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Solidarity!: Maine trans and/or women's action camp occupying Irving Corporation's Portsmouth, NH HQ
SOURCE: http://twac.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/maine-trans-andor-womens-action-camp-occupying-irving-corporations-portsmouth-new-hampshire-headquarters/
MAINE TRANS AND/OR WOMEN'S ACTION CAMP OCCUPYING IRVING CORPORATION'S PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE HEADQUARTERS
Posted: October 21, 2013 in Uncategorized
UPDATE 12:52p.m. All cop cars are gone. Unconfirmed belief that pain compliance was used to remove the lockdowners.
UPDATE 11:46 Cops have the whole building blocked off, no visuals on the lockdowners.
UPDATE 11:43, Oil has mysteriously spilled on Irving's private parking lot.
UPDATE 11:42, All protesters, except those locked have been removed from the premisses.
UPDATe: 11:37 Lock downers are under arrest, but are still locked in.
UPDATE 11:29am Irving owns the parking lot to the building, outside protesters are being told they will be arrested if they don't leave the property.
UPDATE 11:21am Chief of police has just arrived.
UPDATE 11:18am Two banners dropped at near by bridges:
"Irving, exploiting native land and water"
"Fracking: Drilling, Killing, Spilling"
UPDATE 11:12am protesters, pushed out of building by police leaving lockdowners with out any support
Call Portsmouth police to demand they release the arrested protesters with out charges (603) 436-2511
UPDATE 11:05: Direct support for the lockdowners have been arrested, other support pushed outside the building.
UPDATE 11:02: First arrest has been made
UPDATE 11:01am: police have arrived, threatening arrest.
UPDATE 11:00am: banner inside Irving headquarters
In solidarity with New Brunswick First Nation's Fracking Protest
BREAKING Portsmouth, New Hampshire Irving Corporation Headquarters: this morning dozens of activists participating in the Trans and/or Women's Action camp (TWAC) are occupying an Irving Corporation Headquarters. Dozens of activists are currently occupying the office to present their demands to Irving officials. Ten activists are "locked down" using a combination of lock boxes and u-lock kryptonite bike locks. These activists will occupy the office until demands are met or they are forcibly removed. This action comes after a three day long event where women, transgender, gender queer, and gender variant activists from Maine and other parts of the North East come together to learn political organizing skills with a focus on direct action civil disobedience, Protesters have brought a list of demands and refuse to leave the building until they speak with Kevin Flemming, Chief Strategy Officer, David Glassberg, Chief Legal and Governance Officer, or another high ranking Irving official. This office occupation is in solidarity with the Mi'kmaq First Nation's current road blockade in Elsipogtog, a protest against fracking exploration by SWN Resources Canada that is currently taking place on their traditional lands without their consent.
The Mi'kmaq First Nations have been defending their land with a road blockade since September 30th. On October 17th there was a violent attempt to raid their encampment by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Irving oil supports fracking exploration on First Nations land by allowing SWN Resources to store their equipment in an Irving owned compound, and reports state that natural gas that comes off of Elsipogtog land would go to the Irving refinery in New Brunswick. Please see our attached list of demands for more information on Irving's practices.
"What is happening to the Mi'kmaq and Elsipogtog First Nations in New Brunswick is horrific. The indigenous people of this continent have experienced violent occupation and genocide for over 500 years, and the situation in New Brunswick is a continuation of that occupation and genocide. The very least we can do as non-native allies is put our legal status on the line to expose Irving's connection to this horrific situation and learn how to most effectively be non-compliant to the colonial domination of indigenous people. The Canadian government and all corporations involved need to respect indigenous sovereignty and immediately stop any fracking exploration." -Christine Allium, TWAC Organizer.
TWAC Maine supports indigenous sovereignty, community self reliance, healthy and flourishing ecosystems, an end to corporate domination, and racial and gender justice.
Posted in Messages of Solidarity	| Tagged elispogtog, Elsipogtog Solidarity, Irving, New Hampshire, occupations, solidarity actions
HMC: Mi'kmaq Warrior risks losing leg after being shot by RCMP rubber slug in Thursday's cop attack
SOURCE: http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/mikmaq-warrior-risks-losing-leg-after-being-shot-r/19398
Internal bleeding went untended for two days due to shock.
Tyson Peters addresses a crowd today at a community meeting in Elsipogtog. [Photo: Miles Howe]
Elsipogtog, New Brunswick – It has taken three days, but sadly there is now the potential of a very serious injury arising from last Thursday's early morning RCMP attack on the anti-shale gas encampment that occurred on a piece of Crown land adjacent to highway 134.
Tyson Peters, a member of the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society, today appeared at a community meeting in Elsipogtog using two friends for support. His left leg was heavily bandaged. He tells the Halifax Media Co-op that after being shot in the leg by a 'rubber bullet' shotgun blast, fired by an RCMP officer at close range, there is extensive internal bleeding in his leg. Doctors have advised him that they will know better tomorrow whether the leg will require amputation.
Peters, who was asked by his uncle to join the Warriors Society, was amongst several people shot by the RCMP with rubber bullet shotgun shells during the violent arrest of 40 people on Thursday. Peters was at the second confrontation between anti-shale gas activists and police, which occurred after an RCMP tactical squad arrived in the pre-dawn hours with about 60 guns drawn to serve an SWN Resource's Canada injunction to about 15 odd people.
"I had to jump in front of a woman and take a rubber bullet," says Peter. "I didn't go for help for two days. I was walking on it for two days and couldn't feel it. I was in too much shock.
"[Doctors at St. Anne hospital in New Brunswick] told me I might be losing my leg."
While the RCMP has been very forthcoming in their public display of three apparently-seized rifles from the Warriors encampment near highway 134 (none of which were ever used at the encampment), the police have remained totally mum on their use of rubber bullet shotgun shells during both confrontations with anti-shale gas activists on the 17th. Numerous incidents of maiming and blinding by rubber bullets and slugs have been documented over the history of their use.
The Halifax Media Co-op will update this story as new becomes available.
Posted in Alternative Media Coverage	| Tagged elispogtog, Elsipogtog, fracking, injuries, October 17 raids, police brutality, RCMP, Warriors
Rabble: Frackas in Elsipogtog
SOURCE: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/christophermajka/2013/10/frackas-elsipogtog
Christopher Majka, October 19, 2013
Since the violent confrontations between RCMP and protestors at Elsipogtog, New Brunswick on October 17, 2013, there has been an explosion of concern across Canada. Many solidarity rallies have been held across the country (including one in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that I attended on October 18, pictured in the photographs accompanying this article) and almost 23,000 people have already signed a petition calling on the RCMP to refrain from using violence against these peaceful protests by First Nations peoples and their supporters.
What's at Issue?
First and foremost, fracking. This is a mining technique for extracting oil or natural gas from underground deposits. Typically clusters of holes are bored, first vertically then horizontally. Water mixed with chemical additives and sand is pumped at extremely high pressures into sections of these drill holes in order to hydraulically fracture (a.k.a., "frack") the rock formations, thereby releasing hydrocarbons like methane (i.e., natural gas) or crude oil.
There are two fundamental areas of concern.
1. Groundwater contamination
An enormous number (750+) chemicals have been used as additives in the slurry that is injected into boreholes. Typically 3-12 are used and they include, hydrochloric acid (for cleaning perforations), salt (to delay the breakdown of polymers), polyacrylamide (as a friction-reducer), ethylene glycol (to prevent scale deposits), borate salts (for maintaining fluid viscosity), sodium and potassium carbonates (to maintain crosslinks in polymers), glutaraldehyde (as a disinfectant), guar gum (to increase viscosity), citric acid (to reduce corrosion), and isopropanol (to increase fluid viscosity).
Although the fracking slurry is typically 90 per cent water, 9.5 per cent sand, and only 0.5 percent chemical additives, this soup of chemicals contains many substances of concern that one would not want in groundwater. Furthermore, when rock is hydraulically fractured — depending on its composition, depth, the bedding planes, and groundwater flows in the area — fractures and seams can open up that lead anywhere, and once opened, are virtually unstoppable.
Over time (this may take many months), these chemicals will work their way away to somewhere (Who knows where and with what consequences?), but what will not go away are the petroleum products (various oils and gases) released by the process of fracking — that, after all is the point. If channels through rock formations open up that lead to groundwater reservoirs, this hydrocarbon contamination can continue indefinitely. This is not only a problem in terms of drinking water from wells, springs, brooks, and rivers, but it also has the potential to affect aquatic ecosystems.
2. Methane leakage
Fracking releases gases, primarily methane, but also propane and contaminant gases such as hydrogen sulfide (which is very poisonous, corrosive, flammable, and explosive and needs to be flared-off to avoid dangers). Despite various technologies that are deployed, research done by investigators such as Cornell University environmental engineer, Anthony Ingraffea and his colleagues, has shown that some 10 per cent of fracked wells leak methane immediately (from defective cement seals and faulty steel linings), and some 20 per cent will eventually do so over time. They not only leak at the wellhead, but can (and do) leak virtually anywhere in the surrounding area, coming up through fractured seams in the bedrock. Since methane is colourless and odorless, it may not be easy to detect.
Besides not wanting to breathe methane, this leakage is a serious concern because methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Its Global Warming Potential (GWP) is calculated (most recently by the IPCC 2013 report) to be some 86 times that of carbon dioxide based on a 20-year atmospheric residency. This means that methane, as a Greenhouse Gas (GWG) in the atmosphere, traps heat 86 times as efficiently as carbon dioxide over a 20 year time period. Given that concerns with respect to climate change are climbing to critical levels, we have to be very mindful of the environmental impacts of processes like fracking that will inevitably leak methane into the atmosphere, essentially indefinitely.
Add to this concerns about radioactivity associated with fracking (flowbacks from some fracked gas wells have been found to contain high levels of radium) and seismic activity (i.e., tremors) induced by hydraulic fracturing, and it is clear that there are well-founded environmental concerns related to this practice. This is why many communities view plans to undertake fracking with deep suspicion.
Can it be done safely?
Well … maybe. There are an enormous number of different parameters having to do with the geology of the deposits, their depth, what hydrocarbons they contain, the hydrology of the region, how the fracking is being conducted, what chemicals are being used, the proximity to aquifers and settlements, how the well-casing are made, etc. There are some situations where potential risks are greater, others where they are less; some situations where potential benefits are greater, others where they are less.
What is essential is that a clear and detailed assessment of risks and benefits needs to be undertaken before any such project proceeds, and — critically — who will bear the potential risks and reap the benefits. Scenarios in which the risks are assumed by the environment (as a dumping-ground for the mistakes of humanity) and the communities of people who live in the area and depend upon the integrity of that environment, while the benefits are primarily accrued by distant corporations (that are solely concerned with shareholder profits and executive bonuses) should be assessed very critically.
The inescapable corollary is that the adjudication of such proposals is an environmental, social, and political matter. It should not under any circumstances be downloaded onto police authorities. To do so is an abuse of process. The hydrocarbons trapped in shales have been there for tens if not hundreds of millions of years. They will not go away. There is no need to rush an ethically corrupt process (see more below).
Should it be done?
Aye, there's the rub. While it's unquestionably the case that natural gas (which is what is at issue in Elsipogtog) burns more cleanly and with fewer carbon-dioxide emissions that other hydrocarbons such as coal or oil, it is still a fossil fuel and burning it (or letting it escape) emits greenhouse gases (GHGs), which on a daily bassis are bringing our planet closer to what many climatologists fear may be runaway global warming, the consequences of which could end civilization as we know it, something I would think should be of non-insignificant concern … (See Loaded dice in the climate change casino, In the valley of the shadow of peak oil, Acid bath: Evil twin of climate change, and Pestilence, famine, and climate change: Horseman of the Apocalypse).
We simply have to stop burning fossil fuels. While methane is cleaner than coal or tar sands, it is still emits GHGs. If extracting more natural gas would displace the burning of dirtier fuels, a case could be made for their exploitation. However, this seldom if ever happens. More extraction of fossil fuels almost invariably result sin more consumption of fossil fuels — and the cheaper they are, the more wastefully they are squandered.
Moreover, the more we as a society invest in fossil fuel technologies and infrastructure [i.e., pipelines, LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals, fracking pads, etc.] the more we economically commit to these investments, and the less we correspondingly have to invest in critical renewable energy resources (i.e., wind, water, wave, solar, tidal, geothermal, etc.). It is impossible to have it both ways; we don't have infinite financial resources, and the world's atmosphere and oceans are not infinite reservoirs into which we can indefinitely pour our wastes. Climate change — an accumulation of the last several centuries of industrial society's sins — is coming home to roost with virulent speed. We can't continue to stick our head in the sands (tar or otherwise) — we simply have to stop burning fossil fuels.
Back to Elsipogtog
Having grown up in New Brunswick, this is an area I'm quite familiar with. The native community of Elsipogtog and the many surrounding Acadian towns of Rexton, Richibucto, Sainte-Anne de Kent, Saint-Louis de Kent, and many others, are located on the spectacular Gulf of St. Lawrence – Northumberland Strait coast of New Brunswick, a skipping stone's throw away from Kouchibouguac National Park, itself a constellation of sand bars, barrier beaches, lagoons, and estuaries which is a scenic, natural, and wildlife gem of New Brunswick. The people of these communities are understandably attached to, and care for, the land, rivers, and ocean where they grew up, live, and make their livelihoods. They are understandably concerned by proposals by SWN Resources Canada (a subsidiary of a Houston, Texas based corporation) to frack for natural gas in their communities.
In the tense standoff at Elsipogtog, what we are seeing is how aboriginal communities are once again on the literal and figurative front line of resisting an exploitative model of resource development that disenfranchises the rights of people and is accelerating the destruction of the planet. It is native people — who have repeatedly been run over by the vehicles of corporate greed — who are standing up once again for the sake of their own communities, for the well being of all Canadians, and to preserve the sacred vitality and integrity of the environment that nourishes us all.
They are expressing well-founded environmental and political concerns and are asking pointed questions about the models of resource development and extraction, and the corporate myopia and greed that drives them. These abuses have brought us to the global environmental, social, and economic mess that we find ourselves in today. They are unfazed about asking spiritual questions about the sanctity of the earth and whether this is any way to treat her. As a society, we have to listen to these concerns — calmly and respectfully. There is no need to rush. It is inexcusable to send in the police, creating pointlessly tense situations that can readily escalate into conflict and violence. The New Brunswick government needs to reciprocate the invitation from native people to engage in an environmental, social, and political dialogue and not try to download the issues of this dispute onto police authorities.
An encouraging aspect of these current anti-fracking demonstrations and those of Idle No More (see No less than Idle No More) that I have attended, is the degree to which they have drawn people of every age, gender, and ethnicity, and how welcoming First Nations communities have been of the involvement of their fellow Canadians. Native people have been subject to centuries of genocide, persecution, or sometimes indifference, by the representatives of the European nations that came and colonized their land. They have more than ample reasons to feel hostile and suspicious — instead they are welcoming and generous.
In the past few years I've witnessed a sea-change, from a time when aboriginal people and their societies and concerns were seen as peripheral to 'Canadian' values and interests. Now I am witnessing a growing awareness and understanding that native people are at the forefront of what we need to do and embrace as a society. If we are to survive as a civilization, we need to understand that humanity is intimately and inextricably based on our relationship to the natural world. If we abuse it, we abuse ourselves. If we threaten its well being, we jeopardize our own future. If we ignore it, we hide from our own destiny. If we debase it, we harm our own sanctity. These are the lessons emerging from Elsipogtog and Idle No More. These are lessons that we urgently need to learn.
Christopher Majka is a biologist, environmentalist, policy analyst, and arts advocate. He conducts research on the ecology and biodiversity of beetles. He is a research associate of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS and a member of the Project Democracy team.
Posted in Alternative Media Coverage, Analysis and History	| Tagged background, elispogtog, fracking, RCMP, repression, science, Shale Gas, solidarity


