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Most people are wildly underestimating what Trump's win will mean for the environment
Updated by David Roberts and Brad Plumer Nov 14, 2016, 9:21am EST
It's not just Trump. Take a look at Congress. Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Unified Republican control of the federal government over the next two years augurs a sea change in US environmental policy like nothing since the late 1960s and '70s, when America's landmark environmental laws were first passed.
If Donald Trump and the GOP actually follow through on what they've promised, this time around will be a lurch in the opposite direction. Federal climate policy will all but disappear; participation in international environmental or climate treaties will end; pollution regulations will be reversed, frozen in place, or not enforced; clean energy research, development, and deployment assistance will decline; protections for sensitive areas and ecosystems will be lifted; federal leasing of fossil fuels will expand and accelerate; new Supreme Court appointees will crack down on EPA discretion.
Some of these moves will be easy for Trump and Republicans in Congress to pull off. Others will be harder: Senate Democrats and environmental groups in court will fight them tooth and nail, as they did during the Reagan and Bush years. But there's no escaping the fact that the GOP is in a strong position to demolish and reshape the regime of environmental protection that has been built up over the past 50 years.
Never mind Trump — the GOP Congress has a radical environmental agenda ready to go
Donald Trump's promise to dismantle President Obama's climate regulations have gotten plenty of attention. But it is only the tip of the iceberg, a fraction of what Republicans in Congress have been pushing for over the years.
Obama has amassed a considerable record on green policy. His agencies have implemented a range of new standards and regulations on everything from appliances to cars to power plants, and he has stimulated the growth of several clean energy industries with loans and grants.
The GOP wants to undo all that. But it wants much more as well.
Few people understand just how radical the GOP environmental agenda is, but it's not a secret. While Obama has been in office, Republicans in Congress have floated myriad budget bills that reveal their legislative priorities. Many of those bills were blocked by the Senate or White House, so they rarely got attention.
You can see a partial list of past House Republican bills here. In 2013, they proposed cutting EPA funding by fully one-third. GOP committees churned out bill after bill to cut research funding for renewable energy by 50 percent, block rules on coal pollution, block rules on oil spills, block rules on pesticide spraying, accelerate oil and gas drilling permits on public land, prohibit funding for creation or expansion of wildlife refuges, cut funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program, and … well, there are 61 items on the list.
The Senate GOP isn't far behind: In 2015, they floated a bill to cut the EPA's budget by 9 percent and block rules on everything from ground-level ozone pollution to climate change. There may be a few more moderate GOP senators who think global warming is a problem, like Susan Collins (R-ME). But they do not dominate the caucus: Fossil-fuel enthusiasts like Mitch McConnell and James Inhofe do.
There's no indication that Trump will buck his party on these issues. His ignorance on policy is near total and he's shown no desire or willingness to learn anything about it. So in practice, environmental policy under Trump is likely to be run by the GOP apparatus — Republican leaders in Congress and the industry-friendly figures he appoints to his administration. He's already tapped climate denier Myron Ebell to lead the transition at EPA and is considering Sarah Palin (yes, really) to head the Department of the Interior.
There's little reason to think that Trump's environmental and climate policy will be some unpredictable, idiosyncratic anomaly like Trump himself. It will likely be standard, mainstream GOP policy, which is far more radical than anything he campaigned on.
The biggest thing slowing the GOP right now is the Senate filibuster
It won't be easy for the Trump administration to roll back many of the EPA's existing regulations on its own. As Jody Freeman, an Obama administration veteran, explains in detail here, rewriting existing regulations through the executive branch is an arduous process, one that's almost certain to get bogged down in court by green groups skilled at litigation. Similar lawsuits ultimately stymied George W. Bush in the 2000s, and he only managed to rescind a fraction of Bill Clinton's environmental rules.
So the biggest question is whether Republicans in Congress can revamp the laws that underpin and guide the EPA. And here, the only thing stopping them is the Senate.
There will be 47 Democrats in the Senate in 2017. If 41 of them can stick together, they can filibuster Republican environmental legislation. (Ending a filibuster requires a cloture vote by a supermajority of 60 senators.)
Will Republican leaders let that happen? Or will they get rid of the filibuster? They would need only 50 votes to do so. Jonathan Chait thinks the filibuster is toast. Jonathan Bernstein thinks there's a chance it could survive, since there are some old-school institutionalists on the right, like Jeff Flake and John McCain, who prefer to keep it.
If the filibuster survives, Republicans will be significantly constrained in what they can do, though they still have options. They could, for instance, try to slip environmental measures that affect the federal budget into budget reconciliation bills — those only need 51 votes to pass. (Paul Ryan suggested that strategy in a presser in January.)
Here are 11 top environmental priorities for Trump and a GOP Congress
1) Kill Obama's Clean Power Plan
The GOP is nearly united in its hatred of Obama's signature climate policy, the Clean Power Plan. There's only one Republican senator left, Susan Collins of Maine, who has ever defended it. Killing or degrading the CPP will be a top priority.
In 2007's Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases could, if judged dangerous to human health or welfare, be considered pollutants subject to the Clean Air Act. Shortly thereafter, EPA's scientists judged them dangerous to both.
That means EPA must, by law, act to reduce greenhouse gases. The Obama administration followed through on this by enacting fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks (see below). It also set up the Clean Power Plan, which would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.
The simplest way for the GOP to destroy the CPP would be to take away the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases at all. It's a simple bill: "The Clean Air Act shall not apply to greenhouse gases." The CPP would be nuked, and no president could ever again try to do what Obama did. (The House passed just such a bill in 2011.)
If Senate Democrats can filibuster this measure — and this is likely to be a central fight — then the Trump administration would have to resort to other executive branch strategies to weaken the rule. It could refuse to defend it in court. It could deny EPA the funds necessary to enforce it. It could start another round of rulemaking to substantially weaken it. Those moves would inevitably prompt lawsuits, but those lawsuits would drag on for years and years.
