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Posted: January 21, 2020 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: Alarmism Debunked, BoM, Bureau Of Meterology, Climate Change, Climatism | Tags: BoM, Bureau of Meteorology, Bushfire Crisis Australia, Bushfires, climate, Climate Change, Climatism, Commonwealth Meteorological Office, Credlin, drought, El Nino, ENSO, Extreme weather, floods, Global Warming, Indian Ocean Dipole, La Niña, Mother Nature, Outsiders, science, Science and Environment, Weather, Wildfires | 1 Comment
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – Positive Phase | BOM
"People have been imagining that the climate is changing,
exaggerating every weather event, getting widespread press coverage,
and blaming it on man – for as long as there have been newspapers."
–Tony Heller
Climate Change Insanity Never Changes
"It is fortunate for the community's peace of mind
that the Commonwealth Meteorological Office exists as a
corrective to scare mongering and shameless prophecy."
– Mr. E. Bromley : Commonwealth Meteorological Office (BoM) 1923
AUSTRALIA's highly variable climate is influenced by the broad patterns in the oceans around it and the atmosphere above it. These patterns are considered the "dominant climate and weather drivers" according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
ENSO (El Niño–Southern Oscillation) is one of Australia and the planet's key climate drivers, influencing extremes including devastating bushfires, "droughts and flooding rains".
ENSO swings between three key phases – La Niña (negative), neutral (inactive) and El Niño (positive).
Australian Climate Influences (El Niño) | BoM
Australian Climate Influences (La Niña) | BoM
INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE (IOD)
WHILE El Niño and La Niña occur in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean Dipole oscillates in the waters of the Indian Ocean, influencing climate and weather patterns of Australia and the entire planet.
Indian Ocean climate influences (IOD) | BoM
Sustained changes in the difference between sea surface temperatures of the tropical western and eastern Indian Ocean are known as the Indian Ocean Dipole or IOD. The IOD is one of the key drivers of Australia's climate and can have a significant impact on agriculture. This is because events generally coincide with the winter crop growing season. The IOD has three phases: neutral, positive and negative. Events usually start around May or June, peak between August and October and then rapidly decay when the monsoon arrives in the southern hemisphere around the end of spring.
Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures impact rainfall and temperature patterns over Australia. Warmer than average sea surface temperatures can provide more moisture for frontal systems and lows crossing Australia.
POSITIVE IOD – IMPLICATIONS FOR DROUGHT and BUSHFIRES
WHILE most of the mainstream media, and ClimateChange™ activists have juvenilely blamed trace gas Carbon Dioxide for Australia's devastating bushfires, little to nothing has been said about ENSO and in particular the IOD.
IT doesn't take Einstein to workout why ClimateChange™ activists, the CO2 theory-obsessed fake news mainstream media and the extended climate-ambulance-chasing family choose to omit natural climate drivers from their doomsday rhetoric.
HOWEVER, policy makers, industry and the public must be made aware of Mother Nature's dominant and natural climate drivers so that public funds are not misallocated and importantly so that we can identify the warning signs of drought and other extremes using ENSO and IOD to predict and prepare for future and inevitable catastrophes.
STRONG POSITIVE IOD = DROUGHT = BUSHFIRES
2019 RECORD DROUGHT
2019 saw the lowest rainfall on record for Australia and in particular Eastern and South Eastern Australia where the devastating bushfires occurred. This coincided with "one of the strongest positive IOD events to impact Australia in recent history", according to the BoM.
IOD Time Series | BoM
BoM goes on to state that "the IOD's legacy of widespread warm and dry conditions during the second half of 2019 primed the Australian landscape for bushfire weather and heatwaves this summer."
IN this case, it seems undeniable that 'correlation does equal causation'.
australia-NSW-rainfall-1900-2019
Australian Rainfall Deciles 2019 | BoM
DATA-over-theory guy Willis Eschenbach from "the word's most viewed climate and science website" – Watts Up With That? exposes who really are the "deniers" when in comes to identifying naturally occurring cycles of drought and rainfall patterns that influence Australia's weather, climate and bushfires …
Australia Fires … And Misfires
Willis Eschenbach / January 4, 2020
I kept hearing so much about the Australian bushfires being the result of or driven by "climate change" or "global warming" that I thought I'd take a look at just what's happened to the rainfall there. Here are a hundred and nineteen years of Australian rainfall.
Climate change and variability: Tracker: Australian timeseries graphs | BoM
Here's the curious part. The earth has been undergoing a mild warming pretty steadily since 1970, about the last half-century.
But although the last couple years have been dry, the last half-century in Australia has been wetter than the previous half-century. Not dryer. Wetter. And a lot wetter.
In fact, anyone under about sixty years old has never experienced dry Australia.
Now, I mentioned this and showed this graph on Twitter, where I post as @weschenbach, and someone said something like "Well, Australia's a big area to average. Maybe it's wetter in the middle and less so on the coast."
That seemed unlikely. I mean the moisture is coming in from the ocean and so the coasts are generally wetter than the outback … plus with overall more rain, the middle would have to be pretty wet.
But I'm a man for data over theory, so I went back to the same source listed above, and I got the rainfall records for New South Wales where the fires are. Here are those results.
And once again, yes, the last few years have surely been dry in NSW … but again, that's weather. And once again, the recent half-century has been much wetter than the first half of the 20th century. Not dryer. Wetter.
Finally, forest management experts have been warning the Australian government over and over again for years that neglecting forest management and giving up on fire hazard reduction burns was piling up fuel in the bush, and that it was only a matter of time and a dry year before catastrophe struck … here's a particularly strong warning from 2015, and it is far from the only one.
But nooo … misguided green activists wouldn't hear of that. They protested the fire hazard reduction burns.
aussie-greens
Hilariously, the Australian Broadcasting Commission has deleted their article on the activists' protest because it doesn't fit the "CLIMATE EMERGENCY!" narrative … bunch'a deceptive left-wing idiots who don't know that the intarwebs never forget.
And when you add the incredibly high fuel load in the oily flammable eucalyptus forest to the fact that more than a dozen arsonists have been arrested for starting many of the fires, it should come as no surprise to anyone that these fires have been devastating, destructive, fatal, and horrible …
It should come as no surprise because they were warned. Clearly. Repeatedly.
Now, I live in the fire zone in California, and so I have great sympathy and compassion for those who are in the path of the fires in Australia. And our fire problem here is inter alia for the same reason—abysmal forest management practices driven by Green activists with hearts of gold and brains of oatmeal.
But those blaming it on climate change? Look, if the CO2 emissions in Australia went to zero, it might make the earth cooler by about 0.05°C by the year 2050 … call me crazy, but I don't see Australians giving up on air travel as being a very effective fire-fighting strategy.
My best regards to everyone on a lovely clear night,
Australia Fires … And Misfires | Watts Up With That?
QUELLING COSTLY HYSTERIA
IN the heated and divisive days of CO2-centric catastrophism that we currently inhabit, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, has a fundamental responsibility as the nation's premier, government meteorological and 'scientific' body to douse the flames of 'man-made' Climate Change hysteria by publicly explaining to policy makers, the public and to the mainstream media that completely natural and cyclical climate events are "the main climate drivers" of climate and weather extremes in Australia.
AGAIN, policy makers, industry and the public must be made aware of Mother Nature's dominant and natural climate drivers so that public funds are not misallocated and importantly so that we can identify the warning signs of drought and other extremes using ENSO and IOD to predict and prepare for future and inevitable catastrophes.
THEY would also do well to quell the apocalyptic fantasies being instilled by ClimateChange™ activists and teachers into our most vulnerable – our children – leading to all manner of psychological disorders and outbreaks of genuine fear and distress …
The poor children were absolutely terrified. "We are gonna die! I don't want to die!" screamed one little child during a propaganda session on "climate" forced on 2nd and 3rd graders at a public school in Toronto.
CHILDREN Of The Ignorant : New Zealand Schools To Terrify Children About The 'Climate Crisis' | Climatism
THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE THEY USED TO!
BACK in 1923, when scientists behaved like scientists, the BoM, then known as the Commonwealth Meteorological Office prided itself on existing "as a corrective to scare mongering and shameless prophecy."
"It is fortunate for the community's peace of mind that the Commonwealth Meteorological Office exists as a corrective to scare mongering and shameless prophecy." – Mr. E. Bromley
11 Aug 1923 – NOT A RECORD WINTER – Trove
BOY, are we praying for a return to the measured days of 1923, well before ClimateChange™ hysteria trumped reason and dissenters called to be lynched!
WINDMILLS & MIRRORS WON'T STOP BUSHFIRES
BOM notes that ENSO is "the dominant climate / weather driver". And they would be correct. To think that windmills and solar panels, or handing over billions of our hard-earned money to the U.N., or shutting down one more coal-fired power station can effect ENSO is at best unscientific, at worst, insanity writ large.
IF the climate activists and their media sycophants were serious about 'emissions' and their effect on climate and weather, they would be glueing themselves to the pavement, outside the embassies of China instead of de-industrialising Australia and sending jobs and 'emissions' back to…China.
