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Faulty Forecasts and False Climate Narrative Hold Nations Hostage
Climate Communications
by Vijay Jayaraj
The United States is the only major Western country that is not part of the Paris climate agreement, which seeks to restrict and reduce fossil fuel consumption across the world. But the country is not immune from the impacts of the restrictive energy policies the agreement imposes on its trade partners. One of those is my own country, India.
India imports large amounts of coal, oil, and natural gas from the U.S., mostly to generate affordable power for its electric grid. That grid must grow rapidly to meet the needs of over 1.3 billion people. Over 300 million of them—comparable to the whole U.S. population—currently have no electricity. But they need it desperately for their health and their escape from severe poverty.
The justification for reducing fossil fuel use is the claim that climate change will create havoc in the future unless we reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But this claim is not as black and white as the mainstream media and politicians make it out to be.
In fact, data on temperature suggest that the claim is exaggerated and tends be informed by incorrect interpretations from faulty models.
The Never-Ending Problem with Models
The Paris climate agreement and other major climate recommendations from the United Nations are strictly based on the guidelines provided by Assessment reports produced by a climate wing known as the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC).
The IPCC uses forecast data processed by a large set of computer climate models to arrive at the policy recommendations in its assessment reports.
Among them are forecasts from the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP). CMIP consists of 100 distinct climate models, run by leading modelling groups across the world. Their predictions drive the IPCC's reports. In 2013, the IPCC fifth assessment report (AR5) featured climate models from CMIP5 (fifth generation).
But the forecasts from these models proved wrong. They exaggerated the temperature trend and differed markedly from temperature data derived from ground-based thermometers; sensors on weather balloons aircraft, ships, and buoys; satellite remote sensing; and "reanalyses"—the latter integrating the input of many different data sources.
Yet, political appointees in charge of determining climate and energy policy around the world used these forecasts to justify international climate agreements like the Paris agreement. And they do no stop with that.
The upcoming IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6), forecast for release in 2021, features forecasts from CMIP6. But the CMIP6 models are turning out to be no better than CMIP5 models. In fact, CMIP6 they're worse!
Senior climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer has observed that the "CMIP6 models are showing 50 percent more net surface warming from 1979 up to April 2020 (+1.08 degree Celsius) than actual observations from the ground (+0.72 degree Celsius)."
Beyond doubt, comparing both CMIP5 and CMIP6 forecasts to official HadCRUT temperature data sets reveals a very old story: models are always way off the mark, and—suspiciously—always in the same direction, namely, upward, in predicting real-world temperatures.
So, not only were we lied to about the climate, we are going to be misled again by the next IPCC assessment report. And with more extreme false forecasts, there will be calls for more restrictive energy policies.
It is quite astonishing how the unelected politicians at the UN can convince and persuade global leaders to adopt climate policies that are based on unscientific conclusions from faulty models.
The mainstream media have also played their part. Public perception on climate change has been heavily influenced by biased coverage on the climate issue, with no major attention to the huge discrepancies between the model forecasts and real-world observations.
It is not clear how much faultier the projections will become by the time the new assessment report is finally released. But one thing is clear: energy sectors across the globe are being held hostage by pseudo-scientific interpretations from the United Nations' flagship climate wing.
Vijay Jayaraj (M.Sc., Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, England), is a Research Contributor for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation living in New Delhi, India.
Tags: Coal, fossil fuels, India, Natural gas, oil, Paris Climate Agreement
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John V. Wright
I love the delicious irony that Vijay got his Masters from the University of East Anglia!
Ed Zuiderwijk
Reply to John V. Wright
On the contrary. He clearly realises that it is pseudo-science central and couldn't get out of there fast enough.
A Fortunate Accident. And it happened to be in 2009-2010, during the Climategate event.
The CMIP6 models run even warmer than the CIMP5 ensemble which is attributed to a 'better' inclusion of low-level clouds. You would have expected the opposite because it implies a strong positive feedback on watervapour content, which imho is utter balloney.
Alasdair Fairbairn
Reply to Ed Zuiderwijk
Ed Zuiderwiijk:
Yes balloney., due IMO to the models not being aware that the Hydro Cycle operates as a Rankine Cycle. If they were then they would conclude that water provides a net NEGATIVE feedback.
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Reply to Sasha
Sasha – at 6:32 am
So if the global cattle herd were to eat lemon grass on a daily basis, how much would that reduce the global warming trend?
I'll answer first:
Are we sure they were cows?
HD Hoese
Our Burger King was destroyed (not replaced) by Hurricane Harvey, just saw the clever Whoper ad on TV. Texas has plenty of good hamburger outlets, restricted now mostly by politics. Just had a very competent A/C repairman with Austin connections showing me the idiot mob from the University on his cell phone. Us Aggies always joked about the teasippers, even stole Bevo (UT longhorn mascot) once, wasn't made into hamburgers.
Plenty of longhorns left. Survive in difficult places, don't require computer models.
If it doesn't cost much and doesn't harm the cows, no big deal.
BTW, what happens to the carbon that isn't going into methane? If it remains in the poop, then it just becomes methane later.
immediately followed by some study showing how destructive lemon grass farming is
Time for this one:
IPCC TAR Chapter 14 Page 774 Paragraph 14.2.2.2 Balancing the need for finer scales and the need for ensembles, They say:
"In climate research and modelling, we should recognise that we are dealing with a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore that the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible"
Ghalfrunt.
Is it possible for Vijay Jayaraj to actually say anything other than "Every thing is wonderful" when he has signed up to "We believe Earth and its ecosystems—created by God's intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence —are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting,…". It must be difficult!
he says "In fact, data on temperature suggest that the claim is exaggerated and tends be informed by incorrect interpretations from faulty models."
But most real temperature data shows that 2020 is a very hot year globally despite being at solar minimum.
where does he get the data to back up his statement?
he also states "It is not clear how much faultier the projections will become by the time the new assessment report is finally released. "
Why does he not provide projections that are not faulty and show that we are not heading for 4°C rise.
The problem with average global temp rise of even 1°C causes a arctic rise of more than 3°C rise. What will the rise be with an average of 4°C rise globally.
What projections does he base his "it'll be alright" on?
Reply to Ghalfrunt.
Ghalfrunt. July 15, 2020 at 6:45 am
It's coming up on 33 years since Dr. James Hansen sounded the alarm before Congress. And exactly what climate-wise has happened in almost a third of a century since then besides not too much? The polar bears continue to increase their population, extreme tornadoes have decreased in frequency, hurricanes are about the same, precipitation has increased slightly, and sea level continues to rise at about the same rate as it did 200 years ago when the first tide gauges began to keep records. To use the latest term, there doesn't seem to be any Climate Crisis.
Notice how the trolls are eager to proclaim weather is climate whenever the temperature is slightly more than it was last year.
Also, notice how he can't be bothered actually defending the models, he just declares that the world has warmed up since the depths of the Little Ice Age, therefore CO2 is evil.
Of course he has to throw in the obligatory attack on other people's religion.
Reply to MarkW
MarkW July 15, 2020 at 7:40 am
he just declares that the world has warmed up since the depths of the Little Ice Age, therefore CO2 is evil.
The word has cooled significantly since 3billion years ago – are you saying that this is the correct timescale for climate?
Typical troll. Since it can't win on facts, it tries to be utterly ubsurd.
Since we are talking about CO2, why include the time prior to the earth actually having an atmosphere? Unless your only goal is to make yourself look even more stupid?
PS: If you can provide evidence that the heat from 3 billion years ago was caused by CO2, I would love to see it.
WE have had 325 years of global warming since the late 1600s.
Most likely more than +1.5 degrees C.
No one was hurt.
The warming was good news.
The current climate is wonderful.
Climate alarmists would have us belive the warming will continue, which is a reasonable guess, but continued warming would only.be bad news?
That makes no sense.
Actual warming since 1975 has been mainly in colder areas, mainly during the six coolest months of the year, and mainly at night.
Are you going to tell us that warmer winter nights in Alaska have been bad news?
The future climate can not be predictef.
It will get warmer
… unless it gets cooler.
And don't you forget it !
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I wish you would just buzz of with your written diarrhoea. That was totally unintelligent.
VJ says "It is quite astonishing how the unelected politicians at the UN can convince and persuade global leaders to adopt climate policies that are based on unscientific conclusions from faulty models."
I suppose you suggest that the WHO were totally wrong to warn the world on January 2020 WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the 2019-nCoV outbreak a Public Health Emergency
I suppose VJ thinks that people other than the UN should distribute aid (medical / food) to those in need?
I suppose VJ thinks that people other than UN should provide shelters to refugees
sending UN troops to secure peace is more tricky – they're under equipped an not supposed to kill. Without a magic ray gun they're hamstrung.
Typical troll logic. Since a UN agency was right in one instance, that proves that every UN agency is always right.
In regards to WHO, they have already admitted that they lied earlier when they claimed that their warnings were based on input from China.
PS: Isn't it amazing how the troll actually believes that if the UN doesn't distribute medical supplies, the poor won't have medical supplies.
Yes, troll methods appear standardized in many cases like call center operations.
Most troll get extensive training prior to their first pay check.
Red94ViperRT10
I notice this is more or less undated, only "…January 2020…", no day. It has become apparent that the WHO only acceded to the obvious and declared an emergency after the leaks became impossible to control and/or ignore. On Jan 22 the WHO was declaring all was well, the ChiComs had everything under control and BTW we don't see any evidence of human-human transmission. So if by "totally wrong" you mean, like, um, totally wrong, yeah, they were.
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Red94ViperRT10 July 15, 2020 at 1:22 pm
I notice this is more or less undated, only "…January 2020
Apologies I miss copied the info:
30 January 2020 WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the 2019-nCoV outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, following a second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened under the International Health Regulations.
Acknowledging that cases have been reported in five WHO regions in one month, the Committee noted that early detection, isolating and treating cases, contact tracing and social distancing measures – in line with the level of risk – can all work to interrupt virus spread.
Trump::jan 30 Working closely with China and others on Coronavirus outbreak. Only 5 people in U.S., all in good recovery.
I'm sure that the US would not have been happy if WHO had declared a pandemic when it could have been a bad case of flu.
Of course The US and UK now spent a month taking no action :
Trump::Feb. 24 (tweet): "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. … Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"
Trump::Feb. 26: "Because of all we've done, the risk to the American people remains very low. … When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That's a pretty good job we've done."
Trump::March 10: "And it hit the world. And we're prepared, and we're doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."
Trump::March 12: "It's going to go away. … The United States, because of what I did and what the administration did with China, we have 32 deaths at this point … when you look at the kind of numbers that you're seeing coming out of other countries, it's pretty amazing when you think of it."
The funny thing is that when Trump did act, trolls like GhoulFont were whining that Trump was over reacting. After all, both China and the WHO were still saying that there was nothing to worry about.
Yet more diarrhoea. Give it a rest.
I am glad you didn't call Tedros as a climate expert. To that extent, I am happy.
Ron Long
