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Posted by Justice Bennett | May 15, 2018
Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has made the reduction of bureaucracy—which he claims stifles innovation at the Department of Defense (DoD) and hinders our military's readiness—at the core of his mission as chairman.
In his initial marks for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019, which appropriates the money for the DoD, Chairman Thornberry proposed major cuts to centralized DoD departments, part of what he calls the "fourth estate," although the version of the bill that passed the committee will leave it up to the DoD's Chief Management Officer.
The fourth estate was among one of several flashpoints—others including the importance for missile defense and our allies, the emerging fields in cyber and space, and the controversy related to large Chinese technology companies—in Chairman Thornberry's appearance for a Bloomberg Government event in the morning of May 15.
While there were disagreements over the Chairman's cuts of the fourth estate, Naval defense systems, Trump's call for a military parade, Trump's remarks about the potential Space Force as a fourth branch, recent military aviation disasters, Trump's proposed border wall, and reporting executive branch use of military plans, among other things, Chairman Thornberry said "There's so much [the committee] agree[s] on that doesn't get attention," he said. "Everyone recognizes the need to rebuild and reform."
As part of that rebuild and reform, the NDAA authorizes additional spending for 116 double V-hull Stryker combat vehicles, upgrades to battered A-10 Warthogs, land force munitions like the Guided Multiple Launched Rocket Systems (GMLRS).
According to Chairman Thornberry, the DoD cannot consistently rely on 10 percent budget increases in spending every year from Congress, therefore, his reforms on overhead are necessary to get more money and resources to the hands of the soldiers.
Chairman Thornberry's comments on the fourth estate are hardly new, and studies say that better cost-cutting measures should focus on modernizing the archaic military health care system, increased oversight on Pentagon service contractors, and adjusting the number of civilian workers.
Regardless, Chairman Thornberry sees the current and first-ever audit of the DoD—which has already revealed massive problems—as crucial to that process.
"It's very important not to punish [the Pentagon] for finding problems," he said, "but we need to hold them accountable to solve those problems."
As President Trump and North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-Un are set to meet in mid-June in Singapore, Chairman Thornberry continued to reinforce his position that spending for missile and missile defense programs are justified.
"I don't foresee a time in this country where we will not need to defend this country from missiles," he said, arguing that the U.S. should move forward with a missile defense system on the East Coast, despite other reports claim that the proposal is ineffective.
Another crucial piece of protection, Chairman Thornberry said, is ensuring the U.S. gets defense systems to our allies. If not, it could drive allies to rivals like China, he said, who utilizes a "whole nation" approach.
"We're over here trying to get our agencies to communicate," Chairman Thornberry said, meanwhile China has a whole nation approach, which allows corporations to do the bidding of the government, if need be, which is exactly at the core of the problem with the Chinese technology companies.
"It's not an economic question, it's a national security question," he said adding that he "doesn't understand the administration's take on this [issue] at this time," after Trump said he's working on an agreement with the large Chinese technology firm, ZTE.
The Chairman said he hopes to have the NDAA, which will come to a full-floor vote in the House in the coming weeks before moving onto the Senate, passed "on time for a change." But, he added, "There's always something unexpected that becomes controversial."
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Air transport chaos presents an opportunity to strengthen European coordination.
The disruption of air traffic across Europe has naturally been the focus of an extraordinary debate in the European Parliament today with the Council and the Commission. Apart from the changes forced upon Parliament's own agenda as a result of the absence of a number of MEPs, the main concern was for the desperate plight of thousands of citizens stranded abroad for several days and that of airlines facing bankruptcy unless flights resume soon.
Gesine Meissner (FDP, Germany), ALDE Coordinator on the Transport Committee: "Mother Nature is stronger than technology and the volcanic eruption has taught us that we cannot foresee or prevent every eventuality."
"For 20 years we have been discussing the completion of a single market for transport and a Single European Sky but there is nothing like a crisis to stimulate change and reform. Whilst the effects of the ash cloud could not have been prevented, the experience of the last few days is an opportunity to reflect on the efficacy of a coordinated pan European response and any contingency measures that can be put in place should we face another freak event by the forces of nature."
"For many years the Council has resisted greater European involvement in the management of airspace yet the air transport sector, above all, transcends national boundaries and demands a coordinated approach. It must now be obvious to all that no single country can find an adequate response alone. Commissioner Kallas was right to seek a common response over the weekend to the current unprecedented conditions."
"European airspace coordination consequently needs to be strengthened and a European centre, preferably within the framework of the European Air Safety agency, established where all data on airspace can come together and emergency plans can be drawn up and coordinated."
"Everyone can gain from greater cooperation in the management of our common airspace."


✓The authors compared the accuracy of laser surface scanning patient registration using the commercially available Fazer (Medtronic, Inc.) with the conventional registration procedure based on fiducial markers (FMs) in computer-assisted surgery.
Four anatomical head specimens were prepared with 10 titanium microscrews placed at defined locations and scanned with a 16-slice spiral computed tomography unit. To compare the two registration methods, each method was applied five times for each cadaveric specimen; thus data were obtained from 40 registrations. Five microscrews (selected following a randomization protocol) were used for each FM-based registration; the other five FMs were selected for coordinate measurements by touching with a point measurement stylus. Coordinates of these points were also measured manually on the screen of the navigation computer. Coordinates were measured in the same manner after laser surface registration.
The root mean square error as calculated by the navigation system ranged from 1.3 to 3.2 mm (mean 1.8 mm) with the Fazer and from 0.3 to 1.8 mm (mean 1.0 mm) with FM-based registration. The overall mean deviations (the arithmetic mean of the mean deviations of measurements on the four specimens) were 3.0 mm (standard deviation [SD] range 1.4–2.6 mm) with the Fazer and 1.4 mm (SD range 0.4–0.9 mm) with the FMs. The Fazer registration scans 300 surface points. Statistical tests showed the difference in the accuracy of these methods to be highly significant.
In accordance with the findings of other groups, the authors concluded that the inclusion of a larger number of registration points might improve the accuracy of Fazer registration.
Abbreviations used in this paper:ANOVA = analysis of variance; CT = computed tomography; FM = fiducial marker; RMSE = root mean square error; SD = standard deviation.
Address reprint requests to: Kurt Schicho, D.Sc., University Hospital for Craniomaxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. email: kurt.schicho@meduniwien.ac.at.
Photograph illustrating some of the titanium microscrews inserted into the anatomical specimen at defined locations for fiducial-based registration and measurement of coordinates.
Photograph showing a head rigidly fixed in the Vertek biopsy system for measurement.
Screen shot showing the FM-based registration. Following a randomization protocol, five FMs were selected from the total of 10 during every registration process. Coordinate measurements were performed at FMs that were not used in this registration. The grid sphere in the lower right part of the screen indicates an area where an intraoperative accuracy of 1.0 mm can be expected. The RMSE of the registration (0.9 mm in this example) is displayed on the navigation panel (right side of the figure).
Screen shot illustrating coordinate measurements. After the centers of the FMs are manually identified, the system displays the x, y, and z coordinates. The pixel values must then be converted into millimeter values.
Left: Photograph of the Fazer. The Fazer measures the distance to the surface with a laser beam. Light-emitting diodes in the device serve as reference points for the active optical tracking system. Right: Screen shot showing the Fazer-generated points. With this method, a set of points is generated on the surface of the patient's skin.
Bar graphs depicting RMSEs as calculated by the system after registration of the four specimens for Fazer-based (upper) and FM-based (lower) registration.
Bar graphs showing the deviations for Fazer-based (upper) and FM-based (lower) registration. Values on the y axis represent deviation measurements in millimeters.
Box-and-whisker plots showing the RMSEs for Fazer-based and FM-based registration. The boxes indicate the interquartile range, the horizontal lines within the boxes indicate the median values, and the vertical lines (whiskers) designate the ranges that extend 1.5 × the interquartile ranges above and below the hinges of the boxes. The circles indicate outliers. Values on the y axis indicate deviation measurements in millimeters. The designators on the x axis indicate type of registration and specimen number. F = Fazer-based registration; M = FM-based registration.


