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Racial attitudes inspected in a tough documentary, in a bit of history and a biting satire
Volkmar Richter
Also two animated Oscar contenders and a new slant from Britain on zombies
I don't remember this happening before. Here we are almost on the eve of the Academy Awards, and the expected love fest for La La Land, and three contenders have only just arrived in town.
A fourth was also scheduled but has now been postponed. They're not front runners but they are full-length features. Two are animated, one is foreign language and one is such a powerful documentary I hope it wins. My reviews start with the three that are here.
I Am Not Your Negro: 4 ½ stars
My Life as a Zucchini: 4
The Red Turtle: 3 ½
A United Kingdom: 3
Get Out: 3 ½
The Girl With All the Gifts: 3
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO: In these days of Black Lives Matter, this Oscar-nominated documentary resonates powerfully. It examines the U.S. racial troubles through the insights of James Baldwin, the writer, speaker and intellectual who died in 1987 but whose words are pertinent even now. "White is a metaphor for power," he wrote. He cited his "hate and pity" for "American blindness or cowardice" and for "moral monsters". And going further he charted a psychological profile of both whites and blacks. His thoughts are part historical analysis, part anticipation. The film attached scenes from Ferguson, Missouri to underline that.
Before he died Baldwin wrote 30 pages of notes towards a book on black history as seen through the stories of three friends: Martin Luther King, Malcom X and Medger Evers. All had been murdered. Samuel L. Jackson reads from those notes and Baldwin himself is seen in clips from talk shows and speeches. Plus, the film is lively with clips from the news and the movies. In one, Bobby Kennedy predicts a black president in maybe 40 years, just about right for Obama's election. From the movies, which Baldwin loved but eventually felt lied to him with its white heroes and subservient blacks, there's a lot of John Wayne but also a startling clip from a 1930s movie in which a school girl is exposed as passing for white. There's also a ham-handed cut from a swooning Doris Day to a photo of a lynching. That's a rare misstep in this film by Raoul Peck which everywhere else is fiery, reasoned and articulate. (At two theatres: VanCity and International Village) 4 ½ out of 5
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI: Like many films for children this one concentrates on the yearning for family. It's quite a bit more realistic than usual though, despite it animation format and papier-mâché characters with big soulful eyes. These kids are tossed into a group-home orphanage (Zucchini, as his mother called him and he prefers over his real name, after he accidentally kills his mother). The children talk about sex and get into fights and little power plays. A nasty kid named Simon, whose parents are both junkies, takes a confrontational stance with Zucchini but also articulates reality. "We're all the same. We've got nobody left to love us," he says.
The film builds its emotional terrain gradually. Zucchini falls in love with a new girl who has a dark history and an aggressive aunt. He becomes friendly with a policeman but is adoption possible? Should he and the new girl go? How would the other kids feel, including spiteful Simon? The film understands well the bonds that can build up even in severe environments like orphanages. It's from France and will be shown in two versions: subtitled and dubbed (by voices like Ellen Page, Will Forte, Nick Offerman, and Amy Sedaris). Visit viff.org for times. (VanCity Theatre) 4 out of 5
THE RED TURTLE: Here's another animated film unlike most you see these days. It's calm and quiet; there's not even any talking, but it's brilliantly sound-designed and beautifully drawn. And it's allegorical and open to a variety of interpretations. I see it as a metaphorical portrait of a man's entire life.
I Am Not Your Negro
inter-racial marriage
My Life as a Zucchini
racial satire
The Girl With All the Gifts
The Red Turtle
More in New Movies
Candid scenes with Leonard Cohen and his muse, housing problems much like ours in Frisco and what we learned about life from the starfish
Also: loud comedy from an Uber car, grim living in an English family and Jews eluding the Nazis in wartime Berlin
Volkmar RichterJul 11th, 2019
More action from Spider-Man, a pagan cult in Midsommar and Wild Rose hurting to sing country
Also: Because We Are Girls, a stunning real story from here in BC, and Too Late To Die Young, a Chilean film that hides its politics
Volkmar RichterJul 4th, 2019
Beatles tunes and fantasy in Yesterday, a mesmerizing woman quest in China and Buddy, a treat for dog lovers
Also the return of a candid biography of Gordon Lightfoot
Volkmar RichterJun 27th, 2019
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T.A.K.E. defense training coming to QU
Daniel Grosso
Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon have brought the The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation Self Defense Program to Quinnipiac. The T.A.K.E. Foundation was created in memory of Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old girl who was killed after being beaten by a stranger. The organization travels to colleges and universities to teach women self-defense strategies.The two-hour class will teach Quinnipiac's women how to avoid potentially dangerous situations and how to defend themselves if an attack occurs. The class will be on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 9:15 p.m. at Burt Kahn Court.
Burt Kahn Court
Students express disappointment with Quinnipiac administration's response to world events
Quinnipiac vice president and chief of staff supports Hamden's new police chief
Quinnipiac community responds to new law requiring high schools to offer African American, Black, Latino and Puerto Rican studies
Quinnipiac gears its website to community members
Turning Point USA trying to influence SGA elections
A new class takes stage
A coalition of progressive groups — and some Quinnipiac students — call for Biden to cancel student debt
A challenging semester for professors

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Disney Interactive has just released a free VR experience that lets you walk inside of the world's of some of its biggest franchises, with Disney Movies VR available now on Steam for the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift headsets.
Disney Movies VR has world's to walk around in from The Jungle Book, Captain America: Civil War and even Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The app offers short, fully immersive scenes from the movies, providing an entirely new way to experience some of the biggest franchises in cinema.
Check it out here on Steam.
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Millionaires living in low-income housing? As difficult as it is to believe, this is exactly what is happening, and it's happening everywhere. But how? And why?
A local television station in Atlanta recently reported on a series of situations where people with incomes far beyond the restrictions to qualify for subsidized, low-income housing are, in fact, reaping the benefits of government assistance, even though they do not qualify.
A recent government audit found literally thousands of families across the country. Out of the 25,000 families who are taking advantage of low-income housing, 666 of those families live in Georgia.
The problem seems to lie in the fact that HUD requirements for low-income housing only stipulate that people qualify to get the housing. Once they are in the HUD system, however, they remain, even when their incomes grow well beyond the minimum wage limitations. According to a recent report, more than a half million poor families are sitting on a waiting list with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. They are being denied housing that they qualify for and desperately need, housing that is being taken by thousands of unqualified families.
Should a millionaire be paying only $300 a month for HUD housing? You decide.


Columbia City Ballet's holiday family tradition, Nutcracker, dazzles audiences each season. Don't miss the extraordinary snow-filled performance of this timeless tale. "We want them to know it's like a Broadway show.
Columbia City Ballet's holiday family tradition, Nutcracker, dazzles audiences each season. Don't miss the extraordinary snow-filled performance of this timeless tale.


The Embassy organized a Welcome and Orientation program for the JDS Fellows of 2017 on 05 September 2017. Newly arrived JDS Fellows, Representatives of JICE and Embassy Officials attended the programme.
In her speech H.E. Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan welcomed the JDS fellows. She highlighted the excellent relations between Bangladesh and Japan. The Ambassador briefed the JDS fellows about the activities of the Embassy, Japanese culture, language and living in Japan. She advised the fellows to acquire knowledge and experiences from the program and make the best use of it in their respective fields for the development of Bangladesh.
Ms. Nanami Hida, Director of International Student Programs Department, JICE and Dr. Sahida Akter, Economic Minister, Bangladesh Embassy also spoke in the event.


Introduction LA Testing offers mold and other indoor air quality (IAQ) testing services to identify contaminants and pollutants in all types of buildings.
A lack of building maintenance that resulted in water leaks at a local Northern California courthouse is being blamed for the temporary closure of the facility several months ago. To make matters worse, media reports have stated that mold was also discovered that could cause indoor air quality (IAQ) issues for the public and the court's staff. In response, County officials moved legal proceeding to a courthouse in nearby Eureka, California.
Water damage and elevated humidity levels in an indoor environment can result in the growth of mold and indoor air quality concerns in a relatively short period of time. The presence of mold can cause a wide range of health concerns from triggering asthma in some people, causing allergies and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), and even resulting in infections in some people with a weakened or suppressed immune system.
Wet materials and surfaces can support the growth of mold in as short as 48 hours. Many building materials, furnishings and belongings provide suitable nutrients that encourage mold to grow when moisture is present. Wet cellulose materials, including paper and paper products, cardboard, ceiling tiles, wood and wood products are particularly conducive for the growth of some types of mold. Other materials such as dust, paint, wallpaper, insulation, drywall, carpet, fabric and upholstery also commonly support mold growth.
LA Testing provides mold sampling supplies, test kits and comprehensive analyses to help protect building occupants from mold and other IAQ exposure concerns. They have also sponsored an educational video about health issues that can be caused by breathing mold that can be seen at: http://youtu.be/61eTg1WfJHo.


