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The great Noel Coward wrote a famous song called "Mad Dogs and Englishmen". In some ways, it celebrated his fellow countrymen who took on seemingly impossible challenges, 'because they were there'.
I believe Coward was writing about tropical parts of the British Empire, but he could just as easily have been thinking about men like Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir John Franklin who both perished in the frozen wilderness of the world's polar icecaps.
Almost 160 years after he left his native England for the last time in search of the Northwest Passage, Franklin is in the headlines once again. After years of work, with millions in financial support from Canadian taxpayers thanks to a history buff named Stephen Harper, the wreckage of one of Franklin's two ships has been found on the floor of the Arctic Ocean near King William Island.
The frigid water has preserved the ship in what appears to be remarkable condition. The unravelling of this great maritime mystery will be fascinating to watch as it continues. Queen Elizabeth has sent her personal congratulations to those involved.
I learned about Franklin earlier than most. My first school in Winnipeg was Sir John Franklin Elementary. They tore it down more than 20 years ago. How I wish I had managed to swipe the portrait of Sir John that hung on the wall just outside the principal's office.
In the picture, he appeared to be well fed and dressed in lots of fancy lace. As an Arctic explorer, I wondered why he wasn't wearing a parka, or least ear muffs. "What a crazy Englishman" I thought as a 7-year-old kid.
Actually life in the frozen north in the 1840's might not have been quite as bad as we imagine. Franklin's two ships, the Erebus and the Terror were partially powered by steam engines. Each had a library with more than a thousand books, and they carried three years worth of canned food.
When will we get to see the movie I wonder ?
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I believe the sinner's prayer is unbiblical, so what would you say/do to a person who wants to be saved? Is it wrong to lead them in any prayer or have them pray?
*Acts 10:43: "To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM will receive remission of sins" (NKJV).
Now let's take up your first question, "What would you say/do to a person who wants to be saved?" I would do what the apostle Paul did when the Philippian jailor asked him, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved" (Acts 16:30)? The apostle Paul replied (as we saw above), "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (verse 31). In other words, I would take the person to scriptures like these to show them that Jesus Christ is the Savior of sinners and that you must believe on Him to be saved. This may sound too simple for some, yet this is the only way a sinner will be saved.
The problem that some have regarding this subject is they don't have confidence in the power of God's Word to bring a sinner to repentance and faith in Christ. The apostle Paul said, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the POWER OF GOD TO SALVATION FOR EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES." Do you believe that? I do! I believe it is our job to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to sinners and then ALLOW THE WORD TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS! Romans 10:9 states, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." If we try to go beyond presenting the gospel to produce results (by using the sinner's prayer or some other "method," such as giving an altar call), we will actually HINDER God's working in the soul through His Word. Let us be content, as God's messengers, to simply give out the gospel message and then let God do the rest. The apostle Paul put it this way in 1st Corinthians 3:5-6, "Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each? I planted, Apollos watered, but GOD GAVE THE INCREASE." Paul and Apollos, as God's messengers, were privileged to "plant the seed of the gospel in men's hearts," but they knew that "only God could bring that seed to fruition." When we do this and the sinner makes a profession of faith in Christ, we can rest assured that it was God Himself who worked in their hearts to give them the assurance of salvation and the desire then to confess Christ as their Savior before others.


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Postdoctoral Researcher in Soil Food Web Ecology, University of Amsterdam
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The Ecosystem and Landscape Department of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam are looking for a postdoctoral researcher within the Horizon2020 EU-funded project SOIL GUARD, which is a large-scale, global project that investigates how soil biodiversity contributes to soil multifunctionality and human wellbeing.
The position seeks to improve the understanding of the functioning and dynamics of abiotic and biotic components of (geo-)ecosystems across landscapes through time. As a researcher, the candidate will be responsible for handling and analyzing project samples for soil fungi and bacteria, as well as for data analysis and interpretation of project-collected data on soil organisms, including constructing soil food webs and co-occurrence networks. He/she will work closely with other postdoctoral researchers and scientists within the project in analyzing and interpreting these data, most specifically with researchers at the University of Alicante.
The candidate will perform the following tasks:
Actively read the literature relating to (and around) the project.
Have frequent meetings with the project team and collaborators to present work in progress and discuss experiments.
Produce high-quality work for publication in international peer-reviewed journals.
Show willingness to contribute to the work of others in the lab by offering practical and intellectual help, including technical staff and post-graduate students.
Take an active part in group meetings, and to give presentations at these when required.
Supervise postgraduate and undergraduate students, if and when relevant.
Perform routine laboratory tasks and duties.
Keep good general records and work with all levels of staff.
Plan and manage own research activity in collaboration with others.
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The salary amounts, depending on education and experience, ranges between €2,836 to €4,474 gross per month.
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A PhD in soil or microbial ecology, or a related discipline.
A thorough understanding of linkages between soil organisms and environmental parameters.
Experience in setting up and sampling field-based and controlled-environment experiments, and in analysing basic plant and soil properties.
Experience in analysis and interpretation of experimental data, including statistical analyses of large and complex datasets, in particular in soil food webs and co-occurrence networks.
Excellent computational, analytical and statistical skills, including proficiency in the use of programming languages such as R.
Experience in the use of molecular methods for characterising microbial communities, including processing and interpretation of the resulting data.
Publication record appropriate to stage of career including recent first authored research publications in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals.
Good written and spoken English.
Effective interpersonal skills, an open and inclusive approach, and ability to work with colleagues at all levels.
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Florian Daniel is a Principal in Roland Berger's Munich office. He joined Roland Berger in the Automotive Competence Center in 2016 as a Project Manager. Prior to that, he held various functions and management positions in the automotive supplier industry for more than 10 years. His focus areas are operational excellence, performance improvement and strategy development.
Florian holds a degree in Engineering from Cologne University of Applied Sciences.