I'm working on a little fairy-tale tonight, after finishing my drawings for the day.
I wasn't even all that into picture books a child, but instead obsessed with anthologies. Ah well. Grumble. Passing moods.
I'll stick that fairy tale into a box to start a collection, maybe one day it'll just be enough to be a big book of many things!
Realised today that I haven't used ink in ages. Whoah, what a relief. Must remember to switch media now and then.
Hmmm, I haven't done all the writing I meant to do today, but I found a really nice SF radio episode on the web, "Tunnel Under The World", see Sidebar.
I think I'll re-read Puss in Boots (am going to base a new story on it) and eat chocolate and take notes.
My Gran died two days ago, and I am thinking of her - I just found a picture on the web of an umbrella I would love to have and I am wondering if I'll ever see it on sale, and thinking it's the sort of thing I could have sent her a picture of and she'd made me one for Christmas, that is, when she was a bit younger.
Gosh, it's a surprise busy day. Must go and get some boxes of crayons at once, because Alexia is visiting in the afternoon to do some crayoning together.
And I need to eke out some time to put down notes for a story... I thought this morning that I need to do some projects that don't involve me coming up with stories because it's just too slow going, it always takes months before I get a concept ok'd for publication. So I thought: why not illustrate a classic? And then: Why not write a story based on a classic? And now I am inspired again.
It's not that I can't come up with anything myself, just that I find it hard to come up with things that publishers agree four-year-old children would like (and their parents, I guess). It's a complicated business.
Off I go into town then... very swiftly since it's GREY out there.
Found some time to do some painting. This one I've been meaning to do for months.
A copy of Martin Salisbury's latest collection of new children's book illustration came through the door this morning (Alexis' work is featured in it, hence).
I've been looking at it for ages... I've never seen so much illustration I loved in one place! I normally don't like illustration collections, but this one - Colours and shapes and lines... paint and ink and papers... like beautiful flowers growing after a big grey rain.
Looking at it makes me so happy I'm almost sad!
irate scrawls and then this here drawing.
I've heard some of it beforehand and it's brilliant.
Knitting with chunky wool rocks extra.
This is going to be my new jumper.
Last night I was sleeping unusually soundly and comfortably until at midnight someone ran the lamp-post outside my window down. It folded right into next door's front yard. At one, the carbon monoxide alarm malfunctioned. Around two there were bright flashing lights and the noise of the lamp-post being sawn down. At some point the burglar alarm downstairs tripped. Now here I am scribbling cats without much deep thought.
Now that my desk is set up comfortably I am spending time on the web again... and my first grand discovery is LIBRIVOX. A growing collection of free audiobooks read and donated by members of the public. How good is that??? Am listening to "Bartleby the scrivener" right now with a canary on my shoulder and have "Dracula" downloaded for the afternoon.
When I'm working on a new project and thinking very hard I tend to do a lot of drawings that are not at all like what should go in the book... very realistic and detailed, or intensely scrawled, or just plain hairy, sometimes I think about a character for two hours and keep working at the same picture while I'm thinking so in the end it's cross-hatched almost through the paper. Some of them are quite awful, some are rather nice. None of them are ever in perspective.
I've almost learned to not show these drawings to publishers, but sometimes I forget... I always find them interesting myself because they show creative process.
I've had emergency meetings about them sometimes, when publishers call me in and have photocopies of them prepared covered in notes and white-out because they think I've gone dangerously off the rails.
Or people look through my sketchbooks and pick these drawings out and say things like "Wow! This is so much better than what you normally do! Much more mature work!" or they say "This is almost a good drawing, you just need to learn more about line!" (often about the same drawings actually) or "That looks a bit raw art, I don't like it if you do that" - And I go "Arrrgh, they aren't... they're just for me! - Go away!!!!"
But I still find it important not to edit my sketch-books for presentation, I think that would lead to me throwing things at the wall.
I've noticed that a lot of professional illustrators I've met have sketchbooks completely devoid of such things, instead just sketches that any publisher would accept as roughs that aren't inked in yet, or interesting yet non-threatening exercises in style. Maybe it's because I don't think in pictures.
Hmmm. Woke up happy and looked out of the window. Had coffee in bed reading a lovely book and watching the birds have a morning flight. Then I walked across the room to find my desk ready for work. This is a contrast to waking up in the window, being stared at people having coffee on the terrace next door, and then getting up, falling over some books and bumping into my desk which is already covered in birds, and more books. I like this new room-layout.
I'll blog sketches later, haven't hooked the scanner up yet.
Aaah quick go and look at this lady's work... She's been turning spam emails into art. I want some of them as posters.
...Helga likes the new setup. She's exploring, and decided that the CD player is a good place to sit. She is very curious about where the music comes from... just then she was hopping from one speaker to the other, putting her tiny head against them to find out. Hah. - It's so NICE in here now!
It's been chaotic days... the huge desk that was so high that I had to work on a converted barstool has left the building. It took two men to carry it out in four parts, and it still tried to decapitate them on the way down the stairs.
When it was gone, I suddenly had space to put up two sensible-sized desks instead, one just for drawing, and I changed the rest of the room around so taht now half of it is my bedroom and the other half is the studio. It's amazing. It's like a weird dream... I drew a whole book on that desk, and the book before that I drew on a coffeetable sitting on the floor, and the one before that in pieces, on other people's sofas, mostly. Now it looks like for the first time I can draw a book in a studio-setup that looks like the sort of thing I imagined when I first started working... I might even get some extra shelves for art materials!
While sorting through the studio we found a tub of pastels which I shall clean later today... I read they can be cleaned up by shaking them in a jar of rice.
I also started knitting a jumper while fretting about the layout of the room... I found a book in the library about "modular knitting" and it's great fun, just knitting neat little squares and triangles and then assembling things from them. Which means that all the bits of bad knitting I do while trying out odd wool or patterns I don't quite understand I can just edit out, and just sue good pieces for the jumper, hooray. I think I'll end up with a patchwork blanket of bad samplers as a bonus.
Anyway, no knitting now, trying out new desk arrangement instead. Computer works, check!
...nah, there's nothing going on at the moment at all. For example I'll have lunch in a minute and then go for a walk in the park, and in the morning I knitted a wash-cloth because, well, I'd run out of wash-cloths. In the afternoon I'll do some work and then I'll have dinner.
I like it when nothing goes on, bit boring for you though, quick go read BoingBoing or something.


