Despite being a rail thin former dancer, Aida Mollenkamp does her fair share of eating in her role as host and recipe developer for Ask Aida and FoodCrafters on the Cooking Channel. "You don't want to dine with me unless you're ready to share," she says, and we can speak from personal experience that she can put it away with the best of them. This week she submits to the San Francisco Diet, while splitting her time between here, which she considers her adoptive home, and L.A. for work.
For my job both the work and the dining out amount to a feast or famine situation. Lately I've been on the feast end of the spectrum as I've been planning the next season of FoodCrafters and the first steps for my cookbook. That said I've been out of the kitchen and in restaurants for much of the last week. Here's what I indulged in these last 7 days. My lesson learned? It might be time to consider a cleanse.
6:45 a.m. - While some people hit the snooze button when they wake up, I hit the French press. Until I've consumed a cup of coffee, I'm a zombie so I got the day started with some Blue Bottle's Three Africans.
9 a.m. - You don't want to dine with me unless you're ready to share, as I'm all about trying everyone's food. My friend and recipe cross-tester knows that, so we ordered appropriately when we met for a breakfast meeting at Berkeley's Guerilla Café. Apparently, we were feeling savory grains as we decided on both polenta options: one with poached eggs and Gorgonzola and the other with grilled mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, parmesan and chives. Keeping up on the caffeine run, I ordered another hit of Blue Bottle Three Africans.
1:45 p.m. - I was due for a flight delay as I've had a string of good travel karma, but no one I feel deserves a canceled flight. I mean, didn't Southwest know I had big plans to hit up the tasty Cacao Deli when I landed in L.A? Apparently not. Hours into the ordeal I broke down and got a salad at Andalé Café. As with all airport food, it was forgettable and barely edible. To top things off I got a stomachache and it stayed with me all afternoon.
8:30 p.m. - My family knows how to eat so when they incessantly raved about the omakase at Sushi Park, I knew I had to go. Like all self-respecting sushi joints, it's tucked away in a nondescript strip mall but this one is in the thick of it on the Sunset Strip. Though it much stacked up against it, the place was a find with excellent though not mind-blowingly good sushi. My friends and I did damage to the tune of a pretty penny and many dirty plates. We started with charred shishito peppers then the omakase started up. What I recall eating was: albacore sashimi with scallions, chutoro and otoro, seared snapper, yellowtail with soy, hamachi with shiso, braised abalone, seared skipjack, jackfish with daikon, Spanish mackerel with ginger, pompano with shichimi, salmon with cucumber, albacore toro with soy, blue crab hand roll, and some sho chiku bai unfiltered sake to wash it all down.
7 a.m. - Breakfast at my family's place. We're savory breakfast people so eggs and yogurt are mainstays. Today it was greek yogurt with blueberries, goji berries, honey, and flaxseed. I keep telling myself I make up for all my eating sins with a good breakfast.
1 p.m. - As cliché as it sounds, I had a Hollywood working lunch at the Chateau Marmont. Chef Carolynn Spence came by and tuned me in to the cucumber sandwich. Though I may have been a lady who lunches, the sandwich was no tea party fare. Stacked sky-high, it was packed with cucumber, avocado, butter lettuce, sprouts, pickled onions, and pesto on a sweet roll along with some simply dressed thick-cut heirloom tomatoes and radishes on the side. It kept me going strong for the rest of the afternoon.
9:15 p.m. - I had passed by Cube for some pasta and cheese in the past, but this was my first time dining there. As a salute to summer, we started with the salad of heirloom tomatoes, yellow peaches, imported buffalo mozzarella, fruity olive oil, and a 6-year balsamic. Simple deliciousness, but I fear telling my Italian friends about it as they find balsamic on a Caprese salad blasphemous. We moved on to braised octopus with charred radicchio, and cipollini onion marmelade - perfectly cooked and complex it was the best thing we had all night. Next up was the hearty sweet creamy corn succotash with limas, bacon, and seared scallops. My friends was set on the fresh matagliati with oxtail ragu and grassi parmesan while I have a hard time with heavy dishes when it's hot out. Turns out I didn't eat much of it anyways as it was the least exciting thing we had all night. To end on a high note, I contemplated getting at drink next door at The Tar Pit but decided to get my beauty sleep for my friend's wedding the next day.