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So glad to be home after a lengthy tour of the Pacific. BBC foreign trips are held to be the most glamorous piece of a media life, but are nothing but stress and toil. It's not that I don't like Asia and the West Coast, but working 12 hour days in the 37 degree Tokyo heat is no fun.
I recommend Japan, nevertheless. People expect it to look like Blade Runner, and find it more like Switzerland.
But let me share with you a striking phenomenon I was alerted to there - the 'parasite singles'. These are young single women, working for reasonable wages and living at home with their parents. It's a large group in Japan, as more than half the women at 30 are still unmarried. Daughters tend to be treated by their parents as more dependent than their sons; they pay no rent and get looked after. Everything they earn is discretionary income, to be spent as they please.
No wonder that in a recession-prone economy, the parasite singles succeed in keeping sales of designer labels and luxury goods so high.
I haven't had time to investigate the discreet charm of the parasite singles closely, but I wonder if the existence of this group is a consequence of high property prices (keeping them at home) and the fundamentally conservative attitudes towards gender. If so, let's be careful in Britain not to allow the high cost of housing - with its implication that kids will stay at home longer - to get us into the same situation.
I found myself on the tour filming at a bankrupt stock auction in Silicon Valley. Such events are all the rage out there as dot.com debris goes up for sale. Hi-tech at low prices. For filming purposes, I bought an office chair for dollars 1, as a vivid illustration for Newsnight viewers of the low values now being attached to the assets accumulated during America's recent investment boom.
What we did not show on Newsnight was the other office chair I accidentally bought for dollars 50 (we thought viewers would recoil at such a clear waste of licence payers' money). It was an accidental purchase as I thought I was bidding only dollars 25, but by the time I had waved my hand it had doubled in price. The episode gave me a new insight into how the telecoms companies must have felt after the 3G auction last year.
My producer and I could only wonder whether auctioneers deliberately create a momentum that induces overbidding in the heat of the occasion.
What would happen if an auctioneer proceeded at a slow and leisurely pace, without shouting like a horse-racing commentator describing the last furlong of the Derby?
Am I allowed to use obscenities in this column? Probably not, but it may just be worth telling you about my new favourite web site - a gossip forum that I was alerted to by a contact in Silicon Valley. It's called f***edcompany.com. (I'm afraid you can't type the asterisks into your Internet Explorer, you have to type the letters they replace).
On the site, disgruntled employees from the hi-tech downsizing businesses that dominate the economic landscape out in California and beyond spill the beans on the absurd things managers say and do. It's a great place to read company memos. (For example, what would someone mean by opening a memo with 'I am writing to you today to share information about our business and our plans to ensure its healthy and rewarding future'? Answer: 'I am about to announce pay-cuts of 5% to 10%, and a bunch of redundancies.') Or use the site to brush up on rumours that some bankrupt firm managed to auction off its computers, having forgotten to wipe confidential client information off the hard drives. I recommend the site but I don't vouch for the reliability of any information contained therein.
Talking of swearwords and US web sites, I'm much amused by the site of US Senator Mike Crapo (www.senate.gov/~crapo). Sorry for my schoolboy sniggers, but he includes the sub-section 'How do you pronounce Crapo?'.
Most of us would not feel it necessary to draw attention to the name, but the senator explains: 'My last name is of French origin and can be confusing to pronounce for the first time. There are many members of the Crapo family in eastern Idaho, so many Idahoans already know how to say it correctly. But for those who are not familiar with it, it is pronounced CRAY-poe.' For me, the message of this piece of prose is: when you are standing on vulnerable ground, try to deploy a bit humour to bolster your position.


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Q: Error: Actions must be plain objects. Instead, the actual type was: 'Promise' This is my action:
export async function load_todo(){

    const data = await fetch(url).then(data => data.json())

    return (dispatch) =>{
       dispatch({
           type: LOAD_TODO,
           payload: data
       })
    }
}

and I've already put thunk middleware in my store
import { applyMiddleware, createStore } from 'redux'
import reducers from './reducers/todo'
import thunk from 'redux-thunk'

const store = createStore(reducers, {}, applyMiddleware(thunk))

export default store

and somehow I still end up with this error

what am I doing wrong in this code?

A: Your thunk would need to look like this:
export function load_todo(){
    return async (dispatch) =>{
       const data = await fetch(url).then(data => data.json())
       dispatch({
           type: LOAD_TODO,
           payload: data
       })
    }
}

Putting the async keyword on load_todo will make that function return a promise of the inner function, not the inner function itself.

