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Irreverent articles about contemporary Australian society, popular culture, the creative economy and the digital and online world – life in the trenches and on the beaches of the information age
Real jobs in an unreal world
'Subsidised jobs in the area of arts and culture and land care are real jobs, with real career paths and they deliver genuine skills and employment capability. Case studies and anecdotal evidence show that involvement in arts and cultural activity – by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities – often has powerful flow on social and economic effects.'
How do you make a positive and lasting difference to the chronic issue of Indigenous disadvantage – the fact that on almost every important measure Aboriginal Australians are worse off than every other Australian? For a long time the view has been that ultimately it's all about jobs – without ongoing jobs, so the argument goes, there will never be an improvement.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
We are fast approaching the most serious test of the Government's commitment to make a real difference in the area of Indigenous employment and to show the imagination and flexibility to actually make it work. The government's review into indigenous training and employment programs, chaired by Andrew Forrest, is expected to report to the Prime Minister on its findings in the near future.
Indigenous art centre in Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, that spans the whole gamut of new media and film, painting and print-making and crafts.
Yesterday Bruce Martin, one of the 12 members of Prime Minister Abbott's Indigenous Advisory Council, called for a doubling of the number of indigenous rangers working to protect almost 50 million hectares of land across the continent. He said the program was a 'pivotal' source of employment in remote areas and should be expanded.
He said the language sometimes used to describe the ranger jobs was inaccurate. 'When people talk about ranger jobs being "pretend", I think that does an injustice to the work that's being done,' he said. 'Everyone puts a lot of weight in jobs in the mining sector in regional areas, but the fact of the matter is the mining sector employs a quarter of what the health sector employs. 'The ranger jobs have been absolutely critical.' He said they got people in areas of little employment out on country and enabled them to fulfil their cultural obligations at the same time.
Arts and cultural jobs
Exactly the same situation exists with jobs in Indigenous arts and cultural organisations. Just like the rangers, these jobs are subsidised by Commonwealth government programs, like the suite of Indigenous cultural programs and related Indigenous jobs programs managed by the Attorney-General's Department.
Like so many areas where government and communities collide, the views about jobs can seem narrow and lacking imagination and flexibility. The latest thinking seems to be that when we talk about Indigenous jobs we mean jobs in the the private sector, in mining or real estate or primary production.
Yet many of these types of jobs also receive their own direct and indirect subsidies. Publically-funded infrastructure, such as roads and railways and ports, for example, benefits them immensely. The legal and financial framework provided by government that enables them to operate at all in order to generate wealth is critical.
Subsidised jobs in the area of arts and culture and land care are real jobs, with real career paths and they deliver genuine skills and employment capability. Case studies and anecdotal evidence show that involvement in arts and cultural activity – by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities – often has powerful flow on social and economic effects. By building self-esteem and generating a sense of achievement; developing a stronger sense of community; increasing skills and capabilities through involvement in engaging activities relevant to modern jobs and thereby increasing employability; and by helping to generate income streams however small, cultural activity can have profound long-term effects.
It may involve some paid jobs, it may be more likely to involve income going to artists even if it doesn't involve jobs as we traditionally think of them. What it does mean is income streams generated by communities themselves, even if the underlying mini-infrastructure of a centre and a manager is subsidised.
This can be seen on a daily basis in the network of Indigenous arts centres across Australia, particularly in remote areas. The income generated by art sales may be the only source of independent income in the community apart from government benefits and the centres are also likely to be the social and cultural hub for the whole community. It's also true of the complementary network of community-based Indigenous language centres and the cultural centres operating across the country.
Creative industries – mining a new seam of value
An important aspect of many of these jobs is that they are in the crucial new and growing industry sector of the creative industries. For a long time this has been relatively under-recognised in the minds of politicians, who seem obsessed with declining industries of the 19th and 20th centuries, but this has been changing.
What is important here is that one of the most valuable assets possessed by Indigenous communities is their culture. This culture, and the intellectual property that translates it into a form that can generate income in a contemporary economy, is pivotal to these under-recognised jobs. They may not be in mining but they mine a far richer seam – authentic and rich content that has already been recognised internationally for its high value, just like our iron and coal.
Unfortunately if the jobs concerned are government-subsidised ones, the argument runs, then they are not sustainable and ultimately do not contribute to any long-term solution. Yet if we look beyond Indigenous communities, there are plenty of jobs in the cultural sector that are partially or even wholly government-subsidised. No-one has (yet) suggested that the many jobs in the non-Indigenous cultural sector, in libraries, museums, galleries and arts and cultural centres, should only exist if they are totally self-supporting. Jobs in these organisation have always been and will always have to be subsidised. If not the private sector would long ago have muscled in to turn a buck.
Why are arts and cultural jobs in Indigenous communities any different? If a contribution by government leads to worthwhile jobs that have career paths and useful skills and make a genuine contribution to Australia, is that a better use of government funding than out and out welfare, so-called sit down money?
The question is: are these roles valued enough by the Australian community that they are worth supporting by government?
As Peter Shergold has accurately pointed out, government support for community organisations is a way of delivering services that the government is required to provide far more cheaply than it can ever be delivered by government.
Community organisations leverage the core government funding they receive to enable them to run on a daily basis to attract a wider pool of financial and other support. This is often extremely diverse, from private businesses, philanthropic bodies and individuals. The value of the unpaid volunteer contribution alone to these organisations can be substantial.
If the Forrest review and the government response fails to demonstrate the flexibility to recognise that jobs, such as the arts and cultural (and ranger) positions, while subsidised, are a critical element in the mix of measures needed to address the issue of Indigenous employment, then they will have failed. In the end, the proof of the pudding is always in the eating.
An everyday life worth living – indefinite articles for a clean, clever and creative future
'My blog "indefinite article" is irreverent writing about contemporary Australian society, popular culture, the creative economy and the digital and online world – life in the trenches and on the beaches of the information age. Over the last ten years I have published 166 articles about creativity and culture on the blog. This is a list of all the articles I have published there, broken down into categories, with a brief summary of each article. They range from the national cultural landscape to popular culture, from artists and arts organisations to cultural institutions, cultural policy and arts funding, the cultural economy and creative industries, First Nations culture, cultural diversity, cities and regions, Australia society, government, Canberra and international issues – the whole range of contemporary Australian creativity and culture', An everyday life worth living – indefinite articles for a clean, clever and creative future.
Always was, always will be – a welcome long view in NAIDOC week
'Being involved with Australian culture means being involved in one way or another with First Nations arts, culture and languages – it's such a central and dynamic part of the cultural landscape. First Nations culture has significance for First Nations communities, but it also has powerful implications for Australian culture generally. NAIDOC Week is a central part of that cultural landscape', Always was, always will be – a welcome long view in NAIDOC week.
After a fashion – creative industries from First Nations culture
'When I first heard that Victorian regional gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, was planning an exhibition about contemporary Indigenous fashion I was impressed. The Gallery has had a long history of fashion exhibitions, drawing on its own collection and in partnership with other institutions, notably the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It is fascinating to consider how a leading regional Australian museum and an internationally renowned museum on the global stage, while in many ways so different, have so much in common. The exhibition is far more than a single event in a Victorian regional centre – it is an expression of a much broader contemporary Indigenous fashion phenomenon nation-wide. It hints at the potential of the creative economy and creative industries to build stronger communities. Both the economic importance and the community and social importance of creativity and culture are tightly interlinked because of the way in which creativity and culture are integral to everyday life and the essential activities that make it up', After a fashion – creative industries from First Nations culture.
Creativity at work – economic engine for our cities
'It is becoming abundantly clear that in our contemporary world two critical things will help shape the way we make a living – and our economy overall. The first is the central role of cities in generating wealth. The second is the knowledge economy of the future and, more particularly, the creative industries that sit at its heart. In Sydney, Australia's largest city, both of these come together in a scattering of evolving creative clusters – concentrations of creative individuals and small businesses, clumped together in geographic proximity. This development is part of a national and world-wide trend which has profound implications', Creativity at work – economic engine for our cities.
Growing up across many worlds – the daily life of 'In My Blood it Runs'
'An important new film about Dujuan, a young Aboriginal boy living in Alice Springs in the centre of Australia, is both engaging and challenging, raising major issues about growing up Aboriginal in modern Australia. 'In my blood it runs' is a film for our troubled times, that tackles the challenges of a culturally divided country, but also finds the hope that this cultural diversity can offer us all for our overlapping futures', Growing up across many worlds – the daily life of 'In My Blood it Runs'.
The Magna Carta – still a work in progress
'You don't have to be part of 'Indigenous affairs' in Australia to find yourself involved. You can't even begin to think of being part of support for Australian arts and culture without encountering and interacting with Indigenous culture and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and individuals who make it and live it.' The Magna Carta – still a work in progress.
The hidden universe of Australia's own languages
'I've travelled around much of Australia, by foot, by plane, by train and by bus, but mostly by car. As I travelled across all those kilometres and many decades, I never realised that, without ever knowing, I would be silently crossing from one country into another, while underneath the surface of the landscape flashing past, languages were changing like the colour and shape of the grasses or the trees. The parallel universe of Indigenous languages is unfortunately an unexpected world little-known to most Australians.' The hidden universe of Australia's own languages.
