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Interview ausgestrahlt vor 2 Jahren im US Radio
Scotty Marion Interview
Scotty Marion – Interview By Chris Santacroce
Scotty Marion
Born: Huntsville, AL
Occupation: Ski/ Snowboard , Paragliding Instructor
Glider: Gin Glider Boomerang, Gin Gliders Bongo Tandem
Harness: Sup Air Cocoon Race and High Adventure Split Leg Tandem
-1990 Major in Christian Ministries, Minor in Business, Belhaven College. Jackson, MS
-1991 Moved to Girdwood, AK to teach Snowboarding and Skiing. Worked as a Moose/Caribou/Elk/ Bear Hunting Guide. Halibut charter service.
Q: when did you first see paragliding?
A: I saw paragliding at Alyeska Ski Resort in Alaska and thought - looks awesome, it must be dangerous. I always loved aviation, I almost got my Private Pilots License. I have 33hrs. in a single.
Q: So, you decided to take up paragliding anyway?
A: Well, I watched for like four years and didn't see any accidents. See, Clark Sanders kept things safe up there, it was a great flying community… I thought, "this is something that can be done safely if you are smart about it." I started saving, knowing that I would take it up when I had the cash.
Q: Who taught you?
A: I asked Clark Sanders where I should learn and he said Point of the Mountain, that it is the best learning place in the United States…
Q: How much money did you save?
A: About three thousand. I got my first glider when I went home to visit my family in Huntsville AL and we went to the "unclaimed baggage" place for all the big airlines, I saw two funny looking colored backpacks that looked familiar, I knew what they were. One was an ITV Meteor Gold and the other was an ITV Nunki. I walked out with a Nunki that had about ten hours, it cost me $450.00. … Christine Warren, Terry and Renee Zakotinik at Above and Beyond taught me. I was certified in May of 95'.
Q: Did the glider end up being a good value?
A: No, not really, it turned out to be one of the worst gliders of the time, but it got me started. I lived at the Point of the Mountain in my Ford Escort for a while. I had planned to go back to AK, but after learning that I could fly in the morning and the evening, and ski during the day, I couldn't leave.
Q: Things have changed, now you have a busy school, you are National Champion and have placed high in World Cups during the last few years . How did you do that?
A: When I bought a brand new glider(Boomerang II)with some help from Super Fly and Gin Gliders, my flying changed a lot. I started going to every competition that I could. Also, I flew all of the Utah Mountain Sites that I could. It wasn't long before I realized that I needed help. I am an instructor by nature; so, I quickly realized that I needed more instruction. I found that the transition to mountain/ thermal flying was a big one.
Q: Whom did you learn from or fly with during that time?
A: Todd Bibler, Bill Bellcourt, Ken Hudonjorgenesen, Jeff Farrell, Dale Covington and you…
Q: What are some of the big things that you learned from those/us guys?
A: Well, I learned about the more advanced subjects like, how to climb effectively, fly the mountains and keep my glider open. The most important stuff that I learned was about conditions and which conditions were appropriate for me and for pilots of my experience level. I learned how to walk down the mountain with my paraglider on my back.
Q: When other people are flying, that can be hard to do. What's the trick?
A: I look at flying as a life long pursuit. I want to be able to enjoy it over the years and I am willing to give up an afternoon of flying to make sure that I get to continue in the sport. You see, you have to protect your flying, knowing that if you have one bad experience; it can make it so that your flying isn't as much fun as it once was.
Q: Have you ever had an accident or thrown you reserve?
A: I threw my reserve once over the water at the Seattle Aero-Battle last year so that everyone could see how well they work. Really, something changed when I threw it. It's going to be easy to throw it if I need it…
Q: Does your good safety record give you confidence?
A: Yes, it does, but I am always aware that trouble could be right around the corner. When I am flying, I am in the moment. I don't think about how things have been in the past. I try to let all my senses work at maximum capacity. I try not to decide too many things; I try not to be judgmental. I don't decide where the wind is coming from during a cross country flight, I just keep checking to see what's happening.
Q: That's a good trick, do you have any more?
A: Well, I can tell you one thing that doesn't work. It's when I try to force things. When I decide to find the center of a thermal or try really hard to find a thermal; it doesn't work. It's better to just relax, enjoy the fact that I am in the air and let it happen. Its like OB1 said in Star Wars; "Luke, let go of your conscious self."
Q: You kind of look like Luke Skywalker. Did anyone ever tell you that?
A: All the time, I once signed an autograph "Mark Hammel" I don't even know if I spelled it right.
Q: Now that you are a professional instructor, what is your approach to teaching? What are the main things that you try to instill in your students?
A: Well, I try to qualify my students as being cog nascent and physically able. I encourage them to develop those traits in their flying. Still, almost anyone can learn to paraglide it's just that these are the areas where I feel that we need to focus. For example, a person needs to be aware of all of the variables associated with a given launch and then be able to do the work that will get them into the air. I make sure that my students have a good theoretical understanding and that they get a lot of practice. I believe that paragliding can either be very dangerous or very safe. I teach my students how to make it safe. It's important to me, that's why I like to work one on one with people and never teach more than three at one time.
Q: You see a lot of pilots at the Point and in your travels. What do you find yourself telling them when you get a chance and what would you like to say to pilots nationwide?
A: Well, most of the people that I run across, understand the basic dynamics of paragliding but they need more detailed theoretical instruction. The other is that they don't get enough practice to be able to really "feel" their gliders. They only way that they can progress given these handicaps is to get good, personalized instruction. Personally, I surround myself with the top pilots in the world. I take what I learn from them and pass it on to my students in a way that's easy for them to understand.
Q: Whom have you been getting to fly with?
A: Well, I got to meet Gin Seok Song, he's an incredible designer, a great pilot and a nice guy. During the Brazil World Cup, he reminded to relax and enjoy the great flying. I need to hear that. Afterward, I flew really well. We all need those kind of reminders, we need to help each other.
Q: How would you characterize the US paragliding population?
A: Under trained! It seems like paragliding might be more popular if people got more additional instruction to combat the adverse conditions that we sometimes encounter in this country. I have met a lot of nice people in this sport.
Q: What do you do for fun, besides paragliding?
A: I just fly…and, I like to spend time with my family.
Q: Got any goals?
A: I'd like to be the first American World Champion and first Paragliding World Cup Champion. The key will be to just enjoy flying and not get caught up. I can sometimes get too competitive.
Q: What's your ideal flying day?
A: Any day that I can fly!
Q: Favorite flight?
A: Racing with some Hang Gliders in Valle de Bravo, Mex this Winter and staying in front of Manfred Rumer for a while.
Q: Favorite place to fly?
A: Someplace I've never been
Q: What about your school and your students? What will they do while you are gone?
A: Well, I have some talented pilots who are also great people who can run Point of the Mountain Paragliding while I am gone. I am also a partner in the Paraglding Academy, we team teach a lot of the time. It works great. Besides, I always come back from competition with a whole bunch of good information to share with my students.
Q: What does your mother think of all this paragliding?
A: She trusts my judgment.
Q: Has she ever seen it?
A: No, but I showed her a magazine once.
Q: Do you have one of those cheesy license plate frames that says something?
A: no
Q: If you did, what would it say?
A: "Sink Happens"
Q:How did you manage to miss the World Championships?
A: I was flying standby and couldn't get a seat. It really was a bummer, I sat in JFK for DAYS. Still, everything happens for a reason. Ryan Swan flew in my place and did great and I saved time and energy for World Cup competitions. It's not easy being an international comp pilot. I will get a good sponsor to help with the "logistics."
Q: Are you going to buy me lunch for doing all this typing and making you famous.
A: Sure, if you like Costco pizza.
Q: Anything special that you do before a cross-country or competition flight, any rituals?
A: Ya, I have to put on my Depends Undergarments.
Q: Seriously?
A: Ya.
Q: Do you change your diaper when you get to goal?
A: Ya, only if I get to goal. If I don't make goal, I wear a dirty diaper the rest of the day. It creates incentive for me to reach goal…
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14 August 2003, Elisabeth Rauchenberger