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Katie Stelmanis is a female musician creating incredible feminist music. How is it feminist? Her lyrics expand the range of themes female music artists typically discuss within songs. On 'Believe Me', she asserts herself (listen to it!), and the video for 'Natural Woman' expands on the original song in such a beautiful way, not only for transgendered individuals, but for anyone whose gender is boundary-defying.
As for violent industrial music, I am #notbuyingit and I mean that. Literally. I'm trashing old stuff and not buying new. I will not wear an old t-shirt for a band who spreads violent messages because that is free advertising for them, for violence.
I'm feeling good about standing against violent messages, and feeling Awesome about women expressing our human interests through music.
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Transmission dynamics of **Borrelia burgdorferi** s.l. in a bird tick community
Heylen, Dieter
Tijsse, Ellen
Fonville, Manoj
Matthysen, Erik
Sprong, Hein
We examined the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato circulation in a tick community consisting of three species (Ixodes ricinus, I. frontalis, I. arboricola) with contrasting ecologies, but sharing two European songbird hosts (Parus major and Cyanistes caeruleus). Parus major had the highest infestation rates, primarily due to larger numbers of I. ricinus, and probably because of their greater low-level foraging. The prevalence of Borrelia in feeding ticks did not significantly differ between the two bird species; however, P. major in particular hosted large numbers of Borrelia-infected I. frontalis and I. ricinus larvae, suggesting that the species facilitates Borrelia transmission. The low but significant numbers of Borrelia in questing I. arboricola ticks also provides the first field data to suggest that it is competent in maintaining Borrelia. Aside from Borrelia garinii, a high number of less dominant genospecies was observed, including several mammalian genospecies and the first record of Borrelia turdi for North-Western Europe. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato IGS genotypes were shared between I. arboricola and I. ricinus and between I. frontalis and I. ricinus, but not between I. arboricola and I. frontalis. This suggests that the Borrelia spp. transmission cycles can be maintained by bird-specific ticks, and bridged by I. ricinus to other hosts outside bird-tick cycles.
Environmental microbiology. - Oxford
15 :2 (2013) , p. 663-673
https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/iruaauth/24ce99/a7a3293.pdf
Faculty of Sciences. Biology
Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO)
Borrelia infections in songbirds and bird-specialized ticks


In an attempt to simulate the conditions of the Elizabethan stage, the Sydney Theatre Company has staged 1 Henry IV in a draughty concrete hall with hard wooden benches. The hope is that audiences will find fresh insight. I got a numb bum and was bored to death.
Wayne Harrison's grasp of the realities of Elizabethan drama is purely literal. The audience walks around eating hot dogs during the performance just as the Elizabethans chewed on walnuts; the actors adopt the Elizabethan method of direct address to the audience. But the complex political issues involved in re-enacting a 16th century play, concerned with the transition from autocracy to capitalism, in late 20th century Sydney is beyond Harrison.
Key issues are ignored. The play's interrogation of the material circumstances which form and manipulate power relations goes ungrasped. Instead, a passé humanist interpretation of humankind as isolated, uncertain, yet somehow heroic is projected by this STC production as an innovative idea.
Falstaff, a murderer and a machiavel, is wheeled on stage as a misunderstood, lovable old rascal. And Prince Hal reminded me of a bad north shore boy who redeems himself by leaving surfing to return to his father's stockbroking firm. This is seen as appropriate. In truth, this production is blighted by the Harrison's identification with the points of view of the authority figures within the play.
Innovative theatre abandoned a liberal-humanist interpretation of Shakespeare long ago. Surely it is recognising that Shakespeare was writing about characters in process at a time of great social upheaval that can make it new and relevant for a 20th century audience. The fun of eating hot dogs wears thin after three hours on a wooden bench watching a flat production.
Any innovation in this production is purely cosmetic. Committed to the bourgeois status quo, director Wayne Harrison has nothing new to say and no capacity to offer anything different. His attempt to "reinvent" exciting new Shakespeare is sad. A corpse dressed in glittering finery looks grand from a distance. But don't get too close.
The STC's lack of commitment to innovative theatre is reflected in both its choice of plays and casting. 1 Henry IV is a male play. This production has three male directors, and out of a cast of 13, two females hold parts, both minor.
The production was momentarily redeemed by its talented actors, who — unhindered by the dead hands of the directors — put together an exhilarating, raunchy jig at the end.
The STC is a rich theatre company at a time when most theatres are going broke. Its commitment to the establishment ensures its funding and "prestige". But may those of us who are eatre ask that the STC stop posing as avant-garde?