8 a.m. - Barely squeezed in a few bites of cereal and soy milk before I was volunteered to watch after my nephew. Again, the coffee situation was fruitless.
12:45 p.m. - A farm-to-table café that seems to have gotten sidetracked on its way north, Silver Lake's Forage seems like it'd be more at home in the Bay Area than SoCal. The menu changes constantly but I settled on watermelon salad with feta, tahini jidori chicken salad, with pita crisps, fattoush salad, cherry tomato crostini, and a plum agua fresca.
1:30 p.m. - How I haven't been to Pazzo Gelato before is a mystery, but I finally went. The Thai tea gelato was seriously addictive and I concluded that I'm fortunate that I don't live nearby, as it'd be hazardous to my health.
1:50 p.m. - Requisite stop by Intelligentsia for coffee. I hopped on the long line and decided to try out their iced coffee. Refreshing indeed, yet it was so intense I struggled to finish half of it.
7 p.m. - I concluded that country clubs are where bad food goes to die. Had a great time celebrating my friend's wedding at the Wilshire Country Club, but the dinner was a relic of the Reagan era. With things like mixed greens with Italian dressing, surf and turf with baby carrots and asparagus, and a sorbet trio, I ordered a Makers and ginger and got busy on the dance floor.
11:30 a.m. - Brunch at Suzanne Goin's Hungry Cat. Making up for the lack of dinner on Saturday, we ate two meals worth of food. Started things out with an Iced LaMill coffee and some monkey bread then moved on to blue prawns, crab cake benedict with kale and bacon, fish tacos with cotija and slaw, scramble shallots, herbs, goat cheese, toast, and roast potatoes, and yet another watermelon salad with feta.
8:15 p.m. -I was about to eat my hand I was so starving, so we made a quick decision to hit up Loteria Grill. I grew up on chilaquiles at the farmers' market but had yet to try out the Hollywood location. Things started off strong with a spot-on tamarind martini, a Paloma cocktail, a huitalacoche quesadilla, and some queso panela with a nopalito salsa. Next up were the tacos (they're known for them) as well as the snapper Veracruzana. The apps were the highlight and after our mains, I started to understand why it's received mixed reviews. I'll never give up my allegiance to those chilaquiles though.
6:15 a.m. - Early breakfast of yogurt parfait with greek yogurt, nectarines, and honey and copious amounts of French press coffee.
2 p.m. - Cooked up lunch at home to try out a few new recipes and some potential products for FoodCrafters. Happy to be back in my own kitchen, I threw together a salad with coriander, heirloom tomatoes, pepitas, and Cypress Grove's Purple Haze goat cheese then experimented with a quinoa "fried rice" loaded with roasted garlic, scallions, peppers, herbs, and a drizzle of the butternut squash oil. Promptly typed up my thoughts on the oil for the rest of the production team.
4 p.m. - Montmorency dried tart cherries are way too addictive. That is all.
9:15 p.m. - Went old school L.A. and tried out the hole-in-the wall Argentinean joint, Carlito's Gardel. Along with a few glasses of Malbec, we started with stuffed mushrooms, salad with artichoke hearts, cucumbers, hearts of palm, and roasted peppers. The spinach gnocchi with cream and marinara was my favorite of the night as it reminded me of my grandmother's take. We finished with the requisite red meat and the skirt steak was perfectly cook and served up throwback style with steamed broccoli and carrots. Took home the extras and it's possible my family is still working on the leftovers.
6:55 a.m. - Standard breakfast at home of nectarines, yogurt, and blueberries and a big cup of coffee.
12:45 p.m. - For lunch, I got in the kitchen and experimented with a braised romano bean dish. I gave the traditionally Italian dish a twist with some clove and pomegranate molasses and served it up with mixed greens tossed with the latest incarnation of my cardamom fennel pickle recipe.
3:15 p.m. - Had a mid-afternoon cheese-plate snack of nectarines, Andante's Etude cheese, and some Marcona almonds.
9:10pm - Checked out Prospect for the first time for a work dinner. Tried out the bison carpaccio with fried oysters, calamari with black rice, beets with brittle and manchego, and the mushroom and ricotta crepes with maitakes and spinach. The meal was a perfect pairing to the blistery San Fran weather.