One way or another, the CPP is in the crosshairs.
2) Withdraw from the Paris climate agreement
Back in 2015, the world's countries got together in Paris and agreed to a landmark climate deal. Every country would voluntarily pledge to restrain its greenhouse gas emissions and meet regularly at the United Nations to ratchet up ambitions over time — all in the hopes of keeping global warming below the "dangerous" level of 2°C.
Now Trump plans to pull the United States out of the deal. His advisers are debating precisely how to do this, but there's little stopping them. Trump can refuse to follow through on Obama's pledge of cutting emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. He can refuse to attend UN meetings, or refuse to chip in promised funds to help poor countries decarbonize.
The real question is how other countries will react. For now, the Chinese government is warning Trump not to blow up the deal and insisting that China will lead global efforts to curtail emissions in America's absence. Still, there's a real risk that other countries could lose interest in climate policy if the world's wealthiest superpower bows out. David Victor, an expert on global climate policy at University of California, San Diego, explains how here.
Even under Paris, the world was struggling to stay below the 2°C global warming mark and had little margin for error. Now, with Trump's recalcitrance, that goal has likely drifted out of reach.
3) Dismantle US environmental rules around coal power
Coal has always been the dirtiest, most carbon-intensive of fuels. Over the past eight years, Obama's EPA has slowly ratcheted up environmental restrictions on air and water pollution from coal plants and mining activities.
Trump plans to ratchet them back down. Here's his website: "We will end the war on coal, and rescind the coal mining lease moratorium … and conduct a top-down review of all anti-coal regulations issued by the Obama Administration."
Trump's vow to "end the war on coal" will start by killing the Clean Power Plan. But his administration has also vowed to scale back an EPA rule to limit ground-level ozone pollution, as well as an Interior Department rule to protect streams from coal-mining waste. As Freeman explains, it will be hard for Trump to rescind regulations that are already finalized without Congress, but he can certainly bog down implementation.
As for coal mining: About 40 percent of US coal supply comes from public land. For years, the federal government has leased that land to coal companies for below market value, with almost no competitive bidding. It amounts to a huge subsidy to coal companies. In January, the Obama administration implemented an immediate moratorium on new coal leases, as the program was examined to make sure it was fair to taxpayers and ecologically sensitive. Trump would end that moratorium.
The consultancy group Wood Mackenzie has a long list of other ideas Trump might pursue to aid the coal industry. Note that many of these steps would have limited impact: Coal plants have already made costly investments to curb mercury pollution, so scaling back that Obama rule wouldn't do much. And Trump won't save the coal industry from its biggest threat: the flood of cheap shale gas from fracking. There's also little chance that mining jobs will make a major comeback, since automation has been the biggest driver of job losses there.
Coal production, consumption, and employment are all headed down, and likely to keep heading down regardless of what Trump does.
Still, Trump's moves will, at the margins, make the coal industry more profitable. Note that Peabody Coal, the world's largest coal company, saw its share price soar after Trump's election.
4) Weaken fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks
The Clean Power Plan isn't Obama's only big climate policy. Ever since 2010, the Obama administration has been ratcheting up fuel economy standards for new cars and light trucks in an effort to cut carbon emissions and reduce US oil dependence. These CAFE standards are set to rise from their current 35 miles per gallon to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
But those numbers aren't set in stone. The CAFE rules come up for a scheduled review in 2018. Automakers are now lobbying for Trump to relax the standards, purportedly because sales of fuel-efficient vehicles have been sluggish due to low gasoline prices. While Trump hasn't commented on this, he has plenty of leeway to weaken these rules.
The one twist here is that due to a longstanding quirk of the Clean Air Act, California can threaten to create its own stricter vehicle standards if it's not happy with what the federal government is doing (and other states can join in). Automakers loathe the idea of multiple sets of vehicle standards around the country, which may prevent Trump from weakening the rules too much.
Meanwhile, some Republicans in Congress have been talking about getting rid of fuel economy standards altogether — through legislation. "You can make a good intellectual case to repeal CAFE and let the market handle it," said Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) at a House Energy Committee hearing in September. "If Mr. Trump is president … we'll be back."
5) Open up new public lands to oil and gas drilling
America has about 279 million acres of public land and waters with potential oil and gas. The government allows companies to drill on a little under half that acreage. But both Congress and the Obama administration have put the rest off limits over the years, often to protect fragile ecosystems or endangered species.
Trump has promised to open it all up. He often touts a study looking at the impact of allowing drilling on all federal lands currently off limits. Some of that Trump could do through executive actions, like lifting the Obama-era restrictions around oil drilling in Alaska or the Arctic Ocean or even parts of the Atlantic Coast. Opening up other regions, like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, would require Congress.
Even if Trump does this, it's still unclear how much drilling would actually occur. Oil prices are fairly low right now, which could make it risky for companies to drill in the most challenging areas, like Alaska's Arctic seas (where Shell tried and failed to find oil). And a few states, like Florida, might put up a fight along their coasts.
It also doesn't sound like Trump is going to be particularly finicky about oil spill protections, given that he's pledged to "streamline the permitting process for all energy projects." In case you're curious, this is a good look at what an ecological nightmare an oil spill in the frozen Arctic would be.
6) Scale back federal support for wind and solar power
Greens like to tell themselves that renewable energy is already cheap enough to stand on its own, without policy supports, but for a variety of reasons, that isn't really true. Wind and solar in the US have long relied on federal tax credits — the investment tax credit (ITC) for solar and the production tax credit (PTC) for wind.
The PTC has lapsed and been extended many times. This is what that inconsistency does to growth in wind power:
Both credits were widely expected to lapse last year, but in a somewhat miraculous last-minute deal in December, they were extended for five years, over which time they will slowly phase out.
This would have served as a kind of bridge for renewables, carrying them to the point when the Clean Power Plan kicks in. Now the CPP is likely toast. And the big question is whether Republicans in Congress might scale back the solar and wind credits.