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In 1933 Americans did something they had never done before: they voted to repeal an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment, which for 13 years had prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, was nullified by the passage of another amendment, the Twenty-First. Many factors helped create this remarkable turn of events. One factor that was essential, Kenneth D. Rose here argues, was the presence of a large number of well-organized women promoting repeal.
Even more remarkable than the appearance of these women on the political scene was the approach they took to the politics of repeal. Intriguingly, the arguments employed by repeal women and by prohibition women were often mirror images of each other, even though the women on the two sides of the issue pursued diametrically opposed political agendas. Rose contends that a distinguishing feature of the women's repeal movement was an argument for home protection, a social feminist ideology that women repealists shared with the prohibitionist women of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The book surveys the women's movement to repeal national prohibition and places it within the contexts of women's temperance activity, women's political activity during the 1920s, and the campaign for repeal.
While recent years have seen much-needed attention devoted to the recovery of women's history, conservative women have too often been overlooked, deliberately ignored, or written off as unworthy of scrutiny. With American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition, Kenneth Rose fleshes out a crucial chapter in the history of American women and culture.
Kenneth D. Rose teaches at California State University and is author of American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition.
"Rose forcefully demonstrates that in the debate over the repeal of prohibition many of the women involved (notwithstanding marked differences in class, religion, or party affiliation) shared a common moral vision based on the protection of the American home. With commendable intellectual integrity, he refuses to rest with the simplified conclusions some scholars resort to in order to make an attractive and politically tidy case for 'their kind of woman.'"
"Though neglected by historians, the prohibition-repeal movement loomed large in U.S. politics in the late twenties and early thirties. In this very readable and well-researched study, Kenneth Rose explores the roles of women's organizations in this struggle. In the process he restores some once-influential women to their rightful place; challenges some widely held assumptions; and reminds us that women's history, like all history, can surprise us by its rich diversity and unexpected twists."
"Rose writes with relish and humor and contributes an important set of insights to the American experience with Prohibition, an experiment that still haunts the country over sixty years after Repeal."
"Useful, insightful, and finely balanced. . . . Of the many books on the Prohibition, Rose's is among the best."


This week the Environmental Working Group released a report on the health of cell phones. Cell phones emit radiation, but scientists have not determined if the radiation is harmful or not. Some health concerns are that the radiation can increase risks of brain and mouth tumors.
The EWG provides a list of phones that release the least and most radiation. You can also look up your cell phone model to see how it rates on their list.
Rather than giving up your cell phone, the EWG has a guide with suggestions to reduce your risk of cell phone radiation exposure. Some suggestions are: buy a low-radiation cell phone, use a headset while talking on your cell phone, talk less on your cell phone, hold your cell phone away from your body and use speaker phone, text rather than talk on your cell phone and if your cell phone has a low signal, try not to use it because the cell phone emits more radiation while searching for a cell tower signal.
I heard about the correlation between cell phone use and certain types of cancer. I don't use one but am surrounded my masses of people who do. I wonder if this could have an adverse effect on my health similar to that seen in second hand smoke. What do you think?
Just when you thought it was safe to... What to do with the perfectly good old phone if I get a new. Seems unethical to sell to some unsuspecting person. Speaker phone sounds like you're in a tunnel. Remote; wired or wireless? I think I will try holding the phone away when I'm talking.


Some months back, local NPR station KAZU aired a feature on the Monterey Model. Rep. Sam Farr and others extolled the virtues of the program as a "win-win." It was a puff piece and NPR told half a story.
The Model is the program known as the Presidio Public Works Authority Fund, under which the city of Monterey provides discounted Public Works and outsources construction services for the Presidio and as far away as Camp Roberts. No doubt a "win" for the Presidio.
Certainly Farr knows that over 20 percent of our federal budget is defense spending. Does the Department of Defense really need help from Monterey? But then I do not believe Farr lives in Monterey.
How many Monterey residents know that it appears that their city government has provided about $60 million in material and services for the federal government over five years? That is $12 million of annual economic activity within a roughly $100 million USD city budget. The city is in theory 100 percent reimbursed. I say in theory the city is reimbursed, as past City Councils have not kept a close eye on this program, although the City Council is ultimately responsible. I have asked several council members past and present and they had no idea of the magnitude of the program or how it is managed. Shocking when you consider it could be 10 percent of the Monterey budget. Underbilling by just 10 percent could cost residents over $1 million in annual services?
Of course, the Naval Postgraduate School and the Defense Language Institute are vital institutions in our community with unequaled economic and cultural impact in our county. Their combined annual operating budgets are near $1 billion. A well-educated and diverse group of professionals arrive here employed by DLI and NPS. Almost universally the Monterey Peninsula community is very supportive and values these schools. I certainly do without question, but you can support them and not support the Monterey Model.
To put all this in another context, if the annual services provided to the Presidio are $12 million, that is many times the Neighborhood Improvement Program funding. The NIP has years of project backlog. Could the Presidio receive more than 30 percent of Public Works activity while NIP projects sit on a dusty shelf?
There is blind political support for the Monterey Model as necessary to insure the Base Realignment and Closure program will not come to Monterey. Would this program matter in a BRAC decision? Not likely. Despite the magnitude of services provided being very significant for this small city, they are tiny in the scope of the Presidio; savings could not be 1 percent of their total budget. I am aware of no other community that has adopted the Monterey Model, at least not at this magnitude, and surprisingly NPS barely uses the program at all.
Was the energy and expense invested in creating the Monterey Model a valid project for a municipal government? Are financial controls in place to insure Monterey is not gifting a federal institution your local resources?
After 15 years it seems reasonable to audit the Presidio Fund, and review the mission; especially timely as the recently retired commandant of the Presidio now manages Monterey Department of Public Works.
William Scannell lives in Monterey.


This post is specifically directed to consumer bankruptcy attorneys located in the Chicago area. The American bankruptcy Institute is holding their seventh annual Chicago consumer bankruptcy conference to be held on November 11, 2014. The conference will take place at the University of Chicago Gleacher center.
The conference will focus on current issues affecting debtors and creditors and consumer bankruptcy cases. Faculty members will include bankruptcy Judges Janet S. Baer, Donald R. Cassling, Catherine J for Furay, Thomas M. Lynch and Eugene R. Wedoff as well as experienced local chapter 7 and chapter 13 consumer attorneys and panel trustee's.
You can click the link below for more information on the upcoming conference.


