To popularise thinking tools that make easier and entertaining to solve problems, generate ideas, improve things and innovate. I believe these tools should be promoted in mainstream education for the benefit of the whole society, who should feel confident to deal with present and future problems in an effective way.
To reduce inequalities in society, making available to all segments in society the tools that sometimes are restricted to areas such as business, marketing and product development. There is plenty information available thanks to social media and with the right guidance and motivation, this information can be used by people for their own personal and professional development.
Tools to enjoy not only solving problems but improving things and developing confidence on own creative skills. Tools to help people to find out what make them unique and how to express it.
Tools to help thinking and changing own behaviour.
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package shared_test

import (
	"runtime"
	"time"

	"code.cloudfoundry.org/cli/command/commandfakes"
	"code.cloudfoundry.org/cli/command/translatableerror"
	. "code.cloudfoundry.org/cli/command/v7/shared"
	"code.cloudfoundry.org/cli/util/ui"

	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gbytes"
)

var _ = Describe("New Clients", func() {
	var (
		binaryName string
		fakeConfig *commandfakes.FakeConfig
		testUI     *ui.UI
	)

	BeforeEach(func() {
		binaryName = "faceman"
		fakeConfig = new(commandfakes.FakeConfig)
		fakeConfig.BinaryNameReturns(binaryName)

		testUI = ui.NewTestUI(NewBuffer(), NewBuffer(), NewBuffer())
	})

	When("the api endpoint is not set", func() {
		It("returns the NoAPISetError", func() {
			_, _, _, err := GetNewClientsAndConnectToCF(fakeConfig, testUI, "")
			Expect(err).To(MatchError(translatableerror.NoAPISetError{
				BinaryName: binaryName,
			}))
		})
	})

	When("the DialTimeout is set", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
				Skip("due to timing issues on windows")
			}
			fakeConfig.TargetReturns("https://potato.bananapants11122.co.uk")
			fakeConfig.DialTimeoutReturns(time.Nanosecond)
		})

		It("reads target settings from the config for each client", func() {
			_, _, _, err := GetNewClientsAndConnectToCF(fakeConfig, testUI, "")

			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(fakeConfig.TargetCallCount()).To(Equal(2))
			Expect(fakeConfig.DialTimeoutCallCount()).To(Equal(3))
			Expect(fakeConfig.SkipSSLValidationCallCount()).To(Equal(3))
		})
	})

	When("not targetting", func() {
		It("does not target", func() {
			ccClient := NewWrappedCloudControllerClient(fakeConfig, testUI)
			Expect(ccClient).ToNot(BeNil())
			Expect(fakeConfig.SkipSSLValidationCallCount()).To(Equal(0))
		})
	})
})

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Directed by: Rian Johnson
Written by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Amas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer
45-year-old writer-director Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) loved Agatha Christie books growing up and now, thanks to his growing influence in Hollywood, he gets the chance to create a murder-mystery of his own for the big screen. There's nothing understated or restrained about the set up. A character describes the case as being like a game of Cluedo and it's an apt description given its clichés and farcical nature.
The location is a huge, lakeside mansion adorned with statues, ornaments and paintings. The victim is a renowned mystery writer (Plummer) who has been found dead at his 85th birthday party. The suspects are an eclectic group of family members who are all given a plausible motive to within the film's opening half-hour. The detective (Craig) is an mysterious individual described as "the last of the gentlemen sleuths". The only thing missing is Colonel Mustard and a candlestick!
There's a catch though. In a recent interview for Variety magazine, Johnson stated that the "whodunit" element of such movies is often the weakest part and he wanted to take that onus off viewers. I don't want to give too much away but you won't have to wait until the final scenes to see all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. The film changes tack at several points and becomes more of a quirky, offbeat comedy as opposed to something borrowed from the pages of Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle.
I've read some glowingly positive reviews for Knives Out thus far but my thoughts are mixed. It boasts a huge ensemble cast but the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon and Toni Collette are given next-to-nothing to do. The opening sequence of interviews are unnecessarily drawn-out and the film is overstaying its welcome at 130 minutes. I'd preferred something more fast-paced.
The two positives are easy to spot. Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) gets the best of the dialogue as the humorously named Detective Benoit Blanc. He keeps everyone guessing (including the audience) throughout the film as to whether he's incredibly astute and ridiculously goofy. Ana de Armas will be lesser known to mainstream audiences but her career is on an upward trajectory following her memorable performance as a hologram in Blade Runner 2049. She too has fun with her role as an anxious nurse with a propensity to vomit when telling a lie.
Rian Johnson deserves credit for giving the whodunit genre a good shake-up and whilst Knives Out wins points for creativity, I didn't care about these characters as much as I should.

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Q: html Iframe creates a white background Thanks in Advance.
I added an iframe of another webpage to my webpage.
My webpage has a covered background.
when you scroll down my webpage the iframe has a huge white block behind it that blocks out my back ground. I need to get rid of the white block or make it transparent.
Example:
https://e-scapeps.com/hiscore/index.php
HTML:

Your browser does not support iframes.

CSS:
.border2 iframe {
  border: none;
  width: 1050px;
  height: 1890px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  opacity: 0.8;
  display:block;
  overflow-y: hidden;
}

A: Put the backgroung image rule at the:

The white background comes from this div, so you can move the background rule from:

to

I've tried this here in dev tools and worked well. Note that in my case I put the main folder in the URL in order to find the image:
background: url('../main/images/header-images/bg/aged-hero-bg-1.jpg') no-repeat center center fixed;"

Also remember to remove the rule from the older div.

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Mostly Mozart at Jazz at Lincoln Center. A completely new experience. You enter the mall and take an elevator up to the 5th floor where you exit into a huge open space with fabulous views, high ceilings, and a collection of interesting options to view. Photos of who has performed here, old posters, a number of video screens. Then into the theatre itself. A small intimate auditorium, I was in seat B2. Front, side, one of a pair of seats perhaps a bit too close. Next time Balcony.
ANd Lucinda Childs. This is what all modern dance should be. Set designed by Frank Gehry and that overly methodic thumping music but still. 50 minutes of dance. Available Light was created in 1963 and holds up well. Black, Red and then white dancers up a level. The upper dancers appeared to mimic a dancer below. It was flowing color and movement.