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Q: How do I force a function to be called immediately in Haskell? This is my code:
import Data.Function.Memoize
import Debug.Trace

foo :: Int -> Int -> Int
foo a = memoFix fooMemo where
    fooMemo f x = a + (trace (show x) cont) where
        cont = if x == 0 then 0 else x + f (x - 1)

main = do
    print $ foo 0 5
    print $ foo 0 5
    print $ foo 0 5

I expected it to print:
3
2
1
0
6
6
6

But, instead, it prints this:
3
2
1
0
6
3
2
1
0
6
3
2
1
0
6

In other words, the function is not memoized as I expected it to be. This is probably because each time "foo 0" is called, a new memo-table is created for "foo". How can I force GHC to evaluate "memoFix fooMemo" only once, so that it doesn't create more than one memotable?

A: The problem is that the memotable is created for each parameter value, foo 0 etc., not for the whole of foo.  And then those memotables are not shared from one invocation of foo to the next.  The solution is to make sure to also memoize the whole of foo:
import Data.Function.Memoize
import Debug.Trace

foo :: Int -> Int -> Int
foo = memoize foo1 where
    foo1 a = memoFix fooMemo where
        fooMemo f x = a + (trace (show x) cont) where
            cont = if x == 0 then 0 else x + f (x - 1)

main = do
    print $ foo 0 5
    print $ foo 0 5
    print $ foo 0 5

BTW I find the following way of writing it easier than using memoFix:
foo :: Int -> Int -> Int
foo = memoize2 $ \a x ->
    let cont = if x == 0 then 0 else x + foo a (x - 1)
    in a + (trace (show x) cont)

A: Like this:
main = let f = foo 0 in do
    print $ f 5
    print $ f 5
    print $ f 5