How To Travel From Singapore To Port Dickson – Car, Bus, Plane, Train And Taxi!
Port Dickson is located just three and a half's drive from Singapore making it a great place for a weekend getaway. If you have a car, this journey may seem straightforward (if not, details below on how to drive from Singapore to Port Dickson). However, if you are wondering how to get to Port Dickson from Singapore by public transport, it is not as straightforward.
In this article, I'll share with your how how to go to Port Dickson from Singapore by coach, train, plane, your own car and taxi.
How Far Is Port Dickson From Singapore?
The best way to go from Singapore to Port Dickson is definitely in your own car or a taxi. The next best option is the direct coach from Singapore to Port Dickson. Taking regular buses or trains will mean changing in Seremban and take much longer. If you want a Singapore to Port Dickson flight, you can fly to Kuala Lumpur airport but the total travel duration will end up being longer than driving.
The distance from Singapore to Port Dickson is not much – only about 315 kilometres depending on which route you take.
The Singpore to Port Dickson travel time is about 3.5 hours if you don't hit traffic or long border waits in a car. It will be longer if you take public transport from Singapore to Port Dickson.
Taking a coach bus from Singapore to Port Dickson, Malaysia is the most popular public transport option. There are usually two daily coaches that makes this journey and it is the simplest way to go from Singapore to port dickson by coach.
This route is ran by the popular KKKL Coaches and Golden Coaches. Both options are nice and leave in the morning so you can have lunch in Port Dickson.
The best part is that if you are looking for a bus from Singapore to Port Dickson Lexis Hibiscus, coach from Singapore to Grand Lexis Port Dickson or coach from Singapore to Avillion Port Dickson or Thistle hotels, these buses can drop you off right at the hotel which is a great time (and hassle!) saver.
They pick up from several points in Singapore as well and start from SGD$36 each way. The Singapore to Port Dickson bus duration is from 4.5 hours depending on your starting point in Singapore and which hotel you are finishing.
You can see the latest timetables and prices here.
This will save money. The longest journey from Johor Bahru to Seremban is only MYR35 (see timetable and prices here). However, it will take significantly longer.
On arrival in Port Dickson, you will also still need to get to your hotel. So if you are looking for a coach from Singapore to Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson or one of the other hotels where the direct bus ticket from Singapore to Port Dickson will drop you off, you also have an extra journey.
However, this may cost you about half the price of travelling to Port Dickson from Singapore by coach. For more details of travelling from Seremban to Port Dickson, check out this article.
If you are wondering how to take a Singapore to Port Dickson train, the answer is that you cannot do the complete journey by train as Port Dickson doesn't have a train station.
However, you can catch a train from Singapore to Johor Bahru, from Johor Bahru to Gemas and from Gemas to Seremban.
From Seremban, you can catch a local bus to Port Dickson (more details here).
It is much quicker and easier to take the direct coach. However, if you love trains, this is a valid option.
The train from Singapore to Johor Bahru runs regular. You can see the timetable and book tickets here. It's especially recommend to book in advance if you plan to go on a Friday where trains can be sold out well in advance.
The train from Johor Bahru to Gemas runs a few times a day. You can see the timetable and book tickets here.
For Gemas to Seremban, click here.
Much like taking local buses, this will take substantially longer than taking the direct coach especially if you are wanting to travel to Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson from Singapore or one of the other hotels where the bus travels direct.
If you don't have access to a car, taking a taxi or driver with private car to Port Dickson from singapore is the next best option. It's quick and easy and the prices are reasonable.
You can't just take any taxi and you will have to arrange this is advance. We recommend SG-MY Taxi who we have used previously. At the time of publishing, it's about SG$350 – so this option is pricey.
This does make it nice and easy to go from wherever you want in Singapore to wherever you want in Port Dickson quickly and easily with nothing more to pay. If you don't have your own car and want the simplest way from Singapore to Avillion Port Dickson, Singapore to Lexis Port Dickson or elsewhere, this is it!
Singapore to Port Dickson by car is very easy and it's a straightforward journey outside of peak times. You do need to cross between the Singapore/Malaysia border but this is easy too.
Driving to Port Dickson from Singapore takes about 3.5 hours if it's not a peak time. I recommend avoiding the Singapore to Port Dickson drive on a Friday afternoon and evening when the border can take a long time.
You can view the map above for driving directions from Singapore to Port Dickson. You can also take a car rental from Singapore to Port Dickson as long as they allow you to take it into Malaysia.
There is one final option and that's a flight to Port Dickson from Singapore.
Firstly, note that there is no airport in Port Dickson. However, Port Dickson is just a short taxi ride from Kuala Lumpur airport so it's completely possible to fly from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and then take a taxi to Port Dickson (there is more information about getting to Port Dickson from KLIA here).
However, it is not really going to save you any time over taking the direct bus travel to Port Dickson from Singapore and it's most probably going to cost you more. So I would recommend the bus over this option unless you really want to fly or the bus times are really inconvenient and you find a cheap flight to Kuala Lumpur.
Just remember that on top of the flight, you also have to get to Singapore airport and from Kuala Lumpur airport to Port Dickson. Especially if you are wondering how to go to Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson from Singapore or one of the other hotels where the bus goes directly, I really recommend the bus.
To get the bus from Port Dickson to Singapore, just do everything above in reverse. It all works the same way. You can find the timetables and prices for the direct bus here.
It is still recommended to take a taxi or private car if you can, but the direct bus is the next best thing.
I hope this has helped you get to Port Dickson! If you want to have a fabulous time when you arrive, read our full guide to Port Dickson here. You can find more journey information about travel between points in Malaysia and beyond here as well as how to get from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson here.


