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Climate change makes people too poor to migrate: Study
Climate change increases migration worldwide. Over the past 30 years, however, this effect has been considerably reduced as climate change weakens economic growth in the countries of the Global South. This is the research result of a team from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research comparing the observed migration flows to a scenario without the effects of climate change.
Afghan internally-displaced people sit outside their tent during a cold winter day at Nahr-e Shah-e- district of Balkh Province, near Mazar-i-Sharif. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Afghanistan humanitarian crisis: 'Risk of systemic collapse', says UN report
As Afghanistan continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis under the Taliban regime, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in a report said there is a very real risk of systemic collapse and humanitarian catastrophe in the country as the citizens are grappling with hunger, poor economy, lack of basic amenities, all at once.
According to the report, 6 million people will experience food insecurity at an emergency level by 2023, putting 17 million people at risk of severe hunger, Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported.
Photo: Christian Jepsen/NRC
Afghanistan: 20,000 displaced people evicted from makeshift camps in freezing temperatures
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) calls on the Taliban authorities to halt further evictions of internally displaced people (IDPs) from settlements across Afghanistan, until they have found sustainable alternatives.
"In the midst of another harsh Afghan winter approximately twenty thousand displaced people have been evicted from their homes in Badghis province by Taliban authorities.
Investigate war crimes during August offensive on Gaza
The International Criminal Court (ICC) must investigate unlawful attacks committed during Israel's August 2022 assault on the Gaza Strip as war crimes, Amnesty International said today in a new research briefing. Using photographs of weapons fragments, satellite imagery analysis and testimony from dozens of interviews, the organization reconstructed the circumstances around three specific attacks, two of which were carried out by Israeli forces and one most likely by Palestinian armed groups. The briefing, 'They were just kids': Evidence of war crimes during Israel's August 2022 Gaza offensive, sets out why these attacks may amount to war crimes.
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Latvia: Refugees and migrants arbitrarily detained, tortured and forced to 'voluntarily' return to their countries
Latvian authorities have violently pushed back refugees and migrants at the country's borders with Belarus, subjecting many to grave human rights violations, including secret detention and even torture, according to new findings published in a report by Amnesty International.
Latvia: Return home or never leave the woods reveals the brutal treatment of migrants and refugees – including children – who have been held arbitrarily in undisclosed sites in the Latvian forest, and unlawfully and violently returned to Belarus.
Photo: WFP/Arete. A family eat a meal at their home in Mazar, Afghanistan.
World Food Programme to help 15 million Afghans overcome food crisis till March 2023
Amid the ongoing food insecurity in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) is set to provide more than 15 million Afghans with food assistance every month till March 2023.
"Our plan for winter is to provide food assistance to more than 15 million every month," said Wahidullah Amani, local media reported citing WFP Afghanistan Spokesman.
Needs assessment in an IDP camp. IOM 2021/ Mohammed Muse
With more than half of Afghans dependent on humanitarian aid, IOM calls for sustained support
Over one year after the Taliban takeover, an estimated 24.4 million people – 59 per cent of the population in Afghanistan – are dependent on international aid and emergency relief in their day-to-day lives.
Since August 2021, nearly all Afghans have plunged into poverty and the country has been facing the risk of systemic collapse.
Khadiza watches her shelter burn. The fire in Camp 8E in 2021 left a trail of destruction and death. Photo: Yassin for NRC
One million Rohingya refugees are at point of no return, as crisis marks five years
The Rohingya crisis has reached a dangerous tipping point, with refugees potentially never returning home to Myanmar if international leaders fail to chart a way forward, the Norwegian Refugee Council's Secretary General Jan Egeland warned today.
"From what I'm seeing on the ground, the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh is almost at the point of no return; they must be helped out of displacement now or it will be too late.
Mother kissing her child in Gaza, Palestine.
Joint statement by Members of The Finland-Palestine Friendship Group of The Parliament of Finland and The Finnish Parliament Network on human rights
The undersigned Members of the Finnish Parliament are deeply disturbed by the high numbers of civilians, in particular children, killed and injured in the latest escalation of violence in Gaza from 5-7 August 2022.