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DC Climate Advocates Hold Beach Volleyball "Flash Mob" Before Key Council Hearing on Historic Climate Bill
Event Signifies "Endless Summer" to Come Without Serious Climate Action like the Groundbreaking "Clean Energy DC Act"
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, dozens of climate advocates in beach gear played volleyball on Freedom Plaza before the DC Council held its final hearing on the country's strongest bill to address climate change. The action signifies the harmful "endless summer" that would come without swift, immediate climate action from the DC Council like the "Clean Energy DC Act."
In the spirited event, more than 30 activists — dressed with pool noodles, beach floaties, lifeguard t-shirts, and a shark costume, played with a giant inflatable Earth in front of the Wilson Building before the key climate hearing. "Despite the lighthearted nature of this event, we are terrified of the year-round August temperatures we face without climate action," said Camila Thorndike, DC Campaign Director at the CCAN Action Fund. "Deadly heat waves, infectious mosquitos, and disastrous flooding are the nightmare of an endless summer. We are tired of politicians playing games with our lives and futures. We are grateful that the DC Council is approaching this existential crisis with the urgency and seriousness it demands with the Clean Energy DC Act."
Initial photos available via Twitter hereand Facebook Live video available here.
The event preceded a hearing in the Committee of Business and Economic Development, where more than 80 advocates have signed up to testify in support of the bill (out of 109 total). Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (Ward 5) chairs that committee, and activists are looking to him to bring the bill out of his committee to a full floor vote.
"By passing this bill, DC will become nation's undisputed leader in battle against climate change, taking the first of many significant steps in paving a sustainable future for humanity for generations to come," said Nikhil Balakumar, founder of the Greentel Group.
The climate crisis has reached a new level of urgency since the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report finding that the world has 12 years to take drastic action and prevent catastrophe. The report calls for global carbon emissions to be cut in half by 2030 and for fossil fuels to be almost entirely phased out by 2050. The "Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018," or "Clean Energy DC Act," is seen as the District's answer to the IPCC. It takes a comprehensive approach to reducing carbon emissions, cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 49.4 percent by 2032 according to an initial analysis from the Department of Energy and Environment.
"We hope that passing strong climate legislation in the nation's capital that meets the goals of the IPCC report will set an example of smart energy policy that works and inspire Congress to act," said Stephanie Doyle, National Outreach and Partnership Coordinator at Citizens Climate Lobby.
Advocates in favor of the Clean Energy DC Act represent faith communities, justice advocacy groups, small businesses, environmental groups, and more. "For dozens of faith groups throughout the District, climate change and clean energy is a moral issue that deeply affects our communities," said Avery Davis Lamb, Director of Faithful Advocacy at Interfaith Power and Light (DC.MD.NoVA). "That's why representatives from diverse DC religious communities are coming together today to speak out in faith to support the Clean Energy DC Act."
The bill is formally supported by eight of the 13 members of the DC Council, with Councilmembers Mary Cheh (Ward 3), Charles Allen (Ward 6), Trayon White (Ward 8), Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1), and Chairman Phil Mendelson co-introducing the bill, and Councilmembers Vincent Gray (Ward 7), Robert White Jr. (At-Large), and David Grosso (At-Large) co-sponsoring it. Councilmember Brandon Todd (Ward 4) has tweeted his support for it as well.
This bill had its first hearing on October 9 in the Committee of Transportation and the Environment on October 9, which is chaired by Councilmember Mary Cheh (Ward 3), who introduced the bill. About 90 people signed up to testify, and nearly all of them testified in strong support. That hearing was covered in the Washington Post, NPR, and many other outlets.
The "Clean Energy DC Act" would strengthen the District's renewable electricity requirement to 100 percent by 2032 through the Renewable Portfolio Standard. This would put DC on the fastest timeline to 100 percent clean electricity in the country — California recently passed a bill for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045.
It also would create groundbreaking efficiency standards for new and existing buildings and would fund local programs to assist low-income residents as the city transitions to more sustainable clean energy systems.
In addition, this legislation takes aim at emissions from home heating and transportation. It would scale up an existing heating fee called the Sustainable Energy Trust Fund (SETF), which would raise up to $70 million to finance renewable energy projects and provide assistance to low-income DC residents. It would also adjust the vehicle excise tax to incentivize clean cars and make owning dirty vehicles more expensive. The legislation also authorizes the District to put a price on transportation fuels if Virginia and Maryland commit to the same.
This bill is supported by the "DC Climate Coalition," which is comprised of more than 110 environmental and justice advocacy organizations, faith groups, unions, consumer advocacy organizations, D.C. businesses, and more.
Denise Robbins, Communications Director, CCAN Action Fund, denise@chesapeakeclimate.org, 608-620-8819
Barbara Briggs, 350 DC, barbarahbriggs@gmail.com, 412-417-9384
Justin McCarthy, DC Climate Coalition, jlawrencemccarthy@gmail.com, 540-312-3797
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We're Winning the Climate Fight! — The Full Story of Cheh's Climate Bill
We have news — and it's quite the mixed bag.
I'll start with the good news. WE HAVE A BILL! On Tuesday, DC Councilmember Mary Cheh finally introduced a climate bill. The "Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018" features policies that, if passed, will significantly cut emissions and place DC among the frontrunners of states and cities fighting climate change. The bill reflects our campaign's hard-won principles of strong, economy-wide emission reductions with a focus on equity, and that is a true victory that would not be happening without your tireless advocacy.
Before I get to the bad news, I have a quick favor to ask: Will you send a message to Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie of Ward 5 asking him to do everything in his power to advance and pass this strong climate bill? It will need to move through his committee this fall. Take one minute to send a message right now.
Now on to the bad news. What's hard to believe, and impossible to celebrate, is that Cheh left the carbon fee out of this bill. This happened despite her public commitment of support for the carbon-pricing policy and her repeated expressions of confidence that a majority of the Council would support a carbon fee. And after two years of passionate community support and careful analysis generated by our campaign, we were shocked when she turned her back at the last minute.
When Councilmember Cheh announced her re-worked version of the climate bill at the Wilson Building on July 10th, I sat feet away from the dais busy with Councilmembers and staff, in an out-of-body experience of conflicting emotions. This was the day you and I worked for years to realize.
But part of my heart was broken and betrayed. Local leadership on the most powerful solution for a just and livable future, a carbon fee and rebate, had evaporated just weeks after Cheh's office had proposed moving forward with the strong carbon price we endorsed.
Part of me was irate. This about-face happened because of the power of the fossil fuel industry. Near the very end of months of working group meetings with business lobbyists, Washington Gas proposed to swap the carbon fee for a modest increase on the preexisting Sustainable Energy Trust Fund (SETF), raising funds for commercial energy efficiency programs. Big business and utilities want all carrots, no stick. A well-designed and steadily increasing carbon price holds polluters accountable for the damages of climate change. Unfortunately, the Councilmember let them off the hook.
Yet another part of me was incredibly impressed — by our movement. Although Cheh's omnibus bill falls short of our expectations, it features a very strong set of landmark policies that will significantly enhance the District's commitment to clean energy and energy conservation. The final effect of the bill is that all dirty energy is made slightly more expensive in the city, dirty electricity is phased out completely by 2032, and the revenue raised from the bill — an estimated $26 million in year one — would be invested in green infrastructure and other programs.
Not bad, not bad at all.
Similar to a carbon tax in Boulder, Colorado, the SETF fee proposed in Cheh's bill would apply to electricity generated by fossil fuels. It goes beyond the Boulder approach by including a modest fee on natural gas and fuel oil too. The bill also increases DC's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to require that 100% of the District's electricity comes from renewable sources by 2032, and requires suppliers to purchase a high percentage of their energy through long-term renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs). This would establish the strongest such goal in the country. (Yes, very cool). It would also establish strong building efficiency standards and would allocate 20% of the funds raised by the energy fee for rate-payer assistance for low-income households.
So, my friends, mixed bag. We lost a big battle for courageous climate policy, but if we stick together and fight as hard as ever, we are on the way to winning the war for a clean energy transformation in the District.
Will you take one minute to send a message to Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie? His support is key for passing this bill.
Cheh's suite of ambitious solutions were just great ideas in a report until you came along. Now they are on the way to becoming law. Congratulations on this real progress — seriously. Thank you for fighting so hard to get the District this far.
Your advocacy is THE countervailing force to big utilities and businesses who don't want any climate policy with teeth to pass. We are still in for a big fight. Lobbyists for fossil fuel companies have strong access to Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, chair of the committee through which the bill must pass after Cheh's committee. So, once again, please, join me in urging McDuffie to advance this bill in its full strength this fall. The opposition is working overtime to bend the Council to their will. We must resist. Take action now!
It's been a strange week, but thanks to this coalition's tenacity and good cheer, I am dusting myself off and tightening the boxing gloves. Climate progress depends on grassroots power. The momentum we've built together has infused equity into local environmental politics and forced politicians to act. Let's double down until they finish the job.
Thank you for all your hard work and support. Onwards!
— Camila Thorndike, DC Policy Director at the CCAN Action Fund
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Please look around our site, and consider coming to one of our meetings. Visitors are always welcome.


