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Dahr Jamail | NASA Scientist Warns of Three to Four-Meter Sea Level Rise by 2200
Dahr Jamail,
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Robert Bindschadler, NASA emeritus scientist. (Photo: Robert Bindschadler)It is common knowledge in the climate change scientific community that governments around the world had better be planning for a one-meter rise in global sea levels by the end of this century.
What isn't common is for a world-renowned scientist to warn that there could be a greater rise than that before 2100 – in addition to a catastrophic two to three-meter rise by 2200, and worsening increases thereafter.
NASA emeritus scientist Robert Bindschadler, who worked for 35 years as a glaciologist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, is sounding these warnings.
He led 18 field expeditions to Antarctica, and has participated in many other expeditions to glaciers and ice caps around the world. Although he recently retired, he maintains an active interest in the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, investigating how remote sensing can be used to improve our understanding of the role of ice in the earth's climate.
He actively developed applications that measure ice velocity and elevation using both visible and radar imagery, monitor melt of and snowfall on ice sheets by microwave emissions, and detect changes in ice sheet volume by repeat space-borne radar altimetry (using satellites to measure ice sheet thickness).
Bindschadler, who has published over 130 scientific papers, has advised the US Congress and the vice president on the stability of ice sheets and ice shelves and served on many scientific commissions and study groups as an expert in glaciology and remote sensing of ice. He also has degrees in astronomy and physics.
A fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2001), Goddard Senior Fellow (2000), and recipient of the Excellence in Federal Career (1989) award, the Antarctic Service Medal (1984) and the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1994), Bindschadler continues to be a leader in the public conversation around the climate's impact on the world's ice sheets and glaciers.
Truthout recently sat down with Bindschadler for an interview about his concerns about Antarctic glaciers, why scientists are often loath to enter into the debate over anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD), massive sea level rise in the future, and what he thinks can be done.
Dahr Jamail: Over your storied career with NASA and in the Antarctic, can you start off by describing some of the early warning signs of ACD you witnessed?
Robert Bindschadler: There are places where ice sheets in Antarctica are getting a lot smaller a lot faster than we thought.
Our perspective was that we were going to see a very short interval of a very long time interval of change. Everybody knows ice sheets are very slow and they take a long time to respond. That was our perspective too, and that was what I learned about ice sheets when I was in graduate school.
But as the field and satellite data came in, the picture began to change. We were seeing changes on the time scale of a decade. These ice streams could switch on and off, sometimes very suddenly. The time frame of change was growing shorter and shorter.
We had thought millennia to centuries, but now we're seeing it in decades, and then we started seeing changes of even a few percent of speed in just a year or two. So we were reeling from one season's discoveries to the next.
So it was a really exciting time to be doing the work because traditional thought was being cast out again and again and again. Last year's ideas had to be revised with this years data. It was moving that fast.
As data began to come in of more rapid changes, we had the Keeling curve, and things were changing with CO2 and it really was having an impact on human time scales. The increasing awareness of what was happening on the increasingly shorter time scale was happening across the board in earth sciences. Everybody was starting to see this faster pace of change. Especially driven by the increase in greenhouse gases, CO2 really was driving the system faster.
We were driving the system hard and it was responding on observable time frames. We could see in our own data a change from when we started to make measurements, to this year's measurements. So ice began to be more integrated into the earth sciences view.
We continued to see more dramatic changes happening in shorter time scales, and this was reflected in the series of IPCC reports.
You played an active role with several of the IPCC reports, and knew many of the leading authors. How did the IPCC respond to these rapid chances in Antarctic glaciers and ice sheets and ice shelves you were seeing in the field on your expeditions?
The first of which, in 1990, didn't even really consider ice sheets because the time frame of interest was the next century. I had an explicit conversation with one of the lead authors of that report, and he said ice sheets weren't going to be included in the report because everybody knows they aren't going to change much in the next 100 years.
The next report comes out five years later, and there were published results that ice sheets had changed in Western Antarctica. This is where the big changes were always taking place, and this was the focus of the studies. We had seen enough evidence of past rapid change, so in that second IPCC report what was said was the likelihood of a big change in the Western Antarctic ice sheet was a high risk but low probability event. So we knew the impact of a change there would be large, but we didn't really understand why it would happen or when it would happen. So it was concluded it was unlikely to happen, because of our ignorance. So it was reported that loss of ice in Western Antarctica might raise sea level significantly, but don't lose sleep over it.
Then in the third IPCC report [2001] there was a growing awareness of how rapidly the ice sheets were changing right then, and all the hypothetical concern about marine ice sheet instability was not so hypothetical after all. And it might actually be happening right now. But the traditional view that was still dominant within the IPCC authorship group [was] that they didn't really buy into that yet.
Thus, the numbers they released on projected sea level rise weren't very extreme because they still didn't include the dynamic aspect of ice sheets.
Then we get up to the fourth IPCC report in 2007, and we were starting to get some models that incorporated our best understanding of the ice sheets that were showing that there might be some dramatic impact in terms of contribution to sea level. They were acknowledged, with verbiage like, ice sheet dynamics can change rapidly and contribute large amounts of water to cause excess sea level rise, but the dynamics are not well enough understood for predictive capability. The sea level numbers were pretty low, and the words around said they didn't really know how high they might go. So the story at that time was that we didn't really know what the numbers were.
I asked the head of Working Group I on that report which had ultimate responsibility for everything that was in the Working Group I report, I said, "All the words say don't trust the numbers; why are there numbers there at all?" She told me that governments insisted that there be numbers, that they gave them the table and said you put the numbers in this table. Thus, she felt compelled to do that because the report was not going to be accepted by the government until there were numbers in the table.
So now the most recent report is just out, and we worked very hard to use the best models we had of ice sheet dynamics.
Bindschadler believes a rapid disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is not out of the realm of possibility, and if it happened it would raise global sea levels by five meters. (Photo: Robert Bindschadler)
What information did you produce that was included in the most recent IPCC report?
When I talk to people who have to plan for what is coming, I tell them they better plan for one-meter global sea level rise by 2100. And that will come in the form of a one-foot rise by the middle of this century, and an additional two feet in the next 50 years. If I were a planner, that's what I would be planning on.
The first 10 years in this century were really dramatic, in terms of a lot of changes and some big outlet glaciers draining the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet. That's kind of quieted down a little bit, yet when the models are spun up with the best observations we have and they project into the future, you get results like what recently came out [a scientific report released in May 2014 showing how the continued melting of the massive West Antarctica ice sheet now appears to be unstoppable, and will most likely raise the global sea level 10 feet or more in coming centuries] and that this is irreversible.
It would be irresponsible of the scientific community to give false hope that we won't see a one-meter rise by 2100. So you'd better plan for that, and it might even be worse.
We are already seeing increasing temperatures of the oceans, and retreating glaciers across much of the globe. Explain the impact of increasing ocean temperatures on Antarctic ice shelves.