According to the UN Human Rights Office the 'pre-emptive' strikes by Israeli army in Gaza killed 48 Palestinians of whom 22 were civilians, including 17 children. Of 360 Palestinians reported injured, nearly two-thirds were civilians, including 151 children, 58 women and 19 older people.
Family in Balkh province, Afghanistan
Statement on Afghanistan, by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
In the year that has passed since the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan we have seen daily and continuous deterioration in the situation of Afghan women and girls. This has spanned every aspect of their human rights, from living standards to social and political status. It has been a year of increasing disrespect for their right to live free and equal lives, denying them opportunity to livelihoods, access to health care and education, and escape from situations of violence.
Kokogul remembers the recent flood which cost her everything, standing in her tent in Kabul's slums. Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/Norwegian Refugee Council
One year since Taliban takeover, Afghan people are paying the highest price for peace
Statement by Neil Turner, the Norwegian Refugee Council's Country Director, on the one-year mark of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan:
"We have witnessed shocking levels of poverty and suffering in Afghanistan over the past year. The economic restrictions imposed on the country and the unwillingness of both the de facto authorities and the international community to effectively engage with one another have pushed millions of Afghans into despair.
Children from drought-affected households play outside of Qaydaradey IDP camp in Baidoa. Photo: Abdulkadir Mohamed/NRC
One millionth person displaced by Somalia drought
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, as the one millionth person displaced by the drought was registered this week.
More than 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia because of the severe drought this year, bringing the total figure to 1 million people since January 2021 when the drought began, according to displacement figures released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
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Helsinki Fashion Week is thriving without leather – here's why the rest of the fashion world must follow suit
Finland's top fashion event, Helsinki Fashion Week, returns this month with a crucial message about the importance of sustainability in the industry. Since its inception, Helsinki Fashion Week has blazed a trail championing ethical fashion, including its landmark decision to ban leather from its catwalks from 2019 – a move for which it received worldwide praise. As a keynote speaker at this year's event, I will be highlighting the reasons why we at PETA urged the organisers to make this change and why it's time the rest of the fashion world followed their compassionate lead.
NRC staff assess flood damage in Barmal district of Paktika province. Photo: NRC assessment team
Unprecedented flash floods batter rural Afghanistan
Homes of internally displaced people demolished in Kabul. Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
Afghanistan: Eviction threats put hundreds of thousands of vulnerable families at risk of homelessness
Destroyed house in the south of Sanaa
Yemen truce extension a serious commitment to end senseless suffering
Palestine: EU aid delay puts lives at risk
The European Union is putting Palestinian lives at risk as it continues to delay disbursement of aid to vital sectors in the occupied Palestinian territory.
A large portion of EU funding committed to Palestine, valued at nearly €215 million, has been delayed since 2021 as the European Union continues to condition the release of the money on specific changes to Palestinian school textbooks.
Meanwhile, this aid suspension is crippling critical sectors and services, including healthcare in occupied East Jerusalem, with dire consequences for patients needing treatment at hospitals.
"These restrictions punish terminally ill patients who cannot get lifesaving medicine and force children to go hungry when parents cannot afford to buy food. Palestinians are paying the cruellest price for political decisions made in Brussels," said Jan Egeland, the Norwegian Refugee Council's (NRC) secretary general.
At least 500 cancer patients, diagnosed since September 2021, have been unable to access adequate, life-saving treatments at occupied East Jerusalem's Augusta Victoria Hospital, resulting in avoidable deaths, according to the Lutheran World Federation, which operates the hospital. Patients already under the care of the hospital have endured significant delays in critical treatment.
The devastating impact of the EU's decision extends beyond healthcare. Since November 2021, up to 120,000 Palestinians, the majority in Gaza, have not received cash support that is critical for their survival, according to news reports. Salaries of Palestinian Authority employees, including teachers and healthcare workers, have been cut by 20 per cent.