Here is the money quote, at least for me: models are always way off the mark, and – suspiciously – always in the same direction, namely, upward, in predicting real-world temperatures." The reason for this continued failure to achieve modelling corresponding to reality would be attributable to the complexity, even to chaotic, nature of climates, however, always on the upward direction suggests that social engineering, not science, is involved in the modelling. Any reputable computer modeler with a science background would quickly recognize the models bias and seek to correct/eliminate the bias. But no, they continue too warm, because that is the objective, to support the socialist agenda of wealth transfer.
Reply to Ron Long
"Any reputable computer modeler with a science background would quickly recognize the models bias and seek to correct/eliminate the bias. But no, they continue too warm, because that is the objective…"
and that's how we know they are not serious scientists. It is inconceivable that they have not made some changes that matched a physical process better, or a better fit with observations, but went the "wrong way" when it came to the conclusion on CO2 and therefore shelved. Those model runs don't see the light of day, a major scientific no-no similar to changing data or ignoring inconvenient results. I wonder how many times that has happened and whether it really bothers any of them that they are, in effect, lying about their work.
TL Winslow
Measurements, projections, models are a multibillion dollar waste, because of the 1900 Planck Radiation Law, which makes CO2's ability to cause global warming zilcho because it can't melt an ice cube with its -80C radiation. The rest is fake physics and deliberate misinfo. for propaganda purposes. No amount of money can change physics. Like my Cousin Vinny, CO2 has been framed, and the case against it is thinner than a playing card. It's a matter of time before the public will wake up and laugh the climate Communists out of business, forcing them to try a new hoax to foist global Marxism.
http://www.historyscoper.com/mycousinco2.html
Ghalfront, I have a few issues with your post:
1. You employ an ad hominem argument to slur Vijay because of his Christian beliefs and his advocacy of Intelligent Design, neither of which were even mentioned in his post.
2. You show that you didn't carefully read his post because you say he didn't provide the projections to show the faultiness of CIMP 6, but he sited Dr. Roy Spencer's work. For your benefit, please reference:
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2020/07/hot-summer-epic-fail-new-climate-models-exaggerate-midwest-warming-by-6x/
Reply to Dan
dr. spencer shows a plot from one area and 3 months:
"I realize this is just one season (summer) in one region (the U.S. Midwest), but it is immensely important. The U.S. is the world leader in production of corn (which is used for feed, food, and fuel) and behind only Brazil in soybean production…"
To say the model is incorrect on this one observation is nonsense.
The model is for projecting the GLOBAL climate not the climate outside my house.
Only in climate science can a model be wrong everywhere, but right on average.
Overall the problem with these models is group Cognitive Dissonance.
Originally the IPCC was set up to :—-"to assess ——-and understand the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change ———".
It not surprising then that RISK was found; as otherwise the IPCC would have been disbanded. Appropriate science was then used to provide the required conclusion to the exclusion of the rest, resulting in basically flawed models.
The UN and its acolytes such as the IPCC is thus stuck with the problem and is now exhibiting all the symptoms of major group Cognitive Dissonance in defending its position.
It really is a huge problem, which has done extraordinary damage to the scientific community.
You can't really call it garbage in – garbage out; but it is akin. More like censored in – required conclusion out. A practice found in so many articles and papers now being published.
Dump the fossil fuels, choose the hydrocarbon fuels. Change.
To me the take-away quote from this post is:
" Over 300 million of them—comparable to the whole U.S. population—currently have no electricity."
"Them" of course, refers to the population of India. Think for a moment – the whole U.S. without electricity! How can the U.N., or for that matter any individual developed country in the world, not only not help, but actually hinder these people from getting electricity? That is what the Paris Accord is doing.
What if the U.N. canceled just one COP meeting and used the money spent on the meeting to invest in a coal-fired power plant in India? Or the 6 million given to NYU to have lawyers wage lawfare on the oil companies, invested in dispatchable electricity generation in India? That certainly would do more for humanity than the money is doing now.
I think India could be very important in the push back against agenda science and UN orchestration of policy around the world. That requires more leadership and less silent treatment like so many countries are conducting.
We are actually doing it. Investing heavily in Fossil. And implementing makeshift renewable projects to appease Paris donors.
"It is quite astonishing how the unelected politicians at the UN can convince and persuade global leaders to adopt climate policies that are based on unscientific conclusions from faulty models." It has been a while since I read Agenda 21 but I remember it quite distinctly saying the way to get states to comply to a One World Government (ie, the UN) is through "shaming, ostracizing, withholding trade", and other nefarious means. Nations are held hostage by the UN using these methods already. Look how large the UN has grown and deviated from its' intended mission of keeping peace. We disbanded the League of Nations and the UN sprung up using the identical premises right under our noses. The UN is nothing more than a Marxist clearing house.
Ian McClintock
For the benefit of poor old Ghalfrunt who obviously believes in the fairies and the fable of naughty anthropogenic CO2 warming the world, I offer a few facts.
If you bothered to take the time to study the electromagnetic radiation spectrum of radiation received from the Sun and that emitted from the Earth, and the part played on these by the various greenhouse gasses, you would quickly realise that it is impossible for the minor greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to become the principle cause (as claimed by the IPCC) of the current mild, highly beneficial warming period we are currently enjoying.
In a nutshell, emissions from Earth must equal input from the Sun or we would either heat up or cool down.
The major greenhouse gas is water vapour and it blocks emissions over two wide spectral bands either side of a large radiation 'window' centred around the wide peak emission area (~ 8 – 12um wavelength), where there is little restriction imposed on emissions at all, and they are free to escape to space.
Carbon dioxide effectively operates only at a narrow spike centred on 14.9um, which is also partially covered by water vapour, limiting any additional restriction on emissions.
If you further allow for the fact that man's emissions, estimated by the IPCC AR5 at 3.8% from burning fossil fuels and .5% from Land Use Change (carefully hidden in the main Report), means that 95.7% of the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is from readily explained natural sources.
This makes a complete mockery of the IPCC's claims (and nullifies the reason for its existence) and exposes the basic ignorance of the relevant facts by every advocate of anthropogenic climate change.
Ignoring the facts, does not change them.
Ian McClintock July 15, 2020 at 4:29 pm
… the electromagnetic radiation spectrum of radiation received from the Sun and that emitted from the Earth, and the part played on these by the various greenhouse gasses, you would quickly realise that it is impossible for the minor greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to become the principle cause …
The major greenhouse gas is water vapour …
Water vapour is indeed as you say but water vapour requires heat to evaporate water. Some will be from CO2.
and they are free to escape to space.
No they are not free until the MFP is sufficiently long (low atmospheric pressure) that the collisions to other molecules does not transfer all the h2o energy away from and back to the h2o. At the emission altitude the temperature lowers the humidity and co2 is significant.
over thousands of years the natural sources have become balanced with the natural sinks. Add an extra 4.3% and the balance is no more.
right or wrong there needs to be scientific research into AGW. You should not stifle this research. If it is wrong then provide your corrections and your own projections.
"India imports large amounts of coal, oil, and natural gas from the U.S., mostly to generate affordable power for its electric grid. That grid must grow rapidly to meet the needs of over 1.3 billion people. Over 300 million of them—comparable to the whole U.S. population—currently have no electricity. But they need it desperately for their health and their escape from severe poverty"
India is a non-Annex country and as such had no emission reduction obligation under the unfccc. The "intended nationally determined contribution" it submitted is just an intention and not an obligation.
https://tambonthongchai.com/2020/04/04/11245/
DocSiders
Those 100+ climate models all have differing assumptions and many key variables differ significantly…so these are actually a collection of differing mini-theories.
In what time and place was it ever acceptable to take the average of many theories as a representation of the truth ?
That is actually childish. It defies all logic. But it remains the centerpiece of the "Science" for setting energy and economic policies costing many $Trillions.
mikewaite
Reply to DocSiders
The good news is : it won't cost trillons
The bad news is : it won't cost trillions beause we in the west are broke, bankrupt, skint , living on hope and a dollar. The only country with money, or at least the potential to make it is China, and it won't waste it, and is not wasting it , on dubious technology.
John MCCUTCHEON
Question: What is the Man Made contribution to the warming of the planet now – 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 degrees? Or more?. And what was it 5, 10, 20 and 30 years ago. The data is in. If the climate modelers cannot answer then what worth is their projections for 20 to 100 years hence.
Claims have been made for man made warming for 30+ years, where is the actual graph displaying the man made contributions to that warming.
Tom Sash
Vijay,
Many thanks for your excellent post. I also read another excellent post you wrote at GWPF. (link below)
https://www.thegwpf.com/vijay-jayaraj-india-crafts-fossil-pathway-to-secure-its-future
Hydrocarbon fuels are the only proven pathway to a modern, wealthy, clean society. Keep up the good writing!
Burn more natural gas, burn more oil, burn more coal!
Johannes Herbst
Yesterday there was an intewiew on Deutsche Welle with a climate scientist about the warm tempeatures in Siberia. He said that Global Warming accelerated in Siberia six times as much as in the rest of the world.
If it is Global Warming it cannot be local. Stupid Morons.
alan tomalty
It is important to note that the forcing code (that translates the additional net CO2 in the atmosphere to a projected temperature increase ) is provided to all the climate modellers as a version number. Thus you have CMIP6, CMIP5,CMIP4,CMIP3….. etc . This was confirmed by my conversation with Dr. Greg Flato who runs the Canadian climate model and sits on the committee that develops the special forcing code kernel . He currently serves as co-chair of the WCRP Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) . I suspect that the Russian model is the only one that doesnt use this special forcing code kernel, because the Russian one is the only computer climate model that gets it right.
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We have always indicated that children may be considered on the cusp if they are within a few standardised scores below 94. The analysis of the 2018 sample indicates that pupils scoring between 90 and 93 have a reasonable probability of success, but it is less secure and they may well benefit from additional help. We will be making enhancements to MARK (our free online assessment and reporting kit) in the spring to help you more quickly identify those children who are in this range.
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Halloween is one of the most enjoyed holidays around – especially for kids, and especially for Belleville! As every Belleville resident knows, every month of October, the downtown of Belleville magically transforms into Boo-ville! Main Street is beautified with spooky and fun decorations. Standing in front of the lamp posts you will see wonderfully creative scarecrows made by families in Belleville competing for the title of the most unique. And let's not forget the main attraction of Halloween —- the candy!
If you are going to eat candy and snacks, it is better to do so in one sitting, rather than grazing throughout the day! Meaning it is better to have 5 pieces of candy after dinner, as opposed to 1 piece of candy as a snack every hour for 5 hours. This is because, eating sweets creates an acidic environment in your mouth (which hurts your teeth). If you are only eating candy the 1 time, you create the acidic environment 1 time. But if you eat it 5 times, you are creating the harmful acidic environment 5 times!
Be careful with hard candies! Hard candies like jawbreakers or gobstoppers can be prime culprits for breaking teeth. In fact, today I treated a patient who did indeed split a tooth in half eating a hard Halloween candy. Most hard candies are meant to be savored until they dissolve and not bit directly into while it is still hard. Keep that in mind before you crunch down on a hard candy.
Brush, floss, and rinse! This one is a given. If you are going to enjoy sweet snacks you should definitely brush, floss, and rinse your teeth with a fluoride (or at least water) mouth rinse to cleanse your teeth of left over sugar. We love to eat sugar, but so do the bacteria which cause cavities. Sucrose (one of the main sugars in candy) is the favorite snack for decay causing bacteria in your mouth.
Happy Halloween, and thank you to all who visited us this year on Halloween!


