Shows how ocean ridges are formed, lithosphere subducted at trenches; good for understanding plate tectonics. Author: Surachit. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Every aspect of our world is ultimately controlled by geologic forces far beneath our feet. Under the influence of mantle convection, mountain ranges rise, great rifts open in the earth, oceans form and then disappear. This is no exaggeration. We all learned about plate tectonics in high school; how the crust of the earth has split into plates that clash together and spread apart, forming vast continents and oceans. But did you know the force that moves these tectonic plates is the same force that cooks a chicken in your oven? That's right, convection currents in the mantle are what help move tectonic plates around the globe!
Mantle convection works on the basic principle that most things become less dense when they are heated. So rock buried deep within earth's mantle, close to the core, tends to heat up and become less dense, causing it to rise through the cooler, denser material above it. When it finally reaches the top, it looses heat, becomes more dense, and then begins to sink back down into the mantle. This movement of material within the earth is what causes tectonic plates to move.
The Tibetan Plateau (top), perhaps the best example of a rain shadow. Rain does not make it past the Himalayas, leading to an arid climate on the leeward side of the mountain range. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
The movement of tectonic plates has a lot of secondary effects that collectively have a big impact on our lives. For example, the Himalayas. The world's tallest mountain range was created when India smashed into Asia millions of years ago. The tall mountain range acts a a barrier that blocks moisture coming in from the Indian Ocean to the South. It's no coincidence that one of the World's largest deserts lies just North of the World's tallest mountain range. And the same rain shadow effect has lead to the formation of deserts pretty much all over the world. Where you can live is determined by plate tectonics.
It's not only the highest mountains that are caused by the movement of tectonic plates. Most oceans form around divergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates are being pushed apart. Underwater divergent boundaries are called mid-ocean ridges. A mid ocean ridge is basically a gash in the earth located above where mantle currents are welling up. This upwelling of mantle material forms new crust and spreads the existing plates above it apart. There are couple of places where these ridge systems cross over land, including Iceland, which is famous for it's volcanism, and East Africa, which is actively being ripped off of the rest of the continent. One day a large body of water will cover parts of Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda Kenya, Mozambique and The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mid-ocean ridge in Þingvellir National Park, Iceland. Author: Rob Young f. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
The deepest part of the oceans are generally where subduction zones occur. Subduction zones are where oceanic plates (being pushed from divergent plate boundaries) are forced underneath above-water continental plates. Deep trenches, like the Mariana Trench are formed at zubduction zones. Also, most volcanoes on earth are the result of subduction zones.
All of this may not seem to have that big of an affect on our lives. I mean, so what if we can't live in a desert, there's plenty of other places to live, right? And we all love Oceans, right? But actually there were times in the past when this was not true. For example, the worst extinction event in Earth's history occurred 250 million years ago. Ninety percent (that's right 90%, i.e, almost all) of life on earth died out partly because all of the continents were were connected together forming one giant landmass called Pangaea. This altered ocean currents and destroyed many shallow marine environments that existed before. On top of that, at the same time massive lava flows in current day Siberia were pumping out gasses and depositing harmful pollutants that caused climate change and possibly also increased the acidity and temperature of the oceans. Every environment on earth was effected in one way or another by rising global temperatures, acid rain, and sometimes literally just lava.
It's true that volcanism happens today and deserts exist today and most of us are fine, but that's only because we are lucky to live in a time where the position of the continents, the exchange of gasses in the atmosphere and a whole lot of other things are in balance.
Pangea map, with names of the continents. Author: en:User:Kieff. Source Wikimedia Commons.
Our entire existence is dependent on forces far beneath our feet and far beyond our control. Sound scary? Well you can look at it as yet another terrifying unknown in the cosmic scheme of things, or you can look at it as yet another miracle that has allowed life to flourish on Earth like no other place we know of. This blog only covered the very basic ways that Mantle convection influences our world on the surface. Without tectonic forces at work our earth would be a dead planet. Complex life may never have evolved and even if it did, arthropods or some other weird organism would probably be the dominant life form. It took a lot of chaos and destruction to get us where we are.
On February 28th, Rice kicks of a really cool Continuing Studies course titled "Building Planet Earth." If you thought this blog was interesting, then you should register for this this opportunity with renown professor Dr. Cin-Ty Lee, Chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice. The course also includes a special session with Dr. Carolyn Sumners, HMNS VP of Astronomy. The grand finale is a tour of the Paleo Hall with Dr. Lee, and Sam Stubbs, trilobite collector. First session is Wednesday, Feb. 28 so register now.
If after reading this blog you were left wondering "but wait, how did the core and mantle even form, are there any other effects that Mantle convection has on our weather, how did the earth even form and where did the moon come from?" you can get all your answers from the course.


MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Soybeans continued their reign in 2013 as the state's biggest row crop, posting an estimated value of $993 million, down 21 percent from 2012.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – The Mississippi State University Extension Service and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station welcome a new state turf specialist on Jan. 1.
Jay McCurdy is a native of Dyer, Tenn. He worked on his family's farm, where they raised row crops, cattle and sod. He worked as a golf course superintendent in Hong Kong, China, where he performed research and designed and implemented turf grass evaluation and management techniques.
JACKSON – Holiday leftovers often end up in Rover's dish, but those tasty morsels can lead to more than just an upset stomach.
Dr. Sarah Garcia, veterinarian in the Department of Clinical Science at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, said veterinary professionals advise against feeding table scraps to any pet because they can cause health problems.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – If Jason Krutz could put one item on the Christmas list of every row crop farmer in Mississippi, Santa's elves could not make enough soil moisture sensors to keep up with demand.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – To find out how important packed dirt is on a rodeo floor, just ask a barrel racer whose horse has just fallen in a timed event.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – A Mississippi State University department has been renamed to reflect the renewable, natural and sustainable resources used in the industry.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – After testing scores of samples taken from rice fields across the state, Mississippi State University scientists found that seed treatments are effective in managing the crop's most troublesome insect pests.
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Paige Nicholson has a new personal illustration to use in speeches about dusting yourself off and getting back on the horse, and she will have many opportunities to use it as she travels the country as the 2014 Miss Rodeo America.
Nicholson, who recently graduated in agricultural information science from Mississippi State University, earned the national crown Dec. 9 in Las Vegas. She was the reigning Miss Rodeo Mississippi.
MISSISSIPPI STATE – Mississippi is one of the best places in the country for deer hunting because of excellent natural habitat and good management by landowners and hunters.
PONTOTOC – Most deer hunters will not encounter wild hogs, but if they do, wildlife biologists want them to be prepared.


Jim Lehrer, Here's my number. Call me, maybe?
We'd only need it after Labor Day this fall and will easily have it back to you before Memorial Day next year. (Much sooner if our StartSomeGood campaign doesn't pan out by the end of this month.) Most schools are out by then (plus you're busy working) — so it's back in your hands by summer!
We'll treat it with Love. Promise. Mary Beth is from the midwest, so she's Garrison Keillor-style polite. Mike's a military brat and runs a tight ship.
Also, because you (or one of your bus friends) can donate the 9-months of use through the 501(c)(c), nonprofit Student Press Law Center, it could make financial sense.
In addition to our shared interest in buses, I'd also love to talk with you about our landmark 1969 Supreme Court case and about our national education tour. My case was about the power of young voices. We look forward to talking to — and hearing from — today's young and new voices about the world my generation (the Baby Boomer's) is leaving them.
Also, I know of your interest in the future of the journalism profession. Mike has been working with young journalists all his life and will continue to do so at each of stops, asking student media about what they see as their role in a changing world.
If it's like what we've seen before, we think it will all make for a fascinating conversation.