Black diggers - telling war stories
'If you are convinced you have heard all of Australia's great stories, think again. If you consider you know something about Indigenous Australia you probably need to start from scratch. 'Black Diggers', 'the untold story of WW1's black diggers remembered' is a great Australian story. Why over a thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians left their communities in remote Australia or our regional cities or the big state capitals to travel overseas to fight and die in the European trenches far from home is part of a larger Australian story. Why they would bother when they were not even recognised as Australian citizens in their own land is a story all their own – but a story relevant to every Australian', Black diggers - telling war stories.
See also the series of articles about the impact of the Budget on arts and culture
Support for small scale arts and culture
'Budget cuts only to uncommitted funding sound benign but will end programs by letting them peter out over several years.' After the Budget: Government support for small scale arts and culture – here today, gone tomorrow.
Long term effect of broader Budget cuts far more damaging
'Wider budget cuts combined over years will have a compounding effect on arts and culture far more damaging than anything immediate.' After the Budget: the future landscape for Australian arts and culture.
Selective drive-by shooting
'The Budget was a selective drive-by shooting with easy targets including small arts. Entitlement continues for others.' After the Budget: a selective drive-by shooting.
Things could be worse
'The problem is not just the level of arts cuts, which may well be lower than in many other areas. It's the nature of the cuts.' After the Budget: things could be worse.
Labels: creative industries, First Nations culture, Intellectual property
Art for arts sake, art for society's sake or arts as entertainment - value and spectacle
The value of culture has always been viewed through the lens of economic or social benefit. If it doesn't produce some secondary benefits it has been seen as of lesser importance – a diversion or mere entertainment, with a focus on spectators and spectacle.
I wrote the first version of this article about four years ago after four years working in the Commonwealth's Indigenous cultural programs. Because I was working in the Commonwealth public service and it commented on policy issues in the area I was directly involved with, I didn't publish it.
Rereading it four years on, in a very different environment, is strangely fascinating. It raises issues about value and impact that coincidentally are related to concerns that have more recently been expressed by the current Minister about focusing on the broader outcomes of arts and culture at the expense of its 'intrinsic' value.
Dancers at Garma Festival, East Arnhem Land, 2008
In this he is not necessarily reflecting a unanimous view because it's clear that in its day to day activity, particularly in the area of Indigenous Affairs, the current Government still has a focus on broader social and economic outcomes, just as it did in the Howard era with the 'Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage' agenda.
Labels: cultural policy, First Nations culture, social and economic impact of culture
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Stephen Cassidy is a researcher and writer who has worked across the Australian cultural sector for 40 years. This has spanned policy, programs and research in government, museums, publishing, community arts and radio in four states and territories at national, state and local level. It has encompassed creative industries – including music and literature – intangible cultural heritage and Indigenous culture and languages. He was Director of the National Cultural Policy Task Force, wrote the proposal that initiated the Digital Content Industry Action Agenda, drafted the Indigenous Contemporary Music Action Plan and played an instrumental role in the adoption of Australia's first National Indigenous Languages Policy. He has been a Community Arts Officer in local government, ACTU Arts Officer, Development Manager at community radio 2SER-FM and Membership Manager for the Powerhouse Museum. His writing has appeared in a range of publications, been recognised in various literary awards and competitions and included in several exhibitions. He is an Adjunct with the University of Canberra and has previously been on the Board of Craft ACT and a member of ACT arts forum, the Childers Group.
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Cut to the bone – the accelerating decline of our major cultural institutions and its impact on Australia's national heritage and economy
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Changing the landscape of the future – a new focus on cultural rights
The arts and culture sector has spent far too many years pressing the case for why Australian culture is crucial to Australia's future witho...
The hidden universe of Australia's own languages
I've travelled around much of Australia, by foot, by plane, by train and by bus, but mostly by car. As I travelled across all those kilometr...
History all around us – the long term practical impact of cultural research
Cultural research has long term impacts in terms of our developing body of knowledge which stretch far into the future. Researchers are find...
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With arts and cultural support increasingly under pressure, arts and cultural organisations and artists are trying to find ways in their own...
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While the current bushfires raging across much of Australia are unprecedented in their scale and severity, they are a reminder of how people...
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What does it mean to be the Louis Kirstein Professor?
I have to do a dissertation on William Jay Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence, so I was looking for information, but I found a term of which I don't know the meaning. The complete sentence is:
Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School.
What does it mean to be the Louis Kirstein Professor? Is it some sort of a term used in English to refer to some kind of statute for a teacher or something?
I've tried to find the meaning of this term and I have not found it anywhere.
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This is an honorary title. Many universities have such titles named after faculty members (usually) who contributed importantly to the university, their field of study, or were important humanitarians somehow associated with the university. – A.Ellett May 25 '15 at 2:37
In addition to @A.Ellett's explanation, it is often that someone makes a bequest in their will or a trust fund to support the salary of a professorship. So in this example (I don't know if this is true or not), Louis Kirstein gave some money to the department, and it was used to support Prof. Lorsch. He is a professor of Human relations, or more grandiosely called the Louis Kirstein professor of Human Relations (giving Kirstein credit for supporting the fellowship). – Mitch May 26 '15 at 0:42
The "Louis Kirstein Professorship" (or Louis Kirstein Chair) is an academic position founded or sponsored by, or in the name of, Louis Kirstein. Kirstein was probably a distinguished academic in the field, or he may have been a rich philanthropist. In any case the holder of the position is called the "Louis Kirstein Professor". Holding a named professorship usually means you are an extremely distinguished academic.
Note that this is an answer for named professorships in general. I haven't looked up the details of the actual Louis Kirstein Chair.
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Specifically, Louis Kirsten was co-founder and president of the prominent Filene's department store chain and a well-known figure in Boston-area philanthropy, especially for Jewish causes. The naming of a professorship (or deanship) at many institutions signifies that it is an endowed position; the position being free from budgetary concerns, it is thus particularly attractive and competitive to attain. – choster May 25 '15 at 3:32
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Sotheby's Auction House: (RED) Charity to Auction off Jonathan Ive & Marc Newson Desk & Leica Camera
Posted Monday, Oct 21, 2013
The Sotheby's Auction is to be held on the 23rd of November
A variety of products designed by Apples Senior Vice President, Jonathan Ive, and Australian designer, Marc Newson, are to be auctioned off by the (RED) charity on the 23rd of November at Sothebys in New York City. The most popular and highly anticipated item is undoubtedly a blade-like aluminium desk, known as the (RED) Desk, which for a one-time production is going to be offered on this forthcoming day in history.
With 185 interlocking cells that create quite the miraculous pattern, the legs were even machined from solid pieces of aluminium by a company in California known as Neal Feay Studio. On the desk itself, there is also an inscription of authentication stating, Designed by Jony Ive & Marc Newson for (RED) 2013 edition 01/01.
This day for Sothebys will see all proceeds benefit the (RED) charity and supports their strong efforts to win the fight against malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS. Thus far since 2006, Apple Inc. alone has helped raise upwards of $65 Million for the (RED) charity.
In addition to the (RED) Desk, among the other more notable products available at auction will be a Leica Camera made by these same very gentleman. Jonathan Ive, ever-so proud about the final result of this masterpiece, came forward to report that, "Leica represents the confluence of precision engineering, world-class lens technology and design principles which elevate both function and form. Designing this very special camera for the (RED) Auction has been a privilege for myself and Marc, and its sale on 23 November will generate funds so critical to the fight to end AIDS." Mr. Newson, then was reached for comment and stated, "With nearly 1000 prototype parts and more than 725 hours of manufacturing time, the winning bidder will own a piece of exquisite imaging history. The attention to each and every detail of this camera from its outer shell to the magnificent optics will delight a collector who appreciates the absolute pinnacle of craftsmanship."
It goes without saying that the 23rd of November at Sothebys in New York City will be quite the occasion. From these items to even a pair of solid gold Apple earbud headphones, it is with great enthusiasm that we at Gibson Sothebys International Realty can be affiliated with such a forward-thinking brand like Sothebys who always hold such events with the only goal being to benefit a valued charity and help those in need.
More Information: De Zeen, MacRumors, De Zeen (Regarding Leica Camera)
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VALENCIA, CALIF – U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group, a leading operator of occupational health care centers in the nation, today announced the acquisition of five of the six Medero Medical centers in Florida. This acquisition increases the footprint of U.S. HealthWorks to 11 medical centers in the state of Florida and 123 nationwide.
The medical centers located in Orlando, Tampa, and Leesburg are dedicated occupational medicine facilities focused on providing injury and illness diagnosis and treatment, preventive services, pre-placement and post-offer exams and testing, and return-to-work programs. (The Medero Medical Center in Ocala remains independently owned and was not acquired by U.S. HealthWorks.) Terms of the transaction, completed May 1, 2009, were not disclosed.
Based in Valencia, California, U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group was founded in 1995 and is the largest operator of occupational health care centers in the state of California. With 123 centers in 13 states and 2,000 employees – including approximately 350 affiliated physicians – U.S. HealthWorks centers serves thousands of patients each day throughout the country. U.S. HealthWorks centers help employers control work-related injury costs through quality medical care and effective management of claims and lost work time. They specialize in early return-to-work programs, injury prevention and wellness programs.