Remember… You are in this class to learn to rig. You might be awesome at modeling. But dont let this class be about modeling. There are only 10 weeks with us. And many are learning to rig from scratch. Rigging a functional character in such a short time is not a joke. So, go easy on the models, textures etc. Make your rig awesome. Be creative. Think of a character that will have some set attributes/properties. We can then see how to devise a methods in the class to rig these characters.
so, you can clearly see that the power of animation does not depend on the model, as much as it depends on the rig and the animations that this rig can be put through. So, focus on getting a very good rig. If you can make a complex rig on a stick figure, you can take that same skeleton and rig gollum!!!


It all starts with vision.
You may have ideas in your head about where you want to go in life. Most of them may seem pretty far off, or worse, unattainable.
Yogi Berra, former Yankee, famously said, "If you don't know where you're going, you might end up some place else."
Recently, I heard someone say we often plan for vacation more than we plan for our life. That's so true, and so sad. Maybe if we spent more time planning our life, it would feel more like vacation.
If you don't know how you want your life to look, how do you make good decisions when it comes to relationships, jobs, moving, etc? Simple, you can't.
Creating a vision for you life isn't hard. It doesn't have to take a lot of time and it can always change.
What do you want your life to look like? Dream BIG, don't hold back, because even if you don't reach the full vision you'll get further than you would without it.
Once you know what you want you life to look like you have to look at where your life is right now. Does your job, where you/your family lives, your marriage, your health, and all the other things in your life stepping up to that vision?
If this is the first time you've ever thought of this, there are most likely many areas that aren't on track to achieve your vision. THAT'S OK! Be honest with where you are and see where the gaps are.
So now it's time to narrow it down and make some goals. Look at the gaps and make 2-3 goals for the next 12 weeks that will get a part of your life on track with where you/your family wants to be.
The best goals are usually challenging but achievable, measurable, and fun!
Now you have your goals. Write what steps it will take to achieve that goal in the next 12 weeks.
Example: Goal-Spend more intentional time with my family. Steps- 1. Unplug every Saturday and do something memorable with my family. 2. Inform all co-workers/bosses that you will unplug 3. Every Monday, with spouse, plan what we will do Saturday and make any arrangements necessary.
After you write the steps out, put necessary items on your calendar. Using the example above, I would block off every Saturday and make a 30 minute block on Mondays to plan.
By the end of 12 weeks evaluate how you did on your goals. What worked well? What didn't work? What do you need to amend to continue?
Choose another 2-3 goals and repeat. Before you know it you will be on track to what you want your life to look like!
What goals are you working on to get you closer to the life you want?