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'143 Sahara Street' Review: Tea Time In The Desert
A tender, often humorous portrait of an elderly proprietor of a sleepy café in the middle of the Sahara.
Allers Retours Films
One of the more off-the-beaten-path documentary selections at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, quite literally, was Hassen Ferhani's 143 Sahara Street, a quiet portrait of an aging woman and her café bound to the barren Algerian landscape. Ferhani's static observation bides time as if trying to replicate the slow moving daily routine of its subject, Malika, bearing witness as travelers pass through like a weather beaten rock lodged in the desert. And while that might sound like an unconscionably boring watch, in actuality, 143 Sahara Street is full of pleasant and often funny surprises, revealing a great amount of humanity in a setting that seems downright inhospitable.
Malika, who has long served as a requisite stop for truckers and travelers passing through the Sahara, exists in a perpetual state of waiting. She sits with her cat Mimi in a small unadorned adobe shack, which stands alone, back away from an unpaved desert highway, and doubly serves as her home and as a rest stop for weary travelers looking for refreshment and small talk. Though there is no signage or advertising, folks have been instinctively stopping there for years. Malika sells only the few things she's able to cart back from the nearest village whenever she's able to find a ride — tea, eggs, and cigarettes, sold only by the pack as one disappointed visitor finds out.
Episodic in nature and shot in serene long takes that rotate between the wind-whipped, sun-baked landscape and the open doored café interior, 143 Sahara Street unfolds in a series of visits from travelers who roll out of the desert and approach, confused about why someone is filming out in the middle of nowhere with an old woman in a shack. Yet, most relent to the camera's presence and settle in with Malika's disarming assurance. Some have been coming for years and stop specifically to catch up like old friends, while others are mystified that someone would intentionally live alone in the middle of the Sahara but thankful nonetheless to have found something to wet their palette and someone to share some time with.
The conversations that are captured, often broken among bits of Arabic and French, reveal an incredible sense of openness and respect amongst clashing cultures and discordant ideologies. This feeling lingers on even after guests have departed and Malika is left to reveal her true feelings about those whom she has just served. She doesn't believe one man who claims that he is looking for his long lost brother, for instance. And she finds a chatty group of strangers incredibly disrespectful to essentially interrogate her about her background in her own home.
The most memorable guests do more than linger. One visitor comically makes use of the camera's presence to invite Malika into playing out a scene through her barred window to appear as though he is speaking to her from a jail cell. Another, the only woman to stop, arrives by motorcycle suited up like a European action hero and shares photos of her life from her smartphone. You never know what you might encounter in the desert.
While Malika's life is evidently one made by choice, it is obviously one of great physical hardship and frequent loneliness. Her legs and feet have swollen, making basic movement undoubtedly agonizing. Meanwhile, she frequently tells both her cat and her guests about how her relatives have ostracized her, leaving her to the sand and the heat. Meanwhile, a commercial competitor is slowly springing up from the desert in the form of a petrol station that poses a threat to her very livelihood, inducing an immense sense of looming dread for Malika. One can't even escape the dog-eat-dog world of capitalism in the brutal heat at the center of the world's largest desert.
Despite all this, 143 Sahara Street remains a warm, loving depiction of stubborn perseverance in which humanity seems to win the day in the ongoing war of free enterprise. One gets the sense that no matter what happens after the camera leaves, Malika will remain, like a stone born of the desert itself, immortal.
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When it comes to riding or running to work, London is a world-leader, according to new data from Strava, a leading social network for athletes.
Strava has looked at the habits of its users in 12 cities around the world.
London topped the list for rides and runs with over 10 million activities logged in the last year.
"We've analysed billions of GPS data points and millions of activities to give a never-seen-before insight," said Strava co-founder Davis Kitchel.
The "Strava Insights" project revealed that nearly 10,000 bike or run commutes - journeys within the morning and evening rush-hour windows - are logged in London every day, four times as many as San Francisco and Amsterdam, the cities second and third respectively on the commutes list.
However, London's population is about 10 times the size of those two bike-friendly cities, although London's numbers do compare well to cities of similar sizes, such as New York, Sydney, Berlin and Paris.
Analysis of all logged activities show Tuesday is the most popular day for a bike ride in every city apart from Sao Paulo (Wednesday).
According to the results, Amsterdam residents ride the fastest (15.9 miles per hour on average), those in Milan cycle the furthest (33.7 miles) and Parisians run the fastest (eight minutes 56 seconds per mile).
The figures also show that users in Sydney ride or run the earliest, Sao Paolo residents exercise latest, and those in Barcelona have the toughest terrain to contend with.
Strava, which was launched in 2009, uses global-positioning-satellite technology to record rides and runs, allowing users to compare their performances against other users.
The San Francisco-based company does not reveal its total membership but claims it is growing by 100,000 new users every week.


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'To Stratford with Love' tradition continues for 33rd year
STRATFORD -
The 33rd annual 'To Stratford with Love' food drive delivered holiday meals to local residents, again adjusting to COVID-19 regulations.
The event on Saturday, which is usually held as an in-person dinner at the Rotary Complex in Stratford for anyone in the community the week before Christmas Day, was forced to cancel the gathering last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Organizers decided to continue offering a holiday meal, with volunteers putting together food boxes at The Local Community Food Centre and delivering individual meals to anyone who registered.
"We had a couple of friends of ours that were chefs. They said, 'Listen, we can do it,'" said Richard Kneider, the president of the Simple Dreams Charity.
The event was hosted by the Simple Dreams Charity, local churches, businesses and individuals sponsor the event.
"All of the meals that are going to be delivered tonight, they are full course roast beef dinner, with mashed potatoes, carrots, buns," he said.
Organizers say the need for food has only increased during the pandemic.
"The need has been driven up over the last two years," said Jenn Parsons, the manager of food logistics at The Local Community Food Centre. "So, it's been it's been difficult to address that without seeing people and having them in our space."
Similar to 2020, a team of volunteers got together on Saturday and packaged over 1,000 meals for the community. Over 50 drivers delivered meals to homes that registered for one.
"Quite honestly, we have to turn volunteers away," Kneider said. "Because there's so many people that want to be part of this."
Organizers said the delivery method does bring its own challenges — not only do volunteers have to figure out the routes for drivers, but handling the food is different as well.
"Food is easier when we do it at the Rec complex. It's nice to do a really hot meal. There's a lot more thought that goes into having to do a cold meal and having to have them reheated at home," said Jillian Chambers, the food coordinator for the food drive.
Erin Cassone was a volunteer delivery driver last year and wanted to continue giving back this year.
"To actually see the joy that 'Stratford with Love' brings was something really special. It gives much more to me than I feel like I could ever give back. It's such it's such a great opportunity to be a part of," said Cassone. "It was great to be able to knock on the door. People were so excited. They were so grateful, so thankful for it and it was a great opportunity for my boys to be able to see an opportunity to give back."
The deliveries were handed out between 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday with an online programming beginning at 5:15 p.m. those receiving the meals were encouraged to watch.
Innisfil seniors receive provincial grant for health and safety initiatives
The Ontario government announced a senior's community grant for Innisfil residents for approximately $57,000.
Northbound lanes of the QEII Highway are closed near Carstairs, Alta., after a multi-vehicle crash.
'The Last of Us' may not have seen the last of Alberta.