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There are millions of dollars to be made in regional Australia if a fully green, zero-emissions economy is embraced, according to a leading economist. Melbourne University's Professor Ross Garnaut, author of the Garnaut Climate Change Review, will be a keynote speaker at the Grampians New Energy Taskforce's Roadmap to Zero Emissions regional forum next week. Joined by clean energy policy and technology expert Alan Pears, dozens of stakeholders from communities and industries across western Victoria will discuss how to decarbonise the region. READ MORE: Plans around Ballarat for new power lines, terminal to help electricity boom That sounds like a huge task, but there are mechanisms in place already that companies of any size can take advantage of, according to Professor Garnaut - this includes renewable energy and on-farm carbon sequestration, he said. Already, the boom in renewable energy investment - lots more wind turbines - is forcing government agencies and regulators to think further ahead, so the network capacity can keep up, and the grid can be decentralised. Professor Garnaut described the solar and wind resources in western Victoria as "unusual on a global scale", and should be utilised, in combination with other technology like batteries and efficient transmission. "It creates a very big opportunity if we are able to use those resources well," he said. READ MORE: Golden Plains Wind Farm gets federal environmental approval "With good management, it will mean globally competitive power prices for energy usage for industry." It's been remarked previously that farmers are among groups most active on climate change, and with the most to lose - Professor Garnaut said people in the agricultural industry, particularly primary producers, had some solutions available to maintain a sustainable business while also reducing emissions. "(There are) very large opportunities for sequestering or storing carbon in soils, pastures, woodlands, or forests, and these opportunities are particularly rich in western Victoria," he said. "Farmers would be very well paid for managing their properties that make use of these ways to store carbon. "If we properly integrate these opportunities into a rational incentive system, then carbon sequestration would become a huge new source of income for regional Australia." Proper investment now would also mean reliable and cheap electricity, he added, which would stimulate further investment. "Water is a problem through much of western Victoria, and any of the development that can ease the water problem will require access to energy, to move water, to desalinate it, to process it in other ways, and to recycle it - that's all energy intensive," he said. "The reduction in the cost of electricity that comes from utilisation of rich renewable energy resources (in western Victoria) - there's a lot of ways to get the water problem right, and energy is an important part of many approaches to dealing with the problem." READ MORE: Ballarat's journey to carbon neutrality That's part of the goal of GNeT's forum - the roadmap, which will be discussed by major stakeholders, will need to sustain businesses as well as develop new industries. In a statement, GNeT's chairman Stuart Benjamin said the roadmap will help answer questions from the community as well as industry stakeholders. "We have more than $3 billion worth of wind and solar construction projects in planning or under construction in our region already but where do we go from here, what can we do to become 100 per cent renewable and be a leading zero-carbon region?" he said. "How can we leverage long-term regional benefit and new jobs by supporting the transition of the grid to a renewable energy system?" The consequences of inaction are dire, Professor Garnaut warned. "A zero emissions outcome is necessary for farming in southern Australia to have a future - without it, an increase of three or four degrees or more could lead to a shift in wind systems to bring rain in the growing seasons, so you get much less moisture, much reduced rainfall. "The combination of less rainfall and hotter temperatures would mean much less moisture in the environment and a cruel effect on traditional elements of farming." Having said that, initiatives like GNeT's roadmap were a good step on a local level. READ MORE: Z-NET plan released to transition Hepburn Shire to renewable energy, zero net emissions by 2029 "Australia as a whole is still a long way short of getting its act together on moving towards the sort of reduction in emissions that is our fair share of the global effort to leave a good environment for farming in Australia," he said. "But the cause for optimism is that technology development and business models are showing us we can do it, and we can do it at low cost. "Gradually awareness of the need to do it is spreading - we're a long away now, but there's reason to think we might get there - I won't be more optimistic than that." The final Roadmap to Zero report is due in December. The forum, a partnership between GNeT and the Committee for Ballarat funded by the state Department of Land, Water, Environment and Planning, will be held at the Mercure Ballarat on Friday, August 23 - register or submit comments online. 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Professor Ross Garnaut to speak at Ballarat zero emissions forum
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Action: Economist Professor Ross Garnaut will speak in Ballarat next week. Behind, the Stockyard Hill wind farm. Pictures: contributed, Kate Healy
There are millions of dollars to be made in regional Australia if a fully green, zero-emissions economy is embraced, according to a leading economist.
Melbourne University's Professor Ross Garnaut, author of the Garnaut Climate Change Review, will be a keynote speaker at the Grampians New Energy Taskforce's Roadmap to Zero Emissions regional forum next week.
Joined by clean energy policy and technology expert Alan Pears, dozens of stakeholders from communities and industries across western Victoria will discuss how to decarbonise the region.
READ MORE: Plans around Ballarat for new power lines, terminal to help electricity boom
That sounds like a huge task, but there are mechanisms in place already that companies of any size can take advantage of, according to Professor Garnaut - this includes renewable energy and on-farm carbon sequestration, he said.
Already, the boom in renewable energy investment - lots more wind turbines - is forcing government agencies and regulators to think further ahead, so the network capacity can keep up, and the grid can be decentralised.
Professor Garnaut described the solar and wind resources in western Victoria as "unusual on a global scale", and should be utilised, in combination with other technology like batteries and efficient transmission.
"It creates a very big opportunity if we are able to use those resources well," he said.
READ MORE: Golden Plains Wind Farm gets federal environmental approval
"With good management, it will mean globally competitive power prices for energy usage for industry."
It's been remarked previously that farmers are among groups most active on climate change, and with the most to lose - Professor Garnaut said people in the agricultural industry, particularly primary producers, had some solutions available to maintain a sustainable business while also reducing emissions.
"(There are) very large opportunities for sequestering or storing carbon in soils, pastures, woodlands, or forests, and these opportunities are particularly rich in western Victoria," he said.
A Waubra footballer during a match last month, with wind turbines on the hill nearby. Picture: Adam Trafford
"Farmers would be very well paid for managing their properties that make use of these ways to store carbon.
"If we properly integrate these opportunities into a rational incentive system, then carbon sequestration would become a huge new source of income for regional Australia."
Proper investment now would also mean reliable and cheap electricity, he added, which would stimulate further investment.
"Water is a problem through much of western Victoria, and any of the development that can ease the water problem will require access to energy, to move water, to desalinate it, to process it in other ways, and to recycle it - that's all energy intensive," he said.
"The reduction in the cost of electricity that comes from utilisation of rich renewable energy resources (in western Victoria) - there's a lot of ways to get the water problem right, and energy is an important part of many approaches to dealing with the problem."
READ MORE: Ballarat's journey to carbon neutrality
That's part of the goal of GNeT's forum - the roadmap, which will be discussed by major stakeholders, will need to sustain businesses as well as develop new industries.
In a statement, GNeT's chairman Stuart Benjamin said the roadmap will help answer questions from the community as well as industry stakeholders.
"We have more than $3 billion worth of wind and solar construction projects in planning or under construction in our region already but where do we go from here, what can we do to become 100 per cent renewable and be a leading zero-carbon region?" he said.
Ballarat is home to a big battery - the Ballarat Energy Storage System in Warrenheip - that smooths out fluctuations in the grid.
"How can we leverage long-term regional benefit and new jobs by supporting the transition of the grid to a renewable energy system?"
The consequences of inaction are dire, Professor Garnaut warned.
"A zero emissions outcome is necessary for farming in southern Australia to have a future - without it, an increase of three or four degrees or more could lead to a shift in wind systems to bring rain in the growing seasons, so you get much less moisture, much reduced rainfall.
"The combination of less rainfall and hotter temperatures would mean much less moisture in the environment and a cruel effect on traditional elements of farming."
Having said that, initiatives like GNeT's roadmap were a good step on a local level.
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"Australia as a whole is still a long way short of getting its act together on moving towards the sort of reduction in emissions that is our fair share of the global effort to leave a good environment for farming in Australia," he said.
"But the cause for optimism is that technology development and business models are showing us we can do it, and we can do it at low cost.
"Gradually awareness of the need to do it is spreading - we're a long away now, but there's reason to think we might get there - I won't be more optimistic than that."
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) and CRKT are pleased to introduce Ruger knives to the commercial sporting market. This complete knife line was designed exclusively for Ruger by CRKT master knifesmiths and is being built by CRKT, an industry leader in knives and tools. "Ruger is focused on bringing affordable, rugged and reliable products to our consumer base," said Chris Killoy, Ruger President and COO, "As we looked to expand our licensing program, we knew that we wanted a knife manufacturer that shared these goals. CRKT is a great fit," he concluded.
This exclusive Ruger knife line includes designs for everyday carry, hunting, tactical uses, and self-preparedness. The knives are crafted in varying sizes and finishes, with an assortment of blade edges. Developed by five master knifesmiths who combined their knowledge of the art with aesthetic details from Ruger firearms, the line offers unique knives with the important features that every good knife should have. These knives are purpose-built to be durable and highly functional in the environments where Ruger customers will expect them to perform. Manufactured by CRKT under license from Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc.
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Our profoundest and most human yearning, our most compelling longing, is to turn towards love. To turn towards love is to open our hearts to its presence within us and within others, and then to live our lives in steadier alignment with it.
Wishing you a happy Valentine's Day, wherever you are! To be honest, I've never quite got to grips with Valentine's Day. The times I wanted to be in a relationship and wasn't it would often serve as a reminder of my being single. In the run-up to February 14th, with so many shop and restaurant windows festooned with hearts, and newspapers publishing their How to Spoil Your Loved One on Valentine's Day guides, it's easy to feel as if the rest of the world is gloriously and effortlessly coupled up. Now I'm happily married, I've yet to fully embrace the day, and don't feel entirely comfortable spending the evening in a restaurant with my husband, surrounded by other couples. It can all seem, as Bridget Jones would put it, a bit Smug Marrieds! And there can be pressure to have a really good time, rather than celebrating your love when the moment more organically arises. Perhaps it's no surprise that my husband and I (who don't argue much) had one of our biggest ever bust ups on V-Day!
For sure, romantic love is a beautiful thing, and something most of us value greatly. But it's not something we can guarantee at any given time – and to a certain extent it's chance that brings our soulmates to us. Most of us will experience, through the course of our lives, seasons that are ripe with romantic love, and others that are more fallow.
Love, in its broader bandwidth, is however something each one of us can both celebrate and keep opening to every day of our lives: the love we receive from and give to others;love for life itself; and also the love we can offer to ourselves. This Valentine's Day I invite you to take a few minutes to say thank you for whatever love you are blessed to have in your life right now. You may like to first sit with your eyes closed and your hands placed over your heart as you direct your inhale into your heart centre and sense your exhale being breathed out from your heart centre. Then bring to mind all those whose love you are grateful for and offer them a silent thanks from your heart.
Tonight, I won't be at a restaurant, but at Triyoga! I'm delighted to be starting a new weekly restorative class at the Soho studio. It'll be every Tuesday from 19.45-21.00, and is open to all levels. Restorative yoga is a beautiful act of self-care, and I think it's an essential antidote to our frenetic urban lives. For those of you who haven't tried it yet, it's a very gentle practice where we use props and long holds to encourage a sublime state of rest and relaxation.


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For some time iPhone users have speculated that Apple have been secretly slowing down old iPhones when they release updates for them.
Apple have just confirmed that they have indeed been deliberately slow down older iPhone models without telling customers that they are doing so. They say that it is not in order to encourage users with older handsets such as the iPhone 6S to upgrade to their latest handsets though I suspect this is what users will do when they realise that their phone has suddenly become slower.
Apple say that the move is to prevent the phone from over exerting the aging battery. So as well as having the shorter battery life that an old battery provides users will now also have a speed cap on their phone.
Allow Apple to keep throttling your iPhone.
Fork out £699 for a new iPhone 8.
Fork out £999 for an iPhone 10.
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Update - On the 28th of December Apple apologised to customers about the way they communicated this issue.