THE fact that they are not, proves without a doubt that ClimateChange™ has absolutely nothing to do with the 'environment' or "Saving the Planet", rather, everything to do with an unhealthy lust for power, control and the advancement of deadly socialism.
DON'T take my word for it, you only have to read Greta Thunberg's the UN's very own words on exactly what the "Climate Crisis" is really all about …
"the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all." – Why We Strike Again by Greta Thunberg
TEAM GRETA Admits Climate Change Has Nothing To Do With The Environment | Climatism
WE are yet to be told what system would replace capitalism. However, one does not have to read far into the history of the environmental movement to work out which form of actual "oppression" they would prefer.
MANY complex climate and weather factors lead to catastrophic bushfires. In my opinion, mankind does play a huge roll in the fires. Arson, the criminal build-up of dry fuel loads and poor forest management have greatly exacerbated Australia's latest bushfire 'crisis'.
WHILE Australia is set to have a Royal Commission following this season's devastating bushfires that burnt over ten million hectares, levelled ~2000 homes and killed ~30, don't expect to see the ENSO, IOD, arson or fuel-load management playing a lead roll. The climate ambulance chasers will use the enquiry – the 58th since 1939 – to push their ruinous deindustrialisation ClimateChange™ agenda.
AS the excellent Viv Forbes predicts, the RC will merely …
"provide a grandstand for the Climate Rebellion Mob who will get starring roles on ABC/Fairfax. Big business will probably promote a carbon tax to fight bushfires while foresters and land owners will hardly be heard."
Government by Enquiry | Saltbush Club
IF the coverage and commentary we've seen from the mainstream media, CO2 theory-obsessed politicians and Hollywood elites is anything to go by, then Forbes would be spot-on. A sad indictment on the 24/7 news cycle and social media times that we currently inhabit where the press and influencers instinctively default to blaming 'man-made climate change' for every and any weather event regardless of the actual science, underlying data or reference to history.
ACTIVISM at its most lazy and dangerous that will only lead to further loss of life, destruction of infrastructure and the decimation of plants and wildlife when the inevitable bushfires return.
QUICK VIDS WELL WORTH WATCHING
via Bureau of Meteorology :
Understanding ENSO
Understanding the Indian Ocean Dipole
AUSTRALIAN Bushfire History Links :
BLACK THURSDAY 168 Years Ago : Bushfires Burn 5 Million Hectares or A Quarter Of Victoria | Climatism
VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES : A History Lesson For Climate Change Ambulance Chasers @Melissa4Durack | Climatism
Australian Bushfires Much Worse In 1974/5 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
HYSTERIA MEDS : Eleven Scientific Pills To Quell The 'Climate Crisis' Lie | Climatism
NOW That We Know Renewables Can't 'Save The Planet', Are We Really Going To Stand By And Let Them Destroy It? | Climatism
DIPOLE Down Under | Climatism
EXTINCTION REBELLION : Imagine If These People Had Real Power? | Climatism
CLIMATE'S FATAL FLAW : 'Greenhouse Gases Simply Do Not Absorb Enough Heat To Cause Global Warming' | Climatism
BASIC Science For Climate Scientists | Climatism
GENESIS Of The Great Global Warming Hoax In One Minute And Ten Seconds | Climatism
Posted: October 20, 2019 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climatism, CO2, Communism, Global Warming, Religion, Socialism | Tags: Carbon Dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, CDNpoli, Climate Change Hoax, Climatism, CO2, Control, Follow The Money, Global Warming Hoax, Outsiders, Plimer, Power, rowan dean | 2 Comments
Green Agenda Has Parallels With Excesses Of Communism | Climatism
WONDERFUL analysis of the business case to attack carbon dioxide, by geologist Ian Plimer who featured, today, on the 'wonderful' Outsiders – the most watched, daily, Sky News program in Australia.
I manually recorded this segment with the iPhone. Will update if Sky posts the original interview.
AS an introduction, please take a second to read the following quotes from prominent global warming climate change catastrophists, over the years…
"Isn't the only hope for the planet that the
industrialized civilizations collapse?
Isn't it our responsiblity to bring that about?"
– Maurice Strong,
founder of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
"This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years since the Industrial Revolution." – Christiana Figueres (UN Climate Chief Says Communism Is Best To Fight Global Warming)
– Timothy Wirth,
President of the UN Foundation
"The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society,
which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope."
– David Brower,
founder of Friends of the Earth
"If we don't overthrow capitalism, we don't have a chance of
saving the world ecologically. I think it is possible to have
an ecologically sound society under socialism.
I don't think it is possible under capitalism"
– Judi Bari,
principal organiser of Earth First
DEMONISE #CarbonDioxide, the byproduct of 90+% of all global (real) energy output, and you control ALL industry, sovereign nations and the lives and freedoms of every human on the planet.
CONTROL #CO2 and you control the World.https://t.co/ejrvYvKxX7#ExtinctionRebellion☠#UN
— Climatism🌪 (@ClimatismBlog) October 11, 2019
MORE excellent Ian Plimer :
HOT TIP : Man Made Climate Change Is A Scam | Climatism
CO2 (carbon 'POLLUTION") Related :
THE Carbon Dioxide Word Game | Climatism
CO2 In The Atmosphere Is Not Pollution | Climatism
Bureaucratic Dioxide | Climatism
CLIMATE CHANGE : Religion Unmasked | Climatism
GRETA THUNBERG : Script Versus No Script (Must Watch) | Climatism
KILLING THE EARTH TO 'SAVE' IT : Rainforest Trees Cut Down To Make Way For Industrial Wind Turbines
Posted: June 15, 2019 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: Australia, Climate Change, Climatism, Environmentalism, Environmentalists, Fact Check, Green Agenda, Green Energy, Hypocrisy, Renewables, Sustainability, Unreliables, Wind Farms, Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS) | Tags: Australia, Climate Change, Climatism, Credlin, Eco Hell, Environmentalism, Environmentalists, Global Warming, green hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Industrial Wind, John Clarkson, Old-growth Forests, Outsiders, Rainforest, Sustainability, Tarkine, Tasmania, TasNetworks, Wind Energy, wind energy scam, Wind Farms, wind power, Wind Turbine Syndrome, Windfarms | 6 Comments
Old-growth trees cut down for windfarm transmission corridor (Pic Source : The Australian)
"IF this had have been a transmission line connecting a coal power station,
these far left brainwashed climate change believing nutters,
would have been there in their thousands."
– John Clarkson
H/t @JohnClarksonGSM @MRobertsQLD
IN the good old days of 'Greenism', genuine environmentalists rallied against the wanton destruction of pristine flora and fauna.
IN the twisted age of Global Warming Climate Change hysteria, real environmentalists are failing us in the face of a global religion that has allowed the development of supposed 'planet-saving' 'renewables' that wilfully destroy forests, animals and pristine environments.
IN the latest example of 'Green' eco-hypocrisy, 200 year-old rainforest trees have been cleared to make way for wind 'farm' transmission lines in Tasmania's Tarkine.
THE obvious question is a simple one: Where are the @Greens or @Greenpeace or @GretaThunberg when pristine landscapes and old-growth rainforests are being destroyed to satisfy the whims and superstitions of Global Warming Climate Change catastrophists and EU elites?
MATTHEW DENHOLM exposes the latest eco-hypocrisy that seems to haunt consistently the globalist climate change do-gooders…
Old-growth trees cut down for windfarm transmission corridor
MATTHEW DENHOLM
TASMANIA CORRESPONDENT
@MatthewRDenholm
Rainforest trees 200 years old have been cleared to make way for a wind farm transmission line in Tasmania's Tarkine, prompting claims of green "hypocrisy".
Myrtle and sassafras trees were among those felled along a 10.5km corridor widened for transmission lines associated with the $280 million, 112 megawatt wind farm at Granville Harbour, in Tasmania's remote northwest.
Special species timber advocate Andrew Denman, who discovered the felled trees, said it raised concerns about environmental impacts, wastage of high-value timber and wind power's "green" credentials.
He estimated that some of the felled trees, highly valued in specialty timber production, were 200 years old, given they typically grow at 0.3cm a year and were 60cm in diameter.
With more wind farms planned for Tasmania, including another in the northwest requiring a 170km transmission line, he believed any further clearing, if it must occur, should be co-ordinated to ensure timber was not wasted. "With much of the special timbers in short supply … there could have been a more co-ordinated effort in utilising it to make sure that timber was going to a sawmiller in a timely manner so it could be processed and not wasted," said Mr Denman, a boatbuilder.
While not critical of the wind farm proponent, whom he did not doubt had complied with regulatory requirements, he understood clearing for electricity infrastructure was exempt from the Forest Practices Code, which seeks to mitigate impacts on keys species.
He believed it was hypocritical of the Greens to oppose "sustainable" harvesting of rainforest timbers while backing the Granville Harbour wind farm and, by implication, associated logging of such trees. "An old-growth tree is an old-growth tree," Mr Denman said. "Why is it acceptable to cut it down for a transmission line but not acceptable to cut it down sustainably and regenerate that area and put it to good use?"