I roasted two whole chickens for my diabetic dog and he turned up his nose at the meat. Hmph. What do do with all that cooked chicken? Got it. Re-make an old blog post and update the recipe and pics. Winner!
I love this recipe because it's super fast. You literally mix all the ingredients together and slap the mixture into tortillas, top with more mixture, cheese and bake for 40 minutes. It's fast and easy and looks impressive!
I changed the recipe slightly from when I last made this dish six years ago. I used low-carb tortillas because they weren't egregiously priced at the grocery store this morning and I love how much fiber they contain. I swear they don't taste any different than regular flour tortillas. I added a bit more chicken and a bit more salsa, plus added some garlic and cilantro to the mixture. I used eight tortillas instead of the recommended six and topped the dish with some fresh cilantro before cooking. After I pulled the dish out of the oven I topped my enchilada with pico de gallo and cubed avocado.
Stir soup, sour cream, salsa, cilantro, garlic and chili powder in medium bowl.
Stir 1 cup salsa mixture, chicken, and cheese in large bowl.
Roll up tortillas and place seam side up in a 2 qt. shallow baking dish.
Pour remaining salsa sauce mixture over filled tortillas.
Sprinkle more shredded cheese on top. Cover baking dish with tin foil.
I totally made this wrong and didn't know it until I was re-blogging but the entire time I was making dish I kept thinking how the dish just seemed wrong. I have a tendency to not fully read directions which results in some interesting twists and turns at times. In this instance I mixed all ingredients together right from the star. So at the end I had to top the enchiladas with more sauce that contained chicken. Not a big deal … it's just that in most enchiladas the meat is inside the tortilla not on top!
My mom sent me this recipe and though it's far from traditional enchiladas, these really are amazing: rich and heavy with sauce and cheese, one enchilada will sustain you for hours. I decided we would make these for dinner tonight because Kiki saw the picture in my gallery and thought they looked good. These are super easy and super fast to make.
Stir soup, sour cream, salsa and chili powder in medium bowl.


Native English speakers will read that sentence and infer an alternative meaning for it. We recognise that this particular arrangement of those particular words is unusual: the writer probably meant to say "the cat is black." We know that when we say or write "a cat is," there's a strong chance we will finish the sentence by referring to the universal properties of the animal "cat," and when we say "the cat is," we're probably going to talk about characteristics of an individual cat.
Our brains react at astounding speed to resolve the unusual sentence "a cat is black" and make mental corrections to store and refer back to later. The English language in particular is highly context-dependent, such that the word "read" may be pronounced differently only once we establish the tense (past, present, or future) in which the word is used. These sorts of contextual judgements happen on almost all words in a sentence, and they happen at staggering speeds and with varying accuracy.
These sorts of nuances make the English language particularly difficult to learn for non-native speakers, and leads to misunderstandings even amongst those well-versed in the language. As a language, the structure and grammar of English is flexible to a fault. We might be able to make some generalisations about certain words: "has," for example, might be crudely defined as being possessive, such as "the cat has ears." But the same word can also be used in non-possessive ways, like "the cat has jumped," where we can no longer say the cat possesses a jump. This looseness makes it hard to make accurate predictions or rules about how a sentence is structured. However, this liberal flexibility may have some practical applications for design systems.
A diagram of possible predictions for a sentence. The English language is difficult to predict because of its flexible sentence structure and context-dependent syntax.
Given a word or small set of words, we can make predictions about what words and structures might follow. Naively, this is how the predictive text on our mobile devices works: look at the previous word, and make a prediction of what might follow. Sophisticated prediction—like that of human beings—look at entire sentences, or even passages1 of text to provide the right context and derive the correct meaning for a word. How might we apply similar predictive structure to design systems?
The design system could have some kind of learning function that is trained on existing UI and component compositions, creating a Markov chain of components and the likelihood that component A will be followed by a different kind of component.
We could imagine making use of this data in the design process. When using a component, we can take what we know about how that component is typically configured and what other components typically follow it, and offer suggestions in the design or engineering tool to help 'complete' the composition, or at least encourage alignment with the most common uses. If, for example, I add a text input to my design, our prediction model tells us that text inputs are typically accompanied by a button, a label, or even another input.
Naive prediction may have practical applications in design, where flexibility and context-dependency are actually sensible characteristics of a system.
In addition to making suggestions to usher a design to completion, this tool could warn us when we do something unusual. Just as native English speakers recognise that the sentence "a cat is black" is strange, our system would know that, for example, an arrangement of a dozen checkboxes and no labels is unusual. This sort of feedback about unusual arrangements of components could be especially helpful for teams that don't have dedicated design resources.
Of course, in language, words or arrangements of words are only unusual during their first appearances. Over time and with increased use, new phrases come into being, and the meanings of words can change dramatically. Language evolves, and UI patterns do too: the idea here is not to impose static, hard-and-fast rules on how components should be built or arranged, but to provide suggestions based on common uses, and to adapt to emerging uses as they arise.
The next obvious conclusion I can draw about this idea is that, like how in the English language, a single word or short phrase at the end of a chain of words can change the meaning of the preceding words entirely, so the same is true of components: until the composition is complete, we may have a hard time determining exactly how the initial components should be arranged.
This conclusion starts to peel away at one of the difficult things about Subatomic Design Systems: a property called emergence, where within systems composed of small parts, properties emerge that don't exist on the individual parts. The whole becomes greater—or at least different—than the sum of its parts. The interactions between small pieces of composed systems have properties of their own. This is something I'm still trying to wrap my head around, but am excited to dive into.


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'Sister Wives' catfishing scandal is allegedly only getting worse
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The reality star is caught in a scandal.
In Touch Weekly reported that Meri Brown fears humiliation as the catfishing scandal comes back to haunt her once again.
Just when she thought she has put everything behind her, she finds herself in the middle of a storm. Meri Brown's catfisher, Jackie Overton, has come back to haunt her with even more ammunition.
The woman had tricked the reality star into falling in love with whom she thought was Sam Cooper. Overton now claimed that she has "racy photos and videos of Meri."
According to Life & Style, she has decided to release them to the public soon.
The incident dates back to 2015 when Brown began an online relationship with a man, but it was Overton who had disguised herself as Cooper.
Sister Wives star had previously said that there would always be something that interrupted her attempts to meet Sam Cooper.
She said, "There was some excuse why he couldn't, but she showed up. I was not comfortable around her. I just got the creeps from her."
Brown added that she would force herself to be nice to Overton because she was a friend of Cooper. She also claimed that the woman had warned her not to mess with him or hurt him, and if she did, Overton would ruin her life.
Now, three years later, she again feels threated and does not want to be humiliated.
Overton was lashing out at Brown after she called the impersonator "a crazy person" on an episode of the popular TLC show on March 18.
Fans will remember that it is not the first time the catfisher has released intimate details of their fake relationship. She had previously posted private photos, text messages, and voicemails on her blog.
On a 2016 episode of Sister Wives, Brown had said that the impersonator was just planting things in her head, telling her how horrible her family was, especially Kody Brown.
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She confessed that that was one of the reasons she did not want him around as she was angry.
It is to be seen how she reacts when the photos are eventually released.


