birth defects, as well as massive environmental degradati...
Climate Change As Genocide
Klare, Michael T.
Is this what a world battered by climate change will be like—one in which tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of people perish from disease, starvation, and heat prostration while the rest of ...
Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction
Nyberg, Daniel; Wright, Christopher
The authors examine the intricate relationship between corporations and climate change, while also looking at how corporations shape political and social responses to climate change.
Climate Change Drives Up Rural Poverty in Latin America
Gutman, Daniel
In Latin America and the Caribbean region's first meeting of Week of Agriculture and Food, held in November 2018, more than 1,000 officials and experts agreed that the fall in agricultural yields and ...
Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies
Vidal, John
Global warming is exacerbating political instability as tensions brought on by food insecurity rise. With research suggesting the issue can only get worse we examine the risks around the world.
Climate change: It's going to take a revolution
A new video by Suhail Ilyas: The growing strength of the climate movement around the world gives us great hope, but it's going to take a revolution to make the world inhabitable for future generations...
Climate change: the eco-socialist solution
Climate change reminds us, in a phrase attributed to Lao Tzu, that "if you don't change direction you may end up where you are heading." The road of capitalism is now lined with horrors and we must fi...
Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming
Hoggan, James; Littlemore, Richard
Tracking the global warming denial movement from its inception, public relations advisor James Hoggan (working with journalist Richard Littlemore), reveals the details of those early plans and then tr...
Climate Crisis Hits Pakistani Women: Against The Current vol. 144
Khaliq, Bushra
Pakistan is among the countries that will be hit hardest in the near future by effects of climate change, even though it contributes only a fraction to global warming. The country is witnessing severe...
Climate Crisis - The Collapse In Corporate Media Coverage
We find that Britain and the US - the two countries responding most aggressively to alleged 'threats' to human security in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya - are also the two countries least...
Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma
So long as we live under capitalism, today, tomorrow, next year and every year thereafter, economic growth will always be the overriding priority till we barrel right off the cliff to collapse.
Climate Crisis Threatens Food Security of Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Togo, Comoros, and Many Other Countries
Climate crisis is threatening seafood and fish in gulfs, seas, and oceans. As a result, countries dependent mainly on fish and seafood are threatened.
The Climate Denial Industry Is Out To Dupe The Public. And It's Working
The climate denial industry consists of people who are paid to say that man-made global warming isn't happening.
"Climate Justice" and the Left: The Necessity of a Mass Movement: Against The Current vol. 141
Davenport, Nick
The climate crisis -- a crisis not of civilization, as some commentators would have it, but of capitalist production -- requires a political response that is long overdue, and is finally stirring. Now...
Climate politics must be as radical as the climate crisis
Butler, Simon
If the climate action movement allows its goals to be shaped by what is permissible in a capitalist economy then it has already failed. To respond to the climate emergency, our politics must be as rad...
CO2 Emissions are Being 'Outsourced' by Rich Countries to Rising Economies
Goldenberg, Suzanne
Greenhouse gas output of China and elsewhere is increased by making goods that are then used in the US and Europe.
A Coalition of Scientists Keeps Watch on the U.S. Government's Climate Data
Brown, Alleen
Via memos leaked to the press, rogue tweets, and unnamed agency sources, the public learned of growing pressure on federal employees to avoid sharing their scientific work. Meanwhile, small but signif...
Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in the Age of Individualism
Muhammad, Umair
Confronting Injustice is a call for collective action against the social causes of poverty and climate change, written by a socialist organizer for activists.
Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook
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Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook
Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming Focus
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture.
Connexions Library: Environment Focus
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use.
Connexions Library: Science Focus
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on science.
COP21, Paris: 'Another world is possible, necessary and urgent'
Tokar, Brian
The greatest danger of the Paris conference is that the global South will be bullied into to accepting a terrible deal rather than leave with none at all. That gives civil society an essential role - ...
Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation
Magdoff, Fred; Williams, Chris
Because it aims squarely at replacing capitalism with an ecologically sound and socially just society, Creating an Ecological Society is filled with revolutionary hope. Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams...
Crossing the River of Fire: The Liberal Attack on Naomi Klein and This Changes Everything
Foster, John B.; Clark, Brett
A review of Naomi Klein's book "This Changes Everything" on climate change and its political enviroment.
The Dead End of Climate Justice: How NGO Bureaucrats and Greenwashed Corporations are Turning Nature Into Investment Capital
Simons, Tim; Tonak, Ali
The notion of climate debt, highlighted as the principle avenue of struggle for the climate justice movement, poses some large problems. Contemporary demands for reparations justified by the notion of...
Death By A Thousand Cuts: Earth Enters The 'Danger Zone'
2014 was the warmest year on record for the world; possibly the warmest in 5000 years. Even worse, this warming will soon double the pollution levels of our planet. Meanwhile, corporate media couldn't...
A Death Sentence For Africa: The Durban Climate Deal And Eight Corporate Media Unmentionables
Carbon emissions, already at their peak, will continue to increase for at least the next eight years, pushing humanity closer to the brink of climate collapse. Rather than address the madness of a glo...
A Direct Tax On Fossil Fuel Is What The World Needs Urgently
Sharma, Devinder
A direct tax on fossil fuels is the only realistic way to achieve the necessary cuts.
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
Marshall, George
A book that tries to understand why people are so prone to deny or ignore the reality of climate change.
The Earthscan Action Handbook
Litvinoff, Miles
A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action.
Ecologist Special Report: From fish to forests and conflicts to coffee ... how humans are affected by climate-driven species shifts
Mustonen, Tero; Rhoades, Hannibal
Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities. Building resilience has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way.
$88 billion a year in subsidies for climate disaster: Global governments spend more than double what energy companies invest to find new regions for oil and gas drilling, despite climate change
Prupis, Nadia
Despite pledging in 2009 to phase out public subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, G20 countries have disregarded those promises and are currently spending $88 billion a year in taxpayer money to fu...
Eliizabeth Kolbert's Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Against The Current vol. 125
McGough, John
Floods in normally drought-stricken eastern India have killed hundreds and left 1.5 million homeless this summer. Closer to home, a record-setting heat wave this June killed 225 in the United States, ...
EnvironmentSources.com
Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa...
Essential reading on the Paris climate agreement
Foran, John
An annotated guide to thirty-four of the best articles on the COP21 Paris Agreement on climate change published in the immediate aftermath of the agreement.
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and its People
Flannery, Tim
Exxon Knew CO2 Pollution Was A Global Threat By Late 1970s
Grandia, Kevin and DeMelle, Brendan
Throughout Exxon's global operations, the company knew that CO2 was a harmful pollutant in the atmosphere years earlier than previously reported. Exxon corporate documents from the late 1970s state un...
Fantasy technology won't stop climate change
Angus, Ian
Climate negotiators are promising 'negative emissions' using a risky and unproven technology called BECSS. It's the wrong way to go.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Kolbert, Elizabeth
A readable account of the development of the science of global warming, alongside shocking vignettes that demonstrate the rapidly altering effects climate change is having on our world.
Fighting for climate justice
Hearse, Phil
Climate change is a key factor in oppression of the poor worldwide.
Five Challenges for Ecosocialists in 2008
Ecosocialism is not separate from the existing left and green movements, and it is not a structured movement on its own. Rather, it is a current of thought within existing socialist and green-left mov...
A Fossil Fuel Exit Program
Ekeland, Anders
Ekeland analyzes climate activist Hansen's climate change exit strategy and why it has not been supported or pursued by political and environmental groups.
Gates of Delusion: Media Distortions and REAL Climate Scandals
Climate-related storms in a teacup have been appearing in the corporate media almost on a daily basis. This nonsense is distracting attention from a mountain of evidence that human-induced climate cha...
The Global Fight for Climate Justice: Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction
Angus, Ian (ed.)
A guide to the debate on climate change, a sourcebook that makes the case for anti-capitalist action as the only effective way to stop global warming.
Global Warning...Global Warming
Bernarde, Melvin A.
God's plan for climate change
Sottile, J P
How, and why, does the US Right and its evangelical 'Christian' wing campaign for mal-education, ignorance, corporate dominance, and the profligate consumption of fossil fuels?
A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
deBuys, William
In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages,...
A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations
Ponting, Clive
Ponting tracks the "green" history of the world showing how throughout history civilizations have collapsed when they exhausted the earth's natural resources.
Greenhouse Earth
Nilson, Annika
Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in Atmosphere Reach New Record: Sources News Release
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, continuing an upward and accelerating trend which is driving climate change and will shape the future of our planet ...
Harper's Worst Offense against Refugees May Be His Climate Record
Anderson, Mitchell
The Middle East drought between 2006 and 2011 was without precedent since modern record keeping, killing over 80 per cent of livestock and driving up local food prices. Already poor populations had to...
Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning
Concerns about the effects of global warming on the Human species - especially those unfortunate enough to live in poorer countries - require drastic action, far outstripping the recommendations of th...
The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, The Cover-up, The Prescription
Gelbspan, Ross
A book discussing the ever-worsening threat of global climate change.
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Mann, Michael E.