A Greens spokeswoman said while the party was a "strong supporter of renewable energy", it "consistently opposed logging or clearing within reserves".
The wind farm's website says the transmission line, providing power to the grid at the Reece Dam, was being handled by state-owned TasNetworks.
A spokeswoman for project developer Granville Harbour Operations said it required all works to comply with approvals. "These impose clear procedures and requirements on us and our contractors to mitigate and manage environmental impacts, including impacts to native vegetation," she said.
TasNetworks said its widening of an existing transmission corridor was "considered optimal". "It reduced the extent of clearing required to connect the wind farm to the electricity distribution network," a spokesman said.
Matthew Denholm is a multi-award winning journalist with 25 years' experience. For the past decade, he has been Tasmania correspondent for The Australian, and has previously worked for a variety of newspaper an… Read more
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GLOBAL WARMING FAIL : Record Snow When You Were Assured By Climate 'Scientists' That There Would Be None
Posted: June 1, 2019 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: Alarmism Debunked, Alarmist Predictions, Climate Change, Climatism, CSIRO, Dud predictions, Failed Climate Models, Snow Pack | Tags: Andrew Fairley, Argentina, California, Canada, Climate Change, Climate science, Climatism, CSIRO, Dud Predictions, Global Warming, Ian Smith, Janice Bathols, Jason Sharples, Kevin Hennessy, Michael Hutchinson, Mt Bulller, Mt Hotham, Outsiders, Penny Whetton, Perisher, snow, Snow Pack, Snowpack, South America, Thredbo | 5 Comments
WHEN will the CSIRO, Australia's premier 'scientific' body retract their 2001 "no snow by 2020" prediction?
SNOWFALL will become "A very rare and exciting event…
"Good bye winter. Never again snow?" Spiegel (2000)
"Milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms" IPCC (2001)
"End of Snow?" NYTimes (2014)
"The high impact scenario for 2020 leads to reductions of 30-40 days in average season lengths. At higher sites such as Mt Hotham, this can represent reductions in season duration of about 25%, but at lower sites such as Mt Baw Baw the reduction can be more significant (up to 60%)" CSIRO (2003) (Kevin Hennessy, Penny Whetton, Ian Smith, Janice Bathols, Michael Hutchinson and Jason Sharples)
"We must face up to the fact that if our societies are not prepared to make changes to their greenhouse gas emissions and the pumping of massive quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, then in a worst case scenario, we won't even get to 2020 with a viable snow sports industry in this country." – Andrew Fairley, head of the Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council.
REAL science has provided humanity with an unequivocal advantage over the ravages of nature's most potent enemies – weather, climate and the A-Z of viral and bacterial intrusions.
IT has achieved this through a simple yet rigorous process known as the scientific method. The goal, to prove a hypothesis wrong, not right.
IF all tests and computations of empirical evidence cannot be falsified, then the hypothesis stands until such other evidence disproves the finding.
"97% CONSENSUS" U.N. climate 'science' fails the 'scientific method' time and time again.
A classic example of this failure of scientific rigour and the unwillingness to disprove a hypothesis is in the arena of snow.
GLOBALLY, winter and spring snow levels have risen significantly since records began in the late 70's, according to, accredited, Rutgers University data. With a significant rise in snowpack recorded over the past decade – the years we are constantly told are "the hottest ever".
GLOBAL WARMING alarmists now claim that current abnormal snow levels are "to be expected" in a "warming world". What they refuse to accept, in their CO2-centric psychosis, is that in order to produce snow, you need *cold* air.
THE big question still remains: Is Australia's premier science body, the CSIRO, and the Ski industry willing to retract their 2002 "no snow by 2020" prediction?
HERE's some recent 'global' evidence that these "experts" should consider…
AUSTRALIA, MAY 2019
Ski season starts early after heaviest May snow in decades | Sky News Australia
Winter hits a few days early across Australia's east coast
National news: Australian snowfields opening early after snowfalls and blizzards
GERMANY, MAY 2019
Most snow cover in Germany in 20 years : At the highest German summit – the Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps, the snow cover in May has reached a height of over six meters (aboiut 20 feet) for the first time in 20 years – according to measurements carried out by the German Meteorological Service (DWD).
USA, MAY 2019
Denver Breaks a 128 Year Cold Temperature Record plus sees its Biggest Late-May Snowfall in 44 Years – Electroverse
Squaw Valley, CA Has Received 700″ Of Snow This Season & There's More On The Way – SnowBrains
TWITTER LINKS, MAY 2019
Deep winter conditions on Rogla, Pohorje mountains, north Slovenia today, May 15th. 1500 m elevation. Report: Aleš Rozman / @NeurjeSi pic.twitter.com/klzjpju4qR
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) May 15, 2019
Mt Stirling has turned into a stunning Winter wonderland! There is so much snow that the Resort will be opening early this season commencing this Saturday! Make plans! 😍❄
Image: @thefellae pic.twitter.com/vRbQqKilJE
— SNOWSEARCH australia (@SNOWSEARCH_aus) May 29, 2019
Still some pretty impressive amounts of snow on Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, central Italy today, May 18th! Video: Meteo Aquilano pic.twitter.com/K6h8987Nbq
Thick snow depth in Engelberg, Switzerland (1013m ASL) yesterday, May 5th. Report: Jure Tomas pic.twitter.com/j8dtRBDtIj
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) May 6, 2019
Memorial Day weekend coming to New Mexico in three days. Time to bust out the skis and enjoy the summer heat. pic.twitter.com/Ome6paVfdg
— Steve Goddard (@SteveSGoddard) May 21, 2019
Germany's Zuspitze Mountain peak reaches 6 METERS OF SNOW on May 23, 2019: HIGHEST MAY LEVEL IN 20 YEARS! Rekord-Schneehöhe im Mai: Zugspitze knackt Sechs-Meter-Marke | https://t.co/pLUEUCh9ZV via @BR24
— Pierre L. Gosselin (@NoTricksZone) May 25, 2019
❄ "Good bye winter. Never again snow?" Spiegel (2000)
❄ SNOW will become "A very rare and exciting event. Children just aren't going to know what snow is." – Dr. Viner (2000)
❄ "…decrease heavy snowstorms" IPCC (2001)
❄ "End of Snow?" NYTimes (2014) https://t.co/4JMb54iv6x https://t.co/qIIb6pQTEm
— JWSpry 🇦🇶 (@JWSpry) June 1, 2019
WOW…. Enormous snow in higher alpine region of #Austria near Tirol this morning 14th January. Never seen snow like it watch until the end. Video; @anthonygibbon8 #severeweather #ExtremeWeather #snowfall pic.twitter.com/WIfvKswVbl
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) January 14, 2019
WHAT THE 'EXPERTS' : CSIRO, CRU, IPCC et al. ASSURED YOU ABOUT SNOW
IN 2000, climate expert Dr David Viner of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU) assured us that :
SNOWFALL Will Become "A Very Rare And Exciting Event…" | Climatism
IN 2001, the UN IPCC predicted diminished snowfalls as human CO2 increased, claiming that "milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms" due to the activities of mankindpersonkind…
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
THEY also forecast "warmer winters and fewer cold spells, because of climate change…"
warmer-winters-ipcc
THE "97% of Consensus Experts" AGREED TOO
2000 : a prediction from Professor Mojib Latif of Germany's GEOMAR Heimholtz Centre for Ocean Research…
"Winters with strong frosts and lots of snow like we had 20 years ago will no longer exist at our latitudes." – Professor Mojib Latif
2000 : Spiegel…
"Good bye winter. Never again snow?"
2004 : Mark Lynas told us…
"Snow has become so rare that when it does fall – often just for a few hours – everything grinds to a halt. In early 2003 a 'mighty' five-centimetre snowfall in southeast England caused such severe traffic jams that many motorists had to stay in their cars overnight. Today's kids are missing out . . . Many of these changes are already underway, but have been accelerating over the last two decades. Termites have already moved into southern England. Garden centres are beginning to stock exotic sub-tropical species, which only a few years ago would have been killed off by winter…" – Mark Lynas
2005 : Christopher Krull, Black Forest Tourism Association / Spiegel…
Planning for a snowless future: "Our study is already showing that that there will be a much worse situation in 20 years."
2005 : George Monbiot on climate change and snow…
Winter is no longer the great grey longing of my childhood. The freezes this country suffered in 1982 and 1963 are – unless the Gulf Stream stops – unlikely to recur. Our summers will be long and warm. Across most of the upper northern hemisphere, climate change, so far, has been kind to us…
2006 : Daniela Jacob of Max Planck Institute for Meterology, Hamburg …
"Yesterday's snow… Because temperatures in the Alps are rising quickly, there will be more precipitation in many places. But because it will rain more often than it snows, this will be bad news for tourists. For many ski lifts this means the end of business."