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Leopard Rescue Operations – An Insider's Perspective
December 17, 2021 | By Malavika Jayachandran
Oftentimes when people watch videos of leopard rescue operations, they only see the tip of the iceberg. They do not realize the effort that goes into every single mission. A successful rescue operation requires a chain of events – an informed public, a rapid response team, a reliable group of veterinarians, a safe mode of transportation, and sophisticated equipment. Of course, each rescue operation must be treated on a case-by-case basis. However, with a strong base, we can ensure quick action in any scenario.
Just to elaborate on how each rescue case can be highly different, think of a situation where a leopard has been spotted in a crowded market and another where a leopard cub has fallen into a well. In the first scenario, there would be a flood of calls coming through the rescue helpline. Panicked people would be asking for help. Here, the priority of the would be to initiate crowd control. The team needs to ensure the safety of all the citizens in the market. In such situations, coordination with the police and the forest department is highly necessary.
The vet uses his gear to examine the leopard cub [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
In a huge place with so many people, the leopard would have many hiding spots and would be difficult to catch; making the rescue operation quite challenging. The team would have to first tranquilize the leopard before relocating it. In the second scenario, where the leopard cub has fallen into a well, the most important thing is for a person to spot the cub. Hence, we need to rely on vigilant citizens to contact the Wildlife SOS helpline number after spotting a distressed leopard. Then the team can lower a trap cage into the well to safely extricate the leopard.
In just these two hypothetical scenarios, we can see how differently the team needs to tackle the rescue operation. We have to undertake many such missions every month and each mission differs drastically from the previous one. The team of rescuers has to be ever vigilant and ready for anything thrown their way. With so many variables at play; it is their strategic thinking that ensures a happy ending to each rescue operation.
Leopard being released into its natural habitat [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
Not only are rescue operations highly tricky, but they are also quite expensive and dangerous. To undertake a rescue operation, the team needs to have safety gear to protect themselves. They also need to take into account the cost of fuel for the travel, special crates to transport the leopard, and medicines. When moving a large animal like a leopard, there may also be the requirement of a tranquilizer. Moving a large animal in a travel crate is not as simple as it sounds. The team has to be prepared to tranquilize the animals at a long range or even in close proximity.
In certain rescue operations, the tranquilizing process can prove to be near impossible. For instance, when a leopard entered a school canteen in Dhokeshwar village in Maharashtra, it became very difficult for the team to pinpoint the exact location of the leopard as it kept scrambling around. The team had to cut a hole into the door of the dining hall to spot the animal.
The team is prepared for every scenario and successfully tranquilizes the leopard! [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
In many cases, people are unable to get a clear look at animals when a distress call comes in. During such a scenario, the team has to analyze the pug marks left by an animal in the mud and look at blurry photos that onlookers might have taken to guess the species, age, and approximate body weight of the animal.
When going on a leopard rescue, the team cannot show up empty-handed. A lot of gear needs to be ready in advance – such as a crate to transport the animal, safety gear for the team, dart guns in case of emergency, first aid kits to provide emergency medical aid, and water to keep the animal hydrated.
If the team undertakes a complicated rescue such as a borewell extraction, they have to use equipment such as trap cages, ropes, and pulleys.
The rescue team carries special gear [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
Many times, vague distress calls come in from far away places, and the team has to travel large distances to get there. There have been instances where the team could find no signs of the animal upon arrival. In the worst-case scenario, onlookers might not have identified the animal correctly. They might also have been unsuccessful at clicking any photos. The team cannot simply pack up and leave when confronted by such cases.
They have to conduct a survey with the nearby people to see how many were able to spot the animal. Then they have to figure out where the animal escaped to; according to the information provided by the witnesses. If the animal went back into a forested area, the team can rest easy. However, the team has to stay and do reconnaissance if there any abandoned factories of sugarcane fields in the vicinity.
Hence, we do a lot of work to keep everyone safe even after the animal disappears. This is the most important way to mitigate human-animal conflict.
To reunite leopard cubs with their mothers, the team requires motion-sensing cameras with night vision and other such sophisticated pieces of technology. They utilize these to monitor the cubs through the night. The team also needs a reliable transport system to carry the animals and store all the gear for the rescue operations.
The Wildlife SOS team reunites cub with mother [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
To prepare for certain emergencies, Wildlife SOS has a Mobile Veterinary Unit (MVU) in place. It is a modified four-wheel pickup truck that has a leopard transport cage and other rescue gear. It also contains medical supplies for on-site treatment and veterinary intervention in the field. The MVU enables our team to transport rescued leopards and conduct rescue operations across the state.
Time is always of the essence in such scenarios; the presence of the MVU allows us to take swift action during leopard emergencies.
Help support our leopard rescue and conservation efforts. Consider contributing to our mission: https://give.wildlifesos.org/page/16138/donate/1
Tags: conflict mitigation, human-leopard conflict in india, Leopard Rescue, Leopard reunion, man-leopard conflict, mobile veterinary unit, Rescue, Rescue team
Leopard Strays Into Cattle Shed, Rescued by Wildlife SOS


A bubble occurs when an asset is valued in excess of its intrinsic value. In betting terms the intrinsic value of a bet is the true probability of the event occurring.
When placing a value bet a bettor is looking for an event where the "intrinsic value" probability of the event occurring is more likely than that implied by the odds.
Michael Lewis' "The Big Short" tells the story behind the US Subprime Mortgage Crisis focusing on the few who saw the crash coming and managed to short, or bet against, the housing market.
According to Lewis there were only around 20 parties in the World to do so. One such firm was investment firm Cornwall Capital.
Cornwall Capital's Jamie Mai outlines their approach to trading as seeking situations where they had "conviction that the odds were substantially mispriced, providing us positive expected value".
So why were Cornwall one of the only parties to bet against a clear bubble with such high expected returns available? After all, Pinnacle's odds show us how efficient betting markets are (and shorting is just a variant of betting). Surely the market should have corrected itself?
The issue here was the inaccessibility of the shorting option. Unlike a betting market, where staking is easily accessible to all parties, betting against the housing market was convoluted.
In essence, those optimistic about the housing market could easily bet on a continued rise by buying houses or mortgage debt bonds. The only easily accessible option for those wishing to bet against the market was simply to sell housing (although even sceptics need a place to live) and not buy bonds.
The Bitcoin bubble is another such example where the market price was set by optimists, causing over-valuation and an eventual crash. Optimists could buy Bitcoin whereas, at least initially, the only option for sceptics was to not hold Bitcoin themselves.
Interestingly, in a sports betting context we are looking for the opposite: the price to be set by the most pessimistic seller. The price needs to be "wrong" without the liquidity to correct it.
With such a sharp clientele setting the lines how could a betting "bubble" ever exist?
Whilst the betting market is usually rational there is perhaps evidence of some very rare bubble-like behaviour. The clearest example of this that comes to mind is the Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match.
Pinnacle's odds on the morning of the fight implied Mayweather (1.196) had an 83.6% chance of winning the bout. In contrast, he was as low as 1.02 with some bookmakers, or a 98% implied probability, to beat WBA interim welterweight title holder Berto prior to that fight.
In fact according to probabilities implied by betting odds, of Mayweather's opponents since 2010, only Manny Paquiao and Canelo Alvarez had a better chance of beating Mayweather than the untested McGregor, and even Alvarez only narrowly so.
Favourite-longshot bias does not adequately explain this behaviour since Mayweather offered what looked to be a clear value bet, yet sharp customers still did not come close to correcting the market (Mayweather's true odds to win the fight should proabably have been in the region of 1.01).
Arguably the entire bookmaker margin and more was placed on the side of the Irishman, allowing Mayweather to offer strongly positive expected value bet.
Perhaps the barrier here was the sheer volume of money needed to counteract the payout on such a highly backed outsider. Value bettors simply could not wager the volume required to correct the inefficiency.
What lessons can be learned from the two sides of market efficiency?
When markets don't have equal flows of information represented by money staked, they can get out of sync and inefficiencies appear.
Mayweather vs. Mcgregor style inefficiencies, where over-optimistic backers distort the market, are incredibly rare since sharp money usually dictates the lines. As bettors we are usually looking for odds where the oddsmaker has been pessimistic about the chance of an event occurring.
It is perhaps more practical to look for situations where bookmakers have miscalculated odds initially, and there is not the two-way money flow needed to correct the market.
Perhaps anchoring bias could ensure that bettors have not looked too deeply into the reasons behind this and the price has not yet been corrected. As Marco says, traders are not necessarily more informed than bettors - so finding isolated cases where markets have not been able to correct themselves could offer value.