Muhammed, 74, from Gaza, has been impacted by the delays in EU aid. He relies on social assistance from the Ministry of Social Development, which is his sole source of income, but has not received support for close to two years. He cares for his wife who is partly paralysed and is now unable to afford adequate housing. He told NRC, "We do not ask to live like the rest of humanity, just a quarter of the life they live would suffice, no more."
"The delay because of a political position is putting lives at risk every day. We appeal to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to release the funds immediately so that critical assistance for vulnerable Palestinians and support for basic services can continue," Egeland added.
An initial proposal to disburse the funds was held up in 2021 after Olivér Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, pushed to make the financial assistance conditional on changes to the Palestinian curriculum, despite the textbooks overall being in line with UNESCO standards. Fifteen EU member states signed a letter to the European Commission criticising the delay and calling for the immediate release of the funds.
The EU's Foreign Affairs Council has requested that the issue be referred to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to stop further delays, but it remains unresolved.
NRC urges EU donors to immediately find a way to resume funding life-saving programmes, basic service provision and social safety networks without further conditions.
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council
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Rih Season
Why Anti Isn't At All the Rihanna Record You Were Expecting
But it may be the one you need.
By Josh Duboff
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Rihanna's Anti—after all stripes of fake-outs and Samsung-branded obstacles, and rumors rippling through Twitter—is finally here, her first album since 2012's Unapologetic. After initially leaking (briefly) on Tidal, the whole album was made available for download, for free, on the streaming service Wednesday night. Now that we've had a chance to take an initial spin through the 13-song, 44-minute album, it's evident that these are not the sorts of songs you're going to immediately be transferring to your gym playlist. The tempo—save for the Drake-featuring lead single "Work"—is slow. If the likes of "We Found Love" and "Pour It Up" represent Rihanna's college years, Anti is like the album representation of when you see your college friend two years after graduation and you find out she's been living abroad and she's speaking in a strange sort of affected whisper now and she keeps talking about "energies." This is to say: this album is a great departure for Rihanna, an artist who has had 13 No. 1 hits over her career. This is a Sunday-afternoon album, not a Friday-night one. It would be perfect to listen to in the rain. There are no obvious radio hits here (more on that in a second), but there is, quite unexpectedly, a cover of a six-and-a-half-minute Tame Impala song ("Same Ol' Mistakes").
Rihanna has always been a singles artist, and those of us who grew up on "Umbrella" and "Rude Boy" and "What's My Name" are no doubt going to, in a certain way, miss that Rihanna, the one who cranked out hits as reliably as Kim Kardashian generates selfies. But there is something endearing about Anti in the sense that it's always affecting to engage with a work of art that clearly embodies the artist's most elemental feelings at the time. This album feels extremely un-tampered with. It's even possible to imagine that it existed in a folder on Rihanna's computer, and that she directly uploaded the MP3s to Tidal, without anyone else ever listening to the album. There is a cohesion to the 13 songs (three more bonus tracks will be coming tomorrow): they are slow and meditative and raw. Some of them cut off unexpectedly, and some of them feel unfinished. Each one feels like the sort of song Rihanna would want to listen to herself (not always the case with major pop artists). You know that photo of Rihanna walking outside, at night, in sunglasses, holding a giant glass of red wine? Anti is the embodiment of that Rihanna.
"Kiss It Better," an immediate standout, seems to us a likely bet for the next single (and, other than "Work," which is sitting at No. 1 on iTunes at the moment, would seem to have the best shot at commercial success). There is something almost Prince-like about this track—produced by Jeff Bhasker and Kuk Harrell—which also reminds us of one of our favorite Rihanna non-singles, "Fire Bomb" (off 2009's Rated R). Listening to "Kiss It Better," you want to live in it: you'd be on the beach—everywhere would be a beach, in fact—and it'd be in the high 60s at all times and it'd always be 15 minutes before sunset. Rihanna's voice, it should be said, sounds as confident and powerful as it ever has on this track—and on the album as whole ("Love on the Brain" is another standout).