You might be surprised to know that at Blue Ocean Search we open confess to not buying any links at all. Not one.
We are equally surprised to still see fellow SEO Agencies heavily advertising their link buying part of their business and particularly pushing link buying to new customers. We were at an exhibition recently where an SEO agency actively promoted at least two link builders as part of the strategy team.
Are businesses really buying into that (excuse the pun!)…? We know for a fact that agencies are buying many links for clients from poor neighbourhoods and whilst they may be trying to improve the quality of the links that they buy it is only inevitable that bought links will get traced by Google and ultimately penalised.
We recently had a client that had 90% of their linking profile from spam websites, all bought for by his previous SEO company and in November 2012 was completely hit, losing all his rankings and 90% of his business.
If you are looking for an SEO agency then be clear about the difference between link building and link buying. Link buying is where you pay for links. Link building is where you create links through various means, be it submissions, social media or through purchases. Make sure your agency is not purchasing them or you will be in for trouble.
Here are ten solid reasons why you shouldn't be buying links anymore.
Google have said so. No more said!
Google's tolerance of paid links is decreasing, some saying that the threshold is now as low as 50% of links coming from low quality websites before being penalised and some predicting it will go as low as 10%. Ie if you have any more than 10% of paid links in your linking profile then you will get slapped by Google. If your agency has ever paid for links then at some stage in the future you are at risk of penalty.
Growth of social media and no follow links – up to 20% of linking profiles for top websites no contain no follow links. Instead of buying links, generate them through social means and increase social endorsement of content. After all, that is a ranking signal too.
Link buying are provided by people who don't care – they just want your money! A lot of SEO agencies I know are paying externals to buy the links for them. These people are freelancers, dotted all around the world, and are making pin money on the side by placing spammy links. They don't care about quality, all they are interested in is getting paid for a link placement.
Links are placed on websites where website owners are also only interested in making money. These are generally people who have built websites purely to sell linking space. If you are able to buy a link on a website then that website will just sell more and more, until 6 months down the line all link juice is minimal, it has been completely spammed, and is high on Google's spam radar. This just adds further problems to the poor link profile of your site.
It is old school SEO – welcome to the new world of SEO where finally it has matured into an established marketing avenue. Many old school SEO's are hooked up on the technical elements of SEO; validations, meta keywords, link juice etc. New world SEO is all about quality content, keyword targeting, content worthy of going viral and social media endorsement.
Links life – the average purchased link only lasts 4 months before disappearing. Many websites that sell links will just remove the links after being purchased, or websites shut down. This effectively is like having an SEO manager running around in a hamster wheel – you are getting anywhere and your SEO company continues to take your money.
Link quality and networks – many of the websites that sell links are part of a network or reside on the same IP addresses. These are being clamped down on by Google in the Penguin updates and by the end of the year we should see a lot of them penalised.
High quality paid links are sometimes called rented links, where you pay for a link to reside on the site for a duration. These are also known as advertorials and if they pass page rank then they are on Google's hit list!
Editorial Links have also been penalised – if you are paying for a link that is in the form of an advert and it passes authority then you will get penalised. It should be a no follow link.
We advise clients to participate in ethical SEO practices. Gone are the days of quick bucks with your SEO strategy. If you require quick rankings because your business needs high rankings to do more sales then tread very carefully with link buying – many SEO agencies will sell it to you without warning of the risks.
SEO and online marketing should now be an extension of your offline marketing, where it is about producing good products and services and getting them widely known whether that be online or offline. Many SEO principles remain the same, however there are some critical differences to a few years ago which if not changed can have disastrous consequences on your SEO, either now or at some stage in the future.
The simple thing is, do not buy links. Get your links naturally and succeed that way. If you want to find out how we do it for clients then have a look at our SEO service offering.


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Béziers and the Fonserannes Locks — France
We'd never heard of Béziers before we booked a wedding on the northern outskirts and our research told us very little, aside from it having a thriving nudist community and a bit of a morbid history.
Located somewhere between Nîmes and Montepellier with a city-centre perched high on a hill we managed to find quiet streets with the quintessentially-French façades and film set patinas.
We climbed to the top of the hill to see the Cathedral of Saint Nazaire and the views were nothing short of stunning. Something about the colours and light made the landscape appear like a painting.
Continuing our painterly tour we explored the area around Pont Vieux and the river Orb dazzled a gorgeous green in the September sunshine. We spotted herons, egrets, otters and the unmistakeable bright blue flash of a pair of Kingfishers.
As a fitting way to end our time in the south of France we made our way to the Fonserannes Locks to marvel at the 17th system to journey boats up and down the hill. There are 9 locks in total and we thought it a very apt way to finish our short but sweet engineering themed adventure in the Languedoc region.
More from France
L'Hotel Particulier — Béziers, France
This doll's house of a hotel bridges that gap perfectly between B&B and hotel.
Something about the colours and light made the landscape appear like a painting.
From Millau to Carcassonne — South of France
With a couple of days to spare in the South of France we took it upon ourselves to do a little exploring.
The Millau Viaduct (World's Tallest Bridge) — France
Visiting the worlds tallest bridge.
Musée Bourdelle in Paris
The former home, studio and garden of French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle is preserved for display along with over 500 of his works.
Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil — Paris
We lost count of the number of glasshouses that make up the 19th century range.
Maison La Roche — Le Corbusier in Paris
Today the building is home to the Le Corbusier Foundation and we were free to walk around (in our bright blue shoe covers of course).
Jardin des Plantes — Paris
Situated almost in the very centre of Paris and one of the most interesting that we've seen architecturally.
Paris in the Snow — a City Guide
Paris is one of those places that has always felt like a really obvious place to visit and yet (aside for a school trip for Magnus waaaaay back) we haven't ever been before now.
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Dacia Sandero review – Enjoy cheap thrills
The revamped Dacia Sandero now offers even greater value for money, as our columnist has discovered. Here, he tells you all about the spec, performance and pricing of the Ambiance SCe 75 version.
Colin Goodwin
The 2017 Dacia Sandero (Image: Dacia)
DACIA have given their Sandero hatchback a facelift for 2017 – but, wonderfully, there's one thing they've always refused to upgrade in this model. And that's one of the most important features for any customer – the price.
The Sandero has been on sale for just over three years in the UK, and it's stayed the same – £5995. That makes this Dacia the cheapest new car that you can buy in this country by a massive margin, when you consider rivals such as the MG3, or Hyundai i20 and its Kia Rio stablemate.
That price is for the entry-level Access version, which has grey bumpers and is pretty basic. But the better-equipped Ambiance costs only an extra £1000. The argument remains the same – do you buy a new Dacia or a second-hand VW Polo or other posher brand?
I tried recommending a new Dacia to neighbours but I was ignored and they bought a second-hand car with more street cred.
More cred and a complicated double-clutch gearbox that self-destructed within a month and landed them with a bill that would have bought most of a new Sandero and its warranty.
The cosmetic changes to the Sandero are minor but add a bit of class to this poundstretcher. The most noticeable upgrade at the front is the four stacked rectangular daytime running lights either side of the new honeycombe grille.
The bumper has been reprofiled and is sharper with a more chiseled look. At the back of the car, there's another new bumper and four square tail lights on each corner.
The next big change on the Sandero is the addition of a new engine. It's a three-cylinder naturally aspirated 1.0-litre petrol engine that produces 73bhp. It joins the 88bhp turbocharged triple cylinder motor that's already in the Dacia range and replaces the four-cylinder 1.2-litre motor.
We're going to use slight poetic licence in this test because the Sandero we're testing with this engine is in Laureate trim.
But in the UK, only the Access and mid-level Ambiance are available with it, so we'll imagine that the car we're driving is an Ambiance and ignore the extra kit that comes with the Laureate.
The most welcome change to the Sandero and the one that will make most difference to owners is a revamp of the interior.
The part that bare skin spends most time touching in a car is the steering wheel and Dacia have sensibly improved the feel of the Sandero's wheel by covering it in a soft-touch material that isn't leather but feels like it.
The wheel also has a new four-spoke design and has a centre horn push and, in Laureate spec, integrated cruise control and speed limiter buttons.
The air vents have satin chrome surrounds and there's a similar finish on the centre console fascia. Dacia customers apparently asked for the electric window switches to be moved to the doors' armrests, so that's been done.
Very few customers buy a basic £5995 Access and I wouldn't be one of them because for the £1000 step up to the Ambiance you get air conditioning as standard and, a must for this Radio 6 Music addict, DAB radio.
The new engine is 20kg lighter than the old 1.2-litre four-cylinder unit thanks to the absence of one cylinder and a cylinder block that's aluminium. It's a more efficient engine, too, and brings the Sandero close to all its major rivals on economy and emissions.
You either like three-cylinder engines or not. Hopefully, the former with this one because you'll need to rev it fairly hard to get the Sandero cantering along briskly outside town.
It gets a bit noisy but you can pass that off as character. The new Sandero's handling is safe and secure and its ride on the comfortable side.
Fun and sporty? Don't be ridiculous, you're getting a lot for your money and this is most definitely a car that gives you the satisfaction of money well spent rather than grins from the way it goes around corners.
It is a spacious and practical car that has a price tag which is hard to believe.
Factfile:
Model: Dacia Sandero Ambiance SCe 75
Engine: 1.0-litre petrol
Power: 75hp
Top speed: 98mph
0-62mph: 14.2 seconds
Average mpg: 54.3
CO2 emissions: 117g/km
Warranty: Three years/60,000 miles
Price: £6995
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Q: Will crontab hour range a-b run after b too? Say I have a crontab which runs every 20 minutes and I have a hour range which can vary so lets say a-b, which in one example could look like
*/20 5-23 * * * /usr/bin/cool_program

My question is, will the cron run at 23:00, 23:20, 23:40 and 00:00 too?