There's some reason to think they are safe for now. In Politico, an unnamed "major Trump financial contributor who said he is a member of the transition team" assures us that the ITC and PTC "will remain in place." Then again, oil baron Harold Hamm, a key Trump energy adviser and rumored contender for energy secretary, recently said of solar and wind, "None of it should be subsidized, none of it. If it makes it in the market, fine." So who knows?
Meanwhile, Trump has also talked about zeroing out all federal research and development for clean energy, which would include work the Department of Energy is doing on solar, wind, nuclear power, efficiency, electric cars, batteries, and more, including the cutting-edge research being done at ARPA-E.
In the past, House Republicans have shown an eagerness to scale back this research (though not, oddly enough, R&D for fossil fuels). A move like this could throttle the next generation of low-carbon technology.
7) Dramatically limit the EPA's ability to regulate in the future
Most of the environmental policy progress in the US over the last 40 years has come through "green drift," i.e., through agencies like the EPA adapting and expanding America's foundational green laws — the Clean Air and Clean Water acts, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act — to address new problems.
This occurs because those laws were written to be incredibly open-ended. They were designed to be flexible, to apply to whatever new threats agency scientists uncovered. The Clean Air Act tells the EPA to update its rules over time to reflect the best available science about the health impacts of pollution; the EPA does just that.
This process has always driven conservatives crazy. In part, they think the flexibility encourages executive overreach; in part, they just hate environmental regulations.
They have a way to put a stop to green drift. It's called the REINS Act (Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny). It would mandate that every "economically significant" federal regulation — any rule that has an annual impact of $100 million or more — be affirmatively approved by the House and Senate and be signed by the president. If a regulation is not voted on within 70 legislative working days of being sent to Congress, it is "tabled." That is, it dies.
This law would radically constrain EPA's ability to issue new environmental regulations as situations and science evolved (to say nothing of what it would do to other federal agencies). It would be a fundamental change in the administrative state and a radical increase in Congress's power relative to the president.
It would slow progress on all fronts, but on environmental policy, where there is such unified Republican antipathy, it would almost certainly result in a total freeze — no new substantial regulations as long as Republicans control any of the three branches of government.
The GOP House passed REINS several times during the Obama years, only to see it stripped out or blocked in the Senate. With a GOP Senate and Trump as president, there's a very real chance it could become law.
8) Reverse the White House's climate guidance to federal agencies
In August, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a somewhat obscure but extremely important guidance to other federal agencies. All agencies, when considering any new project, have to do a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review to assess the project's environmental impacts. CEQ's guidance instructs agencies to consider direct and indirect climate impacts as part of those NEPA reviews.
And it clarifies that agencies should not ignore climate impacts merely because a single project might be a small fraction of global emissions — a position many agencies had been taking. The guidance says, effectively, that climate should matter in every federal decision. (More on the details of the guidance here.)
It has its inconsistencies, and did not carry the force of law, but the guidance was an important signal, the kind of background nudge that shifts the direction of the ship of state.
Trump has not specifically said he will rescind the guidance, but if he puts a clever industry lobbyist in charge of CEQ, it's tough to see how it will survive. If it is rescinded, federal agencies are likely to go back to ignoring climate impacts.
9) Make the Supreme Court more hostile to environmental regulation
Conservatives, states, and businesses have sued against virtually every environmental regulation in the past 40 years. Very often, those suits have failed. Since the Supreme Court's Chevron decision in 1984, the Court has given executive branch agencies wide latitude in how they write and implement rules to carry out congressional intent.
But that's changing. The conservatives on the Court have been seeking to rein in executive agencies lately, especially after Obama, who built a progressive policy legacy almost entirely out of executive actions.
Trump will get to select at least one, and possibly up to four, Supreme Court justices, who are likely to be to Scalia's right. For every justice he picks, the Court as a whole is likely to become more hostile to executive action, meaning that lawsuits against environmental regulations are likely to find a much more amenable venue in coming years.
10) Pack the executive branch with industry-friendly appointments
One thing that's become very clear over the past few decades: When it comes to the federal government, personnel is policy. The people who staff and head executive branch agencies make a stream of daily decisions, the vast majority of which never rise to the level of public attention. Those agency decisions pile up over time. They can lead to steady, effective government or to incompetence and corruption.
George W. Bush legendarily stocked his government with industry executives, lobbyists, and cronies. Under his Interior Department, officials used to trade favors to the oil and gas industry for hookers and blow. (No, seriously.) Reports on the agency submitted to Congress "portray a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administration's watch."
Under Bush's EPA, meanwhile, administrator Stephen Johnson "suppress[ed] staff recommendations on pesticides, mercury, lead paint, smog, and global warming." In Bush's White House Council on Environmental Quality, James Connaughton denied global warming and defended the air quality in Lower Manhattan just after 9/11. Philip Cooney, also at CEQ, was busted doctoring scientific reports on climate change and left the administration to lobby for Exxon. FEMA had Michael Brown. The list could go on.
The kind of crude collusion between industry and government that characterized the Bush administration looks, from all indications, to be Trump's model.
His pick to lead his EPA transition is Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, mostly famous for his sheer persistence in denying climate change (he's been at it since 2000). He recently said that "Congress should prohibit any funding for the Paris Climate Treaty, the Green Climate Fund, and the underlying UN Framework Convention on Climate Change."
There are several more industry lobbyists on Trump's energy and environment team; see Robin Bravender at ClimateWire for more.
11) A flurry of anti-EPA budget bills that will emerge every year, without end
The above list is by no means exhaustive. Trump has also indicated that he would like to repeal the EPA's Waters of the United States rule, which would limit the number of rivers, streams, and lakes that fall under the Clean Water Act. The oil and gas industry is already eager to kill Obama-era rules to plug leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from pipelines and wells.
Meanwhile, in the House, Republicans have a whole flurry of anti-EPA bills they're eager to push forward, and they will try to attach these "riders" to must-pass budget and spending bills at every turn.