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MADISON, WI — Today, EMILY's List announced their endorsement of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kelda Roys. Support from EMILY's List, a national organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, is the biggest sign yet that Roys is building the campaign, momentum, and support needed to win her primary and become the next governor of Wisconsin.
"Kelda Roys is a champion for Wisconsin's families who is running to make history as the state's first woman governor," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. "She is an experienced leader who, as Democratic caucus chair in the state Assembly, supported progressive legislation on health care, economic justice, and more. Kelda is an entrepreneur who knows how to create jobs, and is a strong advocate for women and fought hard to protect the right to choose as executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin. These accomplishments and more make her the best choice to serve in Wisconsin's highest office."
"EMILY's List is one of the most effective, sophisticated political organizations in the country, and their endorsement is one of the most sought after," said Sonja Chojnacki, Roys' campaign manager. "The significant support and resources EMILY's List brings are a game-changer in any race, much less a crowded primary field like this. Their participation adds to the unparalleled momentum we're building, and is a clear signal to other national groups that Kelda Roys is the candidate best positioned to beat Walker come November."
Roys has previously been endorsed by many national and state organizations and leaders, including NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, Demand Universal Healthcare, Moms Demand Action, #VoteProChoice, Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, Rep. Amanda Stuck, former Sen. Jess King, and dozens of local elected officials.
"I'm thrilled to have the enthusiastic support of EMILY's List," said Roys. "They recognize that I'm the strongest candidate to beat Scott Walker and restore opportunity and fairness to Wisconsin."
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The last time I experienced a hurricane, I was a Houstonian attempting to flee from one. I spent 10 hours on the road, trading homemade chocolate chip cookies for a baseball cap when I realized I'd forgotten sun protection.
I live in Austin now, so before Harvey landed I filled up my gas tank, because #prudence and #experience, and I marveled at Austinites stripping grocery shelves of water, bread and beer.
Then the power went out. Two days in a row. And our tree uprooted. And the wind didn't stop blowing, and the rain didn't stop pouring. But all of this was nothing, NOTHING, compared to what my Houston friends and neighbors experienced.
And this time around, I had a job to do.
"For ConocoPhillips, Harvey a test of remote operations"
Last week, ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Ryan Lance spoke about conducting business remotely as the company's Houston locations remain closed due to flooding. "You can run virtually for a long time if you've got the right systems and personnel," Lance told Reuters. He was right. His crisis communications team proved it.
As a content strategist with oil and gas experience (and the digital and social content lead for ConocoPhillips), conducting business remotely has been a big part of my work life. From a writing standpoint, I've always seen the value in being a little bit removed - it's why companies hire outside firms. Being able to see a company in its best light - for what it can be rather than bogging down in politics or the day-to-day - is valuable.
Because our communications team members office in three cities - Houston, Austin and Bartlesville, Oklahoma - when my power went out, my colleagues were able to pick up my slack. And as they faced mandatory evacuations, flooding and power and internet outages all their own, I was able to return the favor.
Because we were accustomed to working remotely with each other, those processes Ryan Lance mentioned were in place, and even from homes, hotels and temporary workspaces we transitioned seamlessly to the job at hand.
Because our company invested in both team-building opportunities and crisis communications training, we were prepared and equipped to step up and do our best work under difficult circumstances - when our best work was most important to our entire company and community.
Because it's exponentially easier to manage crisis communications when your company is making the right choices for the right reasons, we came out of this experience stronger and more unified.
3) Social media is critical in a crisis. And the work put into building strong channels pays off with the very first message that reaches and informs your audience.
4) In the heat of the moment, the training kicks in, and together, you know more and can do more than you thought possible.
Questions about crisis communications during Hurricane Harvey? Reach out.