A: @Alex's answer is correct, however it took me a while to find a source.
The answer is in man crontab.5 (or also info crontab) on Debian, Mac OS X, FreeBSD (and other Posix systems):

Ranges of numbers are allowed.  Ranges are two numbers separated with
  a hyphen.  The specified range is inclusive.  For example,  8-11  for
  an ``hours'' entry specifies execution at hours 8, 9, 10 and 11.

For my application I wanted a script to run every 5 minutes during business hours (9am - 5pm) and another to run every 5 minutes outside of that. Unfortunately the ranges can't wrap across midnight, so you need to specify 3 ranges (morning, business hours, evening)
*/5 0-8,17-23   * * *   outside-hours.sh
*/5 9-16   * * *   business-hours.sh

This should run
outside-hours.sh  first at 00:00 and finally at 08:55
business-hours.sh first at 09:00 and finally at 16:55
outside-hours.sh  first at 17:00 and finally at 23:55

A: It will execute when minute is divisible by 20 and when hour is in 5-23 inclusive:
* 20 – every 20 minutes from 0 to 59
* 5-23 – 5 to 23 inclusive
* * – Every day
* * – Every month
* * - EvryDay of the Week

The first occurrence is 5:00 and the last 23:40
crontab.guru
Documentation for Reference

A: GK27's answer does not fully answer the question, so let me clarify:
cron will run jobs when the time matches the expression provided. Your expression tells it to run when the minute is divisible by 20 (*/20) and your hour range tells it to run when the hour is within the specified range inclusively (5-23). The remaining three * tell it to match any day, month, and any day of the week.
Therefore the first job will run at 05:00 because the hour, 05, is in the range 5 to 23 and the minute, 00, is divisible by 20. The last job will run at 23:40 because the hour, 23, is in the range 5 to 23 and the minute, 40, is divisible by 20. It will not run at 00:00 because the hour, 00, is not in the range 5 to 23.


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Tag Archives: Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein and the birth of Miramax Films: From the April 2015 Buffalo Spree
April 23, 2015 Christopher Schobert	Leave a comment
I wrote this piece on Harvey Weinstein for the April Spree, and in a wonderfully unexpected surprise, I received an email from Harvey himself, complimenting the piece. VERY unexpected.
"Our outsider status is very important to us," Miramax Films founder and indie heavyweight Harvey Weinstein told New York Magazine in 1998, referring to himself and brother Bob. "It keeps us human, normal."
It is fitting, then, that Miramax, the company that revolutionized and transformed independent cinema, began life not in Los Angeles or New York, but in the human, normal city that is Buffalo. How "outside" was Miramax? Its first home was a hockey arena. (The dearly departed Memorial Auditorium, to be exact.) Harvey—one of the few behind-the-scenes figures in moviedom who is on a first-name basis with the world at large—infamously attended the University at Buffalo from 1969 through 1973. Stories from the time period that followed—first came the concert promotion business called Harvey and Corky Productions (cofounded with "Corky" Burger), followed in 1979 by the birth of Miramax—have taken on mythic status. Yes, Harvey Weinstein lived and walked the streets of Buffalo during his man-who-would-be-king days.
Writes Peter Biskind in 2004's Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film, "Across the country in Buffalo, two frizzy-haired, unprepossessing brothers from Queens named Weinstein … were preparing to move their tiny film company, Miramax, named after their parents, Miriam and Max, down to New York City where the action was. … In the late 1970s, Harvey Weinstein had acquired the Century Theater in downtown Buffalo, and to keep the seats warm when it was not being used for concerts, he and Bobby, as his brother was then known, began showing movies." They were "bottom-feeders," writes Biskind, of the soft-core flicks and concert films. In 1981, they even put together a slasher film of their own.The Burning, produced by Harvey and cowritten by Bob, was a modest success. (More on The Burning later.)
From these inauspicious beginnings came (take a deep breath) My Left Foot, Paris is Burning, Truth or Dare, The Double Life of Veronique, Delicatessen, Reservoir Dogs, The Crying Game, Strictly Ballroom, The Piano, The Three Colors Trilogy, The Crow, Pulp Fiction, Clerks, Heavenly Creatures, Bullets Over Broadway, Exotica, Priest, Il Postino, Kids, Chunking Express, Dead Man, Trainspotting, Swingers, Sling Blade, The English Patient, Good Will Hunting, Life is Beautiful, Velvet Goldmine, Shakespeare in Love, The Lovers on the Bridge, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Bridget Jones's Diary, Amélie, In the Bedroom, Gangs of New York, Chicago, City of God, The Hours, The Station Agent, Kill Bill, The Aviator, and so many more.
These are not all classic films, and many suffered at the hands of recut-mad "Harvey Scissorhands." (Here's looking at you, 54.) But they are all of great importance in the history of modern cinema, and independent cinema specifically. These culture-defining works can trace their lineage, in some ways, back to Buffalo.
This is no great revelation; tales of Harvey in the Queen City are oft told, and Weinstein mentions his Buffalo era with great fondness and startling frequency. (The first paragraph of a Harvey-authored guest column for Variety after January's Charlie Hebdo tragedy saw the mogul remembering his love of "Tom Toles' cartoons from the Buffalo News (I went to school in Buffalo).")
But the long-term effects of this knowledge—that the Harvey Weinstein was here, in Buffalo—cannot be overstated. When Harvey gave a lecture at UB in September 2000 on the occasion of his receiving a SUNY Doctorate of Humane Letters, the Center for the Arts was mobbed with film-crazed students like myself. I was one of the many Media Study majors whose life was changed (or seemed to be changed at the time) by Pulp Fiction. Some had scripts in hand, and the looks on their faces when Harvey referenced the legal issues that prevented him from accepting unsolicited screenplays was priceless. Even so, for those who went on to a career in the entertainment world, the thought of Harvey stomping down Main Street was both reassuring and a tad absurd. It would be like a kid in Wheatfield hearing that Wayne Gretzky got his started playing hockey at Sabreland. (I'm dating myself with that one.)
Harvey and Bob were famously ousted by then-Miramax owners Disney in 2005. The Miramax of the present is untouched by the hands of Harvey, who instead runs the successful Weinstein Company, a studio whose recent slate included The Immigrant, Begin Again, St. Vincent, The Imitation Game, and the delightful family film Paddington, among others. Harvey himself is as powerful, feared, and cunning as ever before. So it is quite interesting to return to The Burning, the Weinstein brothers' Friday the 13th rip-off. It's a fun, lovably gory thing, notable for featuring the pre-fame likes of Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter. But what I found most intriguing was the scenery, as the film was shot in North Tonawanda and Buffalo. After thank yous to the Statler Hotel, Mickey Rats, and Dial Cleaners, the final words of the end credits (not counting the copyright info) are as follows: "FILMED IN WESTERN NEW YORK."
I like to think that the Harvey and Bob Weinstein of 2015, while born in Queens, were formed in Western New York. And I think Harvey, the human, normal outsider who made Hollywood bow to his wishes, would agree.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
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Walking into Henri's, you'll be greeted by the owner, Pierre Vosloo, and his staff, who will treat you like guests in their own home. Henri's is conveniently situated on Somerset West Main Road in a heritage house that has been renovated into a spacious contemporary restaurant. The top floor has been renovated and can be used for private functions.They are well known for their aged grass-fed beef as well as the freshest local seafood.
The menu can be described as comfort food with a modern global influence. Henri's offers a light lunch menu during the day and also has a kiddies menu. There is a wood fired oven, where they bake great tasting thin-based pizza. Henri's offer their patrons a complimentary focaccia per table.
You can also enjoy a drink on their patio or at their stylish bar. Henri's offer a wide selection of craft and imported beers. The wine list is quite substantial and offers a variety of wine by the glass, but patrons are welcome to bring their own wine, as Henri's doesn't charge corkage.
Once you have discovered Henri's Restaurant & Pub you will be back (and back again)! Henri's is open Monday to Saturday from 12noon till late.
Weeknight Bistro is what this place is. A favourite in Somerset West for serving heartwarming dishes with a bit of finesse. This is the place you go to for a large lamb shank. Its old restaurant pub style.
We had another great meal at Henris and the secret to the success of this restaurant is consistency as we have never been disappointed with our meals at Henris. My wife had the Burger which was recommended by our local Butcher who also frequents Henris and she was extremely impressed with the quality of the meat on the burger and thoroughly enjoyed her meal! We will be back!