As I await my little man no. 2, I have already looked into what skin care routine I would like to follow to make sure his delicate skin is nourished from the outside. Whilst many products designed for babies promise to be gentle and soft to babies' delicate skin, having analysed ingredient lists of some of the most well-known brands' products, I am somewhat unconvinced that they are suitable to newborn skin. This skepticism is also a result of my own struggle to find the right products for my now 5-year old son ever since he was diagnosed with atopic eczema when approx. four months old.
Only top and tailing for the first week or two, only using water.
Babies are born with naturally protective outer layer on their skin so I intend to avoid using any products on my baby for as long as possible, in order not to disturb that barrier. In my view, using boiled and then cooled down water is best for cleaning baby's entire body as well as the nappy area, along with soft organic cotton pads, to make sure baby's skin is cleansed in a gentle yet effective way.
When it's time to start having baths, my view is that too many baths are completely unnecessary for a baby who, let's face it, doesn't get covered in mud or gets sweaty. Thorough cleansing of the nappy area after each poo is a must of course but full body bathing every other day seems perfectly reasonable to me, whilst topping and tailing the key areas (face, underarms, groin and bottom) in between. In terms of washing your little one's hair, I think I overdid it with my older son, washing his hair pretty much every day – doing it so often strips hair of natural oils so again, this time round I will stick to once or twice a week.
Choose skin care products carefully.
These days, ensuring products are selected carefully is my number one priority. Unfortunately, when I had my first son, I was an inexperienced and less aware first-time Mum back then, and opted for products made by a certain well-known high street brand that contained SLS among other 'nasties', which I am convinced contributed to my son's skin drying out and suffering from flare ups.
So as for my own choices for my newborn's skin care products, I have decided to start with a few of the products from the Weleda Baby range that contain Calendula which has been proven to have soothing and anti-inflammatory properties. You can see the analysis of their ingredients in a separate post and I will be writing a separate review once we have tried them.
I have already tested these products on my older son but I'll be keeping an eye on his little brother's skin's reaction, as it's likely eczema runs in our family. If his skin turns out to be dryer than normal or prone to eczema, I will be looking to change the product range and avoid (even mildly) fragranced products as fragrances, including natural ones, are common irritants.
If your little one's skin appears to be dry or prone to irritation, and you are unsure about using a new product on their skin, you may want to do a patch test first by applying a small amount of the product on a small area of your baby's skin (for instance, the leg) and then wait 24 hours to see if there is a reaction.
Let the skin 'breathe' and a new nappy changing routine.
Common sense tells me that our own skin 'behaves' better when it's not subjected to heat and friction from tight clothing which restricts skin's ability to 'breathe' so in the same way, babies' skin not exposed to enough air circulation is likely to cause irritation and inflammation. However, I seem to have completely forgotten that logic when it came to allowing time for my older son's skin to have a break from being covered in nappies 24 hours a day. So this time round, I intend to introduce a 'nappy-free' daily routine from early on.
In terms of day-to-day care of the nappy area, I am planning to use raw organic shea butter on my son's skin – I didn't use it on my older son but I am currently using it myself and I absolutely love how moisturised my skin is. Some advice I have also come across suggests that using products that contain zinc oxide (which can dry out skin) is not necessary with every nappy change when babies do not show any signs of a nappy rash. As shea butter contains naturally occurring anti-inflammatory compounds, it is considered a safe healing balm for the groin and bottom area, to soothe and clear up skin irritations such as a nappy rash so I'm planning to see how effective it is on a day-to-day basis. For a really stubborn nappy rash, creams with zinc oxide are therefore the last resort.
Having read a few reviews, I would also like to 'test' the use of thermal water in our nappy changing routine. I wasn't aware of its properties before but have since discovered it has soothing and anti-inflammatory properties so some companies (such as La Roche Posay) suggest applying it to a sore baby bottom (by spraying and then waiting for a minute before dabbing away excess moisture). My main concern is about what must be quite a cold sensation to a baby's skin so I may just wait a while before trying it out.
Finally, my nappy choice this time round is Naty nappies which are probably the most well-known high street brand of natural (and eco-friendly) nappies that don't contain harsh chemicals which can irritate newborn skin and lead to nappy rash. I am really curious to see how they work in practice.
So these are a few of my main tips for newborn skin care and nappy changing routine.
Have you got any interesting tips you'd like to share with others?
DIY Skincare: Simple and ORGANIC 3-ingredient anti-ageing face balm for £1!


Message Boards > Health Conditions > Heart Health > Heart problem or anxiety!?
Hi all. I'm 18 years old and always been a genuinely anxious person. I do worry a lot about my health and worry about symptoms a lot. I'm guilty for googling every symptom I feel and getting myself worked up about it. The main symptoms I get is heart palpitations, sometimes but not always, accompanied by chest pain. The sensation I get in my chest is frightening. It's like a fierce flutter that happens randomly, I can be sat on the sofa watching telly, walking around, laying down and it also happens a lot when I bend over. I've been to the doctors 4/5 times explaining my symptoms. The first time I got told it was anxiety even though it can happen even when I'm at my most relaxed!? I've had 2 ECG's which didn't last long and both came back normal, just a faster resting rate than usual (90-105 beats per min usually). I just don't get how this could determine a problem if I'm not getting the sensation while being monitored? Both times I wasn't getting the palpitations and it frustrates me. Oh and my blood pressure is always fine. Every doctor I've seen always seems 100% sure that there is nothing wrong with my heart and I feel like no one listens to me. It's going to take for me to go into cardiac arrest or something before someone pays attention. It really gets to me and affects my day to day life. Doctors say it's anxiety that causes the symptoms, but I'm sure it's the symptoms that cause my anxiety. If that makes sense.. does anyone have any advice? Is there a certain test I can ask for to be certain? I'm so scared of something bad happening to me and I HATE hospitals.
RE: Heart problem or anxiety!?
ONLY a qualified doctor can determine this by going on the findings from the appropriate diagnostic tests that were peformed.
I think that it's worth going to a doctor for. I have anxiety as well and I was experiencing something similar a year ago (palpatation with exercise, dizzy, out of breath) and went to a cardiologist just to make sure that it wasn't anything serious, after using a heart monitor for a few months (this didn't happen frequently) I was able to catch it. I turns out I had an SVT which cause potentially dangerous electrical anamolies in my heart. I got an ablasion and am doing fine now but my main message is that it's important to rule out physical causes before assuming it's anxiety.
Ask for a Holter monitor. It monitors your BP for 24 hrs even when you sleep. If you still can't relax ask for an echocardiogram, that will look at your heart and how it's working. A friend of mine drove herself to the ER and it was anxiety. Maybe if your heart is ok you need a very mild tranquilizer and some relaxation techniques. Just a suggestion. I was very anxious in my late 20's, lousy marriage, cheater, and I talked to someone learned some relaxation techniques and took a mild tranquilizer for a short time. Should've thrown him out. Anyway, You're so young. If your heart is fine enjoy your life. One day you'll be old, like me and hopefully you'll stay healthy. I'm only 64 and very, very sick. Save the illness for old age. Just pulling your leg a little I truly hope you're ok. But ask for the tests maybe they'll put your mind at ease.
When I was younger, and having arrhythmia, the cardiologist were pretty dismissive also. Then there became Electrophyologists! These are cardiologist who specialize in the hearts electrical system!
Find one of those, if you can!
It's the difference between an electrician and a plumber for the heart!


Walk in the city in which many "saying" where born. We will also discover a lot of anecdotes about artists that lived in the city: did you know that Michelangelo was famous for it's awful character? And that Pontormo had a diary in which he noted anything he ate? We'll discover the habits of these artists by walking on the streets in which they where true protagonists.
By knowing the history of these artists it will also possible to better understand their art.


