Newcastle ne'er-do-well Andy Carroll has been fined £1000 after admitting to assaulting a man in the city's Blu Bambu nightclub back in December of last year.
Despite initially claiming that the glass had accidentally fallen out of his hand whilst he attempted to throw his Vimto into defendant Michael Cook's visage, Carroll eventually pleaded guilty to common assault and was therefore fined and ordered to pay an additional £2,500 by way of compensation at Newcastle Crown Court.
Carroll's current landlord, club captain Kevin Nolan, has been advised to leave his car in the garage and bus it to training for the next few weeks.
About time he starts playing for England. He'll blend in quite nicely with Signor Merk, JT and Cashley.
Ollie there is no "despite originally claiming" about it, the judge accepted his story for "accidentally" throwing his drink at him.


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Dan Porter says managing employee expectations has become harder since joining Zynga
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When OMGPOP was acquired by Zynga for $180 million earlier this year, CEO Dan Porter no doubt knew some aspects of his job would change. For one, he is now a VP of mobile gaming and general manager at Zynga's New York offices. And according to a Business Insider report, the hardest part of that transition from running a company to being one part of a larger operation has been managing his employees' expectations. (The Business Insider report attributes some information to a Betabeat story which was not live on that site as of press time.)
"Before you sell, you're this triangle, and you're at the top, and you're looking down at all the people you work with," Porter said at a venture-capital-focused event in New York today. "And then you sell, and then you spend all this time looking up above you. The staff feels that too."
With Zynga's stock price taking a beating since the acquisition, Porter has also been focused on keeping his employees happy. He said he advocates for them and has tried to earn their loyalty and trust. Porter said that also involves "a lot of begging and pleading," as well as honesty. He has tried to make sure his employees understand exactly what their opportunities at Zynga are, going so far as to suggest jumping ship when an employee's individual situation at the social gaming publisher is particularly bleak.
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Brendan joined GamesIndustry.biz in 2012. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he was previously senior news editor at GameSpot in the US.

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Oscars revisited: Who won best popular film when we rewrote history?
Rewriting Oscar history: Who won best popular film?
For better or for worse, the Academy Awards are making a bold move and adding a category for outstanding achievement in popular film, giving huge blockbusters a chance at a major win on Oscars night.
It makes one wonder: Had this category been around for a while, which popular films would have taken home Oscar glory?
Christopher Nolan's hugely influential second "Batman" film was the gold standard for superhero films until the Marvel Cinematic Universe hit its stride and snagged an Oscar for Heath Ledger. "Dark Knight" wins this going away.
"The Hangover" and "Star Trek" were both successful kickoffs to new movie series, but "Avatar" racked up the biggest haul of all time that awards season. "Titanic" won best picture when it became the box-office champ, so "Avatar" (which also got a best-picture nod) would easily win an Oscar for top blockbuster.
The third "Toy Story" installment snagged two wins at the 2011 Oscars, for best animated feature and original song. Add in a popular film category, and that count rises to three for the powerhouse Pixar flick.
History is made as the "Fast and Furious" franchise gets its first Oscar nomination ever. Unfortunately for Vin Diesel and Co., the Academy likes to honor bodies of work and – akin to "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" winning best picture – the eighth and final "Harry Potter" earns the prize.
Sorry, James Bond, Katniss Everdeen, Bilbo Baggins and Batman: The super team-up of Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, Chris Evans' Captain America and Chris Hemsworth's Thor is unlike any comic-book movie to date and gets an Oscar for the effort.
"Frozen" takes best animated feature and original song but doesn't snag best popular film, which goes to "Gravity," an also-ran in best picture. Voters see a chance to honor an original sci-fi movie with big stars (Sandra Bullock and George Clooney) that's a success across the board with audiences and critics.
"American Sniper" had a lot of heat going into the 2015 Oscars, even nabbing a best-picture nomination. It may be a little too serious for this category, though, and "Guardians of the Galaxy" gets the win for heart, humor and the way a talking raccoon and alien tree captured pop culture's imagination.
The first "Star Wars" film in a decade took over Hollywood as a full-fledged phenomenon and conquers this category easily, with new Jedi heroine Rey foiling rampaging dinosaurs, the Avengers, Mad Max and a returning Rocky Balboa.
While "Civil War" has the A-list star power, "Deadpool" was clever enough to position itself as a left-field Oscars contender even without this category. With it? Fox launches the craziest awards-season campaign ever, and Ryan Reynolds accepts the award for best popular film in costumed character, dropping a pair of bleeped-out f-bombs.
The horror genre gets a boost with nods for Stephen King's clown-fueled fright fest as well as Jordan Peele's best-picture contender, and "Star Wars" gets a third nomination in as many years. "Wonder Woman" had a massive cultural impact in terms of female representation and girl power, though, enough that there's no question that Gal Gadot's heroine deserves the honor.