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Published: 17:00, 07 December 2017
Lynn town centre retailers are gearing up for the Bauble Trail
Visitors to Lynn town centre this weekend are in with a chance of winning some super prizes in this year's Bauble Trail.
The popular event, organised by the Vancouver Quarter, is returning on Sunday and families are being invited to take part in the fun trail which could see them win a bumper hamper of Christmas gifts.
Some of the prizes for the winning family include afternoon tea at the Bank House Hotel, a £30 voucher for Alive Corn Exchange, and lunch for four to the value of £50 at the Duke's Head Hotel.
The prize draw winner will also receive gift vouchers for Sainsbury's and Wilko, a bouquet from Bridget's Flowers, a behind the scenes tour of KL.FM where the family will get the chance to read the weather forecast. The Vancouver Quarter will also make a donation to a charity of the family's choice,
A £20 voucher for New Conduit Street store Ikon, prizes from Debenhams and The Entertainer, a family photoshoot by Matthew Usher Photography, and a limited edition King's Lynn Skyline Necklace are also included.
"The baubles are hidden somewhere inside all the participating retailers around the town centre – but there is a special map which can help people find them all," said events and marketing assistant David Blackmore.
Last year's trail proved to be a festive favourite and Sunday's trail will start at noon but families can collect maps as late as 3pm. The maps can be collected from the vacant unit on Broad Street, opposite the Deichmann shoe store.
At the same unit, the Vancouver Quarter's Saturday club takes place on December 9 from 10am and late-night shopping continues in Lynn on Thursday afternoons, with free parking after 3pm in council-run town car parks.


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Bus numbers 299, 232, 262, 211, are the most common buses that travel towards Taipei Tech. You can ask the bus driver to assist you to Taipei Tech, or just be on the look at for Taipei Tech campus. But make sure to read the maps from posted at the bus stops, to make sure your heading the right direction and also to aid you in knowing in when to get off the bus.
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In 2012, the lawyers of the Equal Justice Initiative argued that sentencing children to life in prison without parole for any reason is considered "cruel and unusual punishment, based on the Supreme Court's acknowledgement that children are less liable than adults for several reasons including immaturity, impulsivity, vulnerability, and aptitude for forgiveness and help.
On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court made a ruling in the Miller v. Alabama case, which would later be considered historic that "mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger convicted of homicide are unconstitutional" according to the Equal Justice Initiative's website.
Many states, including Alabama, Nebraska, Connecticut, Florida, New Hampshire, Illinois, Mississippi, Iowa, Massachusetts, Texas, and Wyoming applied the cases to people already serving the sentence and granting them new hearings, but states like Louisiana refused to do so.
The decision made on Monday now requires all states to apply the rules from the cases, which includes Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Colorado retroactively. Now hundreds of people who were sentenced to die in prison for crimes when they were children are now being offered new sentencing hearings.


In this we are discussing Matthew 5:12-16; 2 Kings 2:19-22; Isaiah 42:5-7.
Now the people of the city said to Elisha, "The location of this city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful." He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Then he went to the spring of water and threw the salt into it, and said, "Thus says the Lord, I have made this water wholesome; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it." So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.


Michael Orfinger, principal of Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group, in conjunction with the University of South Florida Conflict Resolution Collaborative, will offer training for mediators interested in becoming Florida Supreme Court certified appellate mediators. In July, 2010, the Florida Supreme Court adopted new Appellate Mediation Rules and revised the Rules for Certified and Court Appointed Mediators to provide for the certification of appellate mediators. The initial courses are scheduled for April 5, 6 and 7 at the University of South Florida campus in Tampa. Additional information can be found at The USF Conflict Resolution Collaborative website.
On Friday, April 15, Orfinger, will participate in a panel discussion at the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation & Criminal Justice Annual CLE Conference in Miami Beach at the Fontainebleau Resort. Joining Orfinger on this panel will be three other highly experienced mediators, Ed Mullins, Lynn Cole and Pamela Perry. Their presentation, entitled "Top Ten Mistakes We're Making in Mediation & Did Not Even Know It" is designed to teach litigators to "better advocate in mediation before, during and after their next mediation." Please visit the ABA Conference site for more details.
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I do apologize in advance if there was a post about this already. I did search couldn't find anything related to my issue.
I am attempting to install the Guest Additions and every time I try, server 2012 Suddenly restarts.
It appears to be directly after an attempt to install the video driver.
I re-downloaded the Guest Additions from the website, and it didnt make any difference.
My Host machine is an Intel i7-3820 Quad Core.
Running Windows 7 x64 Pro.
If you need any screen caps or further info, I can provide them.
The guests log file and perhaps any information that you can glee from the guests event viewer would help.
Here's the error generated after logging back into windows, from a failure.
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bug check was 0x000000d1 (0x0000000000000114, 0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff80002245247). A dump was saved in C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP Report Id: 022814-37718-01.
I have attached the log file, as its over 100KB of text.
First VirtualBox uses cores ( physical cores ) and not threads ( logical processors ). If you commit all of the cores to the guest the host will not only struggle weird things can happen.
Do you see an invalid setting in the guests settings?
I also see a lot of suspend and resume in the log. are you doing this ,or is it the guest?
You were right. I did have too many CPU cores selected.
But, it seems like its still crashing.
Would it be a good idea to simply re-install the OS and start over?
Also, I actually don't know anything about the suspend and resume.
I am letting it idle for 20-60 minutes at a time, but I am not making it sleep or standby.
As whether on not you need to reinstall, that would be up to you.
Me I would find out why, but I also love a challenge. What I do know is the error code could be anything from a defective HD to a USB issue.
You could try to disable the usb2 in the guest and see what happens.
Also a corrupt GA install could cause this. Try to boot into safe mode and remove the guest additions and see if everything works. If so then you can always try to install them again, hopefully fixing your issue.
Alright. I removed the USB controller, to no avail. I could not locate any trace of the GA files. It looks like it was crashing windows before it could finish.
I booted into safe mode and installed the GA successfully. Unfortunately, Windows no longer boots.
I returned to safe mode and uninstalled them. I do not know what steps to take from here at this point.
Does it work without the guest additions?
Just wanted to reply to this thread that I saw the exact same problem when I tried to upgrade from 4.3.6 to 4.3.8 on Windows 2012 server standard. It would boot fine until I installed the additions then it would crash right away and start trying to reboot and crash again and again. I didn't have time to troubleshoot any further yet so I had to reinstall 4.3.6 and the additions for it and it is running fine again.
I will give it another try when I have a chance and grab the logs from it.
I have the same problem too. My Windows 2012 guest can't start anymore since I installed 4.3.8 additions. It crashed just after the step where we are asked to confirm the installation of the system peripheral driver.
I get the same sort of thing when I try to install the 4.3.8 Additions in Windows 8.1 Pro Version 6.3 (Build 9600), 32-bit on a 64-bit Mac OS X 10.9 host.
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0x00000114, 0x00000006, 0x00000000, 0x8e62f696). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 030314-8671-01.
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0x00000114, 0x00000006, 0x00000000, 0x8e668696). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 030314-21000-01.
1. Both times I tried upgrading Additions, the VM crash happened when the installer tried upgrading the WDDM(?) video drivers. The screen changed video modes a few times in rapid succession when that happened; I almost think for a moment there my window decorations looked like Windows XP ones, but everything happened so quickly I'm not sure. The virtual screen went black right after those changes, and in a few seconds I got the VirtualBox boot screen.
2. After the first time, I took Windows's advice and restored the system to a previous state (within the VM; not through VB snapshots).
3. The second time, when the video mode changed I also got a repetitive sound happening. I believe it was probably Windows sounding an alert, with the VM's audio hardware choking on it and repeating a short snippet of it over and over.
4. I restored the system within the VM a second time.
5. Now I notice that my Windows volume icon in the systray shows a white X in red circle badge. When I hover over it, a tooltip says "No Audio Output Device is installed." Clicking it brings up a wizard that tries and fails detect problems with the audio. Upon rebooting the VM, the audio is fine.
I would like to report a similar issue with Guest Additions 4.3.8 on Windows 8.1 and 2012 R2 guests, host is Windows 8.1 x64.
My 8.1 guest was running great until I upgraded VBox and installed GA 4.3.8 . Now it no longer boots. I also created 2 new VMs, an 8.1 and a 2012 R2 - both show the same symptoms.
In all instances, during the installation of GA (I think, the video driver) the screen went black with a choppy green box and the VM froze. Upon reboot, the normal Windows spinner shows when booting and then the display freezes. In VBox Manager, the guest preview shows shifting, garbled video after the freeze. The guest is completely unresponsive and my CPU revs up after this until I kill it.
I tried booting in various safe modes, running system restore, etc. but I cannot boot to desktop or uninstall GA. The new guests are functional (but limited) before installing GA.
I've reverted to 4.3.6 and am running new VM guests until the issue is resolved and I can (hopefully) recover the one I installed GA 4.3.8 on.
I confirm the problem is solved with the new release 4.3.10. After installing the new gest additions, I disabled 3D and Windows didn't crashed.
Many thanks to support team !!