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Mutant: Year Zero review – Pig-Headed
December 24, 2018 December 24, 2018 Matt S.
[Disclosure: A review copy was provided for the contents of this article]
Fans of X-COM and Wasteland 2 style games rejoice, for a new saviour walks among us. Yes, Mutant: Year Zero is a tactical role-playing game in the most classic sense, but it comes with its own rich, post-apocalyptic IP that reinvigorates the bog standard "after Earth" scenario. Not only that, but the gameplay switches between traditional, real time exploration (and to a lesser extent stealth) and tactical combat freely, which makes it feel much more as though it takes place in living world than most other turn based games.
The game centres around a community known as The Ark and in particular, upon two characters that are in the players party from the outset; Borman and Dux. Mutants, in this world, are common and Borman is literally a humanoid warthog, whilst Dux, you may have guessed, is a five foot tall duck. Other characters such as Selma and Magnus soon join the party and with the exception of one, their mutations are less visible yet nonetheless present. Each character is aligned to a class of sorts, but what really sets each one apart is their personality, which will make the player warm to them and adds an additional wrench should any of them be put down in battle.
On that note, Mutant is a very, very hard game at times and if you play at a difficulty level above normal, with permadeath features switched on, you better be prepared to go through some heartache. In the harder modes that do allow multiple save games, you'll be juggling reloads frequently, which is a good or a bad thing depending on your perspective. Personally, I found myself compelled to drive right through Mutant until I reached the very end, which is something I don't always feel a great desire to do.
One of the reasons for jockeying save games in this way is, as usual in tactical games, because every shot counts. Sometimes, that seventy-five percent chance to hit just doesn't land and in a game as tough as this, that can result in a fatality that you can't afford to allow. On other occasions, reloading can help the player change the odds because of the way that Mutant allows the player to choose when the turn based battles begin at the click of a button. This means that there are opportunities to isolate enemies, gang up on them and kill them with silent weapons without alerting a wider audience.
Skirting the edge of enemy encampments and picking off stray guards or isolated pairs is an absolute must in some sections of the game. With this sort of approach a common theme, there are also tactical advantages to be gained by working the party to high ground or behind definitive fortifications, for example. One memorable scene that's fairly early takes place at "The House of Bones" which we would recognise to be a hospital. Powerful enemies group around the final objective, but most of their support troops can be eliminated without alerting them – as long as you're careful. Later in the game, the lessons will be learned and the need for reloads will actually become less frequent, such will be your familiarity with the gameplay loop that Mutant requires.
Kitting out the squad (of which a fairly meagre three combatants can be active at any time) with weapons, items and abilities is also interesting and allows for a fair amount of specialisation. Borman, in general terms, is good at tanking and close quarters damage, with abilities that allow him to move twice and shoot, or to knock down an enemy for a round or two. Dux is clearly an expert sniper, whilst Magnus is the equivalent of a rogue or possibly a mage, with some powerful and unique abilities (including mind control and stealth) that give him some interesting tactical options.
The world of Mutant is an interesting one to explore, too. It's far from visually spectacular, but it is detailed and varied, with little copy and paste among the broken buildings, upturned cars and thick woodland. The backdrop also switches from verdant forest to cityscape and into snow, then back again, quite impressively. There's a real sense of progress as the party moves from one location to the next. It's also worth exploring these places, with the most interesting items all found in relatively out of the way places.
Mutant: Year Zero is a game that I had hoped to enjoy and which I found to be every bit as good as I had hoped. From the interesting mythos that surrounds it to the engaging characters, there are lots of reasons to keep players driving through the occasionally brutal missions. There is no multiplayer mode, but the campaign is relatively long and the need to keep pushing through some adversity will mean that it's necessary to replay some missions several times. Fans of X-COM and similar games will feel right at home here.
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Q: My app crashes when connection change broadcast intent is received I am using AWS AppSync service, which use Mqtt Service library,
On Android 8 (Google Pixel), when I start the app, it crashes:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Error receiving broadcast Intent
{ act=android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE flg=0x4000010 (has extras) }
in org.eclipse.paho.android.service.MqttService$NetworkConnectionIntentReceiver@fdb4f10
...
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10548
nor current process has android.permission.WAKE_LOCK.

Which is quite weird, cause I have that permission in the Manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>

Did anybody experience the same issue?

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Stargate SG-1 é uma telessérie norte-americana de ficção científica baseada no longa-metragem para o cinema Stargate (1994).
A premissa de ambos é a existência de aparelhos chamados "Stargates" que, por intermédio de buracos-de-verme, permitem a viagem interestelar instantânea.

O enfoque do seriado é uma equipe denominada SG-1 que opera a partir de uma base ultra-secreta da Força Aérea dos EUA chamada Stargate Command (ou SGC), utilizando um "Stargate" encontrado na Terra para explorar outros mundos e defender o planeta contra ameaças alienígenas estabelecidas no filme original ou apresentadas ao longo da série. Assim sendo, e diferentemente de diversos outros seriados de ficção científica com uma temática de exploração interplanetária, Stargate SG-1 tem como tempo ficcional o presente, é baseada na Terra e envolve principalmente humanos.

A série é produzida pela MGM e filmada no Bridge Studios, em Vancouver, Canadá. O primeiro episódio foi transmitido em 27 de julho de 1997 pelo canal de televisão a cabo Showtime, que exibiu as cinco primeiras temporadas. Desde a sexta temporada, o seriado é transmitido pelo Sci-Fi Channel. Recentemente, Stargate SG-1 tornou-se o seriado de ficção científica mais duradouro da televisão americana, ultrapassando The X-Files.

Uma série correlata, Stargate Atlantis, foi ao ar em 2004. Os dois seriados são produzidos paralelamente, com histórias que se entrelaçam, já que o tempo ficional é simultâneo.

Produção
A série, desenvolvida para a televisão por Jonathan Glassner e Brad Wright, era estrelada originalmente por Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge e Don S. Davis. Shanks foi substituído durante a sexta temporada pelo ator Corin Nemec. Davis deixou o seriado durante a oitava temporada e Anderson, na nona, substituídos por Beau Bridges e Ben Browder. Na décima temporada, Claudia Black tornou-se uma atriz principal.

Cancelamento
Em 21 de agosto de 2006, o Sci-Fi Channel anunciou que cancelaria a série. O seu último episódio foi exibido no Canadá no dia 14 de março de 2007. Dois filmes para DVD foram lançados em 2008 no mercado estadunidense, para concluir as histórias da série: Stargate: The Ark of Truth e Stargate: Continuum.

Transmissão
No Brasil, o seriado foi transmitido pelo canal a cabo Fox Brasil até 2007, quando passou para a grade do canal Syfy Brasil e atualmente também pode ser assistido na RBTV.

Em Portugal, foi levado ao ar pela SIC e, a partir da sétima temporada, pelo AXN. Mais recentemente, o canal MOV começou a exibir a série desde do seu primeiro episódio em 2010.

Personagens principais
As patentes militares abaixo são traduzidas para o português com base na hierarquia militar da Força Aérea Brasileira.

Episódios

Recepção da crítica
Em sua primeira temporada, Stargate SG-1 teve recepção mista por parte da crítica especializada. Com base de 8 avaliações profissionais, alcançou uma pontuação de 48% no Metacritic. Por votos dos usuários do site, atinge uma nota de 8.7, usada para avaliar a recepção do público.

Ver também

 Stargate Atlantis
 Stargate (artigo genérico sobre o universo ficcional)

SG-1, Stargate
Programas do Showtime
Programas do Syfy
Séries de televisão de ficção científica dos Estados Unidos
Séries de televisão de ficção científica do Canadá
Séries de televisão de ficção científica da década de 1990
Séries de televisão de ficção científica da década de 2000
Programas de televisão dos Estados Unidos que estrearam em 1997
Programas de televisão dos Estados Unidos encerrados em 2007
Séries de televisão de Stargate
Programas de televisão em língua inglesa
Programas de televisão produzidos pela MGM Television
Séries de televisão ambientadas em planetas fictícios

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Q: Convert number to gigabytes (sed, awk, sh, bash) I have the following multi-line output:
Volume Name: GATE02-SYSTEM
Size: 151934468096
Volume Name: GATE02-S
Size: 2000112582656

Is it possible to convert strings like:
Volume Name: GATE02-SYSTEM
Size: 141.5 Gb
Volume Name: GATE02-S
Size: 1862.75 Gb

with sed/awk? I looked for answers for the only number output like:
echo "151934468096" | awk '{ byte =$1 /1024/1024**2 ; print byte " GB" }'

but can't figure out how to apply it to my case.
EDIT: I'd like to clarify my case. I have the following one-liner:
esxcfg-info | grep -A 17 "\\==+Vm FileSystem" | grep -B 15 "[I]s Accessible.*true" | grep -B 4 -A 11 "Head Extent.*ATA.*$" | sed -r 's/[.]{2,}/: /g;s/^ {12}//g;s/\|----//g' | egrep -i "([V]olume Name|^[S]ize:)"

which generates output above. I want to know what to add more after the last command to get the desired output.

A: Using (GNU) sed and bc:
... | sed 's@Size: \([0-9]*\)@printf "Size: %s" $(echo "scale = 2; \1 / 1024 ^ 3" | bc)GiB@e'
             ^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^                    ^^^^^^^^^  ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^    ^^     ^
               1        2        3                          4       5      6         7     8

*

*Matching Size: lines.

*Capturing the number of bytes (potentially vulnerable if empty or zero, strengthen for production use)

*Replacing with printf output

*scale = sets the number of decimals for bc

*Using the sed capture group (number of bytes)

*The mathematical operation on the byte number

*Piping all that to bc for evaluation

*Telling sed to execute the "replace" part of the s statement in a subshell.

Another option is numfmt (where available, since GNU coreutils 8.21):
... | sed 's@Size: \([0-9]*\)@printf "%s" $(echo \1 | numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B)@e'

This doesn't give you control over the decimals, but "works" for all sizes (i.e. gives TiB where the number is big enough, and does not truncate to "0.00 GiB" for too-small numbers).