In 2015, there were riders to prevent the federal government from updating its flood-map plans to incorporate climate change forecasts. Riders to block the EPA from even researching the environmental impacts of fracking. Riders to halt upgrades to wastewater management systems. Riders to block the Department of Energy's efforts to improve climate change modeling and forecasts. Riders to hinder citizens from suing the federal government if it falls down on the job of enforcing the Clean Water Act. You can check out the full smorgasbord here.
Resistance will be fierce, but it lacks leverage
Climate and environmental groups will not simply sit back and watch this happen. "If Donald Trump thinks he can launch a big polluter assault on our air, waters, wildlife and lands," said Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement, "we'll build a wall of opposition to stop him."
In politics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. An assault on environmental laws and regulations will spark fierce, organized resistance, just as it did during the Bush years. Many of the internal squabbles within the climate community — carbon tax or cap and trade? research or deployment? — will rapidly come to seem quaint. The stakes will be higher, the sides clearer.
But there's no getting around it: The victories will be fewer. Even during the Bush years, the environmental community had more to work with, including an occasionally Democratic Senate and a few old-fashioned Republicans who cared about local pollution. (Oh, and the filibuster.)
Now it has none of those. The GOP controls the House, the Senate, the presidency, the Supreme Court, and, soon enough, lower courts. If Republicans kill the filibuster, they will be virtually unrestrained at the federal level, limited only by their ability to overcome infighting and internal disagreement (which, admittedly, is no small thing). The 2018 Senate map is incredibly favorable to Republicans, and right now they look poised to strengthen their majority in the midterms.
The GOP also dominates at the state level, controlling 68 out of 99 state legislative chambers (both chambers in 33 states) and 32 governors' mansions.
What's more, the GOP has become much more radicalized since the Bush years, and the country much more partisan. "Negative partisanship" — hatred of the other side — is increasingly the prime motive force in US politics, with less and less willingness on either side to compromise or even negotiate. There is virtually no Republican support left for environmental or climate policy, other than to dismantle it.
While there is always some chance Trump could lunge off in an unexpected direction (he is Trump, after all), the overwhelming likelihood is that GOP operatives and industry lobbyists will control energy and environmental policy for the next four years. What lies ahead now is triage, a long string of terrible choices, desperate battles, and wrenching losses, the consequences of which could reverberate for millennia.


Next Friday is our annual Books and Bagels and Kupuna Day, where families are invited to come read with their child and enjoy a bagel from 7:45 – 8:30. During this time, we ask that you do not bring in sweets; this is a time to enjoy reading as a family as we celebrate Dr. Seuss birthday. This is also a day where we welcome our kupuna and grandparents to come to Le Jardin Academy to read and learn about our school. Parking is typically a challenge for us on this day, so please be patient, arrive early and do not park in the reserved high school stalls.
As part of our Green Team action plan, our school is doing a full waste audit on Saturday, April 6th. We will be sorting through all of our trash (collected on Friday) from 8:00am – 1:00p. We hope many families join us on this day with plastic gloves! This gives us a starting point for working on trash reduction. Save the date!
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Bank of England limbo....How low can you go?
The Bank of England is cutting interest rates to 0.25%, reports the Guardian today.
In an effort to mitigate the impacts of slowdown in the economy, (let's not mention Brexit), Bank of England has prepared a four point pack designed to smooth along monetary policy that will involve the further cut in interest rates. These rate cuts are the first since those dark days of 2009. The article reports that "Business Surveys this week suggested all parts of the economy were affected by a drop in demand, following the vote to leave."
This is somewhat in contracts to pre-Brexit days (sorry, there it is again), when we were all Europeans and expecting a hike to occur in the latter part of this year or early next.
"Bank's monetary policy committee unveils a four-point plan to mitigate the impact of the EU referendum vote."


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Valobservation (tidigare valövervakning) innebär internationell observation av allmänna val, såsom presidentval, parlamentsval och lokalval. De organiseras ofta av OSSE, EU eller FN. Det finns också enskilda organisationer som observerar val, till exempel Carter Centre. Traditionellt observerar utsända diplomater val i länderna där de är stationerade. Politiska partier brukar i solidaritet med systerpartier skicka observatörer.

Kriterier för giltiga val finns i den allmänna förklaringen om de mänskliga rättigheterna, där det står att val ska vara fria, verkliga, periodiska, med lika rösträtt och skydda väljarens rätt till valhemlighet.

FN har tillsammans med ett 20-tal organisationer tagit fram en uppförandekod för internationell valobservation.

Från Sverige skickar Folke Bernadotteakademin (FBA) på uppdrag av Utrikesdepartementet svenska valobservatörer till OSSE:s och EU:s valobservationsinsatser.

Historia
Sedan år 1995 är det vanligare att använda begreppet valobservation än det tidigare använda valövervakning. Termen valövervakning har setts som politiskt färgad på så vis att övervakarna gjorde anspråk på att veta mer om demokratiska val än de inhemska myndigheterna, liksom att övervakarna misstänkliggjorde de inhemska myndigheterna. Dessa negativa associationer har lett till att OSSE, EU och FN i dag använder begreppet valobservation.

Under 1990-talet gav FN:s säkerhetsråd internationella organisationer i uppdrag att förbereda och genomföra de första demokratiska valen efter fredsavtalen på Balkan, liksom vid övergång från diktatur till demokrati i Kambodja. I flera fall observerades den genomförande organisationen av andra organisationer.

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Android vs. iOS: Which is more secure? - EarthLink.
There are so many decisions when selecting a mobile device and operating system. Security should be a primary consideration in order to protect your personal information. EarthLink partner, Symantec, shares information to help you navigate selecting a mobile operating system below.
Remember the days when cybercriminals primarily focused their attacks on laptop and desktop computers? Times seem to be changing. Today, cybercriminals are targeting smartphones and tablets more often. And if this is true, then it begs the question: Which mobile operating system is more secure, Android or iOS?
