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namespace flutter {

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// @brief      This is the Android owner of the core engine Shell.
///
/// @details    This is the top orchestrator class on the C++ side for the
///             Android embedding. It corresponds to a FlutterEngine on the
///             Java side. This class is in C++ because the Shell is in
///             C++ and an Android orchestrator needs to exist to
///             compose it with other Android specific C++ components such as
///             the PlatformViewAndroid. This composition of many-to-one
///             C++ components would be difficult to do through JNI whereas
///             a FlutterEngine and AndroidShellHolder has a 1:1 relationship.
///
///             Technically, the FlutterJNI class owns this AndroidShellHolder
///             class instance, but the FlutterJNI class is meant to be mostly
///             static and has minimal state to perform the C++ pointer <->
///             Java class instance translation.
///
class AndroidShellHolder {
 public:
  AndroidShellHolder(flutter::Settings settings,
                     std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade,
                     bool is_background_view);

  ~AndroidShellHolder();

  bool IsValid() const;

  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /// @brief      This is a factory for a derived AndroidShellHolder from an
  ///             existing AndroidShellHolder.
  ///
  /// @details    Creates one Shell from another Shell where the created
  ///             Shell takes the opportunity to share any internal components
  ///             it can. This results is a Shell that has a smaller startup
  ///             time cost and a smaller memory footprint than an Shell created
  ///             with a Create function.
  ///
  ///             The new Shell is returned in a new AndroidShellHolder
  ///             instance.
  ///
  ///             The new Shell's flutter::Settings cannot be changed from that
  ///             of the initial Shell. The RunConfiguration subcomponent can
  ///             be changed however in the spawned Shell to run a different
  ///             entrypoint than the existing shell.
  ///
  ///             Since the AndroidShellHolder both binds downwards to a Shell
  ///             and also upwards to JNI callbacks that the PlatformViewAndroid
  ///             makes, the JNI instance holding this AndroidShellHolder should
  ///             be created first to supply the jni_facade callback.
  ///
  /// @param[in]  jni_facade this argument should be the JNI callback facade of
  ///             a new JNI instance meant to hold this AndroidShellHolder.
  ///
  /// @returns    A new AndroidShellHolder containing a new Shell. Returns
  ///             nullptr when a new Shell can't be created.
  ///
  std::unique_ptr<AndroidShellHolder> Spawn(
      std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade,
      const std::string& entrypoint,
      const std::string& libraryUrl) const;

  void Launch(std::shared_ptr<AssetManager> asset_manager,
              const std::string& entrypoint,
              const std::string& libraryUrl);

  const flutter::Settings& GetSettings() const;

  fml::WeakPtr<PlatformViewAndroid> GetPlatformView();

  Rasterizer::Screenshot Screenshot(Rasterizer::ScreenshotType type,
                                    bool base64_encode);

  void UpdateAssetManager(fml::RefPtr<flutter::AssetManager> asset_manager);

  void NotifyLowMemoryWarning();

 private:
  const flutter::Settings settings_;
  const std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade_;
  fml::WeakPtr<PlatformViewAndroid> platform_view_;
  std::shared_ptr<ThreadHost> thread_host_;
  std::unique_ptr<Shell> shell_;
  bool is_valid_ = false;
  uint64_t next_pointer_flow_id_ = 0;
  std::shared_ptr<AssetManager> asset_manager_;

  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /// @brief      Constructor with its components injected.
  ///
  /// @details    This is similar to the standard constructor, except its
  ///             members were constructed elsewhere and injected.
  ///
  ///             All injected components must be non-null and valid.
  ///
  ///             Used when constructing the Shell from the inside out when
  ///             spawning from an existing Shell.
  ///
  AndroidShellHolder(const flutter::Settings& settings,
                     const std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI>& jni_facade,
                     const std::shared_ptr<ThreadHost>& thread_host,
                     std::unique_ptr<Shell> shell,
                     const fml::WeakPtr<PlatformViewAndroid>& platform_view);
  static void ThreadDestructCallback(void* value);
  std::optional<RunConfiguration> BuildRunConfiguration(
      std::shared_ptr<flutter::AssetManager> asset_manager,
      const std::string& entrypoint,
      const std::string& libraryUrl) const;

  FML_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AndroidShellHolder);
};

}  // namespace flutter

#endif  // FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_ANDROID_ANDROID_SHELL_HOLDER_H_


One thought that I have when it comes to the home is the idea of an authentic home vs. a "decorated" home. It comes up more I think when the seasons begin to change and I start to see all of the new seasonal pieces filling the shelves in stores that I frequently shop.
Truth be told, I used to fall into that second group, of a "decorated" home, when it came to decorating my home for the seasons. I would pick up pieces here and there with not much reason behind them, other then I liked it. That was the problem, my only reasoning for putting it in my house was that "I liked it". The bottom line was that just because I liked something didn't mean that I should be putting it in my home. When we put everything we like in our homes we end up with a "hodge podge" feeling and a house full of stuff. There needs to be intention behind what we are choosing for our homes.
I realized that I wanted my home to feel authentic and real and not just"decorated" anymore when it came to the seasons. But, how was I supposed to do this? I discovered that using materials, pieces, and details that created the feeling of the season in my home would have it feeling more authentic and real.
On a side note, I do want to explain that there is no right or wrong when it comes to decorating your home for the season. Why? Because when a piece is authentic to you then it is right for you and your home. As long as you stay focused (and don't stray from your path) and have intention behind what you are choosing your home will feel real and authentic to you.
If you want to get started and learn how to decorate your home for the autumn season in a real and authentic way I am offering a workshop, "Twelve Days of Simple Autumn Decorating" that will start Monday, October 1, 2018. It is perfect for any home, any budget, and any decorating ability. This is live and in real time, so we are in this together everyday for 12 days! Learn more here!
I am starting to ready our home to host gatherings with friends and family to welcome in the autumn season. Sharing recipes with my friends in the "Tastes of the Season" series hosted by Ella Claire has put me in just the right mood to bake and entertain.
My kitchen smells delicious after these perfect sized pumpkin muffins go into the oven. Scents of cinnamon and clove begin to fill the air and suddenly autumn is here. It is as if there is a passing of the baton from summer to autumn and a new season has happened upon us.
Keeping it simple is the key to how I entertain no matter the season. Simple food and simple decorating make for gatherings that everyone enjoys.
I like to set up different food and drink stations throughout the house when I entertain. This helps prevent people from crowding into one spot. Sometimes that means having to think a little creative, but that is when that magic happens.
Substantial pieces and those that have a history to them are just some of the ways I create an autumnal feel when entertaining at this time of year. The vintage wooden crate that I found at a barn sale and old books that I covered in fabric convey those messages perfectly.
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In a mixing bowl, combine the pumpkin, sugar, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Beat until well mixed.
Measure the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and ground cloves into a separate bowl, then still until well combined.
Slowly add the pumpkin mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined.
Spoon the batter into a 12-cup muffin tin lined with paper baking cups.
Bake the muffins for approximately 25 minutes.