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ADEPT: Assaying Differences via Edit-Distance of Pronunciation Transcriptions - Gabmap
Gabmap is a free web-based application for dialectometry. It measures the differences in sets of phonetic (or phonemic) transcriptions via edit distance. Gabmap has a graphical user interface that makes string comparison facility available as a web application. This enables wider experimentation with the techniques.
Gabmap (a.k.a. ADEPT) measures pronunciation distances based on transcriptions and aligns pronunciation transcription data. Because the measurements are numeric, they can be aggregated in order to obtain an estimation of overall pronunciation differences among varieties. The software uses a range of edit distance (or Levenshtein) algorithms. It is useful for dialectologists, and has been used extensively in dialectology. It has occasionally been used for other purposes, e.g. trying to identify loan words automatically (Paris, Musée de l'Homme, central Asian project involving Turkic and also Indo-Iranian languages). The software has also been used as the basis of a program to multi-align pronunciation data for the purpose of phylogenetic analysis. The Gabmap developers claim that the program could also be used to measure deviant pronunciation e.g. of second-language learners, or of speakers with speech defects.
A variety of related algorithms are implemented in the package of C programs (and R programs) the developers turned into a web application, including a basic version regarding segments only as same or different, and other versions variously respecting consonant/vowel distinctions; using phonetic segment distances as provided via an assignment of phonetic or phonological features to segments; using segment distances as learned from refining alignment correspondences; and applying weightings derived from (inverse) frequency (derived from Goebl's work) or depending on the position within a word. There are useful auxiliary programs aimed at assisting users in converting phonetic data to X-SAMPA and at spotting errors. (In working with users in the past, the developers have noted that data conversion is a major hurdle.) There are additional meta-analytical calculations aimed at gauging how reliable the signal is from a given set of data, and aimed at comparing various options with respect to the degree to which they capture the geographic cohesion one assumes in dialectology.
Project leader: Dr. Charlotte Gooskens (RUG)
Help contact
: info@gabmap.nl (General info), support@gabmap.nl (Technical support)
Web-sites: http://www.gabmap.nl/
User scenario's (screencasts, screenshots): http://www.gabmap.nl/~app/doc/IntroVideo/
Manual: http://www.gabmap.nl/~app/doc/tutorials/tutorial/index.htm, http://www.gabmap.nl/~app/doc/preparing/ (quick start)
Tool/Service link: http://www.gabmap.nl/~app/bin/home
Publications: Nerbonne, J., Colen, R., Gooskens, C., Kleiweg, P., and Leinonen, T. (2011). Gabmap — A Web Application for Dialectology. Dialectologica, Special issue II, 65-89.
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Both of my roommates play guitar, and they go through quite a lot of guitar picks. Instead of buying new picks all of the time, I decided to make them their own "custom" guitar picks using old credit cards!
1. Old credit cards or other plastic cards (insurance cards, membership cards, etc). Just remember to be careful with the personal information on your cards.
2. Then, cut them out.
3. If your edges are rough, you can sand the edges lightly.
Isn't this such a simple project? My roommates are going to love them because they are fun colors and they won't feel so bad if they lose them! Do you have a musician in your life that could you make these for?
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What a great idea! What kind of scissors did you use? I'm thinking my normal paper cutting scissors won't work very well.
While I appreciate this, I must share that there is a guitar pick punch that makes the cuts cleaner and straighter than doing it by hand. But yes, I love the credit-card picks a LOT!
Cool! You could churn out so many with a punch!
Great idea! It is hard to find good guitar picks that are cheap. This helps me out a lot. They are so easy to make and no more just cutting up and throwing away old cards.
Top 5 Projects from the August Green Crafts Showcase!