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Why are estimates for Britons in the EU shrinking?
Oliver Rowland
Fri 13 Jul 2018 12h51
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Estimated numbers of Britons in the other countries of the EU seem to be shrinking, Connexion notes
In the UK's new white paper on the future UK/EU relationship reference is made to '3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK and approximately 800,000 UK nationals [who] play an equally important role in communities across the EU'.
Previously a figure of around 1.2 million Britons in the EU has been widely used in the Brexit debate and is still used, for example by the BBC, British in Europe campaigners and quoted by bodies like independent UK think tank Migration Watch and 'The UK in a Changing Europe' project based at King's College London (which say it is based on figures from the UN).
Even higher figures have sometimes been bandied about in the past, with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office saying in answer to a parliamentary question in 2014 that there were estimated to be 2,197,800 Britons living abroad in other EU member states (not including Croatia, which joined in 2013).
Meanwhile Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said in the run-up to 2016's EU referendum that there were "nearly three-quarters of a million British people living in Spain and over two million living in other parts of Europe".
The trend for lower figures seems to have started last year when the UK government's Office of National Statistics (ONS) said that while the UN estimate had previously been widely used up to now, its own latest estimate based on European census data was 'around 900,000' long-term residents.
In January this year the Department for Exiting the European Union then stated that an agreement had been reached for the '3 million EU citizens living in the UK and the 1 million UK citizens living in the 27 member states'.
This now appears to have dropped to 800,000 in the white paper on the future relationship…
How many Britons live in France?
Estimates for Britons in France seem similarly variable…
Back in 2010 when Connexion interviewed the then British ambassador to France, Sir Peter Westmacott, he said: "We don't have precise figures. We're part of the same single market and people don't have to register at consulates, though we encourage them to. The working figure is about 400,000-500,000 residents."
However one of his successors, Sir Julian King, said in 2016 that there were "upwards of 200,000 expats in France", speaking in support of an Electoral Commission campaign to encourage people to register to vote.
The ONS came up with 157,000 in its study last year.
Meanwhile The UK in a Changing Europe quotes a UN estimate of 185,000 Britons in France and France's statistics body Insee gave a figure of 150,000 in a 2015 estimate. However Insee told Connexion their figure is based on census data and that in censuses people are only asked to give one nationality - likely to mean many of those with double nationality are only reported as French (the same would apply to the data being used by the UK's ONS).
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You've probably heard of HTTP before, right? It's the basic coding protocol that virtually all sites on the Internet use today. It controls the connections between your site's server and the final product that displays on your user's browsers and screens.
Basically, it's the backbone of any web presence.
But HTTP was created in 1999 – back when Clinton was president, boy bands were still in, and we didn't even have Facebook. Makes it seem pretty antiquated, doesn't it?
Well, a new version of HTTP has finally been released, and it's poised to make some very serious changes to the online landscape.
HTTP/2 comes with a number of very advantageous changes. The first, and probably the biggest one, is that it will speed up page loading times.
Because HTTP/1.1 uses multiple connections and requests to download a page (and page sizes have increased over time), it slows down servers and bogs down page loading times. HTTP/2, on the other hand, is able to transport these same sites over a single, stronger connection, thus increasing loading speed exponentially.
Server push technologies, which enable websites to push cached content out to users without waiting on the browser's response. This also helps ensure your cache is updated in more often, in case of emergency.
Though it may take some time for the web to completely fall in line with HTTP/2, there's one thing for certain: things are going to change – and for the better.
Aside from the obvious advantages (faster loading times), HTTP/2 also offers your website – and your customers – a ton of long-term benefits. These can improve your site's performance, increase your leads and sales, improve customer satisfaction and much, much more.
Usability – First off, HTTP/2 will make websites infinitely easier to use. Visitors will no longer have to waste valuable time waiting on headers to load, pages to show up, or links, buttons and forms to work. These will be faster, simpler and more seamless.
Mobile friendliness – HTTP/2 will also help the web be more mobile and tablet friendly. Bulky headers and data-filled pages have long been a hurdle for websites, causing them to load extremely slowing – and often improperly – on phones, tables and other alternate devices.
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EU blasts Belarus for 'hijack' of airliner and arrest of activist
Leaders to discuss possible sanctions at summit on Monday.
Ryanair flight FR4978 at Minsk airport on May 23, 2021 | AFP via Getty Images
By Simon Van Dorpe
May 23, 2021 4:35 pm CET
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European leaders expressed outrage after Belarus on Sunday forced a Ryanair flight between two EU capitals to land in Minsk and arrested an anti-government activist on board.
EU leaders will discuss the case at a summit Monday, European Council President Charles Michel said in a statement, adding: "The incident will not remain without consequences." His spokesman said "possible sanctions" would be on the table.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen branded the Belarusian operation that diverted the flight en route from Athens to Vilnius a "hijacking."
"The outrageous and illegal behaviour of the regime in Belarus will have consequences," she tweeted on Sunday night, demanding the immediate release of activist and journalist Roman Protasevich.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the incident was "an unprecedented act of state terrorism" that could not go unpunished; the airliner is registered in Poland.
A senior EU official said heads of state and government would contemplate an array of potential punitive measures against Alexander Lukashenko and his government in addition to levying additional sanctions and calling for an investigation by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Such steps could include banning Belavia, the state-owned Belarusian national airline, from landing in EU airports; suspending all flights of EU airlines through Belarusian airspace; and suspending all transit, including ground transit from Belarus into the EU, the senior official said. Some EU airlines on Monday were already avoiding flying over Belarus.
Exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said on Twitter that Protasevich faces the death penalty. She demanded his immediate release, as well as a United Nations investigation and sanctions against the government of Lukashenko.
Belarus' official Belta news agency reported that a plane had been diverted, but did not mention an arrest. It did, however, report that the order for the plane to land was given by Lukashenko.
While boarding the plane in Athens, Protasevich noticed he was being photographed by "dodgy-looking people," wrote Tadeusz Giczan, editor-in-chief of Protasevich's employer Nexta, a news channel on the Telegram app that late last year was ruled "extremist" by a Belarusian court.
Giczan said those taking the photographs were agents from Belarus' intelligence agency and that when the plane entered Belarusian airspace, the security operatives "initiated a fight with the Ryanair crew," insisted there was an explosive device on board and forced the crew to send a distress signal.