A one-degree Celsius temperature increase in the ocean water will increase your glacial melt rate by 10 meters per year in ice sheet thickness. This is a large number, because these ice sheets, including that of the Western Antarctic that is a shelf over the water, are just a few hundred meters thick so it can start thinning pretty rapidly. When you start thinning the ice shelf that essentially opens the valve, because the ice shelves are what are holding the ice sheet back. The ice shelves are corks in the bottle, and we are sure of this, because when the Larsen B ice shelf in the Antarctic suddenly disintegrated, the glaciers that fed that ice shelf suddenly sped up by factors of four and five.
Once you start melting the ice shelves more rapidly from underneath with this warm surface water that opens the valve, more ice leaves the continent, the ice sheet shrinks and the sea level goes up. And this phenomenon is the most pronounced in Antarctica, as it is the greatest impact for melting shelves and ice sheets and causing rising sea levels there on a short time scale.
Over your long career, what examples of the increasingly rapid changes in Antarctica had the most impact on you?
In graduate school we were indoctrinated into the thinking that an ice sheet changing its size significantly on a century time scale was as fast as you could expect. So that's where I started.
But we found places where the speed of the ice was changing in less than a decade.
Then came the real mind-blowing discovery, which was that an ice sheet flowing into the Ross Ice Shelf would move faster or slower in sync with the tide. We'd never contemplated such dynamism in such a massive ice system stopping and starting on a dime.
This reinforced what we don't know, and bringing this around to climate change and its impact on sea level, we need to talk about tidewater glaciers, like those in fjords and which are common around Alaska.
We are seeing tidewater glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica now receding episodically. Although the ice sheet is losing mass consistently, it's through the combination of a few outlet glaciers retreating in this episodic fashion and because there are so many of them and they are asynchronous, it adds up to a smoother reduction in the size of the ice sheet.
So in the last 10 years there have been three very large outlet glaciers that have dramatically expressed this episodic retreat and that has been driving the loss of ice in Greenland. But they now have retreated to their next quasi-stable position so they are relatively quiet right now, but they continue to thin, so we know in the future they will go through another jump. In the case of Antarctica, the recent IPCC report shows us as a model of this happening – that once an ice sheet retreats back past what was holding it in place, retreat becomes irreversible.
So tidewater glacier retreat is clearly being impacted by climate change.
And how does this apply to Western Antarctica?
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is the only marine-based ice sheet left on the planet.
If we were to see the West Antarctic Ice Sheet go, we would expect to see dramatic retreat, thinning at the margins, production of large icebergs, initial stages of episodic retreats . . . that's what we think it would look like.
So when you compare that list of characteristics with what we have observed, it's just a one-to-one match.
So that's exactly what we see happening. So there is every reason to think that our view of how this irreversible retreat would manifest in the early stages, there is every reason to think that that is what is happening, because that is what we are observing.
What does that do to the one meter predicted sea level rise?
What doesn't get talked about enough regarding sea level rise by the end of this century is that we never talk about what happens in the next century and the next century and the century after that.
We are just at the beginning stages. If it's one meter by 2100, then it's probably two or three meters by the end of the following century. It is an increasing curve.
As more ice sheets come into play, there is enough ice in all the ice sheets to raise sea level 80 meters.
Every time the earth has gotten warmer, there is less ice and higher sea levels. So those mega-facts are hanging out there and they don't change. So it's against that backdrop that you have to look at the decade and century time scale change and know that that is just the beginning of a longer sustained trajectory of continued ice loss.
Greenland itself has enough ice to raise sea levels five meters, and West Antarctica about the same size.
Is it possible that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse in a rapid fashion?
What was not included in the recently released report was a higher rate of basal melt. [Basal sliding is the act of a glacier sliding over ground due it being lubricated underneath from meltwater.] That report didn't include this. Had it included this factor, more sudden retreat, meaning that happening before 2100, could be initiated at any time by putting more heat in the water underneath the ice shelf. That was a modeling study, and the number was chosen based on a number chosen for the water under the ice shelf.
And if that number becomes higher, all of this could happen sooner.
Scientists like yourself are under increasing pressure to produce information about human-driven climate disruption. How do you deal with the challenge and responsibility of communicating your science to the general public?
Jim Hansen, who is a very good friend of mine, has been standing up and taking the arrows.
The shortening of the time scale that glaciers can now contribute to sea level rise and climate change drew me into the debate. And the science is solid. There's no question about it. Even in the early days it was solid. So I came down hard on the side of yes, it is happening, and I can speak to that when it comes to sea level going up as a result of shrinking ice sheets. That is going to happen.
That gave me my entrance onto the stage where these nasty debates are going on. I wasn't that far away from the general expectation within the scientific community that said that as long as we spoke from the facts, and stayed secure with our caveats that have to be there, we will be listened to and it will have a positive effect on necessary policies that need to start being put in place. It was that naïve expectation that we're the experts, and scientists are usually pretty well regarded as credible, and that's never changed.
But there was such a strong blowback from climate change skeptics and deniers, using their bad science, and we felt there was a failing in the reporting of that, and even though the vast majority of the scientists, and back in those days it was 90 to 10 percent, it would still be reported as an equal debate.
I would say the other side was disingenuous. Once the debate had gone on long enough that observations were collected that showed that some of the other side's arguments weren't holding up, and there were fewer and fewer legitimately credentialed earth scientists taking the denial side, so it became a thinner and thinner argument to counter. But yet it was very effectively executed, and earth scientists were effectively drawn into discussing uncertainty, which only served to add currency to the other side, as their currency was doubt.
Bindschadler believes one of the things scientists must learn to do better is communicate the information they produce. (Photo: Robert Bindschadler)We could see where we wanted the information and the dialogue to go, and it wasn't going that way and there was a lot of frustration around that. In fact, public opinion around climate change as fact or fantasy showed the poll numbers going the way of fantasy. It became frustrating to the point where I just withdrew from all of it. I figured that we are on the right side, and eventually there'll just be so much data that it will be unavoidable and it's unfortunate that there'll likely be some increased suffering cost involved, but I've done what I can.
The other thing that led me into a retreat is you would go out there and try to limit your emphasis on caveats and speak more crisply or without the caveats and with more black and white and you would be shot in the back by your colleagues. So I would be quoted in the paper making a rather bold statement and a colleague would call me out and say, well you didn't mention the uncertainty factor, and sounds like you know more than you know you do. But you have to consider the audience. If all you do is lace it with uncertainty, it gives them reason to do nothing.
But there was not uniform agreement within the scientific community that that was the way to go. So I retreated.
But nothing has changed in the United States.
Others like Jim Hansen and Steve Schneider and some other very high profile people were still out there fighting the good fight and having the courage of conviction and the need to say what they knew. I had a personal conversation with Jim about this. He has suffered emotionally, mightily, for sticking to his decision to not shut up.
I was on a cruise to Antarctica with Al Gore's climate reality project. Al called me up when I was in the field saying I couldn't come, but I ended up being able to go as the Antarctic expert on the cruise, along with Hansen and a couple of others. We each had five minutes to present. What was telling is that Jim Hansen gave 60 seconds of science, and eight minutes of his personal story, and he was drawn into this because he saw the future in the models. He cares so deeply about his grandchildren and that is where he finds the strength to keep going.