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Who'll succeed in Group C?
Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany ready to duel
Published 15.08.2018 16:15 GMT+11 | Author Lucas Aykroyd
Group C opponents: Rasmus Dahlin (Sweden), Eeli Tolvanen (Finland), Jonas Holos (Norway) und Christian Ehrhoff (Germany). Photo: Matt Zambonin, Andre Ringuette, Matthew Manor / HHOF-IIHF Images
Sweden and Finland have combined for 10 men's Olympic hockey medals in the last 30 years. Do underdogs Norway and Germany have a chance? Let's preview Group C.
After the glory of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship gold medal shootout victory over Canada, head coach Rikard Gronborg brings a completely different group of players to Korea in search of Sweden's first Olympic gold since Turin 2006. Well, make that about three-quarters different.
With NHL non-participation, the lone returnees are 2011 Worlds MVP goalie Viktor Fasth (Vaxjo Lakers) and forwards Dennis Everberg (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk), Carl Klingberg (EV Zug), Linus Omark (Salavat Yulayev Ufa), and Joel Lundqvist (Frolunda Gothenburg). The twin brother of New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist makes his Olympic debut as the captain and the team's oldest player at 35.
"To be able to be here and fight for that kind of medal is very big, taking part in an Olympic Games," said Lundqvist. "But when you get here there's only one goal that matters – to win. It's as easy as that."
The Norris Trophy-worthy defence with Victor Hedman and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, which formed the backbone of Tre Kronor's latest World Championship, is obviously no more. Even the presence of budding 17-year-old superstar Rasmus Dahlin (Frolunda Gothenburg), the projected #1 overall pick in the NHL Draft who won World Junior silver in Buffalo, can't make up for that. Fellow Olympic debutant Patrick Hersley, 31, could be a catalyst with his big shot: he's got 33 points with KHL champion SKA St. Petersburg so far.
Overall, blue-and-yellow supporters have reason for optimism. With or without superstars, Sweden's team play is always its strength. If history means anything, the Swedes won the last non-NHL Olympics in Lillehammer 1994. And if it comes down to a shootout again, the flashy Omark, who currently sits fifth in KHL scoring with 51 points, could emulate Peter Forsberg's iconic one-handed winner on Canadian goalie Corey Hirsch. Sweden earned silver in Sochi in 2014.
The Finns love to be underestimated, and since their roster doesn't feature anyone with the marquee value of 2014 Olympic MVP Teemu Selanne, they've got the other teams right where they want them.
Remember how the pundits counted Suomi out in 2006 after injuries excluded goalies Miikka Kiprusoff (hip) and Kari Lehtonen (groin)? Unheralded Antero Niittymaki stepped in and earned three shutouts en route to silver and Turin MVP honours. This year, it's towering Mikko Koskinen's turn to start. The 29-year-old, who backstopped Finland to silver at the 2016 Worlds in Russia, enters with a sparkling 1.48 GAA and .940 save percentage with league-leading SKA St. Petersburg. With veterans Juha Metsola (Amur Khabarovsk) and Karri Ramo (Jokerit Helsinki) as alternatives, the Finns have no worries in net.
How about the defence? It's a very competent collection of KHLers, all of whom have seen action at recent Worlds, with the exception of stud 18-year-old Miro Heiskanen (HIFK Helsinki) and fellow Olympic first-timer Miika Koivisto (Karpat Oulu). Sami Lepisto (Jokerit Helsinki) (7-21-28) will be expected to quarterback the power play.
The Finnish forwards may struggle to put the puck in the net, unless, say, centre Petri Kontiola (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) rediscovers the form that saw him lead the 2013 Worlds with 16 points. The great X-factor is 18-year-old winger Eeli Tolvanen (Jokerit Helsinki), who brings the tournament's best one-timer after Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk. Despite scoring 17 times this season, Tolvanen has only amassed three goals in 11 career World Junior games, but that doesn't worry head coach Lauri Marjamaki regarding these Olympics: "I think it is easier (for him) to be with the men's team than the U20 team, because with that team, you have to almost carry the team."
The Finns will need a total team effort to get to the top. But effort is rarely a problem for this hockey nation. Finland earned bronze in Sochi, medaling for the sixth time in the last eight Olympics.
The Norwegians sit ninth in the IIHF World Ranking, and in a 12-team Olympic tournament, normally no one would be surprised to see them finish ninth. They made the IIHF World Championship quarter-finals in 2008, 2011, and 2012, but haven't cracked the top eight since then. However, this year, Norway hopes its familiar veterans and promising youngsters will develop chemistry quickly and surprise some bigger nations.
Starting goalie Lars Haugen (Farjestad Karlstad), entering his second straight Olympics, knows he will face a ton of rubber. The 30-year-old plans to auction off his mask for Hockey Fights Cancer after the tournament, but he can't be too charitable on the ice if coach Petter Thoresen's team is to steal a win. Haugen, backed up by Henrik Haukeland (Timra IK), has a 2.41 GAA and 91.4 save percentage in the SHL this season.
Minutes monster Jonas Holos will lead the way on a Norwegian blue line that's virtually identical to the veteran group at last year's Worlds. At 22, the talented Mattias Norstebo (Frolunda Gothenburg) is another face to watch. However, despite decent mobility and puck-moving, these defencemen just aren't going to generate much offense either at even strength or with the man advantage.
So without nifty NHL star Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers, where will the goals come from? Brothers Mathis Olimb and Ken Andre Olimb offer a poor man's imitation of the Sedin twins. They're enjoying a productive partnership again with Linkopings HC, ranking second and third respectively in team scoring behind Canadian Olympian Derek Roy. At 34, KHL veteran Patrick Thoresen, the coach's son, still has a little gas left in the tank with 11 points in 13 games for SKA St. Petersburg. With his hard-working younger brother Steffen (Storhamar) also up front, it's truly a family affair.
Ludvig Hoff, a 21-year-old freshman left wing at the University of North Dakota (2-5-7), will be interesting to monitor as he makes his Olympic debut, never having played before at a higher IIHF level than the 2014 World Juniors. It's a daunting assignment, but you could say that for the whole Norwegian team. Still, they're not burdened with expectations.
Head coach Marco Sturm got a vote of confidence from the German Ice Hockey Association before these Olympics when his contract was extended to 2022. Now the affable 39-year-old, who played more NHL games (938) than any other German plus three Olympics, would love to guide his all-DEL roster to his nation's first hockey medal since West Germany's 1976 bronze.
Germany joins Russia, Switzerland and host Korea among the only 2018 Olympic nations who are exclusively using players from their domestic leagues. Cohesion and work ethic are never an issue with the Deutschland dudes. Scoring, however, is. Germany got seven goals en route to 10th place at the 2006 Olympics and five en route to 11th in 2010. It didn't qualify for 2014.
Even with the lack of NHLers somewhat leveling the playing field, stellar goaltending is vital if Germany is to have any chance. However, there's no clear number one out of the trio of Dennis Endras (Adler Mannheim), Timo Pielmeier (ERC Ingolstadt), and Danny aus den Birken (EHC Red Bull Munich). "We all agree that we support each other – it does not matter who plays," said the 32-year-old Endras, eight years removed from his MVP performance at the 2010 Worlds, where the host Germans came fourth.
The workmanlike defence will rely heavily on the leadership of ex-NHLer Christian Ehrhoff (Kolner Haie), still a fine skater and power play quarterback at 35. His club teammate Moritz Muller chipped in three assists at last year's Worlds. But in general, little scoring will come from the back end.
Up front, Marcel Goc (Adler Mannheim), a 34-year-old ex-NHLer and third-time Olympian, should captain this team with determination and skill. Patrick Reimer (Nurnberg Ice Tigers), a three-time DEL Forward of the Year, has proven he can score at the Worlds with 13 goals in 37 career games: he's making his Olympic debut at age 35. Slick little 22-year-old winger Dominik Kahun (EHC Munchen) is another Winter Games first-timer, and he's enjoying a career DEL season (12-28-40).
Yet Kahun is an anomaly. Patience and physicality are this national team's calling cards. However, true inspiration is usually elusive when they're not playing in Germany. Which is more than 8,500 kilometres away. Sturm has his work cut out for him.
The format remains the same like in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014. The group winner will progress directly to the quarter-finals, as will the best runner-up from the three groups. The remaining teams will go to a qualification round where four knock-out match-ups will produce the other four quarter-finalists. Click here for details on the format.
The Swedes boast more star quality up front than the Finns, but Finland could also top Group C based on its relentless defensive play. Norway and Germany will likely slug it out for third and fourth place in the group.
Barring upsets, the playoff seeding will come down to the final round-robin games on 18 February. After that, odds are good we'll see at least one medal from a Nordic country not named Norway.