It's little surprise that, as consumers increasingly use their mobile devices for banking, connecting on social media, and making online purchases, cybercriminals are aiming their virus and malware attacks on iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. The iOS and Android operating systems, then, have become tempting targets for cyberthieves eager to access the most personal information of users.
If safety is your main concern, and you want to keep your Android or iOS device free of viruses and malware, which operating system should you choose?
In some circles, Apple's iOS operating system has long been considered the more secure of the two operating systems. Why? Apple's operating system is a closed system. Apple doesn't release its source code to app developers, and the owners of iPhones and iPads can't modify the code on their phones themselves. This makes it more difficult for hackers to find vulnerabilities on iOS-powered devices.
Android devices are the opposite, relying on an open-source code, meaning that the owners of these devices can tinker with their phone's and tablet's operating systems. Too much tinkering, and owners might create a weakness in their devices' security. Then there are manufacturers themselves. If a phone maker puts out a new device with a modification to the Android operating system and there's a vulnerability in that code, hackers will find it.
Android is more often targeted by hackers, too, because the operating system powers so many mobile devices today. The global popularity of the Android operating system makes it a more attractive target for cybercriminals. Android devices, then, are more at risk of the malware and viruses that these criminals unleash.
But this doesn't tell the entire story. While iOS may be considered more secure, it's not impossible for cybercriminals to hit iPhones or iPads. The owners of both Android and iOS devices need to be aware of possible malware and viruses, and be careful when downloading apps from third-party app stores. It's safest to download apps from trusted sources, such as Google Play and the Apple App Store, which vet the apps they sell.
Then there are the social engineering attacks in which cybercriminals attempt to trick users into giving up log-in information, access to bank accounts, and other personal data. It doesn't matter what mobile operating system you are using: both iOS and Android can be equally vulnerable to these types of phishing attacks.
Want to help keep your Android phone or tablet safe? Always upgrade your mobile devices to the latest version of the Android OS. Android regularly releases updates. It can be tempting to skip the installation of them, especially when life gets busy. But these updates are designed to help protect your Android devices against the latest security threats. Ignoring these updates could put your phone or tablet at risk.
Apple's iOS updates tend to be bigger events, typically prompting iPhone and iPad users to install them as soon as they are released.
Of course, the owners of both Android and iOS devices can turn on automatic updating on their mobile devices. This way, when Android or iOS updates are released, their devices will automatically update to the latest versions of their operating systems.
Much of the security of an Android device depends on the hardware. Simply put, some manufacturers are better at making sure Android's built-in security features work correctly.
A good example is Samsung. The Samsung Knox security solution comes pre-installed in all of the company's phones, tablets, and wearable devices. This platform provides a more secure booting process, helping to prevent unauthorized software from loading when a user turns on a Samsung mobile device.
Consider all the apps you download. Downloading a rogue app is the easiest way to infect your Android phone, tablet, or wearable device with malware or a virus. The same can be true for iOS, especially if you download an app from a third-party source. That's why it's important to download apps only from reputable sources.
Android vs. iOS: How does the mobile operating system of each impact their security?
Here's a look at the Android operating system.
Popularity: The Android operating system is hugely popular. This means that developers are constantly building new apps designed to run on the system. That's good for users … mostly. The problem comes when hackers create apps designed to infect your mobile devices. There is an app review process for Google Play. Unfortunately, the process is far less stringent than what developers face when adding apps to Apple's App Store. It's easier, then, for malicious apps to sneak onto the Google Play store and easier for users to accidentally install one. One of the main issues is that the end user can go into a Android device and enable the installation of software from Unknown Sources. This means that you can install software on the Android device that does not come from the Google PlayStore. The software — or APK, as it's called — can be downloaded and installed from a website bypassing the Google PlayStore review.
Open source: Android owners can modify the source code of their Android devices. This appeals to users who want the flexibility to change the way their mobile devices run. But it can also make Android devices vulnerable to attacks. When altering their device's source code, users could accidentally leave an opening for cybercriminals.
Fragmented: Unlike the iOS operating system that only runs on Apple-branded products, the Android operating system runs on mobile devices manufactured by a host of companies. Some companies might provide hardware that is more secure than others. Moreover, the manufacturer of the device can use a custom ROM or base operating system that has software installed that cannot be easily removed or analyzed for malicious intent.
Here's a look at the Apple's iOS.
More stringent controls: It's more difficult for developers to get apps into the App Store. That's because the review process is more stringent. Because of this, it's less likely for a malicious app to sneak into Apple's store.
Less flexibility: Apple doesn't allow the owners of its devices to modify its iOS operating system or custom ROMs to be loaded on their devices. That makes the system more secure since Apple controls the complete experience. This doesn't stop some owners from "jailbreaking" their Apple mobile devices, modifying their source code. Jailbreaking opens new capabilities on the devices — such as changing digital-assistant Siri's voice, for instance. Be careful if you do this: Apple won't provide support to such devices.
A less tempting target: Because the iOS operating system powers fewer mobile devices, hackers don't target the system as often. This makes sense: Hackers and cybercriminals can ensure more victims if they focus more of their attacks on the more popular Android operating system.
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Best VR Flight Games: Simulators & Arcade Titles On Quest 2, PSVR & PC VR
Best of VR
Here's our list of the best VR flight games, covering simulators and arcade experiences on Quest 2 and beyond.
Everyone agrees that flight games work well in VR. Movement is much more immersive in a cockpit as you don't need to feel your legs carrying you forward, and you can pretty accurately reflect a plane's actual controls using a HOTAS or even just a basic gamepad. And, sure enough, we've seen some excellent flight-based games for the platform over the past few years.
This list of the best VR flight games picks from across Meta Quest 2, PSVR, and PC VR and includes both simulation and arcade titles. With that in mind, make sure you know what you're looking for when you pick any of these games up. You'll be able to find them on the Quest, PSVR, or Steam stores. Looking for a general list of the best VR games out there? Check out some of our rundowns.