So I spend a lot of my time speaking of his courage. His example has strongly affected my willingness to get back into the fight, but to fight smarter and more effectively.
But you should know that scientists get no rewards within their own institutions or within their own community, for speaking out like that. But now I don't need that support. I'm not seeking a promotion. I can just talk about the science. I can use my freedom to really say it, and not be concerned about keeping my colleagues happy.
I talk to my own colleagues still, and I talk about effective communication. We spend too much time talking about what we don't know, because in the office that is where we do our work: knocking down those barriers that stand between what we know and don't know, and discovering what we didn't know.
When we talk to all these other audiences we have to emphasize what we already know.
Trust has become incredibly important. Your credentials may not matter as much as some voice on the radio that an audience is listening to you. I might be branded a liberal as a means of tarnishing the shining credibility I have for being affiliated with NASA.
Given your newfound latitude to speak more freely, what is your message now?
I still keep up on the science so I can speak credibly. But to work on the federal level is so frustrating, and I don't think there will be significant action there until there is a stronger base upon which it can be built. I continued to hear from the Congress people that I talked to, even if they were a proponent of strong policy for climate change, adaptation and mitigation, their hands are tied in a variety of ways.
So they will all say that until I hear it from my constituents, I'm not going to do anything. Even politicians whose politics I don't care for that much, they are not going to be the leaders who are going to enact significantly important legislation until they hear it from their constituents.
So that brings me to having conversations with locals because they are with whom you can build trust and have some commonality. The difficult step is getting them to speak out so politicians hear their concerns about this issue. That's the piece I'm uncertain about how to be effective with, but I think that's a shorter path to actually getting favorable legislation enacted then traveling to DC and trying to work through Congress.
So I'm trying to find out how to be more effective. But I can't just set all that I know aside, so my decisions have been to work on a local scale and be a spokesperson for the scientists.
I'm on a local climate action committee now, and doing what I can to help inform people.
I have my four-step program about why you have to accept human-driven climate change, and this is what I tell people now.
Keeling's curve and the fact that we know CO2 is going up. We know the physics of if you put CO2 into the atmosphere we know what is going to happen. That is physics. You can't deny that; you can't deny the Keeling curve that we've been pumping it in there. We know how much fossil fuels we're taking out of the ground, and we know how much we're burning and it's traceable. And all the projections of climate models are becoming observable facts.
That's all you need. It's real straightforward.
Dahr Jamail, a Truthout contributing writer, Board of Advisers member and former staff reporter, is the author of The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption (The New Press, 2019), The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (Haymarket Books, 2009), and Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq (Haymarket Books, 2007). Jamail reported from Iraq for more than a year, as well as from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey over the last 10 years, and has won the Izzy Award and the Martha Gellhorn Award for Investigative Journalism, among other awards. His third book, The Mass Destruction of Iraq: Why It Is Happening, and Who Is Responsible, co-written with William Rivers Pitt, is available now on Amazon. He lives and works in Washington State.
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Black or White Thinking: This is an 'and/or' mentality that represents inflexible thinking. Something must be either one way or another and there is no in between. Thinking in this way makes it difficult to collaborate, brainstorm, give and receive feedback, and think outside of the box.
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Should / Must Statements: Here are some examples of this type of dysfunctional behavior: "We have to do it this way, this is how we've always done it." Or "You should go to the business event otherwise people will think you're being rude". Use caution before using the words "should, must, have to" and the like.
Emotional Reasoning: This is the act of justifying – your behavior or the behavior of another. There is a difference between explaining and justifying. Explaining is about relaying the facts and taking accountability during the explanation. Emotional reasoning, or justifying, is about trying to get yourself or someone else off the hook.
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Jumping to Conclusions: Similar to mind reading, jumping to conclusions is about thinking that you know the future outcome. However, when you're mind reading you are focused on someone else and what they might say or do next. Jumping to conclusions usually happens when you are trying to predict the outcome of a situation.
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Japan's interminable winter for cryptocurrency exchanges seems to have thawed.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan's top financial watchdog, told crypto news site Bitcoin.com that 110 exchanges are in "various stages of registration."
In 2018, the FSA, did not grant approval for any crypto exchanges to begin operating in the country. The year prior, the agency had approved 16 new exchanges.
Additionally, in 2018 the FSA began issuing "improvement orders" to preempt potential cases of fraud or KYC noncompliance and started conducting on-site inspections.
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Falafelicious: A tribute to Arab dishes before 'Veganuary' comes to an end
8. For the love of Mc...dous
Some may say it's hard being vegan in an Arab country as the love for meat butchers even the healthiest of us. But come to think of it, there are so many Arab dishes that are inherently vegan, making it pretty easy to resist the meat-stuffed meals altogether.
In honor of Veganuary, here are some delicious Arab dishes that are also vegan-friendly:
1. Falafel turned falafel burgers
Seriously, who can say no to falafel? These little bundles of chickpeas and fava beans have spread to become a worldwide treat. So much so that different variations of the meal have been born including a falafel burger ... because who needs lahme, right?
2. Hummus in all its (hipster) forms
Tahini is something the Arabs have blessed the world with. Hummus is the only mezze that cannot (and does not) have any haters. Over the years, the concept of "hummus making" has expanded to include beetroot hummus, chocolate hummus, and avocado hummus to name a few. Not that we're sure that's a good thing, but hey, it gives vegans more mezze options.
3. Fattoush vs. Tabbouleh is not really a competition in the field of veganism
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4. Potatoes, tomatoes, burghul, and whatnot
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5. Lentils in the form of yellow/brown soup, mdardra, or mjadara
Yes, it's sometimes seen as a home-cooked dish that your mother would traditionally make, but these lentil-based dishes are a great option for vegans. They're also easy to make if you're ever missing your mama's food.
You can opt to make either yellow or brown lentil soup to keep you warm on a winter night ... or you can make mjadara/mdardra when you're hungry and broke.
6. Speaking of bloating, can't forget fool mdammas
Although it's slightly different in each country and even by region, fool mdammas is a staple in many Arab countries. Whether prepared as a paste and put in a sandwich or served in a bowl with oil and chopped veggies, this protein-rich option provides a great addition to any Arab meal.
7. Carb overload with koushari
The national dish of Egypt is also vegetarian, containing rice, lentils, and macaroni noodles with spicy sauce on top. OK, you may suffer from a carb coma after eating it, but it's definitely worth it!
If you love aubergines, walnuts, pepper, garlic, and olive oil ... then you're in for a treat with makdous. These oil-cured tangy eggplants make for the perfect vegan snack.
9. Zaatar or spinach pastries (aka manoushe and fatayer)
Though traditionally served for breakfast in the Levant region, the zaatar manoushe is known to transcend all-time limits. It can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even as a snack (who's judging?) and still keep you coming back for more. The same can be said about the spinach fatayer. Best part? They're both vegan for life.
10. Soaked in red with muhammara
Believed to have originated in Syria, this spicy dish – made of walnuts, spicy peppers, breadcrumbs, and olive oil – is popular in the Levant and Turkey. Just spread it on some traditional Arab bread and indulge in every bite; just make sure to keep a glass of water nearby in case the spices get to you.
'LOLLAR' At Me: A term coined after the fall of the Lebanese banking system
This Saudi princess is now representing the kingdom at the UNESCO