7:20 a.m. - Blueberries and coffee for breakfast as I wrote up my grocery list.
12:15 p.m. - Marinated some Hodo Soy Beanery tofu in ginger, garlic, soy, mirin, roasted it off, topped it with sesame seeds, scallions, and noshed it with some pickled carrot and chile salad.
1 p.m. - I've never been a huge soda person but in the name of FoodCrafters research, I popped open a Root Beer from Hawaii's Wailalua Soda Works. It's not too sweet and has a nice root-y flavor though I'm a bigger fan of their tropical flavors like Pineapple, Mango, and Lillikoi.
7:25pm - Wasn't up for fighting the crowds at Commonwealth, so I hit up Mission Chinese Food. Ordered up the Ma Po Tofu (wanted to add crab but they were out), the Tingly Lamb Noodle Soup, and the Taiwanese Eggplant. The food was as flavorful as everyone's said yet so spicy that I think I started sweating before I even took a bite. The experience was, no doubt, made all the better by the addition of the gangsta rap soundtrack.
7:20 a.m. - Despite my well-rounded dinner, I still managed to wake up starving. Though super tempted to dip into the leftover lamb and noodles from last night, I reminded myself that a lady over 30 really should break such habits and reached for the oatmeal and fruit instead. As always, a French press of Three Africans was brewed up to get me charged.
12:25 p.m. - I usually hit up the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market on Thursdays as it's not as crazy as Saturday, yet has more going on than Tuesdays. It didn't pan out today as I was in book planning meetings all morning and fought baseball traffic to get home. Whipped up a black bean salad with roasted corn, cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion, feta and a cilantro vinaigrette. Slipped into a food coma for a while.
2 p.m. - Brewed some LaMill iced coffee to celebrate that it's actually sunny in San Francisco!


Preheat oven to 200 deg C. Spread the chopped nuts in a layer in a pan and toast them in the oven for 10 minutes, turning them from time to time. Watch carefully for any sign of burning. In a heavy pan, combine the honey and sugar and, stirring constantly, bring to a boil. When the sugar is melted, lower the heat and stir in the nuts. Stirring regularly, cook for 15 minutes. Brush the inside of a pan with cold water and pour in the nut mixture. Smooth the top and set aside, uncovered, to cool. When firm, dip the pan into hot water and invert a flat plate on top. Turn over; the candy should slide out in one piece. With a sharp knife dipped in hot water, cut into diamond shapes.


The last 11-13 feet of it. Holds become scarce and are tiny. Tiny meaning crystals. Looks great, to my knowledge it's only a project.
When walking down the Twin Owls trail, you'll enter a fenced in area. About 200-300 feet in on the right will be a moss covered slab. That is it.
Crash pads would be good. A few at the bottom is recommended, the landing is a little sketchy.


I meant to say, "news". Saw the Weather Channel footage of a house floating down the White River and crashing into a bridge--it was sucked right under it! I imagine this is downstream in the Delta and duckhunting area. Appreciate any news on what folks expect down there where the White and Arkansas run into the Mississippi. I really like that area. Lots of woods and bayous. Am praying for you all.
Last edited by Kurt; 03-22-2008 at 01:59 PM.. Reason: Mistaken word.
I saw that footage too. Also today.... they were thinking about closing I-40 I think it was 40. The water was rising and traffic was slowed to a crawl.
Sam I Am posted a great web site on the thread I posted asking about raod conditions.
The house going under the bridge was just outrageous! Very scarry.
and it's early in the season.
The house hitting the bridge was on Highway 5 in Calico Rock. Its about 20 miles south of Mountain Home.
I have a dear friend who lives on the Spring River. He had a beautiful little cabin right on the water in Hardy. You could stand on his deck and fish off of it.
The water down there rose so fast by the time his neighbor called him at work it was too late. The cabin (on 8 ft stilts) is so damaged it will have to be torn down. The water reached halfway up the walls by the time it was done.
His dog survived 3 days in there before my friend was able to get him out.
how very very sad for him and all being affected.
What about the Jenkins Trout dock in Calico Rock? Were they able to save it?