Michael E. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick graph first appeared, shares the story of the science and politics behind the controversy of climate change, and the implie...
How Much Does Climate Change Change?
Cox, Janice; Gasser, Michael
A review Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything.
How the People's Climate March Became a Corporate PR Campaign
Gupta, Arun
I've never been to a protest march that advertised in the New York City subway. That spent $220,000 on posters inviting Wall Street bankers to join a march to save the planet, according to one source....
How to Change Everything
Battisoni, Alyssa
Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything is a vital book whose limitations should spark discussion about where we go from here.
How will we get to an ecological civilization?
Capitalism's infrastructure, which is designed to dominate nature, cannot simply be taken over and used for an ecological transformation. Only a complete, root-and-branch change will do the job.
Out of the Woods
A review of Jason W Moore's book on world-ecology, Capitalism in the Web of Life.
I was wrong on veganism: Traditional livestock production makes ecological sense
An environmental reporter reviews the environmental impacts of meat production in the developed world. He finds that First World meat production is incredibly wasteful but that this is not a requireme...
The Ice Melts Into Water: Arctic Ice Melt, Psychopathic Capitalism And The Corporate Media
Cromwell, David; Edwards, David
Last month, climate scientists announced that Arctic sea ice had shrunk to its smallest surface area since satellite observations began in 1979. An ice-free summer in the Arctic, once projected to be ...
The Illusion of Democracy : Liberal Journalism, Wikileaks And Climate Deceptions
Cormwell, David
In an era of permanent war, economic meltdown and climate 'weirding', we need all the champions of truth and justice that we can find. But where are they? What happened to trade unions, the green move...
The Inquisition of Climate Science
Powell, James Lawrence
The Inquisition of Climate Science is the first book to comprehensively take on the climate science denial movement and the deniers themselves, exposing their lack of credentials, their extensive indu...
Inuit Are Living on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Hanley, Charles J.
Climate change is being felt in northwest Canada, and in a wide circle at the top of the world, stretching from Alaska through the Siberian tundra, into northern Scandinavia and Greenland, and on to C...
The IPCC report: Between nightmare and revolution
Tanuro, Daniel
Belgian ecosocialist Daniel Tanuro says the latest IPCC report has sounded an alarm that we must not ignore. Only radical change can avert climate disaster.
IS and climate change - an inconvenient truth for Republicans
Cole, Juan
US Democratic presidential contender Martin O'Malley sparked controversy last month by saying that the conditions for the rise of the so-called Islamic State (IS, also known as Isil, Isis or Da'esh) w...
Is there a vast cowspiracy about climate change?
Boucher, Doug
Cowspiracy movie review: Cowspiracy's argument is based on badly flawed and almost unanimously rejected interpretations of science. Actual science and scientists are practically absent among the many ...
James Hansen and the Climate-Change Exit Strategy
Bellamy Foster, John
Hansen has provided the starting point for a realistic climate-change exit strategy aimed at keeping the increase in global average temperatures below 2°C (3.6° F), an amount that constitutes the plan...
Jared Diamond, Greenwasher: Shilling for Chevron
Since Jared Diamond and the economists all believe in the inviolability of the capitalist system, there is a certain cognitive dissonance at work in their writings. They harp on the symptoms, but stop...
Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle
Quigley, Bill
Colette Pichon Battle gave up a great job working as a corporate immigration lawyer in Washington DC to live in a tent in front of her flooded family home 50 miles from downtown New Orleans. She is no...
A campaign by The Guardian newspaper to stop climate change by keeping fossil fuels in the ground, featuring a series of articles on different aspects of the issue across the world.
Let Them Eat Climate Change
Montague, Brendan
The winds are changing for the energy giants. And so the black plumes of smoke emitted by the climate deniers in an attempt to provide cover for the coal, oil and gas industry have already been refine...
The liberal climate agenda is doomed to failure
Parkin, Scott
Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous delusion, writes Scott Parkin - that 'playing nice' with Earth-destroying corporations and politicians can yield results worth having. Radical change on...
Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay
Nickerson, Michael
The failure to reduce green house gas emissions, the success of efforts to curb ozone depletion, causes related to prosperity and social justice are just some the topics covered. By using the example ...
Like a Dull Knife: The People's Climate "Farce"
Saul, Quincy
Even in a top-down format, one hopes the upcoming march could draw much-needed attention to the climate movement.
Looming Climate Catastrophe: Extinction in Nine Years?
Lindorff, Dave
Reports from the Arctic are getting pretty grim.
The Manufactured Doubt Industry And The Hacked Email Controversy
Masters, Jeff
The fossil fuel industry has been working for years to create a smokescreen of doubt to obscure the facts of global warming.
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M.
Investigative reportage on how private interests and lobbies in America use hired gun scientists to spread doubt and misinformation. The media's binary understanding of balanced repoting has given the...
Missing from the Paris Agreement: the Pentagon's monstrous carbon boot print
Nelson, Joyce
How much of the mainstream media coverage given to COP21 and the Paris Agreement mentioned the mysterious exemption given to the US's massive military and security machine? None, writes Joyce Nelson. ...
Naomi Klein: To fight climate change we must fight capitalism
Interview with Naomi Klein, the author of "This Changes Everything."
Natural Disasters: Acts of God or Acts of Man?
Wijkman, Anders; Timberlake, Lloyd
The authors argue that natural disasters are not so natural. Surveying the rising damage caused around the world by floods, draught, cyclones, earthquakes and tidal waves, they conclude that these eve...
Nature, science & power: Questions need to be asked...
Riordon, Michael
Here many questions will be asked, some answers attempted. This blog connects to a new book: Bold Scientists: dispatches from the battle for honest science, published in 2014 by Between the Lines.
The Need for Clear Demands at the Peoples' Climate March
Peterman, Anne
In New York City on September 21st, a major climate march is planned. It will take place two days before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's UN Climate Summit -- a one-day closed door session where the...
A New Wave of Climate Insurgents Defines Itself as Law-Enforcers
Brecher, Jeremy
Grassroots movement organizations from every continent will hold a global week of action called Break Free From Fossil Fuels in May 2016. They envision tens of thousands of people mobilizing worldwide...
The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change
Godrej, Dinyar
Noam Chomsky: US Is the "Most Dangerous Country in the World"
Falcone, Dan
Nuclear proliferation and climate change are subjects of acute concern in the current moment, driven into an all-out state of emergency by the new Trump administration. In this interview, Noam Chomsk...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 4, 2014
Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production)
Information about the Connexions Alternative Media List and the Labor Film Archive. Articles on corporations spying on non-profits, workplace deaths, Monsanto and Ukraine, and liberal environmentalism...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 2, 2014: Climate Change
This issue of Other Voices looks at why so many people deny or ignore the very real and very near threat of climate change. We also look into the ways on how NGOs tame and undermine grassroots movemen...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 27, 2014: Climate Change
The theme for this issue, and the topic of the week, is Climate Change. Groups and websites engaged in the fight for action on global warming and climate justice are featured. Book of the week is Magd...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 10, 2015: Labour Day issue
Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production)
Labour Day issue, with articles examining the relentless pressure put on workers to work ever longer hours, at the cost of their health and family life; anti-worker legislation, Zapatista popular educ...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 24, 2015: Voter Suppression
Featuring information and articles related to the October 19, 2015 Canadian election. The topic of the week is Voter Suppression, with articles about voter suppression in Canada and the United States.
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 21, 2015: Climate Change and Social Change
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
This issue of Other Voices spotlights climate change, the escalating crisis that the upcoming Paris climate conference is supposed to address. But climate change is not a single problem: it is a produ...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 5, 2015: Ecosocialism, environment, and urban gardening
This issue of Other Voices covers a wide range of issues, from the climate crisis and the ecosocialist response, to terrorism and the struggle against religious fundamentalism, as well as items on urb...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 19, 2015: Utopia
Utopian visions, be they practical or not, free our imaginations, if only for a little while, from the daily grind of struggle and worry, and allow us to dream about the kind of world we would hope to...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy
Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 20, 2016: Fake News
"Fake news" is the latest mania to convulse the mainstream media. All at once, we're being subjected to an outbreak of hand-wringing articles and commentary about obscure websites which are supposedly...
'The Planet Can't Keep Doing Us A Favour'
Cromwell, David
With humanity's huge impact on the planet's climate becoming ever clearer, the claim of 'history in the making' is truly deserved.
Rampaging Climate Deniers' Losing Battle
Salzman, Lorna
Because of the flimsy comprehension of science and evolution of most writers in the mass media, those who venture to write about evolution feel constrained to present "alternative" views. But "alterna...
Reclaim the Power! Climate protestors rout security with UK-wide fossil fuel strikes
Tickell,Oliver
The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an unprecedented series of direct action strikes against targets across the country to protest at continuing investment in ...
The Rising Seas
Ince, Martin
The Road from Copenhagen: Against The Current vol. 144
The handwriting about the long-anticipated Copenhagen climate change conference has been on the wall for months, and its message is not promising for our human civilization or the thousands of species...
Roadblocks to Climate Activism: The Problem of Natural Localism
Davidson, Lawrence
The consequences of global warming. The evidence for the evolving dire effects of building CO2 and other greenhouse gases is getting increasingly conclusive. We are a species influenced by natural loc...
Scandal! Exxon knew about climate change, boosted denialism, misled shareholders, went carbon heavy
McKibben, Bill
One of the world's biggest energy companies has been caught out in what may be the biggest ever climate scandal. Way back in the 1980s ExxonMobil knew of the 'potentially catastrophic' and 'irreversib...
Rennie, John
Within the community of scientists and others concerned about anthropogenic climate change, those deny climate change are commonly referred to as contrarians, naysayers and denialists. Not everyone wh...