My Wells Fargo Bank Account Was Hacked Through My T-Mobile Phone! - The LanceScurv Show - LanceScurv - Bold, Raw & Uncut!
I found out the hard way what it's like to be the victim of getting my Wells Fargo bank account hacked and will tell you first hand that it's not a good feeling at all!
While most will embrace the advanced technology today as a Godsend because it makes one's life that much easier, but we have to understand that while the technology itself is a great thing, the people that use it may not be all that pristine in their character. That being said, it is literally guaranteed that the more evil minded among us will scheme on usurping the hard earned finances of others from the twisted mastery of this technology.
What makes my situation slightly different than the usual "someone capitalized on my cyber carelessness" story, was that my T-mobile SIM Card was compromised to use it as an open portal into my phone to enter my Wells Fargo account as though the impostor was yours truly in order to move my funds around and then execute two wire transfers that were caught in the nick of time because I suspended my account therefore saving every red cent of my almost stolen money! TALK ABOUT TIMING!
Listen in to my more annoying than unfortunate situation that was a straight reality check when it came to how I like so many of us can get too complacent in our trust of this fraudulent thing called online cyber security! As long as the human element is allowed to play a major factor in our hi-tech dealings then expect theft to only grow as we advance into what will be touted as safer platforms.


Do you know why we are conducting clinical trials for sinusitis? There are millions of Americans who develop at least one episode of sinusitis each year. While there are a number of treatment options available, some more chronic symptoms could only be relieved through a painful invasive procedure. Clinical trials like the one we are conducting here in Birmingham, AL will help expand the list of viable, non-invasive treatments available for sinusitis sufferers.
Sinusitis produces an inflammation (swelling) of the tissue that is lining the sinuses. This condition is also known as rhinosinusitis or simply a sinus infection. These symptoms are usually caused by an infection, but it could be caused by some other underlying issue. When these passages become inflamed, it can easily block up the sinuses and produce a significant level of pain.
Anything that interferes with the sinuses responsibilities can potentially cause sinusitis.
37 million Americans suffer from at least one sinusitis episode a year.
Acute sinusitis means that symptoms persist for less than four weeks.
Chronic sinusitis means that symptoms persist for more than three months.
The sinuses are open cavities set within the cheekbones, behind the nose and around your eyes. The sinuses are responsible for regulating the air that passes through the nasal cavity. Cold symptoms that persist for longer than a couple weeks could be the result of something more.
Acute Sinusitis – This refers to episodes that persist for less than a month. Most people develop acute sinusitis following a common cold– the common cold virus becomes a bacterial infection.
Subacute Sinusitis – The symptoms have persisted for somewhere between four to eight weeks.
Chronic Sinusitis – These episodes will persist for at least three months. Chronic sinusitis is produced by what experts believe is a fateful combination of painful swelling and an infection.
Recurrent Sinusitis – This refers to cases when people experience at least three episodes a year.
Underlying conditions like allergic rhinitis can leave a person much more susceptible to developing sinusitis. Allergies can easily cause inflammation within a person's sinuses, which means the cavities can't properly drain. People with allergies should be aware that they run the risk of developing secondary bacterial sinusitis.
There are certain medications which can be prescribed to help control these allergic reactions and reduce the risk of infection. People with deficient immune systems are also more susceptible to developing chronic or recurrent sinusitis given their body's inability to properly ward off common infections.
Some people are also born with certain traits (such as a narrow nasal cavity or shifted nasal septum) which leave them at greater risk of developing sinusitis. These issues can't be corrected with over-the-counter or prescription medications and may require surgery. Chronic or recurrent cases are often the result of several compounding factors, so getting an accurate diagnosis is the first pivotal step towards recovery.
Anyone who is interested in our sinusitis clinical trial should know that their participation represents a serious commitment. Taking part in a clinical trial in Birmingham, AL may only require agreeing to let our researchers have a copy of your test results– most will require a little more involvement than that.
Achieve Clinical Research is currently conducting a wide array of clinical studies targeted towards certain conditions. You may be eligible to participate in one of our Alabama sinusitis clinical trials and contribute to the development and approval of a new drug or treatment. As a participant, there is no cost to you at any point during the study and health insurance is not required. Browse our clinical trials being conducted now to find the study best suited for you.
If you live around Central Alabama, click here to learn more about participating in a sinusitis clinical trial. Also, our sister site Avail Clinical Research conducts sinusitis clinical trials in DeLand, Florida.


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Statskuppen i Brasilien 1964 ( eller, mer vardagligt, Golpe de 64), var en serie händelser som inträffade den 31 mars 1964 I Brasilien och som kulminerade med avsättandet av president João Goulart av Brasiliens väpnade styrkor dagen därpå.