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Partners, Funders & Friends
Just as there is a diversity of growers, there is a diversity of ways that RVGA collaborates to keep farming strong. We appreciate the ongoing involvement of so many organizations, foundations, institutions and individuals. From technical expertise to financial support, from farm advocacy to institutional partnerships, we are grateful to the following:
American Farmland Trust is the only national conservation organization dedicated to protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land. As the vital link among farmers, conservationists and policy-makers, we're focused on ensuring the availability of the land that provides fresh food, a healthy environment and lasting rural landscapes.
Chefs Consortium is a a greater Hudson Valley educational non-profit dedicated to sharing the joys of local foods.
The Common Ground Harvest Celebration is about bringing people together, recognizing our common ground, and celebrating our shared vision for the Rondout Valley as a healthy, creative, regenerative and sustainable community now and for years to come in an inclusive, fun, and collaborative atmosphere.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County has been sharing research based knowledge with the residents of Ulster County since 1913.
Since 1970, FAMILY has been an anchor for area residents- a place where people are respectful and caring, and where the search for solutions is creative and tireless. FAMILY's shelters, emergency food pantries, court advocates, counseling and case management services, hotlines, and child care supports all work together to help people achieve the changes they seek.
From the Ground Up and Nicci Cagan
Glynwood Center, Inc.
The Hudson Valley Bounty (HVB) is a project of the HVADC designed to promote local foods throughout the Hudson Valley region. The mission of HVB is to promote and support networking connections between local agricultural producers and culinary businesses, while educating the community about the preservation of local farms and the use of local and regional sustainable food products. Covering Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties, the Bounty's website includes 276 farms, 251 restaurants, and 29 markets.
Local Economies Project The mission of the Local Economies Project (LEP) is to build an equitable and ecologically resilient food system in the Hudson Valley. Toward this end, we develop programming, act as a convener in the regional food and farming economy, and provide grant funding. LEP's land based project, the Hudson Valley Farm Hub, is a non-profit center for resilient agriculture located on 1,255 acres of prime farmland in Hurley, NY.
Mohonk Consultations helps bring about a clearer understanding of the interrelationship of all life on earth, emphasizing the need for sustainable use of all the earth's resources, including the human community, and supports the development of practical means to do so.
The Open Space Institute protects scenic, natural and historic landscapes to provide public enjoyment, conserve habitat and working lands and sustain communities.
Re>Think Local is a nonprofit collaborative of locally owned independent businesses, artists, farmers, and nonprofits working to co-create a better Hudson Valley: vibrant, sustainable, locally rooted and human scale, with equal concern for people, planet, and prosperity.
The Rondout Valley Business Association is a membership-based group of businesses, organizations, and individuals dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for residents of the Rondout Valley and to promote the region as a destination for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit the Hudson Valley region each year.
Sage Arts is an intergenerational arts project located in New York's Hudson Valley that promotes social inclusion and dignity for elders in our communities. We pair elders with local artists to collaborate on original songs that define and celebrate their life experiences. The songs are then performed at concerts, enabling elders and the wider community to share in an intergenerational celebration of moving art. SageArts inspires and invigorates our elders, who are no longer viewed through the lens of their physical limitations and needs, reminding the community of the incredible value they have.
Scenic Hudson
UlsterCorps
Women's Studio Workshop envisions a society where women's visual art is integral to the cultural mainstream and permanently recorded in history. Their mission is to operate and maintain an artists' workspace that encourage the voice and vision of individual women artists, provide professional opportunities for artists at various stages of their careers, and promote programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness, and support for the visual arts.
We are very grateful to the following organizations for their support of our programs.
Carve for a Cause
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Farm Credit East
Lawyers Alliance of New York
Local Economies Project
Norcross Wildlife Fund
Rondout Savings Bank
Ulster County Farm Bureau
Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation

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Litigation Release No. 20556 / May 6, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Steven J. Ott and Roger Michael Young, Civil Action No. 06-4195 (GEB) (D.N.J.)
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Yaw Osei Amoako Civil Action No. 05-4284 (GEB) (D.N.J.)