So while Anti may not be the soundtrack for the year's worth of SoulCycle classes that you were expecting it to be (though we will say that a DJ Mustard "Higher" remix would be completely welcome), the album is a collection of songs seemingly tailor-made for a campfire, for lounging in sweatshirts, for sitting around in the same room with a bunch of friends (one of whom you have a crush on) for hours. And if this isn't the Rihanna album you were hoping for, especially after waiting for more than three years, keep in mind that she followed up Rated R (a similarly non-commercially-minded album) with 2010's Loud, which was stuffed to the brim with propulsive hits.
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NGC 1502 is een open sterrenhoop in het sterrenbeeld Giraffe. Het hemelobject werd op 3 november 1787 ontdekt door de Duits-Britse astronoom William Herschel. Noordelijk-voorafgaand aan NGC 1502 is de sterrenrij van Kemble (Kemble's Cascade, of Kemble's Cascade Star Chain) te vinden. Dit is een vrij gemakkelijk waar te nemen asterism, in 1980 ontdekt door de amateur astronoom Lucian Kemble (1922-1999).

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McCain skips Benghazi briefing, gets testy when questioned by CNN
CNN Senior Congressional Producer Ted Barrett
(CNN) - Most of the Republican members of a Senate committee investigating the terrorist attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, skipped a classified briefing by administration officials on the incident Wednesday, CNN has learned.
The missing lawmakers included Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who at the time of the top-secret briefing held a press conference in the Capitol to call for the creation of a Watergate-type special Congressional committee to investigate how and why the attack took place.
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McCain, who has accused President Barack Obama of not telling the truth about the Benghazi attack, said that even though there are several committees involved in the probe, only a select committee could streamline the information flow and resolve the "many unanswered questions" about the tragedy.
When CNN approached McCain in a Capitol hallway Thursday morning, the senator refused to comment about why he missed the briefing, which was conducted by top diplomatic, military and counter-terrorism officials. Instead, McCain got testy when pressed to say why he wasn't there.
"I have no comment about my schedule and I'm not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media," McCain said.
Asked why he wouldn't comment, McCain grew agitated: "Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?"
When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, "I'm upset that you keep badgering me."
While McCain refused to shed light on why he didn't show, his spokesman Brian Rogers emailed CNN a short time later with an explanation. He blamed it on a "scheduling error" but wouldn't provide any more detail.
According to a Democratic aide on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, only three of the eight GOP members of the committee attended the two hour briefing that ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. By contrast, seven of the nine Democratic members were there.
McCain's press conference took place at noon.
McCain did spend several hours in a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing on Benghazi Thursday, and plans to attend the panel's closed-door session on Friday with former CIA Director David Petraeus.
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As a citizen of this Great Country (Govt. of the people....) I want to ask Mr. Mccain..the SAME question that the reporter asked him: 'Why didn't you attend the meeting on Benghazi ? ' I will go even further and want to ask: You did not go because your party lost the election? Also, you are playing partisan politics? nd sir, I hope as a citizen for whom YOU CLAIM TO REPRESENT, am I eligible to ASK YOU such questions?
November 15, 2012 05:14 pm at 5:14 pm |
mmi16
McCain is starting to believe in Mitt's 47% – to the tune that he doesn't want to communicate with the other 53% either.
ser56
Later, the senator was observed to be talking to an empty chair.
LAinSA
McCain still can't explain why he picked Palin. When you're that dumb, it's tough to come up with the correct answer in any given situation. Way to go Johnny. Crashed and burned again.
who was the person who came up with the lie about a stupid youtube video, obama or mccain?
Was CNN this upset about Obama not attending his briefings in the White House? It's one thing to read it in a briefing book, totally another thing to be in the room engaged in discussions. I guess CNN still carrying water for Obama. Is this what passes for journalism. No wonder Fox is wiping the floor with this supposed network.
Jessie P.
I have never seen such negative, cry baby republicans in my life. No wonder we did not vote for them. This Repubican just cound not bring myself to vote for any republican this year. They are having a big meltdown and seem very unprofessional.
As a Viet Nam vet I have pretty much lost all respect for John McCain. He has turned into just another self serving political hack. In the midst of the Benghazi tragedy all he can do is attack the administration. He should find out what happened and he can't do that by skipping the briefing along with the rest of the GOP obstructionist Republican congressman. No true statesman there...!