On November 14, Dmitry Peskov the press secretary for the president of Russia, stated, "I am not a supporter of the theory that Russia is making some sort of drift to the East […] these words were said by political scientists… China will not be able to replace [Russia's] multi-vector cooperation with other partners." Peskov added that Moscow highly values cooperation with business partners from the United States and Europe, warning that "turns to one direction will inevitably result in shrinking our growth and development potential" (Lenta.ru, November 14). Sergei Karaganov, one of Russia's key ideologists and advocates of the "Turn to the East" strategy, voiced a similar idea on December 4, though in a much more cautious way. Praising the achievements of the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Karaganov nonetheless claimed that the most adequate step for Russia to take now would be tightening ties between the EEU, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the European Union—thus, creating an inter-organizational and supra-regional nexus under the umbrella of a so-called "Greater Eurasian Partnership" (GEP). Karaganov further asserted that, "based on the analysis of undisputed successes and some problems, it would be prudent to undertake a tactical pause when it comes to the EEU" (Rossyiskaya Gazeta December 4). It thus appears that the idea of pursuing the GEP strategy is potentially becoming the dominant theme in Russia's geopolitical discourse, gradually superseding Moscow's previous Eurasian integrationist initiatives (see EDM, October 7, 2011; China Brief, June 19, 2018).
The roots of this concept go back some years. Notably, in 2015, Vladimir Putin specifically referred to Eurasia as "not a chessboard or a geopolitical playground, but our peaceful and prosperous home" (Lenta.ru, July 9, 2015). Subsequently, between 2016 and 2017, that stated characterization grew into the assumption that China—which, Moscow presumed, is unlikely to vie for the role of Eurasian hegemon—would be willing to develop its New Silk Road project on par with Russia's own regional geo-economic and integrationist endeavors. Chinese cooperation in this manner would, therefore, allow Russia to confidently act in all four major strategic directions (European, Southern, Arctic and Asia-Pacific), in addition to a bolder policy toward the Americas. As such, the GEP space would serve as a platform for "a trilateral dialogue on global problems and international strategic stability between Russia, the United States and China," Karaganov argues in mid-2017 (Interaffairs.ru, May 25, 2017).
The idea has had a mixed reception, to date. On February 8, during Russian Business Week 2018, a special panel entitled "Greater Eurasia: From Political Idea Toward Assembling Technology" concluded that, within a decade, China is likely to become the main "assembling point of Eurasia," whereas Russia will be sidelined (Eurasia.expert, February 8). Several months later, in an article for Globalaffairs.ru, Viktor Larin, a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Science and a professor at the Far Eastern Federal University, provided an austere criticism of the idea. Namely, he states that "such concepts as 'turn,' 'integration' and 'development' applied to the Far East might seem real to Kremlin dreamers; but here, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, these are taken as simply another experiment." Larin points to the fact that the Asia-Pacific region is an arena of struggle for influence between China and the US, whereas Russia can only adjust to this configuration. Larin concludes that "the Russian version of the 'Turn to the East' is nothing but an intellectual exercise of a group of Moscow-based intellectuals that is not genuinely supported by the Russian political elite" (Globalaffairs.ru, September 13).
Irrespective of such criticism, a group of Russian analysts (within the scope of the Valdai Discussion Club) released a report several months ago entitled "Toward the Great Ocean—6." The document specifically proclaims success for the first stage of Russia's "Turn to the East" and argues that the Russian Federation must now become an "assembling point" for the GEP—Russia's "gates connecting this huge continent into a new entity." Importantly, the authors claim that, thanks to Chinese initiatives, the center of gravity of global trade is now shifting from the high seas toward the vast continental interior of Eurasia (Valdaiclub.com, September 1).
This idea attracted a great deal of fact-based criticism. For one thing, maritime shipping still handles around 90 percent of all global trade (Un.org, Ics-shipping.org, accessed December 14), and as recently as 2016 the EU itself imported over 80 percent (by quantity) of third-country goods by ship (Ec.europa.eu, November 15). Moreover, recent economic analysis by the Kremlin-funded Greater Eurasia Project clearly concluded Russia cannot offer China anything other than natural resources. And its authors note, "Key branches of the Russian economy will be unable to compete if Beijing actually builds major infrastructural projects on Russian territory connecting China with Europe" (Gea.site, December 5).
Vladimir Nezhdanov, an expert with the Moscow-based Center for the Study of Integration Prospects, shares such criticism. He notes, first of all, that the Chinese leadership construes the Russian-dominated EEU as one of, but not the only body that could be useful for Beijing's transcontinental One Belt, One Road (OBOR) transit and infrastructure initiative. In fact, the Chinese side is more inclined to consider the SCO as its main tool for accomplishing such regional objectives. Second, China thinks of Russia as its junior partner in Beijing-led integration projects in Eurasia. And in the absolute majority of regional projects financially supported by Beijing (including when in cooperation with Russia), China dictates the rules of the game for all involved. He concludes that, "given the available data, Russia does not have a single financially lucrative option of economic integration in Eurasia" (Eurasia.expert, December 4).
In the final analysis, three main aspects should be outlined. First, Russia is demonstrating an inability to lead its own Eurasian integration project. Reducing its focus on the EEU, Russia is increasingly tilting toward the highly illusory GEP concept. But instead of taking on the role of a regional integrator, Russia is rapidly turning into a subordinate element of China's own far-reaching plans. Second, though continuing to actively play up cooperation with China, Russian elites are increasingly aware of the inherent dangers of this "strategic partnership." Facing hostile relations with the West while being largely dismissed as inconsequential in the East (see EDM, May 14, December 12), Russia finds itself in an increasingly precarious position. Third, instead of clarifying its role and mission in the Asia-Pacific, Russia seems even more confused than a decade ago. The only beneficiary is Beijing, which is aptly capitalizing on Moscow's misconceptions.
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By Esme Smith
Esme is currently undertaking an MSc in Emerging Economies and International Development at King's College London, with an undergraduate degree in History from the University of Cambridge.
In the summer of 2020, Esme researched and reviewed Ditchley conferences on multilateralism and the role of the United Nations, and conferences on the environment as part of an intern project to begin to explore Ditchley's historical archives.
The Ditchley Foundation has engaged with environmental discussions since the 1970s making links between the ocean, food sustainability, energy, water, the arctic and biodiversity. Concern about 'climate modification' was raised early in the 1970s. This document outlines the environmental conferences hosted by Ditchley over the last fifty years.
Just like 2019 before it, 2020 has seen devastating environmental extremes. While the world has been struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people have also faced severe storms, monsoons, and biblical locust swarms. Meanwhile, the average global temperature has increased by one degree highlighting the link between average conditions and meteorological extremes. People have been demanding change for a long-time, most recently with the Global Climate Strikes in 2019 which saw the gathering of 6 million young people around the world.