Former Executives Of ITXC Corp. Settle Foreign Bribery Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on April 18, 2008, the Honorable Garrett E. Brown Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, entered final judgments against Steven J. Ott and Roger Michael Young, in SEC v. Steven J. Ott and Roger Michael Young, Civil Action No. 06-4195 (GEB) (D.N.J.), and against Yaw Osei Amoako, in SEC v. Yaw Osei Amoako, Civil Action No. 05-4284 (GEB) (D.N.J.). The final judgments resolve the Commission's claims against the defendants, including claims in the Commission's amended complaint against Amoako filed in April 2008. The Commission charged Ott, Young and Amoako, former executives of ITXC Corp., with violations of the anti-bribery and books and records provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA), for their respective roles in a scheme to bribe senior officials of government-owned telephone companies in Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. Prior to its acquisition by Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd. on May 31, 2004, ITXC was a publicly-held international telecommunications carrier based in Princeton, New Jersey.
The complaints alleged that Ott, ITXC's former Vice President for Global Sales, Young, ITXC's former Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa, and Amoako, ITXC's former Regional Director for Sales in Africa, negotiated and/or approved bribes that ITXC paid to foreign officials in Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal, in order to obtain contracts necessary for ITXC to transmit telephone calls to individuals and businesses in those countries. As alleged in the complaints, the defendants were responsible for $267,468.95 in bribes that ITXC paid between August 2001 and May 2004. According to the complaints, ITXC made $11,509,733 in net profits from the improperly obtained contracts. The amended complaint against Amoako further alleged that he improperly received approximately $150,000 through embezzlement and a kickback in connection with the bribery scheme.
Without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaints, Ott, Young and Amoako each consented to the entry of a final judgment that permanently enjoins them from violating Sections 30A and 13(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), Rule 13b2-1 thereunder, and from aiding and abetting violations of Exchange Act Section 13(b)(2)(A) and, with respect to Ott and Young, violations of Exchange Act Section 13(b)(2)(B). The final judgment against Amoako also orders him to pay $188,453 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest.
In parallel criminal proceedings brought by the Department of Justice, Ott, Young and Amoako each pled guilty to felony charges of conspiring to violate the FCPA and the Travel Act. The Court sentenced Amoako to a prison term of 18 months and imposed a $7,500 fine. The sentencing of Ott and Young is pending.
The Commission acknowledges the assistance of the Department of Justice in this matter.
The Commission's investigation is continuing.
See also Litigation Release Nos. 19356 (September 1, 2005) & 19821 (September 6, 2006).
SEC Complaint in this matter


Partly cloudy Tuesday, temperatures as high as 36°C / 97°F, low temperature around 28°C / 83°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the ESE 15 km/h / 9 mph. Barometric pressure 1009 mb / 29.8 in, visibility 16 km / 10 mi, humidity 65%.
Partly cloudy Wednesday, temperatures as high as 38°C / 100°F, low temperature around 28°C / 82°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the SE 20 km/h / 12 mph. Barometric pressure 1009 mb / 29.8 in, visibility 20 km / 12 mi, humidity 61%.
Partly cloudy Thursday, temperatures as high as 37°C / 99°F, low temperature around 28°C / 82°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the ESE 20 km/h / 12 mph. Barometric pressure 1008 mb / 29.77 in, visibility 19 km / 12 mi, humidity 57%.
Partly cloudy Friday, temperatures as high as 36°C / 98°F, low temperature around 28°C / 82°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the ESE 19 km/h / 12 mph. Barometric pressure 1007 mb / 29.74 in, visibility 20 km / 12 mi, humidity 63%.
Partly cloudy Saturday, temperatures as high as 34°C / 93°F, low temperature around 28°C / 82°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the ESE 15 km/h / 9 mph. Barometric pressure 1009 mb / 29.8 in, visibility 19 km / 12 mi, humidity 69%.
Partly cloudy Sunday, temperatures as high as 36°C / 96°F, low temperature around 27°C / 81°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the SE 17 km/h / 11 mph. Barometric pressure 1009 mb / 29.8 in, visibility 17 km / 11 mi, humidity 68%.
Partly cloudy Monday, temperatures as high as 37°C / 99°F, low temperature around 27°C / 81°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the SE 16 km/h / 10 mph. Barometric pressure 1009 mb / 29.8 in, visibility 17 km / 11 mi, humidity 64%.
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As you read the intricate details about the construction of the Tent of Meeting, I want to challenge you to not lose sight of the people responsible for their execution. I want to point to a few verses and make several observations to this end.
"So the people of Israel followed all of the Lord's instructions to Moses. Then Moses inspected all their work. When he found it had been done just as the Lord had commanded him, he blessed them" (Ex. 39:42-43).