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CRASH - The Online Edition — Final catalogue Contents
Inside Issue 1 of CRASH
CRASH Issue 1
CRASH — A LOOK AT THE XMAS GAMES
If you don't already know you certainly will by the time you've finished reading through this issue, that as from next month, the Crash Catalogue is turning in to a real magazine being sold through W.H. Smith and J. Menzies. This is one reason why there are no proper reviews in this catalogue, because everyone is busy getting stuff together for the first issue of the magazine. So the aim of these two pages is to give a brief run down on some of the games contained here, especially the newer ones.
Still a steady seller and probably one of the best asteroid type games is SENTINEL by Abacus. It requires deft fingers and four eyes in your head if the aliens and asteroids aren't to wipe out your space station. Another of the older games still proving popular is THE WIZARD'S WARRIORS by Abersoft. This is not an adventure but a fast moving & difficult robot/maze game, a sort of souped up Frenzy.
Anirog have now released a whole batch of games for the Spectrum, some of which have already achieved popularity on other computers. Their MISSILE DEFENCE is a hard version, and KONG looks very good.
RAIDER OF THE CURSED MINE from Arcade is still selling steadily and provides good value since it's a long game to play. Their THE DETECTIVE appears in an article in the first issue of CRASH. Detection is the name of the game from Automata's latest release with the long title of MY NAME IS UNCLE GROUCHO YOU WIN A FAT CIGAR, where, together with the PiMan and Groucho Marx, you must discover the identity of a Hollywood Star. There's a fabulous prize for the winner when the competition closes next summer. Also from the same people comes MORRIS MEETS THE BIKERS a fast moving arcade game where you must help a poor little car escape from a multi-storey car park full of mad bikers.
Another escape story comes from Blaby and 'GOTCHA: You've escaped from your prison cell — if you can get past the guards you can make off and start robbing and looting. It's an extremely tough game of timing, not unlike Manic Miner. In PLUGGIT you have to fight your way through the innards of your computer to find the socket for a chip that's come loose — playing too many games no doubt! Britannia Software is a relative newcomer with three games, STOMPING STAN, HOME RUNNER & GRAND PRIX DRIVER. The first two are platform type games where you jump up through holes in moving platforms whilst avoiding various monsters. Home Runner also includes a middle section of a Berserk type. Grand Prix Driver is a very new road racing game with full 3D graphics.
The less said about MANIC MINER the better — it's still driving everyone crazy: Definitely one of the best games this year.
If physical strategy isn't in your line then there's a whole batch of new titles from CCS who brought you DALLAS. You can attempt to save the British car industry in BRITISH LOWLAND, fight your way to the top of the Mafia in GANGSTERS, steal the Spanish gold in PLUNDER and try your hand at getting past the customs in SMUGGLER.
CDS are planning to release a number of new games before Christmas but at the moment their POOL is a big favourite and in competition with Abrasco's POOL. Get tired of the green baize and Abrasco can offer you a very good game of GOLF, a neat version of this popular simulation.
Software giants DK Tronics haven't been idle either with 8 new games just out including the highly praised MAZIACS and a version of the old favourite, STAR TREK 3000.
Well away from bustle of mazes and deep space Gilsoft's new adventure game writing utility THE QUILL has caused a lot of excitement. With this highly praised program, anyone can sit down and program a complex adventure game without any knowledge of machine code. You could even sell your program to a software house!
Hewson have two new games, an adventure called QUEST and a zappovision cockpit affair called 3D SPACE WARS which has very exciting visuals. Another war game is the follow-up to all time best seller Zzoom from Imagine and it's called STONKERS.
One of our favourite maze games recently has been Ian Andrew's SPLAT on the Incentive label. Splat is a maze game with a cruel difference — the walls scroll around all over the place and it's no easy task to avoid being splatted. It's highly addictive and offers a cash prize for high scores.
A long awaited and much heralded event has been the release of VALHALLA by new software house Legend. Valhalla boasts the best graphics yet seen in an adventure. Apart from the highly detailed backgrounds all the numerous characters on the screen including 'yourself' are animated. The lives of the Valhallans go on quite independently of whatever you do. As in the Hobbit, you can talk to them, fight them or get them to fight for you.
On a more domestic note poor old Henry has taken Martha to Spain for their hols in MAD MARTHA II from Mikrogen. If you liked the first, you'll love the new game and you'll get as mad as Martha with it!
If you haven't tried Martech/Durell's JUNGLE TROUBLES yet, then we can recommend it. The animation's wonderful and there's enough to do to drive you to complete distraction and make you try again, This is a dangerously addictive game, but be warned, getting your man to jump is an art to be mastered.
A brand new company called Lotus Soft has a neat mazeish game called LORD HARRY & LADY HARRIET out, in which you find yourself lost in 4 interconnecting gardens. Eating mushrooms keeps you alive and two guard dogs chase you. On the shoot em up side, our reviewers have given a rave thumbs up to Lotus Soft's HAWKS which has excellent graphics and sound and tons to do fighting off the swooping enemy whilst laying mines to blow up their hatching eggs.
Eggs are at the centre of a new game by war masters MC Lothlorien. BEETLEMANIA has fabulous machine code fast graphics and mazes of increasing complexity as you eat the beetles' eggs and try to evade their growing numbers. BEDLAM by the same author is another fast, welI animated maze game that will keep you on your toes. While in a more traditional vein Lothiorien also have PARAS and RED BARON out. If you liked REDWEED or JOHNNY REB then PARAS is for you. The object is to capture a bridge held by the enemy with your troops and their varying weaponry. RED BARON is a World War I aerial dog fight simulation with a complex range of options in playing.
Back to the depths with a new offering from Micromania — TUTANKHAMUN — in which you must penetrate the five tombs to get at the Pharaoh's treasure while avoiding the horrors in there. The 'horrors' move very fast and there are a lot! Addictive!
For those who have never forgotten the pleasures of their electric train set Microsphere's TRAIN GAME is a must. A highly rated program which will keep you engaged for hours without having to connect up a single length of track!
New Generation are out to bend your nind with their CORRIDORS OF GENON, a nhcture of maze and Master Mind calling for brawn and brains. But if you're bett er off with mind-blowingly fast arcade action then Ocean's amazing TRANSVERSION has one of our highest ratings. Simple in concept, this is a maddeningly addictive game and not easy for hi-scores. Good sound too.
Back to the brains bit for COMPUTER SCRABBLE. Despite its high price it's good value. A simply amazing piece of programming art. You get the real game with tremendous graphics and plenty of scope for playing.
A creepy creatures convention has trapped a group of humans at the top of a space station in a new game from Procom called BONKERS. The object is to get the humans out — but can it be done?
If space stations can get a bit claustrophobic, submarines are even worse. The Protek people who brought you AIRLINER now give you command of HUNTER-KILLER, a highly realistic underwater simulation with the enemy dangerously close. Meanwhile the Captain's wife is at home doing the chores in MRS. MOPP from new Computasolve. Not unlike PSSST in concept, you have to use the correct utensil to clear up mess.
Quicksilva have 5 new games out. Highly recommended are SOFT SOLID 3D ANT ATTACK with the best ever 3D graphics, amazing; BUGABOO (THE FLEA), the most colourful game yet for the Spectrum and madly addictive; and GAMES DESIGNER which allows you to redesign 8 arcade games to suit your own taste. The author of MINED-OUT, Ian Andrew, is taunting everyone with SPLAT!, a maze game with a difference — and the £500 prize is still open until JAN 14!
Silversoft are offering 4 new games, EXTERMINATOR, BRAIN DAMAGE, ARMAGEDDON & MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. All four are fast moving arcade games with the high standard one expects from Silversoft.
And of course there's the two new smashes from Ultimate, LUNAR JETMAN, and ATIC ATAC. Showing just what can be done with 48K, Ultimate have packed in just about everything but the kitchen sink. Jetman is probably the most addictive game of this year.
Virgin have 10 new games out, some arcade, some adventure, but our tip for the top is a game by Watson Software — STAR SOCCER, a very good two-player game which will engage even those who don't like football.


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Q: Cannot execute command at GNU screen startup I want to do something similar to what's written
here without using zsh (I use bash), but if I try to start screen with
screen 'cd /home/cataldo/Programs'

I get the following error:
Cannot exec 'cd home/cataldo/Programs': No such file or directory

Without qoutes after exec it does not work either. Double quotes make no difference. Using bash -c "cd .." does not work.
It might be some permission problem or screen executes commands as a special user at startup?
Thank you very much for your help!
screen --version
Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06

cat /etc/debian_version
6.0.3

A: screen doesn't know about cd as it is a shell builtin, so screen can't execute it. However, screen has a builtin command of chdir. If you execute chdir by itself from the screen command line, all new windows in the screen session will start in your $HOME. If you execute chdir /home/cataldo/Programs from the screen command line, all new windows in the screen session will start in /home/cataldo/Programs.
If you want to open 3 windows in different directories when you start a new screen session, in your ~/.screenrc define the directory with chdir and then immediately start a new window.
# Start these windows when screen starts up
chdir /home/cataldo/Programs
screen 0
chdir /usr/local/bin
screen 1
chdir /tmp
screen 2
chdir

From man 1 screen (pay attention to the last line)
chdir [directory]
Change the current directory of screen to the specified directory or,
if  called  without  an argument,  to your home directory (the value of
the environment variable $HOME).  All windows that are created by means
of the "screen" command from within ".screenrc" or by means of "C-a :
screen ..." or "C-a c" use this as their default directory.  Without a
chdir command, this would be the directory from which screen was invoked.
Hardcopy  and  log  files  are  always written  to  the window's default
directory, not the current directory of the process running in the window.
You can use this command multiple times in your .screenrc  to  start
various windows  in  different default directories, but the last chdir value
will affect all the windows you create interactively.

A: What you say doesn't make much sense. Even if cd were a real command, screen would just change directory and then immediately exit, which would do nobody any good whatsoever.
If you only want to start a specific screen session in a particular directory:
(cd home/cataldo/Programs && screen)

That will change directory, start screen with a shell, and return to your existing directory when screen exits.