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UK 'failing children' as numerous paedophiles allowed to travel to Spain and other countries to commit sexual abuse, new report finds
The disclosure and barring service is 'confusing, inconsistent and in need of reform'
9 Jan, 2020 @ 15:33
THE UK is failing British children overseas, as numerous paedophiles are being allowed to travel overseas to commit sex crimes, a new report has found.
Dozens of dangerous sex offenders are being allowed to live around Europe, many in countries like Spain.
In the hard hitting report, released today, British expats have requested consular assistance numerous times over child sex and child pornography offences.
GARY GLITTER: The pop star-turned-paedophile fled to Spain after abuse in Asia
The findings have been released in a 74-page report by the Inquiry, which is part of Britain's in-depth Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Titled 'Children Outside the UK', it found that UK offenders 'figure highly' in the numbers of sex crimes against British children abroad.
According to the report, from March 31, 2018, only around 0.2% of the 58,637 registered sex offenders in England and Wales had their foreign travel restricted.
PROLIFIC: Mark Frost was jailed for life after the abuse of dozensof children
It says that the disclosure and barring service is 'confusing, inconsistent and in need of reform'.
A shocking 361 suspected child sex abuse cases were recorded between 2013 and 2017 alone.
In 2018, in Spain alone, around five Brits were arrested for child sex offences, according to data by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
Up to five more Brits in Spain were held for child porn charges in the same year, although the exact figures are not given.
In 2016, the Olive Press, was able to snare wanted paedophile Matthew Sammon just hours after being named as one of the top 10 most wanted fugitives by Crimestoppers.
SNARED: Matthew Sammon being arrested in Fuengirola ©theOlive Press
MUGSHOT: Of Matthew Sammon
Police swarmed Sammon's camper van in the popular Costa del Sol holiday resort of Fuengirola, after a reader tipped us off where he was living.
Two of our journalists staked out Sammon, while in communication with Crimestoppers and Spanish cops.
Wanted for possession of indecent images of children, Sammon, a black belt in Jujitsu, had hid out in Spain for two years and was believed to have abused local kids.
In the same year, serial child abuser Mark Frost was snared. He later admitted to 45 offences, spanning 25 years, until he was tracked down to Spain, after fleeing a sex abuse probe in Thailand, involving a string of 10 to 14-year-old boys.
Spanish and Dutch authorities charged him with 67 offences, 23 of which he pled guilty to.
He also pled guilty to 22 offences, which he was charged with under Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which extends the jurisdiction of UK courts abroad.
Number of British nationals requesting consular assistance abroad having been arrested for child sexual offences (2018): 'child pornography'
However it is suggested in the report that Section 72 may be underused, as since 1997, there have only been 'eight successful such prosecutions'.
Infamous pop star Gary Glitter – aka Paul Gadd – was jailed for four months in 1999, after admitting to the possession of indecent images of children.
He later fled to Spain, where the Olive Press tracked him down in 2008 to Sotogrande port.
He went on to abuse girls, aged 10 and 11 in Cambodia.
The report concludes that 'large numbers of adults' around the world travel abroad to sexually abuse children.
It also found that in relation to low numbers of Section 72 prosecutions, the 'first country first' principle is often applied, where investigations are carried out in the country where the offence occurred.
The report's recommendations include that the British Government create a 'national plan of action' to address the sexual abuse by British nationals overseas.
It also suggests the creation of a list accessible by the National Crime Agency of countries where children may be at risk of sexuak abuse.
Chair of the Inquiry, Professor Alexis Jay OBE, said:
"The sexual abuse of children overseas by UK nationals is an urgent problem which must be addressed.
"Current gaps in our legal system are allowing known offenders to travel abroad to target vulnerable children in less developed countries, and this is simply not acceptable.
"The Panel and I hope this report and its recommendations will lead the authorities to tighten their grip on abusers who seek to exploit some of the most vulnerable children in the world."
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Press Release - Windels Marx Continues New Jersey Expansion with Partner Isabel D. Chou
New Partner Enhances Affordable Housing, Redevelopment and Nonprofit Law Practice Experience
Windels Marx is pleased to announce the arrival of Partner Isabel D. Chou, resident in the New Brunswick, NJ office. Isabel's practice focuses on affordable housing, redevelopment, municipal and nonprofit law. She is experienced with the complex structuring and financing of affordable housing and redevelopment projects using federal, state and local government subsidy and incentive programs. Isabel has worked with a range of public housing authorities, municipalities and private developers in the transformation of outdated publicly- and privately-run multifamily housing projects.
Robert J. Luddy, Managing Partner, who has led the firm's expansion in recent years with lawyers focused in intellectual property, real estate, finance, corporate, bankruptcy, trusts and estates, and probate litigation, said of Isabel's arrival, "We are committed to deepening our existing strengths and diversifying our practice mix in areas suited to our clients' needs. We welcome Isabel and particularly her affordable housing, redevelopment and nonprofit experience."
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Isabel spent ten years in nonprofit program management and organizational development, primarily focused on children's health and education advocacy. She continues to serve as an active committee volunteer for various nonprofit organizations around the country, including the Waterfront Project, a free legal clinic in Hudson County, New Jersey, and the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco in California.
Isabel received her J.D. from Rutgers University in Newark, where she was also an editor of the Rutgers Law Review; her M.P.A. from the University of San Francisco; and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a law clerk to the Honorable Carmen Messano in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Courts.
Isabel is licensed to practice in New Jersey and New York.
Windels Marx now has 143 lawyers firmwide, of which 75 lawyers are licensed to practice in New Jersey and 131 in New York.
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Daniel Lebhardt
Beethoven; Ravel
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3BN, Sun 17 December 2017
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Praise and joy unconfined
Daniel Lebhardt came to play in Holywell St on Sunday morning; an event of significance for those who knew his playing, and of dramatic epiphany to those who did not. He strode with long strides onto stage and started to play almost before he'd sat down, as if he couldn't wait to get at the opening notes. Perhaps it was a desire to prolong or even deepen his already intimate knowledge of the piece, given that he had played it 10 days earlier in Chichester, W. Sussex.
The sonata opens with a stark opposition of materials; a soft, arpeggiated chord, marked largo, followed by a nervous burst of active music as the pace accelerates to allegro. When later the largo re-appears, the score calls for the sostenuto pedal to be held down by the pianist so as to obtain a tolling effect as from a heavy bell. I noticed that Lebhardt released the pedal several times and he told me afterwards he does not like to create an overly echoing effect, and that following practice before the concert he did not want the echo from this Steinway piano to overwhelm.
In the adagio, Mike Wheeler's excellent notes referred to the 'drumming' figure from the left hand. Lebhardt took this fairly sotto voce to begin with, but gradually took pains to ratchet up the volume and intensity of the figure as he pressed on. In the finale, the agitated notes with the left hand at the bottom of the register became almost thunderous, but never so as to obscure the right hand melody from making itself heard. All but those of us very familiar with the piece were caught unawares by the sudden ending.
Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit from 1909, based on mid-19th century prose poems, Gaspard de la Nuit is commonly held to be one of the most demanding piano works in the repertoire, with its horribly complex finger work added to the sensitive task of articulating enigmatic literary ideas – a water-nymph rejected in love, a corpse dangling from the gibbet, the night-time mischief caused by a flitting goblin. Lebhardt produced subtle rippling all at the upper end of the keyboard, his hands crossing nevertheless. Then he essayed a fast run, done with just the tips of thumb and one finger. At the moment when the nymph understands her rejection and weeps gently, the playing became grave and still.
The second movement, 'Le Gibet,' is notable for the naggingly constant note, presumably indicative of the pendulum-movement of the corpse. Lebhardt told me how he preferred to avoid a strictly metronomic beat here in favour of introducing a slight modulation of time and perhaps finger pressure as he worked variations around the beat.
The fireworks now came thick and fast in the notorious 'Scarbo'. This is nominally a scherzo, but there's a element of grotesquerie about a goblin that extends well beyond the playful. The pianist's fingers hardly seemed to touch the keys at the top end of the keyboard, while repeated notes with both hands and double-note scales were tossed off with a wink. The two main climaxes were approached, then surmounted, and we held our breath as the music spun and weaved its way around us. Ravel's strangely muffled ending came almost as a relief so we could relax the concentration that had been demanded of us by playing of such quality. Lebhardt told me this was his 81st public engagement this year, and that he had been practising the work for the preceding nine days, and for three to four hours on some of those days. Such commitment reaped a golden reward here.
Finally we enjoyed an encore in the form of Franz Liszt's 'Spanish Rhapsody', with all its rapid chords and octaves. Lebhardt has a particular affinity for the music of his countryman and the music just poured out him in torrents. We sat as rapt as those present had done at the Sheldonian on 26th October when Khatia Buniatishvili played the same piece as her encore. Now, at the end, whole sections of the audience stood and roared their appreciation.
In the King's Arms before the concert I had spoken enthusiastically over coffee of Daniel Lebhardt's quality to two hard-bitten, hard-to-please concertgoers, veterans of the Salzburg Festival and recitals at the Basilica di San Marco in Venice. "I hear what you say but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating", their faces had seemed to say. When I went to speak to Lebhardt after the concert, one of these aficionados hurried up and threw her arms ecstatically round him; praise and joy were unconfined.
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The  Atlantic Equatorial Mode or Atlantic Niño is a quasiperiodic interannual climate pattern of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean.  It is the dominant mode of year-to-year variability that results in alternating warming and cooling episodes of sea surface temperatures accompanied by changes in atmospheric circulation. The term Atlantic Niño comes from its close similarity with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) that dominates the tropical Pacific basin. For this reason, the Atlantic Niño is often called the little brother of El Niño.   The Atlantic Niño usually appears in northern summer, and is not the same as the Atlantic Meridional (Interhemispheric) Mode that consists of a north-south dipole across the equator and operates more during northern spring. The equatorial warming and cooling events associated with the Atlantic Niño are known to be strongly related to rainfall variability over the surrounding continents, especially in West African countries bordering the Gulf of Guinea. Therefore, understanding of the Atlantic Niño (or lack thereof) has important implications for climate prediction in those regions. Although the Atlantic Niño is an intrinsic mode to the equatorial Atlantic, there may be a tenuous causal relationship between ENSO and the Atlantic Niño in some circumstances.