Less Snow and Drier Summers in German Forecast | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 30.04.2006
2006 : The Independent's somber editorial admonished us that the lack of snow was evidence of a "dangerous seasonal disorder"…
The countryside is looking rather peculiar this winter. It seems we have a number of unexpected guests for Christmas. Dragonflies, bumblebees and red admiral butterflies, which would normally be killed off by the frost, can still be seen in some parts of the country . . . Some might be tempted to welcome this late blossoming of the natural world as a delightful diversion from the bleakness of this time of year. But these fluctuations should be cause for concern because it is overwhelmingly likely that they are a consequence of global warming . . . all this is also evidence that global warming is occurring at a faster rate than many imagined…
2007 : BBC "One Planet Special"…
"It Seems the Winters of Our Youth are Unlikely to Return" presenter Richard Hollingham … speaks to climate scientists to get their views. Their conclusion? In the words of the BBC, they all give "predictions of warmer winters, for UK & the Northern Hemisphere".
2007 : Schleswig Holstein NABU…
"Ice, snow, and frost will disappear, i.e. milder winters" … "Unusually warm winters without snow and ice are now being viewed by many as signs of climate change."
2007 : Western Mail (Wales Online) … article, entititled "Snowless Winters Forecast for Wales as World Warms Up" quotes one of the global warming movement's key figures, Sir John Houghton, former head of the IPCC and former head of the UK Met Office…
Former head of the Met Office Sir John Houghton, who is one of the UK's leading authorities on climate change, said all the indicators suggest snowy winters will become increasingly rare He said, "Snowlines are going up in altitude all over the world. The idea that we will get less snow is absolutely in line with what we expect from global warming."
2007 : Die Zeit…
"First the snow disappears, and then winter."
2008 : Another prediction…
A study of snowfall spanning 60 years has indicated that the Alps's entire winter sports industry could grind to a halt through lack of snow…. In some years the amount that fell was 60 per cent lower than was typical in the early 1980s, said Christoph Marty, from the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos, who analysed the records. "I don't believe we will see the kind of snow conditions we have experienced in past decades," he said.
John Clarkson (@JohnClarksonGSM) | Twitter
2014 : the global warming theory-obsessed New York Times touted "The End of Snow?"…
"The truth is, it is too late for all of that. Greening the ski industry is commendable, but it isn't nearly enough. Nothing besides a national policy shift on how we create and consume energy will keep our mountains white in the winter — and slow global warming to a safe level.
This is no longer a scientific debate. It is scientific fact. The greatest fear of most climate scientists is continued complacency that leads to a series of natural climatic feedbacks…"
The End of Snow? – The New York Times
2017 : The Age's resident global warming catastrophist Peter Hannam signalled the end of snow…
Snowy retreat: Climate change puts Australia's ski industry on a downhill slope | The AGE
Australia's ski resorts face the prospect of a long downhill run as a warming climate reduces snow depth, cover and duration. The industry's ability to create artificial snow will also be challenged, scientists say.
2003 CSIRO report, part-funded by the ski industry, found that resorts could lose a quarter of their snow within 15 years…
Icons under threat: The Alps – General – In Depth – theage.com.au
"For the first time, they realised that their attention should be directed to a common enemy," says Andrew Fairley, head of the Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council, which advises the State Government and oversees the management of Victoria's six snow resorts. "And that enemy is climate change."
Like those who rely on the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian ski industry sees itself as a frontline victim of global warming. A 2003 CSIRO report, part-funded by the ski industry, found that the resorts could lose a quarter of their snow in 15 years, and half by 2050. The worst case was a 96 per cent loss of snow by mid-century.
CSIRO – Simulations of future snow conditions in the Australian alpine regions
The low impact scenario for 2020 has a minor impact on snow conditions. Average season lengths are reduced by around five days. Reductions in peak depths are usually less than 10%, but can be larger at lower sites (e.g. Mt Baw Baw and Wellington High Plains).
The high impact scenario for 2020 leads to reductions of 30-40 days in average season lengths. At higher sites such as Mt Hotham, this can represent reductions in season duration of about 25%, but at lower sites such as Mt Baw Baw the reduction can be more significant (up to 60%)…
We have very high confidence (at least 95%) that the low impact scenarios will be exceeded and the high impact scenarios will not be exceeded.
https://www.climatechange.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/73212/TheImpactofClimateChangeonSnowConditions2003.pdf (Page Not Found – hmm)
NOW, of course, climate 'scientists' are trying to dig themselves out of snow that's kept falling…
Looking back at 65 years' worth of statistics, Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips noted that since 1948, winter temperatures in the prairie regions have increased by an average of four degrees Celsius… Ironically, warmer weather can mean greater snowfall. "As we warm up, we may see more moisture, we may see more moist air masses, and therefore we could very well see more snow rather than less snow, because the air masses are going to be more moist and so therefore you're going to be able to wring out more snow than you would be if it was dry air," Phillips said.
LISTEN to what the 'experts' promised you back then. Because, if they got it wrong then, how can you trust what they are foretelling today or tomorrow? The answer is you cannot, because they have no idea what long-range conditions Mother Nature is going to serve up in such a "chaotic" and complex system as our climate.
AND, most importantly, does the CSIRO and "97% of all climate experts" still stand by their "end of snow" predictions? Or is their alarmist sophistry simply more global warming climate change fear-mongering based on CO2-centric ideology, eco-religious dogma and overheated UN IPCC and CSIRO climate computer models that do not accord with observed reality?
Climate Science Humiliated…Earlier Model Prognoses Of Warmer Winters Now Today's Laughingstocks | NoTricksZone
DR TIM BALL MUST READ : Environmentalism – Evidence Suggests It Was Always And Only About Achieving World Government
Posted: May 28, 2019 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: BIG Government, Climate Change, Climatism, Communism, Environmentalism, Fact Check, ORIGINS OF THE GLOBAL WARMING SCAM, Pseudo-Science, Sustainability, UN, UNEP, UNFCCC | Tags: Climate Change, Climate Change Hoax, Climatism, Communism, Credlin, Dr Tim Ball, Environmentalism, global communism, Global Warming, Global Warming Hoax, New World Order, Outsiders, Socialism, UN, UNEP, UNFCCC, World Government, Zali Steggall | 3 Comments
'Man-made' Climate Change = Global Socialism / Communism
"The Earth has cancer
and the cancer is Man."
– Club of Rome,
(environmental think-tank,
consultants to the United Nations)
(President of the UN Foundation)
"They don't have to worry about CO2 because it is not a pollutant and is not causing climate change. No significant environmental problems are threatening the world. All the stories about impending environmental doom are fictions deliberately created to make people surrender control to the government. It is time to break the emotional stranglehold of those who used the environment to create global socialism."
Dr. Tim Ball, in a must read piece, unveils the cloak behind the 'man-made' Global Warming Climate Change hoax that has absolutely nothing to do with the "environment" or "Saving The Planet", rather, everything to do with power, control and "World government"…
Via WUWT :
(Climatism bolds and links added)
Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball
It is common sense to protect our environment, but what has occurred for 50 years is exploitation of that idea for a socialist agenda. We wasted 50 years believing that humans are not natural, and everything they do is destructive. We wasted and continue to waste trillions of dollars on unnecessary policies and useless technologies, all based on false assumptions, pseudoscience, and emotional bullying.
We now know 50 years later that every single prediction concerning the environmental demise of the Earth and the people made in the original Earth Day Report was wrong. We also know that every additional claim, such as overpopulation, global warming, sea level rise, desertification, deforestation, and sea ice collapse, among many others, were wrong. I challenge anyone to produce empirical evidence that proves anything happening today is outside any long-term record of natural activity.
Convince the people that the entire world is threatened, and you can convince them that no nation can save it. It is then easy to convince them that a world government is the only way to save the planet. The trouble is that none of it is true. The World is in good shape, and people are living longer and healthier lives in every nation.
Like the majority of people, Elaine Dewar assumed environmentalists were commendable even heroic people. She began research for a book singing their praises. It didn't take long to learn the basic premise was wrong. Following the traditional and proper methodology, rarely seen these days, Dewar identified the duplicitous characters involved in the Canadian environmental movement and laid them out in her book Cloak of Green. She spent five days at the UN with Canadian Maurice Strong arguably the world architect of official environmentalism. He was praised excessively, as in this article, "The World Mourns One of its Greats: Maurice Strong Dies, His Legacy Lives On." Another article recognized the evil he personified, "Who is Global Warming Propagandist Maurice Strong?" After the five days, Dewar concluded,
"Strong was using the U.N. as a platform to sell a global environment crisis and the Global Governance Agenda."
The environmental movement as the basis for a socialist world government was in the minds of people like Strong and fellow members of the Club of Rome in the late 1960s. However, it was launched on the world on April 22, 1970, by a small group centered at Stanford University. The date is critical because it was the first Earth Day. It is also very important to know the choice was deliberate because it is the birthday of Vladimir Lenin. The environmental movement was a deliberate program to impose communism on the world.