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Most people define the ideals of success by wealth, power, or fame. But Blanche A. Williams, President and CEO of Greatness By Design LLC, understands that the evolution of success emerges by way of divine design – our very own. She identified her precept, "Success is by choice, not by chance. Choose wisely" upon originating Greatness By Design LLC, a brand of excellence that distinctly speaks for itself.
For more than 20 years as a writer, national speaker, broadcast journalist, and women's advocate, Blanche has been inspiring, guiding and coaching young girls and women how to be their best by reaching beyond perceived limitations and conventional values. By employing a series of calculated and exceptional practices throughout her own journey to achievement, she has been able to educate women (and men) all over the globe, on how to get from where they are – to where they want to be. Her unique strategies for success and expertise in business have afforded her significant opportunities from Washington, D.C. to Istanbul, Turkey. In addition, she has facilitated programming for students, elementary to collegiate, and prepared training workshops for Five Star Resorts throughout the Caribbean. Recognizably, her affirmative sense of well-being, wisdom, and wonder seem to follow her wherever she goes.
After the brink of the New Millennium, Blanche spent several years shaping her career as a National XM Radio Talk Show Host in Washington, D.C. and while raising her son. During that time and with enthusiasm and purpose, she designed a platform to highlight the many endeavors and accomplishments of some of the world's most extraordinary people. These conversations included luminaries such as Dr. Stephen Covey, Dr. Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Denzel Washington, Faye Wattleton, Charles OsGood, Quincy Jones, Suze Orman, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Laila Ali, Kerry Washington, Nancy Wilson, Iyanla Vanzant, and Dr. Dorothy Height. Demonstrably, her exposure to greatness has helped her become an expert in designing techniques that deliver excellence.
A principle part of Blanche's strategic solutions is to engage in environments where she can use her voice for creative exchange and conscious change. She covered the 2008 Democratic National Convention's Presidential Nomination of Barack Obama in Denver, followed by front row coverage of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC. As XM Radio Host, she also created roundtables of substance. In the aftermath of the deplorable comments made by Don Imus on April 7, 2007, regarding Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team, Blanche conducted a special live two-hour discussion on Race & Gender in Our Nation on April 18, 2007, followed by a Part II discussion on April 25, 2007.
Dr. Dorothy Height and Blanche Williams, First Annual National Black Women's Town Hall, 2009
On July 11, 2008, as a continuation of her broadcast outrage after Don Imus' racist comments, Blanche Williams created and convened the First Annual National Black Women's Town Hall Meeting (NBWTH) at the historical headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women. This effort was made part of a sisterly collaboration with Dr. Dorothy Height/NCNW Chair and Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever/ Director NCNW Research, Public Policy and Information Center. The event began with Williams sharing the cause and reading a special letter sent from Mrs. Michelle Obama, wife of then Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama.
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The Inaugural panel featured many of the nation's most distinguished women including Dr. Julianne Malveaux/Bennett College, Dr. Jane Smith/Spelman College, Eleanor Hinton-Hoyt/Black Women's Health Imperative, Melanie Campbell/National Coalition of Black Civic Responsibility, Faye Wattleton/Center for the Advancement of Women, Daphne Valerius/The Souls of Black Girls, Sheryl Huggins-Salomon, Nia Enterprises, Dr. Tricia Bent-Goodley/Howard University, and Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever/NCNW. To date, the National Black Women's Town Hall (NBWTH) is the first of its' kind in the United States. http://blackwomenstownhall.com
Sisterhood of Greatness Manifesto As a result of the NBWTH, the New Millennium also presented Blanche with a renewed outlook on how to expand the communion, esteem, and support among African American women across the globe. In the spirit of sisterhood and service, she created the 21st Century Sisterhood of Greatness Pledge and Manifesto – a guide, pledge, and code of excellence in mind, body, and spirit. Like the purposeful trail she has blazed, Blanche passionately believes in leading by example.
A born leader, change-agent, and success strategist, she has brought her distinctive brand of leadership to the classroom, serving as an Adjunct Professor at Palm Beach State College's Center for Leadership and Professional Studies. She has currently created a Student Leadership Training Program for their Lake Worth Campus, in addition to being the Training Facilitator for the Center for Applied Ethics.
Blanche Williams is the acclaimed author of the 2-CD Audiobook How to Design Your Mind for Greatness. As well, she is a contributing author in the bestselling series Chicken Soup for the African-American Woman's Soul, How To Be A Sister, and Tuesday Morning Love: 52 Commentaries and Weekly Affirmations to Honor the Soul within the Souldier.
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She has been featured in The Color Complex (Revised): The Politics of Skin Color in the New Millennium and national magazines including Black Enterprise, The Green Magazine, and Heart and Soul. Her article "Creating and Maintaining an Efficient "Built Ford Tough" Learning Organization: The Evolution of Organizational Success" has been published in international business management journals throughout the country. Other project highlights over the years have included working on the Western Hemispheric "Summit of the Americas" for the Clinton Administration with heads of states, celebrities, and dignitaries; the Award-winning Miami Expo 92: Quincentennial Project; and Super Bowl XXIX.
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Her most recent effort embraces the utilization of the 21st Century Sisterhood of Greatness Pledge and Manifesto to be used in a girl's curriculum at the Sisterhood Empowerment Academy (SEA) in the St. John, Virgin Islands. SEA is the headquarters for Sisterhood Agenda, Inc. and is facilitated by President, Angela D. Coleman. http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/the-sisterhood-empowerment-academy-sea/
Blanche earned her Master's degree in Leadership in 2012, with honors and from Nova Southeastern University Wayne Huizenga School of Business. There she received Advanced Training Certification in Situational Leadership® Model from its renowned creator, Dr. Paul Hersey. Williams holds a Bachelor's in Communication Studies from University of Maryland University College. She is a member of the International Association of Teamwork Facilitators and serves as an expert for the Women's Media Center SHESOURCE.
Given all of the challenges and complexities that achieving greatness can bear, Blanche Williams has mastered the art of success. For her, striving for greatness is a fundamental human drive, and a necessary journey of trial, error, preparation, and tenacity. With each step, she is creating history and leaving her footprints above the moon. There's no doubt that Blanche has achieved Greatness By Design!
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Фрэнк Закария Робин Голдсмит, барон Голдсмит Ричмонд Паркский (; род. 20 января 1975, Лондон) — британский политик, младший министр окружающей среды, продовольствия, сельского хозяйства и международного развития (с 2019 года).