Background and Structure

Global tropical variability is dominated by ENSO in the equatorial Pacific. This phenomenon results from air-sea interaction, producing a coupled atmosphere-ocean system that oscillates with periods on the order of three to five years.  However, the physical basis for this oscillation is not limited strictly to the Pacific basin, and indeed, a very similar mode of variability exists in the equatorial Atlantic, albeit on a smaller scale.

The Atlantic Niño is characterized by a sea surface temperature anomaly centered on the equator between 0° and 30°W.  Unlike its Pacific counterpart, the Atlantic Niño does not have sea surface temperature anomalies that switch sign from east to west, but rather a single basin-wide anomaly.  Additionally, the amplitude of the Atlantic Niño tends to be about half that of El Niño.  Not surprisingly, this sea surface temperature anomaly is closely related to a change in the climatological trade winds.  A warm anomaly is associated with relaxed trade winds across a large swath of the equatorial Atlantic basin, while a cool anomaly is associated with enhanced easterly wind stress in the same region.  These trade wind fluctuations can be understood as the weakening and strengthening of the Atlantic Walker circulation.  This is strikingly similar to the wind stress anomalies seen in the Pacific during El Niño (or La Niña) events, although centered farther west in the Atlantic basin.  A major difference between El Niño and the Atlantic Niño is that the sea surface temperature anomalies are strictly constrained to the equator in the Atlantic case, while greater meridional extent is observed in the Pacific.

While the spatial characteristics of the mature Atlantic Niño are quite similar to its Pacific counterpart, its temporal variability is somewhat different. The Atlantic Niño varies on interannual timescales like El Niño but also shows more variance on seasonal and annual timescales. That is to say, and the Atlantic Niño explains a smaller portion of the total variance in the equatorial Atlantic than does El Niño in the equatorial Pacific. This is because seasonal climate events are superimposed on interannual variability. The Atlantic Niño typically reaches a mature phase in boreal summer (though there are exceptions), while El Niño matures in boreal winter. The development of the Atlantic Niño tends to be marked by emerging stationary patterns centered mid-basin. This is in stark contrast to El Niño, which can often develop as warm sea surface temperature anomalies that migrate west from the coast of South America or migrate east from the central Pacific.

Impact on African Climate

Warming or cooling of the equatorial oceans has understandable consequences for atmospheric climate.  The equatorial oceans comprise a major portion of the overall heat budget and, therefore, alter convective regimes near the equator.  In the case of the Pacific El Niño, enhanced convection over the central Pacific and reduced convection over the Maritime Continent fundamentally change climate not just in the tropics, but globally.  Since the Atlantic Niño is physically similar to ENSO, we might expect climate impacts from it as well.  However, given its reduced size both spatially (the Atlantic basin is much smaller than the Pacific basin) and in magnitude, the climate impacts of the Atlantic Niño are best seen in the tropical and subtropical regions nearest to the equatorial Atlantic.

The impact of the Atlantic Niño on African climate can be best understood by assessing how above normal equatorial sea surface temperatures impact the seasonal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).  Warm equatorial sea surface temperatures lower surface air pressure which induces more equatorward flow than normal.  This, in turn, prevents the ITCZ from migrating as far north as it would under normal conditions during the summer, reducing rainfall in the semi-arid Sahel to the north, and increasing rainfall in regions along the Gulf of Guinea. Increased rainfall relative to normal is typically associated with negative temperature anomalies over these tropical land areas. Some evidence suggests that a warming trend in Indian Ocean equatorial sea surface temperatures contributes to long-term drying of the Sahel, which is exacerbated by periodic warming of the equatorial Atlantic related to the Atlantic Niño.  In fact, the ability to predict the Atlantic Niño is a major research question given its impact on seasonal climate.

Relationship Between El Niño and the Atlantic Niño

Global tropical variability is largely dominated by the Pacific El Niño, leaving as a valid question whether the Atlantic Niño might be a remote impact of El Niño.  There is no apparent contemporaneous relationship between the two, but such a statement is not necessarily useful considering that El Niño peaks in winter while the Atlantic Niño peaks in summer.  Lagged analyzes reveal that the most prominent El Niño impact on the tropical Atlantic the following spring and summer is a warm sea surface temperature anomaly centered north of the Atlantic Niño region.  This again appears to suggest that there is not causal relationship. However, more rigorous analysis suggests that the competition between cooling that results from increased wind stress and warming that results from increased air temperature, both of which are remote impacts of El Niño on the Atlantic, accounts for a tenuous relationship.  When one of these processes dominates over the other, an Atlantic Niño (warm or cool) event could ensue. This is of major interest considering the challenge in seasonal prediction of the Atlantic Niño.