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La cladogènesi és un esdeveniment de divisió evolutiva on una espècie mare es divideix en dues espècies diferents, on es forma un clade.

Causes de la cladogènesi
Aquest esdeveniment passa generalment quan uns pocs organismes acaben en noves àrees, sovint distants o quan els canvis ambientals causen diverses extincions, l'obertura de nínxols ecològics per als supervivents. Els esdeveniments que causen aquestes espècies per separar originalment dels uns als altres en àrees distants encara pot permetre tant de l'espècie a tenir les mateixes possibilitats de sobreviure, reproduir-se, i fins i tot evolucionar per adaptar-se millor al seu entorn sense deixar de ser dues espècies diferents.

Cladogènesi versus anagènesi
La cladogènesi està en contrast amb l'anagènesi, en què una espècie ancestral gradualment s'acumula el canvi a poc a poc, i, finalment, quan s'acumula suficientment, l'espècie és prou diferent i força diferent de la seva forma original de partida que pot ser etiquetat com una nova forma - una nova espècie, en la que el llinatge en un arbre filogenètic no se separa.

Mètodologies per distingir els esdevinents d'especiació
Hi ha molts mètodes i formes d'evidència que es poden utilitzar quan es tracta de determinar si un esdeveniment d'especiació estan regits sota diferents cladogènesis. A continuació es presenten alguns mètodes diferents utilitzats pels científics, amb una breu explicació o exemple per a cadascun:

 Simulacres: Això implica el procés d'agafar la informació ja coneguda (com informació mitocondrial) sobre una espècie i s'executa la informació a través d'un equip per veure si un esdeveniment cladogenètic és l'explicació més probable per a una existència d'una espècie. Aquesta forma d'estudiar espècies és la més pràctica. Moltes vegades, estudis de casos i construcció d'experiments pot costar molts diners i necessita temps, pel que és més fàcil de connectar la informació en un ordinador i permetre que l'equip funcioni diferents escenaris per provar la seva exactitud.

 Evidència morfològica/paleontològica: L'ús de l'evidència fòssil pot determinar si dues espècies estaven vives al mateix temps. Tanmateix, hi ha alguns inconvenients a la utilització simplement de l'evidència fòssil, ja que l'evidència fòssil només es pot diferenciar espècies en un nivell d'encaix.

 Evidència molecular: Les dades moleculars es poden utilitzar per veure com el genoma o ADN d'espècies específiques ha divergit. Això, juntament amb l'evidència fòssil, pot ser una bona base per veure si dues espècies diferents provenia d'una espècie ancestral similar i si ambdues estaven vives en el mateix temps.

 Models: Això comporta agafar espècies que ja estan vives i estan en marxa experiments (per exemple, simulant possibles entorns) per veure si l'especiació es produeix amb la finalitat d'explicar la presència de diferents espècies o si hi ha una explicació alternativa per a l'espècie. Això de vegades és la forma més precisa de mesurar l'especiació, ja que dona resultats de la vida real, en contraposició a les dades generades per ordinador.
Aquests són només uns quants exemples de maneres de distingir un esdeveniment d'especiació ja sigui com a cladogènesi o anagènesi. Els científics estan constantment ideant noves formes d'estudiar les espècies i determinar com es relacionen entre si i el que va poder haver causat la seva divisió.

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Vegeu també
 Anagènesi
 Biologia evolutiva
 Especiació