Биография
Родился 20 января 1975 года в Лондоне, сын миллиардера  и британской аристократки , в честь которой назван престижный лондонский ночной клуб «».

Учился в Итонском колледже, но был исключён после обвинения в курении марихуаны. Окончил  (независимый колледж в Кембридже, не связанный с университетом). Спустя несколько лет после выпуска работал редактором в журнале «», который издавал его дядя Эдвард Голдсмит.

С 1997 года сотрудничал в разных газетах, освещая проблемы защиты окружающей среды.

После смерти отца в 1997 году Зак Голдсмит получил свою долю наследства, общий размер которого оценивался в 1,2 млрд фунтов стерлингов. Годовой доход Зака от именного траста объёмом от 200 до 300 млн фунтов стерлингов, по оценке специалистов, должен был составлять порядка 5 млн фунтов стерлингов, но в тот период он получил статус «резидента без постоянного места жительства» (non-domiciled resident) и, по мнению наблюдателей, должен был сильно экономить на уплате налогов, хотя отрицал это. Считается, что он тратил большую часть своего капитала на благотворительные цели, в основном на проекты охраны окружающей среды и борьбу с глобальным изменением климата.

Политическая карьера
В 2010 году избран в Палату общин от округа Ричмонд Парк, будучи кандидатом Консервативной партии (получил 49,7 % голосов, а сильнейшая из его соперников либерал-демократка Сьюзан Крамер — 42,8 %).

В 2012 году продал журнал «The Ecologist» за 1 фунт стерлингов (журнал был основан в 1970 году, с 2009 года выходила только онлайн версия; после продажи был слит с экологическим изданием «»).

2 октября 2015 года победил во внутрипартийных выборах и стал официальным кандидатом консерваторов на  (получил 70 % из 9227 голосов, поданных через систему онлайн-голосования, и опередил депутата Лондонской ассамблеи , евродепутата Саида Камаля и заместителя мэра ). По итогам состоявшихся 5 мая 2016 года выборов проиграл лейбористу Садик Хану во втором туре (то есть, по сумме голосов первого и второго предпочтения, поданных избирателями в ходе единственного голосования) с результатом 43,2 %.

25 октября 2016 года отказался от депутатского мандата после принятия консервативным правительством решения о строительстве третьей взлётной полосы в лондонском аэропорту «Хитроу», с которым активно боролся, и объявил о намерении идти на дополнительные выборы в своём округе в качестве независимого кандидата. В декабре 2016 года набрал  голосов и проиграл выборы либерал-демократке Саре Олни, которую поддержали  избирателей (хотя Голдсмит зарегистрировался как независимый, консерваторы не выставили своего кандидата, так же, как и Партия независимости Соединённого Королевства).

Парламентские выборы 2017 года позволили Голдсмиту вернуть себе свой прежний округ, снова в качестве представителя Консервативной партии. После четырёх пересчётов бюллетеней он был признан победителем, получившим  голосов против , поданных за Олни.

Работа в правительствах Бориса Джонсона и пожизненное пэрство
27 июля 2019 года при формировании правительства Бориса Джонсона назначен парламентским помощником двух министров: окружающей среды, продовольствия, сельского хозяйства и международного развития.

10 сентября 2019 года премьер-министр Борис Джонсон повысил статус Голдсмита: оставив в его ведении прежние вопросы, он назначил его младшим министром с правом участия в заседаниях Кабинета.

12 декабря 2019 года проиграл досрочные парламентские выборы своей постоянной сопернице Саре Олни, набравшей на 7766 голосов больше.

При формировании второго правительства Джонсона сохранил прежнюю должность (ввиду выбытия Голдсмита из Палаты общин, ему было предоставлено пожизненное пэрство и место в Палате лордов).

13 февраля 2020 года назначен в дополнение к имеющимся должностям младшим министром европейских дел, но лишён права участвовать в заседаниях Кабинета.

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У Зака Голдсмита есть сестра и брат, а также пять сводных братьев и сестёр от других браков его родителей. Сестра  некоторое время была замужем за пакистанским крикетистом и политиком Имраном Ханом, который в 2018 году стал премьер-министром Пакистана, а брат  был женат на Кейт Ротшильд из знаменитой банкирской династии, но затем развёлся с ней. В 1999 году Зак женился на , в их семье появились трое детей, но далее всё же последовал развод после признания Голдсмита в супружеской измене. В 2013 году он женился на Элис Ротшильд (сестре бывшей жены брата — Кейт), от которой у него ещё двое детей.