Spatiotemporal Diversity of Atlantic Niño

Not all Atlantic Niño events are alike. Some appear earlier than others or persists longer. These variabilities during the onset and dissipation phases are well captured by the four most recurring Atlantic Niño flavors or varieties (i.e., early-terminating, persistent, early-onset and late-onset varieties). Largely consistent with the differences in the timings of onset and dissipation, these four varieties display remarkable differences in rainfall response over West Africa and South America. In particular, the persistent and late-onset varieties are characterized by strong equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies that remain until the end of the year. Thus, they are linked to an extended period of increased rainfall over the West Africa sub-Sahel region (July - October). In comparison, the early-terminating and early-onset varieties are linked to a limited period of increased rainfall over the West Africa sub-Sahel region (July - August). Most of the varieties are subject to onset mechanisms that involve preconditioning in boreal spring by either the Atlantic Meridional Mode (early-terminating variety) or Pacific El Niño (persistent and early-onset varieties), while for the late onset variability there is no clear source of external forcing.

See also
 Climate cycle
 Teleconnection
 Benguela Niño
 Equatorial Counter Current
 Western Hemisphere Warm Pool

Notes

References

External links
 El Niño, South American Monsoon, and Atlantic Niño links as detected by a decade of QuikSCAT, TRMM and TOPEX/Jason Observations
 From El Nino to Atlantic Nino: pathways as seen in the QuikScat winds

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Tropical meteorology
Regional climate effects
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Tuning out the fear
Did you know more people fear snakes and spiders than soaring heights or tiny spaces? For some, these worries are minor concerns, easily dismissed. But for others, specific anxieties and fears can cast a debilitating shadow over daily life. It is this type of fear – and specifically its "extinction" – that interests Curtin researcher Professor Ottmar Lipp.
"Fear and anxiety is actually a positive thing, not a negative," Lipp is quick to explain. "If you were not afraid of things that are dangerous, then most likely you wouldn't be here! The problem is that it can get out of hand.
"The statistics suggest that one in six Australians will develop an anxiety disorder in their lifetime.[1] So it's a significant problem."
He explains there are three ways in which we acquire anxiety.
"The first is by direct experience. You experience something negative in a particular situation and as a result you become afraid. For example you go for a walk in the park and get bitten by a large dog. Consequently, you're very likely to become afraid of dogs."
Other ways of acquiring fears include vicarious experience, for example hearing firsthand about somebody being bitten by a dog or witnessing the incident take place, or through third-party information, perhaps via a film or through the news.
"A year ago we had a craze of people being afraid of clowns," Lipp says. "This was most likely triggered by the pre-marketing of the movie It which features a clown monster that takes children!"
Over the past few decades, Lipp says great progress has been made in identifying and treating fears.
"However, the bad news is that relapse rates vary between 30 to 60 per cent of successfully treated participants."
Lipp hopes to tackle this significant relapse rate through research that could enhance the long-term effectiveness of treatments.
Currently, anxiety can be treated via "extinction" learning, Lipp says. This occurs through increasing and continued exposure to the cause of the fear. For example, using the earlier dog scenario, a patient would be gradually exposed to a dog in a safe setting and encouraged to increase interaction with the dog over time.
However, the learning acquired in this treatment is fragile and context-specific compared to the original acquisition of the fear. Should the patient encounter a different breed of dog or visit a different park, the fear can easily return.
To combat this, Lipp and his team have been trialling a new methodology, initially pioneered at New York University in 2015.
"The procedure is called novelty facilitated extinction (NFE)," Lipp says with excitement. "The big idea is that rather than presenting the stimuli that created the anxiety alone, you pair them with a novel stimulus that is surprising."
"For example, if the person is afraid of dogs, you would not only expose them to the dog and encourage interaction, but you would pair these encounters with something unexpected – like music."
Lipp and his team conducted the trials in the Psychology Experimental Research Laboratories at Curtin (PERL-C), which has eye-tracking instrumentation and EEG equipment for recording brain electrical activity, important resources for psychophysiological research.
"In our simple lab scenario we used [an auditory] tone to accompany an image which had previously caused anxiety," Lipp explains.
The team has been surprised by the results so far, which confirm that NFE has a significant long-term impact on extinguishing fear.
"The question now is in what way does NFE strengthen extinction learning?" Lipp says. "One possibility is that NFE creates bigger prediction errors. The less predicted an outcome is, the more surprising an outcome is, the more you learn and this potentially results in better, stronger extinction learning."
Alongside NFE, Lipp is investigating the physiology behind the acquisition of likes and dislikes as well as how we process emotion in facial expressions.
"If we understand the mechanics involved in how we acquire pleasurable associations, we will also have a far better understanding of how we can address fear and anxiety," he explains.
Lipp believes the research could translate into clinical treatment within the next five to ten years.
"What we're looking at now is research with considerable promise to inform clinical practice," he says.
"Twenty years ago we didn't even understand where fear circuits in the brain are located. We now know, certainly in animals, down to the cell membrane within the central nucleus of the amygdala, where this learning actually occurs.
"We've come an enormous way."
[1] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016. Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2011. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 3. BOD 4. Canberra: AIHW.
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The flowtoys vision club was developed with the juggler's experience as the top priority. Using one of the world's most popular club - the pirouette - as the model for its shape and balance, the vision club feels amazing and is only 15g heavier than a pirouette.
The handle is slightly more flexible and forgiving than wood, but far stiffer than other plastic shafts. It feels completely solid and durable. As with all flowtoys, they come with a lifetime warranty and all parts are user-serviceable, including the battery.
The vision club contains the most advanced lighting technology flowtoys has developed to date, with many beautiful adjustable modes, accelerometer response, wireless control, brightness adjust and more, and has a 2-4 hour run time in most modes.
Many of our private beta testers have made this their primary club, even when the sun is out.
All orders of 3 or more clubs come with a free 6-bay USB charger, and option for a discounted remote! If you're interested in getting a remote with a set of 3 clubs, please go to the 3-clubs bundle page.
After almost of year of testing and several rounds for private and public betas, the hardware build of vision clubs has been finalized! ... but we're still in "beta" - what does that mean?
"Beta" means we're still dialing in the modes + firmware for the vision clubs. We will be looking for your input over the next few months via online surveys.
We're still developing our vision clubs knowledge base, support documents and how-to videos. In the meantime, you'll be getting capsule 2.0 guides and can use capsule 2.0 video resources, as the UI is the same for all flowtoys connect props.
We need to know what happens when the clubs have been juggled and dropped for many months to finalize our warranty details. We aim to continue providing our awesome lifetime warranty and customer care, though we're not sure what the details are in terms of repair fees and expendable parts. Thank you for helping us work this out – we'll do our best to make sure your betas are working well.
We'll replace any defective parts - every part is modular and user-replaceable. You will have to pay for shipping, but we'll make sure to keep your clubs going.
Currently coupon codes to not apply to beta & specialty props like the clubs.
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Beit El, located in the territory of the tribe of Binyamin, near the border with Efraim, has an important place in Jewish history. It is near the site where Avraham built an altar and called out in Hashem's name (Genesis 12:8). It is where Yaakov prayed, and dreamt about the angels ascending and descending a ladder that reached to the heavens (Genesis 28:12). It was also there that Yaakov received the promise that his children would inherit the Land of Israel (28:14). In 1838, the famous biblical archaeologist Edward Robinson identified the ancient site of Beit El. Following the Six Day War, a modern Jewish community was founded adjacent to the ancient site, and given the same name. Contemporary Beit El is the home of hundreds of Jewish families who are raising their children in the city of their forefathers.