A: printf "Volume Name: GATE02-SYSTEM\nSize: 151934468096\nVolume Name: GATE02-S\nSize: 2000112582656" |
awk '/^Size: / { $2 = $2/1024/1024**2 " Gb" }1'


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Let It Roll: New Options, More Choices for Adults with Autism
By Denise Resnik, Matt's mom; originally posted on Different Brains
Matt and I love to go bowling. Others detect how much when we roll in with our own bowling balls, making us look much better than we are!
Last year, we connected with a social group for young adults with autism and special needs and now find ourselves bowling most Saturday afternoons. With or without bumpers, bowling is a great equalizer. While some adopt more traditional bowling forms or use the aid of a ramp, others display creative streaks that make the experience even more fun and entertaining. There's the two-handed, side bowler; the basketball bowler who throws the ball like he's shooting hoops; the Wii bowler, who attempts to influence the ball through whole-body gestures and; of course, the let-it-roll-from-between-your-legs 'granny style' bowler.
Matt Resnik gets ready for his turn
Style doesn't really matter. There's plenty of room for individuality. The fact is each ball arrives to its intended destination knocking down the pins, sometimes quite surprisingly. Smiles and high fives or frustrating sighs and words of encouragement often follow. Strikes command a special criss-cross high 10!
Consider other great equalizers like karaoke and karate, or a business like Matt's SMILE Biscotti, which makes customers smile (the shortest distance between two people)! Differences and diversity can connect us and add character to a place, culture or Saturday afternoon—and they should be celebrated.
As we proceed with plans for the groundbreaking later this year of First Place-Phoenix, a new residential option for adults with autism and other special abilities, we've been focused on celebrating neuro-diversity. To accommodate for differences and support people to live more independently, the property features supportive physical space like smart home technology and sensitive design through sound reducing appliances, soothing color palettes and durable materials. The property also includes a suite of supportive services, amenities and navigators for life skills, health/wellness and community connections.
Integrated into the fabric of community and located within the heart of the urban area, First Place embraces life's 'equalizers' at every turn. We have big plans for this initiative, based on more than 15 years of research at SARRC and in collaboration with the Urban Land Institute and Arizona State University. To learn more, check out this brief film:
We also celebrate our participation in the Coalition for Community Choice, a national grassroots alliance of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families and friends, disability rights advocates, professionals, educators, and housing and service providers, which aims to increase options for, and decrease barriers to, housing and employment choices.
Together we advocate for more options that are person-centered and based on individually defined preferred settings, support needs and meaningful life goals. We need more options so individuals and their families have more choices for what works best for them.
We hope you'll join us in this effort and learn more about First Place, its Transition Academy now underway and operated by SARRC, and the First Place Apartments available fall '17.
With Lucky Strike bowling alley just a few light rail stops away from First Place, I anticipate Matt will be putting his bowling ball to more frequent use in the years ahead. Joined by more friends, who are likely more fun, I hope he'll will still want me to play on occasion too!
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The role of individuals in making this history was extremely significant. Nelson Mandela had extraordinary abilities of statesmanship, as well as a democratic vision based on reconciliation and inclusiveness. He became a celebrity on the world stage, winning with de Klerk the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. De Klerk's decision to break with the past and negotiate with the ANC was also important. Those who forged the peace process include a diverse group of remarkable personalities: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other church leaders like Beyers Naudé; ANC and NP negotiators Cyril Ramaphosa and Rolf Meyer; credible ANC figures like Thabo Mbeki; the Communist Party's Joe Slovo; and leaders of industry, among others. Each side had to have trusted leaders who could "deliver" their constituencies into the agreement. In addition, ordinary South Africans had had enough of violence and racism. Through their attendance at countless rallies and at the election they "voted with their feet" for freedom and democracy.
The rapidly changing international situation powerfully influenced these momentous events. The end of the Cold War encouraged the NP to believe that communism was no longer a viable force. At the same time, the collapse of Soviet Communism denied the ANC a major source of material support, thus encouraging the movement to negotiate. The southern African region was also changing. The military defeat of South Africa in Angola had a major impact, undermining the confidence of white South Africans that they could hold on to power indefinitely. The ANC had continuing support from the neighboring "frontline states" and could point to a peaceful transition to independence in Namibia in 1990, which South Africa had illegally occupied since 1946. Moreover, South Africa was under enormous strain due to international financial sanctions and ongoing instability inside the country. To fully explain the remarkable political settlement in South Africa, and to better understand how the country moved forward to build a new democracy, it is necessary to examine the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process.


It's a red, white, and blue mystery from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! Kidnapped at the Capital In the second book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are going to the Cherry Blossom Festival. They have an invitation from the President of the United States! But while they are off getting ice cream, KC's mom and President Thornton are kidnapped - right under the bodyguards' noses. Who cares if the FBI is on the case? KC isn't giving up until she finds her mom! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!From the Trade Paperback edition.


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Online Toronto maps project puts the history of familiar streets a click away
By Tim AlamenciakStaff Reporter
Tue., April 23, 2013timer3 min. read
updateArticle was updated Apr. 24, 2013
In each map, Nathan Ng sees a story.
Each drawing is a tale of tension, a snapshot of Toronto as a city still tethered to its military past, crashing towards its future as a metropolis.
Historical maps of Toronto
The maps from Toronto's first century were available to the public before, but buried in online catalogues like those maintained by the Toronto Public Library or City of Toronto archives. Ng's contribution was to unearth, collect and post them in an easy-to-browse format.
Now, with a few clicks, anyone can travel back to Sir Sandford Fleming's 1851 vision of Toronto — then in the throes of development, but only a foreshadowing of today's city. The waters of Lake Ontario still touched Front St., the Fort York garrison occupied much of what is now Liberty Village, and what's now called the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health on Queen Street was labeled the "Lunatic Asylum."
"Each of them has a different story to tell," said Ng, 40. "They give you an insight into the perspective of the world that the mapmaker is trying to show."
The march of development drew Ng into the world of historical maps when a condo developer bought the building that housed Rock Oasis, a climbing gym where he practised. Concerned about his gym, Ng went on a quest to trace its heritage.
He eventually found Goad's Atlas of the City of Toronto — a series of fire insurance maps from the late 19th century and beyond. The material itself was available online through the Toronto Public Library website and others. But Ng found it difficult to browse.
So he took the publicly available data and made his own collection, sorted and displayed in a format that even the most casual user can follow.
Putting together the web collection of Goad's atlas made Ng hungry for more mapping projects and prompted the start of his latest collection, gathered at oldtorontomaps.blogspot.ca under the title Historical Maps of Toronto .
"I wanted to provide an aggregated source for these maps that is simple for someone like me. If you're a serious historian, you know these maps exist, but if you're a casual researcher or a student, you might literally not know they exist," he said.
Ng's website contains not just the maps but also background information gleaned from his many plunges into the depths of the Toronto Reference Library collections. He tracked down a transcript of a 1984 exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum titled "Mapping Toronto's First Century 1787-1884" — a stack of typed pages tucked away where few would ever find them.
Between the descriptions in the exhibit transcript and maps gathered from the library, as well as Library and Archives Canada and the City of Toronto archives, Ng's project catalogues more than 100 years of Toronto's history.
"I've seen many of these items but have never seen a large collection of historical Toronto maps pulled together like this," said Larry Richards, former dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto.
"Like many young, dynamic, modern cities, Toronto has a reckless side that ventures forward without much regard for its origins and history."