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Now, let's dig in!
Best VR Flight Games
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (PSVR)
Were this to be a fully fleshed-out experience it would undoubtedly be one of the best VR games going, let alone the best VR flight games. As it stands the handful of hours available in this PSVR-exclusive spin-off campaign are a tantalizing taste of cinematic VR flight action. Prepare to be rattled by explosions and shaken by a torrent of machine-gun fire as you cut through the skies. With full HOTAS support included, it's very possible to completely lose yourself in this captivating theater of war. A bite-sized treat that's not to be missed.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC VR)
It'll take a mighty machine to run it but, if you've got the hardware, you simply won't find a more in-depth, immersive, and visually astonishing VR flight experience than the monumental Microsoft Flight Simulator. With a near-photorealistic world to soar across and completely authentic flying mechanics, this is the simmer's ultimate dream. It isn't an easy experience to get into and it wasn't designed in VR first, so there are a lot of hoops to jump through, but for many people, it doesn't get any better than this one.
Ultrawings 2 (Quest, PC VR to come)
The original Ultrawings laid the foundations for a fun set of flying missions, but the sequel goes above and beyond with an enormous amount of content and five aircraft that all feel unique. A welcome amount of objective variety keeps things fresh as you fly through courses, shoot down targets and, for the first time, engage in aerial dogfights. The virtual joystick controls take some getting used to, but once you do then Ultrawings 2 becomes a truly immersive experience that's hard to put down.
Star Wars: Squadrons (PSVR, PC VR)
This just made too much sense not to happen at some point. A modernized Star Wars flight combat game in which you could pilot iconic ships from both the Empire and Rebel Alliance? Why wouldn't that have VR support? And, indeed, Squadrons is a much, much better experience with a headset on, letting you feel like you're sitting in the cockpit of an X-Wing or TIE Fighter. Plus a full single-player campaign and multiplayer modes mean this will cater to multiple preferences.
Warplanes: WW1 Fighters (Quest, PC VR)
A game that proved so popular on App Lab that it was one of the first to make the jump from Oculus App Lab over to the full Quest store. Warplanes has a huge number of aircraft, missions, and play styles, from single-player campaigns to fully co-op experiences in which players can even fight in the same planes. With a range of control styles to suit your needs, Warplanes is one of the richest and overall best VR flight games you can play today.
And that was our list of the best VR flight games! Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments below.
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Hi Al. What do you think about Tokyo gaining a new airport. Tokyo's as lucky as we are, with our 3 airports here in Kansai. I wonder where they expect to find all the extra passengers. Maybe we'll get airmiles with our Yakult deliveries.
Yes John. You mean the new Ibaraki Airport. Amazing, isn't it: a country this size with 98 airports. Wow! Although it's not really in Tokyo, Ibaraki Prefecture locals are pinning their hopes on it being a third airport for Tokyo, alongside Narita and Haneda. I wonder how much use they'll get out of it?
Well they do have 2 daily flights lined up: to Kobe and Seoul. It appears that the original estimate of demand was way over the top when the decision was made to build Ibaraki Airport. This seems to be quite a common complaint when it comes to expanding Japan's tally of airports.
So, how is this new airport going to turn a profit. Surely with only 2 flights a day it's going to be deep in the red for the foreseeable future. I wonder how many of the 98 airports are making money and not living off the tax that you and I pay.
Well Al. I hear that only 8 of 69 have exceeded expectations. Why so many airports have been built is beyond me. Do you have any idea what's behind it? It must be in somebody's interest to build them.
John, between the two of us, 20 of the 27 corporations that handle security and parking at the airports employ hundreds of retired bureaucrats. So the decisions are probably not purely in the public interest. But hey! Maybe they can deliver NATTO by air all over Japan from the new airport. Isn't that what Ibaraki prefecture is famous for?
Yes, now there's an idea and maybe they could make a profit!
Had Al flown to Tokyo's new airport.
What did Al think of Tokyo getting a third airport.
Did John like getting Yakult for his airmiles.
Why Tokyo had dug up so many passengers.
What did Al say regarding Japan's airports?
That he was happy that Tokyo had been pinned to Ibaraki Prefecture.
That Narita and Haneda airports should be in Ibaraki.
That he thought that Japan may have too many airports.
That Ibaraki Airport would be over used.
What did John say about Ibaraki Airport?
That there would be only 1 national and 1 international flight a day.
That there are a lot of complaints from customers.
That most aircraft would fly over the top of the runway.
That it was estimated that Japan would have a tally of airports.
What did Al say to John about Japan's airports?
That they were between the two of us.
That the decisions to build new airports may not be based on real demand.
That most of them were built on bridges.
That hundreds of bureaucrats handle luggage.


Arizona communities are trying to raise awareness about available resources as the rate of teen suicide steadily climbed from 2012 through 2016.
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
A suicide hotline number was added to the badges students wear in the Tempe Union High School District. The move came after seven East Valley teenagers took their own lives over six weeks in summer 2017.
It's one of the ways communities are trying to raise awareness about the support available to struggling teens. The effort comes as the Arizona teen suicide rate has climbed from 2012 through 2016, the most recent years data are available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Suicide was the third-leading cause of death of children ages 10 to 14 in the United States in 2016 and the second-leading cause of death for ages 15 to 34, the CDC reported.
Across all age groups in 2016, there were 13 suicides per 100,000 people in the United States. Arizona's rate is nearly 18 per 100,000 people.
Community leaders have been trying to understand why and find ways to prevent it.
"Its a complete concern for everyone," Kristen Scharlau, social services director for Tempe's crisis response team said.
Nikki Kontz is the clinical director for Teen Lifeline, a non-profit that began in 1986 with a hotline that provides crisis services for Arizona teens.