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Foundation / Jamaica / Marley / Reggae
Ten Great Bob Marley Songs You Probably Never Heard
by Boomshots on Feb 6, 2016 • 7:23 pm 2 Comments
The Songs That Made The Gong A Legend Are Not All On Legend
Bob Marley's greatest hits collection Legend is the top-selling reggae album of all time, with at least 15 million copies sold—according to the RIAA website. It's a good bet the actual numbers are a lot higher, but let's just say that the 15 tracks on that album have served as most people's introduction to the Tuff Gong—and to reggae music overall. But like the song says, "Half the story has never been told." Even if you've collected all of Marley's albums for Island Records you could still spend a lifetime exploring his work with Scratch Perry, Coxsone Dodd, Leslie Kong, Danny Sims, or Randy's Studio 17. In honor of Robert Nesta Marley's 71st Birthday, we've gathered some of our favorite rarities and under-rated Marley classics. Most will come as a revelation to your average Legend listener. A serious reggae fan will have heard at least a few before. If you know all ten of these already, nuff respect. Rock on, Tuff Gong. Audio After The Jump…
"Babylon Feel Dis One"
According to Roger Steffens & Leroy Jodie Pierson's Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography, this officially unreleased gem was a rough demo laid down during Bob Marley's last-ever recorded session. Thirty-six years later it hits harder than ever.
"She Used To Call Me Dada"
Bob Marley sang some beautiful love songs, few of them as sad as this one, an unreleased out-take from the Survival sessions that didn't exactly fit the theme of the album, which featured tracks like "Africa Unite" and "Zimbabwe." Leaving aside all speculation as to who may have inspired the song, this poignant slice of heartbreak is as real as it gets.
"Rockin' Steady"
While visiting Jamaica, American recording artist Johnny Nash discovered Bob Marley and quickly recruited him to work with JAD Records, the label he formed with his business partner Danny Sims. (Nash recorded some of Marley's best-known compositions,.) Although the deal would prove to be short lived, some worthwhile music survives—including this smooth, sweet pop song about the latest dance craze sweeping the island.
"Who Colt The Game?"
A 1977 Scratch Perry production, this tune uses the metaphor of cheating at cards and dominoes to express the wickedness of the Babylon system as it downpresses poor people. "Natty Dread want a shuffle," Bob sings passionately, "Not looking for nothing to scuffle."
This little-known 1975 Tuff Gong single predates the popular American miniseries by two years. Re-issed on the 1986 Island Records compilation Rebel Music, it "Some a leaf, some a branches," Bob observes. "I and I are the roots." Ah true.
"High Tide Or Low Tide"
One of the sweetest songs Bob Marley ever sang, this profession of undying devotion—addressed to a friend moreso than a lover—that segues into a memory of his mother praying for him as a child. "Jah guide and protect us," he sings as if he's wrenching every note from his very soul, "when we're wrong correct us." Hauntingly beautiful.
"Jah Live"
After the international press reported the death of Emperor Haile Selassie I on 27 August 1975, at the age of 83, following a coup d'etat, devout Rastfarians were understandably distraught. After all, as another of Bob's rarest songs—"Selassie Is The Chapel" makes clear—the Ethiopian Emperor was regarded as more than a Black King, he was a fulfillment of prophecy, a deity incarnate. ("Selassie is the Chapel" would need to be included on this list had Stephen Marley not made the song so popular thanks to the amazing cover version he included on his classic album Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life) The story is told that Bob's firstborn child Cedella asked her father what to make of all the controversy, he wrote this song for her. Like so many of Bob's compositions it's simple enough for a child to undestand, but the "children" he addresses in the chorus certainly included all the Rasta faithful around the world.
"Screwface"
This self-produced Wailers selection on the original Tuff gong label finds Bob backed by Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh, declaring that "not even the pestilence that crawleth by night can do me no wrong." A "Screwface" is a bad bwoy who twists up his facial features in hopes of causing maximum intimidation. The lyrics are based on an old Jamaican folk saying: "Duppy know who fi frighten." In other words ghosts are only seen by easily scared people. And since The Wailing Wailers' mentor Joe Higgs used to have them rehearse in a cemetery to cure them of stage fright, you can be these Trenchtown toughies were not worried about any screwface in their path.
"Craven Choke Puppy"
More Jamaican folk wisdom set to music, the song describes a greedy dog who tries to eat so much he chokes. Whosoever has ears to hear, let them hear, draw their own conclusions, and perhaps even keep their mouths shut.
"Mr. Chatterbox"
Many roots reggae aficionados like to hold up Marley as some sort of idealized paragon of righteousness and all-around good behavior in contrast to the wicked, nasty, rude boys who make dancehall music. Let's not get it twisted, they didn't call Bob the Tuff Gong because he was soft. In this tune, recorded at Randy's Studio 17, Bob . It's not exactly the same as Bounty Killer chanting "Spy Fi Die," but when he says "I know you will regret," believe it.
LEGEND TRACK LIST
1. "Is This Love" Bob Marley Kaya (1978) 3:50
2. "No Woman, No Cry" (live) Marley, Vincent Ford Live! (1975) 7:08
3. "Could You Be Loved" Marley Uprising (1980) 3:57
4. "Three Little Birds" Marley Exodus (1977) 3:00
5. "Buffalo Soldier" Marley, Noel Williams Confrontation (1983) 4:18
6. "Get Up, Stand Up" Marley, Peter Tosh Burnin' (1973) 3:17
7. "Stir It Up" Marley Catch a Fire (1973) 5:30
8. "Easy Skanking" (bonus track) Marley Kaya (1978) 2:57
9. "One Love / People Get Ready" Marley, Curtis Mayfield Exodus (1977) 2:52
10. "I Shot the Sheriff" Marley Burnin' (1973) 4:40
11. "Waiting in Vain" Marley Exodus (1977) 4:16
12. "Redemption Song" Marley Uprising (1980) 3:48
13. "Satisfy My Soul" Marley Kaya (1978) 4:31
14. "Exodus" Marley Exodus (1977) 7:40
15. "Jamming" Marley Exodus (1977) 3:31
16. "Punky Reggae Party" (bonus track) Marley, Lee Perry Exodus (1977) 6:52
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Gilbert Mwangi says:
Interesting piece about Tuff Gong…I like!
I know Bob Marley had some songs before reggae. there's one song in particular I can't remember Bob Marley sing some oldies. I know for a fact this is true!