Nmjet
Retirement is an option that the Senator might well best consider.
Ben Gleck
Republicans no longer have the solutions to our problems. Republicans have become the problem.
he probably skipped it because he believes it's a bogus sham, meant to cover and protect Obama- and as a decent human being and someone whocares about america, doesnt want to be soil by the participant. that could be the reason.
Just a bitter, angry old man who's been looking for some way to get back at President Obama since 2008. He and Mitt Romney are the charter members of the "Angry That a AA Got Elected to the Presidency Club". He is doing nothing more than trying to conduct a witch hunt. Time to retire...
AngieS
"Who the hell are you to tell me...?" Well, I'm a tax payer who pays your salary and I want some answers on just where you were, Mr. McCain. What was more important than showing up for the job you are getting paid to do?
Michael, Chapel Hill
I read the tolerance of Liberals, who will not leave anyone who question Obama. Interesting. Is it dictatorship?
Funny how McCain does not want to tell the truth as to he why & 3 other reoublicans did not attend ? "case they do not want to go after the truth which lies with the Intelligence Agencies. After all senator. Was not these agencies who briefed Susan Rice ? Of course they were. Poor "old baby senator" is being badgered by lame-stream media. LMAO @ this old fool. Time to go away. Afraid of a basic question senator ? Your public demands you answer! LMAO again.
McCain ............ a shining example of a really really STUPID GOP senator who speaks first and then wonders why he SPOKE.
Tears of a clown
Remember folks, these are Republicans, Right-wingers and Tea Baggers we're talking about and with them it's not a lie if they believe it.
BLKMANinAmerica
McSAME just needs to go away and stay in one of his many houses. So sick of this man already
who made the decision to remove our marines from Libya? what could be so important that it was better to let our embassy burn to the ground than send in air support?
Ed FL
Mccain forgot one [IMPORTANT] word in his comments when asked about missing a meeting.Sorry is the word ,it can be construed a couple of ways ,one as an apology and another way is to describe what a JERK this guy has become. The people of Arizona deserve him and it's governor BREWER. This pair could be considered a shovel full of BULL --.
Romney is NOT My Hero
Benghazi is the only talking point I've heard from GOPers in recent weeks. Now given the chance to actually hear about what happened, McInsane chooses to skip it. What is wrong with this guy? Oh, that's right THE TRUTH. It's repellent for the GOP.
ShawnDH
Birth certificate! BLS numbers are cooked! Benghazi!
Blah biddy blah blah blah.
America's right-wing has become a circus of conspiracy theories, stupid and crazy. It's sad.
And get off my lawn you meddling kids!
BillyK22
McCain has been complaining non-stop that the administration has not been providing adequate info on this subject, and then he skips a briefing being provided by the administration. Give me a break! A sheduling error??!! The fact is he knew about the briefing and in typical arrogant show-boat fashion, decided to call a press conference at the same time. The iciing on the cake is his belligerance to the press. They are voters too, Mr. McCain. Mr. McCain is an example of the old-school, archaic Republicans that are slowly being put out to pasture – as should Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell and so on. Let's hope the Republicans can muster up some reasonable replacements........ soon.
McCain was a hero but when he skips a classified briefing to host a press conference to complain about not getting information he is putting politics over country. Then when he insinuates that he is a senator and doesn't have to explain himself to the press he is disgracing the first amendments freedom of the press clause. John, you have done your part for country decades ago, I was happy to vote for you in the 2000 primary, please retire, you lost your way.


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Q: Solve our disagreement? relative validity/predictive validity and sample size The situation: Two groups each with 16 different participants perform 6 tasks. Each group performs the tasks in a different environment. Resulting data is mean performance for each group on each of the 6 tasks. So 6 means for group 1 and 6 means for group 2.  Want to know how well the mean performance of 1st group on each of those 6 tasks, predicts the mean performance of the second group on each of those 6 tasks.