Kontz is wary to say any kind of increase exists as most of the data is a year and a half behind, but she acknowledges the uptick in the East Valley.
She works with teens who take calls from other teens in crisis or needing life advice. The conversations happen by phone or, as of two years ago, by text messages.
"We want to be where kids are," Kontz said, noting the text messaging has been well used.
Texting has helped connect at-risk teens to support, but Kontz has seen something else in Arizona that reflects a national trend. Those who reach out are getting younger and younger.
Teen Lifeline can be used by parents looking for guidance on how to approach the issue with their kids.
"Suicide is a complicated issue," Kontz said. "It's never just one thing."
One theory has to do with puberty. Studies have found that both boys and girls are hitting puberty earlier than they did 30 to 40 years ago. Their brains can't always handle it, Kontz said.
Others cite the flood of social media as a possible cause.
"It's a way for everyone to know whats going on in your life," said Scharlau, noting it can add stress.
"As stress increased, we did not increase protective factors for them," Scharlau said. "Our cumulative anxiety as a society is through the roof."
More social media, earlier puberty and socioeconomic troubles have led to a "perfect storm," she said.
But with that, Kontz says there is more help available than ever in the region.
Tempe's crisis response team, CARE 7, has a representative in every Tempe high school to help identify those in need and provide services, from counseling to social services.
"There are a lot of kids in our community who are hurting," Scharlau said. "We're here to wrap some love around them."
Parents and other family members can get assistance through the program, too.
Arizona students this past year have pushed for more counselors in school. The governor proposed more funding for counselors, but it wasn't approved before the end of the legislative session in May.
Aidan Killeen shared the impact a suicide this school year had on Mesa's Skyline High School, from which he just graduated.
"The whole school knew about it and was changed by it," Killeen said.
The issue loomed over the school, although most people didn't talk about it much, he said. People seemed to cope in one of two ways: turning away from the problem or overthinking it and becoming desensitized.
Killeen said neither option is ideal. He wants to see more support for struggling teens, but worries that putting the issue in "everyone's faces" constantly could have an adverse effect.
Nevertheless, people are discussing the issue more.
Carlos Alfaro, a Scottsdale resident who founded Arizona Talks, aims to create meaningful discussions on large topics. A recent forum held in Mesa focused on teen suicide.
Alfaro said he was amazed to learn about the variety of support systems in place. Most people knew only about the hotline, he said.
He said he understands that some people don't want to discuss the issue, while others say we need to be more open. He leans toward the latter, to increase knowledge about resources available.
Suicide is a sensitive topic.
When suicides are more prevalent in the news, it can negatively influence someone on the verge of taking his own life, Kontz said.
The Arizona Republic and other news outlets do not cover most suicides.
Some warn of an increased risk of copycat behavior.
Those concerns surfaced in 2017, when Netflix first aired the show "13 Reasons Why," which revolves around a teen suicide. One study found a 19 percent increase in searches related to suicide after the shows first season.
Kontz and others tried to use the show's popularity to open a dialogue with parents about how to speak with their kids about suicide.
Teenlife is holding Facebook Live discussions with teens and others about the show every Tuesday this month.
"Most media around suicide perpetuates fear without giving possible solutions," Kontz said, adding that there are many solutions.


The Abbott Government's rushed and flimsy multinational tax package continues to unravel, with the Law Council of Australia warning Treasurer Joe Hockey not to go ahead with his draft bill.
"does not accord with, and in many respects derogates from, key design principles for a fair and effective tax and transfer system."
The Council has highlighted a range of problems with the proposal, including that it will create different levels of taxation for companies carrying out similar business activities, and risks breaching Australia's existing Double Taxation Agreements.
So serious are these concerns that the Council has recommended the law not be introduced in its current form.
The Council's critique follows the recent revelation that the Government prepared no costings for the plan before including it in the 2015 Budget. It cannot say what the fiscal implications of this policy will be because it has literally no idea.
Furthermore, Joe Hockey has been touting the fact that his new law will apply to 30 major multinationals doing business in Australia. But neither he, nor anyone in the Government or the Treasury knows who these 30 companies may be.
Instead, they have put forward a package that disintegrates upon contact with common sense.
Fixing this problem requires more than bluster and half-formed ideas. But so far that is all this Government is offering.
Joe Hockey needs to head back to Treasury and come up a tax plan that will really tackle multinational profit shifting. Adopting Labor's package should be priority number one when he does.
There is always a loophole in tax packages for the advantage of aristocrats. Read the articles in http://essay-writing-service.reviews/ to understand how even the great politicians tend to do this. It is really unfortunate and we feel like commoners are always goal for these big shots.


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Louis De Bernières' epic love story to tour UK theatres this spring
By Maria Roberts on	 January 18, 2019 News, Theatre
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis De Bernières' award-winning 1994 novel, captured hearts when it hit the screen in 2001 with Nicolas Cage and Penélope Cruz cast as a pair of fitful romantics falling in love in an impossible situation. Now, 25 years after it was first published, the story is to endear a new generation of fans when the stage adaptation tours to UK theatres from April to June.
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia, Captain Corelli's Mandolin follows the entwined lives of Dr Iannis, his strong-willed daughter Pelagia and Italian Captain Antonio Corelli, who fall in love during the Italian and German occupation of the island in World War II when the captain is cared for by the doctor and his daughter.
The 2019 UK tour is the first major stage production of the novel and features an ensemble cast of 15 with Alex Mugnaioni (pictured above) playing the title character and Madison Clare, Fred Fergus and Joseph Long playing Pelagia, Francesco and Dr Iannis respectively.
The stage version has been adapted from the novel by Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominee Rona Munro. Directed by Olivier and Tony Award nominee Melly Still, it is co-produced by Neil Laidlaw, Rose Theatre Kingston and Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
The play previews at Leicester Curve (13-20 April), before heading to Rose Theatre Kingston (23 April to 12 May), Theatre Royal Bath (14-18 May), Newcastle Theatre Royal (21-25 May), Birmingham Repertory Theatre (29 May to 15 June), King's Theatre Edinburgh (18-22 June) and Glasgow Theatre Royal (25- 29 June).