The Ditchley Foundation has engaged with the subject of the environment from its beginnings as an academic subject and social movement since the 1960s. Over the last half century, Ditchley has held conferences to scrutinise damage to the natural world and opportunities for sustainable innovation. The presence of figures such as Russell E Train (founder of the World Wildlife Foundation) and Baroness Lynda Chalker (current President of the Royal Geographic Society) has helped to broaden the debate.
The following document outlines how attendees of Ditchley conferences have discussed environmental challenges in line with key global shifts. It traces Ditchley's initial engagements with the environment primarily as attempts to tackle the post-war pollution problem.
By the 1990s, a scientific consensus around climate warming had emerged. Today, preserving biodiversity on land, water and ice is a key stability mechanism for the natural world.
The Early Years: Clean Living
Ditchley's first review of the environment in 1970 took place when the modern environmental movement was just beginning. A series of critical environmental issues helped to turn aspects of a grassroots movement to a series of respected scientific disciplines. The post-war economic boom and rapid urbanisation had exacerbated severe pollution across the developed world, epitomised by the Great Smog of London in 1952. It is now estimated 10,000 people died from respiratory failure due to the "pea-soup" smog, provoking government research, regulation and greater public awareness of the relationship between public health and air quality.
By the 1970s, environmentalism had become a mass social and scientific movement following a decade of social activism. Rachel Carson's world renowned book, Silent Spring, helped expose the hazards of pesticides, while a series of oil spills helped forge the first Earth Day in 1970. It is estimated some 20 million people attended the first Earth Day protests across America. Such initiatives helped legislate a wave of environmental protection acts throughout the 1970s, including the UK's Environmental Protection Act and Control of Pollution Act both passed in 1974.
Against this backdrop, Ditchley's first environmental conference in 1970, Environmental Control, aimed to "consider further the causes of environmental damage, their consequences if unchecked, the measures both national and international desirable for their control, and the economic cost and political feasibility of such measures." The following year, Ditchley invited Russell E Train to deliver its tenth annual lecture, titled the Environment - A Global Perspective. He expressed concern for the environment as essentially concern for the quality of human life. Within four years, two further conferences and two annual lectures explored pollution, ecology and 'climate modification'.
Russell E Train
Train was the second administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), from September 1973 to January 1977 and the founding chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). At the time of his attendance at Ditchley he was Chairman of the newly formed Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). His lecture evidenced political and public concern for the air pollution, pollution of the seas and even the future of the two polar regions.
These early conferences noted the success of increased public concern with "local issues" such as "pollution, the preservation of the countryside, town planning" listed by Lord Ashby of Brandon speaking at Ditchley in 1975, but little progress where "legislation would really threaten the ethos of the consumer society". In other words, more daunting international issues such as populations, food security and energy resources. They considered the philosophical framings of the environment; who is responsible for bearing the financial cost and how to manage national sovereignty in international environmental law? Ditchley's first environmental conference in 1970 stated that measuring GDP growth does not adequately tell us about human progress and environmental well-being:
"There is aneed to incorporate within assessments of the capacity, growth and performance of the nation some measurement of environmental equality. In effect, we should redirect economic growth to embrace the overall quality of life and not confine it to consumer goods. (Ditchley 13-16 Nov 1970)
Understanding Climate Change:
By the 1990s, as a result of improving computer models and observational research, a consensus position formed: greenhouse gases were implicated in most climate changes and human-caused emissions were bringing discernible global warming. In 1989, for the first time Ditchley dedicated an entire conference to climate change and its effect on the environment.
Improved scientific understanding and greater specialisation was reflected at Ditchley; conferences tend to spotlight specific aspects of the relationship between climate change and the environment: for example, in 1991 Ditchley analysed energy consumption and its impact on climate, or in 2001 when the conference Sustainable Development tracked the role of extractive agriculture in climate change. In 2015, Ditchley looked at Climate change and energy risk once again, this time addressing potential solutions. By this time, it seemed that the world was not going to run out of fossil fuels for the foreseeable future as previously thought. This meant that the arguments against the use of fossil fuels and in favour of cleaner energy forms had to be framed less in terms of a "threat to security", and with more emphasis on environmental, economic and life-style arguments. Some argued that the only way forward was for the rich world to radically change its consumption model. Policy recommendations included a carbon tax managed via a "central bank of carbon". However, much of any apparent improvement in the sustainability and environmental footprint of rich countries had been achieved simply by shifting polluting production elsewhere, particularly to China. In the end, the question is not whether growth and consumption were good or bad in themselves, but what kind of each we should be aiming for.
Global warming is causing increasingly frequent, intense and devastating droughts, hurricanes and heatwaves and exacerbating the global sustainability crisis. However, our capacity to shield and respond to these threats is ultimately determined by socioeconomic status, highlighting the link between environmental change and inequality. These ideas are outlined in Ditchley's management of water resources conference chaired by Baroness Lynda Chalker in 1999 but have been referenced since the introduction of the Millennium Development Goals (later superseded by the Sustainable Development Goals).
Baroness Lynda Chalker of Wallasey
Lynda Chalker is currently the President of the Royal Geographic Society. She has worked on the eradication of poverty and improving medical training in Africa, having founded both Africa Matters and the Chalker Foundation for Africa. She has a long-held association with Ditchley, sitting as Governor of The Ditchley Foundation from 1998 until 2007, as well as chairing two conferences on the management of water resources in 1999 and 2005.
The 'Food security in the 21st century' conference held in 2019 discussed how stark increases in global warming will inhibit agricultural production in areas with the greatest predicted population rises, generally in the southern hemisphere. Reducing poverty is essential to reducing carbon emissions and impact on wildlife and this requires good infrastructure and good governance. International dialogue must better integrate previously neglected actors from the developing world.
Protecting the wilderness
In 1978, 55% of the world's surface was considered true wilderness. By 2020, this figure had dropped to 35%. The preservation of biodiversity across land, sea and water is a crucial way in which we can mitigate the damage of climate change and ensure the longevity of all kinds of life on earth. In 2016, Ditchley asked, 'Can the earth still sustain us?' in a conference chaired by Dr Tony Juniper, at the time, President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. One conclusion was that biodiversity risks cannot be successfully addressed in isolation. Participants recognised the importance of social innovation in the private sector, but placed the onus on governments to come up with strong and effective regulatory measures with an eye to long term effects:
"Biodiversity concerns and actions needed to be mainstreamed into all kinds of infrastructure and other projects from the start, as well as into education and training at all levels."
"Can the Earth still sustain us?" 2016
A partnership with the Canadian Ditchley Foundation in 2017 spotlighted the Arctic as a fragile ecosystem and site of irreversible damage. Temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at a rate faster than any point over the last 45 million years, exceeding the ability of habitats, animals and human beings to adapt. The trend for less extensive and less thick summer sea ice is clear. Such levels of ice reduction means more heat absorption by the open waters, further contributing to warming of the Arctic Ocean.
Coral reefs are an example of an ecosystem already suffering harm as a result of warming and acidification, and are an early warning of marine ecosystem failure. In 2018, Ditchley asked if the ocean was an opportunity for a new level of international cooperation or a tragedy of the commons? Conference participants saw opportunities for the cooperation of the G7 over overfishing, ocean education and conservation of areas beyond national jurisdiction. Put simply, the ocean should be better understood as a 'global commons' than ever before. A later conference in 2019 on uses of ocean data generated by the use of new technologies highlighted the importance of evidence and ocean observation. This discussion, held in partnership with the Ocean Data Foundation considered how ocean science and the data it produces can be more effectively shared, including amongst private sector organisations. Increasing data availability and co-production of data with citizens (to include local and indigenous knowledge) for example, could help drive better communication on the state of the ocean.
The task is to find answers to the technical and cultural challenges that will allow better access to data for those - decision-makers, researchers, businesses, entrepreneurs and citizens - who might innovate data driven solutions to prevent further damage, to restore ocean heath and increase public understanding.
Transforming Ocean Data, 2019
This summary has offered a brief introduction to Ditchley's engagement with environmental issues including the state of the ocean, the Arctic, water scarcity, sustainable food models and urban growth.
COVID-19 has changed the way we live and in some ways our relationship with the planet. There are fewer car, plane and shipping journeys and some parts of industry have shut down. Cities are temporarily polluted, and CO2 emissions did fall. However, on the 1st June CO2 levels reached the highest level in human history. Plus, 2020 is set to end up the warmest year on record. Our recovery from the pandemic should be intrinsically linked to a more sustainable future.
Timeline: world events and Ditchley conferences (in bold)
World human population reaches 3 billion
World Wildlife Fund founded
Resources of the ocean Bed (September)
US Environmental Protection Agency established.
Environmental Control Conference (November)
The Urban Environment
The Ditchley Foundation Annual Lecture X, Environment - a global perspective, Delivered by the Hon Russell E Train
The Development of the Arctic Ocean
TheConference on the Human Environment, held inStockholm, Sweden 5 to 16 June, the first of a series of world environmental conferences.
United Nations Environment Programme founded as a result of the Stockholm conference.
The Ditchley Foundation Lecture XIII, One Earth: The Problems and Opportunities on a Very Interdependent Planet Delivered by: Father Theodore M. Hesburgh. Member of the Holy See's Delegation to the United Nations, Vatican City representative to the International Atomic, Energy Agency in Vienna (1956-1970).
The Ditchley Foundation Annual Lecture XIV, Politics and the Environment, Delivered by: Lord Ashby of Brandon, Kt, FRS. Master of Clare College, Cambridge, and formerly Chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 1970-73.
The Ditchley Foundation Annual Lecture XVII, On the Usefulness of Biological Science, Delivered by Dr Lewis Thomas.
World wood resources and the problem of deforestation Conference (November)
Antarctica Conference (December)
Environmental Damage and climatic change (March)
Global climate change and its implications (January)
Jan. 1 — Sweden is first nation to enact and impose a carbon tax. By 2010 the tax per ton was 128 euros.
Energy and the environment (October)
UN Antarctica treaty prohibits mining, limits pollution and protects animal species.
TheEarth Summit, held inRio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, was unprecedented for aUnited Nations conference, in terms of both its size and the scope of its concerns.
Sustaining Biodiversity: importance, implications and costs. (April)
Sustainable Development: problems, progress and prospects, Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO, February.
The management of world water resources, Chair: The Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey PC, April
Earth's population exceeds six billion. Half are living in cities. Almost half (2.8 billion) live on less than $2 a day. UN agencies note that while globalization of trade has helped in some countries, the poor are becoming poorer both in absolute and relative terms.
Sustainable Agriculture: what is farming for?, Chair: The Earl of Selborne KBE FRS (November)
Meeting energy needs for the 21st Century, Chair: Professor Ian Fells, (December)
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami affects countries surrounding the Indian Ocean, killing nearly a quarter of a million people.
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma cause widespread destruction and environmental harm to coastal communities in the US Gulf Coast region.
The Politics and Problems of Water, Chair: Baroness Chalker of Wallasey PC
Nuclear Energy Time To Move Ahead, Chair: the Honourable Barbara Thomas
The Future of the Aerospace Industry , Chair: Richard Evans CBE
Energy and the Environment: The Essential Next Steps , Chair: Professor Sir David King
China, Energy and the Environment, Chair: Admiral (Retd) Dennis Blair and Mr Nick Butler, (November)
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen. Widely considered a failure in binding international agreement around environmental policy. (7 Dec 2009 – 18 Dec 2009)
The Arctic region in the twenty-first century , Co-Chairs: Mrs Mariot Leslie and The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin
Can the multilateral system manage climate change? , Chair: Professor Sir David King FRS FRSC
Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill: the largest oil spill in history caused by an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Gulf of Mexico. (20 April). The petroleum that had leaked from the well before it was sealed formed a slick extending over more than 57,500 square miles (149,000 square km) and destroyed the surrounding ecosystem.
United Nations designates day that world human population reached 7 billion.
The future of hydrocarbons as a global energy source , Chair: The Honourable John Manley PC, OC
Water: conserving our most precious resource , Chair: Patricia Mulroy
Rio+20 and the green economy: how to make prosperity sustainable, Chair: Professor Lord Nick Stern of Brentford FBA.
The shale gas and energy revolution , Chair: Professor Nick Butler
Climate and energy risk , Chair: Tom Burke
Paris Agreement within United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is signed.
Can the earth still sustain us? Biodiversity, resources and pollution, Chair: Dr Tony Juniper
The Arctic at the crossroads: cooperation or competition?, Chair: The Honourable Jean Charest PC and Mr Duane Smith (In partnership with Canadian Ditchley).
The Ocean: an opportunity for a new level of international cooperation or a tragedy of the commons?, Chair: The Honourable Lawrence Cannon (In cooperation with Canadian Ditchley)
Transforming Ocean Data, Chair: Dr Linwood Pendleton