Fastän det var en statskupp (militärkupp), kom den som ett resultat av att militären kallade kuppen "revolutionen 1964" (Revolução de 1964), att förknippas med idén om en bättre framtid, något den nya militärregeringen lovat befolkningen. Statskuppen blev slutet på regeringen Goulart. Goulart, även känd som Jango, var en medlem av Brasilianska arbetarpartiet, som på demokratiskt sätt blev vald till vicepresident i samma val som Jânio Quadros från Nationella arbetarpartiet, påhejad av Nationella demokratiska unionen, blev vald till president. När Quadros, som tillträdde som president i januari 1961, avsade sig  presidentskapet efter sju månader, efterträddes han av Goulart, som tillträdde som president i september 1961.

Brasilianska militärregeringen tog efter kuppen över styret av Brasilien.

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Cleobulus (; , Kleoboulos ho Lindios; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek poet and a native of Lindos. He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece.

Life
Cleobulus was the son of Evagoras and a citizen of Lindus in Rhodes. Clement of Alexandria called Cleobulus king of the Lindians, and Plutarch spoke of him as the tyrant. The letter quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, in which Cleobulus invites Solon to Lindus as a democratic place of refuge from the tyrant Peisistratus in Athens, is undoubtedly a later forgery. Cleobulus is also said to have studied philosophy in Egypt. He had a daughter, Cleobulina, who found fame as a poet, composing riddles in hexameter verse. Cleobulus is said to have lived to the age of seventy, and to have been greatly distinguished for strength and beauty of person.

Extant fragments
Cleobulus apparently wrote lyric poems, as well as riddles in verse. Diogenes Laërtius also ascribes to him the inscription on the tomb of Midas, of which Homer was considered by others to have been the author:
I am a brazen maiden lying here
Upon the tomb of Midas. And as long
As water flows, as trees are green with leaves,
As the sun shines and eke the silver moon,
As long as rivers flow, and billows roar,
So long will I upon this much wept tomb,
Tell passers by, "Midas lies buried here.

The Suda mentions him, and farther down, his daughter Cleobulina. An epigram of his is in the Palatine Anthology (VII, 153), and in another place records two epigrams together as "One of Homer, or of Cleobulus, without specifying which is the latter's. French scholar Pierre Waltz analyzed the problem in the Anthologie Grecque Likewise an enigma is attributed to him is recorded in the Palatine Anthology (XIV).

Many sayings were attributed to Cleobulus:
"Ignorance and talkativeness bear the chief sway among men."
"Cherish not a thought."
"Do not be fickle, or ungrateful."
"Be fond of hearing rather than of talking."
"Be fond of learning rather than unwilling to learn."
"Seek virtue and eschew vice."
"Be superior to pleasure."
"Instruct one's children."
"Be ready for reconciliation after quarrels."
"Avoid injustice."
"Do nothing by force."
"Moderation is the best thing."

Legacy
There is a stone tumulus on the northern headland of Lindos bay, which is sometimes called the "Tomb of Cleobulus".

An asteroid, 4503 Cleobulus, discovered in 1989, is named for him.

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— Statement to the audience at a concert, reported in Patrick Donovan (June 3, 2005) "Scream it out loud: Cover Story", The Age, p. 2.
No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart ... nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it.
— Jonathon Moran, Lawrie Masterson, Brett Debritz (May 13, 2007) "Inside Entertainment", Sunday Mail, News Limited, p. 2.
— On The Used's album "Lies For The Liars", reported in Market Wire (May 3, 2007) "Band to Unleash New Album -- "Lies For The Liars" -- on Reprise Records May 22nd and Join the Warped Tour for Select Dates This Summer", AP Alert - Financial, Associated Press.
— Eric R. Danton (September 1, 2005) "McCracken Had No Rock Doubts", The Hartford Courant, The Hartford Courant Co., p. 5.
I think about it sometimes, but it definitely doesn't bother me because genres are meant to last and we're a rock 'n roll band and screamo, emo, grunge, punk, prog ... it s still rock 'n roll to me. I think that we're four really talented dudes, and I'm ready to take on the whole world. I'm not afraid.
— On his "singer emo poster-child status", interview in John Benson (March 4, 2005) "Emo disorder It's not called chaos for nothing, says nonheadlining headliner", The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, p. 4.
— Statement made to the audience before diving into the crowd at a concert, reported in Thomas Lake (February 21, 2005) "It may look like chaos, but it's music to their ears The Taste of Chaos concert draws a lively crowd and continues today", The Florida Times-Union, p. B-1.
— On his music and lyrics relating to the audience, interview in Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times (November 5, 2004) "Whisper To a Scream The Used's Heartfeld Lyrics Are Half-Sung, Half-Shrieked", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PG Publishing Co.
— Staff (November 5, 2004) "Who's your homeboy? To devotees of The Used, Bert McCracken is a higher power", Home News Tribune, p. E4.
— On the release of The Used's album "In Love and Death", interview in David Lindquist (August 6, 2004) "Rising star reserves right to mingle on kids' level - Bert McCracken appears with the Used at X-Fest", The Indianapolis Star, p. G16.
— Jason Bodnar (July 30, 2004) "Rap, rock, metal collide in Projekt Revolution", Bucks County Courier Times, p. 1E.
— At a concert, commenting to the audience about The Used's song "Burning in the Aftermath", reported in Jason Newell (July 8, 2003) "Teens chill at hot concert", Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.