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Annesplaining, George Boleyn, Lady Rochford, Mary Boleyn, reading, writing
Type And Seek
It's time for another roundup of the more off-beat search terms which have come my way (and in some cases, answers for them!) but before I do that I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has so kindly ordered through my Amazon links. Sadly, all of you have very good taste, so the prospect of somebody giving me a painless summary of Fifty Shades Of Lady Catherine Grey is as far off as ever. I really do appreciate your using the links, and assure you that every bit of the percentage will go towards reading material for this blog.
Now, on to the search terms! I'll start with a couple that will seem quite vanilla for a blog which receives all sorts of hits for names and titles.
george boleyn fiction
What's remarkable about these? you ask. Nothing at all, except that I get hits from these two terms an average of seventy times more than any others, including the very ordinary ones. I've done the math. For every one hit I get for "mary boleyn" or "mary boleyn fiction" I get seventy for the equivalent about George. Several things are made clear by this: first, that this site is much further down in the results for Mary Boleyn questions, and second, that people really want more information about George Boleyn. It's getting to the point where I'm seriously considering writing my own novel. This isn't even counting such searches as
mark smeaton george boleyn
anne and george boleyn affair
lord rochford rapes jane rochford
why did george rape jane parker
george boleyn nasty
george boleyn verses
In which it's clear that fans of The Tudors are trying to find out more about George Boleyn, Sexually Depraved Rapist Troubador. And to these people, I say — Welcome! I remember reading a novel about Edward II which resulted in some frantically enjoyable late-night Googling as well. And to answer your questions — No, Mark Smeaton and George Boleyn probably didn't sleep together, Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn probably didn't sleep together, Jane Boleyn and George Boleyn presumably slept together at some point but there's no indication that he raped her, but he did write poetry — unfortunately, if any of it survives, it's not positively identifiable as his.
george boleyn twitter
Here you go! Sadly, George's tweets aren't as engaging as they might be. It has the look of an ESL exercise rather than a jeu d'esprit.
mary boleyn on a postcard
Eric Ives once told Claire Ridgeway that "What we know about Mary Boleyn could be written on a postcard with room to spare" — if you're looking for that quote, you can find it here. If you're looking for actual postcards, Mary Boleyn postcards (along with a large assortment of Anne and various Henrician wives) are available here. Unfortunately, I can find no online trace of my favourite Tudor-related card of all, which I swear I actually saw for sale in the gift shop of the Salt Lake City Main Library circa 2006. On the front was a copy of this Holbein portrait of Henry. Printed inside was "Will You Marry Me?" If I hadn't already been married, I would have had to rush out and find someone posthaste, just so I could use that card.
why is madge shelton fat
Beats me — the thirty-five meat courses at the average royal dinner could have something to do with it. Fortunately for Madge, plumpness was considered to be an attractive trait then.
mary talbot dwarf
Mary Talbot, who married Henry Percy, has never been described as a dwarf — although she's been called quite a bit else in fiction. However, Lady Mary Grey, younger sister of Jane Grey, has been popularly supposed to be a dwarf, though technically that may not have been the case (an ambassadorial description described her as "little, crook-backed and very ugly" so she may have had a spinal problem which kept her small and lopsided). She appears in quite a few novels which I haven't read yet (I know it sounds ridiculous considering the blog's premise, but I find the Grey sisters and their fates depressing and dull — hardly their fault, but it doesn't make me want to pick up any novels about them, although Her Highness, The Traitor was a glorious exception).
mary boleyn betray anne over henry percy
You know, I have to say that's one plot twist I've never encountered. Jane Boleyn as traitorous relative, yes, but if Mary has ever spilled the beans on Anne and Percy I haven't seen it. If you're writing a novel, please do go ahead and put that in, I'd love to read it.
anne boleyn blow job
mary boleyn blow job
Ah yes, that French education. The Secret Diary Of Anne Boleyn has Anne being instructed by Mary on the "French technique" of the beej, and The Other Boleyn Girl has more nebulous references to "French practices." What the real Mary and Anne did or didn't do is, thankfully, long forgotten.
english heroine who slept her way through nobility while pining for the man she could never have
Read it. You'll be glad you did. You'll also curse the fate that birthed you in a different century than Charles II.
joke mayan sexpot
…You got me.
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The Boleyns excellency in blow jobs just goes to show how important patents are. If they had patented the balloon in the first place then history would have been completely different. It's a lesson to us all.
I'm so pleased that you're getting confirmation there's interest in George. Despite The Tudors and Mantel it gives you confidence in the intelligence and curiosity of the human race. I think ultimately people like to see justice especially when injustice is doled out by someone who should really stick to radio.
Eh, I think George — or rather, the idea of him — is just going through a low point right now — he had a pretty good run until the 1980s. Rather like Thomas More, he's had a bad couple of decades but I'm sure will eventually be rebirthed as a heroic character :).
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The popular television personality, who is one-half of duo Ant & Dec, took a step back from all working comittments following his arrest for drink-driving back in March of last year.
Now, he has reunited with best friend Dec Donnelly and the two are set for an emotional return to Britain's Got Talent.
Speaking to the Mirror, David said "It was lovely to see when they stepped back on the stage together in London how excited people were to see them together. It was really emotional and I was pleased for them. It was just how it always was."
Meanwhile, their co-star Alesha Dixon said "It's been like getting the family back together, it just feels normal. We've been working together for so long now that when we're together it just feels right."
Britain's Got Talent kicks off at 9:30pm on Virgin Media One, after Ireland's Got Talent.


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Rhythms of the World 2014
And so it returns.
After a rainy 2012 festival damaged Hitchin Priory's grounds, there was no festival in 2013. As the organisers failed to find an alternative venue. However, a change in ownership of the Priory led to a rethink and so the 2014 festival was back on.
I've blogged about this festival in the past and I've not been too complimentary about the music portion of it. Despite it's grandiose title, the festival is a local venue. Most going along to have a day in the sun with their friends and families. So the majority of those attending come from the local area.
But this also extends to the bands. With some stages heavily influenced by the local music scene (which in all honesty isn't strong). The BBC Introducing stage draws it's running order almost entirely from the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire area and most of the other stages feature local acts. To make maters worse, many acts are invited back time and time again and I do wonder if many acts are a 'given' simply because they know the organisers.
BBC Introducing stage featuring Kumaria
This years festival didn't start well. For an increased price, the organisers had managed to avoid telling people that there was one less stage and therefore less music. It was quickly clear the new layout was detrimental to one of those stages. The 'Church' stage, which features quieter music had been moved nearer to the loudest stage. So there was a massive amount of sound leakage into this stage. It really didn't require too much intelligence to work out there would be a problem. You don't put quiet music next to loud music.
Why had it moved? Well, as I said, as much as the promoters say it's a 'world music' festival, it's not, it's a 'local' festival and they'd decided to put a small stage in it's place that was run by the local community and featured acts and activities entirely from the surrounding locality. I have to admit this is very laudable and should be encouraged and the stage was really well run and featured some great performances from some very young artists. But it shouldn't undermine the main festival – a festival which despite protestations, is getting expensive. With it now costing £30 for a weekend, there were cheaper 'all-dayers' in London featuring better bands.
The 'local stage'
Susie Ro – okay voice. Nothing to write home about.
Kingston Inn – A substandard Mumford and Sons rip-off band.
Toque Tambor – a friend's sambar band. Not really my cup of tea, but they were one of the better things to listen to.
Toque Tambor
Ric Birtill – bland
Guido and the Hellcats – actually pretty decent 50s throwback band
Los Chicos Muertos – played before in a different (better) guise.
So day one was mostly awful. The music was in general bland and it really was slim pickings. It was so awful I questioned where to bother going on the Sunday despite having already bought my ticket. There were a number London gigs I could have gone to on the Saturday and I wondered if I should make better use of my Sunday by opting for some of London options. However I decided to give the festival the benefit of the doubt and decided to go and Sunday proved to be an improvement.
Alex Bay
Kelly Oliver
Nathan Watson and the Freakanomics – Enjoyable performance and a great voice
Laura Victoria – more breathy singing from Laura. Either sing or play the cello. Not both.
Traitors – perform as they look. Seemed like a band who wouldn't short change you. Nothing particularly interesting about the music. But they at least try to make it interesting.
The Old Dance School – meh
B3 Experience – cover version meh
Maharaja Blues – Fusion meh
Megson – 'local' band (fellow Teessiders). Cheesy meh
Delora – played before under a different guise. Sound more poppy than before
Moats – Decent performance.
Courtney Pine – Found the music to be completely uninteresting. Talented in the same way Clapton is talented yet soulless. This was the same. Sometimes music is better with rough edges.
Childhood – Good performance. Although musically nothing to write home about
Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Despite being 70, this guy still knows how to perform
Crazy World of Arthur Brown – keyboard player
In general the quality of the second day was an improvement. It helped that Arthur Brown, despite his age, still puts on a great show which was well worth the price of the ticket. But also some of the other stages seemed to have a better selection of music. However, I don't think the improved second day, is enough to encourage me to go back next year. I think I've outgrown this festival.
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Q: How can I fix a "can't find referenced class com.google.protobuf"? I've been trying to use Proguard and have hit a wall. I run my program fine until it attempts an SQL connection (that works without proguard) at which point it doesn't connect with the (error on end for readability).
I've tried to run without warnings and I will get over 20000 unresolved references or classing relating to com.google.protobuf. I've attempted -keeping  SQL, java, protobuf, and including MySQL jar as a -libraryjar:

Warning: com.mysql.cj.x.protobuf.MysqlxSql$StmtExecuteOrBuilder: can't find referenced class com.google.protobuf.ByteString

Here is my current proguard config without the default stuff at the end:
-injars 'C:\Users\Bobby\Desktop\mainApp\mainApp.jar'
-outjars 'C:\Users\Bobby\Desktop\mainApp\mainAppOut.jar'
-libraryjars 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_172\lib\rt.jar'
-libraryjars 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_172\lib\ext\jfxrt.jar'

-classobfuscationdictionary OBF.txt

-dontoptimize
-keepattributes Exceptions,InnerClasses,Signature,Deprecated,SourceFile,LineNumberTable,LocalVariable*Table,*Annotation*,Synthetic,EnclosingMethod
-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
-adaptclassstrings mainApp.mainUI
-adaptresourcefilenames **.properties,**.fxml,**.css
-adaptresourcefilecontents **.properties,META-INF/MANIFEST.MF,**.fxml
-dontnote
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##---------------Begin: proguard configuration for JavaFx ----------
-keepclassmembers class * {
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-keep,allowobfuscation class mainApp.**

-keep class com.mainApp {
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# Keep - Applications. Keep all application classes, along with their 'main' methods.
-keepclasseswithmembers public class * {
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# Also keep - Database drivers. Keep all implementations of java.sql.Driver.
-keep class * extends java.sql.Driver
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Short Term Lets update
The Highland Council informs hosts and operators that an online application form will be available by 1 October 2022
The Council is not yet accepting applications for short-term let licences. A further public announcement will be made once the online application form opens.
Information about the new short term let licensing scheme including what hosts and operators require to have in place for applying can be found here: https://highland.gov.uk/shorttermlets
There is also a link to the fee structure, the Council's Short Term Let Policy Statement and additional conditions.
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1. Counteract opposing theologians by publicly and mercilessly tearing apart their logic. That'll teach them a lesson in humility.
2. Use all sorts of technical language to make people feel small – then they'll really want to be like you.
3. People sometimes don't get the chance to think about theology and the Bible as much as you, so mock the ideas they've grown up with – that's definately the way to convince them.
4. Don't worry about love – sarcasm is undoubtably the best way to show people they're wrong.
And I'm kind of tired of not getting it.
That's a little sentence, but really its big.
Its got to be some sort of haiku or some kind of named form? Don't know, but it just came out this way and I kind of like that it encapsulates the simplicity with which we have to face our inability to know and control everything. It names the fatigue that comes from trying, but recognises that that's okay.


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Volume Kinetics for Infusion Fluids (Review Article) 470
Perioperative Hypothermia (33°C) Does Not Increase the Occurrence of Cardiovascular Events in Patients Undergoing Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery 327
Cosyntropin for Prophylaxis against Postdural Puncture Headache after Accidental Dural Puncture 413
Management of Postesophagectomy Respiratory Failure with Noninvasive Ventilation (Case Scenario) 454
Anemia and Patient Blood Management in Hip and Knee Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature (Review Article) 482
Increase of Oxygen Consumption during a Progressive Decrease of Ventilatory Support Is Lower in Patients Failing the Trial in Comparison with Those Who Succeed 378
Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Cost-effectiveness Study Comparing 0, 1, and 2 Diagnostic Medial Branch (Facet Joint Nerve) Block Treatment Paradigms before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation 395
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This Month in Anesthesiology| August 2010
THIS MONTH IN Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology August 2010, Vol. 113, 9A.
https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181f021a8
THIS MONTH IN Anesthesiology . Anesthesiology 2010; 113:9A doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181f021a8
Volume kinetics, a tool for analyzing the kinetics of infusion fluids, is reviewed.
Intraoperative hypothermia was not associated with an increased occurrence of cardiovascular events.
Cosyntropin was superior to placebo for prophylaxis against postdural puncture headache.
The report illustrates the potential benefits of noninvasive ventilation.
Anemia in the orthopedic perioperative setting is reviewed.
Weaning failure from ventilator support may occur because of an increased mechanical load and increased oxygen consumption (V̇o2) and demand. To test this hypothesis, patients (N = 28) ventilated for at least 30 days and deemed eligible for weaning were enrolled to measure oxygen consumption and respiratory distress requiring reventilation. Pressure support was incrementally decreased from 20 to 0 cm H2O followed by 1 h at 0 cm H2O. Weaning failure occurred in 12 of 28 patients. In the failure group, minimum mean oxygen consumption was higher (174 ± 44 vs . 215 ± 53 ml/min, P < 0.05), respiratory drive increased more, and there was a smaller increase in oxygen consumption. In contrast to the authors' hypothesis, patients who failed a decremental pressure support weaning trial had a higher baseline oxygen consumption and were not able to increase their oxygen consumption in response to an increased demand. See the accompanying Editorial View on page 273
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Despite the frequency of use and potential utility of diagnostic blocks of facet joint pain, proper selection of patients for radiofrequency denervation remains unclear. In this multicenter study, patients (N = 151) with suspected lumbar facetogenic pain were randomized to radiofrequency denervation based solely on clinical findings (group 0); denervation contingent on a positive response to a single diagnostic block (group 1); and denervation only after a positive response to comparative blocks done with lidocaine and bupivacaine (group 2). Then pain relief to radiofrequency denervation was measured. Successful outcomes were observed at 3 months in 17 (33%), 8 (16%), and 11 (22%) patients in groups 0, 1, and 2, respectively. Pain scores at functional capacity were significantly lower in group 2 patients compared with other groups at 3 months but not 1 month. The associated costs were highest in group 1 ($17,142) compared with group 0 ($6,286) or group 2 ($15,241). See the accompanying Editorial View on page 276
Through review of a claims database, this study examined the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) within 30 days of surgery for patients (N = 3,081) receiving total hip or knee replacement with general versus those with epidural/spinal anesthesia. SSIs occurred in 56 (1.8%) of all patients; of these, 33 had general anesthesia and 23 had epidural or spinal anesthesia (P = 0.002). After adjusting for baseline factors and comorbidities, the odds of SSI for patients receiving total hip or knee replacement with general anesthesia were 2.21 (95% confidence interval = 1.25–3.90, P = 0.007) times higher than for those who had the same procedure with epidural/spinal anesthesia. This study supports previous reports that risk of SSI is higher in patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement with general anesthesia compared with epidural/spinal anesthesia. See the accompanying Editorial View on page 265
Cosyntropin for Prophylaxis against Postdural Puncture Headache after Accidental Dural Puncture
Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Cost-effectiveness Study Comparing 0, 1, and 2 Diagnostic Medial Branch (Facet Joint Nerve) Block Treatment Paradigms before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation
Which Anesthesia Regimen Is Best to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in Lung Surgery?: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
The Absence of Adrenal Gland Enlargement during Septic Shock Predicts Mortality: A Computed Tomography Study of 239 Patients