A: You can add stuff "cd /home/cataldo/Programs^M" to your ~/.screenrcor at the prompt using C-a :

A: It doesn't work because cd is a shell built-in command (try which cd). Screen has a chdir command which you can use to achieve your goal: Put the following inside your .screenrc:
chdir /home/cataldo/Programs

Now start screen and you should be in the specified directory.

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If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you may have gathered that I have been trying out a new skincare line – ZO® Skin Health. I have to let you know upfront that this was NOT paid for – I was merely interested in exploring a line like this and had 3 readers in particular who had asked me about it. This line is not just any ordinary skincare line, but the most potent on the market and one that has a philosophy that differs from any other line I have come across to date.
I was quite weary about trying them out initially as ZO® Skin Health does go against quite a few 'norms' that exist in the skincare industry, such as exfoliating daily with a physical exfoliator (with very abrasive beads), but when I did my research and saw that this was Dr Zein Obagi's latest venture, I knew I was in trusted hands. You may have seen that I tried out Obagi skincare a few months back. Dr Zein Obagi bought to market the original NuDerm™ system which he then went on to sell (it's obviously still named after him, but he is not involved there at all). When he sold this line, he created ZO® Skin Health and I really like the philosophy behind the range.
I must say, the journey I have had to go on with ZO® Skin Health has been an interesting one (which they warned me about) and it did mean a few weeks of very unsettled skin – which I didn't enjoy, but am finally now reaping the rewards of. It does take a bit of patience and perseverance before your skin kicks into gear, but it is well worth it when you start seeing the long-term results.
What is ZO® Skin Health about?
The range is essentially about cutting the clutter and getting to the skins core of making it work in the most natural, efficient way possible. The interesting part about ZO®'s theory is that there is no real excuse for having a sensitive skin or a skin with rosacea – as, if the skin is working like it should, then these concerns can be combatted. The initial 6 week programme is all about kicking the skin into gear and prepping in to start the proper 'active' products – so my 6 week period was to prep my skin for retinol. It's amazing how they focus on this, as the skin is the biggest organ and needs preparation to be working efficiently and to react well to the product we apply.
Retinol: Advanced Radical Night Repair (1.7% retinol which translates to 1% on the skin). Massage into the skin.
As mentioned, my first 6 weeks were very tough on my skin. I was warned that I may want to throw in the towel (which crossed my mind a few times) but the fact that I could chat to the girls at ZO® Skin Health and be reassured that my reactions were all normal and a part of the process. I have to highlight here that I am probably exaggerating with my reaction, but my skin is very problem-free normally so I wasn't used to having the odd (deep) breakout and seeing my texture looking out-of-sorts. I would say that this pretty much lasted from week 2 to week 6. I wish I had tweaked it earlier, but when I was advised to slow down on the exfoliating, then my skin started looking amazing (I was over-stimulating it).
Since starting the routine I have gone for a facial every few weeks at Janine's Skin Care Clinic in Hout Bay (a stockist for those in the area). The ZO® facial is really lovely and you leave with your skin literally radiating glow. I went for a coffee with friends after my last facial and since then, two friends have gone for consultations with ZO® stockists.
It's all been quite interesting to me as I thought my skin was pretty good. I am pedantic (as you can imagine) about my skincare routine and, having studied beauty, I know how to spot issues and combat them at home. This line, however, has encouraged my skin to start working in the most functional, efficient way possible – not just by layering product after product on top. I have also become aware of my pigmentation (not a big issue, but I guess I am 3 months away from turning 30 and everything is looking that much more accentuated). ZO® Skin health has made a noticeable difference to do with the dark spots. I am still trying to get rid of the odd red spot from my breakouts in the first few weeks, but here some pics to give you an idea. I will be doing another post to update you on my retinol reactions and how I've found that.
DM or email me with any questions and I can send you lots more info!
I've been looking into using this range, and was interested to find out that Dr Obagi advocates not using a traditional moisturiser, which is in line with the routine you listed in your post (you don't seem to be using a dedicated moisturiser). How did you find this- did your skin adjust its own moisture levels after a while?
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Hi, I had a zo facial about 4 weeks ago.. since then I am breaking out crazy.. currently I am using zo health pore refiner and the exfoliating polish. I am very frustrated with the results.. not getting what I paid for.
How are you now? Did you continue using the products or did you stop?


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Congratulations to Under the Thatch which has won The Guardian's ethical award for travel 2007 and which has several gypsy caravans and showman's wagons among its accommodation choices. Here's what Richard Hammond, one of the judges who stayed in a gypsy caravan in south-west Ceredigion, said about the operator and the caravan:
"Inside, it's barely 6ft by 6ft. There's a small wood stove, several minuscule cupboards, and a double bed on a raised platform...The caravan is a "bow-top", with a roof like a barrel. To be precise, it's a Romany caravan or "vargo", built in 1924 and last used by travellers in the 70s...Like all Under the Thatch's properties, the caravan is run as a low impact, eco-friendly concern - there are compost and recycling facilities and local wood for the fire. The cottages were restored using lime rather than cement, oil-based paint and sheep's wool insulation; some have solar panels, others reed-bed sewage systems, wood-chip boilers and recycled furnishings."


This guide aims to support BUSA 590 coursework. It will help you identify useful databases, journals, and websites pertaining to health care in America.
"The Fast-Track MBA® in Health Administration consists of 11 courses and a project addressing business issues unique to hospitals and other health-related institutions."
MBA in Health Administration at Eastern U.
Welcome to the Management Communication & Organization of the Health Care System guide! Here you will find general information on how to locate sources related to the US health care system.
Located on the tabs are different resources- books, journals, websites, etc. Click on a tab and a page appears listing specific resources about health care in that format. For example, under the "Find Books & Films" tab is a list of books and films located here in Warner Library about the health care organization in America.
Here is a list of subscription databases the library offers that contain information about the United States and health care (including case studies).
Want to know more about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)? Take a look at these links.
Official text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


Austin CyberKnife is located on the first floor of the Clinical Education Center (CEC) at Brackenridge, 1400 North IH 35 in Austin, TX 78701.
The entrance to the Clinical Education Center parking garage is located on the access road to IH 35. Our center offers dedicated parking spaces for CyberKnife patients immediately to the right as you enter the garage. You will receive a parking ticket as you enter. Please bring this to your appointment and we will be happy to validate your parking.
The Austin CyberKnife suite is located on the first floor of the CEC, immediately to the left as you enter the building. Our facility is wheelchair accessible.


Sometimes it takes the most traditional of instruments to make the most personal statement of music. The depth of one man not relying on the lazy method of speech to communicate is one that surprisingly speaks volumes in this case and example, echoing lost moments of pleasure and pain in a very non stifling or exclusive way.
In modern music history often the cello has appeared on the recordings of some of the greatest acts ever but only in a sneaky saboteur type role that fills out and lends weight and strength to the sound. Often it can appear to be something of a lazy gesture for an act to introduce a string section as it exploits the reality that it is an instrument that sits very uneasy in the centre stage, especially in more modern settings.
With this in mind seldom in modern composition, away from soundtracks and generic classical recordings, has the cello been given the breadth to lead in such a context and manner (indie/alternative). As a result Andy Nice stands out in this field inhabiting a similar sort of territory as the Dirty Three but in a more direct manner.
The comparatives that echo most in mind are a nod to the Penguin Café Orchestra at their most beautifully downbeat as well as the kind of score music that you will fortuitously often come across by accident in Asian movies such as In The Mood For Love and Sympathy For Lady Vengeance.
Spread over seven tracks Andy Nice is a true professional and dedicated veteran to his trade and has worked hard to earn his stripes as a master of his instruments. Currently part of the string section in The Tindersticks his musical resume includes Baader Meinhof, Cradle Of Filth and Sade.
The reflective nature and journey of the music on show serves as a perfect calming companion to the most contemplative of moments. Prozac on ice.