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MSNBC's Chris Matthews on SOTU: "I think people will like the speech tonight … It's all good stuff"
CBS's John Dickerson: "this was his Morning in America speech"
Posted by Fuzzy Slippers Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 07:00am 18 Comments
Current Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tore President Trump's SOTU speech in half on national television. While she's being lambasted by both Democrats and Republicans for this petulant, classless display of childish pique, she has also effectively grabbed the spotlight from Trump's SOTU address.
As Trump supporters busily print out copies of Trump's SOTU speech to send to Pelosi, it's worth taking a moment to see how some in the mainstream media responded to Trump's speech.
Chris "Tingles" Mathews is reported to have "gushed" over it, while over at CBS, the leftie panel compared it to President Reagan's "Morning in America" speech. And yes, I double-checked, these are not stories from the Babylon Bee.
The progressive outlet the Daily Beast is apoplectic that Matthews noted that normal Americans will love Trump's speech.
The "thrill up his leg" stamp is priceless. It refers, of course, to Matthews actually gushing about the thrill he felt up his leg upon hearing an Obama speech. By contrast, his comments about Trump's speech are pretty tame, but any praise of Trump cannot be tolerated.
The Daily Beast reports:
Minutes after President Donald Trump wrapped up his State of the Union address, MSNBC host Chris Matthews praised the president for giving a speech that "regular people" would like, adding that it was full of "good stuff."
With the hour-plus speech featuring made-for-TV feel-good moments such as the president offering a single mother a scholarship for her child and surprising a soldier's wife with her returning husband, Matthews insisted that "the people where I came from will like the speech."
"I think people will like the speech tonight," Matthews added. "I think regular people, they'll see the schmaltz, the corniness, they'll see it—but they'll like it! It's all good stuff, whatever purpose it had."
. . . . At the same time, the MSNBC host took the opportunity to contrast Trump with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, whom Matthews has repeatedly criticized in recent weeks.
"I'm telling you, Trump set up the fight and he laid down the gauntlet tonight about him and Bernie," the veteran MSNBC personality declared. "It's as if he was following Bernie won the popular vote in Iowa yesterday."
"There he is going after Guaidó, going after socialism, tying all socialism to the kind we really don't like, the tyrannical socialism of the Latin Americans like Castro," he continued. "I thought that was interesting. Pelosi stood up and applauded that. She knew where this country stands. We don't like those leaders. And Bernie does. And that's a problem for him."
He's not wrong.
Meanwhile, over at CBS, an astounding thing happened: the panel offered positive, if sometimes backhanded, comments about Trump's speech.
NewsBusters reports:
What was going on CBS Tuesday night during the State of the Union? Do we need to file a slew of missing persons' reports? Or was there a real-life Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Those answers seemed plausible considering CBS's overwhelmingly positive reaction to President Trump's speech.
In their post-speech reactions, CBS journalists praised the "master showman" President's "incredible remarks" that, while "restrained," showcased "a strong record on the economy" and "emotionally compelling stories" about "great Americans." Even more surprisingly, the praise was juxtaposed with condemnation for Democrats.
. . . . O'Donnell added that "[t]here were many moments….where Republicans leapt to their feet" while "Democrats sat stone faced" and Pelosi was left "pursing her lips, almost looking ill at some of the remarks made as the President touted his accomplishments and those of his administration, including a strong record on the economy."
After a break, O'Donnell went even further, calling the President's words "[i]ncredible remarks."
And near the end of their coverage, O'Donnell credited him for offering "specific proposals…that might be appealing to independent voters" alongside "emotionally compelling stories" about "great Americans."
At various points in their discussion, 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson stated that, while it wasn't bipartisan in the same way Ronald Reagan's 1984 address was, "this was his Morning in America speech." and that Trump was "quite restrained."
. . . . If Democrats want to make an argument to the country, if all the country hears is bickering and unhappiness, it helps an incumbent President with a strong economy and, by the way, doesn't help anybody looking for solutions that Democrats might have. This is a challenge for Democrats to be able to respond to the arguments the President made with their own strengths. Tearing up papers is not one of their strengths.
As the Democrats shouted out responses, the CBS panel noted the similarity to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) infamously shouting "you lie" during Obama's 2009 ObamaCare address to Congress.
NewsBusters continues:
NANCY CORDES: . . . . Democrats got angry very early when the president seemed to suggest he had rescued the economy from the depths of the Obama years. They started shouting out their disagreement to that and several other notions that the President put forward. At one point he said that some people were trying to dismantle health care. They shouted, "You are." At another point, he claimed that he was going to force prescription drug companies to lower costs. Democrats openly started laughing. This, as Republicans seemed to try to cheer loud enough to make up for the lack of cheering on the Democratic side. So, really, it turned into something of a circus and at one point, one member of Congress, Tim Ryan of Ohio, actually tweeted that he was walking out of the State of the Union because he had had enough. He said, "It's like watching professional wrestling. It's all fake."
You know, really a striking turn of events when you think just a decade ago, one member of Congress shouting, "you lie," at a speech by President Obama in that same chamber generated days of controversy and here you had it happen multiple times in one speech, culminating, of course, with the speaker ripping up that speech.
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Pasadena Phil | February 6, 2020 at 9:12 am
The left is looking to get back into the conversation. They have drifted so far out of touch with an America that has decided to turn them off that they need to stop and consider an America without them. Does this signal that the dirty globalist money is panicking? Or just retooling by softening their constant scolding for the next battle hoping to catch us napping?
I think they realize that broadcasting their signals only to bounce off of trees and buildings is not exactly "mass communication". There are so few left who are engaged in their conversation that once the dirty money abandons them, they will be out of business. Plan B begins?
TheFineReport.com in reply to Pasadena Phil. | February 6, 2020 at 12:19 pm
Thr party of malignant narcissists realizes it has to go back into hiding its true purpose: destroy all it touches, streal all it can, and let no child and young woman go unbuggered.
The mask is off. Don't participate in allowing it to go back on.
Obama's ' jobs created' were jobs outside America.
Obama is a traitor, after all.
healthguyfsu | February 6, 2020 at 11:17 am
"It's all fake"?
You mean like Obama's fake economy graphs in his first and second SOTU?
Funny, how they are so upside down on reality and propaganda.
ScottTheEngineer in reply to healthguyfsu. | February 6, 2020 at 11:57 am
Hang on a second. Are you trying to say that Obama's "jobs saved or created" is not a valid way to count employment numbers?
I wonder what our economic numbers would be like using that scale.
Another Voice in reply to ScottTheEngineer. | February 6, 2020 at 2:58 pm
When measuring jobs created or saved during Obama's term(s)where he put up "his" numbers of the unemployed, the under-employed and were he to have used the NO-longer being counted as unemployed; Yes, every graph Obama presented as winning on recovery was just deceptive marketing of bogus numbers reporting. Moreover, he chose to spend an inordinate amount of tax dollars on Shovel Ready Jobs rather than policy changes. Look around you. Proof is in the Pudding of what recovery truly looks like when employment is low, job creation is high, the GNP is high and investors are seeing a return to their 401K's, IRA's and stocks; Raising the water level for all boats.
tom_swift | February 6, 2020 at 12:50 pm
The frontal assault on DJT and Trump Country (pure backstabbing, but about as frontal as a sneaky bunch like the Dems can manage) has failed, big-time. Congress hasn't figured that out yet; it suspects but has yet to come to terms with it or even understand it.
But it looks like the MSM has realized that another plan is necessary. Full-frontal buffoonery is out. If Maddow says something even slightly like Matthews did, the nature of the next attack will become more obvious.