The underlying theme of the environmental movement makes the following false assumptions.
That almost all change is a result of human activity. The UN claim, using computer models, that 95%+ of temperature increase since 1950 is due to human-produced CO2. This works because they don't consider most natural causes.
That humans are unnatural. The 1990 "Greenpeace Report on Global Warming" says CO2 is added to the atmosphere "naturally and unnaturally." Yes, that unnatural production is from humans.
That we are not part of nature. Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) comment explains.
"Mankind is a cancer; we're the biggest blight on the face of the earth." "If you haven't given voluntary human extinction much thought before, the idea of a world with no people in it may seem strange. But, if you give it a chance, I think you might agree that the extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental."
That we should be eliminated or dramatically reduced in number. In May 2015, the Pope produced Laudate Si an Encyclical about his view of the state of the Earth. It is a socialist diatribe, but that is not surprising since the main contributor was Hans Schellnhuber, a pantheist. This group believes the world population should be below 1 billion people.
That if the western world reduces levels of CO2 production, the rest of the world will follow. China has 2,363 coal plants and is constructing 1,171 more. The US has 15 and is not constructing any.
The US can build as many clean-burning coal plants as they want and burn coal pollution free. They don't have to worry about CO2 because it is not a pollutant and is not causing climate change. No significant environmental problems are threatening the world. All the stories about impending environmental doom are fictions deliberately created to make people surrender control to the government. It is time to break the emotional stranglehold of those who used the environment to create global socialism.
Shock news : The UN's Real Agenda Is A New World Order Under Its Control | Climatism
DRACONIAN CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA : Back To The Medieval Green World | Climatism
UN Climate Chief Says Communism Is Best To Fight Global Warming | Climatism
ELECTORAL POISON : All Around The Globe, The Silent Majority Are Rejecting Climate Change Hysteria And The Ruinous UNreliables Agenda
Posted: May 19, 2019 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: Australia, Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climatism, Energy Poverty, Green Energy, Sceptics, Unreliables | Tags: Alarmism, Alberta, Australia, Australia Decides, bill shorten, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Climate Change Alarmism, Climate Change Hysteria, Climatism, Credlin, Doug Ford, Energy Poverty, Federal Election 2019, Finns Party, Fuel Poverty, FvD, Global Warming, Greens, Jason Kenney, Ontario, Outsiders, PMLive, Scepticism, Scott Morrison, Thierry Baudet, Yellow Vests | 6 Comments
Labor's election strategy to make climate alarmism the key issue has backfired | CLIMATISM
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
(and hence clamorous to be led to safety)
by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins,
all of them imaginary."
– H.L. Mencken
"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible." – Bertrand Russell
DAY by day, all around the globe, Global Warming Climate Change is being exposed as simply a moral issue for the wealthy urban elite.
BLUE collar workers and the silent majority are not buying into the relentless fear-mongering and warming hysteria driven by climate theory-obsessed politicians, propped up by a compliant mainstream media.
THE incessant propaganda and orchestrated alarmism has lead to the mad rush into costly UNreliables – wind and solar 'energy' – that are sending energy prices through the roof and jobs and industry to China or other countries who have not been driven to 'green' energy poverty by climate theory-obsessed politicians pushing draconian "Save The Planet" policies.
CAMPAIGNING on climate guarantees political death. Its latest victim, Bill Shorten, The Australian Labor Party and the Greens, who, last night, lost the "unlosable" election to incumbent conservative PM Scott Morrison.
CLIMATE CHANGE, CENTRAL TO THE ELECTION
THE mainstream media flagged "Climate change to be decisive issue in Australian election." :
Climate change to be decisive issue in Australian election | News | Al Jazeera
BILL SHORTEN "declared climate emergency as top priority for Labor" :
Shorten declares climate "emergency" as top priority for Labor | RenewEconomy
SCEPTICISM ON THE RISE!
GLOBAL REJECTION OF DRACONIAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY & 'GREEN' ENERGY POVERTY
ALL around the globe, voters are increasingly showing their displeasure with costly unreliable-energy policies imposed by politicians in an inane effort to fight the purported "climate catastrophe".
GILETS JAUNES (The "Yellow Vest" movement)
Moins de Taxes (less taxes)
IN France in late 2018, protesters donning yellow vests took to the streets—and have stayed there ever since—in large part to protest scheduled increases in fuel taxes, electricity prices, and stricter vehicle emissions controls, which French President Emmanuel Macron claimed were necessary to meet the country's greenhouse gas reduction commitments under the Paris climate agreement. After the first four weeks of protest, Macron's government cancelled his climate action plan.
ONTARIO, CANADA (Doug Ford)
Ford Nation – Scrap The Carbon Tax Scam – Election Victory
IN 2018, in part as a backlash against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate policies, global warming skeptic Doug Ford was elected as premier of Ontario, Canada's most populous province. Ford announced he would end energy taxes imposed by Ontario's previous premier and would join Saskatchewan's premier in a legal fight against Trudeau's federal carbon dioxide tax.
ALBERTA, CANADA (Jason Kenney)
Watch: UCP Leader Jason Kenney on the federal carbon tax | Edmonton Journal (Kenney huge victory over climate alarmist Rachel Notley)
IN Alberta, Canada, where the economy declined after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate policies took hold, voters on April 16 replaced Premier Rachel Notley and her New Democratic Party (NDP), which supports the federal climate policies, with the United Conservative Party, headed by newly elected Premier Jason Kenney, who vowed to scrap the province's carbon tax and every other policy in NDP's climate action plan. Among the other climate policies Kenny said he will reverse in an effort to revive the economy are NDP's plans to accelerate the closure of the province's coal power plants, and its plan to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the region's oil sands. In addition, Kenny says he will challenge the federal government's climate impositions in court and streamline regulations hampering Alberta's critical oil and gas industry, including restrictions preventing pipeline construction imposed by NDP.
NETHERLANDS – Forum for Democracy (FvD)
The naked populist: Thierry Baudet stuns the Netherlands | eNCA – said the government should stop funding programs to meet the country's commitments to international climate change agreements, saying such efforts are driven by "climate-change hysteria."
In mid-March, the Forum for Democracy (FvD), a fledgling political party just three years old, tied for the largest number of seats, 12, in the divided Dutch Senate in the 2019 elections. FvD takes a decidedly skeptical stance on climate change. On the campaign trail, Thierry Baudet, FvD's leader, said the government should stop funding programs to meet the country's commitments to international climate change agreements, saying such efforts are driven by "climate-change hysteria."
FINLAND – Finns Party
FINLAND : Finns Party
On April 14 in Finland, where climate change policies became the dominant issue in the election, support for climate skepticism surged. Whereas all the other parties proposed plans to raise energy prices and limit people's energy use, the Finns Party, which made the fight against expensive climate policies the central part of its platform, gained the second-highest number of seats in the Parliament, just one seat behind the Social Democratic Party's 40. The second-place finish was a big win for the Finns Party and its skeptical stance: just two months before the election, polls showed its support was below 10 percent. After the Finns Party made battling alarmist climate policies its main goal, its popularity soared. The New York Times credited the Finns Party's electoral surge, in large part, to its expressed climate skepticism.
Around the world, backlash against expensive climate change policies | Washington Examiner
AUSTRALIA (May, 2019) – ALP/GREENS LOSE THE "UNLOSABLE" ELECTION!
Shorten's class war and climate change cost Labor: John Howard
PRIME MINISTER Scott Morrison has retained power in the Australian election while Labor's election strategy to make climate alarmism the key issue has backfired.
Climate Hysteria Costs Labor Australian Elections – The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF)
EVEN as daily headlines in the fake news / lamestream media become ever shriller, hyping climate fears based on projections made by unverified climate models, the public, especially the voting public, is becoming increasingly weary of the Chicken Little claims of impending climate doom. Voters in developed countries are saying "enough is enough" to high energy prices which punish the most vulnerable people in society and do nothing to regulate climate change.
TAKE NOTE, politicians and business groups – climate change alarmism, political correctness, class warfare and identity politics are the politics of division and are electoral and commercial poison.
SCIENCE : UNreliable Nature Of Solar And Wind Makes Electricity More Expensive, New Study Finds | Climatism
BILL GATES Slams Unreliable Wind & Solar: 'Let's Quit Jerking Around With Renewables & Batteries' | Climatism


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How Silicon Valley's capitalist greed continues to cheat creators and rob American culture
Let's poke holes in the weak argument for why YouTube and other social media platforms aren't held accountable
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2018/01/04/how-silicon-valleys-capitalist-greed-continues-to-cheat-creators-and-rob-american-culture_partner/
Rick Gell
January 4, 2018 8:59AM (UTC)
This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
First, they came for the music, and we did not speak out — because most are not musicians.
Then they came for the news, and we did not speak out — because most are not journalists.
Now they've come for our democracy, and maybe, just maybe, Americans are finally waking up to Silicon Valley's power and impact on intellectual property, a free press and our democracy.