Congratulations to the multinational government agencies involved in the takedown of the Avalanche cybercriminal infrastructure! The U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, Europol, German Police, and others from over 40 countries were involved in disrupting one of the largest support structures for malware, digital money laundering, and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Searches, seizures, and arrests in four countries were conducted to dismantle the sophisticated network of people and technology.
Avalanche hosted, supported, and distributed dozens of malware families, including Citadel, TeslaCrypt, VM-Zues, bugat, QakBot, and many others. For a complete list, visit the US-CERT announcement page. Most notably, it targeted over 40 major financial institutions and hosted major ransomware malware. According to the U.S. CERT team, it was "used to run money mule schemes where criminals recruited people to commit fraud involving transporting and laundering stolen money or merchandise".
The Avalanche group has been very active for many years. Back in 2010 it was known for its phishing activities and involvement with various Zeus banking trojan malware variants.
This takedown will have a cascading impact to cybercriminals who have relied on its capabilities. It will likely result in a reduced amount of activity until such time as criminals can replace or rebuild these functions. It is a greatly appreciated reprieve. The absence of money laundering services will also be a painful hit to many criminal groups. With Avalanche down or at the very least impacted, it will force changes on behalf of the criminals it serviced. Those deviations represent opportunities for law enforcement's future actions.
Depending upon the systems and data captured and the cooperation of the people arrested, there may be some great intelligence benefits. Law enforcement may be able to track down some of the organized criminals behind the various malware families and cyber-fraud campaigns. This could lead to more arrests and impacts to malware generation.
A job well done by the multinational team who cooperated to bring down this malignant structure supporting cybercriminals impacting people, governments, and businesses across the globe. Keep up the good work!