While Blockbuster Video went belly-up and closed almost all of their video rental stores following a liquidation of assets in 2013, three stragglers remained open: two Blockbuster Video stores in Alaska and one more in Bend, Oregon.
Unfortunately for the Alaska-based Blockbuster Videos, they struggled to compete against advancing technology, even despite the high-cost of broadband internet in America's 49th state. Those stores closed their doors for good earlier this year. That left the Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon as the only remaining Blockbuster in the United States.
What better way to commemorate their tenacity than by creating their own craft beer?
Bend-based 10 Barrel Brewing partnered up with America's last Blockbuster Video to create a light-bodied black ale with "nuances of red licorice," certain to bring back your movie snacking nostalgia. Even better? The brewery says the craft beer pairs perfectly with your favorite brand of buttery popcorn, which will undoubtedly have you reminiscing about your Friday and Saturday nights from the '90s.
Some have questioned why 10 Barrel went for a darker ale. Was it an ode to the two Alaska stores who closed earlier in the year, despite their attempts to stay open by purchasing movie memorabilia like Russell Crowe's jockstrap?
Bend, Oregon is known for their craft beer scene, so the partnership between the two entities couldn't be more fitting. Let's just hope they stick with licorice-flavored brew and don't try to replicate that dirty VHS/DVD sensation you'd get every time you grabbed your movies from the checkout counter.


Deborah received her MFA in directing from Columbia University, where she completed two short films and a feature screenplay, all of which were selected for the Faculty Selects programs. Her short film, Daypass, screened internationally at over 35 film festivals, and won the Best Actor Award at the Milano Film Festival and the Best Short at he Turin Film Festival. Daypass also aired on CBC, SRC, the Sundance Channel, and recently became available on iTunes. The feature-length screenplay version of the film won the Comedy Central Award for Best Comedy Screenplay, and participated in a staged reading at McGraw-Hill under the guidance of writer Malia Scotch Marmo. Chow's most recent short film, The Hill, premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. The Hill was broadcast on the Reel NY/PBS and the CBC "Zed" program. Winner of the 2005 Kodak New Vision Mentorship, Chow attended the Berlinale Talent Campus, Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab, and Praxis Screenwriting Lab. She is represented by Circle of Confusion in Los Angeles, CA.