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N,N-DINITROSOPENTAMETHYLENETETRAMINE
FORMULA C5H10N6O2
SYNONYMS 3,7-Dinitroso-1,3,5,7-tetraazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane;
3,7-Di-N-nitrosopentamethylenetetramine; DPT; 1,5-Endo-Methylene-3,7-dinitroso- 1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane; 1,5-Methylene-3,7-dinitroso-1,3,5,7- tetraazacyclooctane;
PHYSICAL STATE light yellow powder
pH 6.5 - 7.5
STABILITY Stable but decomposes if heated
Blowing agents, also called Foaming agents, can be classified as Physical and Chemical Blowing Agents. Physical blowing agents are not under chemical changes during processing. Physical blowing agents are in forms of liquid or compressed gas which will transfer state into gases or low boiling liquid during processing causing resins into cellular structure. Chemical Blowing Agents are mainly solid form of hydrazine derivatives include Azodicarbonamide; p,p'-Oxybis(benzenesulfonyl hydrazide); 5-Phenyltetrazole; p-Toluene sulfonyl semicarbazide; Trihydrazine Triazine; They commonly release gases such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide or ammonia. But ammonia is not desirable as it effects on degrade of resins. There are nonazo blowing agents releasing carbon dioxide such as sodium borohydride.
Blowing Agent Class
Azo Compounds
Azodicarbonamide (CAS RN: 123-77-3)
Hydrazine Compounds
p-Toluenesulfonylhydrazide (CAS RN: 1576-35-8)
p,p'-Oxybis (Benzenesulfonylhydrazide) (CAS RN: 80-51-3)
Benzenesulfonyl Hydrazide (CAS RN: 80-17-1)
p-Toluenesulfonyl acetone hydrazone
Carbazides
p-Toluenesulfonylsemicarbazide (CAS RN: 10396-10-18)
p,p'-Oxybis (Benzenesulfonylsemicarbazide)
5-Phenyltetrazole (CAS RN: 18039-42-4)
Nitroso Compounds
N,N'-Dinitroso-pentamethylenetetramine (CAS RN: 101-25-7)
Sodium Bicarbonate (CAS RN: 144-55-8)
light yellow powder
DECOMPOSITION TEMP
GAS YIELD
275 - 285 (ml/g)
14 - 17 µm
PACKING 25kgs in Bag, 40kgs in iron drum
HAZARD CLASS 4.1 (Packing group : III)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF NITROSO-
Nitroso is the prefix for NO- radical with trivalent nitrogen also known as hydroximino; oximido. Substances in which this group is attached to an oxygen atom are called nitrites (esters of nitrous acid); those in which the nitroso group is attached to a metal ion are called nitrosyls. Nitroso (-N=O) groups and azo (-N=N-) groups impart colour to the compound as these groups absorb light of characteristic wavelengths. Nitroso groups are strongly electron withdrawing and more similar to the C=O than the nirto group. Nitroso compound tends to dimerise. There is polarisation of the N=O bond and so behaves as a weak C=O. It undergoes addition of nucleophiles and condensation with primary amines and the anions of active methylene compounds. Nitroso groups are useful in addition and condensation reactions, stable nitroxide radical preparations, and isomerization to oxime. Oxidation undergoes readily with peracids, this is not available with nitro groups. Nitroso compounds are useful intermediates for the synthesis of target materials. Certain niroso derivatives are used as vulcanization accelerator by direct reacting with peroxy-free radical to tie up free radicals and adhesion promoter between metal and rubber.


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Al Foster, longtime drummer for Miles Davis, raised in New York, was only 19 when he made his first recording, backing trumpeter Blue Mitchell on the classic Blue Note LP The Thing To Do. Foster soon became a "first call" drummer for many of jazz's leading lights, playing with musicians like Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and Thelonious Monk.
Foster got his biggest break while playing a date at the Cellar Club on 95th Street in Manhattan. Miles Davis was in the crowd that night, and was awed enough to hire him on the spot: "Foster knocked me out because he had such a groove and he would just lay it right in there," Davis wrote in his autobiography. "That was the kind of thing I was looking for. Al could set it up for everybody else to play off and just keep the groove going forever." Davis would count Al Foster as his drummer for 20 years — spanning the trumpeter's wildest electric experiments — and as a friend for life.
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Dr. Claudio Butticè, Pharm.D., is a clinical and hospital pharmacist who worked for several large public hospitals in Southern Italy, as well as for the humanitarian NGO Emergency. He is an accomplished medical writer who wrote as an author in several encyclopedias, including The SAGE Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society (2015), The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty (2015), ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (in press), and other sociology and anthropology reference textbooks. He's also a medical writer and journalist who wrote for online magazines such as The Ring Of Fire, Digital Journal, Business Insider and Techopedia. Dr. Butticè holds a Master's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Palermo.
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Have, Have-Nots: News Group Examines Wealth Inequality Ahead of 2020 Elections
Anastasia Ustinova
The richest 1% have nearly doubled their share of U.S. wealth over the past five decades. Meanwhile, more than 43% of Americans are either poor or low income.
In fact, the gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S. is as extreme as it was in the "Roaring Twenties" despite the booming economy and historically low unemployment rates. Even middle-class Americans increasingly are struggling to keep afloat, according to nonprofit news organization Capital & Main.
Now the news group wants to make sure the issue of wealth inequality doesn't get lost during what it calls "one of the most consequential elections in America's history."
One year from Election Day 2020, Capital & Main has launched a 12-month series called "United States of Inequality: 2020 and the Great Divide" that explores how the presidential candidates are proposing to tackle economic polarization, an "inconvenient truth" for some lawmakers.
Produced in partnership with the Guardian US, Fast Company and The American Prospect, the series will feature weekly stories and multimedia features through the November 2020 election, Capital & Main says on its website. Capital & Main is a California-based online news group whose advisory board includes former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Jared Bernstein, who was chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden.
"People didn't always feel so economically insecure, but in the last few decades the social contract has frayed, and the rules of the game have changed," Reich narrates in the video for the series. "That's why it's so important for fact-based news outlets to shine a light on the defining issue of our time."
Reich says lawmakers have created a tax system that increasingly favors the wealthy, while antitrust laws have failed to limit the power of large corporations. Meanwhile, the minimum wage hasn't kept up with the cost of living and housing.
More than one in four African-American families have a zero or negative net worth, compared to one in 10 white families. Warren Buffett, Jezz Bezos and Bill Gates alone own as much as the bottom 50% of all Americans.
Between 1979 and 2017, the top 0.1%'s earnings grew five times faster than the bottom 90%.
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have pitched a "wealth tax" on the nation's richest citizens.
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I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.
I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like any other author's really.
I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do.
Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would also be a dream come true.