Giczan added that a fighter jet then escorted the plane to Minsk airport, where security services boarded the plane and arrested Protasevich — who left the country in 2019 to work for Nexta. The Belarus defense ministry said the decision to send the jet was taken "after the commander of this civilian vessel made a decision to land at an alternate airfield."
The Ryanair plane was closer to Vilnius than to Minsk before being diverted.
Ryanair CEO Michal O'Leary told POLITICO that the forced landing was "a state-sponsored hijacking," blaming the KGB, the Belarusian security services that still use the Soviet-era name.
"It was clear that the intent of the Belarusian authorities was to remove a journalist and his traveling companion. We believe some KGB agents were offloaded from the aircraft as well," he said.
In a statement, Ryanair said the flight crew were notified by air traffic control in Belarus "of a potential security threat on board and were instructed to divert to the nearest airport, Minsk."
"Nothing untoward was found and authorities cleared the aircraft to depart together with passengers and crew after approx. 5hrs on the ground."
Pavel Latushko, a Belarusian opposition leader, tweeted that two Belarusian citizens and four Russians were not aboard the plane when it took off again.
A spokesman for the Lithuanian government said the Ryanair plane landed in Vilnius at around 10 p.m. local time.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauséda told reporters at the European Council on Monday that 123 people were on board the plane. (The Lithuanian government had previously given different figures but revised these on Monday.)
Protasevich and his girlfriend, a Russian national who studied at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, were among the passengers not arriving in the Lithuanian capital, the Lithuanian government spokesperson said.
On Monday, Belarus' foreign ministry insisted that the country had acted correctly to deal with a threat to the airplane. "We are sorry that the passengers of the flight faced certain inconveniences. But the aviation safety rules are an absolute priority, everywhere and for everyone," it said, adding that the Western response was "astonishing" and that, "The situation is deliberately politicized, with unsupported accusations and name-calling."
International criticism
There was swift condemnation of the Belarusian action.
Morawiecki was one of several EU leaders to say that he had asked for a discussion on sanctions against Belarus at the EU summit.
The bloc has already brought three sets of sanctions in the wake of the August 2020 presidential election, which was officially won by Lukashenko with 80 percent of the vote. The outcome was widely condemned as fraudulent and it sparked huge protests across Belarus that led to a fierce crackdown by forces loyal to Lukashenko, with thousands arrested and at least four killed.
Michel, who will chair the EU summit, said he condemned the action "in the strongest possible terms," and called on Belarusian authorities "to immediately release the detained passenger and to fully guarantee his rights."
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda described it as an "unprecedented event" and said the Belarusian "regime is behind the abhorrent action."
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told RTÉ on Monday that the incident was "aviation piracy, state-sponsored. An Irish airline, a plane that's registered in Poland, full of EU nationals, traveling between two EU capitals, flying through Belarusian airspace." He added: "The EU has to give a very clear response to it, otherwise we're giving all the wrong signals."
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement: "The United States strongly condemns the forced diversion of a flight between two EU member states and the subsequent removal and arrest of journalist Raman Pratasevich in Minsk." He added: "We demand his immediate release."
"This shocking act," Blinken said, "perpetrated by the [Lukashenko] regime endangered the lives of more than 120 passengers, including U.S. citizens. Initial reports suggesting the involvement of the Belarusian security services and the use of Belarusian military aircraft to escort the plane are deeply concerning and require full investigation."
The Greek foreign ministry released a statement calling the forced landing "state hijacking" that "has put in danger the lives of all the passengers on board."
"The forced landing of a commercial plane to detain a journalist is an unprecedented, shocking act," Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis posted on Twitter. "Tomorrow's EUCO [European Council] must address the need to step up pressure on Belarus. Enough is enough."
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement: "The diversion by Belarusian authorities of a Ryanair flight is unacceptable. A firm and united response by Europeans is indispensable. All passengers of this flight, including potential Belarusian opposition figures, have to be allowed to leave Belarus without delay."
Former European Council President Donald Tusk said on Twitter that Lukashenko "has become a threat not only to his own citizens but also to international security. His act of state terrorism demands an immediate and tough reaction of all European governments and institutions."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a Facebook post that she was "shocked" by the Western response to the forced landing, calling out past incidents where aircraft had been diverted.
Nikolai Kalashnikov, the head of the Russian Duma committee on post-Soviet affairs, defended Belarus in a comment Monday to the Ria news agency: "This is an independent state. If they see a threat to their security, then they are obliged to fight this threat."
David M. Herszenhorn, Nektaria Stamouli, Rym Momtaz and Shawn Pogatchnik contributed reporting.
This article has been updated with comment from Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary and from Belarus and Russia.
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We're gearing up for the holidays at the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market! The new vendors signing on for the holiday season are the perfect addition to our favorite regulars. Last weekend we welcomed groups of visitors from Denmark and Ireland—and they found incredible bargains on jackets, shoes, and all sorts of collectibles including political buttons and posters from New York's past—apropos of the season. We're expecting more jewelry designers this weekend, along with vintage vinyl dealers and of course—vintage fashion. You never know what treasures await.
Look for our Holiday Gift Guide Next Week! We're putting together a complete guide to the most wonderful, unique (and did we mention affordable?) gifts shoppers can find at the Hell's Kitchen Flea. From original jewelry designs to handcrafted Turkish earthquake balls for good luck and handmade pillow covers and throws from India, the flea is a one-stop holiday shopping destination.
Adorable Adoptions. One of the newest—and surely the cutest—additions to the Hell's Kitchen Flea is the Free Korean Dogs group, an organization dedicated to rescuing dogs from the meat trade in Korea and bringing them to New York for adoption. These gorgeous little creatures seem to know how lucky they are because they are calm, great with other pets and kids, and generally awesome little companions. They'll be making appearances at the flea throughout the holiday season.
Vendors Can Book Online for the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market! Thanks to our tech department, vendors can now book their space online. To book your space on our website, just email us at julien@hellskitchenfleamarket.com! What could be easier?
Don't Forget the Hell's Kitchen Foundation Application Deadline We're heading into the home stretch as the application deadline for the foundation's visual arts grants program approaches. The Hell's Kitchen Foundation will be accepting applications from local artists until December 2nd. We're committed to nurturing and celebrating the tradition of working artists on the West Side—so please encourage the artists in your life to visit our Website to learn more.
Judy Negron's Open Studio. If you visit the flea this Sunday, you may want to stop by the studio of one of our finest local artists too, while you're in the neighborhood. Judy Negron, a Hell's Kitchen Foundation grantee, will be holding an Open Studio to demonstrate her mosaic art from 1-5 this Sunday, November 13. For more information, email Judy at judynegron@yahoo.com.