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HomeWalkingLewes, Rise Farm and Iford
A short, tranquil and unknown walk through the Iford Brooks taking in Lewes, Rise Farm and Iford
7.54 Km / 4.69 Miles, about an hour and a half without stops
This is a circular walk using some permitted paths on the Iford Estate. They have been paid to keep them open till October 2018 but say that they will keep them open indefinitely.
Part of the route goes through a dairy farm. Expect cows.
Lewes railway station
Trains run to Lewes from London, Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings.
The 123 bus runs from Iford to Lewes and Newhaven, stopping on the main road. It runs about every two hours during the day Monday to Saturday.
Explorer series) 122 (Lewes and west) Landranger series 198
In Lewes only. Café on station, shops by station, pub just after Station on outward walk. Café at Anne of Cleves House just off the route.
On Lewes station
Leave Lewes station by the main entrance. Turn left and then bear right at the mini roundabout. Then keep straight ahead past the pub on your right and Southover Church on your left.
1).Turn left down a road immediately after the church. (for early refreshments keep straight ahead to historic Anne of Cleves House, which has a café) Pass under the narrow railway bridge.
Very shortly afterwards come to a car park on your right. Turn right into the car park, walking in the general directions of the rights of way signs at the entrance. Walk to the point at which the car park narrows to find steps down on your left. Go down the steps and then turn right and then left to go under the A27 road.
When you emerge from under the bridge turn left. Walk along the lane parallel to the A27. At the end follow the lane round to the right.
. In 2008 the landowner concluded an agreement with Natural England whereby, in return for payment, the landowner, the Iford Estate, would open the path to the public for a period of 10 years. Natural England never signposted the path. Nor did Natural England put the route on their web site under the pages where permissive access had been agreed.
So the route remained entirely unknown until a local told the Ramblers about the route and, following a request for information, Natural England confirmed the path was open. Below you will find their confirmatory email.
Although the 10 years have now expired the path remains open for the time being. Negotiations are in place for a varient on the route to be opened as a bridleway.
Walk up the lane to Rise Farm. You may see another private no footpath sign. You can ignore this too.
2) Go through the farm and head straight ahead along a track past an attractive older building on your right. Come to a T junction by some farm buildings. The main track goes left, by you go right to enter a field. This field is used for parties and events, so you may see tents erected. Bear left and head towards a metal gate. (You are heading south here) Go through the gate and walk diagonally to the right across the field to reach a track on the right hand side of the field.
Bear left on the track to reach a gate with a stile on the left. Cross the stile and turn right along a track. Follow the track to its end. Near its end the track turns 90% to the left and emerges on a small road in Iford.
3) You may want to turn left to have a look at Iford Church (A), but otherwise turn right along the road, which turns first right and then left. Look out for a footpath sign. The path crosses the road. Turn right here. You can tell if you are at the right place because, apart from the footpath sign there is an attractive older house on the left and a stony drive on the right. The official path goes between the house and the drive, but you can use the drive if you like.
You are now back on rights of way. At the end of the drive turn left over a stile into a field and then turn right to walk first along the right hand side of the field and then along the left hand side of the next one.
Now you emerge into an open field. Walk straight ahead. There is usually a walked out path through this field but it can be ploughed up. Report any problems to rightsofway@eastsussex.gov.uk. In the middle of the field you arrive at a signpost. Follow the route slightly to the right ahead to reach the edge of the field.
Go through the gap in the hedgerow and emerge on a concrete track. Turn right here and then almost immediately left onto a narrow footpath. The path can be difficult to negotiate. Emerge into an open field and follow the path ahead, which is usually clearly shown on the ground. You reach an area of long grass right be the Kingston Road.
4) Look for a signpost on your right and make your way over to this. You should not need to go as far as the road. Look for a raised embankment by the side of a wide drainage ditch which is usually full of water. Walk along this embankment to its end.
Descend the embankment at its end (can be slippery after rain) and go through a gate (large puddle after rain) Then turn left, aiming for the bridge under the A27 you passed under earlier. Pass through the bridge, turn right, then left up the steps you used earlier, pass through the car park and turn left. (The Southdown Club opposite has a public café, but it does not have much character).
Almost immediately turn right, just in front of an old house. Enter the Priory Grounds. (B). Walk through the Priory Grounds, taking whichever route you please. At the other end there is a gap, with a tarmac path. Go through this and then turn left. Turn right at the corner and then take the next path to the left, beside the car park for the football ground, home of the mighty Rooks.(C)
Turn left at the road and then right to return to Lewes station.
A). Iford Church and village. There is an attractive Norman church which has survived its Victorian mutilation quite well. There are also some attractive houses. There is still some flavour of how villages like this must have been 100 years ago. There is a really lovely seat you can sit on outside the church if now seems a good time for a rest.
B). Lewes Priory. You can find more details about the Priory here and on the site. The priory was one of the earliest examples of a holiday souvenir as it was built by local Lord William de Warrene after a visit to the Priory in Cluny. He decided he would like something similar and taxed locals heavily to build the priory. Following its dissolution by Henry the eighth the locals decided to get their money back by removing various bits of the priory to use as building materials, hence its present state.
C). The Dripping Pan, home of Lewes Football Club, was once part of the Priory. In 2017 the team made history by becoming the first team in the world to pay its female and male players on the same basis. This was made a little easier by the fact that the women's team were doing well, taking on the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and sometimes beating them, whilst the men's team was struggling to beat Corinthian Casuals and the Metropolitan Police team.
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Q: MongoDB aggregation slower with indexes I'm facing a rather unexpected behavior with an aggregation. I'm running some performance tests with a collection of ~10M documents which have the form
{
    _id: ObjectId(),
    location: {
        type: 'Point',
        coordinates: [
            26.38914519633397,
            -42.404163283097745
        ]
    },
    isAvailable: true,
    ...more properties
}

with the aggregation :
this.mongo.db.collection('users').aggregate([
    {$limit: 1000000},
    {$match: {
        isAvailable: true,
        location: {
            $geoWithin: {
                $centerSphere :[
                    position,  //an array like [ 26.3, -42.4]
                    radius  //a number between 0 and 1
        ]}},
    }}
],{allowDiskUse: true}).toArray()

The thing is that (everything else being equal) this aggregation takes ~1,8s with indexes (on isAvailable and location) and ~1,65s without these indexes. (Average on 50 aggregationz)
What am i missing ? What am I doing wrong ?
The indexes
{"isAvailable":1}
  //and
{"location":"2dsphere"}

Edit: Some cases (10 aggregations average)
(real use case has just another match stage)
1) Match only

*

*With indexes ~11,5s found 298,845 documents

*Without indexes ~9,7s found 298,845 documents

*Real use case with indexes ~33,5s found 15,553 documents

*Real use case without indexes ~9,3s found 15,553 documents (wtf)

2) Limit 1M and then match

*

*With indexes ~1,45s found 29,726 documents

*Without indexes ~1,4s found 29,726 documents

*Real use case with indexes ~1,8s found 1,525 documents

*Real use case without indexes ~1,7s found 1,525 documents
3) Match and then limit 100k (and then another match for 3 and 4)

*

*With indexes ~3,6s found 100,000 documents

*Without indexes ~3,1s found 100,000 documents

*Real use case with indexes ~3,6s found 5,137 documents

*Real use case without indexes ~3,1s found 5,137 documents

Edit: Some cases with .explain("executionStats") (Match only, no limit)
1) With indexes ~11,4s
{
  explainVersion: '1',
  queryPlanner: {
    namespace: 'database.userProps',
    indexFilterSet: false,
    parsedQuery: { '$and': [Array] },
    optimizedPipeline: true,
    maxIndexedOrSolutionsReached: false,
    maxIndexedAndSolutionsReached: false,
    maxScansToExplodeReached: false,
    winningPlan: { stage: 'FETCH', filter: [Object], inputStage: [Object] },
    rejectedPlans: [ [Object] ]
  },
  executionStats: {
    executionSuccess: true,
    nReturned: 298845,
    executionTimeMillis: 11744,
    totalKeysExamined: 8003852,
    totalDocsExamined: 8003852,
    executionStages: {
      stage: 'FETCH',
      filter: [Object],
      nReturned: 298845,
      executionTimeMillisEstimate: 1166,
      works: 8003853,
      advanced: 298845,
      needTime: 7705007,
      needYield: 0,
      saveState: 8021,
      restoreState: 8021,
      isEOF: 1,
      docsExamined: 8003852,
      alreadyHasObj: 0,
      inputStage: {
          stage: 'IXSCAN',
          nReturned: 8003852,
          executionTimeMillisEstimate: 184,
          works: 8003853,
          advanced: 8003852,
          needTime: 0,
          needYield: 0,
          saveState: 8039,
          restoreState: 8039,
          isEOF: 1,
          keyPattern: { isAvailable: 1 },
          indexName: 'isAvailable_1',
          isMultiKey: false,
          multiKeyPaths: { isAvailable: [] },
          isUnique: false,
          isSparse: false,
          isPartial: false,
          indexVersion: 2,
          direction: 'forward',
          indexBounds: { isAvailable: [ '[true, true]' ] },
          keysExamined: 8003852,
          seeks: 1,
          dupsTested: 0,
          dupsDropped: 0
      }
    }
  },
  command: {
    aggregate: 'users',
    pipeline: [ [Object] ],
    allowDiskUse: true,
    cursor: {},
    '$db': 'database'
  },
  serverInfo: {...},
  serverParameters: {...},
  ok: 1
}