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Despondent deniers: Why fake sceptics are losing and more...
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There isn't a lot happening in the deniosphere. The hottest ever records and latest US opinion polls are making the climate conspiracy theorists somewhat despondent. I've pulled together a round-up of some recent articles at WUWT. It's a motley collection covering the fake sceptics war against science, denier hustlers, and weather forecasts and climate models.
Doing the Hustle - too little too late
The disillusionment and despondency started with a "too little too late" article (archived here) about some denier film. The "climate hoax" film was from the anti-science organisation CFACT, and fake sceptics and climate disinformer Marc Morano were pushing it as the ants pants. Despite a lot of hoo-haa late last year, it didn't go anywhere. Almost no-one has seen it. It was shown to a small number of people from a side-street in Paris during COP21 and as far as I know, that's it. As a last ditch effort, the backers are saying there is going to be a one time only national screening in 500 movie theatres in 200 localities across the USA. The film is promised to be shown on 2 May but it looks as if people have to sign up before they can find out where. And they'll have to pay for the privilege of having people tell them what they want to believe: that climate science is a hoax.
WUWT deniers were not impressed.
Fake sceptics are in disarray and losing their war against the planet
Larry Kummer wrote a long article that was reposted at WUWT (archived here), telling deniers why they are "losing" their war against science and our planet. He started by saying how deniers have fallen into the trap of thinking they are winning their war against the world. He writes that climate conspiracy theorists risk turning their already weak position into a losing position. His evidence that they are losing (have lost?) their war includes the fact that the fake sceptic positions (many and various) are opposed by organisations that number:
almost all major scientific organisations,
virtually every nation in the world and their governments
major international organisations (World Bank, UN)
the mainstream media (New York Times, The Guardian, Washington Post etc)
large NGOs (the WWF, the EDF, and Greenpeace)
religious organisations (Catholic Church).
In Larry's mind it all boils down to money, that's about the only language that deniers speak, after all. He seems to be suggesting that if deniers got organised and got more money they'd be able to succeed in their quest to destroy Earth.
He adds that denier websites are amateurish and that public opinion is against them. His suggestion for winning their war against the planet is to elect someone who says he doesn't "believe" science as US President. Someone who'll tear down all US defenses. Someone like bible bashing Ted Cruz or, at a pinch, that chap who has a reality TV show - what's his name? Oh, that's right, Donald Trump.
Larry thinks that as more wild weather events come to pass, climate conspiracy theorists will lose more ground. His only suggestion when it comes to science, is: "Congress can require NOAA or the NSF to test the models with independent oversight (i.e., a neutral multi-disciplinary team of experts). The results would tell us much."
That thought leads into the next item.
Forecasting models are wonderful
In the latest WUWT article (archived here), Anthony Watts is enthusiastic about super-models for weather forecasting. I don't mean super-models in the fashion sense, I'm talking about extremely powerful models run on super-computers. The one being written about has extremely high resolution. From Anthony's copy and paste:
The highest-resolution National Weather Service's official forecasts have grid spacing of one point for every three kilometers. The model the Oklahoma team is using in the SHARP project, on the other hand, uses one grid point for every 500 meters — six times more resolved in the horizontal directions.
It's not there yet, but in future years meteorologists hope to be able to more accurately forecast the location and timing of, say, hail storms up to two hours ahead, and give warnings based on the forecasts.
Anthony made an effort to explain why he thinks that weather forecasting models are terrific but climate models aren't. Anthony Watts wouldn't know the first thing about climate models except that, in his role as chief WUWT disinformer, he's supposed to trash them. He foolishly wrote at the top of his copy and paste:
While climate models tend to be open-ended and impossible to verify for the future they predict until the future becomes the measured present, weather models can and have been verified, and they keep getting better.
I was going to write about all the wrongs in that single sentence, but Steven Mosher beat me to it, saying among other things how models are normally described in terms of how skilful they are, not whether or not they are exactly correct in every respect. In reply to Steven, Anthony wrote how he was right, even if in order to be "right", he had to redefine the words "open-ended" and "verify". He wrote:
[another wild claim from drive by Mosher. I've used weather forecast models on a daily basis for 3 decades. Yes their predictive skill has improved since 30 years ago. Many many times then and now they get the forecast for the next day for a location exactly right – that's what I call verified. The prediction was verified by the actual result. Climate models that predict 25-50, or 100 years out have NEVER been verified by an actual result, and can't be until he time elapses. They can't even be assessed for predictive skill right now for 25-100 year forecasts. That's why I call climate models open-ended and it is not a meaningless term, but a judgment of their inability to be verified. Tough noogies if you don't like my description -Anthony]
Weather forecasting models and climate models are based on the same physical equations. Many weather forecasting models use climate models as their base and vice versa. The main differences between them are:
Weather forecasting models are used to forecast weather a few days ahead. Climate models are used to make projections of climate, under different forcing scenarios, decades ahead.
Weather forecasting models are continually updated with observations, assimilating the latest observational data often in real time. Therefore weather forecasts won't stray far from recent weather. Climate models typically don't incorporate observations except for initialisation. They are not dependent or have input from weather observations of today, yesterday, last week or last year.
One thing on the plus side for Anthony, is that he's distanced himself from Bob Tisdale's silliness. Bob erroneously thinks that climate models should forecast near term weather.
Here's a TedX talk about an investigation into climate models by computer scientist Steve Easterbrook:
BernardP has a suggestion for CFACT and Marc Morano:
To have any impact, Climate Hustle would have to be shown on major TV networks, starting with FOX. Showing it in theaters or selling it on DVD will only attract the already-convinced climate skeptics.
While the Warmists have gained all the levers of powers to control the political, decision-making, agenda, Skeptics are left alone to play by themselves in their sandbox.
Reason;I think Morano and persons making film needs to make a buck out of this. Its perfectly normal/OK
Arbeegee figures the game of hustle, hide and seek is so the film Hustle can be nominated for the Academy Awards
Let me guess that this is mostly marketing scheme to get proper review coverage. Also minimal theatrical distribution might be necessary to qualify for certain awards such as the Academy Awards. It's also possible that the distribution scheme includes "four walling" where the producer actually rents the theater and then pockets the profits. Some may remember "Sunn Classic Pictures" that did this more than 3 decades ago with documentaries on topics like the search for Noah's ark.
TonyL agrees the denier's war is lost. He thinks it's because younger people are stupid:
The war is lost, and public education is one big reason. Consider the "young adults", if you can call them that, coming out of the public school system. They are scientifically illiterate, and believe CAGW theory as given fact. WHY? Simple, they have been taught CAGW as given truth since their earliest days. They know nothing else. Worse, they are the enlightened ones, and so think of unbelievers as knuckledraggers and uneducated rubes. Therefor, they cannot be reached. They occupy a position of moral superiority and do not have the scientific ability to evaluate even the simplest facts. Now going on two generations, people in this group constitute a sizable, and growing fraction of the adult population. And They Vote.
In response to all this, we have a call to "Test the Models". Again. As a strategic move to win the war. Given the situation on the ground, I can not think of a more useless proposal. Testing the models is not even useless, it is irrelevant. People don't know and don't care about "models". The models have been tested and failed. It did not make any difference then, it wont make any difference now.
Chris Hanley has a warning:
Look folks LAWRENCE N. (Larry) KUMMER is a player, he's some sort of investment consultant although he's not currently registered with FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority see FINRA Broker Check CRD# 1752708).
On his Linkedin page he proudly states he supports the IPCC.
IMO his articles here, while invariably obscure and hard to pin down, are intended as a form of demoralisation as demonstrated by the original title of his piece (on his website) "Why skeptics will lose the US climate policy debate", the "…will lose …" changed to "… could lose …" for WUWT consumption.
The contents remain the same.
On climate models and weather forecasts, Marcus thinks that climate models shouldn't try to model climate. He wrote:
…This is the realm that climate forecasting should have stayed in, short range weather !!
Explainer: the models that help us predict climate change - article by Kamal Puri, Aurel Moise, Robert Colman and Tony Hirst, at The Conversation, April 2015
Why trust climate models? It's a matter of simple science - article by Scott K Johnson at Ars Technica, September 2013
Easterbrook, Steve M., and Timothy C. Johns. "Engineering the software for understanding climate change." Computing in Science & Engineering 11, no. 6 (2009): 64-74. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2009.193 (pdf here)
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SCM March 24, 2016 at 7:25 PM
With every passing year it becomes clearer that the deniers are just crazy dudes shaking their fists at the sky
Millicent March 24, 2016 at 10:13 PM
... and stealing emails, harassing scientists, committing various acts of libel and slander, and making death threats.
Oh how I miss those once so frequent "its all over for AGW theory" posts.
Raymond Brior March 25, 2016 at 6:38 AM
I guess that they finally put all of the nails in the coffin of AGW theory ;)
Griff March 24, 2016 at 11:48 PM
They are losing the battle in the press comments sections .
Over the last five years I have noted considerable change from clamorous effective denial and few authoritative rebuttals to many informed comments for every piece of nonsense.
We have a long way to go to win the war.
Unfortunately we have yet to see effective policy from the English speaking world to combat the problem. With the latest spike in temperatures we will hopefully see some movement In the efforts of the governments of USA Australia Canada and New Zealand. Until that happens winning the battle over the comments sections is a hollow victory at best.
Sou I would like to thank your tireless effort
reading the nonsense day after day it must be a will sapping exercise.
You have done all on this planet a great service in being many combatants main source of the goings on and new developments in the denialosphere. Often reading Hot whopper for arms me about the latest nonsense saving hours of effort to find the fallacy or misrepresentation of the next piece of idiocy from those in denial. Thanks hugely and I hope you and the others from the climate realist blogs get the recognition you all deserve in the future.
metzomagic March 25, 2016 at 12:39 AM
The models have been tested and failed.
Only in LOL WHUT?! land. If you feed recent observed forcings into the models, unlike the projected ones they had to use previously (because, duh, it was the future then), the models track the recent surface temps quite well. See Figure 1 here:
http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2016/02/global-surface-warming-continues.html
"Models are broken" is the deniers' mantra. Just keep repeating it without bothering to do a reality check every once in a while, and any lie becomes 'fact'.
Tony Banton March 25, 2016 at 12:40 AM
I have noticed a less virulent WUWT recently that makes posting a little less unpleasant.
The "attack dogs" seem to have put themselves on a shorter leash - or are simply absent.
Is it me or is there a few more science advocates there too?
I recently had a push at Tisdale on a couple of threads - and he stopped coming back at me.
However Stealey put up this post (in part) in the "66 my" thread...
"I just love it when the alarmist crowd tries to argue that old CO2 canard. It is ridiculously easy to refute. Fun, too. ☺"
I refuted the "refutation" - and yep, it was easy (and actually fun too).
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Extra reporting relief, KiwiSaver default delay on the table; NZX regulation split
James Miller: NZX chair
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has extended reporting dates again for entities under its aegis after providing an initial two-month relief period in March.
In a release late on Friday, the FMA said: "… all Financial Markets Conduct Act reporting entities with balance dates up to and including 31 July will also have a further 2 months to provide audited financial statements, if their ability to produce financial statements is legitimately impacted by COVID19."
"This extends the current relief from balance dates up to 31 May," the regulator said. "We will continue to assess the situation for later balance dates."
The FMA move coincides with a NZX waiver to push out reporting deadlines for "equity, debt and fund issuers with 30 June 2020 and 31 July 2020 balance dates".
Following the updated NZX relief, equity and debt issuers would have a further 30 days "to prepare and release results announcements (including preliminary full year financial statements)" on top of previously-announced extensions.
"Equity, debt and fund issuers would have up to an additional two months to prepare and release annual reports," the NZX statement says.
Last week the Financial Services Council (FSC) laid out the revised timetable for nine pending legislative and regulatory changes. The FSC update reveals tenders for KiwiSaver default status under the new conditions released in February have been postponed until later this year.
Furthermore, the current KiwiSaver default schemes have been granted a five-month stay of execution with the expiry date moving from June 30 next year to November 30.
Other regulatory deadlines have been extended from up to a year (for bank capital adequacy changes) to a matter of months for feedback on draft legislation including the financial institution conduct bill, the Fair Trading Act amendment and the Insurance Prudential Supervision Act review.
As reported earlier, the new financial advisory regime state date – originally set for June 29 this year – under the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA) has also been delayed until "March 2021 at least", according to the FSC.
But the regulatory revolution is gathering pace, regardless.
At the end of March, NZX chair, James Miller, also announced a "ground-breaking" plan to separate the company's commercial and regulatory functions.
Miller said the restructure – due for implementation this calendar year – would create a "wholly-owned operating subsidiary of the Exchange… [to] perform all frontline regulatory functions in support of NZX's obligations as a market operator and as operator of the designated settlement system".
The NZX formed an establishment board chaired by Trevor Janes, and featuring Elaine Campbell and Mike Heron as directors – with a fourth member to be named shortly.
In its release, the NZX says the planned regulatory arm would "not be expected to generate profit for the Exchange".
March NZX data published last week also shows the local bourse saw a record trading month with total equity transactions of over 1.1 million and $6.3 billion equating to year-on-year increases of close to 300 per cent and 70 per cent, respectively.
Meanwhile, NZX funds under management (FUM) as at March 31 topped $3.4 billion, or up almost 7 per cent over the 12-month period.
Most of the NZX FUM growth, however, came by way of external investors in Smartshares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rather than via its in-house SuperLife schemes.
According to the NZX data, SuperLife total FUM of $2.25 billion was virtually flat year-on-year as a slight increase in the KiwiSaver scheme (1.5 per cent) balanced against a 1.1 per cent fall in its traditional super fund products.
During the same period, Smartshares external FUM grew almost 23 per cent to more than $1.1 billion as the in-house SuperLife-sourced ETF rose 4.1 per cent to just under $1.9 billion.
The NZX Wealth Technologies platform reported funds under administration of almost $2.2 billion at March 31, up 7 per cent for the 12 months.
In March, Smartshares also lent $226 million of stock through its amended securities lending service.
"Due to changes in custodian, Smartshares is no longer offering securities through the NZX Clearing centralised clearing book and is now lending exclusively through its own stock lending programme," the report says.
The NZX funds business recently consolidated custody under BNP Paribas, replacing JB Were in some of the original Smartshares products.
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King Juan Carlos Left Out Of Top Event
The Royal Household excluded King Juan Carlos from an event at the Spanish Congress to commemorate the country's transition to Democracy, according to several media outlets.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, to the right, and Congress Speaker Ana Pastor, in blue. © Casa de S.M. el Rey
King Juan Carlos, King Felipe's father, helped steer Spain from dictatorship to Democracy.
But, according to media outlets, the Royal Household thought it was out of protocol for Don Juan Carlos to attend the ceremonies.
King Felipe during remarks a the Congress of Deputies Chamber. © Casa de S.M. el Rey
Media outlets reported that the elder King expressed his dismay about the snub to friends.
Posted on June 28, 2017 by talkingwithamericansPosted in UncategorizedTagged Democracy, King Felipe, King Juan Carlos, Queen Letizia, Spain, Transition. Leave a comment
The King And The Bulls
King Felipe won praise but also skepticism earlier this month when he attended a charity bullfight in Madrid.
Aside from people who oppose the activity, aficionados wondered whether the King — who got a standing ovation — really stands with them.
King Felipe at the famed Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. © Casa de S.M. el Rey
Don Felipe has not been as keen on attending bullfights compared to his father, King Juan Carlos, and his sister, Infanta Elena.
Both of them were helping open a new winery in the Basque Country during the Madrid bullfight.
King Juan Carlos and Infanta Elena. © Casa de S.M. el Rey
Conventional wisdom says Queen Letizia is not partial to bullfighting. Neither is Queen Sofia, an animal rights advocate.
King Felipe with bullfighters. © Casa de S.M. el Rey
The late Duchess of Alba was also an animal rights advocate, but an ardent supporter of bullfighting as a Spanish tradition.
Posted on June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017 by talkingwithamericansPosted in UncategorizedTagged Bullfighting, Infanta Elena, King Felipe, King Juan Carlos, Madrid, Queen Letizia, Queen Sofia, Spain. Leave a comment
Bringing Back The Pomp
King Felipe received another batch of new ambassador credentials at the Royal Palace in Madrid this month.
Panamanian ambassador to Spain arriving at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
But unlike previous times, the Royal Household released images of a horse-drawn carriage transporting the dignitaries through Madrid to the palace.
The New Zealand ambassador making his way to King Felipe.
The Crown revived the tradition several years ago but it has not gotten too much attention.
The carriage takes ambassadors from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Royal Palace, where members of the Royal Guard help escort them to His Majesty.
Posted on June 19, 2017 June 26, 2017 by talkingwithamericansPosted in UncategorizedTagged Ambassador, King Felipe, Madrid, New Zeland, Royal Palace, Spain. Leave a comment
King Sells Spain In Kazakhstan; Honors London Terror Victim
King Felipe visited Kazahstan earlier this month to visit the Spanish pavilion at Expo 2017 Astana.
The event is meant to promote the energy of the future, and Spain has made significant investments in renewable resources.
King Felipe arriving. © Casa de S.M. el Rey
The King also took time to meet with several international leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Cameras also caught Don Felipe meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Award for London victim
The King stopped by the Spanish embassy in Astana to sign a Royal Decree awarding the Grand Cross of Civil Merit to Ignacio Echeverría, who died in the recent terrorist attack in London.
His Majesty only spent one day in the Asian country.
Posted on June 15, 2017 June 15, 2017 by talkingwithamericansPosted in UncategorizedLeave a comment
Leftist Politicians Demand Referendum On Monarchy
Left-leaning politicians in the Spanish autonomous community of Navarra approved a resolution in favor of a referendum on the monarchy this week.
The vote happened the day before King Felipe and Queen Letizia were set to visit the National Center for Technology and Food Security.
Casa de S.M. el Rey
Politicians in Navarra, which has taken a leftward turn, also recently moved to de-royalize the Prince of Viana awards.
Beyond the title of Prince of Asturias, the heir to the Spanish throne is also the Prince of Princess of Viana. The current holder is Princess Leonor.
Their Majesties meeting with the people of Navarra. Casa de S.M. el Rey
The Spanish media did not give the referendum too much attention, mainly because of its symbolic nature.
Spain is still feeling the effects of the financial crisis and rising populism, which have hurt the monarchy.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia commemorating Armed Forces Day last month. Casa de S.M. el Rey
Political corruption scandals and the conviction of Infanta Cristina's husband for fraud have also taken a toll.
King Felipe meeting with Indian President Narendra Modi at Zarzuela Palace. Casa de S.M. el Rey
But it would be a mistake to say the monarchy is in peril, as many international news outlets like to say.
King Juan Carlos, who helped transition Spain to democracy and was once considered untouchable, had to abdicate amid several missteps.
But opinion polls show his son, King Felipe, gets much higher marks. Queen Letizia and Queen Sofia, Don Felipe's mother, also do well with the public.
King Juan Carlos following Real Madrid in Cardiff, Wales, this month.
King Felipe celebrating FC Barcelona's victory in the King's Cup last month.
Polls are all over the place. El Español published a poll in 2016 finding less than 50 percent support for the monarchy but 53 percent support for King Felipe.
An El Mundo poll from 2015 has the monarchy at more than 60 percent. A Metroscopia poll the same year had the King's approval at more than 80 percent.
Queen Sofia greeting her daughter, Infanta Elena, ahead of the insurance company MAPFRE awards. Casa de S.M. el Rey
Despite politicians, particularly on the left, bringing up issues like the monarchy, a Spanish Center for Sociological Investigations found most Spaniards are not concerned about it.
Posted on June 9, 2017 by talkingwithamericansPosted in UncategorizedLeave a comment