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Henk Stunnenberg coordinator of BLUEPRINT, a high impact project receiving € 30 million EU-funding.
For the oncoming 4,5 years, prof. Henk Stunnenberg (Department of Molecular Biology) will be the coordinator of BLUEPRINT, a unique EU-FP7 High Impact Project involving an international consortium comprising 41 leading European universities, research institutes and industry entrepreneurs. The project has a total budget of close to € 40 million and aims to further the understanding of how our genes are activated or repressed, in particular in blood cells of both healthy and diseased individuals. BLUEPRINT will generate at least 100 reference epigenomes and study them to advance and exploit knowledge of the underlying biological processes and mechanisms in health and disease.
The BLUEPRINT project officially starts on October 1, 2011 and is the European cornerstone of an international research cooperation effort - the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) -, gathering numerous organisations and researchers from across the globe. Future results will shed new light on the link between genes, environment and health; which can be used to improve the diagnosis, treatment and cure of numerous diseases, such as diabetes and cancer.
On October 3+4, the official BLUEPRINT kick-off meeting will take place in Amsterdam. Scientific leaders and representatives of national funding agencies from the USA (National Institutes of Health), Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, Korean, Germany and Italy, representing a total allocated funding of 300-350 M€, will attend this meeting. The opening address will be given by Patricia Reilly, on behalf of European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.
Henk Stunnenberg will be responsible for the overall coordination of the BLUEPRINT project and will represent the EC in the International Scientific Steering Committee of the IHEC initiative.