The specter of geoengineering haunts the Paris climate agreement
in a capitalist framework negative emissions technologies appear to offer the only possible way out. Geoengineering is the specter that haunts the text adopted in Paris and gives it meaning. The fact ...
'Stable' NE Greenland ice sheet is melting away
Khan, Shfaqat Abbas
A new study has found that the NE section of the Greenland ice sheet - thought to be stable due to the extreme cold - has been losing ice since 2006 with increasing speed. And that has huge implicati...
State of the World's Oceans: New Internationalist January/February 2007
A look at the how the world's ocean is being destroyed and its effects on the earth.
Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care)
As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, ...
McLaren, Jesse (ed.)
Stopping climate catastrophe and winning a world of climate justice is a critical task of our generation -- and it will require a radical transformation of society and of our relationship with nature....
Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
Nikiforuk, Andrew
To extract the energy from the Alberta tar sands, the world's ugliest, most expensive hydrocrabon, we are polluting our air, poisoning our water, destroying vast areas of boreal forest, and underminin...
"This Changes Everything...": Against The Current vol. 92
Remember those ads for the Viper, that hyped-up, super-computerized Dodge yuppiemobile that adjusted itself for road conditions, programmed its own itinerary, virtually drove itself and offered more l...
Klein says that climate change cannot be confronted unless we confront capitalism. She says that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed system and build something radically bette...
Lewis, Avi (director); Klein, Naomi (narrator)
Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything, the film presents portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar S...
This Is About Us
The talks at Copenhagen are not just about climate change. They represent a battle to redefine humanity.
Toolkit for a New Canada
Gonick, Cy (Coordinating Editor)
A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimension magazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the first decade of the 21st century. The article...
Toolkit for a New Canada - 2013 Edition
A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimensionmagazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the second decade of the 21st century. The article...
Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and their Governments
Roseland, Mark
The way our urban communities develop will largely determine our success or failure in overcoming environmental challenges and achieving sustainable development. Toward Sustainable Communities offer p...
Truth About Global Warming
Zwicker, Barrie
Review of The Heat is On: The High Stakes Battle Over Earth's Threatened Climate, by Ross Gelbspan.
20 Ways to Save Mother Earth and Prevent Climate Change
Morales, Evo
Capitalism's glorification of competition and thirst for limitless profit are destroying the planet.
Viva Yasuni! Life vs Big Oil: New Internationalist July 2008
A look at the Yasuni rainforest in Ecuador and its imminent destruction by oil companies.
Washington and the Oil Industry Know the Truth About Climate Change: Short-Term Profits Trump Survival
Climate skeptics in Congress, and oil and coal industry lobbyists like the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Coal Council (ACC) may be preventing any significant action in the US on ...
Wendell Berry's Radical Skepticism: The celebrated farmer and poet shares a message of love in a time of unrest
Massey, Brian
When the celebrated writer, farmer, and elder statesman of the local food movement sat down in front of a sold-out audience at Johns Hopkins University last week, the crowd seemed even more eager than...
What a Way to Treat Your Mother: Women and the State of the Planet
Langer, Julia
Our planet is in crisis.
What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know about Capitalism: A Citizen's Guide to Capitalism and the Environment
Magdoff, Fred; Foster, John Bellamy
A manifesto for those environmentalists who reject schemes of "green capitalism" or piecemeal reform. Magdoff and Foster argue that efforts to reform capitalism along environmental lines or rely solel...
What If America's Leaders Actually Want Catastrophic Climate Change?: Thinking the Unthinkable
Our leaders, political and corporate, may be puerile, egocentric greed-heads, but they are not stupid. They surely for the most part recognize that the Earth is heating up and heading at full speed to...
What Would it Mean to Win?
Turbulence collective
Where is the movement today? Where is it going? Are we winning? The authors of the essays in this volume pose these and other momentous questions.
What's at stake in Copenhagen: The crucial debates at Copenhagen
Gilbertson, Tamra; Reyes, Oscar
Tere is no chance of achieving binding greenhouse gas reductions within the current framework for an agreement. Instead the problem is being redefined to fit the business-as-usual assumptions of neoli...
While you were distracted climate change warning arrived
Mandel, Charles
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Awkward moment Amber Heard and Depp's lawyer argue over what 'donate' means
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Amber Heard admits to not honouring her promised $7 million donation
The Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial has reached its fifth and final week.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 58, is suing his ex-wife, 36, for £50 million (£40 million) for implying he had abused her in a 2018 Washington Post article. Despite not explicitly naming Depp, his legal team argued the op-ed contained a "clear implication that Mr Depp is a domestic abuser", which they say is "categorically and demonstrably false."
On Monday (16 May), Heard was back on the stand after a week-long hiatus. The Aquaman actress faced Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez in a cross-examination where one of their confrontations has since gone viral.
Vasquez quizzed Heard about what she did with her $7 million (£5.6m) divorce settlement.
Heard had previously said in an interview, and while under oath in Depp's 2020 libel case in the UK, that she pledged to donate the entirety to charity.
Speaking on the Dutch talk showRTL Late Nightin 2018, Heard said: "$7million in total was donated – I split it between the ACLU and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. I wanted nothing."
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During Monday's proceedings, Vasquez asked: "You still haven't donated the $7 million divorce settlement to charity. Isn't that right?"
"Incorrect," Heard responded, "I pledged the entirety—"
"No, Ms Heard. That's not my question," Vasquez interrupted, clarifying she meant donated, not pledged.
"I use pledge and donation synonymous with one another. They mean the same thing," Heard said.
"That's how donations are paid," Heard told Vasquez and the jury.
"Ms. Heard, respectfully, that's not my question." Vasquez continued, "So as of today, you have not donated—paid—$7 million of your divorce settlement to charity, right?"
"I have not been able to fulfil those obligations yet," Heard said.
"And that's because you did want something, didn't you?" Vasquez asked.
"I didn't want anything and I didn't get anything," Heard stated.
The tense line of questioning has since spread across social media, with thousands of users chiming in with their take.
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One joked: "I pledged my electricity bill. I was horrified when they cut it off!!"
A second added: "With that logic, we may as well all pledge millions to charity."
"I pledge to pay for a 7 million dollar home," another humoured. "Now, where's my key?"
The Depp v Heard trial continues on Tuesday.
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Opoid Crisis
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Making Pot Legal
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Dreams Realized
Sackler Hall of Shame
Their lives cannot repay us-their death could not undo-
The shame that they have laid upon our race.
But the slothfulness that wasted and the arrogance that slew,
Shall we leave it unabated in its place?
- BY RUDYARD KIPLING
Montana Senators That Voted No On Hanna's Act
First Nations gather for opioid healing conference to discuss crisis
Indigenous people from across Canada gathered on the Tsuut'ina First Nation Monday for a conference to discuss the ongoing opioid crisis.
The conference - titled Opioid: Wiping the tears and healing the pain - focuses on finding and crafting solutions to help First Nation communities address addiction and social issues that stem from it.
One attendee, Patrice Crate of Enoch Cree Nation, is a mental health advocate. She says opioids have touched every facet of her and her family's lives.
She became seriously ill after an ectopic pregnancy, and had multiple surgeries because she wasn't able to conceive.
CBC News - Posted: May 07, 2019
The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis
There are the Sacklers, the family that controls Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. There are the doctors who ran pill mills, and the rogue pharmacists who churned out opioid orders by the thousands.
But the daunting financial muscle that has driven the spread of prescription opioids in the United States comes from the distributors - companies that act as middlemen, trucking medications of all kinds from vast warehouses to hospitals, clinics and drugstores.
The industry's giants, Cardinal Health, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, are all among the 15 largest American companies by revenue. Together, they distribute more than 90 percent of the nation's drug and medical supplies.
By Danny Hakim, William K. Rashbaum and Roni Caryn Rabin. April 22, 2019. The New York Times
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs published the resolution it passed endorsing the Opioids
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs demanding province take action on opioid crisis Dominika Lirette - CBC News - Posted: Mar 12, 2019
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs is calling on the provincial government to take action on the opioid crisis, which is devastating First Nations communities.
It says the current situation is a state of emergency and it's asking the province to acknowledge its unique impact on First Nations communities.
"It's not stopping for any of our communities, and we really need drastic action on this issue," said Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson, secretary-treasurer for the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.
In 2017, a report by the First Nations Health Authority and B.C. Coroners Service found that status First Nations people were five times more likely to experience an overdose and three times more likely to die from one.
In Indigenous call for action, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip reveals his son is among those lost to B.C.'s overdose crisisby Travis Lupick on March 11th. Straight Talk
Like so many British Columbians, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip has a personal connection to the province's overdose epidemic.
"In fact I lost my 42 year old son, Kenny, to a carfentanyl overdose last August," the long-time president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) revealed in a media release this morning (March 11).
Carfentanil (sometimes spelled as carfentanyl) is a synthetic opioid similar to fentanyl but significantly stronger. It first appeared in Vancouver's illicit-drug supply in the winter of 2016 and, since then, has been associated with a growing number of deaths.
Putting Trudeau On Notice, Union of BC Indian Chiefs Declares Opioid Crisis "A State of Emergency" And Supports First Nations Conference to Address The EpidemicBY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF / 08 MAR 2019