As the country wrestles with rampant misinformation and the growing reach of Silicon Valley, there has been much talk of Russia, monopoly, algorithms and the need for more fact-checking and moderation.
A few weeks ago, in response to yet another problem with children's content and comments by pedophiles on YouTube, it was announced that "YouTube plans to have 10,000 people dedicated to reviewing videos in 2018 — though it would not to say how many workers it has doing that job now."
I argue the system is broken at its core, driven by two rarely discussed laws passed 20 years ago that freed Silicon Valley from accountability for copyright infringement and defamation — wreaking havoc — first for copyright holders and then for news organizations — ever since.
In 1996 Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA) and in 1998 the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) — long before Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube existed. The laws effectively gave Silicon Valley a "get-out-of-jail-free" card allowing them to disregard long-standing laws and protocols governing intellectual property, media consumption and news, fueling growth at a scale only possible with such blanket immunity.
Silicon Valley called it "disruption," arguing the laws were necessary to achieve goals of a better society. Instead, they set off an often-arrogant disregard of content creators and news organizations. The rules publishers and media companies followed since the founding fathers enshrined copyright in our Constitution were abandoned. And the public is only now fully understanding the extent of the collateral damage.
The root cause — two laws
Congress passed the Communications Decency Act of 1996 primarily in response to internet pornography, but added a Section 230, stating in part, "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." The law effectively immunizes providers of interactive computer services from tort liability, such as defamation, for the actions of their users. As a result, Google and Facebook are not subject to the types of liability traditional print and broadcasting media have faced for publishing tortious materials.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. copyright law that governs online digital media and was intended to protect websites that ingest large quantities of user-generated content (UGC). The law lays out conditions, mostly technical, for "Safe Harbor" where platforms are protected from copyright infringement if they make modest efforts to protect copyrighted content and do not knowingly participate in copyright infringement.
In the late 1990s when UGC was in its infancy, Silicon Valley argued they were Internet Service Providers (ISPs)—"pipes" like a telephone line. No one would sue AT&T for someone's slanderous remarks spoken over a phone line. ISPs were not 'publishers' like newspapers or magazines, which edit and curate content and accept legal responsibility for defamation and copyright infringement. They did not touch, and therefore were not responsible for, the content they delivered.
In copyright law, a publisher can face punitive damages if they republish a 'work' that was already registered by another copyright holder with the U.S. copyright office. With DMCA and CDA protection, a 'platform' simply removes the work in a timely manner upon notification of violation of copyright, and informs original copyright holder and potential infringer, according to a process laid out in the laws.
It might sound downright wonky to be quibbling over the legal designation of Silicon Valley behemoths as platforms and tech companies versus publishers and media companies—but the designation is so essential to their wild-west, break-the-bank business models; they go to absurd lengths defending the designations.
If a news story slanders someone in the New York Times, they can sue the New York Times. If a news story slanders someone on Facebook or YouTube, upon notification, Facebook and YouTube remove the content without consequence, regardless of views or damage done. A slandered party can go sue the Ukrainians who posted the content, if they can find them. If a content owner sees someone posting their content without their consent—same drill. They would notify Facebook or Google, which will remove the content, and that's it. And it wouldn't be surprising if the content appears hours later, under a new account.
In the recent congressional judiciary subcommittee hearings delving into the Russian hack of our elections, Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter Acting Counsel Sean Edgett and Google Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado were asked, "Are you media companies?" Their 'no, no, no' responses may someday rival for misinformation tobacco executive's now-infamous "cigarettes do not cause cancer" claims before Congress.
Colin Stretch didn't mention Facebook Watch or Facebook's intention to spend $1 billion on original programming. Richard Salgado did not discuss YouTube Red, production studios in New York and Los Angeles or new original programming featuring Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Hart, Ryan Seacrest, Demi Lovato, the Slow Mo Guys, or Rhett and Link.
I guess NBC is an insurance company.
Disdain for creators and copyright
It started with music.
I clearly remember the day, while taxiing five young boys ages 10 to 14 in the early iPod years, learning they'd downloaded 10,000 songs on their devices and were savvy in peer-to-peer content 'sharing' and our new copyright-be-damned Apple-device ecosystem. As a father working in media licensing, I suggested they might create media someday and want compensation for their work. Musicians are all rich, they retorted. Silicon Valley knew the consequences of their devices and were happy to rescue musicians with 10 digital cents on the analog dollar solutions.
To fully understand how draconian YouTube became for musicians, I highly recommend Jonathan Taplin's Move Fast and Break Things. Here is one excerpt:
"YouTube is now the world's dominant audio streaming platform, dwarfing Spotify and virtually every other service. Yet it pays artists and record companies less than a dollar per year for every user of recorded music, thanks to rampant piracy on its site. The problem has gotten so bad that, in 2015, vinyl record sales generated more income for music creators than the billions of music streams on YouTube, and its ad-supported competitors."
Jump ahead to this year's Digital Media Licensing Association Conference in New York. The DMLA is a trade organization representing stock licensors ranging from Adobe Stock to mom-and-pop image, video, audio and motion graphics licensors. The halls are now filled with rights protection companies. Infringements are so pervasive that the services help to identify which infringers from a long list are even worth pursuit. Large companies, at least those that can afford it, employ internal whack-a-mole teams—while Google and Facebook remain off the hook.
I spoke to Joe Lauro, founder of Historic Films, which re-licenses clips from "The Ed Sullivan Show," Don Kirshner's "Midnight Special" and other legitimate music collections. He has given up, calling it a "losing battle." Joe, and collectors like him, have spent lifetimes restoring, at their own expense, historical film and video, only to see their work appear again and again on YouTube. Joe can't compete online with the pirates, who make no legitimate payments to musicians and often reap advertising revenue from YouTube.
YouTube created a program called Content ID, which requires the content owner to submit a copy of their work, and the technology will find a match and report the potential infringement to the copyright holder. Unfortunately, it is an imperfect technology, and manual claiming is still required. Joe Moschella, SVP, head of business and legal affairs at Jukin Media, a company that specializes in representing user-generated content creators, recently said, "You need manual claiming even on platforms with Content ID… You'll find your content in compilations, in news broadcasts; CI won't pick it up when it should." And he is talking about websites and platforms that have Content ID — and most do not. Since it requires constant monitoring and Joe Lauro can't sue YouTube itself, he is left chasing shell companies and kids overseas. He said, "It's chaos."
As an example, Joe pointed to Buddy Holly, with only three video clips in existence — two owned by "The Ed Sullivan Show" and one by Dick Clark Productions. On YouTube, when I played the 'official' Sullivan version, there was no pre-roll ad, since Google in their sole discretion decides which content to run ads against and when. No money for Joe. There are 355,000 YouTube results for Buddy Holly, and you can bet only a fraction are by legitimate copyright holders.
The tide may be changing.
In Europe, as reported recently in the Guardian, the UK government is considering the reclassification of Google and Facebook as publishers. Under UK law, the two classifications are "conduits of information" and "publishers" — and internet platforms are considered conduits with limited responsibility for what they publish. Karen Bradley, the culture secretary, said "she was wary of labelling internet company's publishers but that the government wanted to find a balance between harnessing the benefits of the web while making it safe for users and protecting intellectual property."
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (often dubbed the "Hollywood Circuit") recently handed down a precedent-setting decision that constitutes a strong blow against an expansive reading of the DMCA "Safe Harbor" provisions. In the case, Mavrix, a photography agency, sued LiveJournal, a moderated online forum accused of being a repository of pirated copies of celebrity news stories and photographs, for infringement. While a district court had granted LiveJournal protection from infringement liability based on DMCA safe harbor, the Ninth Circuit issued a resounding reversal.
As John Tehranian, a founding partner at One LLP, the litigation firm representing Mavrix, pointed out, "the holding in Mavrix v. LiveJournal represented a critical victory for content owners by limiting the ability of internet service providers to manipulate the intricacies of the DMCA safe harbor to shield themselves from responsibility for the mass piracy from which they benefit." By providing critical guidance on judicial interpretation of the DMCA, including whether online services providers have the right and ability to control the actions of their users, Mavrix may constitute a watershed moment in the ongoing legal battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over copyright protection online.
When interviewed by Digiday, former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. and Bloomberg LP Norm Pearlstine said, "I don't know how long these companies can continue getting away with calling themselves platforms instead of media companies. Particularly Facebook, Snapchat and Google. At some point they'll have to take responsibility for the content on their platforms." He went on, "How Google decides what to put on a home page, there is some editorial judgment there, even if they're saying, these are our algorithms at work. I view them as editorial products, not as platforms. But I don't know what that means."
Facebook and Google are not run by bean counters. Engineers at the top of Facebook, Google and other internet giants fully understand the limitations of their algorithms and the moderators they employ. Don't believe for a minute they are 'shocked' at what is transpiring. They fully understand the collateral damage which is a by-product of their money-minting media machines.
The DMCA and CDA protections enabled a few Silicon Valley giants to become sinfully rich, with a concentration of power not seen since the 1920s. The digital revolution could have succeeded without the 'disruption' and their disregard for copyright and content creators.