Petar Zečević is a PhD student from University of Zagreb, Croatia. He has been working in the software industry for more than 15 years, as a full-stack developer, consultant, analyst, and team leader. Petar is the author of Spark in Action book (Manning, September 2016). He also gives talks on Apache Spark, organizes monthly Apache Spark Zagreb meetups, and has several Apache Spark projects behind him.


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from dash import Dash
from dash.development.base_component import Component, _explicitize_args

try:
    # Import to load into registry.
    import dash_generator_test_component_standard  # noqa: F401
except ImportError:
    pass

class PreCAPLegacyComponent(Component):
    """A MyStandardComponent component.
    MyComponent description

    Keyword arguments:

    - id (string; optional):
        The id of the component.

    - style (optional):
        The style.

    - value (string; default ''):
        The value to display.

    Note: due to the large number of props for this component,
    not all of them appear in the constructor signature, but
    they may still be used as keyword arguments."""

    @_explicitize_args
    def __init__(self, id=Component.UNDEFINED, style=Component.UNDEFINED, **kwargs):
        self._prop_names = ["id", "style", "value"]
        self._type = "MyStandardComponent"
        self._namespace = "dash_generator_test_component_standard"
        self._valid_wildcard_attributes = []
        self.available_properties = ["id", "style", "value"]
        self.available_wildcard_properties = []
        _explicit_args = kwargs.pop("_explicit_args")
        _locals = locals()
        _locals.update(kwargs)  # For wildcard attrs and excess named props
        args = {k: _locals[k] for k in _explicit_args if k != "children"}
        for k in []:
            if k not in args:
                raise TypeError("Required argument `" + k + "` was not specified.")
        super(PreCAPLegacyComponent, self).__init__(**args)

def test_leg001_legacy_pre_component_as_props(dash_duo):
    app = Dash(__name__)

    app.layout = PreCAPLegacyComponent(id="pre-cap", value="legacy")

    dash_duo.start_server(app)

    dash_duo.wait_for_text_to_equal("#pre-cap", "legacy")
    assert dash_duo.get_logs() == []

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Dustin H. Hewes, 27, a resident of Linthicum Heights and formerly of Bel Air, died on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Linthicum, MD.
He was born on Saturday, October 28, 1989 in Baltimore, MD Alicia and Dave W. Hewes .
He most recently worked for DeJohn Electric . His hobbies included playing golf, watching the Orioles, and playing tennis.
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Hours From Dying, a Firefighter Saves a Teen's Life in an Extraordinary Way
A firefighter's job is to save lives, and that's exactly what Ryan McCuen, 35, did on a cold February day in Clinton Township, Michigan. A call came into the 9-1-1 dispatch about a family's electricity being cut off. One of the children, a teenage boy, needs a ventilator to survive, so the family had to get the youngster to a hospital as soon as possible. What McCuen did next stunned the Stone family and made him a true hero.
Unpaid Electric Bill
The Stone family had fallen behind on the rent and the utility bills due to enormous medical expenses for two children and trying to raise five kids. Christy Stone's 18-year-old son, Troy, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a severe form of the disease that left him unable to breathe on his own. Troy had a tracheotomy in December 2015, and he requires seven machines to keep him alive. The power must remain on at all times for Troy's vital equipment to function. When the call came into the fire department, Troy had three hours to live. While Troy was at the hospital hooked up to a ventilator, McCuen called the power company and paid the electric bill, all $1,023 of it, with his own money. The power came back on within 20 minutes of paying the fee, and Troy came home a few hours after the power returned. Stone said she was speechless and felt as if she was in a dream after she found out McCuen paid her outstanding balance.
One Parent to Another
McCuen has a new baby daughter of his own after getting married two years ago. He couldn't just stand by and watch another parent suffer as Stone faced the possible death of her son. McCuen said he paid the electric bill simply because the fire department is here to help and it was a no-brainer for him. The firefighter had been laid off for several years during the financial crisis, so he also understands what it means to struggle financially.
The firefighter credits his spirit of giving shown to his family and the brotherhood of firefighters in the area. McCuen's dad was a 30-year veteran of a local firefighting crew. The first responders frequently banded together for special projects and fundraisers to help the local community. McCuen tapped into this giving spirit and paid it forward in a big way. McCuen says he didn't want the recognition. His boss, fire chief Michael Phy, however, insisted that the township's leaders know that they have a hero on staff. Phy also wanted the story to go the media to try to get the Stones some help. Since the story broke, dozens of people reached out to help the struggling family. A local company paid the next six months of the utility bill.
One person started a GoFundMe account, with a goal of $100,000 to help the Stone family with its expenses. By the time CNN broke the story to its nationwide audience, the fund had amassed more than $26,000 from donors everywhere. Another generous soul donated a generator and offered to install it in the home so the Stones would never be without power ever again. As for the utility company, a customer service representative promised McCuen that power to the Stone's home was a top priority.
The Stone's Situation
Stone says she had a doctor's note saying that the power must remain on in the home at all times. DTE Energy claims the form was filled out improperly. Instead of a doctor's signature, a nurse signed the form. DTE used that technicality to deny the request. The company called it an unfortunate situation and that it would do everything it could to help the Stones get assistance to pay for their power needs. DTE also said it would donate money to the firefighter's charity of choice in recognition of his selfless act. Thanks to McCuen's quick thinking and giving attitude, the Stone family has peace of mind and a lot of extra help when the community rallied around one of its own. See how 11-year-old Paige LaRosa's community showed its support when her friends and neighbors found out she had ovarian cancer.