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) has passed a forceful resolution imploring action by embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Columbia Premier John Horgan on the escalating Opioids crisis that is devastating First Nations communities. Declaring the Opioid Overdose Crisis to be a state of emergency, the UBCIC Chiefs Council resolution calls on the provincial government to launch a public inquiry into the influence of international organized crime syndicates in fueling the Opioid death-toll in the Native community.
Investigative reports by the CBC, Global News, and CTV into direct connections between the Opioid crisis and organized crime, money laundering, and the inflated real estate market in the province led the UBCIC to conclude that a public inquiry into those links "is the best way to learn the truth about a crisis that has claimed thousands of lives." The resolution documents a Global News investigation that revealed, "criminal syndicates that control chemical factories in China are shipping narcotics, including fentanyl, to Vancouver, and are responsible for laundering the drug sales in British Columbia's casinos and high-priced real estate, and transferring laundered funds back to Chinese factories to repeat this deadly trade cycle. Regulators believe approximately $1.7 billion from 2013 to 2017 has flowed through special B.C. Lottery Corp. high-roller accounts, with large amounts funded by loan sharks and criminal bank drafts."
UBCIC Recognizes Opioid Crisis as "A State of Emergency"
Press Release, from the Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Purdue's Sackler embraced plan to conceal OxyContin's strength from doctors, sealed deposition shows
In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its head of sales and marketing sought input on a key decision from Dr. Richard Sackler, a member of the billionaire family that founded and controls the company. Michael Friedman told Sackler that he didn't want to correct the false impression among doctors that OxyContin was weaker than morphine, because the myth was boosting prescriptions - and sales.
"It would be extremely dangerous at this early stage in the life of the product," Friedman wrote to Sackler, "to make physicians think the drug is stronger or equal to morphine. … We are well aware of the view held by many physicians that oxycodone [the active ingredient in OxyContin] is weaker than morphine. I do not plan to do anything about that."
By DAVID ARMSTRONG - PROPUBLICA FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Sackler family, known for ties to prestigious institutions, stays quiet on opioid crisis accusations
The Sackler family name is attached to universities and prestigious institutions around the world, from New York City to London to Beijing, but what you don't often find the name publicly tied to is the pharmaceutical company the family built - " Purdue Pharma - " and the deadly opioid crisis, which some family members are now accused of creating.
It's an epidemic we've covered from just about every side – from overdoses and recovery to the Drug Enforcement Administration trying to control abuse or a former Purdue pharmaceutical sales rep who fears she may have added to the problem.
But now the attorney general of Massachusetts has shifted attention to something new, alleging eight members of the Sackler family "caused much of the opioid epidemic" by controlling a "deceptive sales campaign" for their blockbuster drug OxyContin. The company calls it a "rush to vilify," claiming the attorney general "cherry-picked" from among millions of documents. A hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday in Boston. But none of the family members named in the lawsuit have commented, reports CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil.
CBS News. January 25, 2019
McKinsey Advised Purdue Pharma How to 'Turbocharge' Opioid Sales, Lawsuit Says
The world's most prestigious management-consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, has been drawn into a national reckoning over who bears responsibility for the opioid crisis that has devastated families and communities across America.
In legal papers released in unredacted form on Thursday, the Massachusetts attorney general said McKinsey had helped the maker of OxyContin fan the flames of the opioid epidemic. McKinsey's consultants, the attorney general revealed, had instructed the drug company, Purdue Pharma, on how to "turbocharge" sales of OxyContin, how to counter efforts by drug enforcement agents to reduce opioid use, and were part of a team that looked at how "to counter the emotional messages from mothers with teenagers that overdosed" on the drug.
The McKinsey disclosures are part of a lawsuit Massachusetts filed against Purdue Pharma, accusing the company of misleading doctors and patients about the safety of opioid use. Even when the company knew patients were addicted and dying, it still tried to boost sales of opioids, the lawsuit alleges, adding, "All the while, Purdue peddled falsehoods to keep patients away from safer alternatives."
The New York Times. By Michael Forsythe and Walt Bogdanich. Feb. 1, 2019
Nan Goldin's Activist Group Escalates Its War Against the Sacklers With an Open Call to Action at th
The artist's direct-action group has made a public appeal for anyone to join them at a protest at the museum tomorrow, February 9.
Nan Goldin and the opioid-crisis activist group she founded, Sackler P.A.I.N., are planning a large-scale protest outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York tomorrow, February 9 at 7.p.m.-and they have called on the public to join in.
In an escalation of their campaign against museums that have benefited from the Sacklers' philanthropy, the group now wants everyone to join Saturday's demonstration.
The activist-artist appealed for New Yorkers to join the protest via her Instagram account today.
"We've been knocking on their doors for a year and not a single museum has denounced the Sacklers, taken down their name, or publicly refused their funding," Goldin said in her Instagram post. "Time's up."
artnet.com by Kate Brown, February 8, 2019
The Sackler family is known for its philanthropy. Now facing pressures for ties to OxyContin
The legal pressure on the prominent family behind the company that makes OxyContin, the prescription painkiller that helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic, is likely to get more intense.
The Sackler family came under heavy scrutiny this week when a legal filing in a Massachusetts case gave detailed allegations that they and company executives sought to push prescriptions of the drug and downplay its risks. Those revelations are likely to be a preview of the claims in a series of expanding legal challenges.
Boston.com. JBy GEOFF MULVIHILL AP, updated on January 18, 2019
Massachusetts Attorney General Implicates Family Behind Purdue Pharma In Opioid Deaths
The Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma knew that its painkiller OxyContin was causing overdoses, yet continued to cash in as deaths mounted, the Massachusetts attorney general alleges in court documents filed Tuesday.
In a new 274-page memorandum, Attorney General Maura Healey details a chain of command that she alleges implicates eight Sackler family members, as well as nine Purdue board members or executives, in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.
An earlier version of the memo, filed on Dec. 21, was more than half redacted, after Purdue Pharma argued to withhold information about the Sacklers, one of the richest families in the United States. Some sections remain blacked out in Tuesday's filing.
NPR. January 16, 20196:27 AM ET
Big Pharma is Killing Native Americans with Opioids, Tribes are Fighting Back
Despite widespread awareness and public health campaigns, the opioid epidemic in this country has reached alarming levels. Due in large part to opioid overdoses, the overall life expectancy in the US fell for the first time since 1993.
The problem has affected every part of the country, with minority communities, like Native American Tribes seeing the worst of the crisis. Because of the widespread nature of the epidemic, governments and tribes are spending exorbitant amounts of money to treat addiction and overdose.
Appearing on Ring of Fire Radio, Tom Rodgers, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe and activist and advocate for Native Americans and tribal issues, says that the problem is compounded by a lack of access to affordable health care:
"Medicaid is a huge poverty eliminator. With the proposed reduction in Medicaid across the country, and therefore the collateral impact on the ability to have drug prevention centers, best practices, research, it's going to have a cascading effect. At the time when we need, our society and Indian country needs more than ever best practices, drug abuse centers, any way to alleviate poverty and provide an environment of hope, we are doing the direct opposite of what should be done. We're cutting back on Medicaid, which services the poor."
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It's the gallery show they were was born to do. In the past, Mondo has released posters for all the Universal Monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera, The Invisible Man and The Mummy. Obviously, they're monster fans, and after Mondo opened their own gallery, it was only a matter of time before the monsters took over that space. That time is now.
The Universal Monsters show at the Mondo Gallery opens on Friday October 19 and it'll feature new work not only by top Mondo artists such as Martin Ansin, Kevin Tong, Ken Taylor, Jason Edminson, Rich Kelly, Phantom City Creative and JC Richard, living legends Rick Baker and Drew Struzan will also have work in the show. Yes, the Oscar winning makeup artist and greatest poster artist ever, returning just as we said he would.
The Universal Monsters Mondo Gallery show opens from 7-10 p.m. October 19 through November 10 at 4115 Guadalupe St., Austin Texas. Click here for all the info including the full roster.
Here are six of the images. The first three are the Struzan's and they're originals via The Los Angeles Times. The specs for the other are below.
In addition to those portraits above, Struzan will also have portraits of Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bride of Frankenstein and Phantom of the Opera. Here's the info on the other three pieces.
More pieces will be revealed online leading up to the show and, once it opens, expect to see a recap right here.
UPDATE – We've added original pieces by Jason Edminson and two by Mike Mitchell.
This exhibition, curated by Olly Moss, will be the first ever showing of Mondo poster artwork in the UK & a unique opportunity for fans of pop culture, graphic art or simply beautiful images to see this artwork first-hand.
We'll have more on that soon too.
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Five Key Attacking Prospects in Serie B
by Guest Post on November 8, 2008
Here is a look at five key attacking prospects in Serie B. All are 25-years-old or younger.
1. Francesco Lodi: The 24-year-old second striker is picking up where he left off in 2007-2008. He already has six goals for former Serie A side Empoli. Several clubs could move for the forward during the January transfer window including Napoli.
2. Barreto: The 24-year-old Samba striker is on loan at Bari from Serie A outfit Udinese. He has four goals already and could return to the Zebrette for the 2009-2010 campaign.
3. Giuseppe Greco: The 25-year-old striker has four goals for Pisa Calcio. He is on loan from Genoa.
4. Riccardo Meggiorini: The Inter Milan youth product has four goals for Cittadella. The 23-year-old played one match Internazionale in 2004.
5. Francesco Volpe: Known for his blazing speed, Volpe once called Juventus home (2004-2006). He has the potential but must continue to work on his finishing.
Also keep an eye out for:
Paulinho (A.S. Livorno Calcio), Aleandro Rosi (A.S. Livorno Calcio on loan from AS Roma), Rey Volpato (Bari), Riccardo Maniero (Bari on loan from Juventus), Mario Pacilli (US Avellino), and Willy Aubameyang (US Avellino on loan from AC Milan).