Rick Gell is a board member of the Digital Media Licensing Association and was previously head of content at Pond5.
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Prince George's County Reckless Endangerment Lawyer
Reckless endangerment may be committed in a number of ways in PG County. Even if someone acts with no intent to harm others, they may face criminal charges that carry the potential for a substantial prison sentence and a heavy fine. In addition, a conviction creates a criminal record that can cause difficulties with prospective employers, landlords, and others.
If you are facing charges of reckless endangerment, a Prince George's County reckless endangerment lawyer could help you fight the charges and minimize the negative consequences. A criminal defense lawyer familiar with the prosecution of reckless endangerment could help you move toward a positive outcome.
Penalties for a Reckless Endangerment Conviction
Even when the allegedly reckless conduct does not result in any injuries, reckless endangerment is still treated as a serious offense. Although the law classifies reckless endangerment as a misdemeanor, the potential penalties are more severe than those provided for many felonies.
Anyone convicted of reckless endangerment may be sentenced to up to five years in prison. Furthermore, they may also be required to pay a fine of up to $5,000. However, a skilled PG County reckless endangerment lawyer could help an accused person build a credible defense.
Two Forms of Reckless Endangerment
Md. Code, Crim. Law 3-204 describes two different ways someone can commit a reckless endangerment violation. Both are penalized in the same manner.
Conduct Creating a Substantial Risk
Under subsection (a)(1) of the statute, a person will be considered guilty of a violation if they commit an action or actions that could cause serious physical harm or death to another person. The conduct must create a "substantial risk" of causing such harm.
Moreover, in order to be guilty, the person taking actions that pose a risk of harm must engage in such action "recklessly." This does not mean that the person had any intention of causing harm. Rather, it means that they acted in disregard of the fact that there was a great likelihood their actions could injure others.
Firing a Gun from a Car
The second description of reckless endangerment outlined in the statute involves firing a gun from a car or other motor vehicle. When someone discharges a weapon from a vehicle in a way that creates a "substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another," they may be found guilty of a violation of subsection (a)(2) of the statute.
Defenses to Reckless Endangerment Charges
The statute describes specific situations that will not be considered a violation of the reckless endangerment statute. For instance, reckless conduct involving a motor vehicle is usually not charged under this statute, unless a firearm is involved.
In addition, someone firing a gun from a vehicle in self-defense or as part of their official security or law enforcement duties will also be excepted under the statute. An experienced defense attorney could analyze the circumstances to determine other substantive and procedural arguments to raise in defense.
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People act recklessly all the time without considering the consequences. It may seem unfair that such unintentional acts could subject you to severe criminal penalties, but lawmakers trying to legislate safety in an unpredictable world often overreach the boundaries of rationality. As a result, people may be charged with serious crimes in situations where such charges are not warranted.
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Review: The Highest Stakes by Emery Lee
The Highest Stakes was a diversion in historical reading. The backdrop of horse racing was new territory for me, but curiosity about the sport in the 18 century, and one of my favorite romance tropes - star crossed lovers - sold me on the story before I ever opened the book.
Charlotte Wallace was a lonely 13 year old orphan taken in by her uncle and his family when she met stable boy Robert Devington. The two formed a bond through horses and horse racing, and over the years, fell in love.
Now of marriageable age, Robert and Charlotte want nothing more than to marry, but Charlotte's Uncle refuses to be persuaded in the matter. To Charles Wallace, Robert is not good enough for Charlotte because he has no assets to bring into a marriage and Charles is set on making a gainful match for himself through Charlotte's marriage.
As fate would have it, Charlotte and Robert are separated. Charlotte is forced into a life she doesn't want, and Robert loses everything and must start over from the bottom. While Charlotte tries to make the most out of what life has given her, Robert refuses to let things remain as they stand. He puts his all into training a small horse that is his last hope at correcting the wrongs that have unjustly befallen him.
The Highest Stakes was a lively read. The horse riding details were woven so seamlessly into the story that I was able to understand and appreciate its influence on the characters and the romance. It took me a while to warm to Robert and Charlotte, I think because of the 18th century language threw me a little, but after getting used to the language and delving into the back stories, I came to root them on and hope for their happily ever after.
Undying love, deceit, greed and retribution fuel Emery Lee's debut novel. I look forward to seeing what else this talented author has to offer. Grade B+
Visit Emery Lee here. Read chapter one here.
Review based on ARC copy from Sourcebooks.
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Paranorman
Review: ParaNorman doomed by script demons
By: Jake Coyle
Sam Fell
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Elaine Stritch, Jeff Garlin, Leslie Mann, Anna Kendrick, John Goodman, Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck, Alex Borstein
The stop-motion animated ParaNorman unfolds tragically: So much drawing for such an unworthy script.
The labor necessary to create a film like ParaNorman is colossal. Tens of thousands of facial expressions were drawn. 3-D printers (a new advancement in stop motion pioneered here) ran through 3.8 metric tons of printer powder. One scene alone took a year to shoot.
So it's tempting to applaud the 3-D ParaNorman politely, sympathetically simply because of the admirable work. No one wants to tell 60 puppet makers that their months of toil were ill spent.
But though ParaNorman is impressively crafted, the frequently wondrous and whimsical visuals far surpass the disappointingly slipshod story of an 11-year-old boy named Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) who can see and speak to the dead.
While stop-motion animation has largely gone out of favor with the rise of computer animation, the Portland-based studio LAIKA has carried the flame. The studio, which is owned by Nike founder Phil Knight and run by his son, Travis Knight (a producer on ParaNorman), previously made 2009's Coraline.
ParaNorman bears some of the same fantasy-horror spirit of Coraline, which was based on Neil Gaiman's novella. It also has some of the elements of the British studio Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit); ParaNorman is directed by Sam Fell (who co-directed Aardman's Flushed Away) and Chris Butler, who also wrote it.
With a thick forest of rigidly spiked brown hair, Norman appears as if in perpetual fright. But he greets the paranormal with casual familiarity, talking to his grandmother (Elaine Stritch) while they watch TV and greeting invisible passersby while he walks down a seemingly empty street.
He's an avid horror film watcher with zombie posters in his bedroom and a cell phone ringtone of the Friday the 13th theme. His parents (Jeff Garlin, Leslie Mann) and older sister (Anna Kendrick) have little patience for Norman's eccentricities and the kids in school call him "Abnorman" and worse.
Norman is contacted by his uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman) who shares Norman's gift. He tells him that the myth of their town, Blithe Hollow ? that it was cursed by a witch 300 years ago ? is true, and that it's now Norman's duty to keep her at bay with a ritual.
Prederghast, who promptly croaks, also appears to Norman from the bowels of a school toilet. It's the scene that took a year to shoot, and it's when ParaNorman is at its best: brilliantly textured, comical and bizarre.
After Norman fails in the ritual, he and an improvised gang ? his round redhead friend Neil (Tucker Albrizzi), Neil's hunky and dimwitted older brother (Casey Affleck), a bully who resembles the one that preyed on Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes (Alex Borstein), and Norman's sister ? flee from a septet of zombies, with much shrieking and plan making.
The running around town takes up what feels like two thirds of the film, robbing ParaNorman of pace and setting it on a tiresome and frantic trajectory before enough character development has taken place. Some awkward rhythm and poor sound design (outside of the score by Jon Brion) also prevent ParaNorman from the smoothness of a major studio animated film.
The setup is promising and film has its charms ? Norman responds to a demand to "swear!" with hesitance: "Like, the F-word?" ? but it never quite finds its tone, and sometimes seems lucky to have avoided a PG-13 rating.
ParaNorman, blessed with otherworldly animation, can't escape the demons of story.
ParaNorman, a Focus Features release, is rated PG for scary action and images, thematic elements, some rude humor and language.
Rating: Two stars out of four


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Book Series Rencontres de Philosophie Médiévale, vol. 23
The Dionysian Traditions
24th Annual Colloquium of the S.I.E.P.M., September 9-11, 2019, Varna, Bulgaria
Georgi Kapriev (ed)
Pages: xx + 392 p.
Language(s):English
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A large part of the analyses on Dionysius research develop a new approach to post-medieval culture and a clearly defined commitment to the current problems of thought and social life.
History of Philosophy & Philosophical Traditions
Scholastic Philosophy (c. 1100-1500)
"(…) the editors and contributors should overall be congratulated on putting together what I sincerely hope will become a landmark volume for the study of later-medieval and early-modern material culture in the European context." (Ben Jervis, in Medieval Archaeology, 66/2, 2022, p. 532)
The present volume contains contributions by Henryk Anzulewicz (Bonn), David Bradshaw (Kentucky), Maria Burger (Bonn), Gergana Dineva (Sofia), Mark Edwards (Oxford), Wouter Goris (Bonn), Filip Ivanovic (Donja Gorica), Georgi Kapriev (Sofia), Mikhail Khorkov (Moscow), Theo Kobusch (Bonn), Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi (Florence/Lecce), Isabelle Mandrella (Munich), Smilen Markov (Veliko Tarnovo), Günther Mensching (Hannover), Claudiu-Marius Mesaroș (Timșoara), Lars Reuke (Cologne) and Andreas Speer (Cologne).