SUBJECTS: Low Income Tax Offset; Carbon price; Budget 2011; Skilled migration; Employment; Asylum seekers.
Good to see you all out here on a freezing Canberra morning. It's good to be here also with Jenny Macklin. I just wanted to say a few things about the Budget and then of course I'm happy to answer questions and Jenny will of course say a few words as well.
You've heard me talk about really the twin challenges of the Budget. Firstly the short-term softness and then of course the long-term strength. Of course we've got short term economic softness which is a product of the natural disasters, and of course it's also a product of a patchwork economy. So not everybody out there is in the fast lane. Many people face cost of living pressures and of course many small businesses also do it tough. That's why I'm pleased to announce today that we're providing some additional assistance to people on modest incomes bringing forward the payment of the Low Income Tax Offset. This is a modest amount of money but every dollar counts, particularly when you're facing cost of living pressures. So it's good that we've been able to put this in the Budget to assist those people that are doing it tough.
And you would have seen yesterday also that I confirmed that we were extending the $5,000 instant asset write-off for small business, extending that to the first $5,000 for the cost of a motor vehicle, say, a ute. That's an important piece of additional assistance for small business that are also doing it tough. So we're very mindful in this Budget of recognising that in a patch work economy not everybody is in the fast lane, but what we also know is that the economy is at a position and in transition to very strong growth in the medium term. And that's why we must bring this Budget back to surplus in 2012-13. We simply can't have the Government compounding or adding to the price pressures and capacity pressures which will flow from this very strong investment pipeline. There are great opportunities for Australia in the years ahead and I'm very optimistic about our future. That means getting the settings in this Budget right is absolutely important, as well as for future Budgets. That's why we're focused on coming back to surplus in 2012-13 and making sure that there is room for our current priorities by making savings elsewhere in the Budget. Jenny.
Thanks very much Treasurer. This is a very important initiative particularly for low income families. We know how important it is for families who are on low incomes to be able to get that extra bit of support when their bills come in and this change to the Low Income Tax Offset will mean that extra help is there for them.
This change that the Treasurer is announcing today is in addition to the money that we will provide to families who've got teenagers. I think all of us know that children as they grow up in fact cost more, not less, and so the Government is very pleased to be funding in this Budget the increase to Family Tax Benefit Part A which will see an increase of over $4,000 for some families with teenagers aged 16 to 19. The critical issue for that initiative is that the young people must be attending school or be in vocational education. And that really is the theme for this Budget – additional support for families, but we want to do everything possible to encourage and support young people, other Australians to get education and training and to be in work.
If every dollar counts why not pay 100 per cent of the offset upfront so people have so people have $10 or $15 dollars more a week?
Well, there's a very good reason for that, it is that the Low Income Tax Offset has been doubled under this Government from $750 to $1500. People's incomes move around so it's important to have a little bit of a buffer because if your income changes during the year you don't want to end up getting a bill either. So there is a reason why you don't pay it all at once.
But we're really proud of what we've done with the Low Income Tax Offset. We've doubled it during the period we've been in Government. This has been a very substantial tax cut for low income earning Australians - $1500 it's worth now. It means an effective tax free threshold of $16,000. So we had a good think about this, we had a look at it, and we thought, well if we can move from 50 per cent through the year to 70 per cent through the year then we should do it and that's what we've done because it does recognise that at the moment people are doing it tough. Every bit helps, every dollar counts, particularly when there are cost of living pressure around. So that's why we've decided to move to 70 per cent.
Treasurer, Joe Hockey has been saying this Budget is essentially meaningless without details of the carbon tax in it. What do you say to that?
Well, first of all you cannot include a proposal in a Budget which hasn't been developed or fully costed. We are currently consulting about the design of an Emissions Trading Scheme. If we were to include details in the Budget that hadn't been fully costed or designed we would be receiving criticism from Mr Hockey about that.
But I want to make a couple of other points about the complete hypocrisy of Mr Hockey.
Firstly this, that when John Howard announced his commitment to an Emissions Trading Scheme, he did not then include any figures in his next Budget update, indeed he didn't include any figures in the proposals he took the election for an Emissions Trading Scheme in 2007. Secondly, when John Howard announced the GST in 1997 he never included any figures in a Budget until 1999.
So I think this just demonstrates the rank hypocrisy and political opportunism and the emptiness of the critique of Joe Hockey.
We've heard over the last week the goodies in tomorrow night's Budget. Where are the nasties and how nasty are they?
Well, we've made it very clear that in coming back to surplus in 2012-13 and then building surpluses thereafter, there is a need to put in place substantial savings, and you'll see on Budget night substantial savings. In our time in Government and in the previous three Budgets we have made substantial savings, savings worth $83.6 billion over three years have been made. And as you've heard this morning, particularly from Jenny, talking about the initiatives that we've got in terms of Family Tax Benefit Part A - we will make savings to make room for new initiatives.
I just want to remind everyone of this very important fact because I think it's very relevant to our discussion this week. We went through the last election campaign and we made savings for every single new spending initiative that we put forward. We did not spend one additional cent during that election campaign.
Contrast that with Mr Hockey and the Liberal Party. The Department of Treasury and Finance blew a hole in their costings to the extent of $11 billion and we had Mr Hockey out last week claiming he could bring the Budget back to surplus in 2011-12. Mr Hockey must have slept through the Global Financial Crisis, the global recession and our recent natural disasters to be making absurd claims like that. He has no credibility, neither does Mr Robb or Mr Abbott when it comes to putting forward fiscal policy.
Everybody will remember the farce we went through last year in the Budget when we had the three stooges' routine from the Liberal Party about their alternative Budget. The weight is on them this coming week: are they going to put forward their savings and their alternative plan or not? We're waiting to see it.
Treasurer, why bring in 16,000 migrant workers when we've still got Australians who are unemployed?
Well, I've been looking at those stories this morning and as I understand the stories this morning, what they're really talking about is the allocation of workers to regional areas. We will outline our plans for the migration program on Budget night.
But I want to make this point, and I want to make it really strongly, because it goes to the core of this Budget. Our priority is to train Australians first. Our priority is to make sure that all Australians participate in the benefits of this mining boom that we are beginning to see. And we want to see the employment growth in this country in the years ahead, which will be something like 500,000 jobs in the next couple of years with an unemployment rate going down to 4.5 per cent; we want to see the benefits of that spread to every corner of our country and to every postcode.
So what you'll see in this Budget is an emphasis upon Australians participating in the labour force and getting access to employment opportunities. Now of course, from time to time, and in places in the country, and in particular industries, there will be shortages that can't necessarily be filled by Australians. But our first priority, our number one priority, our enduring commitment, is to train Australians.
In the future you said we're going to need an extra 500,000?
No, no, I haven't said that. What I've said is we are creating, the country will create over the next two and a bit years, 500,000 additional jobs on top of the 750,000 jobs that have been created in our first term in Government. There is nothing this Government is prouder of than the employment creation record of our economy in recent years. It goes to the very core of what Australians want from their economy and what our economy needs from Australians, which is employment security.
But Treasurer, during the years of the mining boom, particularly in the middle of the decade, skilled migration, or all migration rose to about 300,000. The ABS has projected it's fallen to about 180,000. Now you're saying, it's flagged today about 16,000 extra skilled migrants. Is it actually enough to, I guess, keep the economy working?
You will see all of the figures for the program in the Budget on Tuesday night. But I'll just make a couple of points. Net overseas migration to Australia has dropped dramatically, dramatically, over the last couple of years and our emphasis in devising the program has been to put all of the emphasis upon the skilled component, but there has been a dramatic drop in net overseas migration to this country. When we publish our figures tomorrow night you'll see our estimates. But our first priority is to train Australians, that is terribly important to make sure that all of the opportunities and jobs that flow from the mining boom go to every corner of our country.
Treasurer, did you need to fill an extra 500,000 jobs, which is what I was saying? You're creating 500,000 more jobs. You need the workforce for that. Are you looking, and can you confirm, whether the Budget tomorrow night will include measures to increase skilled migration to fill those places?
Well, as I said, you will have to wait until tomorrow night to see the forecast for the migration program but the story that I've seen today talks about the allocation of additional migrants from within the program to regional areas. That's what it talks about. So let's just be accurate about that. Secondly, the most important thing to note is that net overseas migration to this country has come down dramatically, dramatically, and the figure that was mentioned by the gentleman before I think is broadly correct. We will put forward in the Budget, as we normally do in every Budget, our estimates for the future on Tuesday night and those figures will be there for everybody to see.
How sharp will the increase in the costs of border protection measures be this Budget?
Well there are swings and roundabouts when it comes to border protection measures. As you are aware, we want a regional solution and the agreement with Malaysia is an agreement which will send a really tough message up that pipeline to the people smugglers and those in the pipeline, that if they come to Australia they will end up being sent back to the end of a very long queue in Malaysia. So there are swings and roundabouts in that. Putting that in place will cost some money and the Minister outlined that when he, and the Prime Minister outlined that, when they announced the arrangements the other day, but of course as that falls into place that will have an impact on the numbers that come through. So there are swings and roundabouts in terms of costings but all of those costings will be there for people to see on Tuesday night.
It looks a bit like a Pacific Solution. How is it different?
I don't think it looks anything like that at all. I think you've just heard this morning, on the radio, a representative from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees outline their involvement in the Malaysian proposal. It is a regional solution within the framework, sorted out through Bali, through that Bali framework. That allows for agreements between countries and it also means that we are having direct involvement from the United Nations in this process and nothing could contrast more than that with the previous approach of the previous government.
I'm very confident that a regional solution is what this country needs for the future, it eluded the previous Government and this Government has worked at it painstakingly because it's very important. There are asylum seekers all over the world and this is a problem which faces many countries, not just in our region but around the world. A regional solution is the way to go. Thanks very much.