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Dustin Lancaster Expands Covell Brand Into New Arts District Hotel and Bar
The Eastside restaurateur is growing his empire
by Farley Elliott Mar 22, 2017, 10:15am PDT
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The future Firehouse Hotel in the Arts District
Restaurateur Dustin Lancaster is certainly not one to sit around. The man behind everything from The Hermosillo and Highland Park Brewery to Hotel Covell/Bar Covell and L&E Oyster Bar is turning up the heat once again, this time with a big new round-the-clock player in the Arts District.
Following up on some rumors, Eater has confirmed with Lancaster that he will be partnering with Tyler Stonebreaker on a new hotel project in the Arts District. Stonebreaker is that area's real estate whisperer, and is a dealmaker behind some of the most important properties in the neighborhood. He's got such deep ties to the coffee and hospitality world, in fact, the industry publication Sprudge did a feature on him all the way back in 2013.
His latest project is the rehabilitation of a former fire station at 7th and Santa Fe, to be called the Firehouse Hotel of course. Lancaster will jump onboard with not only his hotel experience, but also from the food and beverage angle. There are plans for a full bar as well as an on-site restaurant, though concept and chef are still a ways out. In fact, the whole project is still walking a two year tight rope, so don't expect anything just yet. Except, who knows, by the time this project comes to life, Lancaster might have successfully taken over a few other prime properties around the city — Chinatown included.
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This is a contribution to the debate over Malthusianism that was conducted in the pages of Benjamin Tucker's newspaper Liberty , in which the natural-rights anarchist and individualist feminist Gertrude B. Kelly called fellow anarchist E. C. Walker, also a free-love and birth control advocate, to task over his advocacy of "Neo-Malthusianism," an rehabilitate the work of Thomas Malthus as a component of radical, pro-labor economics. The column appears as "Mr. Walker's Neo-Nonsense," on the back page (p. 8) of Liberty Vol. IV., No. 4 (June 19, 1886).
I am sorry to see that E. C. Walker, having taken a position on Malthusianism, probably without due consideration, seems to feel himself bound now, for the sake of consistency, to maintain that position at all hazards. Consistency is a very fine thing but truth is far finer. Mr. Walker is still determined to call himself a Malthusian, though he denies the fundamental doctrine of Malthusianism,–i.e., that the working-people would be better off, everything else remaining unchanged, if their numbers were diminished. Does Mr. Walker know that Malthus's "Theory of Population" was written in answer to Condorcet's "Esquisse des Progrès de l'Espirit Humain" and Godwin's "Political Justice," the two most Anarchistic works of the last century, which demonstrated that poverty and vice and crime were due to the inequality of conditions, generated and fostered by unjust political systems. Both Godwin and Condorcet foresaw that some day the population question would come up for consideration but they saw also, as we see today, that it was not the burning question, calling for immediate solution, not the question on the solution of which depended the solution of all the others, but that it was a dependent question, secondary to that of justice. Condorcet especially has shown that with improved conditions, and the increased morality necessarily resulting from this improvement, the population question would settle itself, for no man would then desire to bring beings into existence for whose happiness he could not provide, and that recklessness in this respect today was due to the general degradation of the people. Malthus came to the rescue of the rising bourgeoisie, and was one of the most noted signs of the reaction following the French Revolution. He endeavored to show that any attempt made to improve the conditions of the people would only make things worse, as it would make room for a larger population. Mr. Malthus's followers have since pointed with pride to India as a proof of their master's insight. The positive checks, of war, of pestilence, etc., to overpopulation having been removed by the motherly care of the British government, the Indian people have been reduced to a condition of more hopeless poverty than that in which they were before. They take no note of the part which the fostering care of the British userers has had in the production of this poverty; it is not part of their scheme to recognize that.
A large part of Mr. Walker's article is more suited to the columns of the Women's Christian Temperance papers than to the columns of Liberty. It betrays about as much sense in regard to the population question as the ordinary Christian is in relation to the temperance question. Mr. Walker probably admits that the condition of the individual workingman is made worse by intemperate habits, but nevertheless he would consider it a very superficial movement which confined itself to treating the intemperance, but left the poverty which produced the intemperance untouched. Intemperance and the large families will disappear with the conditions that produce them, and therefore it is to these conditions that our attention must be directed.
But Mr. Walker has really begged the whole question of Malthusianism. Malthus said that, in proportion to the food-producing capacity of the world at any time, the number of people has always been too great, and hence war, famine, and pestilence are absolutely necessary, and that the only way poverty (which is due to over-population) can be removed is by lessening the population. Mr. Walker says that the individual workingman is better off when his family is small, but admits that, if small families become general, poverty would exist in as great a degree as before, but that all men, from the training they had received in lessening the size of their families, would be more fitted to combat the difficulty. Wondrous training-school! He has changed the discussion from a question of political economy to one of domestic economy, with which the question of the just distribution of wealth has nothing whatsoever to do.
As to France, France is a proof that Malthusianism–that is, a restriction of the population–is a failure as a means for the destruction of poverty. It is in the country districts of France, if I understand J. S. Mill rightly, that the small families originated, for it was to the country people and not to the city people that the Revolution guaranteed a certain means of support which could not be easily increased. In the tables of population of France from 1870 to 1880, I find that more than one-third of the increase of population is credited to the large cities. Now whether this increase in the cities be due to an increased number of births in the cities, or to increased emigration from the country, the population of the country districts must in either case be almost stationary, and, according to the theory of Malthus, the country people should be much better off than in those countries in which large families prevail. This we have already shown not to be the case. Much admiration as I have for the French people, I cannot admit that "they more quickly and effectively than any other modern people resent invasions of their rights, and have a higher ideal of industrial and social life." In the first place, they do not resent invasions of their rights by the State nearly as much as the English people do, but are constantly clamoring for more and more State regulation, and in the next, the ideal of even the most advanced of them is not all that high in our sense of that word, as even "Le Révolté" cannot keep out of communism.
No, the Anarchists or Anti-Malthusians do not assume that the "wage-system is to be eternal," and it is for this reason that they are not Malthusians, for the true Malthusian does assume the wage-system to be eternal. I will quote from what seems to be Mr. Walker's Book of Common Prayer , "The Elements of Social Science," which he recommended to Mr. Heywood in the last number of "Lucifer" as representing his views on Malthusianism: "There is one method, and one only by which they [the working class] may escape from the great evils which oppress them,–the want of food and leisure, hard work and low wages. This is, by reducing their numbers, and so lessening the supply of labor in proportion to the demand." One method only, remember; no hint at the abolition of the wage-system. And again: "Wages cannot rise, except through there being more capital or less laborers, nor fall, except through there being less capital or more laborers." "Poverty arises from an overcrowding of the labor-market and an undue depression of the margin of cultivation." "The great social evils of old countries, when reduced to their simplest expression, are found to arise from the vast superiority of increase in man, over the powers of increase in the land." "Profits are the rewards of abstinence [not of monopoly] as wages are the rewards of labor." This book not only supports all the theories of the orthodox economists, which are true under present conditions, and all the orthodox deductions from these theories, but also all their absurdities, such as the existence of a "wages-fund," and Mill's absurd proposition that a "demand for commodities is not a demand for labor." The book is so full of economic absurdities that I am not at all surprised at Mr. Walker's temporary state of mental aberration after reading it.
A true Malthusian (I have been unable to discover what constitutes a Neo-Malthusian) sees no other cause for poverty but over-population, no other remedy for poverty but a reduction of the population, and therefore a Malthusian who is a labor-reformer is an anomaly, a contradiction, an absurdity. As to the Malthusians tending towards Anarchy, I wish Mr. Walker would point them out. Mr. Walker and Mr. James tend toward Anarchism, but Mrs. Besant tends just as strongly towards State Socialism. Which tendency is due to the Malthusianism? Are not both in opposition to it? And the people who practically carry out Malthusianism, the French, have a very much stronger leaning towards State Socialism and Communism than the English, whose families are proverbially large.