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The Communist Economic Challenge (1965) examines the substantial industrial development in the Soviet Union, and its European satellites, and China, looking at Khrushchev's boast that by 1970 the USSR's industrial output would surpass that of the USA. The book analyses the communist record, and evaluates the reality of the Soviet claims that its growth was a mark of the 'inherent superiority' of its economic system over capitalism.
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James Dover Grant CBE (Coventry, 29 de outubro de 1954), mais conhecido pelo pseudônimo Lee Child, é um escritor nascido na Inglaterra que escreve livros do gênero thriller (não confundir com a escritora francesa Blanche Lee Childe).

Seu primeiro livro,  (no original Killing Floor), ganhou o prêmio Anthony Award por melhor romance de estreia. As obras de Lee Child contam as aventuras de Jack Reacher, um ex-policial do exército americano que envolve-se em situações de risco ao combater personagens que infringem a lei. É publicado em 36 línguas.

Desde 1998, Lee Child vive no estado de Nova York.

O início
Lee Child nasceu em Coventry, na Inglaterra, mas seus pais mudaram-se com ele e seus três irmãos para Handsworth Wood, em Birmingham, quando ele tinha quatro anos, em busca de melhores condições de vida.

Ele frequentou a escola King Edward's, em Birmingham - frequentada também por J.R.R. Tolkien e Enoch Powell. Seu pai era funcionário público e seu irmão mais novo, Andrew Grant, também é escritor.

Em 1974, aos 20 anos, Grant cursou a Direito na Universidade de Sheffield, em Sheffield, embora não tivesse intenção de se tornar advogado. No período da faculdade, trabalhou nos bastidores de um teatro. Quando se formou, ao invés de seguir o Direito, conseguiu um emprego na área comercial de um canal de TV.

A carreira
Grant entrou na Granada Television, que faz parte da ITV do Reino Unido, em Manchester, como diretor de apresentação. Lá, ele esteve envolvido com diversos programas, incluindo Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, e Cracker. Ficou envolvido na transmissão de mais de 40 mil horas de programação para a Granada, escreveu milhares de anúncios publicitários, notícias e trailers. Permaneceu na emissora de 1977 a 1995.

Depois de ser despedido por causa de uma reestruturação na empresa, aos 40 anos de idade, ele decidiu que queria começar a escrever romances, afirmando que são "a mais pura forma de entretenimento". Em 1997, seu primeiro livro,  (no original Killing Floor), foi publicado. Em 1998, mudou-se para os EUA.

Em 2007, Grant colaborou com quatorze outros escritores para criar a série The Chopin Manuscript, narrado por Alfred Molina, que foi transmitido semanalmente na Audible.com, de 25 de setembro de 2007 até 13 de Novembro de 2007.

Obras

The Visitor foi lançado nos Estados Unidos sob o título "Running Blind".

Os livros protagonizados por Jack Reacher são quase todos escritos em terceira pessoa. Apenas seis livros fogem a esse padrão, apresentando uma narração em primeira pessoa sob o ponto de vista do protagonista: Killing Floor, Persuader, The Enemy, Gone Tomorrow, The Affair, e Personal.

One Shot foi adaptado para o cinema em 2012 pelo cineasta Christopher McQuarrie, e estrelado por Tom Cruise no papel de Jack Reacher. Subsequentemente, o livro foi relançado no Brasil com o título "O Último Tiro".

Em 2016, foi a vez do livro Never Go Back ser adaptado para o cinema, dessa vez pelas mãos do cineasta Edward Zwick.

Outros
 No Middle Name (2017, livro de contos)

Histórias curtas
- "James Penney's New Identity", do livro "Fresh Blood 3" (editado por Mike Ripley e Maxim Jakubowski) e do livro "Thriller" (US)

- "The Snake Eater by the Numbers", do livro "Like a Charm" (editado por Karin Slaughter)

- "Ten Keys", do livro "The Cocaine Chronicles" (editado por Jervey Tervalon e Gary Phillips)

- "The Greatest Trick of All", do livro "Greatest Hits" (editado por Robert J Randisi)

- "Guy Walks Into a Bar...", publicado no jornal "The New York Times" em 6 de junho de 2009

Adaptações
 Jack Reacher (2012), filme basedo no livro One Shot.
 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), filme basedo no livro Never Go Back.
 Reacher (2022), série do Amazon Prime.