2) Without indexes ~9,8s
  explainVersion: '1',
  queryPlanner: {
    namespace: 'database.userProps',
    indexFilterSet: false,
    parsedQuery: { '$and': [Array] },
    optimizedPipeline: true,
    maxIndexedOrSolutionsReached: false,
    maxIndexedAndSolutionsReached: false,
    maxScansToExplodeReached: false,
    winningPlan: { stage: 'COLLSCAN', filter: [Object], direction: 'forward' },
    rejectedPlans: []
  },
  executionStats: {
    executionSuccess: true,
    nReturned: 298845,
    executionTimeMillis: 9446,
    totalKeysExamined: 0,
    totalDocsExamined: 10000001,
    executionStages: {
      stage: 'COLLSCAN',
      filter: [Object],
      nReturned: 298845,
      executionTimeMillisEstimate: 632,
      works: 10000003,
      advanced: 298845,
      needTime: 9701157,
      needYield: 0,
      saveState: 10000,
      restoreState: 10000,
      isEOF: 1,
      direction: 'forward',
      docsExamined: 10000001
    }
  },
  command: {
    aggregate: 'users',
    pipeline: [ [Object] ],
    allowDiskUse: true,
    cursor: {},
    '$db': 'database'
  },
  serverInfo: {...},
  serverParameters: {...},
  ok: 1
}

3) With compound index ~33s
{
  explainVersion: '1',
  queryPlanner: {
    namespace: 'database.userProps',
    indexFilterSet: false,
    parsedQuery: { '$and': [Array] },
    optimizedPipeline: true,
    maxIndexedOrSolutionsReached: false,
    maxIndexedAndSolutionsReached: false,
    maxScansToExplodeReached: false,
    winningPlan: { stage: 'FETCH', filter: [Object], inputStage: [Object] },
    rejectedPlans: []
  },
  executionStats: {
    executionSuccess: true,
    nReturned: 298845,
    executionTimeMillis: 35564,
    totalKeysExamined: 423980,
    totalDocsExamined: 423951,
    executionStages: {
      stage: 'FETCH',
      filter: [Object],
      nReturned: 298845,
      executionTimeMillisEstimate: 35281,
      works: 423980,
      advanced: 298845,
      needTime: 125134,
      needYield: 0,
      saveState: 2239,
      restoreState: 2239,
      isEOF: 1,
      docsExamined: 423951,
      alreadyHasObj: 0,
      inputStage: {
          stage: 'IXSCAN',
          nReturned: 423951,
          executionTimeMillisEstimate: 468,
          works: 423980,
          advanced: 423951,
          needTime: 28,
          needYield: 0,
          saveState: 2634,
          restoreState: 2634,
          isEOF: 1,
          keyPattern: [Object],
          indexName: 'isAvailable_1_location_2dsphere',
          isMultiKey: false,
          multiKeyPaths: [Object],
          isUnique: false,
          isSparse: false,
          isPartial: false,
          indexVersion: 2,
          direction: 'forward',
          indexBounds: [Object],
          keysExamined: 423980,
          seeks: 29,
          dupsTested: 0,
          dupsDropped: 0
        }
    }
  },
  command: {
    aggregate: 'users',
    pipeline: [ [Object] ],
    allowDiskUse: true,
    cursor: {},
    '$db': 'database'
  },
  serverInfo: {...},
  serverParameters: {...},
  ok: 1
}

A: This overall question is very interesting. Even with the available information, there is still a bunch of nuance that is tricky to wade through. Indeed I very much agree with @Alex Blex in the comments:

inputStage: [Object] ? =) The object is the most interesting part.

The problem with the [Object] redaction is likely related to how the MongoDB Shell is configured. Perhaps gather the verbose explain outputs again after either upgrading the shell or after increasing the inspectDepth setting (see here).
It would also be helpful to know what version of the database you are using. This is included in the serverInfo field of explain output which appears to have been manually redacted up to this point.
The reason the truncated information is so important is because it contains the critical details about how the database is actually using the indexes etc. For example:
      stage: 'FETCH',
      filter: [Object],
      ...
      inputStage: {
          stage: 'IXSCAN',
          indexName: 'isAvailable_1_location_2dsphere',
          indexBounds: [Object],
          ...

Here we can see that the database is doing some filtering after FETCHing the data, but we don't know what that filtering is or why it wasn't able to do so during the IXSCAN phase (e.g. directly via the indexBounds or secondarily as a filter during that stage).
Indexes are best at supporting the efficient retrieval of a selective result set. The larger that result set is relative to the total collection size, the less beneficial an index will be in supporting the operation (as was also mentioned by @Alex Blex in the comments). It may very well be the case that the database is not using the index as efficiently as expected, but it could also be the case that environmental factors (including the relative size of the results) are the primary challenges here. There are situations where indexes are not helpful, and indeed part of the optimizer's job is to figure out when it may not be appropriate to use them.
We would only be able to speculate about these components without updated explain output to investigate further.
Usage of Limit
This was also touched on in the comments, but what is your intention with using limit here?
Placing it as the first stage of the aggregation pipeline changes the semantics of what you are asking for. When it is placed first, you are instructing the database to first retrieve that number of documents from the collection and then perform subsequent processing on them (such as filtering in a later $match). This may be quite different than what your intended semantics (and therefore database behavior) are. The result is that your tests and conclusions from them may not be representative of the actual problem that you are investigating.
As a general pointer, it is always a good idea to explain and test the exact operation that you intend to run with the application. In this case that likely means removing a preceding $limit and having the compound index present. Doing so will greatly improve the applicability of the investigation and the associated suggestions.

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Bet you can't guess what tipster said after claims advert was misleading
Coconuts, Newcastle United, and school sums - and that's straight from the horse's mouth
Ian Robson
A laughing horse in his stable
A tipster service has been caught out by advertising watchdogs who claim it misled punters by exaggerating the chances of winning.
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint against Isiris Racing Services.
It told Isiris, which operates out of a post office box number in North Seaton, Ashington, that it had not proved its advertising claims.
The finding followed an ad in the Racing Post and is the eighth time the ASA has reprimanded the service.
But Isiris hit back, saying the ASA got their sums wrong and the complaint was "laughable".
They talked of coconuts, Newcastle United, and schoolboy sums.
The complaint was brought by Lord Lipsey, a member of the Starting Price Regulatory Commission, acting in a personal capacity.
The ad said: "Make a 4-figure profit or continue with us free until you do."
It went on to say 27 out of 30 bets were successful for a 90 per-cent strike rate.
It said: "We have had 30 bets in the last two months and only three outright losers for a 90 per-cent strike rate and very large profits too, of course."
Lord Lipsey challenged if the claims were misleading and could be substantiated - and the ASA agreed.
The adjudication said: "We considered consumers would interpret the claim "Make a 4-figure profit" as an indication that they would be likely to make such a profit if they were to pay for membership of the service.
"We acknowledged that the claim was followed by the text "or continue with us FREE until you do".
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"However, in the context of the ad and the claims made about Isiris Racing Services' past performance, we considered consumers would understand the claim as an indicator of future performance.
"Isiris Racing Services had not provided any documentary evidence to support the profit claim."
The ASA also questioned how the 90 per-cent strike rate was calculated.
They said one of the bets included in the ad was a losing bet and should not have been included into the 90 per-cent claim.
The ASA adjudication said: "The ad must not appear again in the form complained of.
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"We told Isiris Racing Services that profit claims must be based on odds that were achievable by most customers and needed to be substantiated.
"We also told them to ensure they held adequate substantiation for claims made about strike rates and bets placed in their advertising."
Isiris said they disagreed with the decision.
A spokesman for the company said: "Part 1 of the complaint is based on the notion of "win a coconut on your first throw or get another throw free" and the ASA investigator decided that this implied that the customer was GUARANTEED to win a coconut.
"Your readers can make their own judgement on whether that statement is a guarantee of winning a coconut or not.
"Part 2 showed the mathematical inadequacies of the ASA in that they AGREED that our profit was correct but they did not agree that the number of bets was correct, as they clearly had problems counting up to 30.
"If your normal bet is £100 on Newcastle Utd to win, but occasionally you prefer to split the bet into 2 halves and put £50 on them to win and £50 to draw then the ASA believe that this then becomes TWO bets. When I was at school, 0.5 + 0.5 = 1, but the ASA pontificate that 0.5 + 0.5 = 2 nowadays."
He added: "As the ASA cannot add up basic maths then there is no opportunity to give a rational defence against their laughable complaint."