Trying to settle a disagreement here. One side thinks a simple correlation of the 2 sets of 6 means does the trick. Other side things it can't be this simple or can't be done with only 6 means in each group. Also worried that all correlations  appear suspiciously high. But doesn't know the technical arguments are.
Is there an better method? What is the minimum number of observations required.
Any help in dealing with this is greatly appreciated!

A: To obtain a meaningful correlation, the minimum number of pairs of means would be three.  Many would prefer, though, to take into account not just the means, but the degree of variation around the means.  To do this one could take advantage of

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*repeated measures ANOVA or MANOVA

*hierarchical linear modeling, a.k.a. multi-level modeling

*generalizability theory.

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View Full Version : Voting for the Decisive Challenge V is now OPEN. Please vote.
Well the hard part is done… shooting, developing, photoshopping, entering. Now comes the fun part, Voting.
We had nearly 40 participants from all around the world, a nice turnout and some really superb images. I always love to see the variety of perspectives from the entrants, we all have our own vision.
Where Do I view the Images?
OK, it's easy. Once you have made your choices for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place images simply go here to vote (http://form.jotform.co/form/31970314807858).
This simple form will allow the data to be both emailed to me and to be recorded in an excel spreadsheet, making the task of adding up the point totals far easier. As always 3 points will be awarded for 1st place, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd place selection.
DO NOT VOTE HERE IN THE FORUM. Votes placed in this thread and not in the form will not be counted. Feel free to discuss your votes and I will post voting data to this thread but remember, if you just place your vote here it won't be counted. You have to fill out the super-easy form.
Remember, no voting for your own image.
Votes must be placed in the form to count. Feel free to share how you voted here after if you like.
Voting ends on the 31st.
3) Pop up a message here that says "I voted" and feel free to discuss your choices. Remember, no telling which is yours if you're taking part.
If you notice anything wrong with either the gallery or the voting site please let me know ASAP. That includes if you don't see your favorite image in the pop-up lists.
Thanks and good luck to all the participants!
Bump to get the voting started.
Well done everyone! Sorry I missed it.
I voted, nice set-up Kent, a painless process.
Good to hear! Glad it seems to be working well.
Kent--I didn't see all the pictures listed on the form that were on your website.
Yes - at least one picture is not listed in the vote entry boxes.
I will review the entries in the voting form. It was a cut and paste from the submission spreadsheet, I'll get it worked out.
People will also be able to re-vote if needed as I do not want anyone to miss out on an image they may have liked to vote for.
Thanks, Kent! A couple of my favs weren't listed---appreciate the help.
I just voted, easy process, well done Kent !
Just voted! Thank you Kent for the effort! Great event!
Just voted- good luck to all- well done and wish I had seen the announcement!
Well done! I just cast my vote. Couldn't have been easier.
My bad, I don't read! I don't read instructions, and I should. I forgot that it was only a weekend event. Sorry.
Despite my best efforts there were two images that were not available for selection in the voting form.
I highly recommend you have a look at them and if you'd like to vote for them simply recast your vote, I'll take the latest entries of any duplicates.
My sincere apologies to those involved and hopefully if you're interested in voting for either of these images you will return to the voting site and cast your vote accordingly.
Some very nice work in this Challenge!
No problem Dan. Part of the "Challenge" is the limited time component...not easy to snag a compelling photo in a specified time period necessarily.
Hope you cast your votes for your favorites when you have time.
Push: really like the push into darkness.
Perplexed: this one is great!
Reminder: you must select 3 images when voting. No voting for the same image 3 times.
Cast my vote! Good luck everybody!
Cast my vote. Good luck everyone.
Cast my votes - there were a few I really liked! Nice work.
Casting votes for the same image 3 times will not be counted as a valid ballot.
Just voted. Looking forward already to the next challenge.
Looking forward to the results! A very diverse group of images and as it's discussed at each edition some seem to stretch the definition of street, but I thought there were some great entries.
Thanks again for running this fun event, Kent.
Bump to this thread :) voted too, thanks for painless process!
Voted. There was a clear 1st for me, then a lot that could have placed 2 & 3. It was hard. Nice work everyone.