Prêmios
 2005, The Bob Kellogg Good Citizen Award pela notável contribuição para a Comunidade dos Escritores On-Line.
 Vencedor do Anthony Award e do Barry Award
 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2011
 Specsavers' National Book Award, Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year
 Vencedor do WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award

Honraria
Grant foi nomeado comendador da Ordem do Império Britânico(CBE) nas honras de aniversário da rainha em 2019 por serviços prestados na literatura.

Ver também
 Jack Reacher

Ligações externas

 Entrevista para o jornal Daily Telegraph, abril 2007
 Site Oficial Lee Child's & Jack Reacher's
 UK Publisher Web Site – Forum, jogos e quiz sobre Jack Reacher

Nascidos em 1954
Romancistas da Inglaterra
Escritores de suspense
Naturais de Coventry
Escritores de literatura policial


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1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution which deals with each state's sovereign immunity is ratified.
1900 - Labour Party forms in England
1904 – A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours
1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
1928 - 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
1935 – The board game Monopoly is invented.
1940 – The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
1951 – Korean War - Sancheong-Hamyang massacre
1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1969 - Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since they were both discovered
1983 - 1st female secretary of transportation is sworn in (Elizabeth Dole)
1984 - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II, and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit during the STS-41-B Mission
1990 - The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan
1964 - The Beatles arrive in the US for the first time, arriving at New York's JFK airport to 5,000 screaming Beatles fans
1966 - The Beach Boys' album Summer Days is certified gold
1966 - The Beatles, Nowhere Man is released
1970 - Johnny Cash's album Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is certified gold
1970 - Shocking Blue's, Venus hits #1
1974 - Barry White's Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up, and his album Stone Gon' are certified gold
1974 -The Love Unlimited Orchestra's Love's Theme, and their album Under the Influence of Love Unlimited are certified gold
1976 - Paul Simon's Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover hits #1
1976 - Bob Dylan's album Desire hits #1
1981 - Kool & The Gang's Celebration hits #1
1981 - John Lennon hits #1 in the UK with Woman, inspired by his wife Yoko Ono
1985 - Frank Sinatra's New York, New York becomes the official anthem of New York City.
1987 - George Michael and Aretha Franklin hit #1 in the UK with I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
1987 - Madonna hits #1 with Open Your Heart
1999 - Blondie hits #1 in the UK with Maria
George Michael and Aretha Franklin's, I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) hit number 1 on February 7, in 1987 in the United Kingdom. I am a huge fan of both of them, so I thought this was a fantastic duet pairing.
1884 - Canadian Rugby Football Union forms
1949 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1958 - Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1959 - Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
1969 - Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
1976 – Darryl Sittler sets an NHL record for scoring 10 points in a single game.
1987 - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1987 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1991 - Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
2010 - Super Bowl XLIV; New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first super bowl
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Plymouth High School Football shut down for two weeks due to COVID
By: Jonathan Bailey
Posted: Sep 30, 2020 12:27 AM EST
NOW: Plymouth High School Football shut down for two weeks due to COVID
PLYMOUTH, Ind.--- The Marshall County Department of Health has shut down the Plymouth High School Football team for two weeks due to a coach testing positive for Coronavirus. The team will not be able to practice, attend classes in person, and will have to cancel it's upcoming games during that time period.
The Rockies were supposed to play Concord on Friday and Goshen on October 9th. Concord will now host Eastside High School on Friday.
"We got preliminary word this morning from their athletic director that there might be something up so we began aggressively pursuing things this morning and then got the word around noon that they were definitely out of business," said Concord Athletic Director Dave Preheim.
Goshen has not yet revealed if it will replace its October 9th opponent.


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WATCH: Canadiens rookie Juraj Slafkovsky, No. 1 pick in 2022 NHL Draft, scores first career goal
November 5, 2022 by SoccerStream
Juraj Slafkovsky scored his initially of what is probably to be many NHL aims on Thursday night. The Canadiens rookie, who was the best decide on in the 2022 draft, scored one of four unassisted tallies on the night in a 6-2 earn about the Arizona Coyotes.
At the 8:17 mark of the next period of time, the Coyotes ended up attempting to very clear the puck out of the zone, but Slafkovsky was capable to retain it in due to fantastic forechecking by the Canadiens. Slafkovsky then skated proper into the deal with-off circle and ripped a shot previous Coyotes goaltender Connor Ingram.
It was also Slafkovsky's very first position of his NHL career.
Slafkovsky grew to become the fourth-youngest participant in workforce historical past to score a purpose as he did so at 18 a long time, 204 times outdated. Only Mario Tremblay (18 decades, 75 times on Nov. 16, 1974), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (18 years, 118 days on Nov. 1, 2018) and Claude Lemieux (18 a long time, 141 days on Dec. 4, 1983) were young.
In addition, Slafkovsky did come to be the youngest Slovak-born player in NHL heritage to rating his very first profession target, as he topped Marian Gaborik, who beforehand held the document at 18 a long time, 235 times.
"It really is remarkable. To rating my first goal in this building, it can be a desire come real for positive," Slafkovsky reported, in accordance to ESPN. "I consider almost nothing greater could take place right after a to start with NHL intention than what took place out there."
Habs mentor Martin St. Louis commended Slafkovsky for his play and managing the force of getting these types of a youthful NHL player.
"I am content for the child," St. Louis claimed. "There is certainly a great deal of stress for an 18-year-outdated, 1st all round pick, to play here in Montreal and the followers created a nice gesture to really encourage the child scoring his 1st aim. I was anticipating absolutely nothing much less, we have magnificent supporters."
Slafkovsky's initial occupation goal arrived on a night in which the Canadiens' offense was absolutely buzzing. Josh Anderson, Cole Caulfield and Brendan Gallagher all scored aims in the 1st 7:17 of the opening period to give Montreal an early 3- advantage just before any one could even blink.
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Having Hollywood stars as your guests will undoubtedly make your birthday a very memorable one.
Tim Yap was fortunate enough to have British actress Rachel Weisz and American actor Jeremy Renner as guests for his birthday party held recently.
The Bourne Legacy stars are currently in Manila to shoot scenes for the Hollywood spy thriller.
On January 17, Tim Yap posted this update on his Twitter account: "First hour of my birthday last night was spent getting to know Rachel Weisz. What a down-to-earth, intellectual soul!"
When he was asked if Jeremy Renner was present during the party, the TV host answered, "He was there too but I didn't get to really chat with him as I was more fascinated by Rachel's presence :-)"
On that same night, photographer Mark Nicdao also uploaded a photo of KC Concepcion through the microblogging site. In the photo (shown above) shared publicly through Twitter, it can be seen that Rachel has her arm around KC's shoulders.
Meanwhile, Iza Calzado used the microblogging site to express her excitement over meeting the two Hollywood stars.
She published this in her Twitter account: "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh I just met Rachel Weisz and Jeremy Renner!!!!!! I love Rachel. Parang sasabog Ang puso Ko #fanmode"
In an interview with GMA News, Iza admitted: "I was so honored to be in her presence. Madali talaga akong ma-starstruck, hindi n'yo lang alam. I was just in awe.
Garlic Garcia, another guest present during the event, shared a photo of Tim seated beside Rachel as they blew on a cake slice.
She provided this as the caption of the said photo: "Happy Bday to our beloved @officialTIMYAP blowing his bday cake w/ no less than THE RACHEL WEISZ! Love you!"
FILIPINOS IN THE BOURNE LEGACY. Based on the website of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the cast and crew of The Bourne Legacy are expected to shoot in the Philippines until February 2012.
There will also be crucial scenes to be shot in El Nido, Palawan.
According to a report of GMA News, there are several Filipino actors who will be part of this international film.
The said report quoted Lou Veloso as saying that auditions for the movie took place in September 2011. Aside from Lou, John Arcilla will also be part of the fourth installment of the Bourne franchise.
Veteran performers Madeleine Nicolas, Ermie Concepcion, and Lilia Cuntapay also succeeded in passing the auditions for the cast. The 76-year-old actress, Lilia Cuntapay, is best known as an extra in local horror flicks. She was hailed as Best Actress during the 7th Cinema One Originals for the indie film Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay.