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Due to virus, restaurants now taking names, phone numbers
DETROIT (AP) — Meals at Michigan restaurants came with a new side dish Monday: What's your name and phone number?
The latest order kicked in from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's health department. Restaurants must be able to contact customers if there's a virus case linked to the business.
Michigan's coronavirus cases have risen significantly, setting a new daily high Saturday at 3,792, the health department said.
The state reported a Sunday-Monday total of 6,709 — an average of 3,354 each day — plus 17 additional deaths.
The Michigan Restaurants & Lodging Association insists COVID-19 transmission doesn't occur much at restaurants. The group predicts job losses and more financial struggles because of the requirement to get names and phone numbers of diners.
"You have guests that feel it's intruding on their personal liberties and freedoms, and now we've got to be the arbitrator of that," Jeff Lobdell, president of Restaurant Partners Management, which operates 12 eateries in western Michigan, told WOOD-TV.
Restaurants, bars and other venues must seat no more than six people at a table. The state said indoor settings are much more likely to drive COVID-19 outbreaks than outdoor settings.
The seven-day average of daily new, confirmed cases in Michigan has risen over the past two weeks from 1,379 to 3,113, a record. The seven-day average of daily deaths has increased from 14 to about 25 over the same period, though deaths remain well below the April peak of 157.
The state said 35% of Michigan's 7,357 COVID-19-related deaths have been people who were at skilled nursing facilities, homes for the elderly or in adult foster care.
Henry Ford Health System reported 177 COVID-19 patients Monday at five hospitals in southeastern Michigan, up 60% compared with a week ago.
Beaumont Health, Michigan's largest medical provider, said it had 239 patients Sunday, compared with 91 on Oct. 3. An additional 38 were suspected to have COVID-19.
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A hearing aid can be an effective way to offset hearing loss. Every year hearing aids become more advanced and offer additional features and functions that were not previously available. The directional microphone is one of these new features. Many of today's hearing aids incorporate this device, allowing the wearer to enjoy a more natural hearing experience.
The traditional standard for hearing aids was the omnidirectional microphone. When this style of microphone is in use, sound is amplified from all directions in equal measure. While this method works well in a quiet setting such as a living room, it is not conducive to noisier environments (such as a restaurant). In order to compensate for this, directional microphones focus closely on sounds emanating from the front. This allows you to hear what is being said in front of you while blocking out unimportant noise from the rest of the room.
Because both types of microphones have their own advantages, many hearing aid designers will incorporate both into their devices. Directional microphone usage varies from hearing aid to hearing aid. In some cases users can manually switch back and forth between microphones, usually through a small switch. Other devices can pick up on which microphone is most useful in a given situation and will automatically switch back and forth.
A third type of hearing aid microphone is the adaptive directional microphone. This device offers variation in the direction of amplification, automatically picking up on speech signals and focusing in on the direction they are coming from. Adaptive microphones can be troublesome in crowded environments where many speakers are present, but the user can usually switch to a forward only mode in these situations.
Hearing aids designed for kids sometimes utilize directional microphones, but caution is needed when using these devices. Because kids develop much of their language skills from listening to the people around them, a directional microphone may cause them to miss out on an important developmental experience. Children may also have difficulty hearing traffic with this type of microphone. Parents should make sure that their child's hearing aid has an on/off switch for the directional microphone and make sure it is only turned on when appropriate.
The advantages of the directional microphone outweigh its flaws, allowing it to dramatically increase its wearer's ability to hear.


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Stirling was no writer, but neither was he a stranger to letters to the press. In a famous exchange in the Architectural Association Quarterly between Jul/Sep 1972 and Jan/Mar 1973, he fell out with Charles Jencks over the metaphor of his latest building. 'Jencks is all balls,' Stirling writes, 'if he thinks the St. Andrews Residence was designed to look like a ship, any more than a crotch.' Then, between June and December 1974, Stirling had a slightly more restrained rally with ex-partner James Gowan in the Architectural Design, Architectural Review, RIBA Journal and the AJ over the attribution of drawings (or lack thereof) in the James Stirling exhibition at the RIBA Drawings Collection.


Jeff Minter's trippy tunnel shooter Polybius has wriggled free of its Sony exclusivity and is now out on Steam. You can play it on a normal monitor but if you have an Oculus Rift you can also play in VR, which Minter says is the best way to play.
You pilot a ship through 50 psychedelic levels set to a trance-y soundtrack, blasting enemies and dodging dangers. You can fly through boost gates to increase your speed—the faster you go, the higher your score multiplier, but the harder it'll be to avoid trouble.
Powerup pills will give you special abilities, such as slowing down time, super-speed or invincibility. You won't come across any bosses and you'll never have to redo sections if you die, the idea being that it'll bring you a "euphoric flow state, and keep you there the whole time you are playing". Who doesn't want that?
It has three modes: normal is the most forgiving, and lets you restart any level you've reached, complete with your best-ever lives and score total. In Pure mode, you start from the beginning of the game and see how far you get, while in Endurance you get a limited number of lives.
It was well-received on PS4, and the Steam reviews are already looking positive. If you want in, it's $18/£14.
And if you're looking for other games for your headset, we just published our list of the best VR games of 2018.


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ATCQ member Q-Tip seemed on Elton John's Rocket Hour reveal on Apple track's Beats 1. all through the conversation, John provided excessive compliment for the emcee's Queens-bred collective.
"I'm so thrilled so that you can do this display. A Tribe called Quest are doubtless the seminal Hip Hop band of all time." brought up the five-time Grammy winner. John later brought, "A Tribe called Quest that became so cool. It become sort of laid again but it become so funky. You had been unlike some other Hip Hop band, I feel. Would you say that?"
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The explosion was heard twenty miles away. It killed canal boatmen and wrecked the exotic Pompeian villa of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the fashionable St John's Wood artist. But what caused the 1874 Regent's Park Explosion? Fenian bombs? Sabotage by rival railways or other firms? Or was it something personal?
And whose was the other body found in the canal? An artist's model? The missing King's Cross barmaid? Or another victim of the so-called Thames murderer?
As he struggles to find the answers, Scotland Yard's Sergeant Ernest Best straddles the conflicting worlds of art, wealth and privilege and that of the poverty-stricken canal boatmen in an intriguing mystery that will change his life forever.
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Q: Xcode static analyzer performance when using singletons I'm having trouble understanding how the static analyzer in XCode is identifying possible leaks that involve singletons.  In the code below, I get warned that there is a possible leak in the first line, and also in the first return statement.  The analyzer places these warnings on the second return statement. Since I'm doing no allocations in these lines, I assume it is the access to the singleton, and its possible allocation, that is causing this warning. Can anyone explain to me what is going on here with the static analyzer?
        if ((self.tableView.editing & ([[[[GroupList sharedGroupList] newGroup] linkArray] count] < [[GrazeConstants sharedGrazeConstants] maxLinksPerGroup])) |
            (([[[[GroupList sharedGroupList] newGroup] linkArray] count] == 0) & !self.tableView.editing)) {
            return ([[[[GroupList sharedGroupList] newGroup] linkArray] count]+1);
        } else {
            return ([[[[GroupList sharedGroupList] newGroup] linkArray] count]);
        }

A: new-prefixed methods are equivalent to an alloc+init pair according to Cocoa memory management conventions. The static analyzer is assuming that your newGroup method is returning an object with a +1 retain count, not an autoreleased one.
Rename the method (e.g., group or makeGroup), or add the NS_RETURNS_NOT_RETAINED attribute if you can't change the name.