Biologia evolutiva
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Hilary: "Because we can't move from crisis to crisis, we have to be willing to come together as citizens to focus on the kind of future we want," she said. As the shouts grew louder from an upper section of bleachers, she added, "which doesn't include yelling. It includes sitting down and talking." (sit down and shut up I'm Talking!)
But as we know, Democrats don't listen to anyone who disagrees with them. 🙂
During the question-and-answer session, the former first lady deflected the inevitable question about whether she'd run for president by saying she hoped whoever ran would be able to "isolate the extreme voices" and allow the majority of people to be heard.
Translation: Yes. But we have to crush the Tea Party "extremists" and crush and win back the House first. So then the Democrats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, and because they want and no "extremist" (disagreement) will get in their way.
"I'm hoping we will — move away from the slash and burn politics, the name calling, the excessive partisanship that we've seen too much of lately," she said.
Because if we control everyone and everything then it won't matter what you think.
…lamenting as she did again in Buffalo that too many people in politics were choosing "scorched earth over common ground." (CBS)
You can "negotiate" with a liberal politician? Since when? I'm sure Harry Reid is open to anything the Republican propose. It's not like they have an AGENDA or anything??
Common Ground? Nuking each other IS the only common ground anyone has left thanks to the hyper-partisaned AGENDA.
You give them everything they want and they won't nuke you with their Ministry of Truth or call you "racists".
Simple. 🙂
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Librarian Fired for Actually Getting Kid to Read
A library aide has been fired for successfully doing her most basic job — getting a kid to read more. And so, too, has the library's director, who started the reading controversy in the first place.
Lita Casey was dismissed on Monday after working for 28 years at the Hudson Falls Free Library in upstate New York. Her offense? Defending a nine-year-old child whose voracious reading appetite and abundant (and free!) library books makes him read too much. So much, in fact, that Weaver dominates the library's annual reading competition, having won his 5th straight reading title by absorbing 63 books in the 40 day competition.
That should be good news, right?
Not in the eyes of library director Marie Gandron, who said the soon-to-be fifth grader Tyler Weaver "hogs" the contest with his no-good-dirty-rotten-book-stealing reading habits. Gandron had hoped to change the structure of prizes awarded in the contest to encourage other kids to get involved in the reading contest, as "Other kids quit because they can't keep up," Gandron said. Instead, Gandron wanted to award prizes for the reading "contest" by picking names out of a hat. Why that would actually encourage reading, we can't say. It's not as if those prizes were the main reason Weaver — the self-described "the king of the reading club" — was picking up those books in the first place. All little Weaver has won in his five year reign is an atlas, a T-shirt, a water bottle and certificates of achievement. That's nothing special.
Casey stood up for this injustice back in late August, calling the idea of changing the prizes "ridiculous." Well, she has since paid the price for standing up for her beliefs. "I could not believe it, and I still cannot believe it," she said after she heard she had been let go in a phone conversation. Gandron, too, has paid the same price herself, as she was also fired from her job last week after 41 years at the library.
With two of the library's six employees gone over a dumb controversy, it's hard to find much of a winner in this story. That is, except for our friend Weaver. If only these librarians had put down the books and watched some of The Wire, they would have known a good life lesson: You come at the (reading) king, you best not miss. (Atlantic Wire)
"I could not believe it, and I still cannot believe it," Casey said Tuesday.
She said she was called by board member Michael Mercure, who is a lawyer and the Washington County public defender.
"I asked why I was being terminated, and I was told the board would not give a reason. I asked if I could come down and talk to the board. He went away for a minute, came back and said no.
Yeah, don't ask a high and mighty government official, your Lord & Master, to explain themselves! That's tantamount to insurrection!
Just Ask Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Eric Holder…
So naturally, when the whole tempest in a teapot explodes in the Liberals face it's time to "put it behind us and move on" response.
After all, "What difference does it make??"
Let's not dwell on our mistakes (we obsessed on other peoples).
The Good News from Hudson Falls Free Library: Kids Are Reading!
Let's Turn the Page on Unfortunate Controversy
Statement from:
Michael Herman
Hudson Falls Free Library Board of Trustees
For more than four decades, the goal of Hudson Falls Free Library's summer reading program has been to encourage and inspire children toward a lifelong love of reading — and we have been immensely successful.
This year, 30 children read 10 or more books over their summer vacation. That's the good story we should be sharing and celebrating, and we're sorry that some unfortunate comments have overshadowed the accomplishments of Tyler Weaver and all of the participants in our program.
Tyler has achieved an impressive record of reading the most books in our program for five years in a row, and deserves our applause for that. In an era where technology too often keeps children's noses pointed at text messages and video games, Tyler and the other "Dig into Reading" kids have embraced the wonderful world of books, and for that they should all be proud.
Looking forward, the Library Board and staff will be reviewing the way in which our program works to ensure that it continues to meet its goal of encouraging as many children as possible to spend time reading over the summer.
We thank Tyler and all of our young friends of Hudson Falls Free Library for sharing their love of reading with us, and we look forward to reading and learning with them for many years to come.
I was "unfortunate" and let's put on a happy face and just move on. Nothing to see here.
Like Liberal Government incompetence.
Just like Benghazi.
And after that response I think my saccharine intake for to next 10 years has been filled.
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What a perfect example of a failed effort to promote meritocracy over excellence. Much like not keeping score for youth sports and giving everyone a trophy, efforts to level the playing field to avoid hurting the feelings of those less talented or uncompetitive only teaches our children that life should be "fair". To create an atmosphere where what is utmost important feeling good about yourself regardless of one's efforts to achieve excellence only sets up a child for a life of disappointment. Life is not "fair", not everyone has the same ability to be the best. Hard work is rewarded and laziness will only get you the bottom slot in life.
"Heroes rise above the mediocrity that surrounds them"
But if this were the Obama Administration we just have to wait 8 months and the Library Manager will have a new job as the assistant/advisor to the head of Board, just like Susan Rice. 🙂
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The Real "Buffett Rule":
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)'s cash hoard hit a record as first-quarter profit jumped 51 percent on gains from equity-linked derivatives and insurance operations.
Net income climbed to $4.89 billion, or $2,977 a share, from $3.25 billion, or $1,966, a year earlier, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said yesterday in a statement. The cash pile grew to $49.1 billion from $47 billion three months earlier, eclipsing the previous record of $47.9 billion in the second quarter of 2011.
"Most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States," President Obama said during a speech at Mexico's Anthropology Museum. "
Except when I do it, then you're not allowed to ask me about it because I won't tell you.
War On Terror (IBD): Eight months after the Benghazi attack, the FBI begs for help by releasing photos of three suspects, reports surface about an al-Qaida link and the State Department's review panel is under investigation.
Ahead of highly anticipated hearings set for Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee featuring testimony from State Department whistle-blowers — of which a clueless President Obama professes no knowledge — the FBI has released photos of three people who were at the U.S. consulate when it was attacked last Sept. 11 — pictures that were available on Day One.
But of course on Day One, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was busy blaming a YouTube video for the murder of her ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans.
So was United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice five days later on all the Sunday talk shows.
The Obama administration had no time for real suspects, especially those possibly linked to an al-Qaida organization that we were told was on the run in a war on terror that was over.
"We are seeking information about three individuals who were on the grounds of the U.S. Special Mission when it was attacked," the FBI said in an Arabic release featuring the images.
"These individuals may be able to provide information to help in the investigation."
Well, it's about time, isn't it?
Contrast this Inspector Clouseau-like plea for help in identifying suspects eight months after the Benghazi attack with the quick release of suspect photos in the Boston Marathon bombing that led to their relatively quick apprehension.
Why wasn't this Benghazi trio immediately cast as three of America's most wanted? Why the difference?
CNN now reports that it's been told by a senior U.S. law enforcement official that "three or four members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula," or AQAP, took part in the attack and may have been deliberately dispatched there to help in the carefully planned and well-executed operation.
They were later traced to northern Mali, where they're believed to have been connected with a fighting group commanded by Moktar Belmokhtar, an Algerian terrorist linked to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for an attack on the In Amenas gas facility in southern Algeria in January.