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What future for fracking?
Third Energy's fracking site at Kirby Misperton 14 October 2017, North Yorkshire. Photo: Kirby Misperton Protection Camp
As two companies prepare to frack in northern England in the next few months, DrillOrDrop reviews new predictions about the future role of shale gas in the UK.
Fracking and energy security
The Gas Security Supply Strategic Assessment (12 October 2017), commissioned by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, did not include any contribution from shale gas in its predictions about future UK gas supply.
In 10 references to shale gas, the 29-page assessment said the product of fracking could "provide a valuable new source of gas" at a time when supplies from the North Sea were forecast to decline. Shale gas and biomethane would reduce reliance on imports and contribute to economic growth, it said.
But it concluded that shale gas was not needed to guarantee secure supply. The assessment stated:
"We are secure now, and the GB gas system is well placed to continue to be secure and robust in a range of supply and demand outcomes over the next two decades."
The assessment calculated that there would need to be a loss 60-70% of supply capacity before there was any interruption in supply. A 60% loss represented losing all liquefied natural gas supply, all imports from Belgium and Netherlands and 50% of current UK production.
The assessment acknowledged that the UK Government was "optimistic" about shale gas. But the conclusions appeared to challenge the view taken by ministers that shale gas would lead to much-needed energy security.
Steve Mason, from the cross-party pressure group Frack Free United, responded to the conclusions of the assessment:
"This is getting ridiculous. All the so-called arguments for fracking are toppling like dominoes. The evidence is stacked so high against the industry, only their corporate muscle keeps fracking on the agenda.
"This Tory government is backing fracking and forging on with a ludicrous dirty energy policy. It is time for them to wake up and listen to their own reports, the voice of the public in areas under threat and halt all fracking activity now."
Cuadrilla's shale gas site at Preston New Road, 27 September 2017. Photo: DrillOrDrop
Fracking and green growth
The Government's Clean Growth Strategy, launched by the Prime Minister (12 October 2017), had no references to shale gas or fracking in its 165 pages.
There were five references to natural gas, including the acknowledgement that heating homes, businesses and industry accounted for nearly half of all UK energy use and a third of carbon emissions.
The document also acknowledged:
"Nearly 70 per cent of our heat is produced from natural gas".
But it concluded:
"Meeting our target of reducing emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050 implies decarbonising nearly all heat in buildings and most industrial processes. Reducing the demand for heat through improved energy efficiency will have an important role to play but will not by itself suffice to meet our 2050 target."
It said the UK needed to increase the pace of decarbonisation if it were to meet the carbon budgets for the period 2023-2032 and referred to "decarbonising the gas grid by substituting natural gas with low carbon gases like biogas and hydrogen."
The document set out polices on green financing, carbon capture and storage demonstration, improved business, industrial and home energy efficiency, low carbon transport, the phase-out of unabated coal for electricity generation by 2025, new nuclear power, a new network of forests, peat restoration, a new system of agricultural support and zero avoidable waste by 2050.
There were no policies to promote unconventional gas and oil, including shale gas or hydraulic fracturing.
The report's conclusions appeared to conflict with the case made by the onshore oil and gas industry in support of shale. Its organisation, UKOOG, regularly states that shale gas is a bridge to a low carbon economy. UKOOG repeated this case in its response to the document's conclusions:
"By replacing high lifecycle emission LNG imports with natural gas produced onshore, we can help to reduce the UK's carbon footprint and provide a cost-effective source of energy and feedstock for our homes, businesses and industry.
"Natural gas will continue to be a critical fuel for the UK in the transition to a low carbon economy. As the report makes clear, the reforming of methane with Carbon Capture and Storage is likely to be the primary means of producing low carbon hydrogen, which has great potential to decarbonise heating, transport and industry and improve air quality."
Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP and member of the European Parliament's environment committee, said of fracking:
"We've been told time and again that this dirty, dangerous and destructive process is a necessary 'bridge' to our clean energy future. Turns out we've been lied to – not even the Government believes that guff. If it did, fracking would surely be part of this 'clean' growth strategy.
"It is clearer than ever that Ministers' commitment to fast-tracking fracking across England – while our neighbours in Ireland, Scotland and Wales are all moving towards banning extreme energy exploration – is entirely ideologically driven. It's a commitment that will ensure – as the strategy makes clear – the UK will fail to meet its legally-binding climate change targets under the Climate Change Act [2]."
Claire Stephenson, of the campaign group, Frack Free Lancashire, said:
"It's unbelievable that the UK government are still insisting on forcing fracking onto unwilling communities when all scientific and public opinion is pointing the other way.
"If we are to meet our climate change obligations and truly have a chance at a clean future, we must immediately abandon the dangerous and misguided folly that is fracking."
Fracking and the local economy
The regional pro-fracking group, Lancashire for Shale, showcased the benefits of unconventional gas industry to local companies at a conference earlier this month (9 October 2017).
DrillOrDrop's request to attend the event was turned down. The following material is from a press statement from Lancashire for Shale and the organisation's publicity video (see below).
Francis Egan. Photo: Lancashire for Shale
Cuadrilla's Chief Executive, Francis Egan, was a speaker at the event:
"Whilst the industry is still at an early stage, we continue to put local suppliers first wherever possible and are proud to be employing local people.
"The future opportunities for Lancashire manufacturing and engineering businesses are considerable as the shale gas industry grows".
Another speaker, US energy consultant, Katie Klaber, reportedly described the impact of shale gas on the Marcellus region of Pennsylvania.
"There are a lot of opportunities for local manufacturing and engineering firms, for instance making tanks for water storage and other fabrication. And then there's all the ongoing maintenance. It's much more cost-effective to use local suppliers.
"Shale gas here [in Pennsylvania] has boosted the manufacturing economy more broadly by making energy more secure and affordable. It's also encouraged the reshoring of some manufacturing capacity that had gone abroad, and that's had a knock-on benefit. There's no doubt it's been responsible for billions of new investment."
A more cautious approach to the role of shale gas to the region's economy was published three days later by the think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research.
A Northern Energy Strategy (12/10/2017) said:
"Shale gas has garnered significant opposition from local communities and may be too environmentally risky to proceed with."
It recommended several preconditions before shale gas was developed in the UK:
"A clear, consistent and universally applied regulatory framework for shale gas extraction (within the remit of the Environment Agency);
"Shale gas use should displace, rather than add to imported gas consumption, as argued by the Committee on Climate Change (2016);
"The government should establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund to 'bank' the benefits of government revenues on shale gas and use them to forward fund the continued development of the energy system of the North, as well as offering individual and community benefits."
The report also said:
"Government must reinvigorate its interest in CCS technology and establish some form of Catapult Centre for CCS in the North as one of a number of pre-conditions to any extraction of shale gas."
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Government considering fracking consent and cash for protest policing
"Gagged" residents protest outside meeting to discuss Surrey oil drilling scheme
Stuart David Hart says:
it feels as if I spend most of my time gainsaying transport opinions LOL. Anyway, I noticed yesterday that Lothian buses (Edinburgh) have bought six new full electrics. I thought it was a wind up. Not much difference in price and performance to the current diesel electric hybrids. However one of the Lothian drivers told me that most of his cohort regularly close their own windows on Princes Street. It has quite a sizeable footfall any day of the week but Saturday morning is very busy and I reckon the council is desperate to cut down emissions in the busiest street in the town We can have the same vehicles in all city centres if we want clean breathable air. We're advancing so quickly, I think soon we'll be able to harness the background cosmic radiation Many thanks to Ruth for publishing this interesting report.
Sherwulfe says:
Thanks for this report Ruth and team. It's a shame those who are still jumping to the shale gas beat cannot accept the latest information, shown by their comments in older posts.
I think the only government to support this industry is on borrowed time. This and the constant 'pinching' of social policies already put forward by the opposition is propping them up for now; who knows, based on the current information, they might even 'pinch' the policy of banning fracking in the UK? Now there's a thought…..
Renewables company takes over fracking firm to rescue stranded assets