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File Photo: U.S. Marines from the Marine 1st Division take down a Saddam Hussein statue April 9, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Conservatives continue to get Iraqi WMD story wrong
10/15/14 10:21 AM —Updated 10/15/14 04:16 PM
The New York Times has a powerful, front-page article today on Iraqi chemical weapons from the Saddam Hussein era. It's an impressive piece of investigative journalism from C.J. Chivers – which the right is unwisely seizing on for reasons that don't make sense.
The article itself doesn't need embellishment. As Jessica Schulberg summarized, the Times' report reveals that "between 2004-2011, American troops fighting in the Iraq War found over 5,000 chemical warheads, shells, and aviation bombs. The discoveries were never publicly disclosed by the military; U.S. soldiers who were exposed to nerve agents like sarin and mustard gas while attempting to remove conventional weapons were denied appropriate medical care and ordered to remain silent about yet another miscalculation of the Iraq War. "
The article deserves to be read and taken seriously. Some on the right, however, see a different kind of opportunity. As Simon Maloy explained:
[F]or many conservatives, the real news broken by the Times is that BUSH WAS RIGHT ABOUT IRAQ.
It's incredible that I have to write this sentence in October 2014, but here it goes. No, George W. Bush was not right about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Now, I know what you're going say. "But look! The Times says they found WMDs in Iraq! The liberal media was wrong! Bush was right!" No, Bush was still very wrong. Very, very wrong.
Brad Dayspring, a Republican operative and former aide to then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, argued overnight that "those who mocked any statement that there were WMD's in Iraq … were/are wrong." Someone at the conservative Media Research Center published a variety of triumphant tweets, including this gem: "Every single thing media told us about Iraq and WMD was wrong."
I can appreciate why the right is still a little sensitive on this. A Republican president lied the nation into a disastrous war, the consequences of which we're still struggling to address, based in large part on weapons stockpiles that didn't exist. That conservatives are still searching for some kind of evidence to justify the catastrophic Bush/Cheney failure isn't too surprising.
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But today's New York Times report does not offer the evidence the right wants to believe.
In the years following the misguided U.S. invasion, we'd periodically hear reports about American troops finding chemical weapons. This was usually followed by a variety of Republicans proclaiming, "A ha! We knew it! We were right all along! Take that, liberals!"
I specifically remember when then-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and then-Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) held a press conference to declare, "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."
This generally turned out to be quite embarrassing for Republicans, who routinely failed to recognize the difference between old, inoperable chemical weapons from Iraq's war with Iran, and the active, imaginary WMD stockpiles Bush used as a rationale for war.
The same is true today. Conservatives may hope to exploit the New York Times report, but the article references pre-1991 weapons. Everything Republicans said in the lead up to the 2003 invasion is still wrong.
Indeed, a little common sense is in order – if U.S. troops had found WMD stockpiles, the Bush/Cheney administration would have said so. Indeed, they were desperate to do exactly that.
But the WMD were never found because they didn't exist. This is no longer open to debate. Strange figures on the fringes of American politics – including, apparently, Iowa's Joni Ernst – occasionally suggest the non-existent weapons were secretly there, but these claims were discredited many years ago. Even Bush administration officials itself long ago abandoned this nonsense.
The fact that Republicans still don't want to come to terms with this really isn't healthy.
Schulberg added, "The existence of aging chemical weapons in Iraq was never the justification for Bush's invasion, nor was it a secret. The secret was the harm that they were causing to U.S. troops and the subsequent failure to care for these individuals."
There's a real story here that warrants attention. It's just not the story the right was hoping for.
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Peter Lewis is a former British television continuity announcer. He was the first person to broadcast from London Weekend Television's new centre on the south bank of the River Thames, when it opened in 1971. He was promoted to senior announcer in 1977 and stayed in this role until 1997 when he left the station to pursue a management consultancy career in the United States.