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Delta Flood Cleanup
SERVPRO of Tri County was called out early that morning to assist with flood recovery at over 50 government agencies, churches and local homes.
The remnants of Hurricane Delta swept through Northeast Georgia during the night of Oct 10 and 11th. It caused extensive local flooding and damage.
Since the Delta deluge that dumped over 8 inches of rain on Habersham Oct. 10-11, people have been trying to dig their way out from under the mud and debris.
Your hometown SERVPRO of Tri County has been right in the thick of recovery efforts since the first hours of the storm.
Habersham was among the hardest-hit counties in the region, sustaining over $5.25 million in damage, according to the latest estimates released by the county.
Demorest was the hardest-hit city, reporting an estimated $1.2 million in damages. Cornelia sustained approximately $635,000 in storm damage and Clarkesville estimated its cost of repairs at around $80,000. Baldwin sustained approximately $45,000 in damage. [Damage assessments were not immediately available for Alto, Mt. Airy, and Tallulah Falls.]
Habersham County Public Information Officer Carolyn McDuffie said, "This is the largest recovery on record."


Cutting puppy nails doesn't have to be traumatic - even if they are tiny nails on a wriggly paw!
Like humans, puppies and dogs need to have their nails kept short so that they don't break or tear.
Puppy nail trimming usually only needs to be done once every 3 or 4 weeks.
If your pup is active and spends a lot of time outside, goes for regular walks or runs on concrete or asphalt etc., his nails will wear down naturally, and nail-trimming won't need to be done so often.
Nails which aren't trimmed regularly are uncomfortable for your pup, and eventually could cause real pain and sometimes inflammation. or more serious issues with the bones and joints in his toes.
However, if your little guy spends all his time indoors on carpeted floors, or being carried around, then cutting those little puppy nails is most likely going to be a regular chore - so getting comfortable with doing it is important.
It's worth getting your pup used to having his nails cut at an early age.
Start when he's 7 or 8 weeks old, and it'll make the whole thing a lot easier.
Most puppies and dog's don't like having their paws touched, but nail-trimming requires that you hold those tiny feet and toes - so it's important to get him comfortable with this.
If you make a habit of holding his paws gently, one at a time, whenever you're playing with him then Fido won't find nail trimming such a strange experience.
Make sure you have the right equipment!
You need a good pair of nail trimmers.
There are many available on the market, the guillotine kind with the safety guard are my favorites.
If your puppy is a toy, or small breed you can use human nail clippers, or cat nail clippers.
A dremmel or nail grinder is another useful tool for puppy nail care, but the noise and vibration is sometimes a bit worrying for small puppies.
If you choose to use one of these I'd suggest getting your pup familiar with the sound well before attempting to use the tool on his nails.
A regular nail file (I like glass nail files over metal because they're much more gentle and yet very effective) can be used to take the rough edges off nails which have been trimmed with clippers, or even to shorten the nails of small puppies.
This glass nail file by Little Blue Dog is perfect!
If you should cut the 'quick' the part that supplies blood to the nail, it will bleed (sometimes quite a bit) and it's important to have something on hand to stop that bleeding.
Styptic powder is readily available and will stop any bleeding very effectively. Cornstarch is a home-remedy alternative to styptic powder and works pretty well too.
You might also want to get someone else to give you a hand for the first time or two. Keeping those little paws still is easier when there's an extra pair of hands.
Get little Fido familiar with the clippers before you start.
If your pup has never seen a set of nail clippers and/or nail grinder before it's not unusual for him to be a bit wary of it at first. Especially if it's close to him and makes a noise!
To help little Fido feel comfortable before you actually start the nail-cutting process, show him the tool/s you're going to use and let him sniff and explore it.
Hold a (tiny) tasty treat in the same hand as the clippers and he'll find his reward while he's investigating. Replace the treat when he's eaten it and let him do this four or five times before you begin.
Cutting puppy nails on medium to large breed pups is easier if you hold little Fido in your lap, tucking his body into the crook of your arm and keeping your hands free.
For tiny breeds or very young puppies you can hold them on your lap, or on a table/sofa.
Grip your pup's paw gently, push back any hair growing around the nail, and lightly squeeze the paw pads to separate his toes.
Then trim just the very tip of the nails, one at a time.... that way you won't risk cutting into the painful 'quick'.
Be slow, patient and gentle.
If your little one has clear or light colored nails you'll be able to see the pink line of the blood vessel which runs through it. This makes it fairly easy to avoid cutting into it.
If little Fido's nails are black and you can't see the blood vessel, it's important to aim to cut just below where the nail starts to curve downards (see video below).
Don't forget the dew claws (if your pup has them), they need trimming too.
Talk to him gently as you work on his feet so he feels comfortable. It's best not to force the issue too much, your goal is to get Fido to like, or at least tolerate, this procedure.
When it's done, give your puppy lots of praise and a treat - maybe even a short playtime.
If you do happen to nick the quick, don't panic.. it looks worse than it is.
Your puppy will squeal because it hurts, but it's not an emergency.
Just use the styptic powder to stop the bleeding and give him lots of cuddles and reassurance.
You might want to leave the rest of the nails for later on, or the next day though as he'll be extra jumpy for a little while and you don't want to risk hurting him twice.
Professional nail clippers designed specifically for small pets including puppies, small breed dogs, cats and kittens.
High quality stainless steel blade for long-lasting sharpness.
Comfortable handle and safety guard.
Safe and effective treatment for bleeding caused by nicking the 'quick' of your pets nails.
Used by professional groomers and safe for dogs, puppies, kittens, cats and birds.
A must-have when cutting puppy nails.
Basically a motorized, hand-held nail file which wears down the nail rather than cuts it.
Super quiet operation. Adjustable safety guard for accurate nail trimming.
Two speed design and three types of sanded bands.
* Some pups don't like the noise/vibration/heat of having their nails filed. Starting when young is recommended.
A glass dog nail file which gently smooths and shortens your puppy's nails.
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Q: How to have context menu and reordering cells in UICollectionView? I have a UICollectionViewController, and the items need to have an iOS 13 context menu.
At the same time, the user needs to be able to reorder items.
By default, the context menu is opened after a long tap on the item. However, the same gesture (different recognizer) enables reordering mode. I'd like to have it like we can reorder apps on the home screen: Long tap shows the context menu, and an even longer tap then closes that context menu and enables wiggle mode.
I know that it is possible to provide my own gesture recognizer to begin reordering items. So I could install a recognizer with a duration of 2 seconds, knowing the context menu opens after 1 second.
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Do you have any suggestions how to adequately combine reordering items and context menus?