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Q: Dart Operators : The name 'b' isn't a type and can't be used in an 'is' expression I'm new to dart and reading about dart operators. In the book fluter in Action by Eric Windmill (Chapter 2, 2.24, page 34) the auther says:
is and is! verify that two objects are of the same type. They are equivalent to == and !=.
Trying to implement this as shown in the code below
void main() {
    int a = 7;
    int b = 2;
    bool z = a == b; // It works when I use the equals symbol
    print('Result: $z');
}

But when I use the ```is`` keyword, I get an error
void main() {
    int a = 7;
    int b = 2;
    bool z = a is b; // It doesn't work here
    print('Result: $z');
}

Error
The name 'b' isn't a type and can't be used in an 'is' expression.
Try correcting the name to match an existing type.

A: Not sure what the context of that statement is but is and is! is not the same as == and != in the sense that they does the same. I guess what the want to explain, is that the opposite of is is is! like the opposite of == is !=.
== is used to check if two objects are equal (based on what this object at left side defines to be equal). So for int we return true when using == if both numbers have the same numeric value.
The is operator is used to test if a given object does implement a given interface. An example:
void main() {
  Object myList = <int>[];

  if (myList is List<int>) {
    print('We have a list of numbers.');
  }
}

The error you are getting are telling you that for using is you need to provide an actual type at the right side of the is and not an object instance.