Fox News is also reporting that the State Department's Office of Inspector General is investigating the special internal panel that probed the Benghazi attack for the State Department and whether the Accountability Review Board, or ARB, failed to interview key witnesses who had asked to provide their accounts of the Benghazi attacks to the panel.
This ARB report, which fails to mention the video "Innocence of Muslims," also failed to single out any individual officials for violating procedures and did not recommend any disciplinary action, despite the fact that the broad security failures resulted in the murders of Ambassador Stevens and three others.
In an interview for the Fox News program "Geraldo" taped Thursday afternoon and set to air over the weekend, Joe diGenova, a former U.S. attorney, told host Geraldo Rivera that he was representing a career State Department officer whom the board failed to interview. DiGenova called the ARB report a "cover-up."
DiGenova and his wife, Victoria Toensing, a former Justice Department official who represents another State Department whistle-blower in the Benghazi case, said their respective clients will testify at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
As we've written, Benghazi is a clear case of criminal negligence by this administration. Obama pledged to bring those responsible for the attack to justice. He lied.
So far, the only one jailed is the maker of that YouTube video. This is not an ongoing investigation. It's an ongoing cover-up.
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"You can be partisan, you can have a strong sense of the rightness of your position, but democracy and certainly legislative bodies require compromise, and you can't let compromise become a dirty word because then you veer towards fanaticism," she said. "I mean, we were just talking about extremists who think it's only their way, they're the ones who have the truth, none of the rest of us have any kind of claim on what is real, in their views." — Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
So how do liberals like her say such things and totally not mean a damn word of it?
And you're supposed to buy it!
Unreal.
"Those crazy crackers on the right — if they start with their very hateful language — that is going to kill them in the same way that they learned, at their little retreat, let's not talking about rape."- former DNC communications director Karen Finney
But "crackers" a 'racist' derisive word for white people isn't racist because a Liberal said it!
The same Karen Finney in 2012: "Look, I think it will be interesting to see if these guys rally around Herman Cain with as much veracity as they have these last couple of weeks now that it's clear that a whole other layer of black sexuality has been infused into this," Finney explained. "Also remember these women were ten years younger than we're seeing them now. So that whole power dynamic. This is an older man, this younger women. White women, Black man."
Nudge, Nudge say no More! 🙂
Researchers in Norway recently found that global warming is less severe than previously predicted by the United Nations climate authority, causing skeptics to argue that a growing body of data is on their side while experts cast doubt on the results."It's one in a substantial number of papers appearing in scientific literature within the last year or two, reducing the forecast global warming for the 21st century," Patrick Michaels, director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, told The Daily Caller News Foundation in an interview."This is just more evidence that the sensitivity was overestimated," he added.
But Super Storm Sandy was Global Warming!!!
Freezing weather is Global Warming.
Tsunamis are Global Warming.
"Forecasts for the 21st century that were made in the late 1990s had better be revised downward because it's very clear that we are going to go pretty close to a quarter of a century, at least, without a warming trend," Michaels told TheDC News Foundation.
Michaels made the same claim in a 2002 study that also found that global warming "will be modest and near the low end" of what the IPCC had projected in it's third assessment on climate change. Now, a growing number of scientists are starting to revise down their warming estimates for the 21st century.
"It's appropriate to jump off a ship when it begins to take on water," Michaels said, "If you look at the monthly temperature anomalies from the University of East Anglia you see no significant trend in any direction going back to the fall of 1996 which would put us at 17 years of no trend."
But if your religion is Global Warming then you can't violate your faith for science.
So the Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!
You must believe everything I say!
John Stossel: Watching President Obama's inaugural, I was confused. It looked like a new king was being crowned. Thousands cheered, like subjects worshipping nobility. At a time when America faces unsustainable debt and terrible economic troubles, why such pomp?Maybe it's because so many people tell themselves presidents can solve any problem, like fairy-tale kings — or gods.
And Obama and his 'bots (and Ministry of Truth) don't think so?Government can solve anything.
At his inaugural, President Obama himself said, "The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few."
But then Obama went on to say that his privileged few should force the rest of us to do a zillion things.
He said, "We must do these things, together." But what "together" means to big-government folks is that they have a vision — and all of us, together, must go deeper into debt to pay for their vision, even if we disagree.
We can afford this, as the president apparently told John Boehner, because America does not have a spending problem.
But, of course, we do have a spending problem, and a debt problem, and the president knows this.
But doesn't care. We just need more revenue!
The answer to over-spending drug addicts is to give them EVEN MORE DRUGS!
And if you don't you want to starve kids, kill grandma and force people in poverty!!
Senator Obama said this: "I rise, today, to talk about America's debt problem. The fact that we are here to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure and our government's reckless fiscal policies."
Sen. Obama went on: "Over the past five years, our federal debt has increased from $3.5 trillion to $8.6 trillion — and yes, I said trillion with a 'T'!"
But remember, the debt is all George Bush's Fault!!
So liberals will say anything with sound and fury, but it signifies nothing!
Nothing but Partisan pettiness.
And you're supposed to buy it.
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Shout Louder: Food For the Sowell V
An old-time trial lawyer once said, "When your case is weak, shout louder!"
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouted louder when asked about the Obama administration's story last fall that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. ambassador's quarters in Benghazi, Libya, was due to an anti-Islamic video that someone in the United States had put on the Internet, and thereby provoked a protest that escalated into violence.
She shouted:
"We had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make?"
Students of propaganda may admire the skill with which she misdirected people's attention.
After all, she is now running for President in 2016.
But those of us who are still old-fashioned enough to think that the truth matters cannot applaud her success.
Let's go back to square one.
After the attack on the American ambassador's quarters in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, the Obama administration immediately blamed it on the anti-Islamic video.
Moreover, this version of what happened was not just a passing remark. It was a story that the administration kept repeating insistently.
Hoax In High Places
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice repeated that story on five different television talk shows on the same Sunday. President Obama himself repeated the same story at the United Nations.
The man who put the anti-Islamic video on the Internet was arrested for a parole violation, creating more media coverage to keep attention on this theme.
"What difference, at this point, does it make?" Secretary Clinton now asks.
What difference did it make at the time?
Obviously the Obama administration thought it made a difference, with an election coming up. Prior to the attack, the administration's political theme was that Barack Obama had killed Osama bin Laden (with an assist from the Navy SEALs), vanquished al-Qaida and was now in the process of putting the terrorist threat behind us.
To have the attack in Benghazi be seen as a terrorist attack — and a devastating one — would have ruined this picture, with an election coming up.
"Mission Accomplished" Anyone? 🙂
The key question that remains unanswered to this day is:
What speck of evidence is there that the attack in Benghazi was due to the much-discussed video or that there was ever any protest demonstration outside the ambassador's quarters?
If there is no evidence whatever, then the whole attempt to say that a protest over a video escalated into an attack was a deliberate hoax by people who knew better.
There is no point in the administration saying that they did not have all the facts about the attack immediately. All the facts may never be known.
But the real question is:
Did you have even a single fact that would substantiate your repeated claims that some video led to a protest in Benghazi that got out of hand and led to the attack?
Interestingly, Hillary Clinton herself was not featured in this campaign, even though as secretary of State she was a key figure.
Hillary was not about to create video footage that could come back to haunt her if she runs for president of the United States in 2016.
In a larger context, the Benghazi attack showed that you cannot unilaterally end the "war on terror" or the terrorists' war on us, by declaring victory.
For years, the Bush administration's phrase "war on terror" was avoided like the plague by the Obama administration, even if that required the Fort Hood massacre to be classified as "workplace violence."
But, no matter how clever the rhetoric, reality nevertheless rears its ugly head.
Once the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi is seen for what it was — a highly coordinated and highly successful operation by terrorists who were said to have been vanquished — that calls into question the Obama administration's Middle East foreign policy.
That is why it still matters.
But Obama and his minions in The Ministry of Truth have moved on to other distractions, Gun Control and Amnesty.
Benghazi? What's that? Oh that thing, that's old news stop worrying about that. You're just trying to hurt the President by bringing that up. Go away….
We have the Coronation succession of Queen Hilary I to plan. Go away you partisan pests…