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Run All Night
Posted on March 17, 2015 March 18, 2015 by Derrick
Vertigo Entertainment/Energy Entertainment/Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Produced by Roy Lee/ Michael Tadross/ Brooklyn Weaver
Written by Brad Ingelsby
Sunday rolls around and as usual I check out the results of Biff Bam Pop!'s box office predictions. On Friday they predict the box office numbers for whatever movies are opening that weekend and then Sunday they post the actual numbers. It's always fun seeing what they got right and just as much fun seeing what they got wrong. They've also got a truckload of other fun stuff going on there that you should check out at your earliest opportunity (like, after you finish reading this review. Nudge nudge wink wink)
Anyway, they predicted that RUN ALL NIGHT, the newest Liam Neeson action movie would take in $14 million. It actually made $10. Which kinda surprised me as Liam Neeson has been a dependable action movie star since 2008's "Taken" Yes, I know he's been a badass in movies long before that in movies such as "Rob Roy" and "The Phantom Menace" but for the sake of this discussion let's stick with contemporary action movies, okay?
Can it be that audiences are growing tired of Liam Neeson in action movies? Sure, he's made a couple of stinkers. Most recently "Non-Stop" and "Taken 3" but he's mostly delivered solid, entertaining B-level action movies that I appreciate as homages to Action Movies of the 1980s. And RUN ALL NIGHT (which I would have gone to see just for the title) is one of his better ones. Of his recent movies it's not as good as "A Walk Among The Tombstones" but it steps all over "Taken 3"
Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) once a feared hitman working for Irish mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris) is now considered a joke by the other members of Shawn's gang. So deadly and dangerous was Jimmy back in the day that he was known as 'The Gravedigger.' Even though Jimmy hasn't whacked anybody in years, NYPD Detective John Harding (Vincent D'Onofrio) is still looking to put him away. Jimmy almost wishes somebody would put him out of his misery. Consumed with guilt and despondent after the death of his wife, he's drinking what's left of his life away. Shawn looks after him, makes sure Jimmy has booze and walking around money. You get the impression in the movie's early scenes they have together that Shawn maybe thinks that their positions could very easily have been reversed.
In a truly convoluted series of events that reminds me of Rule #19 of 'Pixar's 22 Rules For Phenomenal Storytelling." Shawn's son Danny (Boyd Holbrook) ends up dead, killed by Jimmy. Shawn promises that Jimmy's son Mike (Joel Kinnaman) will die before Jimmy but Mike's got his own problems as he's wanted by the police for the murders of a cop and a pair of Albanian heroin dealers. Mike's a working stiff with a wife and two daughters who wants nothing to do with any of this and wants to turn himself in but Jimmy asks for just one night to make everything right. It's not easy convincing Mike as he absolutely hates his father and his life as a criminal. But he soon realizes that he's now in a pool of sharks his father used to swim in with ease as he used to be the biggest shark of them all.
Huh? Where'd all that come from you may well ask. I told you it was convoluted. But it's a good convoluted. There's a meaty plot at work in RUN ALL NIGHT and you have to pay attention in order to keep up with what's going on. But I didn't mind. This is an action movie that's more concerned that you understand the relationships between the characters rather than how much real estate can be blown up or how many shootouts can be crammed in for no good reason at all. That's not to say that there aren't shoot-ups and explosions enough to satisfy any respectable action junkie. There is. But the movie really wants to say something about the relationship and obligations between fathers and sons and the lengths fathers will go through to redeem themselves for the sins they pass onto their sons.
Weighty stuff, right? Well, don't worry. It doesn't get bogged down in all that for long. Thanks to an exceptionally strong supporting cast including Bruce McGill, who makes a definite presence in the movie despite the fact that I believe he has only two lines. And no, I'm not trying to be funny. Common is an assassin named Mr. Price and there's a surprise cameo by an extremely well known actor that may well have you shaking your head, muttering; "Who the hell let him in this movie?"
And at the center of the movie are the really excellent performances of Liam Neeson and Ed Harris. They're terrific at playing a pair of criminals who have lived this life for a long time and know how their current situation has to play out. But they take no joy or pleasure in it. In fact, there's a lot of grief and regret on both sides. But they know no other way to resolve this tragedy other than with more death. There's a scene they have in a restaurant that may remind you of a similar scene between Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro in "Heat." No, I'm not saying it's that good but there's the same kind of vibe at work there. If you see the movie you'll know what I'm talking about.
So should you see RUN ALL NIGHT? If you felt burned by "Taken 3" by all means don't let that stop you from seeing this one. It's a solid crime thriller backed up with a firm story and performances that elevate the movie a few notches above what you might expect. Well worth your time and money.
Tags: Action Movie, action movies, Common, Ed harris, Jimmy Conlon, Liam NeesonCategories: A Particular Favorite Of Mine
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He was a bad-ass in Krull, as well, just saying… 🙂
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After early camera tests of the new Canon 6D Mark II were published, photographers balked at the fact that the dynamic range of the camera performed so poorly against other modern cameras. Now yet another review is showing that if you often shoot at high ISOs, you may be better off sticking with the original 6D from 2012.
Photographer and camera reviewer Alan Dyer of The Amazing Sky has published a new review of the 6D Mark II with a focus on nightscapes (long-exposure astrophotography and high-ISO photos).
The 6D Mark II appears to exhibit more of a magenta color cast and less contrast in shadow areas at high ISO, as well as more luminance noise.
Dyer does note that despite this apparent regression, the 6D Mark II's noise performance is still objectively "very good." You can read his complete review over at The Amazing Sky.
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Guatemalan Water Defenders Celebrate 10 Years of Resistance
An attempted assassination, criminalization, and violent eviction in 2014 didn't stop the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya in Guatemala, which won legal action suspending harmful mining activities.
by Jen Moore
In Central America, as in many other parts of the world today, communities are being thrust into life and death struggles up against powerful interests to ensure clean water and health for their future generations. This is often the case where mining companies seek to dig up gold, silver, iron ore or other metals and minerals, disrupting or destroying precious water supplies in the process, and leaving behind massive quantities of toxic waste on the land.
With national and international laws designed to privilege such harmful activities in the name of so-called development and progress, it is vital to celebrate the milestones of people fighting against all odds to protect their lives and lands from such threats.