Only marriage can save 'broken Britain' says judge.
High Court Judge Sir Paul Coleridge has issued a call for an Independent Commission into the state of Family Law in the UK.
Addressing the audience at an event yesterday evening entitled 'Does Family Law Shape Society or Vice Versa?', Mr Justice Coleridge spoke passionately about family law, the role which it plays in maintaining family life, and whether the current law is fit for purpose.
Family law matters, he argued, because it 'deals with the regulation of substantially the whole field of people's private lives, (regulating) their relationships and the relationships they have with their children.
The way in which family law is managed has a direct and profound impact on the private lives of huge numbers of the population...particularly due to the terribly high incidence of family breakdown'.
Mr Justice Coleridge continued, 'The fact that family law has not been subject to high level inquiry since the Royal Commissions in 1950 and subsequent legislation in 1971 is both incredible and concerning...the world we inhabit today is not the same world as we inhabited in1950'. Indeed, as Mr Justice Coleridge noted, 'when the last major reform was introduced there was no such thing as cohabitation outside marriage'.
Increasingly uneasy about the process of 'reform by default', Mr Justice Coleridge called for 'a fresh look by an independent commission...(which must be)...completely non-political, independent and authoritative', and emphasised this call by concluding that 'family law does shape society but the law is in need of comprehensive, root and branch overhaul'.
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