Voted----this was fun:) Love the challenge and will watch for more of these in the future!
Yep, voted. Big thanks to Kent for organizing, good luck to all.
Thanks for voting everyone! Keep them coming!
Hi, Kent – I'm gonna vote – but suggest you put an obvious link on the DEcisiveChallenge.com page about where do it.
Just voted. I didn't know about this edition of the Decisive Challenge until after the shooting weekend (I must have missed the email). Fortunately, I had taken a few photos that weekend - alas, nothing that great but I submitted something anyway. Thanks for putting this on again Kent! Good luck everyone!!
Keep those votes coming! Very interesting variety of favorites so far.
Four days left to vote friends! Let us know which 3 are your favorites.
Still a few hours left to vote! Let us know your image preferences.
I voted a while back and forgot to say . . .
... a a a n d the winners are : ... ?
When will the envelope with the results be opened ?
I'm traveling but will get the results out by Monday or so.
I've tabulated the votes and I'll be posting the winners within 24 hours. Just double checking everything.
Amazing how many images got votes!


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Expenses to cost Hagerstown its Class AA team after this season
By Mark Hyman and Kent Baker
The Hagerstown Suns, a minor-league destination for many an Orioles player, soon will be no more, at least as a Class AA team.
Yesterday, owners of the Suns and Hagerstown Mayor Steven Sager announced that the team will move from Hagerstown after the 1992 season. They cited several reasons for the decision, including recent changes in the operating agreement between Major League Baseball and minor-league owners, which have added considerably to the cost of running a Class AA team.
The new agreement requires minor-league ballparks to meet new, higher standards for such things as the number of restrooms and concession stands and improving home and visiting team clubhouses -- changes that would have cost between $1 million and $2 million at 60-year-old Municipal Stadium, Sager said.
The Hagerstown mayor said the possibility of raising the money from state and local governments never was fully explored because the team's owners, who also own the Class A Frederick Keys, had doubts about whether they could afford to stay even if the ballpark was updated.
The new agreement requires the Suns owners to share with Major League Baseball 5 percent of their gross ticket receipts. Operating in Hagerstown, the smallest market among the 26 Class AA cities, made that troublesome.
"The writing was on the wall for us and for the Suns, too," Sager said. "Major League Baseball has its hand in the pockets of these minor-league owners, and the money's just not there."
Bob Miller, Suns general manager, cited both the new ticket revenue policy and the mandated stadium improvements for the decision to leave.
"It would have required a multitude of renovations to the park. We're kidding ourselves," Miller said.
The future of the Suns and of professional baseball in Hagerstown remain somewhat muddled. Plans aren't final, but Suns owners acknowledged they've discussed moving the team to Wilmington, Del., for the 1993 season.
Hagerstown also could have a team back, according to Sager, who said that Suns owner Peter Kirk's group has expressed interest in buying a Class A franchise in the South Atlantic League. The Keys play in the Class A Carolina League. For a Class A team, improvements at Municipal Stadium would cost $300,000 to $570,000, Sager said.


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Watch This: 'Fresh Cut Grass'
Chris Perkins December 15, 2015 animation, CP, Independent animation, shorts
Dublin-based Boulder Media are best known for their work producing animated shows for big names in the US and UK, most recently the brilliant relaunch of Danger Mouse. When not working for majors like Cartoon Network and the BBC they also aim to produce their own original content, whenever they can.
Their 2014 original short Fresh Cut Grass has become a favourite with festivals all over the world, winning acclaim at film and animation festivals both at home and abroad. Most recently it played the Manchester Animation Festival in the UK and went down a storm. Up until now if you wanted to see it for yourself, your only chance was at such an event. Luckily, however, it has now been released online for all to see.
Written and directed by Rob Cullen (director on the 2015 Danger Mouse) this is a must watch. It's a beautifully animated story of a young dog who travels to the big city to see his beloved sister. It starts out as a cute and charming story, like a short you might see play in front of a Pixar or Disney movie. However, it quickly takes a turn as the puppy discovers the city life isn't all it's cracked up to be. It goes to some dark and unexpected places that you wouldn't be anticipating from the opening. The very last movie you'd expect to be reminded of here is Liam Neeson vehicle Taken.