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dees peeping about the tree trunks asking me to please give them more peanuts. While this was going on I heard a hoarse "Quank, quank, quank!" that sounded very near, and on looking up saw a white-breasted nuthatch, a blue-gray bird with a very distinct black band on the top of his head that extends back across his shoulders. His short tail and legs make him look very funny when on the ground. On a tree, however, he is a regular circus, walking head up or head down on the limbs and trunk, and now and then doing the giant swing, completely circling some twig, just to show what he can do when he tries. He was attracted by the noise and conduct of the chickadees, his winter companions, and was calling for something for himself. His long, slim bill is not made for cracking things as the sparrows can with their short, strong bills, but he punches holes in them very much as the woodpeckers do. When he came down to the path and picked up a peanut he flew off to a near-by tree and hunted up and down until he found a place in the bark where he could wedge the nut in and then proceeded to hatch or crack it into bits to suit his taste. A brown creeper was walking up his tree a short distance away very much as the nuthatch does, poking his long, curved bill into the bark, though I did not see him for some time, as his brown and gray feathers were so like the color of the tree on which he walked. He circles round the trunk or limb, and you have to keep a sharp lookout to get more than an occasional rapid glance at him. A loud rapping and a noise that sounded a good deal like a giggle attracted my attention to a downy black-and-white woodpecker, with a bright-red spot on the back of his head. He was hammering away with all his might, and the limb on which he hung, back down, fairly rattled as he drove his chisel-like bill into the wood. Another woodpecker, the big and beautifully marked flicker, with his brown back barred with black, his spotted breast with its big black crescent and the red band on the back of his head, stopped for a minute or two on a tree a hundred feet away. His cry of alarm rang out shrilly as he flew away. All of these birds are handsomely marked, though none of them compare, in the mere matter of color, with some of the many beautiful summer species. There was one bird there that day, though, whose brilliant plumage and altogether tropical aspect comes as a great surprise to the unaccustomed visitor to the park in winter. As he lighted on the snow-covered ground among a group of feeding whitethroats the cardinal, with his splendid crest, stood out like a jet of flame, and the black spot at the base of his bill only made the rest of him seem the brighter. Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal spend their winters regularly in Central Park, and I hear
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Carl Schlichting, Jr.
The dairy and agricultural interests of Sheboygan county are well represented by Carl Schlichting, Jr., who has been prominently interested along these lines in this section of the country during practically all his active life. He is a native of Sheboygan Falls township where his birth occurred February 10th, 1867. His parents were Carl and Johannah (Wieck) Schlichting, both natives of Germany who emigrated to America at a very early date. They were married in Sheboygan county where the father bought a number of acres of land which he operated and improved. He has been a very successful farmer and an influential man in this county for many years.
Carl Schlichting is the third in a family of eleven children. He was reared at home and received his early education in the public schools of Sheboygan county. He laid aside his school books at the age of fifteen years and as a young man was engaged in work on his father's farm. He remained with his parents until he was thirty years of age when he married and began to live upon the farm which he now owns. He purchased one hundred and four acres of land in Sheboygan Falls township, four and one half miles northwest of Sheboygan Falls, and here he conducts a modern dairy farm run along the most approved scientific lines. He pays special attention to the sanitary conditions of his dairy and to the efficiency of his equipment. He has the expert knowledge necessary to obtain the deisred results on his stock farm, and his dairy products are clean and wholesome and find a ready sale.
On April 8, 1897, Mr. Schlichting was united in marriage to Miss Mary Wahls, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wahls, both natives of Germany who emigrated to the United States at an early date and settled on a farm in Sheboygan Falls township. Mr. and Mrs. Schlichting are the parents of six children, Olga, Reuben, Walter, Milton, and Adeline and Adele, twins.
The family hold membership in the Lutheran church of Sheboygan Falls township and have always been active in its affairs. Mr. Schlichting is well known throughout this district as an able and progressive man. He takes no active interest in public affairs, preferring to devote his time and energies to the management of his dairy farm. His career has been marked by the qualities of carefulness and industry and these characteristics have brought him success.