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The next 30 years will make or break humanity: Farming is a bigger deal than Brexit
Over the next 30 years, farmers will have to produce more food for more people with fewer resources. This is a huge challenge, and much more important than Brexit, says Cambridgeshire Fens farmer Tom Clarke.
Just get on with it.
Everybody wants to get on with it. It's just everybody disagrees what 'IT' is.
It is a General Election. It is a second referendum. It is a no-deal Brexit. It is a renegotiated deal.
Whatever your 'IT' is, it's the answer.
'IT' is the silver bullet that unlocks the chaos and strife we find ourselves engulfed in.
'IT' is so obvious we just can't understand why other people can't see it.
We have lost the ability to agree to disagree. Compromise is akin to betrayal as we crash around in diamond echo chambers, unable to accommodate different values or perspectives.
Impatience and intolerance rule the day. This is no way to run a country, but we're doing it anyway.
From my point of view, the referendum is the problem and the answer.
I was speaking to a Scottish farming friend last week, about Brexit, and the parallels with the 2014 Scottish independence referendum struck me.
The nationalists argue to take back control from a Union that doesn't put them first. All benefits are banked and taken for granted.
Grievances fostered over decades and generations coalesce around a bold break for freedom. Technicalities like cross-border trade are glossed over. Sovereignty salves all wounds.
Except, when Scots got to vote on their future, the Scottish Government produced a full White Paper on independence which ran to more than 600 pages.
So people voting for independence knew exactly and precisely what they were voting for.
Contrast that with the bald, bare 'leave' of the Brexit Referendum.
Jazz solos
Every Brexiteer had their own private version – many have also changed their tune since. The leave vote was more a chorus of improvised jazz solos than a clear and coordinated policy overture.
The electoral bloody nose dished out to David Cameron in June 2016 has flooded our country with bile and deadlock.
An advisory referendum, with no accompanying instruction manual, has been treated like a commandment carved in a tablet of stone.
Confusion and contradiction rule the day. That's no way to secure a mandate, but we did it anyway.
At the time of writing, it looks likely we will both delay Brexit to the end of next January, and have a General Election.
My big fear is that an election will just return another hung or deadlocked Parliament. If so, a Brexit delay also achieves nothing because a deal will still not get through such a House of Commons.
Things have already turned nasty and could get nastier yet. I really hope we don't lose Scotland. I really hope there is no border poll in Ireland.
This country has seen this all before, over the Irish Free State, over the Corn laws, over the Civil War, the Reformation.
Long before Monty Python, Boudicca clambered into her chariot and yelled – "What have the Romans ever done for us?"
Though she had swords on the side of her transport, not '£350million for the NHS'.
We seem to excel at bouts of progress followed by periods of self-inflicted retreat and division.
This at a time when agriculture is the most important job in the world. We are on the brink of the Fourth Agricultural Revolution.
The UK is ideally placed to meet the challenge of producing more food for more people with less resources, while repairing the climate and the environment.
The next 30 years will make or break humanity; farming is a much bigger deal than Brexit.
Tragically, in the maelstrom, the Agriculture Bill is collateral damage.
It has stalled in Parliament and will fall. With it goes 'Health and Harmony', Public Money for Public Goods, The Agricultural Transition – like watching a carefully-tended crop get washed away.
Ripped up
Years of consultation, careful lobbying, educating ministers about farming, engagement between town and country, academia and experience, food and environment. All gone. Ripped up. Start again.
The seeds we drill over the coming weeks will be harvested – no doubt. But under what rules, what climatic conditions, what Government, what markets, what margins – we don't know and can't say.
Volatility and uncertainty rule the day. This is no way to run the countryside, but we're farming it anyway.
Tom can be found tweeting at @Tom_Clarke
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Prevention and Treatment "Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food." Hippocrates is considered the Father of Western Medicine. We have plenty of available food, but are faced with malnutrition associated with nutritional deficiencies and dietary excess.
We are a nation of processed foods in supersize quantities combined with a sedentary life style. We are overfed and undernourished. It is important to acknowledge the role of nutrition as a factor in preventing serious life threatening diseases.
Lung disease, heart disease, cancer and diabetes are some of the major health threats that are linked to poor nutrition and lack of exercise. Dietary considerations are also important in the prevention and management of head, neck and oral cancers. Current evidence supports a diet high in fruits, vegetables and plant-based foods for prevention of oral cancer. Low physical activity levels and poor diet are strongly associated with increased odds of periodontal disease.
"The challenge is to recognize the impact this has on both our systemic and oral health and to implement good nutritional behaviour. "
Periodontal disease is another risk factor in many systemic diseases. We will try anything for treatment of disease but no one says to the dentist "treat my mouth so I can be healthy." We are in denial that bleeding during dental cleanings or during home flossing is a clear signal that a diseased condition is developing and we fail to recognize that pathogenic bacteria from the mouth has been found in our diseased organs.
Dietary deficiencies are known to cause several diseases that manifest as oral changes. In addition, while most foods have a beneficial effect on our tissues, some — such as refined carbohydrates — function in a disease-causing capacity that affects the teeth and periodontal structures. The challenge is to recognize the impact this has on both our systemic and oral health and to implement good nutritional behaviour.
"Dietary deficiencies are known to cause several diseases that manifest as oral changes."
In addition to a healthy diet, if we add exercise (such as walking for 20 minutes three times a week,) we reap many benefits. These include: better sleep habits, improved heart function, weight control, improved long-term as well as short-term memory, and stronger bones leading to an improved quality of life.
Our society has come a long way since the time of Hippocrates and we have made medical advancements, for which we are very grateful, in the treatment of diseases. Yet, it would benefit each of us to take a closer look at what we eat and follow the advice of this ancient guru to empower our bodies to heal themselves.