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Skiing Orizaba Part I: Traveling to Tlachichuca
By: randosteve|Posted on: November 8, 2007|Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, International, Mexico | 7 comments
My adventure to ski Pico de Orizaba in Mexico began at 5am with a quick, hazy eyed drive to the SLC airport. I was to meet Jason McGowin, from Boulder, CO, in Houston before connecting to Mexico City. Both of us had quick connections and Jason kept me on edge showing up just minutes before final boarding. I would have been lost without him. My initial goals at the beginning of the trip were not to get sick from the food or water, as well as not to get ripped off, like many of the stories I had heard before leaving. If the weather cooperated, climbing Orizaba seemed like it was gong to be the easy part.
Mexico City is home to around 200 million people and its urban sprawl extends for miles and miles. Virtually none of the buildings are over a few stories high and would range from colonial architecture to primitive shacks, with nearly everything protected by gates and cinder block walls. The smog was some of the worst I've seen and in an attempt to control car automobile traffic, you're only able to drive your car on certain days of the week. The phone book was two volumes and 6000 pages. The surname of Gonzalez occupied 130 pages, at 200 people a page, that's a lot of Gonzalez's! There where only 5 Romeo's living in Mexico…maybe I should have looked them up.
We grabbed a quick taxi, being careful to not get pick-pocketed or kidnapped, and proceeded to the bus station…which was it's own adventure in and of itself. They were often crowded and confusing. As the only gringos to be seen…not to mention the ski bags, we stuck out like sore thumbs. Neither Jason nor I spoke much Spanish, but we did what we could to communicate and found the right buses. Some nice views of the Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl volcanoes greeted us on the way to Puebla, where we transferred buses and continued to Tlachichuca, where we would spend the night. Popocatepetl is still an active volcano and is closed to climbing, but at 17,000′, Iztaccihuatl can be climbed in a day from nearby Mexico City.
I got a little nervous as darkness came upon us on the bus and we traveled further and further into rural Mexico. People would get on and off the bus, and we were noticed by all. Tlachichuca was the last stop of the route and the intensity of the situation increased since the streets were crowded with people celebrating the Day of the Dead. Our mission was to find Servimont and Senor Reyes, who runs a hostel and guide service, and is also a surgeon. We had no idea where it was located. Since we didn't speak Spanish, Reed Finlay suggested I "let my skis do the talking". In this instance I felt like they were saying, "look at all the money I have".
We wandered around for about an hour, and finally, with some gracious direction from the locals, we found our way to Servimont. It was close to 9:30 pm when we arrived and it felt like the gates of heaven were opening when Senor Reyes let us in to his compound. The climber's quarters was an old renovated soap factory and was decorated with lots of old climbing equipment and was beautiful in its own way. Many clues to people who have come and gone were seen throughout the building and I couldn't resist leaving the mark of TetonAT. It's always fun to read entries in the registries at huts and hostels and like I had known before we left, Senor Reyes comes highly recommended. A nice green courtyard and bathhouse, as well as a fully staffed kitchen and eating area rounded about the amenities, and we instantly felt at home.
We laid our heads down and had no trouble falling asleep even though music was blaring from the revelers in the streets. After some quick shopping in the morning, we would take the 2 hour 4X4 drive up to 14,000′ and the Piedra Grande Hut at the base of Orizaba.
7 comments on "Skiing Orizaba Part I: Traveling to Tlachichuca"
gringo says:
…'being careful to not get pick-pocketed or kidnapped'…
Wow Esteban, you're pretty white aren't you? Its Mexico, not Colombia….
regardless, nice that you were succesful and looking forward to the next update!
Yes…a true Connecticut raised Gringo! 😉
Honestly though…I know of many people who have been worked over by the taxis down there and all the guidebooks stress the importance of keeping an eye on your belongings. In the end however…the people of Mexico were very helpful and interested in what we were doing….but it did look like some of them were looking to add to their rack at the hut.
bubbles says:
I think you may have an extra '0' in the population of Mexico city…
Right…more like 20 million.
Matus says:
Esteban, very interesting reading. Tip: you could have make the trip report much more dramatic if you would not previously reveal that you had successfully skied from the the summit :o)
Hi! I was looking for some Tlachichuca´s pics and I found yours, I read about your trip and it was amazing how you describe my home town. I grew up in a little village just 7 km from Tlachichuca, maybe you were there. If you come back, don't hesitate to ask me for help, I live in Puebla city, the place where you saw Popo ant Ixtatzihuatl pics. Take Care.
ISMAEL PARRAGUIRRE SABAEZ says:
HELLO¡ SOY ORIGINARIO DE TLACHICHUCA, ES UNA LASTIMA QUE NO EXISTA UNA GUIA ADECUADA PARA PODER LLEGAR A MI PUEBLO. Y QUE SU LLEGADA A EL FUERA DEMASIADO ENGORROSA POR EL TRAYECTO Y LA FALTA DE UNA EXELENTE GUIA DE CAMINO. PERO REALMENTE ES MUY SENCILLO LLEGAR. LA ESTADIA EN TLACHICHUCA SEGURAMENTE FUE MUY BUENA, POR EL LUGAR DONDE PERNOCTARON Y LA HOSPITALIDAD DE MIS PAISANOS. ESPERO REGRESEN PRONTO CON MAS AMIGOS. BYE.