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Shares of the company, which also owns Marshalls retail chain, were up 1.6 percent at $75.40 before the bell on Tuesday.
The company's comparable store sales rose 5 percent in the third quarter ended Oct. 29. Analysts on average had expected comparable store sales to rise 3.6 percent, according to Consensus Metrix.
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Joe Biden Debates Donald Trump September 29
By DonLever, April 25, 2019 in Off-Topic General
Jimmy McGill 39,840
7 hours ago, Ryan Strome said:
Funny I never heard these cries when democrats win.
So I guess you aren't cheering for the dems? Both Canada and the Us have very low unemployment rates so not exactly what u said it would be back in 2017.
line up the number of attempts at voter suppression by each side and get back to us
Ryan Strome 9,104
Canucks All-Star
34 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:
I don't recall saying anything about the US unemployment rate in 2017. I do recall you refusing to give Trudeau any credit for the low unemployment rate in Canada....
However, that aside, I don't subscribe to the doctrine that as long as the economy is in good shape, you overlook everything else that POTUS has done. What I said back in 2015, is that a Trump presidency would be an unmitigated disaster. I also said that his stupid Wall would never be built. I was right on both counts.
Not sure what you're getting at with you opening sentence. I'm pulling for whomever can defeat Trump. I'm pretty sure no Republican will take the nomination from him, so...
And Trump never gets credit for the us economy. Are we even? In fact both are borrowing big time to create jobs.
As for the economy...in both countries if the economy is strong the incumbent usually wins a second term, actually in both countries the leader generally wins a 2nd term. Unmitigated disaster? Sure maybe from an embarrassing pov but most Americans are working and making more money now so for them it's not a disaster. On the world stage he has said many disastrous things but how many Americans even know what the g7 is?
My point was I don't think the dems have a chance. I thought Sanders would be the next potus but he doesn't seem to have the steam he had in 2016. @SabreFan1 kind of gave me a good explanation on this.
25 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:
I don't know enough about voter suppression but I do know liberals make so many excuses for losing but they're losing all over the western world. Hell look at our premiers, even Clarke won in bc so in reality how many liberals govern provinces? 1 or 2?
Does Canada have voter suppression? Why doesn't the us do like here and send out voter cards that u verify who u are?
Edited June 23, 2019 by Ryan Strome
13 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
no we're pretty civil that way. Just Poutine Poilievre with his robocall company.
everything comes in waves. Yeah we have a rise of righty thinking (or is it reaction? don't see a lot of thinking in the movement tbh) but one thing we've learned is polls mean squat and you can't predict election days anymore.
1 minute ago, Jimmy McGill said:
I agree but would a Canadian system work in the US? If voter suppression is an issue why didn't a black democrat potus fix it? Or why doesn't a Democratic controlled senate in the past or democrat controlled Congress fix the problem?
2 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
out of his hands. Its done at the governor level.
I don't see how a Canadian system would work there, its all state level. I could see some states doing things well but not the ones that sway hard left or right.
Oh ok so the states decide on federal elections? That seems odd.
Just now, Ryan Strome said:
they decide on how the ridings are laid out
Interesting. Who decides the ridings in Canada? It's done at the federal level isn't it?
the US is more complex that i realized - good luck with this dogs breakfast; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_redistricting
We do an independent commission approach - interesting article here on it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-ridings-redistribution-1.3227653
Edited June 23, 2019 by Jimmy McGill
6 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:
Can't click on the link Jim. Want to read those.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_redistricting
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-ridings-redistribution-1.3227653
RUPERTKBD 26,428
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From whom? What I've always said is that the economy isn't enough.
Pulling out of the Paris Accord....pulling out of the Iran Nuclear deal....declaring Canada a National Security risk...separating families with no plan on how to reunite them, all based on a racist fallacy....appointing Climate Change deniers to the EPA...putting an unqualified rich donor in charge of Education....Nepotism at the highest levels....using his office to enrich himself...
I'm not "embarrassed" by suggesting any of these things are disastrous, but perhaps you should be for suggesting a strong economy (which was already trending upwards before 2016, BTW) makes up for them.
similar to Canada
thedestroyerofworlds 5,031
Canucks Second-Line
Location: In the P dot G dot
15 hours ago, Ryan Strome said:
Voter suppression is a thing. Gerrymandering is a thing. The recent file dump of a deceased GOP operative proves that the GOP actively is trying to suppress the vote. Still waiting on the proof of the millions of illegals that voted for Shillary.
CBH1926 6,248
1 hour ago, thedestroyerofworlds said:
Voter suppression is happening everywhere, and it's not only done by the GOP.
Recently they illegally purged 200k voters in NYC.
36 minutes ago, CBH1926 said:
I see your New York 200,000 and raise you Georgia's 340,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/georgia-governor-race-voter-suppression-brian-kemp
And for fun, I'll add Texas' failed/stalled attempt to purge 95,000.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/26/texas-voter-purge-state-settles-lawsuit-over-attempt-trim-voter-lists/3593055002/
As for your New York 200,000, a good chunk of those were Dem voters in Brooklyn (just over 63,000 of that 200.000). So your retort is not quite as strong as you think.
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/13/17855254/new-york-city-voters-rolls-purges-missing-names-2018-midterms
Edited June 24, 2019 by thedestroyerofworlds
1 minute ago, thedestroyerofworlds said:
As for your New York 200,000, a good chink of those were Dem voters in Brooklyn (just over 63,000 of that 200.000). So your retort is not quite as strong as you think.
Remember that whole hanging chad stupidity in Florida between Bush and Gore? The idea is to help people with their right to make their choice. Is it democracy when efforts are made to throw out peoples' votes, or make it hard for them to vote?
7 minutes ago, Alflives said:
It should be, but that would make it harder for a certain grand ole party to win as much as they do.


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Q: How to detect if start and end date overlaps another start and end date in JavaScript? I got both a start and end date object on an event object. I got another object with the same start and end date objects in it. How do I test if they overlap each other?

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{
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  return (e1start > e2start && e1start < e2end ||
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}

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