Life and career
Lewis was educated at school in his native city of Cardiff in Wales. His father, Bruce Lewis, had already been a presenter for Television Wales and West (TWW), where Peter Lewis began announcing during the mid to late 1960s. During this period, he became one of the youngest people on British television to present his own programme – Movie Magazine (the precursor to Cinema and Film Night) – an original idea devised by his father and Peter Duval.

Lewis joined London Weekend Television during its opening month in August 1968 and around the same time, freelanced for Yorkshire Television. Later, he concentrated on his work for LWT, becoming the first person to broadcast from the company's then-new South Bank Television Centre headquarters on the south bank of the River Thames in 1971.

In 1974, Lewis helped to launch the first independent commercial radio station in North East England – Metro Radio. Lewis was the station's first programming controller while his father was the first managing director and wrote the original proposal to the IBA for Metro and later for GWR in Swindon.

In 1977, Lewis was made chief announcer with LWT – a role which he remained until leaving the station in 1997. He returned to the station briefly in 1998 to record continuity links for the 30th anniversary weekend.

During his time at LWT, Lewis was a regular newsreader for London News Headlines (later LWT News Headlines) between 1982 and 1988. He also announced for HTV West on weekdays.

Lewis then moved to Tampa, Florida after a brief stint in Houston, Texas. He now runs a management consultancy company in Florida.

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American Chemical Products was founded by Robert A. Metro in 1976 to serve the very specialized needs of several major manufacturers with adhesion problems in some of their finishing operations. He had been with a national industrial conglomerate, but quickly recognized that he could not satisfy customers' needs because "It took days, sometimes weeks, to get management approval for solutions to problems outside the established norms."
Over the years, American Chemical Products has solved customers' problems with a special brand of personal and technical service and immediate decisions when required.
All finishing of stampings and metal-formed parts involving painting or plating requires proper washing/cleaning equipment, the right chemical cleaners and phosphates, and consistent quality control procedures to properly remove all traces of the manufacturing oils, greases, and other foreign substances. This insures proper adhesion of finishes to the parts. This whole process also requires good equipment, and regular maintenance of all equipment such as risers and nozzles. It also involves consistent pH control of rinse water, temperature, pressure and flow rate. Cleaning chemicals only accomplish their objective of clean parts ready for finishing if all other elements in the cleaning process also do their job.
Our complete line of products are formulated in specification with "green" technology to meet our customers' needs now and in the future.


Huangshan ( 黄山 The Yellow Mountain) is located in Huangshan City, Anhui province, next to Shanghai and Hangzhou. Huangshan is dubbed as the "NO.1 Mountain Under the Heaven". There is a saying goes " You don't need to see other mountains after viewing the Five Mountains, and you don't need to see the the Five Mountains after seeing Huangshan." Huangshan, a UNESCO world heritage site, is an amazing natural wonder that you must visit when going to China. This Huangshan 2 day tour will take you to visit the highlights of Huangshan mountain and you will stay overnight on the mountain top to enjoy sunset and sunrise.
Arrive Huangshan by train or plane. Our tour guide and driver will pick you up and then drive to Huangshan Scenic Area (1 hour ride, 60 km). Then you will take the Yungu cable car (云谷缆车) to up to the top of Huangshan mountain. Visit Beginning-to-Believe Peak (始信峰), Brush Pen Peak (笔架峰), the Lion Peak (狮子峰) and enjoy magnificent sunset (观黄山日落). Stay overnight at the Beihai Hotel.
Get up early in the morning to enjoy a breath-taking sunrise over Huangshan(观黄山日出), this will be a memorable experience and highly recommended. Then go back to your hotel for breakfast. After that enjoy the amazing views at Cloud-dispelling Pavilion(排云亭), see the Flying-over Rock (飞来石), visit Brightness Summit(光明顶).
After that take the cable car down the mountain (云谷缆车下山). Head to Huangshan city and explore some interesting things in Tunxi Old Street (屯溪老街). You will also have chance to visit a Ink-stick Workshop (徽墨工坊) to learn how the famous Hui Ink is made. Then transfer to airport or railway station for your next destination.
4 star Beihai Hotel on mountain top of Huangshan.
1. If you want to stay in a single room. the single supplement is USD95.
2. Additional USD25/pax for weekend (Friday and Saturday Night) stay on the top of the Yellow Mountain.
1. Private car with experienced driver in Huangshan.
2. 4 star hotel based on twin-share basis with breakfast.
3. Private English-speaking tour guide.
4. Entrance fees to tourist spots mentioned above.
5. Round way Huangshan cable car.
6. Meals mentioned above (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner).
To travel from Shanghai to Huangshan is easy, you can take bullet train, overnight train or flight. If you have 2 or 3 days in Shanghai, it is a good idea to take a Huangshan Mountain tour.
Note: The above tour package rate is based on second class seats, if you need first class seats, please contact our trip advisors.
Note: If you need flight tickets between Shanghai and Huangshan, please consult with our trip advisor.
Hangzhou is 220 km from Huangzhou, you can take a Yellow Mountain tour easily by transport of 3.5 hours bus or 3 hours bullet train.
Hangzhou West Bus Station ( 杭州汽车西站) – Huangshan Tunxi (黄山屯溪快) . The bus is available from 06:50, 7:50, 8:40, 9:40. About 2.9 hours ride. Ticket price RMB88. You can buy the ticket on your own.
For the back from Huangshan. Our guide can help you buy ticket back from Huangshan at bus station.
We can buy train tickets from our side.
There are many trains running between Beijing and Huangshan, it takes about 6.5 hours for a single way.


12. How Are Things With You?
By the time the Sixties began Petula Clark already had two decades of performing to her name, and that longevity received official recognition in 1998 with the award of a CBE from the Queen. Much like Dusty Springfield, Pet Clark has succeeded in combining creativity with credibility in an all too disposable world. Celebrate the achievements of the first and longest-lived home-grown chanteuse in British chart history with this superb 2 disc compilation, including hits such as Sailor, Romeo, Ya Ya Twist and With All My Heart.