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The Illustrated Man Analysis
In the intense short story collection The Illustrated Man, author Ray Bradbury introduces various themes about human flaws in society. Among these themes is the idea of living in a chaotic society, how people are affected by this, and how one can maintain sanity. Bradbury uses a number of short stories to show different perspectives of chaos and its effects on the characters, followed by how each character handles their particular situation. Bradbury uses the theme of living in an insane society to prompt a discussion on modern society and its people's experiences of similar insanities and the way in which they deal with them. In both The Illustrated Man and modern society, chaos is shown to be caused by the constant spread of information.…show more content…
In the short story "The Last Night of the World," the characters are so numb to danger, they are unaffected when they learn they will all die soon. This allows readers to realize how modern society is just as desensitized when it comes to violence. Unlike the frantic group in "The Highway," the characters in "The Last Night of the World" are able to stay calm about their end and discuss it as if it were only a dream. When talking about how each character would spend their time on that night, one responds they would "go to a show, listen to the radio, watch television, play cards, put the children to bed, [and] go to bed themselves, like always" (92). Noting the fact that everyone will simply indulge in everyday activities on doomsday, readers can infer the level of desensitization these people are suffering from. Because "the world [has been] busy being lots of awful things," another disaster has these people unphased. Undoubtedly, this is a coping mechanism for these characters. In the modern world this can also be an issue. Just as in Bradbury's story, today's society has also been desensitized by the chaos around it. Modern people have become numb when it comes to the importance of social issues because of the abundance of problems broadcasted across the world. People can now hear about "the kind of violence that once shocked [them] of the Vietnam era [and] is now funneled in all day and…show more content…
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Ursula Le Guin's 'Those Who Walk Away From Omelas'
Le Guin takes this a step further when she "reinterprets [the essential truths] to reflect our contemporary world" (Rochelle). The major flaw is that there are problems that remain unaddressed, simply because one fails to think about them. Le Guin uses Omelas as a warning to readers, imploring that they search for the flaws in their own society. As a result, the reader is forced to see the flaws of Omelas' social and political structure. Shaky societal structures, such as Omelas', are a key element in dystopian elements.
Voltaire's Candide As A Dystopian Novel
Candide's misfortune starts when the bulgur army had attacked the castle. Hence he was going to encounter the whole world and start to make his own fortune. His beloved Cunegonde as well suffered a lot either from violence guided to her or her suffers from misfortune. Every step he took he discovered a horrible problem that affect his outlook for the world. So Candide and Cunegonde blamed Pangloss a lot for his meaningless philosophy about the optimism.
The Injustice: The Role Of Oppression In American Literature
Oppression is a factor that those under it wish to eliminate as oppression destroys all types of happiness and satisfaction in an oppressed persons life. Works by numerous authors going as far back as Patrick Henry and as present as Langston Hughes demonstrate the oppressed as constantly battling their oppressors. These writers allow the audience see the mistreatment men, women, and children have gone through, which ultimately exposes the harsh realities of the lives ' of the oppressed. The injustice society has caused on many has brought upon destruction and disintegration not only to the families of the oppressed, but also to others living in fear of what could happen. This injustice is wide ranging, anywhere from the British tyranny on American
The Role Of Social Conformity In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
It depends on what paper you draw. They can't get out of it, they are all forced. A major issue to this story is social conformity, this means that people do something because it seems like everyone else is doing the same thing. Social conformity really hurts people because it blocks people from seeing the real you, this happens basically throughout the entire story. All the people arrived to the stoning.
Why Do Bad Things Exist In Paradise Lost Analysis
Why do bad things exist? (An analysis of John Milton's theodicy in Paradise Lost) In today's world, the news and social media bombard people with stories of war, disease, and evil. Some people have even stopped watching the news because it is sad and terrifying. Stories of children dying of cancer and innocent civilians being killed are everywhere people turn.
Pros And Cons Of The Berlin Wall
The list goes on and on. The term war also reminds us of how it spilt families apart and actually lead a lot of people to live in fear and depression because of the affects it had on people. war also reminds us of how many people actually passed on before us and how it absolutely wrecked people
Effects Of Chaos In The Society By Richard Kadrey
Human beings are so used to having structure in their life to the point when that structure breaks down the human race does not know to act or what to do. Richard Kadrey is also arguing that chaos only creates chaos. When the first riot broke out that caused other riots to break out also, kind of a domino effect. Richard Kadrey is arguing that in the society, when things tend to go wrong or collapse people tend to have an animalistic reaction to that. "In Beijing, a mob went on a rampage destroying phone booths and overturning police cars.
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Dr. Manette Character Analysis
Manette finds himself in a vicious cycle of harmful actions. After experiencing the intensity of his long-term imprisonment, one of Manette's worst habits is his inability to free his mind of intrusive and destructive thoughts. During his conversation with Jarvis Lorry, he describes how he believes his relapse occurred as the result of "a strong and extraordinary revival of the train of thought and remembrance that was the first cause of the malady" (204). Often times, people's minds are their own worst enemies, as it is impossible to escape thoughts and feelings. This idea is especially applicable to Dr. Manette who continually lets his thoughts get the best of him, trapping him in a whirlwind of destruction.
Comparing War Poems 'And Anthem For Doomed Youth'
Antiwar is the main idea of the writers of both two poems. The warfare which caused by human also brings many disasters to the human world. It caused many youngsters' death and separations of thousands of families. Too many young people died because of the meaningless wars. Even god and belief cannot save their lives, so both two writers writes how terrible the wars are and how big effects the wars can bring to people's minds.
Guilty Conscience In The Devil And Tom Walker
Majority of humans cannot escape the inevitable feeling of guilt after being responsible for causing something terrible. It is often too late for a person to fix their mistakes, leaving an everlasting effect on society. An individual 's morals create regret often called a guilty conscience. In the The Devil and Tom Walker, Tom sees the damage he has caused to the people in his community and attempts to fix his sins, "he began to feel anxious about those of the next and became a violent churchgoer" (Irving 330). By doing this Irving shows that Tom realizing his mistakes and is attempting to clear his conscience.
All Quiet On The Western Front Themes Essay
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Human Trafficking In Texas
Although numerous people are clearly not as knowledgeable on the problem of human trafficking and how seriously terrible it is, if more people got educated about it and all the problems that come with it and helped to take the initiative to stop it, we can severely decrease the percentage of its existence and make it obsolete. Human Trafficking is more than just one type of problem it consists of multiple things ranging from, illegals, children, sex trafficking, slave labor, and even organs being taken from others to be given to others illegally. In Houston, this plague is growing to a very significant amount. Everyone always questions Human Trafficking and what it is.
Civil Disobedience And The Civil Rights Movement
This is a great question; our time is going through a modern revolution as things are changing standards of life must evolve as well for all. I feel that the civil disobedience that is going on today is very sad in my opinion, during our time there should not be any type of difference that people are treated based on their skin color. Our era is having a time of public strife; and I suppose the civil disobedience is needed because of the police on African American life; often time's people of color arrest ends with violence as it seems in the media. Everyday we hear of something very sad happening to someone there are now protest for people of color.
Muckrakers In The Progressive Era
In the Progressive Era, there were many problems that the American people faced. America was broken, unjust, and cruel during that era. The people became acocomuomed to the corruption, horrible living conditions,and terrible working and safety conditions. The vast number of problems; however, were solved by what we call-- muckrakers, who then with the help of others came to bring about a new laws.
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Norwegian Plans to Exit Thailand, Increases Focus on Europe – US Routes
News / November 30, 2019 November 30, 2019 / By Keishi Nukina
Earlier this week, Norwegian announced that it wouldn't be serving Thailand out of Scandinavia starting with the 2020 summer schedule. Instead, it will use the freed up aircraft to increase frequencies on its routes between Europe and the United States.
With that, Dubai will become the airline's easternmost destination.
Norwegian will cut flights from Copenhagen and Stockholm to Thailand. (Credit: Norwegian)
Norwegian to Exit Thailand in March 2020
Currently, Norwegian serves two destinations in Thailand – Bangkok and Krabi – out of its three major Scandinavian hubs.
It serves Bangkok three times a week from Oslo in Norway, four times a week from Stockholm in Sweden, and twice a week from Copenhagen in Denmark. It serves Krabi twice a week from each of the three cities.
The airline has, however, announced on November 27, 2019, that it will be axing those routes from March 29, 2019. It will also be discontinuing its flights from Copenhagen and Stockholm to the United States – consolidating its long-haul operations out of Scandinavia in Oslo.
Matthew Wood, Senior Vice President – Commercial at Norwegian, explained the move:
Scandinavia is not large enough to maintain intercontinental flights from Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
According to the announcement, Norwegian will use the freed up aircraft to increase frequencies on some of its routes from major European cities outside of Scandinavia like London and Paris to the United States – one of its most important markets.
The airline also said that it is still considering whether or not to restart flights from Oslo to Bangkok and Krabi next winter. At this point, though, Dubai is set to become the airline's easternmost destination from the end of March 2020.
This announcement comes amid Norwegian's troubles with Boeing aircraft. Some of its 787s are grounded due to issues with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, and its 737 MAX aircraft are unusable due to the global grounding.
Once Norwegian discontinues its Thailand flights, none of the three Scandinavian cities will have a direct link with Krabi. Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm will continue to have daily non-stop flights to Bangkok thanks to Thai Airways, though.
As for low-cost connections between Europe and Southeast Asia, Scoot will be the only airline offering them. The Singaporean low-cost airline currently serves Athens twice a week and Berlin three times a week.
The Malaysian low-cost AirAsia X and Vietnamese low-cost Bamboo Airways are considering launching flights to Europe in the future as well. In case of AirAsia X, it would be a re-launch since the airline served Paris and London until 2012.
It's unfortunate that Europe will lose one of its low-cost links with Southeast Asia. At the same time, however, it is understandable given that Norwegian is short on 787s since some of them are grounded – and will likely see better yields and loads on routes to the United States.
With that said, I hope that Norwegian will decide to at least re-launch the Thailand routes out of Oslo next winter. It could also acquire some Sukhoi Superjets and launch flights to the Far East… Or not.
Separately from that, it would also be nice to see some other Asian low-cost airline launch flights to Europe.
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Q: Ionic 5 Get Request to Slim API I would like to make a get request from my Ionic app to an API build with the Slim Framework.
This is the code of the API:
<?php
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
header('Content-Type: application/json');
?>
<?php
use \Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
use \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
use Tuupola\Middleware\HttpBasicAuthentication;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$jwt_secret = '**************';

$app = new Slim\App;

$app->add(new Tuupola\Middleware\JwtAuthentication([
    "path" => "/api",
    "attribute" => "jwt",
    "secret" => $jwt_secret,  "error" => function ($response, $arguments) {
        $data["status"] = "error";
        $data["message"] = $arguments["message"];
        return $response
            ->withHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
            ->withHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
            ->getBody()->write(json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
    }
]));

$app->get('/api/hello', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args)
{
    $decoded = $request->getAttribute("jwt");
    $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(array("status"=> "200", "message" => "HELLO ".$decoded['uid'] ." - " . $decoded['cus'])));

    return $response;
});

$app->get('/', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
    $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(array("status"=> "200", "message" => "Welcome to the API")));

    return $response;
});

$app->run();

?>

When I'm testing with postman the API works fine. But when I'm trying to call it with the HTTPClient in Ionic, it doesn't work. This is my Ionic Code:
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient, HttpHeaders   } from '@angular/common/http';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-home',
  templateUrl: 'home.page.html',
  styleUrls: ['home.page.scss'],
})

export class HomePage {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient)
  {

  }

  sendRequest()
  {
    this.http.get('http://localhost/slim3',).subscribe((data)=>console.log(data));
  }

}

The Error message is the following:
:8100/home:1 Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'http://localhost/slim3' from origin 'http://localhost:8100' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.
core.js:6014 ERROR HttpErrorResponse {headers: HttpHeaders, status: 0, statusText: "Unknown Error", url: "http://localhost/slim3", ok: false, …}
How can I fix it? Thanks!