The work of God is too big and too important to be accomplished by a single person.
Cheerfully acknowledge and humbly engage the gifts of others to help you accomplish the work God has given you.
There are a variety of gifts – leadership, service, financial, abilities, etc. – but they all come from God.
Being asked to use your God-given skills for God-ordained purposes is not an imposition, but a privilege.
Our capacity to accomplish exceedingly great things for God is unlocked by our availability to be used by God, our faithfulness to the task to which he has called us and our obedience to do things the way he instructs us to do them.
Our spiritual gifts are to be developed and maximized.
Knowing and using your gifts brings glory to God, blesses us and blesses others.
How well are you using your gifts?
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Retracted Science paper highlights problems with universities and journals
In a case of scientific dishonesty, the actions of the journal Science and Uppsala University have been found to be "remarkable".
Posted by Bruce Boyes on 5 May 2017 in Opinion, Quality of science and science communication | 135 Views | 3 Responses
The journal Science, considered to be one of the world's leading academic journals, has this week retracted a widely reported study on the effects of microplastics on fish, in the wake of a damning statement by the Expert Group on Dishonesty in Research of Sweden's Central Ethical Review Board. Retraction Watch reports that this comes after months of questions about the validity of the study data.
The Expert Group concluded that the study authors "have been guilty of scientific dishonesty", and levels strong criticism at the journal Science for accepting the paper, and at Uppsala University for it's poor investigation of the matter, stating that:
According to the Expert Group's assessment, it is remarkable that the article, given [its] deficiencies, was accepted by the journal Science.
…the Expert Group finds it remarkable that Uppsala University, in its preliminary investigation of 31 August 2016, found no support for the presence of dishonesty in the research carried out by Peter Eklöv and Oona Lönnstedt.
Scientific dishonesty such as this acts to further undermine already eroded public confidence in science, giving a free kick to the legions of climate change deniers, evolution deniers, and anti-vaccination campaigners.
There will always be dishonest players in any profession, so institutions need to be set up to be able to readily detect dishonesty and to swiftly and firmly act on it when it is detected. The findings of the Expert Group in regard to this retracted paper show that both universities and journals are falling short of their responsibilities in this regard.
The message to universities and journals is clear: lift your game!
Article source: Retraction Watch.
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With a demonstrated ability to identify and implement innovative solutions to social and ecological complexity, Bruce's many career highlights include establishing RealKM Magazine as an award-winning resource for knowledge managers, using agile approaches to oversee the implementation of an award-winning $77.4 million river recovery program in western Sydney on time and under budget, leading a knowledge strategy process for Australia's 56 natural resource management (NRM) regional organisations, pioneering collaborative learning and governance approaches to empower communities to sustainably manage landscapes and catchments, and initiating and teaching two new knowledge management subjects at Shanxi University in China.
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Beatrice Murray 5 May 2017 at 7:59 am | Permalink
I find it rather odd that the linked Science page shows that the paper has been retracted, but the full text is still available and has all the appearance of a published paper. Surely if it should never have been published then it should now be removed.
Eli Miron 24 June 2017 at 7:36 pm | Permalink
The author claims that "Scientific dishonesty in science…. is giving a free kick to the legions of climate change deniers..".
this is a dangerous accusation. There is a large number of prominent scientists who diasgree with SOME aspects of the "accepted" theory of global warming. Does the author imply that ALL of them are dishonest ?.
Science is based on agreement, disagreement, discussions, arguments etc. This is important to the future of science.
Galileo was also a "denier", wasn't he ??.
What does the author think about the following ?
http://observer.com/2017/02/noaa-fake-global-warming-data-paris-agreement-climate-change/
Bruce Boyes 25 June 2017 at 2:16 am | Permalink
Many thanks Eli for your comments. In regard to the issues you raise:
1. My full statement in the article is "Scientific dishonesty such as this acts to further undermine already eroded public confidence in science, giving a free kick to the legions of climate change deniers, evolution deniers, and anti-vaccination campaigners." This statement does not equate to saying that scientists who disagree with "SOME aspects of the "accepted" theory of global warming" are dishonest.