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Extending the Life of a Purple Heart
Chester Lubeck and his daughter, Christine, on the porch of their home. Photos by Kenneth Gabrielsen
When a decorated local veteran needed an aortic valve replacement, he came to WMCHealth.
By Melissa F. Pheterson
As seen in the February 2021 Issue of Advancing Care.
Raised in an orphanage, risking his life to defend his company in World War II's Battle of the Bulge, escaping a German prisoner-of-war camp: Chester Lubeck has faced his share of challenges. Last summer, just two months shy of his 96th birthday, he faced another: heart failure.
Upon awakening in his home one morning, he felt pressure on his chest. "My daughter Christine was upstairs, and I called up: 'You'd better get me to the hospital,'" Lubeck recalls.
"I felt the team treated us as if we were their own family. We got so much information prior to the TAVR and had a thorough follow-up appointment after the procedure. Everyone was encouraging and made my father feel special." – Christine Klinger
Christine brought him right away to a local hospital where he was diagnosed with heart failure. Given the complexities of his situation, Lubeck was transferred to Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of WMCHealth, for advanced care.
There Hasan Ahmad, MD, Cardiology Director of the Westchester Medical Center Valve Team, placed stents to restore blood flow through the coronary arteries that had severe blockages. But Lubeck also had a dangerously narrow aortic valve, one that was obstructing the flow of blood between the heart's pumping chamber (left ventricle) and the rest of his body. The narrowing was so severe it was causing his organs to fail.
He needed a valve replacement. Yet open-heart surgery was high risk for this Purple Heart recipient, no matter how much he'd already survived.
The solution: a minimally invasive procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which uses a catheter to insert a new valve within the diseased valve. Once deployed, the new valve gently clears the old valve out of the way, and the tissue in the replacement valve takes over the critical role of conducting blood flow. TAVR is typically performed through an incision in the groin that is smaller than an inch, does not typically require general anesthesia and requires only one to two nights in the hospital.
"TAVR is an incredible advance in the field of cardiology and cardiac surgery," says Joshua Goldberg, MD, Surgical Director of the Westchester Medical Center Transcatheter Heart Valve Program. "It has allowed many patients similar to Mr. Lubeck to receive life-saving treatment who otherwise would be considered too high risk for any surgery."
Because aortic stenosis develops and progresses gradually, the typical symptoms — such as shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, or dizziness — can often be subtle and are often attributed to other problems. "Many patients say they are short of breath or fatigued because they are getting old," says Dr. Goldberg. "The truth is, in the case of aortic stenosis, the symptoms are from the diseased valve, not from age or other factors. Once a patient has symptoms, it is imperative they get the valve fixed."
TAVR is a procedure that can be done "for anyone, not just high-risk patients," Dr. Goldberg notes. "If you are diagnosed with aortic stenosis, do not delay treatment. Seek treatment as soon as possible. Your cardiologist will work with you to evaluate options, which have broadened in recent years. Transcatheter valve therapies are evolving rapidly, with new devices and new technologies."
Before this procedure, Chester was last in the hospital to have his tonsils removed — at 6 years old. "Without the TAVR, he wouldn't have lasted a year," Christine says. "For him, it was a lifesaver."
Before: "We use a Shared Decision-Making Model, centered around the patient and his or her family, that also includes their referring cardiologist and our multidisciplinary team members," says Dr. Goldberg. "The team reviews all the images and comes to a consensus about the best treatment for the patient, then reviews this with the referring physician, the patient and the family."
During: Surgeons make a small incision in the groin, then guide a catheter with a replacement valve into the aorta. The new valve is positioned into the narrowed area, then expands to widen the opening and optimize blood flow. Lubeck's particular valve had bovine pericardium tissue (heart lining tissue from a cow), with a polymer resin skirt and frame for reinforcement and guarding against leaks.
After: Patients typically stay one to two days in the hospital; once at home, they should avoid heavy lifting for about a week. A cardiologist will schedule an echocardiogram at one month, and each year thereafter, to evaluate and monitor the valve.
New! TAVR now at Good Samaritan Hospital, too.
For patients who suffer from a narrowing of a heart valve, or aortic stenosis, an alternative to open-heart surgery is now available. TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) has been offered at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of WMCHealth, since 2017 and is now offered at Good Samaritan Hospital. This minimally invasive approach enables the replacement of a diseased aortic valve, typically through the use of small punctures in the groin.
"We are excited that we have more options to intervene on a diseased aortic valve — both with traditional open-heart surgery to replace the aortic valve (SAVR), and now TAVR. These options allow us to select the optimal course of treatment based on each cardiac patient's specific condition," says Cary S. Passik, MD, FACS, cardiothoracic surgeon, and Surgical Director of the TAVR program at Good Samaritan Hospital.
"This approach can result in less discomfort for the patient, shorter hospital stays, quicker recovery and fewer post-procedure restrictions than traditional, open-heart surgery," adds Steven Lansman, MD, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of WMCHealth. "TAVR is especially effective for older patients, who might be considered too frail to survive open heart surgery. Having this capability locally is a game-changer for patients in Rockland County."
To make an appointment with a cardiothoracic surgeon at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Suffern, call 845.368.8800 or visit goodsamhosp.org/cardiothoracic-surgery2 for more information. For cardiothoracic surgery at Westchester Medical Center, call 914.493.8793 or visit wmchealthaps.com/cardiothoracic-surgery3


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Banta also known as Goli Soda or Goti Soda (Goti = marble in Hindi) is a colloquial term for carbonated lemon or orange-flavoured soft drink popular in India. Banta has been selling since 1872, long before popular carbonated drinks arrived, the drink is often sold mixed with, lemon juice, crushed ice, 'masala', and kala namak (black salt) as a carbonated variants of popular lemonades shikanjvi or jal-jeera. It is available at price at street-sellers known as bantawallah, at prices ranging from ₹5 (7.9¢ US) – ₹30 (48¢ US).
Similar to ramune, a Japanese lemon drink, Banta is popular across North India especially capital Delhi. There, it is known as "Delhi's local drink", nimbu lemon soda or kanchay waali drink, especially in Old Delhi, and University and college campuses. In South India it is known as Goli Soda, due to the goli (marble) in neck of the bottle. The states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have a local variant, paneer soda.