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In an interview with Zenit in the Vatican today, Oct. 5, 2018, during the early days of the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher of Sydney, said this as he reflected on the issues "to which he is giving a voice" for his country's young people, and the main issue in particular.
When asked about what matters most to his young flock, the Australian Archbishop, who had organized the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney, expressed how they tried to uncover this.
Social researchers, he said, brought that all together for the bishops objectively, and fed back to them what the young people were saying.
They also are trying to understand, he said, not just their ethnic identity, but their sexual identity and spiritual identity. "These issues," he noted, "of how I sort out who I am, and what matters to me, are very important to the young people in Australia.
"These are big issues too," he said, "but their questions are a bit more existential, in their mind, about deeper questions, about happiness and meaning, at the heart of their lives.
"Whereas those from the little island countries are like: 'What? Who has time to be depressed? We are just worried about how we are going to feed ourselves …whether their island could go under the water…' So, he observed, it is very different country to country.
When asking if the abuses were among those main concerns as well, the Archbishop observed they were not, certainly not to the same degree.
Yesterday, Archbishop Fisher, during his intervention at the Synod, apologized for the failures of the Church. Today, he said, he believes this asking pardon, for this shame, is needed.
Here is a link where our readers can read his intervention from yesterday: Intervention of Archbishop Fisher.


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Non-Fatal Drug Overdoses In Children Under 15 On The Rise, Study FindsWhile overall drug overdoses among youth are infrequent, non-fatal overdoses were on the rise in children under the age of 15 between 2016 and 2019, a new study finds.
School Warnings About Children's Weight Don't Work, Study SaysThe letter or report card is from your child's school, but this grade doesn't have anything to do with school performance or behavior. Instead, it's a measure of your child's body mass index or BMI -- designed to warn you when your child is overweight or obese.
COVID-19 Child Cases In The US Have Increased By 21 Percent Since Early August, New Data ShowsMore than 70,000 new Covid-19 cases in children have been reported across the US since early August, new data shows.
There Has Been A 90% Increase In COVID-19 Cases In US Children In The Last 4 Weeks, Report SaysAs the nation focuses on safety issues around going back to school during the pandemic, a new report found a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among children in the United States.
Coronavirus Latest: Rare Child Syndrome Kawasaki Disease Might Have Link To Covid-19On Sunday the Paediatric Intensive Care Society UK (PICS) warned about a small rise in the number of cases of critically ill children, some who had tested positive for Covid-19, presenting "overlapping features of toxic shock syndrome and atypical Kawasaki disease with blood parameters."
'Dear Lamar' Letters From Young Fans Share Heartwarming Stories Of How Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Inspired ThemIn a heartwarming video posted by the Ravens, young fans shared how quarterback Lamar Jackson inspired them this season in "Dear Lamar" letters.
Pediatricians Are More Likely To Ask Families About Smoke Alarm Safety Than Gun Safety, Study SaysThe study found that pediatricians and pediatric residents were less likely to ask their patients about gun storage safety than smoke alarm safety — indicating an overall hesitation in bringing up gun safety with their patients.
Having Kids Makes You Happier, Once They've Moved OutHaving children will make you happier than staying childless, according to a new study, but not until later in life, when they have flown the nest.
U.S. Customs Seize 790 Children's Hair Brushes From China That Had LeadU.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than 700 children's hair brushes from China that contained lead.
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Early Morning Bowie Crash Leaves 5 Children DeadMaryland state police are continuing to investigate an early morning crash in Prince George's County that took the lives of five children.
Handguns Are More Popular In US Homes, Leading To Increase In Injuries For Children Under 5, Study SaysFewer Americans are likely to own a gun now than 40 years ago, but those who do are more likely to own handguns over rifles or shotguns. As the proportion of those with handguns has increased, so has the number of children under the age of 5 who are dying from firearm injuries, according to a new study.
Docs Tout Blocks And Boxes Over High-Tech ToysSkip the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Pediatricians say the best toys for tots are old-fashioned hands-on playthings that young childrencan enjoy with parents — things like blocks, puzzles — even throwaway cardboard boxes — that spark imagination and creativity.


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SSIKE Electric Scooter: Backpack Ready
By Joel Arellano on February 20, 2013 in Electric Vehicles, Featured, Transportation
And here we thought the Xor XO2 scooter was portable.
The SSIKE is an electric scooter that redefines just how small an electric scooter can go. The diminutive vehicle looks like someone took a Segway, shrunk the platform where the rider normally stands to the width of an average person's foot, then moved it to the sides of the front wheel. At least riders feel some semblance of stability on the platform between the two back wheels of the similarly sized MyGoPet tri-wheel EV.
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But Spain-based SSIKE manufacturer Asen Innovacio says riders will find plenty of stability in the SSIKE, which rides similar to the Segway but looks from videos to be even more maneuverable. The electric scooter is powered by a 250W high torque "brushless" electric motor housed in the front wheel. Range is 24 miles between recharge (or two hours of continuous use), with the SSIKE getting a top speed of 12 miles per hour. Regenerative braking trickles back electricity to the battery. This includes manually pushing the SSIKE even if the battery's out of juice.
The main advantage of the SSIKE is its weight, or lack of. The entire electric scooter weighs slightly over 25 pounds and, with the collapsible handlebar, easily folds to fit in most cars' trunk. More adventurous (and stronger) owners could mount the SSIKE on a backpack for overland transport between parks, for example.
Prospective owners of the SSIKE get the electric scooter, plug-in charger, toolkit (with tire repair), and a user manual. Cost would be around $2,100. SSIKE says it takes between 5 to 15 minutes for an average person to learn how to ride the SSIKE.
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Q: Is there a way in a Blazor Server app to get mouse coordinates clicked I am trying to get motivated to move one of my open source projects called Transparency Maker from Windows Forms to Blazor, so I can put the app online.
All of the image editing is done via text in a language called BQL (Bitmap Query Language) which is very similar to SQL.
The one thing I don't know how to do in Blazor is get the x, y position of where the image is clicked. Windows Forms makes this very simple, although I have to do some scaling.
Is there a JavaScript way of doing this and bringing it into Blazor?
This is a feature I have to have, or writing a query like this is impossible for the user to know what to type:
Update
Set Adjust Red -200
Where
X Between 1700 2591
Y Between 1930 2110
Total > 500

Notice the White part of the socks in the second image, only the white was changed because the Total (Red + Blue + Green) has to be greater than 500 to perform the adjustment.
Thanks if this is possible to get the position clicked?
I think more people might appreciate this tool once it is online. As it is, "selling" free software is actually harder than it should be.
Transparency Maker
https://github.com/DataJuggler/TransparencyMaker

A: I am posting an answer thanks to the help from dani (if you posted your answer here, I could mark it as the answer).
I had to do two things to make this work:

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*Add a using statement for
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;

*I added the EventCallback e parameter, and I didn't have to change anything else.
public void Button_Clicked(MouseEventArgs e)
{
    double x = e.ClientX;
}

I will probably have to write some trial and error code to go from where the image is located, to find what pixel was actually clicked, but now I am confident I can do this.
Many thanks Dani. I will name a hospital after you some day.


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Q: Update max value from a mysql table I'm trying to update a table's value using max(col) in a subquery, but for some reason, it's updating all values that match the user_id column I'm using.
This is my table structure:
user_id | steps | in_date
--------+-------+-----------
8       |10     | 1522246892
8       |10     | 1522250713
7       |10     | 1522250799

And this is my query:
UPDATE userdata
    SET steps = (steps + 20)
    WHERE user_id = 8
    AND in_date = (SELECT max(in_date) WHERE user_id = 8);

I expected it to update only the second column, but it instead updates both columns with user_id = 8. Why isn't it working as expected? What am I doing wrong?
Edit: Thanks to Manoj's comment, I changed the query to the following, and it works:
UPDATE userdata
    SET steps = (steps + 20)
    WHERE user_id = 8
    ORDER BY in_date DESC LIMIT 1;

Doing it his way is even better, since I don't have to run two queries, and already gets the highest one by id.

A: You will encounter sql error "You can't specify target table 'userdata' for update in FROM clause" when you use same table in the sub-query to update the same table.
Its strange that you say its running because,
- you missed from clause in your sub-query
- you can't use same table
Can you please be more specific.

A: seems you missed  the from  clause in subselect  and for avoid conflit between select and updated  value you could build a temp table  using ainner subselect
UPDATE userdata
SET steps = (steps + 20)
WHERE user_id = 8
AND in_date = ( select max_date from (
          SELECT max(in_date) max_date FROM userdata  WHERE  user_id = 8) t);

and in this way  the AND clause could be always true