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HEALTHY DEBATE: Seattle Seahawks Teammates Richard Sherman & Michael Bennett On "#BlackLivesMatter" Movement
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Well-respected football players Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett both support #BlackLivesMatter, but they've got differing views about what's holding us back. Watch both man articulate their points inside....
Seattle Seahawks ballers Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett are making headlines for their contrasting views on the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This week, both gave impassioned speeches about #BLM and it's got the sports world buzzing.
It all started after #BLM activist King Nobel posted the unauthorized photo above with an offensive meme caption. The outrage over the photo prompted a response from an internet user named "Richard Sherman" who had a few things to say about the pic and its implications.
While a few conservative blogs picked the story up, we've since learned that the REAL Richard Sherman DID NOT write a response to King Noble, but he did have something to say about #BLM.
During a press conference this week, Richard talked to reporters about #BLM, revealing that he thinks the Black community should first address "black-on-black" crime before talking about police injustice. Sighs.
Here's his full speech and transcript:
Before we get started, I'm gonna address the — because there was some article written. You know, you guys have seen it. Talking about King Noble and all this. I did not write that article. A lot of people had sent it to me over the weekend, but I thought this would be the best place to address it. There were some points in that article, or in that post, that were relevant and I could agree with. But there were also some obviously ignorant points in there. I don't think any time's a time to call out for an all-out war against police or any race of people. I thought that was an ignorant statement. But as a black man, I do understand that black lives matter. You know, I stand for that, I believe in that wholeheartedly.
But I also think that there's a way to go about things, and there's a way to do things. And I think the issue at hand needs to be addressed internally, and before we move on, because from personal experience, you know, you have living in the hood, living in the inner city, you deal with things, you deal with people dying. Dealt with a best friend getting killed ... it was two 35-year-old black men. Wasn't no police officer involved, wasn't anybody else involved, and I didn't hear anybody shouting "black lives matter" then ... and I think that's the point we need to get to is that we need to deal with our own internal issues before we move forward and start pointing fingers and start attacking other people. We need to solidify ourselves as people and deal with our issues, because I think as long as we have black-on-black crime and, you know, one black man killing another ... if black lives matter, then it should matter all the time. You should never let somebody get killed—that's somebody's son, that's somebody's brother, that's somebody's friend. So you should always keep that in mind.
And there's a lot of dealings with police officers right now, I don't think all cops are bad. You know, I think there's some great cops out there, who do everything in their power to uphold the badge and uphold the honor and protect the people in society. But there are bad cops, and I think that also needs to be addressed. I think the police officers we have right now — you know, some of it is being brought to light, because of video cameras, everybody has a camera phone. But these are things a lot of us have dealt with our whole lives. And I think right now is a perfect time to deal with it. The climate we're in ... everybody's being more accepting, you know, so I think the ignorance should stop. I think people realize that, at the end of the day, we're all human beings. So, you know, before we're black, white, Asian, Polynesian, Latino—we're humans. So, it's up to us to stop it. Thank you."
Yetserday, Richard's teammate Michael Bennett revealed that he was taken aback by Richard's comments and has totally different views on #BLM. For Michael, it's all about the social injustice of the people who are supposed to protect the community (e.g. cops). And who are paid by the community to do so. He argues that Black Americans must demand fair and equal treatment from law enforcement authorities...
During a press conference Michael stated:
Oh yes, I was reading Richard Sherman's quotes yesterday. I would like to say I disagree with some of the things that he said yesterday. I think when people talk about the black lives matter thing, I think he's misinterpreting it, that black people kill black people, white people kill white people. People kill people every day.
I think the black lives thing is more about the social injustice, not so much the injustice of people killing within the community, it's about the social injustice of the people that is supposed to protect them,and building the community through the black community. Not just black people too, because you see a lot of people within the Black Lives Matters organization that are white, Spanish, they are all dealing with the same type of hardships that are going on around the world.
I think sometimes people don't take the time to look into what things really believe, or what's really going on in the world, and I think when you say something and are in the position he is in, I think sometimes people take it and run with it. I think there are a lot of murders in a lot of communities, but a lot of time it deals with the segregation within the communities around the world. You look around, there is a white neighborhood, a black neighborhood, a Spanish neighborhood, instead of just calling them all American neighborhoods, or American communities. I think a lot of times people just get intertwined with different people and they don't understand about what is going on in the world.
I think black lives matter a lot, and I agree with the Black Lives Matter movement. And I think a lot of times of people just don't understand the movement or things that are going on, and it's all about education and things like that too.
(inaudible question)
Well we had a conversation about it. His opinion is different from mine. My opinion is, I believe in the things that people are trying to do. These things go all the way back to 1955, to Emmett Till. You gotta think about it, the last hanging in America was in the 60s. There's a lot of social injustice that's been going on for awhile.
One of my favorite people that I read about all the time is Dick Gregory. I go back checking out his books, and you see what's going on within the community and the world. Now people are starting to see people for who they are, and not just their color. There is still a small amount of people that want people to see people for their color and not their character's that they have or the person that they come with or the person who they are or how they were raised. People are too worried about if he's Spanish or if he's black or if he's Chinese, and not just talking to them and saying we're all just people at the end of the day.
We love when athletes who have been given a platform use said platform to shed light on a movement that matters.
Which statement do you agree with most?
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Well, we're the only Arctic state, of course, Alaska. So we feel the impacts more than any other state, up there with the changes in climates. And certainly, it is apparent. We have erosion issues. And we have melting sea ice, of course. [….] You know there are – there are man's activities that can be contributed to the issues that we're dealing with now, these impacts. I'm not going to solely blame all of man's activities on changes in climate.
Keenlyside et al. initialised climate forecasts (and no, they didn't take our bet).
The "Gore Effect". This combines the irrelevant confusion of climate with weather and the slightly manic obsession with Al Gore over the actual science. Do please grow up.
Global warming is caused by undersea volcanoes (and pirates!).
Dennis Avery: "Global warming is likely to continue" (2006) , to global warming is "unstoppable" (2006), to "Say Good-Bye To Global Warming And Hello To Global Cooling!" (2008).
(Joint winners) 2008 near-record minima in Arctic sea ice extent, last decade of record warmth, long term increases in ocean heat content, record increases in CO2 emissions.
The Australian (runner-up the UK Daily Telegraph). Both comfortably beating out the perennial favorite, the Wall Street Journal – maybe things have really changed there?
The grown-ups being back in charge starting January 20 (compare with this).
The axing of dedicated science units at CNN, the Weather Channel and elsewhere. Can Climate Central and blogging journalists take up the slack?
Apparently 2 google searches produces the same CO2 as boiling a kettle.
When pirates fall overboard above the continental shelf, they sink to the bottom and their peglegs poke a hole in it, releasing methane cthadrates(sp?).
Has anyone noted that Mauna Loa observations actually showed a (seasonally adjusted) downward movement at the end of 2008? After a peak in Sept/Oct, the CO2 concentration went down by 1.3 ppm to 385.0 ppm. As far as I can see that never happened before, and it reduces the 2008 increase to only 0.2 ppm.
I would expect mitigation of the rising trend by lower economic activity, but not this (although it's a very short period). It would be an extremely desirable pause in which to take the right drastical political steps towards sustainable reduction of emissions.
Uh, I'm not sure where the post you respond to says anything that disagrees with the state of oil exploration and production. "Demand" can increase all it wants, but if "supply" isn't available (which you seem to agree with — it's hard to tell), the imbalance is going to translate into either replacement sources or a change in pricing to reduce demand.
You seem to be taking issue with my statements about biofuels production? You attacked me for knowing nothing about the oil industry (no one expects peak production greater than 85 million barrels per day (mbpd) — so I think you're the one who knows nothing), but then went on to say something about biofuels and hydrogen not being there? Adam Smith's invisible hand insures that neither biofuels nor hydrogen will be produced in large quantities until the demand is present as both are marginally more expensive than oil at the moment. I'm guessing that if OPEC actually sticks to the 2 mbpd reduction target that we'll find out. I'm not waiting, I still have plans for an electric car either this year or next.
When it comes to renewables, one of the greatest problems is that the US government (and IEA by extension) doesn't really know how much is produced. TXU Energy, who provides me with electricity, hasn't a clue how much I make, other than having a clue that it's "a lot" because I don't use so much of theirs anymore. As this article shows, each prediction about installed production seems to mysterious be on the very low side of wrong. I finished producing my 3rd megawatt hour (I should update my LJ, I suppose) earlier this month and that's not accounted for anywhere — IEA doesn't know TXU Energy doesn't know, no one knows except me. And that's the rub — each time there is a flurry of renewable energy development, more and more of the energy production falls outside the domain of "what is known", and renewable energy installations continue to rise each year.
However, what components of the climate play a part in the first 800 years of warming?
It contributes indirectly via water vapour. Take the 180 p.p.m.v away and you change the threshold. No feedback.
I doubt that hydrogen and electricity based cars in relation to AGW (the time factor you see) are viable alternatives in our world of what is needed. The present recession will limit the growth of oil for economic reasons of course but recessions are limited things and it will not take long before that 2 mbps cut is gobbled back up by the growing global economy and more besides. The Oil industry have discovered 45,000 fields and the big ones are the ones that have been in use for 50 years leaving slim pickings and a lot of expense to bring the remainging 1.2 trillion barrels online, 30 years worth if it even exists!
Tar sands make up 200 billion barrels and that a joke, OPEC has being economical with their reserves due to commit to their pumping quotas and no one even knows if they are right in their alleged reserves and if they are not then its a problem.
Hydrogen was a decade away a decade ago but also, its still a decade away technologically and by the laws of physics and not by the stupid invisible hand of Adam Smith. Pump all the reaearch money you want into this technology but as natural gas and coal are used as the main ingredients at the moment to make hydrogen you can see that electrolysis and the cost of hydrogen engines is presently prohibitively expensive requiring platinum in the fuel cell which cost a lot of money and featuring a whole load of other technical obstacles not least is producing it from renewables energy alongside all of the other electricity we need to do all ther other stuff fossil fuels presently do. When the technology is cracked and if it is Adam Smith style then its time to deplay and that a 50 year cycle to. Its the same issue for electric cars. Anyone know how to make tyres without using oil either, massive hurdles born of a energy source not created by man, just found ad therein lies the difference.
if you have managed to tap a stream or some other renewable source for youself then great but it aint even in the same ball part of the needs of a nation such as the USA or China or a continent such as Europe. I am sure we can all downsize, rightsize etc on oil eventually when its price rockets post recession but the sheer scale and size of the problem is the daunting issue along with the laws of phyics at the moment.
Hope you produce 100 MW and feed a few townes, T Boone pickens is trying it and I am sure all the motor companies are too but as yet no breakthroughs, only wind and potentially solar and CSP at the present time whcih require a lot of expense and new grand plans whci at present do not exist either. Roll on Denmark later this year when the new president of the USA and the rest of the world can finally commit to comitting themselves to something big.
James Hansen reckons that it all down to eliminating coal by 2030 and maybe we can do that if we deplay turbines, CSP, other renewables and replace the existing grid with smart one. Then we crack the oil problem and need the same amount of electricity again to power our cars, hell knows about the trucks and freight as yet, not answer there and as for flying – biofuels eventually could do the job but lets not presend we do not have large looming problems and just reckond that its a peice of cake for as yet it aint is it ?
Ark. I think a simpler explanation is an error in the presentation of the data.
The graph does not have a data point for Dec and checking the data file shows a duplication of the Nov figure. I think you'll find a new Dec figure soon. The detrended plot and the 2008 result will then look more normal.
iso, you ask "what components of the climate play a part in the first 800 years of warming?", giving several possible answers. Since I love multiple choice, I will say that the generally agreed answer appears to be A), insolation, adding that the change in insolation is attributed to periodic orbital changes (Milankovitch cycles.) I think that is an FAQ around here somewhere.
Not in my opinion. When the automobile was invented, do you think they had a 'grand plan' ready for highways and parking garages, etc.? No, it was just a matter of getting started and then gradually expanding, adapting the infrastructure along the way.
The same is true for renewables, it is a matter of getting started and solving the problems and improving the technology along the way. Some things of course must be planned in advance, but requiring a 'grand plan' reminds me of the communist 5-year plans, which were usually monumental failures.
How do you define 'the same amount of electricity'? Joule for Joule? An electric car is much more efficient, achieving around 6 km/kWh, or 600 kJ/km. An average (smallish) car does 7 l/100 km, which is ~2.5 MJ/km or four times as much. By switching to electric, we can therefore slash the road transport energy consumption by 75%.
Energy consumption for freight in the UK is a third of all road transport energy use. I think it will not be much different from the rest of the world, so it's not as big a problem as it may seem.
Re #262, Every underestimates the energy density of oil I guess. A gallon of oil is 43 KW/H of energy. Sure we can make everything lighter (what replace 850 million vehicles in the world at present, well yer) and more efficient and batteries don't weigh anything do they or litter the planet as they are easily recyled and dealt with.
That was beauty of oi, gas and coal, there was enough of it and it was energy dense enough to allow the world to grow but when you are there its a different story as to what replaces it and allows continued economic growth for ever and ever, amen eh. There is some very good stuff out there but it aint here yet, sure efficiency gains for future buildings and transport might be able to be adjusted as you are saying but is is scientific/engineering reality or just a missions statement of someone who does not really know?
Its all in relation to AGW and probably peak oil. Our need is to replace coal and risk using up all of the oil and gas slower by making it last longer by introducing hybrid technologies to make it more efficient. If we leap that obstacle and eliminate coal usage by using large scale renewables energy projects and efficiency gains then cool. However its 2009 and as yet it seems to be non existant as oil, gas and coal usage are only presently going down a little due to the current recession and that itself is probably hurting alternatives as well from getting a foothold in the economy. When the recession recedes so the fossil fuel commitments will grow again.
Hence the need for a plan in my book. Hence hopefully Copanhagen at the end of 2009 to determine the new Kyoto and hopefully the USA taking part in full and weening them over to and off of the CO2 emitting stuff by 2050. LEts hope we have the time to do it, it seems like a close thing though.
Germany has made some good progres towards electricity from solar and wind and maybe its a good working example of what everyone can achieve, lets hope so but Germany is still planning on building new coal fired power plants without CCS as yet.
Uh, yeah, because the water would have frozen out too; you'd have a dry atmosphere, nitrogen and oxygen and argon, eh?
I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
I am not underestimating the energy density of hydrocarbon fuels.
I am talking about real world data. Real electric cars. Real gas cars. It's unavoidable math.
Besides, everybody knows that an internal combustion engine in a car is, on average, 20% efficient. Electric motors are around 80-90%.
I stick to my point: electric transport will use 1/4 of the electricity (in Joules) as we are currently using on gas (in Joules).
Certainly better than ICE vehicles but there are issues with over all delivery considerations of electricity and other limitations such as the size of the vehicle. On the whole though a good thing but 24% efficiency overall is only 4% better than ICE unfortinately. Thanks for the inofrmation though. It all does sound very promising but some issues seem to be in the grid system. Roll out the renewables though and it might be a ICE replacement at some point in time.
The Annual Mean Growth Rate shows 1.82 for 2008.
I was supposing the electricity would come from renewable sources. Only that way an electric car really makes sense.
The 20% efficiency excludes losses of refining, something that will progressively worsen with increasing use of tar sands.
Biofuels is no different. It's more efficient to burn the biomass directly in a power plant than to refine it into something that is fit for a modern ICE.
I still shudder at where exactly we get our replaced electricity from (coal and gas based) and then add enough to repalce oil to. It all seems slightly out of reach to me. Still I presume that the efficiency of this electric car will come from direct electric cars and not hybrid types. It all sounds like we need something in the region of 125 MPG eventually otherwise the planet will be covered in Wind Turbines, no ?
Since CO2 cannot contribute to a changing temperature unless its concentration changes, I thought it maybe plausible to compare the rate of warming, before and after changes in CO2 levels, using ice core data.
There is no significant difference in the rate.
*Is it because CO2 is already contributing? (Tried that arguement).
*There is no change in rate because rate is limited by……..
*Overlapping forces (#238), or there is a delay?
*Water vapour is responsible for most of the warming?
There must be a scientific explaination. If CO2 is so critical to the temperature of earth, you'd expect an increase in the rate.
Feel free to shudder all you want. I get a lot of my electricity from my roof. Pretty soon I'll walk to the garage and get on my electric motorcycle that also gets a lot of its electricity from my roof.
Really. Putting your head in the sand will not keep people from shifting off of liquid fuels. It will get sand in your eyes and that's about it.
CO2 has already contributed to retaining warmth. Your statement is begging several others and you have worded it badly.
Water vapour has already contributed to retaining warmth and its contribution is higher than the CO2 concentrations. However, unlike CO2, we have rain, so it only stays up there if the temperature allows it. It cannot contribute to a forcing. If you pump trillions of tons of water in the air, it will rain out. If you pump trillions of tons of CO2 in the air, it doesn't (unless you're on Ganymede, maybe).
Rate of what? Why would we expect to see it bigger? Bigger than what? Why would it increase?
If I push a block of metal in a zero-friction assembly, it will speed up until I stop. It will CONTINUE speeding while I push with constant force. The rate of change doesn't increase just because I've been pushing for half an hour rather than 4 minutes.
your questions go unanswered because your questions make no sense.
re 269. However, that Honda has to carry two engines and bigger batteries than the diesel.
And it isn't an electric car. It's a hybrid.
Gavin, is it because of the clouds? The rate of warming is limited by clouds?
iso, read the pointers given to you above. There's not enough precision in ice cores to see whether what you're assuming is true. You wish there were. But you can't ask your questions based on what you wish were true and expect answers that make sense.
Isotopious, You are looking on this as if changes are occurring one at a time. That's not what is happening. First you have a change in insolation due to a change in Earth's orbit. This raises the temperature to the point where you eventually get outgassing of CO2 from the oceans, permafrost, etc. However, all the while insolation is changing as well, along with albedo, etc. What CO2 does is extend and intensify the warming. No responsible climate scientist has ever said CO2 was all there was to climate–it just happens to be how we're warming Earth at present.
Couldn't agree more, Ray. Very complicated.
re 274. the rate of increase in warming would be due to an increase in the level of forcing.
If CO2 output isn't increasing then the rate of increase won't increase (given everything else is static).
So why do you think the rate of warming should increase? The temperature is increasing but not the rate of temperature increase. At least not to an extent that can be ascertained. Just like pushing a car will make it go faster and, in zero friction, continue to do so but the *acceleration* isn't increasing. And it never will unless you increase the force.
Re #271, thats a slightly emotive response in my book and you may live in a part of the world where solar can supply you all year round but a lot do not I am sure. I too have switched to the new light bulbs but its not made a big difference to my electricity bill as yet (if it ever will) although it may have to my consumption.
And as for electric motorcylces, dream on. In actual fact that statement says it all for the masses and just adds to the despair. Families of 5+ are not going to be using bikes to get around and hence like James Hansen says, its all of the oil and probably all of the gas we just have to tackle the coal.
I was hoping that you had some radical energy ideas and knowledge but alas, you have some individually good incentives and practice but nothing for the masses.
Many obtacles prevent energy efficiency and new technologies from taking off. Energy leaky houses that require a lot of incentives to patch up and will can potentially cause other issues. Solar thermal and solar water which for millions of homes are presently prohibitively expensive and every time fossil fuel bills rise governments do not seem to do anything constructive but talk to the fossil fuel companies rather than help pay for the alternatives. As for transport, we aint going to see A en masse movemtn of electric vehicles anytime soon but I hope you are right and the USA moves ot hybrids, 20 MPG to 60 MPG would be a very good thing, is it likely though ?
Sorry about giving you ther wrong impression but I thought it was a reality energy conversation and not a optimists charter for an individual.
Re #273, I said it was a hybrid but she sounded like it was 80% efficient over 20% and hence 4 times the MPG. Its nothing like that is it overall but we may be talking from two seperate continents where in the USA hybrids might be sounding like a machine made in heaven whereas in Europe it sounds like its a good vehicle but 60 -70 MPG already exists in diesel form.
I don't have a family of 5+. I have no reason to have an electric SUV. However, if I needed an electric SUV, or a larger electric car, I know how to get one.
Re #281, cool, and powered from your solar syaten no doubt to. Phew, that AGW solved then.
Compressed air cars too. Little engine and a lot of power from a compressed air tank from using some electricity. 1000 mile range.
in Europe it sounds like its a good vehicle but 60 -70 MPG already exists in diesel form.
Remember, diesel's about 20% more dense than gasoline to your 60-70 MPG TDI diesel is equivalent to a gasoline car getting 48-56 MPG in terms of carbon emissions (only).
I have a great idea, let's all fuss over little gains from individual choices in rapidly depreciated automobiles, instead of taking the big basic easy steps toward conservation. What's that about, if not confusion, uncertainty, and delay?
Eight US utility companies call for tougher transformer efficiency standards 2006-11-02 08:30.
… Distribution transformers in the USA currently conform to the energy efficiency standard NEMA TP-1. This is a voluntary industry standard, set by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).
Last August, the federal Department of Energy (DOE) released a proposal for an efficiency standard for distribution transformers that goes further than the NEMA standard. According to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the DOE is authorized to establish energy conservation standards for various consumer products and industrial equipment.
Surprisingly enough, eight utility companies have stated that the DOE proposal does not go far enough. These companies argue that the DOE proposal does not set the minimum efficiency standard at the estimated minimum life cycle cost (which is calculated by the DOE itself). They want a tougher standard that would at least minimize the life cycle cost of the equipment.
The eight utility companies side with several energy efficiency groups and consumer advocates. They argue that more efficient distribution transformers would benefit the US economy as a whole. Over a period of 28 years (the mean life expectancy of a distribution transformer), the tougher standard would save 459 billion kWh, or 50% more than the DOE proposal. That means a net savings of $11.1 billion, or $1.7 billion more than the DOE proposal…..
"In 2007, the Attorney General also filed a petition PDF logo [PDF 7.77 mb / 61 pg] in the Ninth Circuit challenging DOE's failure to adopt a stringent efficiency standard for electricity distribution transformers. Distribution transformers, mounted on utility poles or small concrete pads, reduce the power of electric current from the high voltages used in transmission lines to the lower voltages suitable for use by residential and commercial utility customers. More efficient distribution transformers significantly reduce the amount of electricity that is lost in the transformation process, and therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation. The Attorney General filed its opening brief PDF logo [PDF 2.95 mb / 82 pg] in the case on June 26, 2008.
Get this? It's one agency. One regulation. One line of text.
Utilities and states have had to file lawsuits trying to require the best off-the-shelf efficient technology to maximize economic return on the investment — the DOE mandated cheaper, less efficient standards.
One line of text. One agency regulation. One rule — affecting more efficiency savings than all the little stuff getting so much attention. Where did you ever hear about this?
And we're fussing about who drives what kind of stupid car?
When I switched to CFLs, my electric bill dropped 15 percent immediately. Furthermore, I now have the option of paying an additional 1-2 percent to purchase green energy through my power company. Which is being heavily promoted by the power company as well so it is not simply an "individualistic" thing.
Re #286, 284. I hope that the public understands the difference on car technologies in realtion to the climate. Diesel is a bit dirty it has to be said on its particulate emissions and the stuff on wiki about electric cars demonstarte that the future is this way or oompressed air maybe. Its good to see that the options are coming and so are the cars. Lets hope we have the clean electricity sources to power all these electric vehicles. SHould not a big issues in the USA, nor in Europe for that matter.
Fills me with a good vibe.
Yes, diesel has been quite dirty. However, in the past couple of years new diesel fuel and new diesel engines are much cleaner with regard to particulate emissions.
1)The taxi funeral–complete with casket sticking out of the back-seat window.
2)The bicycle funeral–two guys riding in synchrony with a casket attached to the luggage racks on the back of the bikes with bungie cords!
Amazing what people will come up with when they have no limited options.
"… a UK-based team now reports that under normal conditions, plants just convey methane from the soil to the air without actually producing it.
"With one exception. By refusing to even consider the possibility of an extended solar lull, Hathaway himself can avoid having to address the impact that such a lull would have on global temperature. If he did address that question, he would obviously have to note that the last really long such lull seems to have caused the Little Ice Age, which would place him on the side of the "deniers" in the debate about human-caused global warming. If low solar activity caused the Little Ice Age, then the "grand maximum" levels of solar activity during the 20th century would be the cause of 20th century warming, and the hoax of human-caused warming would be exposed.
Looking at the science alone, however, Hathaway cannot be lumped with the IPCC. Most importantly, there actually is a solid body of evidence behind his predictive scheme. Past solar cycles HAVE tended to follow a particular pattern, where the shape of the up-phase predicts the shape of the down-phase.
In contrast, there is no evidence whatsoever for the theory of human-caused global warming. In theory, additional CO2 should have SOME heat trapping effect, but there is no sign of it in the geological record. What warming effect CO2 has is evidently too small to measure, and this is just what we would expect.
The linked blog is good for a chuckle. Scroll down beyond the "recommended" links to the usual places (WUWT, Heartland, etc.) and you'll find a link to "the Real Frauds at RealClimate".
"Doc", what happens if you increase the density of a medium wherein a particle is moving by random collision from the centre to the edge?
It takes longer to get out.
Now, since input is in joules per SECOND, and the reradiation is in joules per SECOND, what do you think will happen when the joule takes longer to get out?
Here's a hint: the joules per SECOND goes down.
Perhaps the sceptical side of the argument could be permitted to nominate some candidates for the most outstanding elephant in the room, ignored in the original text.
The obvious candidates are the UAH records, with the lower troposphere decadal trend at 0.13 degrees, and the mid troposphere at 0.04 degrees C, results which are simply not compatible with the high atmosphere AGW absorption theory. However, Gavin blames corruption from the cooling trend in the stratosphere for the mid troposphere result.
The Hansen forecasts are worth nominating (diverging B line temperature forecasts and actual C line temperatures), but if you choose your start point carefully (the immediate post El-Nino point) the temperature trend is still upwards.
The bias inherent in the ground station temperature measurements reported by Anthony Watts is a very strong candidate. I particularly recommend " How not to measure temperature, part 79, NOAA USHCN COOP weather station #298107".
In my opinion, though, the nod has to go to the HADAT radio-sonde records from the Hadley centre, plotted with the corresponding CO2 record at "Global Warming at a Glance". It is difficult to see any AGW effect in the plots, at all altitudes. The temperatures fall from the previous peak in the forties to the late seventies, in contrast to the rise in CO2 over the same period. There is a sharp step increase at the end of 1977, and a flat trend thereafter until the El Nino peak in 1998/99, another step from 1999 to 2001, followed by a decline back towards the seventies levels.
The individual data records for the troposhere levels are well worth looking at. They confirm that the temperature trends from 1958 to September 2008 fall with altitude across the troposphere, from 0.16 degrees per decade at the lowest level to 0.13 at the top. Importantly, the trends from 1979, lower and upper, are very close to the UAH Northern hemisphere lower and mid troposphere trends, and most of the Radio-Sonde sites are in the Northern Hemisphere.
On the Fred Staples stuff, it's the same old stuff. People get tired of helping Fred try to cite sources, because it's never easy to come up with actual science to match what he claims, and he reposts the claims everywhere. This is how folks get the last word — by repetition without alteration despite attempts at education. I'm tired of chasing the stuff down.
Someone want to write some software to find it all and collect it in one place?
Then we could look for a pony.
Amazing how it goes away when you normalize everything to the same base period. Kudos to Zeke Hausfather for the plot.