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Q: Compilation options of a multi-output model: multiple losses & loss weighting As described in the Keras handbook -Deep Learning with Pyhton-, for a multi-output model we need to specify different loss functions for different heads of the network. But because gradient descent requires you to minimize a scalar, you must combine these losses into a single value in order to train the model.
Very imbalanced loss contributions will cause the model representations to be optimized preferentially for the task with the largest individual loss, at the expense of the other tasks. To remedy this, you can assign different levels of importance to the loss values in their contribution to the final loss. This is useful in particular if the losses' values use different scales.
Can anyone help with the following:
I've got a five-output model with the following outputs:

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*emotion (multiclass, multilabel classification)

*valence (regression)

*arousal (regression)

*dominance (regression)

*age (multiclass classification)

I am using the following :
losses_list = {'EMOTIONS': 'binary_crossentropy',
               'VALENCE': 'mse',
               'AROUSAL': 'mse',
               'DOMINANCE': 'mse',
               'AGE': 'categorical_crossentropy'}

losses_weights = {'EMOTIONS': 1.0,
                  'VALENCE': 0.025,
                  'AROUSAL': 0.025,
                  'DOMINANCE': 0.025,
                  'AGE': 0.45}

metrics ={'EMOTIONS': 'crossentropy',
          'VALENCE': 'mse',
          'AROUSAL': 'mse',
          'DOMINANCE': 'mse',
          'AGE': 'categorical_accuracy'}

Are those the right loss functions? Are those the right weights and are those metrics properly set?

A: *

*Are those the right loss functions? Yes, well played.

*Are those the right weights? You decide how the training should be affected by the various losses, mostly depends on your data, for example if valence is noisy, you might want to reduce its weight which you did.

*Are those metrics properly set? The first should be binary_accuracy, for regression often mae or mean absolute error is used, the last one is correct for multi-class classification.

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Home News & Analysis California's offshore wind auction rakes in $3.6bn less than NY Bight
California's offshore wind auction rakes in $3.6bn less than NY Bight
The California offshore wind auction featured a familiar winners list, with CIP, Equinor, RWE, Ocean Winds and Invenergy committing a collective $757.1m in winning bids for five separate leases.
When announced this fall, it soon became clear that the US West Coast's first offshore wind auction would be unlike the two that preceded it on the East Coast.
The main reason: the technology risk involved with the projects-to-be, with the Californian auction being the first in the US to only auction off floating wind farms, rather than bottom-fixed offshore projects. The United States has a goal to reach 15GW of floating offshore wind generation by 2035, while the state of California is targeting 5GW by 2030.
"There's more discomfort around the technology risk associated with that. Additionally, the infrastructure surrounding the wind farms has to start from scratch in California, while it was already existent on the East Coast," Jim Berger, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright specialising in energy, infrastructure and resources, told Infrastructure Investor.
Despite these differences, much remained the same between the California and NY Bight auctions. The list of winners is still largely European, featuring many of the same players: for example, with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone-owned Invenergy, and Ocean Winds – owned by Portugal's EDP Renewables and France's ENGIE – being among the winners. Ocean Winds previously brought in outside capital with Global Infrastructure Partners for the NY Bight, though for the California auction it has partnered with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
"I think you'll continue to see a lot of repeat players with deep pockets and deep experience in owning and operating offshore wind assets as the industry grows in the United States," Berger said. "New entrants may come through joint ventures, but experience and money are just too important during these auctions."
The bargain bin?
The biggest difference was price. While the NY Bight auction generated an eye raising $4.37 billion, this auction was much more subdued, garnering a total of $757.1 million. While the area auctioned off was smaller this time around (at 373,268 acres), the per-expected energy output remains lower, with TGS, an energy intelligence firm, stating in an analysis of the auction that "the price per energy values at the California leases are between a third to a quarter of the values from the New York Bight auction".
Berger, however, doesn't see this as a fair comparison. "I don't think we can compare the NY Bight auction with the California auction because this was the first auction on the West Coast. I think if you look at the first auction on the East Coast, results in California were comparable or even higher," he said.
Berger similarly does not think PPA disputes in New England had much of an impact on the auction, commenting that "there are several different factors at play. [The California energy market] is different than the markets on the East Coast, so I'm not sure how much of an impact [the Massachusetts PPA dispute] is having. Not to mention that California state policies and the [Inflation Reduction Act] have provided positive tailwinds."
Moving forward, Berger says to keep an eye on other floating offshore wind projects in Europe, to see if they perform as predicted. Additionally, the hurdles the California winners will have to deal with – negotiations with utilities for offtake agreements, supply chain formation, labour and environmental disputes and more – will be of note.
Nevertheless, the auction marks the beginning of a very long process on the West Coast – one that can only result in growth for the offshore wind industry.
"In the future, there will presumably be a robust ecosystem on the West Coast, with more workers, port facilities, transmission infrastructure, et cetera. So I think that will raise prices in future West Coast auctions. However, it's hard to say if we'll ever see prices as high as those seen for the NY Bight", Berger remarked.
Indeed, future offshore wind auctions will include projects off the coast of Oregon, according to the US Department of Energy.
Invenergy, CIP and Equinor declined to comment.


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Camera Attacks in Tennessee, Australia, Italy, Latvia, Spain, UK
Speed cameras are shot, rammed, burned and smashed in Tennessee and throughout Europe this week.
A notorious speed camera in New South Wales, Australia was set on fire early Wednesday morning, Free News reported. The device was located in Mosman, a northern suburb of Sydney, on Spit Road. It had been one of the most profitable cameras in the area, generating over a million in annual revenue for the state. At the same time, the cameras in the area have generated controversy. In 2005, officials were caught issuing tickets to bus drivers for speeds the buses were incapable of reaching.
This was the fifth attack so far this year. Two weeks ago vigilantes set fire to the speed camera on Warringah Road at Forrestville. In July, the camera on Pittwater Road was burned. In June, a pair of cameras near Narrabeen Public School were burned. The damage total is estimated at $35,000 and police have no idea who might be responsible.
A similar fire attack damaged a speed camera in Suffolk, UK last Sunday at 2:35am, the Eastern Daily Press reported. The device had been located on the A140 Norwich Road near Diss. Police have no suspects.
In Malaga, Spain, a driver was fined 1568 euros (US $2241) this week after being convicted of smashing a mobile speed camera at 4am on March 8, ADN reported. The device located on Calle Pacifico had photographed the man's car and because it was the last vehicle on the roll of film, police assumed he was responsible. The man insisted he was innocent, but a man in a nearby hotel claimed to have witnessed the incident.
Police outside Rome, Italy have also accused a three men of attacking a speed camera with a pickax last Tuesday, Corriere Della Sera reported. The men aged 25, 31 and 32 climbed up the thirteen-foot pole and began whacking the camera on the via di Coccia di Morto in Fiumicino. Police arrived on the scene before they had finished and charged the trio with aggravated damage.
On Wednesday evening, a vigilante shot a speed camera in Daugavpils, Latvia, according to TVNET. The device was located on Daugava Street. The incident happened just one week after the Ministry of the Interior announced their intention to deploy more than one hundred speed cameras on the roads throughout the country. Police have no suspects.
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