Such tonal shifts are risky, but Cullen pulls it off in a way that seems deceptively effortless. We should point out though that although it gets darker, that doesn't mean that it's overly serious or bleak. Even when it's depicting the city's seedy underbelly, it's still often very funny.
Hopefully, the success of projects like Danger Mouse will help fund more original work like this. As our first taste of Boulder working for themselves we are very impressed, and can't wait to see more. Watch the full short below.
Fresh Cut Grass from Boulder Media on Vimeo.


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Nergal
The name Nergal (or Nirgal or Nirgali) refers to a deity in Babylonia with the main seat of his cult at Cuthah (or Kutha) represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim. Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew bible as the deity of the city of cuth (Cuthah): "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal" (2 Kings, 17:30).
Nergal actually seems to be in part a solar deity, sometimes identified with Shamash, but a representative of a certain phase only of the sun. Portrayed in hymns and myths as a god of war and pestilence, Nergal seems to represent the sun of noontime and of the summer solstice which brings destruction to mankind, high summer being the dead season in the Mesopotamian annual cycle. Nergal was also the deity who presides over the nether-world, and who stands at the head of the special pantheon assigned to the government of the dead (supposed to be gathered in a large subterranean cave known as Aralu or Irkalla). In this capacity he has associated with him a goddess Allatu or Ereshkigal, though at one time Allatu may have functioned as the sole mistress of Aralu, ruling in her own person. In some texts the god Ninazu is the son of Nergal by Allatu/Ereshkigal.
Ordinarily Nergal pairs with his consort Laz. Standard iconography pictured Nergal as a lion, and boundary-stone monuments symbolise him with a mace surmounted by the head of a lion.
Nergal's fiery aspect appears in names or epithets such as Lugalgira, Sharrapu ("the burner," perhaps a mere epithet), Erra, Gibil (though this name more properly belongs to Nusku), and Sibitti. A certain confusion exists in cuneiform literature between Ninurta and Nergal. Nergal has epithets such as the "raging king," the "furious one," and the like. A play upon his name – separated into three elements as Ne-uru-gal (lord of the great dwelling) – expresses his position at the head of the nether-world pantheon.
In the astral-theological system Nergal becomes the planet Mars, while in ecclesiastical art the great lion-headed colossi serving as guardians to the temples and palaces seem to symbolise Nergal, just as the bull-headed colossi probably typify Ninurta.
Nergal's chief temple at Cuthah bore the name Meslam, from which the god receives the designation of Meslamtaeda or Meslamtaea, "the one that rises up from Meslam". The name Meslamtaeda/Meslamtaea indeed is found as early as the list of gods from Fara while the name Nergal only begins to appear in the Akkadian period.
The cult of Nergal does not appear to have spread as widely as that of Ninurta. Hymns and votive and other inscriptions of Babylonian and Assyrian rulers frequently invoke him, but we do not learn of many temples to him outside of Cuthah. Sennacherib speaks of one at Tarbisu to the north of Nineveh, but significantly, although Nebuchadnezzar II (606 BC–586 BC), the great temple-builder of the neo-Babylonian monarchy, alludes to his operations at Meslam in Cuthah, he makes no mention of a sanctuary to Nergal in Babylon. Local associations with his original seat – Kutha – and the conception formed of him as a god of the dead acted in making him feared rather than actively worshipped.
Text adapted from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
ETCSL "A hymn to Nergal" and "A tigi to Nergal": Unicode (http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcslmac.cgi?text=c.4.15*#) and ASCII (http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcslmac.cgi?text=c.4.15*&charenc=j#)
Ereskigal.net – "Ereshkigal and Nergal": Assyrian version (http://www.mindwidth.com/ereshkigal/index.php?ID=1009&cat=3) and Amarna version (http://www.mindwidth.com/ereshkigal/index.php?ID=1010&cat=3)
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