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Benghazi Update: Britons and all other westerners were told to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday after diplomats received warning of an "imminent" terror threat in the wake of the Algerian hostage siege.
By the way, "Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk last night who decided to kill some Brits? What difference at this point does it make? 🙂
A day after President Obama vowed an aggressive global war on global warming, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman delivered a political hot potato to the White House in the form of state approval of a re-routed Keystone XL pipeline.
Given the pressing domestic need for a) more reliable sources of oil and b) thousands of long-delayed, good-paying jobs, you might think federal approval of the endeavor with our closest neighbor and best friend is a gimme.
Ah, but we are just three days past the middle of the 2,922-day Obama era. So, it's much more complicated.
The 1,700-mile long pipeline is designed to carry 700,000 barrels a day of Canadian heavy crude oil from Alberta tar sands excavations to Gulf Coast refineries. The project would create thousands of construction jobs and reduce U.S. dependence on unreliable foreign oil sources, often cited by both American political parties as a good thing.
Heineman, a Republican, had rejected Trans-Canada's original route through important aquifers and the state's fragile Sand Hills region, a step the Obama crowd cited for its initial parallel rejection of the facility. A new study by the State Department, which must approve pipelines crossing international borders, isn't due until late March at the earliest.
By that time, of course, the Obama administration will have a new secretary of State in the form of John Kerry. The about-to-be-former senator has fallen hook, line and sailboat for the global warming bunkum, making approval appear iffy.
Environmentalists, who plan a White House pipeline protest next month, claim the extraction and combustion of such oil volumes would contribute catastrophically to global warming.
Unfortunately for that argument, it's not like a pipeline defeat will keep that oil in Canadian soil. It will just be exported through another pipeline to the West Coast for sale to China, while alienating the United States' best neighbor, closest ally and largest trading partner.
Both Republican congressional leaders sought to add approval pressure on Obama Tuesday. Said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:
"The President says he's for an all-of-the-above approach to energy and now it's time for him to live up to it. Nebraska has taken care of the issues the President raised when he denied the permit, so there's no more room for excuses or delays and it should be expeditiously approved."
Added House Speaker John Boehner:
"Nebraska's approval of a new Keystone XL pipeline route means there is no bureaucratic excuse, hurdle, or catch President Obama can use to delay this project any further. He and he alone stands in the way of tens of thousands of new jobs and energy security.
"Every state along the proposed route supports this project, as does a bipartisan coalition in Congress and a majority of Americans. I recognize all the political pressure the president faces, but with our energy security at stake and many jobs in limbo, he should find a way to say yes."
In his inaugural address Monday Obama gave numerous nods to his liberal base. "We will respond to the threat of climate change," he said, "knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations."
His full text and a complete C-SPAN video are available here.
But the Democrat, who has only 1,458 days left in office, also called for large-scale investments in the nation's infrastructure to stimulate new jobs and rebuild the country after a decade of war-drained finances.
Although Obama has never appeared bothered by adding some $6 trillion so far to the national debt, now north of $16.3 trillion, the job-creating pipeline expenditures would be private.
So, do you think Obama will choose to come down in favor of his jobs vow or his environmental vow?
Given Obama's long record of, shall we say, flexible vow-keeping, the answer is most likely, Yes. (IBD)
After all, he raised the payroll tax on everyone but it was the same as 2 years ago so he didn't "increase" it.
So expect doublespeak and much gnashing of someone elses teeth and blaming someone else for it.
That is only if they can't just ignore it all together.
What does it Matter? 🙂
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Stop Picking on Me!
"With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans," Clinton responded, raising her voice at Johnson, who continued to interrupt her. "Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk last night who decided to kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator."
Yeah, there's just this massive lying that went on for weeks and months. Nothing too serious.
Nothing to see here. Stop picking on me!
Gee, when George W Bush did something similar with "Yellow Cake from Niger" (an "intelligence failure") the Left spend years trying to "get him" and impeach him and destroy him utterly.
Here, they just want us to leave them alone and stop picking on them. Poor Bastards.
They just lied like a Persian rug. But because they are the superior race that can never be wrong and never ever take responsibility for being wrong it's just being nasty to call them on the carpet for lying.
She blames Congress (aka Republicans!, after all, doesn't every liberal politician) for a lack of funding for the embassy. Yet it it was the State Department itself that decided that the security would be pulled.
The "War on Terror" was over. We won! 🙂
"The Only Person That's In Jail Right Now Is The Filmmaker" Rep. Dana Rohrbacher.
And He didn't even do it! 🙂
As a reminder:
"I want to take a moment to take moment to address the video circulating on the internet that has led to these protests."
"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible. It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage," Clinton said. "But as I said yesterday there is no justification, none at all, for responding to this video with violence."
The Obama administration also used $70,000 in taxpayer money to purchase an advertisement apologizing for the video on Pakistani television. The ad included an official message from the President of the United States Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Clinton said, adding that she directed the response to the attack on 9/11, briefed President Obama and stood in the Rose Garden with him when he called it "a terrorist attack" on 9/12.
And we won't even get into Ambassador Rice who was dutiful stooge who lied repeatedly on TV for days on end and was obvious promised a promotion if she did so when she was nominated for his Cabinet not long after. Fortunately, for us she didn't get her booby prize.
But yet for weeks on end they blamed an Internet trailer and some of the more extreme on the left blame the "Congress" (aka Republicans) for it when that excuse was exposed as utter hogwash.
Today Clinton washed her hands of the situation, saying she did not choose Rice and did not help with talking points for her media appearances.
"People have accused Ambassador Rice and the administration of misleading Americans…nothing could be further than the truth," Clinton said. "I wasn't involved in the talking points process."
Clinton also said that nobody in the administration was or is "stuck on talking points."
ROTFL!!!!!!
An incumbent president covered up the truth about the murder of a U.S. ambassador and three other American personnel during the climax of his re-election campaign, even puppeteered his United Nations ambassador to echo the lie on five TV shows, all to cover up the incompetence of the Obama administration's counter-terrorism policies.
Anything that distracted from Obama's re-election message that "Osama bin Laden is dead" couldn't be let out if the president's re-election was to be assured.
Moreover, in Hillary's afternoon testimony an unrelenting Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., reduced her to floundering that "I may be going beyond my brief here," and to contradicting sworn testimony by deputy assistant secretary of state Charlene Lamb that the State Department observed what was happening at the U.S. facility in Benghazi in close to real time.
Instead of apologizing to the American people for the lies and her disheveled management of the State Department, Hillary used her testimony to shout at Republicans with a teary eye on 2016.
Exposing deceitfulness and incompetence in government makes a huge difference, Madam Secretary. (IBD)
But she a Liberal and Liberals are supposed to be able to get away with anything, after all because they are the superior life form capable of so much more than you petty little people.
Reps. Dana Rohrabacher, Matt Salmon and Mo Brooks mentioned the anti-Islam film originally blamed for the attack. Clinton danced around the subject by saying the investigation into what happened in Benghazi is ongoing. (townhall)
Aside: I voted for Matt Salmon when he ran against Janet "Big Sis" Napolitano for governor of Arizona. Love that guy.
"We have no doubt they were terrorists, they were militants, they attacked us, they killed our people but what was going on and why they were doing what they were doing is still unknown," Clinton said.
So if you have no doubt they were terrorist why were you blaming a Los Angeles Internet Filmmaker for WEEKS??
Oh right, there was a re-coronation to complete. 🙂
Then ends justify the means, after all.
This tedious waltz between culpability and blamelessness permeated the entire affair. Mrs. Clinton said she is ultimately responsible for Libya but that none of the particular failures manifested there were her fault. She claimed that heads have rolled at the State Department, but the three individuals who were removed from their posts remain on paid administrative leave. She assured Congress that the State Department was acting on umpteen recommendations of a review board, but maintained, broadly, that the system worked.
We had an Ambassador named Christopher Stevens
He died! he died!
Obama said he was killed by protestors
He lied! he lied!
Why oh why is my Ambassador dead?
Could it have been terrorism instead?
I had a 3 others named Security
They died…
(apologies to Lisa Simpson) :0
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Apparently, Jerry Seinfeld isn't a hugger! The comedian was mid-interview at a charity event Monday night, when Kesha attempted to hug him during a video bomb gone very wrong. Watch it here!
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