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Can 'The Hobbit' Wait For MGM Decisions?
EXCLUSIVE: My recent scoop that Peter Jackson is negotiating to direct the two installments of The Hobbit is probably the best news for debt-laden MGM in years. But the development has put extra pressures on the beleaguered studio backers. Because making a 2-picture directing deal with the Lord Of The Rings director is no easy feat. I'm told that 30% of the gross is already committed to various participants, including Jackson (just for writing and producing!).
He and Fran Walsh don't work cheap, and they once got $20 million against 20% of gross from Universal to direct King Kong (Jackson, who can't get enough of Kong and just oversaw the renovation of the ape attraction on the Universal backlot). Insiders tell me that gross participants are right now being asked to make adjustments so that MGM and its partner, Warner Bros, can finance the film and make money. Creative deals are becoming routine on sequels like Men in Black, but they aren't easy. There's no certainty that MGM creditors will respond to the urgency that Jackson's reps are ready to make a deal.
After all, this is the same group that reacted to its debt stranglehold by benching its production and marketing executive teams, halting progress on a promising homegrown slate of films, and staging a desperate auction that resulted in a predictable batch of bottom-feeder bids that were too low to be seriously considered. The result is it's brought MGM to a screeching halt and allowed the library to languish.
Now the MGM creditors also must decide either to commit MGM's half of the production costs for the two films or take available outside funding, all before the studio works out its future ownership strategy. If the creditors don't seize on the momentum, MGM risks losing its chance to release the first film in December 2012. (The second film would follow a year later.) And there is a good chance that Jackson will change his mind, meaning that inaction costs the studio an enormous opportunity.
Whatever course of action the creditors take, execs like Parent and Vollman will certainly move on as MGM goes through the pre-packaged bankruptcy proceeding necessary to keep in place existing rights deals on franchises like James Bond. That process isn't expected until late July at the earliest. But decisions on The Hobbit cannot wait that long.


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Billions projected to suffer nearly unlivable heat in 2070
by Seth Borenstein
In this Sept. 15, 2015 file photo, water is sprayed over Muslim pilgrims to cool them down during the afternoon heat as they walk outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A new study released Monday, May 4, 2020, says 2 to 3.5 billion people in 50 years will be living in a climate that historically has proven just too hot to handle. Currently about 20 million people live in places with an annual average temperature greater than 84 degrees (29 degrees Celsius)—far beyond the temperature sweet spot. That area is less than 1% of the Earth's land, and it is mostly near the Sahara Desert and includes Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people, mostly the poor who can't afford air conditioning, will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle, a new study said.
With every 1.8 degree increase in global average annual temperature from man-made climate change, about a billion or so people will end up in areas too warm day-in, day-out to be habitable without cooling technology, according to ecologist Marten Scheffer of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, co-author of the study.
How many people will end up at risk depends on how much heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions are reduced and how fast the world population grows.
Under the worst-case scenarios for population growth and for carbon pollution—which many climate scientists say is looking less likely these days—the study in Monday's journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicts about 3.5 billion people will live in extremely hot areas. That's a third of the projected 2070 population.
But even scenarios considered more likely and less severe project that in 50 years a couple of billion people will be living in places too hot without air conditioning, the study said.
"It's a huge amount and it's a short-time. This is why we're worried," said Cornell University climate scientist Natalie Mahowald, who wasn't part of the study. She and other outside scientists said the new study makes sense and conveys the urgency of the man-made climate change differently than past research.
In an unusual way to look at climate change, a team of international scientists studied humans like they do bears, birds and bees to find the "climate niche" where people and civilizations flourish. They looked back 6,000 years to come up with a sweet spot of temperatures for humanity: Average annual temperatures between 52 and 59 degrees.
We can—and do—live in warmer and colder places than that, but the farther from the sweet spot, the harder it gets.
In this Sept. 18, 2015 file photo, Muslim pilgrims shelter themselves from the heat as they attend Friday afternoon prayers outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A new study released Monday, May 4, 2020, says 2 to 3.5 billion people in 50 years will be living in a climate that historically has proven just too hot to handle. Currently about 20 million people live in places with an annual average temperature greater than 84 degrees (29 degrees Celsius)—far beyond the temperature sweet spot. That area is less than 1% of the Earth's land, and it is mostly near the Sahara Desert and includes Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
The scientists looked at places projected to get uncomfortably and considerably hotter than the sweet spot and calculated at least 2 billion people will be living in those conditions by 2070.
Currently about 20 million people live in places with an annual average temperature greater than 84 degrees (29 degrees Celsius) – far beyond the temperature sweet spot. That area is less than 1% of the Earth's land, and it is mostly near the Sahara Desert and includes Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
But as the world gets more crowded and warmer, the study concluded large swaths of Africa, Asia, South America and Australia will likely be in this same temperature range. Well over 1 billion people, and up to 3.5 billion people, will be affected depending on the climate altering choices humanity makes over the next half century, according to lead author Chi Xu of Nanjing University in China.
With enough money, "you can actually live on the moon," Scheffer said. But these projections are "unlivable for the ordinary, for poor people, for the average world citizen."
Places like impoverished Nigeria—with a population expected to triple by the end of he century—would be less able to cope, said study co-author Tim Lenton, a climate scientist and director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter in England.
South Asia faces increased double-threat of extreme heat, extreme pollution
More information: Chi Xu el al., "Future of the human climate niche," PNAS (2020). www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
Journal information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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