Let our experienced and knowledgeable guides take you on horse back to share this magnificent peninsulas beauty and history with you .
We aim to make riding at Burnham a highlight of your holiday.
Offering the best value horse riding on the Dingle Peninsula with small group sizes for that personal touch .
Taking you through the Burnham woods leading directly onto the Dingle Bay shoreline at an easy pace , this trek gets you close to wildlife and allows you to enjoy views of Dingle Town with the Brandon Mountain Range and Sladin home of Fungi from across the bay .
This Trek is ideal for families and is a great photo opportunity for the Family Album .
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This Trek is intended for beginner adults and children ages 4 up .
Heading through Burnham woods onto the Dingle Bay shoreline before heading up onto Ballymacadoyle Hill to spectacular views of the Wild Atlantic Way , Slea Head, The Blaskets Islands Ventry Harbour and Mt Eagle and Dingle Town .
We stop at the top to allow for some fantastic photo opportunities .
Intended for beginners & novice riders .
Taking the same route through Burnham woods and Dingle Bay , going onto the Áine route , which takes you on a historic ride passing local farmlands , Lord Ventrys Buriel place and the former houses of Lord Ventrys Tax Collector and Game Keeper / Old Forge then finishing back in the courtyard .
Intended for novice to experienced .
Following the same route as the 1 hour trek but heading further up into the hills to breathtaking views of Skellig Micheal where Star Wars was filmed and looking out to the Iveragh Peninsula and to Macgillycuddy's Reeks , Killarney.
Allowing for a gallop through open fields on this trek for the more experienced riders . After a short photo stop at the summit we hack home with glorious scenery of the surrounding peninsula .
Intended for all levels .
Extending the trek to allow for the historic route back to the stables , this passes Lord Ventrys buriel place .
Extending the trek along Dingle Bay with fantastic views of Dingle towm and Harbour . Fungi may even put in a apperance .
Intended for intermediate to experienced riders . Minium of riders and tide dependent .


Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said the company had stopped working on the Unreal Tournament shooter. Despite the fact that the game is still available for download, it will not be updated anymore.
Tim Sweeney also announced the launch of a digital store for PC and Android called Epic Games Store. The company will hold the official presentation of the service at The Game Awards 2018.
Earlier, Epic Games closed Paragon's MOBA game server, and then laid out all the game content in open access. The reason for the closure was the company's decision to focus on Fortnite: Battle Royale.


Pegasus is a Greek mythological creature.
Athena is the greek goddess of wisdom, strategic-war and weaving.
Demeter, Goddess of the harvest and fertility of the earth.
Artistic Wall Sticker of the Venus de Milo.


This is a very strange place... So be prepared for terrible monsters! Help the brave hero to kill all the monsters and become the true king of the wasteland! Do not forget to buy upgrades, and enjoy the game.
It's really amazing! Cause this time you are going to kill a lot of monsters and just stay alive as long as possible. Well, do you think that it is so easy? So, just control him and move the mouse. He will shoot automatically. Try to collect as much bonuses as you can and get a lot of money for you upgrades. Could you believe that? Then just buy a lot of upgrades and kill all the monsters and their bosses. It is so easy! Just have faith in yourself and help this brave guy. Are you ready for such an exciting challenging game? I wish you good luck here.