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The basic story here has been done before, we have all seen numerous films before this one that involved a blind person who is being terrorized by a maniac but for the most part "Mischief Night" was very well done. The film opens with a couple who are in bed when they are suddenly attack by an unknown person, it then switches to the film's main character, Emily. Emily is at her psychologist's office, they are talking about her blindness and the fact that her sight could return to her at any time because she never lost it due do a decease or accident. Emily lost her sight due to emotional drama of witnessing her mother dying in a car accident, Emily was in the car at the time and blames herself for her mother's death. The rest of the film Emily is terrorized by an unknown person who wears a very creepy mask.
The killer knows Emily is blind so he/she tauts her even more, this makes the film that much more disturbing and frightening. The story itself is pretty simple and it does have a few holes in the plot but that doesn't seem to affect the film in general. The film has a relatively small cast but everyone does a great job playing their roles, the story almost gives the audience a few suspects to keep you off guard and interested all the way to the very end. I liked "Mischief Night" and thought it brought some cool ideas to a very familiar story line. It is not perfect by any means but it's a very effective horror/thriller that provides the right amount of suspense and scares.


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MiaoMix Monday #6 [Actor-Rappers]
By Kevin Miao ⋅ November 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
With Childish Gambino and Drake releasing their new albums today, I thought it would be fun to make a playlist composed of actor-rappers. Interestingly enough, both of these artists began their careers as fairly well-known actors: Gambino currently acts on NBC's Community, writes for 30 Rock, and more, while Aubrey Drake Graham famously got his start as a child actor on Degrassi. The following playlist contains some rapper-turned-actors such as Mark Wahlberg and Will Smith as well as other actor-turned-rappers like Method Man. You can listen to the full MiaoMix below. Some popular movies or TV shows that the rappers acted in are in brackets. Also, if you enjoyed Method Man's "World Gone Sour (Lost Kids)", you should check out the music video after the break.
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (Three Kings, The Departed) – Good Vibrations
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, I Am Legend) – Summertime
Snoop Dogg (Starsky & Hutch, Down For Life) – Gin and Juice
Ice Cube (Boyz n the Hood, Friday) – It Was A Good Day
Mos Def (Be Kind Rewind, The Italian Job) – Mathematics
Drake (Degrassi: The Next Generation) – Club Paradise
Childish Gambino (Community, Mystery Team) – Heartbeat
Method Man (The Wire, How High) – World Gone Sour (Lost Kids)
Review: Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids
By Levi Morris ⋅ January 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids
Released: December 21, 2010
Label: Def Jam
Purchase: iTunes | Insound | Amazon
Despite being a largely consistent critical hit across the fifteen years in his solo career, former Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah has never been able to tap into the commercial success of his former group. His last album, Ghostdini was panned for straying from what he did best, and some feared that he was beginning to lose his touch. His ninth album, Apollo Kids, proves that this was only a misstep and not an indication of future trends.
Ghostface employs his traditional alchemy by combining '70's samples, innumerable guest stars, and stories of growing up on the streets of Staten Island, yielding gold in track after track. One of the better samples comes immediately, with Ghostface asking on "Purified Thoughts", "Am I a good man?" A reverent reflection on how far he has come, the theme of divinity is appropriate for his status in the rap world. This segues nicely into the acceptance of his rise in "Superstar," boasting some of the strongest music on the album.
Not content to bask in the good life, though, Ghostface is quick to pay respect to his roots, and a good half of the album focuses on different facets of this theme. The gritty "Black Tequila" draws comparisons between New York gangs and Italian mobsters. "In Tha Park" traces Ghostface's origins, paying homage to his musical and social influences. The album's best track, "Ghetto" hits all of the right notes. The sample (Marlena Shaw's "Woman of the Ghetto") is touching enough on its own, but to hear the Ghostface and his guests' responses to such questions as "How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?," driven by an appropriately soft beat, propels the song to a new level.
The album's tracks focusing on relationships, or lack thereof, are less effective. The sample on single "2getha Baby" breaks the pace of the song (and through a bold looping decision, even breaks its own pace), but it just isn't impactful enough to warrant such a break. "Handcuffin' Them Hoes" is a standard "love 'em then leave 'em" rap that delves into crassness that Ghostface should be above by this point in his career. Guest artist Jim Jones' voice fits the beat and lyrics, but that isn't necessarily a good thing.
Jones aside, many of the guests on Kids pack a punch. Busta Rhymes intricately weaves his way through an exciting verse on the already energetic "Superstar." Black Thought infuses his rhymes with real passion on "In Tha Park", aptly concluding his story with "That's the reason for my real rap penmanship. / That's where I started it and that's where I'mma finish it." Fellow Wu-Tang members Raekwon, U-God, and Method Man bring the album to a strong finish. If the other guests fall short, it's more often because of what they're stacked up against rather than their own deficiencies.
Even though Kanye West shook up the rap world only a few weeks before the release of Apollo Kids, Ghostface shouldn't be overlooked. In contrast to West's bombastic, radio-friendly songs, Ghostface's gangster rap is more down to earth, focusing on the content instead of catchy choruses (half of his songs don't have one to begin with). It won't make him a commercial success, but it demonstrates his continued relevance in the rap world.
Standout Tracks: "Superstar", "In Tha Park", "Ghetto"
Stream: Ice Nine Kills – "The Predator Becomes The Prey"
Interview: Marietta
Avicii to Donate 1 Million Dollars
Clams Casino and the "Just For Now" Sample
James Baney Leaves The Devil Wears Prada
Listen: ASAP Mob (Rocky, Nast, Ferg, Twelvy) – "Stay Schemin Freestyle"
Earl Sweatshirt Performs in NY, Does First Interview
I Surrender Records Presents "Our Voices"
Is This Whitey's Last Stand?
Download: James Blake Live Album (Unofficial)
Copyright © 2010-2013 Lost In The Sound by Frank Wu. All Rights Reserved.


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Q: Use Raspberry Pi 3B+ to read sensor data from Arduino Uno with JDY-18 bluetooth module I Used Rpi 3B+ to read sensor data from Arduino Uno with JDY-18 bluetooth module. JDY-18 can connect to Rpi, but can't receive sensor data.
My Arduino code like this :
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include "LowPower.h" // For Arduino Sleep Mode

SoftwareSerial BTSerial(2, 3); // RX | TX

int soilMoisureInt;

void setup()
{
  pinMode(A0, INPUT);
  BTSerial.begin(9600);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  // Make initial soilMoisureInt equal zero
  soilMoisureInt = analogRead(A0);

  // Send data through bluetooth
  BTSerial.write(soilMoisureInt);

  // Get Arduino into sleep mode
  for (int i = 0 ; i < 2 ; i++)
    LowPower.powerDown(SLEEP_4S, ADC_OFF, BOD_OFF);
}

And my Rpi code like this (use bluepy Python3 package):
import bluepy.btle as btle

# Set up variables
dataInt = None
blue_address = "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"

# For bluepy Peripheral class
class ReadDelegate(btle.DefaultDelegate):
    def handleNotification(self, cHandle, data):
        # Access global variables insid class
        global dataInt
        # Change ascii char to int
        dataInt = ord(data)

# Connect to bluetooth module
p = btle.Peripheral(blue_address)
# Use ReadDelegate
p.withDelegate(ReadDelegate())

# Read date
while True:
    p.waitForNotifications(0)
    print("Soil Moisure : " + str(dataInt))

Could anyone have the experience of connection between JDY-18 and Rpi?