A: You must enable CORS(What is CORS?) in Slim Framework. Check http://www.slimframework.com/docs/v3/cookbook/enable-cors.html
Add this before $app->run(); (replacing http://mysite by your url, including port)
$app->options('/{routes:.+}', function ($request, $response, $args) {
    return $response;
});

$app->add(function ($req, $res, $next) {
    $response = $next($req, $res);
    return $response
            ->withHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', 'http://mysite')
            ->withHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Origin, Authorization')
            ->withHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, OPTIONS');
});

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HCI researcher @CromaLab, University of Michigan. Crowdsourcing. Game. Music. Pixel Arts.
I am John Joon Young Chung, a first-year Ph.D. student at CROMA Lab, University of Michigan, working with Professor Walter Lasecki. My research area is focused on HCI, crowdsourcing, collaboration at scale, and AI. I am interested in ways to leverage uncertain inputs from humans in the computing system. For example, what is the optimal way to use estimation or prediction from humans to help AI better solve problems? How can we leverage them to make people better collaboratively learn? Problem domains that I am interested in include autonomous vehicles, human learning, creativity, online discussion, etc.
In my free time, I play guitar and compose some tunes. Recently, I started drawing pixel arts. I used to enjoy video games, ranging from AAA games to experimental indie games, and also prototyped some games with my friends.
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Dr. Douglas W.S. Renwick
Douglas Renwick
Email: douglas.renwick@ntu.ac.uk
Publications: Go to Dr. Douglas W.S. Renwick's publications
External activity
Dr. Douglas W.S. Renwick, BA Hons, MSc Econ. (London School of Economics), PhD (University of Sheffield), Fellow Advance HE, Chartered Fellow FCIPD, is Associate Professor of Sustainable Workforce Management in the Human Resource Management (HRM) Department here at Nottingham Business School (NBS) and Visiting Professor at WU, The Vienna University of Economics & Business in Austria, EU. Doug provides support to the line manager of the HRM Department by observing the teaching of HRM colleagues and in his leadership role as the academic HRM Department Research Co-ordinator (DRC). As DRC, Doug coordinates the individual pathways review process for over 45 academic HRM colleagues, advising and guiding them on all aspects of the research process, including: journal publications, funding applications, impact case production, doctoral supervisions and supranational policy influence. He represents the HRM department at the School-wide Research Strategy Group (RSG), where he undertakes monthly HRM research reporting to the Research Director and Associate Dean for Research on the Research Excellence Framework (REF) audits for 2021 and 2027.
Doug's teaching at NBS primarily involves HRM and Management topics, and those linked to building sustainable work to both undergraduate and postgraduate audiences. He has supervised over 150 Undergraduate, Masters, MBA, Executive MBA, DBA and PhD student theses to completion. Dr. Renwick has been a Fellow of Advance HE since 2007 and is a fully qualified teacher with over 25 years' experience. Doug attained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Distinction grade, and was nominated for the Inspirational Teacher Award at Sheffield Business School. He is module leader for the Business Research Project, which strategically seeks to identify Masters-level scholars suitable for further study at PhD and DBA level. Doug is a research mentor to several rising and aspiring Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in HRM and environmental sustainability, and has mentored three external colleagues to the key Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) 3 ranked publication level.
Doug shows research leadership in directing his own research agenda in green (ecological & environmental) HRM, a concept he coined with others in 2005, and in sustainable workforces in management (SWiM), a concept he coined in 2018. His most recent global green HRM research focuses on factors that drive forward staff voluntary green behaviours and those which support decent, green jobs. In the past he has published on the HRM hot topics of involving line managers in HRM, employee well-being, HRM in Brasil and expatriate management, which he continues to research. Dr. Renwick's research on the topics of HRM, line managers and green HRM has been published in over 25 esteemed double and triple-blind peer reviewed journal outlets. His key works are included in regular as well as special issues of the:
* Annals of Operations Research (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 4.854);
* British Journal of Management (ABDC - grade A, CABS 4 - 2021, Impact Factor 6.567, Ranked #60 out of 152 and #88 out of 226 on Journal Citation Reports for Business & Management);
* Career Development International (ABDC - grade B, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 3.792, Ranked #122 out of 226 on Journal Citation Reports for Management);
* Industrial Relations Journal (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021);
* International Journal of Management Reviews (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 13.419, Ranked #5 out of both 152 and 226 on Journal Citation Reports for Business & Management);
* Journal of Business Research (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 7.55, Ranked #29 out of 152 on Journal Citation Reports for Business);
* Journal of Cleaner Production (ABDC - grade A, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 9.297);
* Journal of Environmental Management (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 6.789);
* Journal of Intellectual Capital (ABDC - grade B, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 7.918, Ranked #30 out of 152 on Journal Citation Reports for Business);
* Journal of Knowledge Management (ABDC - grade A, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 8.182, Ranked #35 out of 226 on Journal Citation Reports for Management);
* Personnel Review (ABDC - grade A, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 3.434, Ranked #140 out of 226 on Journal Citation Reports for Management);
* The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 5.546, Ranked #87 out of 226 on Journal Citation Reports for Management).
Doug has won numerous honours, awards and prizes, including: best paper, top downloaded article (twice), citation of excellence, UK and Brazilian scholarships and recognition for one of the most downloaded HRM case studies with 8,596 downloads. His green HRM research is recognised as: a predominant focus for the top 20 most highly-cited authors in sustainable HRM, the leading conceptual foci in sustainable HRM, having the second highest number of Scopus documents in sustainable HRM and ranked number one in the 20 most highly-cited and overlapping documents with greatest influence in sustainable HRM (Source: Sustainability, 2019). His green HRM work is also viewed by The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC grade A & CABS 3) in 2020 as: number 4 of 11 clusters of research hotspots, an area of strong research interest that will matter to the HR community in the future, and one where his own research addresses the fundamental human challenge of climate change.
As of 17th January 2022, Dr. Renwick's:
* solo and lead-author articles on involving line managers in HRM have been read over 27,000 times on ResearchGate and on green HRM cited over 1,580 times on Google Scholar.
* lead-author articles on green HRM in: the International Journal of Management Reviews (ABDC grade A & CABS 3) has over 1,165 citations on Google Scholar and over 11,040 reads on ResearchGate; the International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC grade A & CABS 3) has over 2,000 reads on ResearchGate; and the University of Sheffield Management School White Paper Discussion Series has over 700 reads on ResearchGate.
* overall citation count is over 3,910 on Google Scholar, including six journal articles with over 100 citations each and works which include over 1,880 mentions on Academia.edu.
* solo-authored article on line managers and HRM has over 4,500 reads, solo-authored article on HR managers and employee well-being has over 6,000 reads and his edited (2020) book on green HRM has over 1,500 reads - all on ResearchGate.
* body of research work is one that others regularly interact with, as evidenced in over 563 reads per week, 41,891 full-text reads, and over 107,394 total reads on ResearchGate.
* research dissemination has global reach, as one of his LinkedIn posts has been viewed over 4,116 times and another over 6,583 times worldwide.
Doug has edited five journal collections, most recently on green HRM for The International Journal of Human Resource Management (2016) (ABDC grade A & CABS 3) and on workforce greening for the International Journal of Manpower (2020) (ABDC grade A & CABS 2). Dr. Renwick has written a research monograph on HR and line manager work relationships (2010) and edited a research volume on green HRM and sustainability with Routledge (2018) which was re-printed as a paperback in 2020. His most recent research volume on green HRM (2018 & 2020) was nominated by Routledge publishing for the best book award in the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) division at the highly prestigious USA-based Academy of Management (AOM) conference. An external, independent review of his book by Choudhary and Datta (2021) in the Australasian Journal of Management states that: "its contextual influences provide a new perspective... [as it] is a useful guidebook with a remarkable collection of green HRM practices and environmental management literature. It provides practical and insightful recommendations for managers". In his book's Foreword, Distinguished Professor of HRM Susan E. Jackson of Rutgers University, USA adds that it is a: "collection of cutting-edge green HRM scholarship... a stimulating edited volume...[and one where] Renwick provides specific suggestions concerning research questions worthy of attention". Doug continues to supervise PhD students researching green HRM, staff voluntary green behaviours, decent green jobs and sustainable work, and welcomes new, detailed, fully-formed PhD application proposals on these leading HRM themes. He shows inter-disciplinary expertise and supranational policy influence in being honoured to provide his expert opinion to the UK government as part of their response to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change & Land.
Leadership, Management and Administration
Dr. Renwick's leadership, management and administration activities have progressed on an upwards trajectory over time. Initially at The University of Strathclyde, Doug was Course Director of the Diploma in HRM (1996-1998) and Course Director of the Certificate in Personnel Programmes (1998-2000). Then at The University of Sheffield, he was a: Selector of Undergraduate Admissions for Management Degrees (2001-2003); Senior Selector of Undergraduate Admissions for Management Degrees (2003-2004); Dissertations Officer for the MSc. in HR Strategy (2001-2004); Course Director of the MSc. in HR Strategy (2004-2005); Acting Course Director of the MSc. in HRM (2007-2008); Local CIPD Branch Liaison Officer (2006-2010); Course Director of Dual Degrees in Management (2010-2013); and Programme Director of the MSc. in HRM (2015-2016).
As Course Director of the MSc. in HRM at The University of Sheffield (TUOS), Dr. Renwick led and maintained a new student income stream of over £350,000 which enabled research-led HRM teaching to flourish. Then as Dual Degrees Director, Doug led a larger student body and student income stream of over £750,000 and undertook more extensive duties, such as regularly liaising with thirteen other Faculty departments and inputting into the Faculty-wide review of all Dual Degree operations. At TUOS, he led key departmental processes, managed combined student income streams of over £1 million pounds, delivered over five years of senior academic leadership and showed line management skills by managing relevant professional service staff. At Sheffield Business School (SBS), Doug was briefly Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration programme (2017) and Research Leader of the HRM subject group (2016-2017). At SBS, he acted as research leader, mentor and line manager to three HRM scholars, advising and guiding them on their journal article, research funding and research impact submissions.