Today, March 2, many will honor the life of Berta Cáceres and reaffirm their commitment to the fight for justice for her brutal murder in her home six years ago. Her leadership in the resistance to megaprojects in Honduras, including a hydroelectric dam and mining concessions on Indigenous Lenca territory, continues to inspire many. Today also marks ten years of inspirational, peaceful resistance to gold mining at a place known as La Puya, just north of Guatemala City. The freedom of eight water defenders in Tocoa, Honduras is also being celebrated this week where there are important signs that resistance to mining is gaining traction at the national level following the inauguration of President Xiomara Castro.
A Decade of Water Defense in Guatemala
Celebrating ten years of resistance in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance "La Puya" began on March 2, 2012 with a 24-hour protest camp in front of the entrance to a gold mine site operated by Nevada-based mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) just north of Guatemala City. This week, over fifty Guatemalan and international organizations sent their congratulations to La Puya for its tenacious and ongoing struggle.
Over the course of the past decade, as a result of their resistance, members have suffered acts of intimidation, an attempted assassination, criminalization, as well as a violent eviction in May 2014 in order to enable the mine to start operating.
According to Guatemalan courts, KCA's operations were always illegal. The company never had local support, lacked a construction license to build the mine, and violated environmental regulations. Legal action led to the mine suspension in 2016, upheld by the Constitutional Court in 2020, until which time a consultation has been undertaken with the community.
Despite having failed to respect Guatemalan law and much less the communities' human rights, KCA is now suing the state of Guatemala for over $400 million dollars at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) under the terms of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. (DR-CAFTA). KCA's case against the Guatemalan government is part of an increasingly common strategy used by transnational corporations to bully foreign governments into approving projects that lack community support or otherwise extract their profits through compensation.
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In its arbitration defense, despite the Guatemalan government having backed the company to get the mine up and operating in 2014, it acknowledges the legitimate resistance of La Puya to protect already scarce water supplies from contamination and depletion. It also argues that the company's environmental impact study was incomplete, failed to abide by Guatemalan standards, let alone international norms, and never should have been approved. Meanwhile, the Guatemalan government also claims that the company failed to abide by at least 50% of its environmental obligations according to national regulations.
The Guatemalan defense team even goes so far to recognize that the injustice of this case is further evidence of the injustice of the international arbitration system: "The people of Guatemala should not now be asked to pick up the tab for Claimants, if at all that they suffered any business losses. Otherwise, this Tribunal would be rewarding an imprudent investor at the expense of causing doubt on the fairness of the investor-state dispute settlement system."
It is only the stalwart persistence of the Peaceful Resistance La Puya and their careful documentation of their struggle and the company's violations that have kept mining out of their communities so far and brought these local and international injustices to light.
Hard Fought Freedom for Defenders in Honduras
In Honduras, late the night of February 24th, six water defenders were finally reunited with their families after being illegally held for two and a half years in pretrial detention. Two other water defenders were released earlier in February.
Their crime? Having participated in peaceful protests against contamination of their rivers from an open-pit iron oxide project operating within a protected area upstream of the water they rely on. After two and a half years of legal work and campaigning to build support for the freedom of the water defenders, including from solidarity groups, faith, environmental and human rights organizations, as well as UN bodies, the men were finally released. They were received with fireworks, applause, and hugs from their family members, supporters and members of the Municipal Committee in Defense of the Commons and Public Goods of Tocoa, recipient of the recipient of the 2019 Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights award.
Honduran company Los Pinares Investments holds two mining concessions within the Carlos Escaleras National Park, the headwaters of 34 rivers. In 2013, the limits of the central area of the park were redrawn so that the project would remain within the buffer zone in which such mining is permitted. The company, owned by Honduran elite that enjoyed a cozy relationship with the now former dictatorship of Juan Orlando Hernández – recently arrested for his narcotrafficking ties –, has received investment from the large US steel company Nucor. Nucor reported ending its investment in the project in 2019, but two of its executives still appear as directors of a Panamanian subsidiary that is part of the Honduran business group.
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The Municipal Committee continues to challenge the illegality of the iron oxide project, which went into operation in 2021. It is possible that with the recent inauguration of Honduras' first female President Xiomara Castro that their complaints seeking the project's closure could gain traction.
Notably, prior to being ousted in a military backed coup in 2009, under Castro's husband and former president Mel Zelaya, a proposed bill was awaiting debate that sought to prohibit open pit mining and put other constraints on this toxic activity. This bill came about as a result of the difficult struggles of movements and mining-affected communities in Honduras, such as in the Siria Valley where communities faced health harms from the San Martín gold mine, owned by Goldcorp (now Newmont).
In echo of this earlier proposal, on February 28, the Honduran Secretary of Energy, Natural Resources and Mines issued a communiqué stating that no further permits will be issued for extractive projects as a result of being a threat to public health, water and natural resources, declaring Honduras free of open pit mining. The statement further indicates that the authority will "proceed with the review, suspension and cancelation of environmental licenses, permits and concessions."
While applying such measures to existing mining projects and permits in the country is sure to face a fight and require continued organizing from Honduran water defenders and their allies, this declaration is potent evidence of the tremendous efforts that have already taken place by land and water defenders on the frontline.
Celebrating water defenders and their long-term struggles is part of learning from one another. While La Puya and many other communities in Guatemala continue to stave off precious metal mining, as Hondurans forge a path to be mining free, and as the Salvadoran people also fight to maintain their ban on metallic mining since March 2017, they remind us about how through collective efforts and tenacity important victories can be won for the health of people and the planet.
Jen Moore is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies.
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Publishers of donor-advised fund data are including hundreds of thousands of workplace giving accounts in their averages. That skews the picture.
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"Today, we can return to work with our heads held high, knowing that our victory means safer care for our patients and more sustainable jobs for our profession."
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