Kyler Murray announced Monday he's committed to becoming an NFL quarterback, but the A's aren't ready to give up their pursuit of the star, reports The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.
According to Rosenthal, the team still wants to offer Murray a contract above his now-forfeited $4.66 million signing bonus. The contract wouldn't be limited like the NFL's rookie wage scale.
The former Oklahoma quarterback Murray declared for the NFL draft in January, but announced he will pursue the NFL instead of MLB on Monday. He starred in both sports for Oklahoma and was the No. 9 pick in the MLB draft in June 2018.
A?s, MLB meet with Kyler Murray, discuss ?something creative?


9-11 Steel Arrives in Foxborough from Foxboro Cable Access on Vimeo.
FOXBOROUGH, MA – On June 2, 2011 Chris Mitchell drove down to New York and picked up a piece of delivers 9-11 steel from the twin towers.  The steel will be used as part of the Foxborough 9-11 Memorial being constructed at the Foxborough Public Safety Building.


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Podcasts / August 31, 2015
PP#48: Kim-Julie – How to be a practical vegan
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You either remember a time when "going vegan" seemed impossible, or you are of that mindset right now. Even when I was a five year vegetarian before going vegan, I thought vegans were from another planet. It was something I thought I could never identify with…and now look at me, I am a vegan activist! Kim shares a similar story.
Growing up moving and traveling around the world, Kim fell ill to a variety of health issues that also led her to an uncomfortable weight and bad relationship with food. After learning about animal agriculture during a school assignment, Kim found herself in a moral pickle of believing in the ethical framework of practicing a vegan lifestyle, but with no clue how to put it into practice. She studied, read, watched videos, and over the years figured out the version of the vegan diet that worked for her best.
Kim decided she wanted to help others overcome the obstacles she faced while transitioning to a vegan diet, so she started on social media. In 2013 she started her instagram account @brusselsvegan, which features beautifully designed fruit mandalas and other portraits of her culinary masterpieces. Kim also started the instagram account @bestofvegan, which in under a year has over 200k followers! BestOfVegan features other vegan instagramers amazingly decadent recipes showing how pleasurable a vegan diet can be. As a yogi, Kim also runs the account @bestofasana.
Kim is also an author with her two books The Practical Vegan, and Simply Delicious (31 plant-based smoothie recipes). Kim writes about food, lifestyle, and travel on her blog, www.brusselsvegan.com.
Connect with Kim:
@brusselsvegan
@bestofvegan
@bestofasana
Brusselsvegan.com
The Practical Vegan


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Pentagon releases three UFO videos taken by US navy pilots
The previously leaked videos were declassified to 'clear up any misconceptions' on whether they were real
Daniel Strauss in Washington
@danielstrauss4
Tue 28 Apr 2020 11.46 EDT First published on Mon 27 Apr 2020 22.05 EDT
Pentagon formally releases 'UFO videos taken by US Navy pilots'
The Pentagon on Monday released three declassified videos that show US navy pilots encountering what appear to be unidentified flying objects.
The grainy videos, which the Pentagon says depict "unexplained aerial phenomena", were previously leaked, with some believing they show alien UFOs.
The Pentagon said it released the footage to "to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real or whether or not there is more to the videos", a statement on the Department of Defense website said.
"After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena," the statement said.
The videos had been "circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017", the statement said, adding that "the aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as 'unidentified'".
The three videos show what the pilots saw during training flights in 2004 and 2015. Two of the videos were published by the New York Times in 2017. The other video was released by the To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science group, a media and private science organization.
The 2004 video shows an incident that happened 100 miles out over the Pacific, according to the New York Times. Two navy fighter pilots found an oblong object hovering above the water. It then flew quickly away. "It accelerated like nothing I've ever seen," one of pilots, Cmdr David Fravor, told the NYT.
The 2015 videos show objects moving quickly through the sky, one of them seeming to spin in the air. "Look at that thing, dude!" a pilot says. "It's rotating!"
The release of the videos by the Pentagon adds to the legitimacy of the videos and will spur more speculation that humans have recently interacted with extraterrestrials. The navy has guidelines for reporting UFO sightings.
In response, the former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, from Nevada, tweeted the three videos "only scratches the surface of research and materials available".
Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid)
I'm glad the Pentagon is finally releasing this footage, but it only scratches the surface of research and materials available. The U.S. needs to take a serious, scientific look at this and any potential national security implications. The American people deserve to be informed. https://t.co/1XNduvmP0u
Discussion about the videos and extraterrestrials have persisted throughout the upper echelons of American politics in recent years. During the earlier half of the 2016 presidential campaign Hillary Clinton said if elected president she would release files on potential UFO sightings. Her campaign chairman, John Podesta, has displayed an interest in the subject as well.
Last June, Donald Trump fueled a new round of discussion in political circles about extraterrestrials when he said he had been briefed on sightings of unidentified aircraft by US navy pilots.
"I think it's probably – I want them to think whatever they think," Trump said to ABC News. "They do say, and I've seen, and I've read, and I've heard. And I did have one very brief meeting on it. But people are saying they're seeing UFOs. Do I believe it? Not particular."
In September an internet hoax resulted in 75 people arriving at Area 51 – the infamous secret military facility in the Nevada desert that is rumored to house evidence of extraterrestrials – in a project to storm the base to hunt for evidence of aliens.
However, the invitation to storm Area 51 sparked festivals all across Nevada. A local sheriff estimated 1,500 people attended those festivals, underscoring the pop culture interest in evidence of extraterrestrial life.
In 2018 the Irish Aviation Authority investigated a sighting of a reported UFO by commercial airline pilots. The IAA said it would investigate the sightings but a spokesman for the organization said it was unlikely that the objects were beings from another planet.


Disney keeps on adding more exciting content to their own streaming service, that plans to be released by the end of the year. The Mandalorian and the TV-Series from Marvel are already confirmed to arrive with content to the streaming platform, as The Hollywood Reporter reported earlier today.
Now it's time for Monster.Inc to become a spin-off series from the popular movie. Monsters at Work is the official title for the time being and is premiering in 2020. John Goodman and Billy Crystal return as Sulley and Mike Wazowski respectively. Other from the original movie that returns is John Ratzenberger, Jennifer Tilly, and Bob Peterson as well as many other newcomers to the cast.
The series is produced by Disney Television Animation and executive produced by Bobs Gannaway, Ferell Barron. Kat Good and Rob Gibbs are set to direct.
More news on Disney+ is planned to be revealed tomorrow, April 11th.


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Supported by more than 50 years of expertise in medicine and academia, Dr. Antonio Cocchiarella is a native of Udine, Italy, having immigrated to the United States in 1956. Currently, he has been serving as a senior attending physician at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York since 1965. Concurrent to this position, he has also been a clinical professor of rehabilitation and regenerative medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons since 1999. Holding myriad other positions throughout the State of New York, he is a past attending physiatrist at the Jacobi Medical Center and a past assistant attending physiatrist at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, as well as a past medical director of rehabilitation services at Cabrini Medical Center, for whom he founded the inpatient unit. Earlier in his career, he was a physician for the Abbott Union School, attending physiatrist at Westchester Square Hospital and medical director of rehabilitation services at Phelps Memorial Hospital.
Likewise, Dr. Cocchiarella excelled in such positions as a consultant physiatrist for the Children's Asthmatic Foundation for 18 years and was a visiting attending physiatrist for Brandywine Nursing Home for 21 years. Formerly affiliated with the Blythedale Children's Hospital, he also served as a clinical investigator for anti-rheumatic drugs at Dow Chemical. He commenced his career in 1964 as an attending physiatrist at Yonkers General Hospital. Furthermore, he upheld a private practice in New York City from 1965 to 2017.
Prior to his relocation to the United States, Dr. Cocchiarella notably served as a flight lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the Italian Air Force between 1953 and 1956. He is licensed to practice medicine in Italy, as well as in the states of New York, New Jersey and Indiana. Additionally, he is board-certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
To attest to his success, Dr. Cocchiarella was recognized with a plaque for outstanding patient care and teaching at Columbia University in 2008. In 2012, he was the recipient of a Certificate of Achievement, where he was ranked one of the 100 Smartest Neurologists in the USA by Smartest Doc. Impressively, he earned a 25-Year Club Award from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in light of his myriad years of dedication to the prominent organization. Honored with the 2020 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, he has further been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in the World.
Categories: Health CareTags: Antonio Cocchiarella, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, physiatrist, regenerative medicine
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