Most recently here at Nottingham, Dr. Renwick's leadership roles are as the HRM Departmental Research Co-ordinator (DRC) whom he represents at the School-level Research Strategy Group (detailed above), and as the HRM Department's School and University adviser on Research Ethics. Doug regularly contributes to Departmental, School and University administration by attending important meetings and events such as those of the HRM Department, Research Strategy Group, Ethics Committee, Exam Boards, and CIPD, AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB Accreditations. Dr. Renwick displays his leadership, management and administrative abilities in the posts above. In acquiring more influential roles, he has increased his knowledge and experience of, and ability to contribute to, University operations, management and governance.
Prior to entering academia, Doug gained industry experience at Motorola Limited (from 1992-1995). There, his work in Corporate Administration included managing the accounts of the Rank Organisation (films, cinemas, leisure & travel), Forte Group (hotels) and members the UK Royal Family, e.g. the late Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. Before joining Nottingham, Dr. Renwick was previously on the faculties of Sheffield Business School, The University of Sheffield (where he gained his PhD on inter-management work relationships) and The University of Strathclyde. He published his first journal article before he started his PhD in the Industrial Relations Journal (ABDC grade A & CABS 3) in 1998 with no changes required. He has since published eight journal articles, one book, five chapters and six case studies from his PhD - some 20 outputs in total.
* green HRM
* decent green jobs
* staff voluntary green behaviours
* sustainable workforce management
Dr. Renwick's external examinerships include the UK and Irish HRM professional body, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), where he was one of an elite group of academics CIPD invited to serve two terms as Assistant National Examiner for their HRM modules over one decade (1998-2008). More recently, he has been external examiner for HRM modules at the Business School connected to the select C9 (Ivy) League Xi'an Jiaotong University in China (2015-2018). Doug is regularly invited to present his research work inside and outside the UK, and has presented his solo-authored research at the academic bodies of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Academy of Management (AoM), British Academy of Management (BAM) and European Academy of Management (EURAM). Doug's consultancy engagements include the Johnston Press and Scottish Power. He has most recently been invited to present his research at the highly prestigious Academy of Management (AoM) conference: in Boston, USA (2019), and as a Symposium Chair in Vancouver, Canada (2020). He has been an ESRC grant reviewer (rapporteur), and an international assessor for academic staff promotions to the rank of Associate Professor for both Middlesex University, UK (2016) and the New York Institute of Technology, USA (2020).
Doug is an active ad-hoc referee invited to review for fourteen globally leading, well-ranked and reputable Australian Dean's List (ABDC) & Chartered Association of Business School (CABS) journals in HRM, Business & Management, including:
* Academy of Management Perspectives (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 7.846);
* Applied Psychology (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 2.808);
* British Journal of Management (ABDC - grade A, CABS 4 - 2021, Impact Factor 6.567);
* Career Development International (ABDC - grade B, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 3.792);
* Employee Relations (ABDC - grade B, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 2.248);
* European Management Review (ABDC - grade C, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 2.534);
* German Journal of HRM (ABDC - grade B, Impact Factor 1.367);
* Human Resource Management Journal (ABDC - grade A, CABS 4 - 2021, Impact Factor 5.039);
* Human Resource Management, USA, Wiley (ABDC - grade A*, CABS 4 - 2021, Impact Factor 5.078);
* International Journal of Management Reviews (ABDC - grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 13.419);
* Management Decision (ABDC - grade B, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 4.957);
* Personnel Review (ABDC - grade A, CABS 2 - 2021, Impact Factor 3.434); and
* The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC grade A, CABS 3 - 2021, Impact Factor 5.546);
Dr. Renwick has been Visiting Professor at WU, the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria for over five years, and is external academic advisor to the OB/HRM division at ISEG The Lisbon School of Economics & Management in Portugal, EU and a member of the Development Studies Association at University College London. Doug is also a member of the International Humanistic Management Association at the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, New York, USA, and a member of the Innovating for Sustainability Salon at Ivey Business School, Western University, in Ontario, Canada. He is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment (UK), the Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies (USA) and the Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics (Brasil). Dr. Renwick has been an Editorial Board Member of Employee Relations: The International Journal (ABDC grade B & CABS 2) for over seven years, of The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC grade A & CABS 3) for over five years, and is a new Editorial Board Member and HRM Section Editor for Sustainability Letters (Maastricht University, EU).
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"There is no alternative solution for the situation between the Palestinians and Israelis, other than the solution of establishing two states and we should do all that can be done to maintain this", Guterres said during a visit to Cairo, echoing statements by Palestinian officials on Wednesday.
They were the first top-level talks between a Trump administration official and the Palestinians. "The two-state solution is not something we just came up with".
"We hope that President Trump tells the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu 'enough of settlement and one-sided moves, ' and reaffirms the position of the past successive U.S. administration that the solution is represented in the two-state option".
Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith, reporting from West Jerusalem, told Al Jazeera that Netanyahu's right-wing coalition partners were hoping him to announce that he was abandoning a two-state solution during his visit to Washington.
PLO official Saeb Erekat told a press conference in his hometown of Jericho on Wednesday that he would like to hear from the U.S. administration directly rather than through media reports. Pompeo, who was nominated by Trump for the top intelligence position in November and confirmed last month, reportedly held talks with Abbas along with top officials intelligence chief Maj.
Palestinian officials said the only alternative would be a single democratic state for Jews, Christian and Muslims together - or an "apartheid" state that would be "a disaster and a tragedy for both Israelis and Palestinians".
On Tuesday, a senior White House official said that the administration of US President Donald Trump would no longer seek to dictate an eventual peace settlement by insisting on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. "I can live with either one", Trump said at a joint press conference with Netanyahu at the White House. "I'm looking at two-state and one-state, and I like the one that both parties like", he said. Israeli conservative hardliners have long argued that the internationally recognized borders between Israel and Palestine are no longer valid as Israel occupied and annexed swathes of land including East Jerusalem after a 1967 war with neighboring Arab countries. "It is an global consensus and decision after decades of Israel's rejection of the one-state democratic formula", Zomlot told Reuters in Jerusalem by telephone from the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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In that scenario, Trump receives just 35 percent, while the Democrat receives 43 percent, with 23 percent of people undecided. Meanwhile, 25 percent of voters said Obama has been America's worst president, even as 20 percent said he was the best.
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Cemeteries and Headstones in Millcreek Townshop, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Royer's Meeting House Cemetery, Millcreek Townshop, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Bollinger, Aaron & Catharine
Aaron Bollinger - Born Aug. 1, 1846 - Died July 3, 1901 - Aged 54Y 11M 2D -- Catharine Bollinger - Oct. 22, 1851 - Feb. 1, 1941 Aaron R Bollinger (d. 03 Jul 1901)
Catharine Hostetter (d. 01 Feb 1941)
Bollinger, Jacob & Catharine (Eberly)
In memory of Jacob Bollinger - Born May 5, 1796 - Died Oct. 28, 1876 - Aged 80Y 5M 18D == Catharine Bollinger born Eberly - Born Feb. 20, 1800 - Died Aug. 26, 1880 - Aged 80yrs 6mo 6days Jacob Bollinger (d. 28 Oct 1876)
Catharine Eberly (d. 26 Aug 1880)
Bollinger, Jonas
Hier ruhet Jonas Bollinger - Sohn von Jacob u Catharine Bollinger - Er wurde geboren den 30ten August 1823 und starb de 7ten December 1855 - Brachte sein leben auf 32 Jahr 3 Mona u 7 Tage Jonas Bollinger (d. 07 Dec 1855)
Jonas Bollinger - 25 Dec 1886 - May 19, 1916 - Aged 19Y 4M 24D Jonas Bollinger (d. 19 May 1916)
Bollinger, Mary & Lizzie
Mary Bollinger - June 12, 1881 - Nov. 29, 1959 - Aged 78Y 5M 17D -- Lizzie Bollinger - Jan 25, 1880 - Dec. 21, 1955 - Aged 75T 10M 26D Lizzie Bollinger (d. 21 Dec 1955)
Mary Bollinger (d. 29 Nov 1959)
Brecht, Mary (Hoover) and Ella A.
Mary Brecht nee Hoover - Born May 29, 1841 - Died Mar. 4, 1889 - Aged 47Y 9M 15D == Ella A. Brecht - Born Nov. 1, 1874 - Died Mar. 5, 1892 - Aged 17Y 4M 4D
Brendel, Levi
Levi Brendel - Born Oct. 5, 1829 - Died Jan. 3, 1896 - Aged 66yes 2m 28days Levi D Brendel (d. 03 Jan 1896)
Brendel, Rebecca (Potteiger)
Rebecca - Wife of Levi Brendel nee Potteiger - Born Oct. 23, 1832 - Died April 1, 1896 - Aged 63Yrs 5M 8Days Rebecca Potteiger (d. 01 Apr 1896)
Brendle, Mary
Mary Brendle - Feb. 6, 1862 - Feb. 2, 1914 - Aged 51Y 11M 26D Mary Rebecca Brendel (d. 02 Feb 1914)
Clemmer, Hellena
Hellena - Wife of Jesse Clemmer - Died Dec. 13, 1876 - In the 41 yr of her age
Clemmer, Revere
Revere - Son of Jesse Clemmer - Died June 28, 1878 - In the 19 yr of his age
Dubble, Beulah E. (Dechart)
Mother Beulah E. Dubble nee Dechart - Sept. 5, 1893 - Feb. 18, 1920
Eberly, Samuel
Hier ruhet Samuel Eberly - Sohn von Johann Eberly und seiner ehe frau geborne ... - Geboren dec 26 November 1828 - Starb den 6 September 1833 - Alt 4 Jahre 8 Monate 6 Tag
Firestine, Henry W. & Emma L.
F == Henry W. Firestine - July 10, 1850 - Jan. 15, 1920 == Emma L. Firestine - Jan. 6, 1850 - Oct. 9, 1935 Emma Louise Bischoff (d. 09 Oct 1935)
Henry W Firestine (d. 15 Jan 1920)
Fisher, John C. & Elizabeth (Zug)
Father John C. Fisher - Born July 24, 1845 - Died Jan. 11, 1916 - Aged 70Y 5M 17D == Mother Elizabeth Zug - Wife of J.C. Fisher - Born July 28, 1842 - Died Feb. 10, 1906 - Aged 63Y 6M 22D John C Fisher (d. 11 Jan 1916)
Elizabeth Zug (d. 10 Feb 1906)
Gibble, Cora (Leffler)
Cora L. Leffler - Wife of Ammon Gibble - Oct. 14, 1878 - June 12, 1916 - Aged 37Y 7M 28D Cora Leffler (d. 12 Jun 1916)
Horning, Elizabeth D.
Elizabeth D. Horning - 1842-1916
Hostetter, John & Sarah(Gockley)
Sarah Hostetter - Wife of John Hostetter - Born Gockley - Born Oct. 19, 1821 - Died Aug. 21, 1891 - Aged 69yrs 10mo 2days == John Hostetter - Born Nov. 30, 1821 - Died Mar. 23, 1907 - Aged 85yrs 3mo 3days Sarah Gockley (d. 21 Aug 1891)
John Hostetter (d. 03 Mar 1907)
Hostetter, Samuel C. & Clementina H (Royer)
Father Samuel C. Hostetter - Nov. 15, 1854 - Dec. 1, 1922 - Aged 68Y 17D == Mother Clementina H. Hostetter nee Royer - Born Oct. 23, 1850 - Died Apr. 22, 1923 - Aged 72Y 5M 29D Samuel C Hostetter (d. 01 Dec 1922)
Clementina H Royer (d. 22 Apr 1923)
Jungst, Maria (Bollinger)
Hier ruhet Maria Bollinger - Ehegattin von Michael Jungst - Geboren 22 May 1814 - Starb 13 Sept 1872 - Alter 58 Jahre 3 Mon 21 Ta