Phish keyboardist Page McConnell recently wrapped up a brief run of dates with The Meter Men. These shows saw him perform with three founding Meters members: guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Ziggy Modeliste. McConnell, Porter and Nocentelli all sat down for an interview together before one of their shows at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City for a conversation with Mike Greenhaus and Amy Jacques. Among many stories the three musicians share is McConnell's account of Phish rehearsing to the Meters' song "Pungee" back in the mid 1980s.
McConnell recalls, "We all learned the parts and we would start with the record, or the tape back in those days, and we'd start playing with it, and I'd reach over and turn the volume down so we'd be playing along but we wouldn't be able to hear it. Then, we'd get to the end of the song and see how far away we got from what the Meters were doing. These guys were a big influence. We're a four-piece band with the same instrumentation. We all think of ourselves in some ways as instrumentalists and vocalists too but we started focusing on the instruments early, as did you guys, the vocals came along and developed as it went along. We've tried to continue to develop it. People always say, "Oh, Phish is so heavily influenced by the Dead" or some say Allman Brothers or [Frank] Zappa. I think the Meters are as important as any of those bands to the way we play. And when we're playing the way we like to play, I'm feeling that same kind of energy and connection and playing sparsely and really getting the tightest grooves we can with the least amount of effort. That's when I think we're playing at our best."
Click here to read the complete interview over on Jambands.com.


In collaboration with Stokes and their lifestyle blog, Stokes Saturdays, we bring you the perfect poolside snack to have this summer. Incorporating different tastes, I decided on 3 tea popsicle recipes which all have unique tea flavours and fruit. Keep in mind that your tea popsicles should be 2x as sweet as the tea you normally drink before freezing. So if you see that my recipes don't provide enough sweetness, adjust to your preferences accordingly to ensure you enjoy them the best!
Steep tea in boiling water for at least 6 minutes using the Tealish steeper.
Pour tea into the Think Kitchen measuring cup. Add in lime juice using the Lemon & Lime squeezer, honey, passion fruit syrup, sweeteners and thin, lime slices.
Mix and let cool for about 5 minutes.
Add tea and 1 lime slice to each popsicle mould in the Lolly Popsicle set.
Freeze for at least 2 hours and enjoy!
Steep tea in boiling water for at least 3-4 minutes using the Tealish steeper.
Pour tea into the Think Kitchen measuring cup. Add in maple syrup and sweetener.
Fill each popsicle mould in the Lolly Popsicle set with sliced peaches and pour in green tea mixture.
Pour tea into the Think Kitchen measuring cup. Add in blended strawberries and sweetener.
Add tea and a couple slices of strawberries and a mint leaf to each popsicle mould in the Lolly Popsicle set.
Thank you to Stokes for this great collaboration and fun, summer products! I will definitely be trying new popsicles recipes over the next few months.


The wolf symbolizes Gordon's great grandfather who was a whale hunter. The copper pectoral fin signifies after a successful whale hunt. The pectoral fin would be gifted to the chief. 24″ high x 26 wide x 3.5″ deep.


What's special about Premax Anti Friction Balm?
When we develop a product at Premax, it's at least a two-year process. We start with the 'problem' and in the case of anti-chafing balms, the issues we discovered were that other products didn't go the distance – especially in the salt water, and that tube-based products were messy to apply, and that petroleum-based products would eat away at wetsuits.
There had to be a better alternative, so we started from scratch and enlisted some of the world's best endurance athletes to help test and refine the product so it was more effective and better for the skin than any other product on the market.
Over two years later, Premax Anti Friction Balm hit the shelves, well actually, the sports bags of triathletes, runners, adventurers, and many other people that experience chaffing.
Premax Anti Friction Balm is highly effective. You can trust it to keep working for hours on long runs, during excessive sweating, in the salt water, or just with day to day use. Don't take our word for it, please have a read of marathon adventurer James MacKeddie's review of our product. He's not an Ambassador for us, and wasn't paid for his review.
If you'd prefer an anti chafe cream in a tube, please take a look at our Anti Friction Cream or Women's Anti Friction Cream. If you're into exercising outdoors, then you may also be interested in our ultra-dry Sports Sunscreen SPF50+ and Weather Protection Facial Cream for cold, harsh, and windy conditions.
How should you use Premax Anti Friction Balm?
Anti-friction balm is a must have for Marathoners. On race day I use it liberally on my feet and toes, plus other areas that are vulnerable to skin irritation from rubbing such as my crop top band. My partner Dylan and I have both been using the Premax Anti Friction Balm to prevent and manage blisters whilst travelling abroad and are very happy with the product. It's small size makes it easy to travel with but it conveniently lasts for a very long time so we haven't had to worry about replacing it whilst away!
Being a triathlon coach, sports physio who works with elite triathletes, and a 10 x Ironman triathlon & Kona finisher myself I've used my fair share of anti friction products! Hand on heart, the Premax Anti Friction Balm is the best I've used. It is very easy to apply and I have never been chafed at all when I have used this product.
Quite simply, it's the bee's knees! If you swim in a wetsuit, use a heart rate strap or wear anything else that rubs, then you simply can not go past Premax Anti Friction Balm. Not only is it the most magical balm I've come across, but its easy application is a dream and unlike some it does not mark your clothes/kit.


What kind of legislation can improve the dire state of sewage, waste disposal and drinking water for Palestinians?
In recent years, uneducated critics of Israel have time and again likened it to apartheid South Africa. This analogy is so ridiculous and so misconstrued that I refuse to waste any more words on it. I do, however, wish to address one of the main allegations raised by apartheid-fans in support of their claim. And that is the issue of infrastructure.
As a soldier during my compulsory service, I carried out missions on more than one occasion in the Palestinian refugee camp of Kalandia. I will never forget the stench. The refugee camp sits at the top of a steep hill. As my comrades and I climbed the hill towards the main camp, my nose cringed from the strong stench of urine and my boots creamed over when confronted with the heavy flow of excrement and food-waste seeping out of every alleyway in the refugee camp, making its way down the hill where it gathered in a heap of waste at the bottom. The people of Kalandia, devoid of any formal waste disposal or sewage system have no choice but to simply throw their garbage over the edge of the village and to let their toilet-pipes run out the back of their homes, straight onto the floor where they walk to school and work.
This isn't a problem we can just ignore or dismiss as a "Palestinian issue." Many Palestinian villages, in a similar state to that of Kalandia, are situated in close proximity to Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. As a result, the waste surrounding these villages also poses an environmental threat to their neighboring Jewish counterparts. Furthermore, the issue is far from restricted to the West Bank. As noted by King Solomon in Ecclesiastes – "all streams flow into the sea". One example of this is the [polluted] Nablus Stream which flows into the Hadera Stream and eventually pours into the Mediterranean Sea.
In short, this is everybody's problem and if something isn't done, and fast, the results will likely be widespread throughout the nation.
It is for this reason that we have chosen to act. "We" refers to myself and my colleagues at Machon Emet, a recently established Jerusalem-based research institute focused on drafting and promoting policy-shaping legislation on issues of public-policy and economics.
My relationship with Machon Emet began a little under a year ago. I came across an advertisement in the paper urging young lawyers and students to send in applications to join a new research institute that was slowly taking shape in Jerusalem. Following a rigorous application process, I was accepted into the machon together with eight other students and lawyers. As an initial step, each fellow was tasked with researching a specific issue, with the hope of generating legislation relevant to their topic.
In light of the issue illustrated above, I was tasked with drafting a bill that would implement "green" (environmental) laws in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria. After much research as to the environmental threats facing Judea and Samaria, I have concluded that it would be wisest to focus our energies on three main systems: sewage/infrastructure, water purification and waste disposal, as these three things are all intertwined and set the environmental tone, eventually creating more critical issues.
These are major challenges. My colleagues and I have met with members of Knesset as well as Knesset legal advisers who have all expressed interest in promoting this bill and seeing it through to fruition.
However, as you can imagine, these are not simple problems to deal with. Each one of the three subjects I have listed is a world within itself. It is very hard to pinpoint where and how exactly to implement these issues, and it is especially hard to decide how to present it to parliament in a way that it won't seem too tedious or cumbersome [or expensive] to implement. The bill is still in draft form. At this point it can still be interpreted and thus implemented in any of a hundred different ways. Presently, prior to bringing the bill to its first reading, I am engaging in meetings with a host of different "green" organizations, such as Yarok Achshav etc.
And so, in true democratic style, I wish to put it to you, the public, and to ask – what do you think? What should the bill include and how should it be implemented? Is this a worthy cause or a complete waste of time? Please comment and share your thoughts.


here is a Mind map created by me using bubbl.us.
It shows the best way to get the more skills as possible.
In the first bubble I say to pick a storyline, for "pick a storyline" I suggest to not choose Tempest of Strifes but another one, infact when you will do what is said in the 3rd bubble you'll do that storyline and when you'll join a school you'll do the other one so you'll get more rewards.
Hope you find that usefull, see you!
Undergone Witcher mutations, now traveling around the continent, from Kaer Morhen to Toussaint killing monsters.