Prof. D.Sc. Georgi Kapriev teaches philosophy at the Sofia University "St. Climent Ohridski" in Bulgaria. He has studied in Cologne and Paris. From 2002 to 2012 he was the President of the Commission "Byzantine Philosophy" of the S.I.E.P.M. He is also Co-Founder of the European Graduate School for Ancient and Mediaeval Philosophy (EGSAMP). He is the editor of twenty-nine editions and author of twenty-seven books. He is also editor and co-author of the section on Byzantium in the volume Byzanz. Judentum of the Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie (Basel: Schwabe, 2019).
The volume contains the contributions of the 24th Annual Colloquium of S.I.E.P.M. "The Dionysian Traditions", which took place in Varna, Bulgaria from September 9 to 11, 2019. The theme of the colloquium is not coincidentally related to the topic of the 9th Annual Colloquium "The Dionysius Reception" (1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria). The aim was to consider the continuity of research and to ensure its new dimensions. The colloquium demonstrated the multifaceted, advanced development of Dionysius research over the past twenty years. The Corpus Dionysiacum exerted an enormous influence on the Christian cultures of the European Middle Ages, which also had and still has an impact on modern times. Focal points of the medieval - Latin and Byzantine - Dionysius traditions are discussed in detail, previously undiscussed topics and perspectives are presented. A large part of the analyses develop a new approach to post-medieval culture and a clearly defined commitment to the current problems of thought and social life. The profoundly analyzed questions and topics convincingly open new horizons for today's science.
Georgi KAPRIEV, Preface
His Eminence Metropolitan JOHN of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Welcoming Address
Theo KOBUSCH, Complicatio und explicatio. Das ontologische Modell des Neuplatonismus
Mark EDWARDS, Dionysius and the Athenian School of Neoplatonism
Ernesto Sergio MAINOLDI, The Place of the Corpus Dionysiacum in the Development of the Byzantine Canon of Ontology
David BRADSHAW, The Divine Processions and the Divine Energies
Smilen MARKOV, The Dionysian Traditions in 9th century Byzantium
Claudiu MESAROȘ, The Reception of the Dionysian Corpus in the Deliberatio by Saint Gerardus of Cenad
Maria BURGER, Die Rezeption der Nomina divina im Sentenzenkommentar Alberts des Grossen
Henryk ANZULEWICZ, Illumination und Emanation in den Dionysius-Kommentaren des Albertus Magnus: kognitive und ontologische Aspekte
Lars REUKE, Nothing Compares 2U. Ps.-Dionysios, Albert the Great and Fortunio Liceti on Divine Life and the Use of Analogy
Andreas SPEER, Reading Aristotle through Dionysius. New Perspectives on Thomas Aquinas' Epistemology
Wouter GORIS, Continentia unitiva. Duns Scotus and the Neo- platonic Metaphysics of Unity
Isabelle MANDRELLA, Sic arguit magnus Dionysius. Nicolaus Cusanus und Dionysius Areopagita
Mikhail KHORKOV, Kontroversen um die mystische Theologie des Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita in der Erfurter Kartause im 15. Jahrhundert
Gergana DINEVA, The Symbol as Boundary Within the Teach- ings of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Filip IVANOVIC, Law, Order and Equality in Dionysius
Gunther MENSCHING, Zur Bedeutung des dionysischen Denkens fur die politische Tradition Europas
Georgi KAPRIEV, Gibt es eine richtige Dionysios-Interpretation?
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European Union Law is a distance learning programme covering a wide range of important EU Law topics, such as free movement of goods and people, social policy, external relations and judicial review. You will gain in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of the most important theoretical and practical aspects of EU law, with a particular emphasis on the Treaties of the European Union. This programme is studied by professionals alongside full time work commitments. The estimated time commitment is 240 hours of self study plus 32 hours teaching at the weekend seminars. Further time is needed in April for the coursework and May for examination preparation. Students are expected to manage their time independently.
Please note that the optional MA (second year) is only available for application once the Postgraduate Diploma has been completed at Merit level.
Gives an in-depth insight into European Union Law principles and practice.
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The European Union Law MA is only open to students who have successfully completed the European Union Postgraduate Diploma at merit level. Students on the MA programme are required to write a dissertation under supervision.
The PG Diploma course is structured into three modules of 12 units in total. Each unit comes in the form of hard copy print and as a pdf file via the programme website. The units are designed to be largely self-contained, but recommended and further reading will be suggested. Some of the further reading suggestions may not be readily available online, either at King's library or elsewhere, so students may have to source recommended reading themselves.
A unit will comprise text, copies of relevant Regulations, Commission Decisions and Notices, Judgments of the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Practical examples, questions and model answers will test your knowledge as you progress. It is anticipated that each unit will require a student to spend approximately twenty hours' study plus further time for reading and completion of the assignments. Extra time must be set aside in April and May to complete the coursework and to prepare for the written examination in May. Units are sent by air courier.
Alongside the paper based programme material students will also be able to view and download their material from a website specifically designed for their programme. This programme is designed as a traditional paper based distance learning course that is supported by additional online resources and facilities. Students are required to engage with the online platform during their studies. Units will be uploaded in a pdf format on their despatch date. The programme specific website also offers students the opportunity to interact with each other, post questions and view any other information relevant to the course.


January 31st 2017 was the date and Fresh Empire were the sponsors. Syd Shaw, Huey Gang, Ali, Booman, and Femdot were the heavy hitting acts on the bill. The Promontory had no idea what type of show it was in for. The acts were phenomenal to say the least; it was clear that this was an event curated for the hungriest of Chicago talent. The show began to feel almost specifically designed for poets and performers in the city that represent a dying breed in rap. Luckily, I was able to sit down with Syd Shaw shortly after she blessed the crowd with what she calls "Gangsta Jazz" music.
Question: Does politics play a role in your music?
Question: What would you say your biggest goal is for 2017?
Question: Is love really real?
We here at AEMMP Hip Hop appreciate artists who bring a strong stage presence. Ajani Jones, an Aemmp Hip Hop artist, is an example of someone who shares that quality. We hope to see him share the stage with some of the aforementioned acts.
Stream Syd Shaw's music below along with other acts from the concert.


Semiconductor nanorods (NRs) are highly attractive materials for many devices including high-efficiency light emitting diodes and for hydrogen harvesting. During commercial device development, it is critical to determine how the structure of the NRs impacts their functional properties.
To this end, researchers frequently employ photoluminescence to measure the optical properties of hundreds to thousands of NRs, and electron microscopy to reveal the structure and composition at atomic resolution. Historically, there was no direct correlation between these two techniques. However, recent investigations demonstrate that direct correlation of the optical properties (using the unique nanometer-scale resolution of cathodoluminescence) with structural properties is critical for researchers to draw unambiguous, and avoid incorrect conclusions.
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See you at Atascadero High School this summer!
Three events left in the season!
Schedule: All Comers events are all-ages except where stated.
Age Limits are set for the safety and appropriateness of development of the participants. Thank you for understanding!
Amaya Witt holds the Female 6&U Mini Hurdles record with a time of 7.5 seconds. AN AMAZING TIME!
Want to volunteer or sponsor the event?
Do we have to preregister before we get there?
What time to we have to get there to register?
Gate is open 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Arrive during this time but before your chosen event(s). Check the schedule for approximate event times.
Is the cost $5 for each event?
Cost is $5 per person with a maximum of $10 per family. This allows each person to sign up for as many events as they want.
Yes we have "FAT (Fully Automated Timing) Timing"
Is this a sanctioned event?
Is there food sold at the event?
Can I bring a blanket or chairs to sit on the field?
YES, families are welcome to be on the field but we encourage other spectators to sit in the stands to minimize people on the field.
All ages from 3 to 103! There are age limitations for some events so look at the order of events.
Where can we see results?
They will be posted on our website; atascaderoallcomers.org within 1 - 2 days after each meet.
Yes. They need to have 3/16' needle spikes only please.
The "Order of Events" has a tentative time schedule on it. These are approximate times depending on the number of participants who show up.


Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Band rehearse in Leamy Hall at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard Band is scheduled to perform four free holiday concerts in the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia with each concert being a different ensemble of instruments and musical styles.
A pop-up concert ensemble of saxophones and brass instruments will perform at the National Museum of American History, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., 20001, 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
The entire U.S. Coast Guard Band will perform at Falls Church High School, 7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free tickets are required for this concert and can either be picked up at Falls Church High School or obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the school at the listed address.
A pop-up concert ensemble of saxophones and brass instruments will perform at the National Gallery of Art, 6th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., 20565, 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
A Dixieland Band concert will be held at the Millennium Stage of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20566, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The U.S. Coast Guard Band is based at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and you can find out more about the band at http://ift.tt/2gGqJlO.