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Please donate to my just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/HOR/
All proceeds go "Refuge". A UK based domestic violence charity.
This page will be called " Jenny Allen's Voice" as I am lending my voice to the women who are unable to speak for themselves.
Lending your voice to those who are unable to speak up is so important. We can use our voice to profit ourselves, in fact we do it everyday but I would like to encourage you to lend your voice to causes that need it.
DV does not respect social class, colour, culture, socioeconomic status and even gender. DV against men by women is coming to light at an alarming rate but the majority of cases are against women.
Women's Aid (Womansaid.org) uses the Home Office definition of domestic violence which is:
"Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. This can encompass but is not limited to the following types of abuse:
• psychological
• physical
• sexual
• emotional
Controlling behaviour is: a range of acts designed to make a person subordinate and/or dependent by isolating them from sources of support, exploiting their resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape and regulating their everyday behaviour.
Coercive behaviour is: an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim."*) uses the Home Office definition of domestic violence which is:
In the UK domestic violence accounts for between 16% and one-quarter of all recorded violent crime. In anyone year there are 13 million separate incidents of physical violence or threats against women from partners or former partners. (www.womansaid.org accessed 25.08.2015).
Please go to the resources below for more information
For the UK ~ http://www.womensaid.org.uk/
For the US ~ http://www.ncadv.org/
http://www.focusministries1.org/pastorstools.asp
http://www.hiddenhurt.co.uk/religion_and_domestic_violence.html
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/resources/articles/Role-of-Churches.pdf