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DeepMind AI group moves from Torch framework to Google's own TensorFlow
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Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) research group today announced that for all future research it will use TensorFlow, a machine learning library that Google open-sourced last year, instead of Torch, an older framework.
The move suggests that some of Google's brightest AI minds are convinced of the promise of Google's own open source software; TensorFlow is now good enough for DeepMind.
"We believe that TensorFlow will enable us to execute our ambitious research goals at much larger scale and an even faster pace, providing us with a unique opportunity to further accelerate our research programme," Koray Kavukcuoglu, a research scientist at Google DeepMind and one of Torch's core contributors, wrote in a blog post.
This is important because of DeepMind's considerable capabilities — earlier this year its AlphaGo AI player of the ancient Chinese board game Go beat top-ranked Go player Lee Sedol.
To be sure, DeepMind is not Google's only AI research unit. Google also has the larger Google Brain team.
In a letter to Alphabet shareholders yesterday, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai played up the importance of AI. "We've been building the best AI team and tools for years, and recent breakthroughs will allow us
to do even more," Pichai wrote.
There are several other open-source deep learning frameworks to choose from, but it would only be right for Google's internal groups to gradually align with its own open source tooling.
"Our transition to TensorFlow represents a new chapter, and I feel very excited about the prospect of DeepMind contributing heavily to another great open source machine learning platform that everyone can use to advance the state-of-the-art," Kavukcuoglu wrote.
Google said earlier this month that TensorFlow could now support training across multiple machines, not just one.
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Record-breaking Man City beat Swansea to reach FA Cup last eight
Pep Guardiola hailed his "special players" as Manchester City rewrote English football's record books with a comfortable 3-1 victory at Swansea City that sent them into the FA Cup quarter-finals.
SWANSEA, WALES – FEBRUARY 10: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City is challenged by Joel Latibeaudiere of Swansea City during The Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round match between Swansea City and Manchester City at Liberty Stadium on February 10, 2021 in Swansea, Wales. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Manchester City FC/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)
Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus were on target as Guardiola's team won a 15th game in a row in all competitions, with Swansea pulling one back late on through debutant Morgan Whittaker.
This triumph means Manchester City have set a new record for successive domestic wins by an English top-flight club, surpassing the previous best of 14 achieved by the Preston team of 1891-92 and the 1987-88 Arsenal side.
"It shows how special these players are," said Guardiola.
"And we think of the next one. I know we broke a record of all-time. To do what we have done so far is quite remarkable.
"The record will be broken for sure, because sports is like this, but it means a lot, to do what we have done in the winter time and Christmas time is quite remarkable.
"It is the toughest time, but what is important is the way we are still playing with our consistency."
Having eased to their latest victory, Guardiola's men remain in contention for a quadruple while Swansea, who are third in the Championship, are left to focus on their bid to join Manchester City in the Premier League next season.
This was an early taste of the size of the task they will face should they secure promotion in May – even if not every opponent will be as formidable as the current Premier League leaders.
Manchester City have not lost since November and never looked like getting beaten here, as they took charge from the outset and went ahead on the half hour when Walker's cross missed everyone in a crowded penalty area and rolled into the net.
If the goal was a little soft, it was no more than the visitors deserved given their control.
A Swansea revival looked unlikely, and any slim home hopes were quickly extinguished in the second half.
First Sterling found time and space to roll a shot low into the bottom corner of the net, then Jesus turned and steered home from close range.
Swansea's application was rewarded late on when Whittaker, who had only been on the pitch 12 minutes, finished smartly from Ryan Manning's cross.
During their record-breaking run of victories, the men from Etihad Stadium have scored 40 goals and conceded just five.
Yet Guardiola's team had made hard work of overcoming League Two Cheltenham Town in the previous round of the cup, and the Spaniard had warned before this tie that a stern examination awaited in south Wales.
Gabriel Jesus celebra tras anotar un gol en la victoria 3-1 ante Swansea City en la quinta ronda de la Copa FA, el miércoles 10 de febrero de 2021, en Swansea, Gales. (Nick Potts/PA vía AP)
He had not forgotten 2018-19, when Graham Potter's Swansea gave Manchester City a significant scare on this ground in the FA Cup quarter-finals, going 2-0 up only to lose a thrilling contest 3-2.
Guardiola acknowledged that Sergio Aguero's late winner that day ought to have been disallowed – while his side were also awarded a dubious penalty – but there was nothing contentious about this success.
Manchester City went on to lift the FA Cup – as part of a domestic treble – after their last victory in Swansea, and are now just three wins away from claiming the trophy once more.
They are already through to the Carabao Cup final – they face Tottenham in April – and are five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand.
They also remain in the Champions League, with Borussia Monchengladbach to come in the last 16, so the prospect of an unprecedented quadruple lives on.
Manchester City will, though, need to overcome sterner tests than this if they are to achieve the extraordinary.
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A policy change for the Youth Mobility passes
Credit: Olivia Ely
Loy Norrix students, Tayvon Davis and Jeremiah Nelson, board the bus at the 2:45 stop to head home. With the new Metro policy the students will no longer be allowed to ride for free between 2 to 4 p.m.
Lily Stickley, Feature Editor
For the 2019-2020 school year, the Kalamazoo Public School high school students have been given a bus pass for the Kalamazoo Metro Transit, as a partnership with the Kalamazoo Youth Mobility Program. The students use these youth mobility passes, which are free, to get around between jobs, home and school. The bus passes have been a huge success, as students have packed some buses to their max capacity.
"The transit has given about 75,000 rides [since the beginning of the school year] to students through the program" according to mLive.
As of November 19th, the Metro Policy has been changed from its original policy. This is a big upset to the students who have been informed about the change.
The Metro system is now limiting the access of the free bus rides. According to mLive, "Beginning Monday, Dec. 2, students will not be allowed to ride the bus for free between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. That restriction will remain in place through Feb. 3." Between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. the students are riding the bus the most.
"Especially between those afternoon hours, the buses are at capacity and paying riders are not able to ride the bus," [said] Steve Brown [in an interview with mLive], coordinator for the Foundation for Excellence continued. "It does not make business sense to run extra buses for one pick-up."
While this is most likely to be true, the program is heavily funded.
Another reason the Metro decided to not allow the passes to be active during these hours, is some of the students are being very disrespectful and are fighting on the bus or in the transit center.
Kathy Schultz from Metro Transit said, "So it [the change] mostly had to do with student behavior. We have had students who normally ride the school bus, taking the bus downtown and then loitering at the transfer center."
However, to deal with these issues, Metro Transit has created a new type of bus pass which Schultz said should be available in February. New opt-in forms have also been created that students have to get signed by a parent or guardian to be able to ride the city bus with the new pass. The students will get a temporary tamper- proof sticker on the back of their ID, until the new passes are available.
This new rule has affected many students in very different ways.
Loy Norrix junior Matthew Gonzales said, "As the weather gets colder, relying on transportation like this becomes a bigger issue. I respect Kalamazoo Metro's right to charge us, but I had assumed for the foreseeable future I would have transportation to work when needed, and so did my parents. [Now] it will be about 20 dollars out of every paycheck."
A lot of KPS students use the buses to get home from school or get to work. Now students need to find other transportation methods or start paying the $1.50 to ride during the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
This change is only in effect until February. According to Loy Norrix Principal Christopher Aguinaga, "After February, they [Metro Transit] are going to revisit the 2-4 window, and our hope is that they will be able to reopen that time frame."
For the students that are staying after school for club meetings, tutoring, or other reasons, and need bus transportation, Aguinaga said, "If you have a detention or staying for tutoring. almost all of those programs end at 3:30. Metro has told me the next bus [Duke] comes at 3:45 or 3:50 which is about a 20 minute wait… Metro has said they won't shut that bus off, meaning it is close enough to 4 o'clock they will let students ride that bus."
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Limerick women battle for Great Irish Bake Off title
TWO Limerick women will be put to the test as they show off their signature dessert dish to the nation on the premiere of the Great Irish Bake Off this weekend.
Clare Ryan, from Fedamore, and Emer Hough, of the South Circular Road in Limerick city, are two of 12 contestants who will battle for the nation's best amateur baker.
Originally from North Circular Road, Ms Ryan, 32, is a primary school teacher at Thomond Primary School, and she said that the competition is difficult, but all contestants are encouraged to "try new things".
Ms Hough, 32, who is a financial advisor, said that "having confidence is huge" while competing in the show when it comes to creative baking.
The two women first applied for the TV series in February. After a telephone interview, they were invited to a face-to-face interview where they had to present something that they had baked.
After the successful interview, they had to attend an audition bake-off against more than 30 people.
Both contestants have a history of baking; Clare, who is a mother of three, has been practicing her novelty cake-baking for her children at birthday parties.
Emer meanwhile learned her skills from her mother, who she said is a "fabulous baker".
Emer believes that the skills that she acquired from her family are the reason she is in the top 12, while Clare said that her success is thanks to her personality.
"I am naturally competitive and quite focused, so I think it was maybe on that angle I got in," she said.
Emer, who is a singer in the Ancór Chamber Choir, said that there is "great camaraderie" amongst the 12 bakers.
"We are very supportive of each other. As much as you want to put forward your best efforts, you also want everybody else to do the same thing," she enthused.
Great Dane breeder Clare said that the standard of competition is "really high.
"I have learned a lot from the way other people bake. I am proud to be able to stand with the other competitors on the show," she said.
The first episode of the Great Irish Bake Off will air on TV3, this Sunday at 9pm.