2. No, Galileo wasn't a denier. Quite the opposite actually: he pioneered the evidence-based scientific method followed by modern scientists (and by RealKM Magazine). See https://skepticalscience.com/climate-skeptics-are-like-galileo.htm
3. In regard to the Observer article you linked, the claim made in the article that NOAA falsified data has been debunked by FactCheck.org, see http://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/no-data-manipulation-at-noaa/
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Jun 20, 2018 Rafiuzzaman Sifat -
Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation
Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems.
Speaking to Reuters, the Pope said he supported recent statements by U.S. Catholic bishops who called the separation of children from their parents "contrary to our Catholic values" and "immoral".
"It's not easy, but populism is not the solution," Francis said on Sunday night.
In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the pope said he was optimistic about talks that may lead to a historic agreement over the appointment of bishops in China, and said he may accept more bishops' resignations over a sexual abuse scandal in Chile.
Reflecting at his Vatican residence on his five years as pope, he defended his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church against criticism by conservatives inside and outside the Church who say his interpretation of its teachings is too liberal.
He also said he wanted to appoint more women to top positions in the Vatican administration.
One of his most pointed messages concerned President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy, in which U.S. authorities plan to criminally prosecute all immigrants caught crossing the Mexican border illegally, holding adults in jail while their children are sent to government shelters.
The policy has caused an outcry in the United States and has been condemned abroad as videos emerged of youngsters held in concrete-floored enclosures and an audio of wailing children went viral.
U.S. Catholic bishops have joined other religious leaders in the United States in condemning the policy.
"I am on the side of the bishops' conference," the pope said, referring to two statements from U.S. bishops this month.
"Let it be clear that in these things, I respect (the position of) the bishops conference."
Francis' comments add to the pressure on Trump over immigration policy. The pope heads a church which has 1.3 billion members worldwide and is the largest Christian denomination in the United States.
The president has strongly defended his administration's actions and cast blame for the family separations on Democrats.
"Democrats are the problem," Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday. "They don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants."
The U.S. crackdown chimes with a new political mood sweeping western Europe over the large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers, most of them escaping conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
The pope said populists were "creating psychosis" on the issue of immigration, even as aging societies like Europe faced "a great demographic winter" and needed more immigrants.
Without immigration, he added, Europe "will become empty."
Since assuming the papacy in 2013, Francis has promoted a liberal interpretation of Catholic teachings at a time when politics in many parts of the West have shifted toward economic nationalism.
He has faced internal opposition from conservative clergy who oppose his liberal interpretations, especially his approach to sexuality and showing mercy toward divorced Catholics. But the pope said he prayed for conservatives who sometimes said "nasty things" about him.
Defending his leadership, the 81-year-old Argentine pontiff said the future of the Catholic Church was "on the street".
He said he wanted to appoint more women to head Vatican departments because they were better at resolving conflicts, though this should not lead to what he called "masculinism in a skirt".
The pope said his health was good apart from leg pain related to a back condition. He reiterated comments first made shortly after his election that he may someday resign for reasons of health as his predecessor, Pope Benedict, did in 2013, but said: "Right now, I am not even thinking about it."
He spoke at length about immigration, a controversial issue in Europe as well as the United States. The populist Italian government has refused port access to non-government ships that have been rescuing asylum-seekers trying to cross to Italy from Africa in flimsy boats.
One ship was forced to disembark more than 600 migrants in Spain at the weekend.
Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini, who is also leader of the far-right-wing League party, has criticized the pope in the past, once saying the pontiff should take in migrants in the Vatican if he was so concerned about them.
"I believe that you cannot reject people who arrive. You have to receive them, help them, look after them, accompany them and then see where to put them, but throughout all of Europe," Francis said.
"Some governments are working on it, and people have to be settled in the best possible way, but creating psychosis is not the cure," he added. "Populism does not resolve things. What resolves things is acceptance, study, prudence."
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
Md. Rafiuzzaman Sifat, a CSE graduate turned into journalist, works at News Hour as a staff reporter. He has many years of experience in featured writing in different Bangladeshi newspapers. He is an active blogger, story writer and social network activist. He published a book named 'Se Amar Gopon' inEkushe boi mela Dhaka 2016. Sifat got a BSc. from Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. He also works as an Engineer at Bangla Trac Communications Ltd. As an avid traveler and a gourmet food aficionado, he is active in publishing restaurant reviews and cutting-edge articles about culinary culture.