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Circle of Constants
The Finished Product
What Is My Project?
My project, the "circle of constants", is a 3D print of 100 circles, where each circle corresponds to a digit of pi, which determines its height. For example, the first, inner circle has a height of 3, the second, a height of 1, and so on. I view it as a cool way to see what pi really looks like. There were a lot of difficulties with my project, but overall, I'm very happy with how it came out.
The original idea for my project came from something I did last year in Intro. The project involved constructing a few hundred circles, with each radius increasing by 1 each iteration, starting at 1. The radius of any given circle would correspond to a digit of pi, which would return a color. For example, the first circle has radius 1, so the color would correspond to whichever color I set 3 to have, since 3 is the first digit of pi. I thought the end result looked really nice, and was interesting way to portray pi.
To make it different I decided to do a reiteration of the pi project, except as a 3D printed model. In this project, however, each digit of pi returns a height instead of a color. So imagine that in the previous picture, instead of each circle having a color, they instead have a height directed out of the screen. It's difficult to imagine, so I'll walk through the process.
To Make Circles
In order to make a 3D print of the project, I used a program called "MadeUp". This involved learning an entirely new language, which was incredibly difficult at first, but with help, I was able to figure it out. The program consists of three functions, each with their own job. The first function I want to talk about is called "makeCircles", as this is the syntax for function in MadeUp. The code for the function is given below, with sections I borrowed from Mr. Anderson labeled as ¨borrowed.¨
to makeCircles
--in java, this would be something along the lines of ¨void makeCircles¨
while i <= 100
--¨make 100 circles¨
b = (calculateHeight n)
--This variable is going to be the height, so it must get the height value from pi
x2 = x + s
--This just defines the second x point of the triangle.
--Its the first xpos + width of triangle.
--borrowed
moveto x,0,0
moveto x2,0,0
moveto x2,b,0
--These above lines just make the triangle. Starting at an original
--xposition, then that x position + the width, then the x position + width,
--with a height of that digit of pi, then back to the original x position.
if i < 75
nsides = 30
if i >= 75
--I threw the above if statements in because when printed, the last 25
--circles are obviously imperfect circles, so I increased
--the number of sides
revolve 0,1,0,360
--¨revolve the triangles around the y axis, 360 degrees.¨
--end borrowed
x = x + s + s2
--The next x position is the previous one
--plus the width of the triangle, plus the distance between
--each triangle
n = n + 1
--This gets the next digit of pi
if i == 100
r = x
--The above just means ¨if this is the last time
--through the loop, set the radius of the giantCircle equal to
--the radius of the last. It will get larger later.
--¨Increase the number of iterations by 1¨
Basically, the function starts at some point on the x axis, then moves along the x axis to a new point, asks a different function, the getHeight method, for a y value, then moves back to the original point it started at, making a triangle. It repeats this process 100 times, moving further along the x axis for every digit of pi. I'll explain the getHeight function later, so if it seems confusing, just think of it as a function that returns a digit of pi, which is then set as the height for one of the triangles. Before the revolution, this is what it looks like.
You can see that the height of these triangles corresponds to digits of pi. The first triangle all the way to the left is at a height of 3, the next at 1, after that is 4, just slightly higher than the first, and so on. The triangles with height 9 are fairly easy to spot, as they are the tallest. This was originally a bigger problem, but by spacing each triangle a few units from each other before the revolution, and switching from rectangles to triangles, it was fixed. After revolving, we get the (nearly) finished product.
The white bands were an indication that light was shining in between each revolved triangle, which meant that the whole structure had no bottom connecting each piece. To fix this, I made a new function, "makeGiantCircle."
To makeGiantCircle
This function wasn't easy to code either, but was of lower maintenance than the other functions. The code does exactly what it sounds like; it makes a giant circle. The circle serves as a bottom, so when the project is 3D printed, it can actually be held. Here's the code.
r = r*((pi/e)^2)
--the line above just takes
--the 100th circles radius, and
--multiplies it by (pi/e)^2.
while theta < 360
x = r * cos(theta)
--this provides the x coordinates in polar form
z = r * sin(theta)
--this provides the z coordinates in polar form
moveto x,0,z --
theta = theta + 360/60
--this sets the number of points around the
--"circle"
extrude 0,-1,0,(pi^e)
--"extrude around the negative y axis
--pi^e units¨
It starts by taking the radius from the 100th circle, multiplying it by a constant so it is larger, then uses that new radius to make a circle through polar coordinates. Polar coordinates make the circle by moving to certain points along a circle-like path, then connecting them. It uses an angle, then multiplies the radius by the cosine or sine of the angle to get an x or y position, respectively. Then the angle increases, and the process is repeated. The number of sides of the ¨circle¨ is just 360/theta, since an actual circle would have an infinite number of sides. Again, the only point of this circle is to enable the print to be all one piece.
calculateHeight
The last one I want to talk about is the calculateHeight method, which I've referenced many times before. This is the most important part of the program, but was the hardest to actually code. The whole process this function uses is very cyclical, and there was most likely an easier way to do it, but it works. It basically looks at the ¨nth digit of pi¨ using an index of the variable alpha, which is just pi as a string, and then runs through a few ¨if¨ statements to return a height. The biggest problem I had coding this method involved two errors that would prevent it from returning a height, which is the whole point of the method. My friend Karl helped me out a lot, as he is much better at programming than I am, and is going to be majoring in computer science at Northeastern next year. The finished code is given below, with the section Karl helped out on labeled.
The first problem was so incredibly obvious, and took the two of us an embarrassing amount of time to figure out. On the first line of each separate if statement, where it says ¨if alpha[n] == ¨digit¨, I didn't have the digit in quotation marks, so the digit was being read as an integer, rather than a string. This was a problem because alpha is a string composed of other strings, and strings cannot equal integers, as they are different data types. OK, maybe it wasn't obvious.
--Karl helped a lot
to calculateHeight n
if alpha[n] == "0"
--"if the nth digit of pi is zero,
h = 0
--set the height to zero"
--"if the nth digit of pi is one,
--set the height to one"
--"if the nth digit of pi is two,
--set the height to two"
--"if the nth digit of pi is three,
--set the height to three"
--"if the nth digit of pi is four,
--set the height to four"
--"if the nth digit of pi is five,
--set the height to five"
--"if the nth digit of pi is six,
--set the height to six"
--"if the nth digit of pi is seven,
--set the height to seven"
--"if the nth digit of pi is eight,
--set the height to eight"
--"if the nth digit of pi is nine,
--set the height to nine"
h *(e^(pi))
-- whatever h is, multiply it by e^pi
-- because why not?
--end Karl help
The second problem was the bigger of the two. There are no explicit return statements in Madeup, unlike Java which the two of us were way more familiar with. This resulted in Karl and I spending an hour trying to get the "h" values to return. We finally figured out that the last line in a function is the return statement. This was stated in the documentation for MadeUp, but was still confusing to learn. I learned a lot about debugging during this hour though, which made it totally worth it.
What I Would Do With More Time
I actually ¨finished¨ this project relatively early, but I kept making improvements to it, before and after the test print shown above. The spacing between each triangle, the width of each triangle, and the height were all altered many times before finding the right dimensions. I was continuing this process for a while, but eventually ran out of time. The last improvement I would've made involved switching from triangles to a single line. Imagine that instead of triangles with a height matching the digits of pi, there is a line that connects the heights, then is revolved around the y axis, like the triangles were. This may have made it easier to see each layer, which was an obvious problem after the test print. I worked on it for a while, but eventually ditched the idea due to time. The spacing between each triangle eventually fixed that problem though, and I am very happy with the final product.
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Медицинский сад () — общественный парк в Братиславе, в квартале Старый город. Расположен между улицами Шпиталска (Госпитальная), Американской площадью, улицами Сасинкова, Польна и 29 августа.

Со стороны Госпитальной улицы территорию сада ограничивает Летний дворец Аспермонта, который частично находится в саду. В Медицинском саду есть детская площадка, много скульптур и архитектура малых форм.

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Blue October has charted TEN Top 40 Hot AC and Alternative singles over EIGHT albums with songs like "Into The Ocean," "Hate Me," "Home" "Calling You," "Dirt Room," "Say It," "The Chills", "Bleed Out", "Fear" and "I Want It" from albums such as 2009's Billboard Top 200 #13 debut 'Approaching Normal,' 2011's Billboard #8 debut 'Any Man In America,' the Platinum-selling 'Foiled', Billboard's #13 debut 'Sway.
"Sway was about finding inner peace and learning to live in a healthy way," says Furstenfeld. "This new album Home is about what we do with our time on earth, how we're going to utilize that time in a positive way and make it the best we possibly can by bettering ourselves."


Over the last couple of years, I've been delivering programs and projects with the help of Generation Y team members. As any PM knows, a happy team means that team members are more willing to put in a little extra effort, and when it comes time to launch the next project, members generally look forward to the challenges.
Experience and training can help a PM be a better leader and I have spent a lot of time trying to learn the "secret" of motivating my teams but really it gets down to this – I can assign meaningful work that plays to their strengths, and create scenarios for team building exercises, but real motivation comes from the individual and its up to me to understand how to tap into it.
His primary goals are not financial.
He says that although financial status is not a prime motivator, there's a desire to be more financially comfortable. At the same time he says he's driven by a job that offers lifestyle, flexibility, challenges and the direction he wants.
So not every role has continual growth, change can take forever before there's a new direction. There has to be other factors at work that keep Gen Y motivated. This is what I meant earlier about "tapping into" what motivates the team member and its unique to the individual. Informally polling my coworkers — motivation really is about having fundamental personal needs being met. If this holds true, then my role as a leader is to help my Gen Y team achieve their personal goals. I think this sentiment holds true regardless whether you're Gen Y, X or a Boomer.