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High winds topple trees, damage Dodd chimney, cause power outage
By Rose Houglet, News Editor | February 27, 2019
A tree blocked Mission Hill Drive after winds knocked it over on Monday. SABRINE BRISMEUR/PHOTO EDITOR
High winds averaging 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 65 mph caused damage around campus on Monday, including the collapse of and damages to the Dodd House chimney and two student rooms, respectively. Other incidents included the falling of a tree on Mission Hill Drive and a brief power outage in Agard House and surrounding areas. The students whose rooms were damaged have been temporarily relocated until repairs are completed.
Declan Smith '21, who was in Dodd when the damage occurred, described the scene. "I was sitting in my room around 11:30 [a.m.] when I heard a particularly strong gust of wind start up," he said. "I felt the normal feeling of the building settling against the force of the wind, but then there was a shudder, and it felt as if the building gave way. A loud crashing noise accompanied the shudder, so I went over to my window to see if I could see what had just happened. I then saw a large number of bricks, some other debris (it looked like some ceramic stuff and wood) and soot all over the roof of the kitchen and pool room of Dodd."
Allie Campbell '21, who lives in Dodd, said, "I wasn't at Dodd when it happened, but my friend was, and I saw him right afterward. He sent me lots of pictures and videos. One of the chimneys above the kitchen was somehow knocked off the building. Bricks flew everywhere. They were scattered all across the roof and the yard. I know that some peoples' rooms were damaged by bricks."
Additionally, three vehicles sustained broken windshields and related damages from falling debris, bleachers were blown over on the visitors' side of Weston Field and a protective chimney cap blew off another building.
"The three vehicles that were damaged were all Facilities vehicles that were parked alongside the service building, where the wind blew some objects off the roof that was having some repair work done at the time," Executive Director for Facilities Operations Bob Wright said.
Campus Safety and Security (CSS) blocked off areas of concern and removed obstructions where possible. "The duration and the force of the winds made [the clean-up] too dangerous and much of [it] had to be completed [on Tuesday]," Director of CSS Dave Boyer said. "Emergency messages were sent, roads were blocked off [and] warning messages were posted on doors. One area had overnight CSS presence to prevent injuries. OSL notified students whose rooms were affected and arranged alternate housing where needed."
Campbell commended the campus response. "I received an email from [Director of the Office of Student Life] Doug Schiazza extending support if my room was damaged," she said. "I also received a text message from the College with a warning about the wind. One CSS officer was stationed in Dodd for the rest of the day. I am not sure what the support was like on site immediately following the incident. From my end, I did feel like there was an adequate response. It was nice to know that the school was concerned and on top of the damage."
Smith added, "As I was leaving for lunch (around 7-10 minutes [after the events]), I saw a CSS car pull up and an officer go around to the back. So in terms of response, I think they were quite quick and seemed to be doing what they could given the conditions. By the time I was back from lunch, they had already started to assess the damage."
In addition to vacating students from the damaged rooms, CSS closed off Dodd kitchen and had people check on the damage throughout Monday afternoon.
Schiazza encouraged students to be cautious in such weather events. "In any weather event of this nature, I would say that the most important thing is for everyone to be safe and to be especially mindful of what's going on around you," he said.
Boyer also praised student responsiveness as the College worked to repair the damage. "I want to thank the students for their cooperation throughout the day and night," he said.
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Rock Bridge Community Church Says Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes to L-Acoustics
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Skylark Audio Video creates strong sonic continuity between five church locations using A Series loudspeakers and new M1 suite of measurement and monitoring tools
DALTON, Georgia – August 2020 – If you're in Northwest Georgia, it's not hard to find a Rock Bridge Community Church campus. Its six locations, one of which is in a suburb of Chattanooga near the Tennessee state line, make it easy to be part of this contemporary worship-style church. It's also easy on the ears, as five of Rock Bridge's venues—Calhoun, Chatsworth, Ringgold, and Dalton's Stage 123 and historic 1,165-seat Wink Theatre—now have L-Acoustics A Series constant curvature line source sound systems, each of which sound nearly identical thanks to the use of the manufacturer's new M1 measurement tool suite.
"The A Series is a very cohesive system," says Steele Beaty of Skylark Audio Video, the Oklahoma City-based integrator that designed and installed the PA for all five worship spaces. "The Wide boxes have a 30-degree vertical pattern, and the Focus has a 10-degree vertical pattern. Between them, we have the tools we need to fill a challenging venue like the Wink Theatre, where the balcony is 105 feet long, and the main floor is 95 feet long, but the entire venue is only 56 feet wide. It's the very definition of a 'shotgun' room, and that's why we chose to fly left and right arrays of five A15 Focus enclosures over one A15 Wide. Plus, the A15 enclosures have the Panflex adjustable waveguides that let us narrow the pattern width to 70 degrees, which also gives us a +2dB boost in the high frequencies. So not only do we avoid getting any energy on the walls, but we accomplish it without using any DSP. A traditional line source array simply can't do what we were able to accomplish at the Wink with the L-Acoustics A Series medium-throw line source array."
Rock Bridge Community Church Director of Strategic Initiatives John David Boreing adds that the Wink Theatre location—a landmarked building that first opened in 1941 as a movie theater and was purchased by the church in 2004, two years after they began using it—presented particular challenges that the A15 system was able to overcome. "The large balcony was the really difficult part," explains Boreing, whose portfolio at the church includes facilities and production. "With the previous sound system, the balcony was looking at the top of the line array and didn't get any low end from the floor-mounted subs. It was a tough room to get proper coverage for. The new A15-KS21 combo fixed that immediately."
In fact, the A Series speakers were a perfect fit in other ways besides offering the best sonic performance and most flexible pattern control. Beaty points out that the nearly 80-year-old Wink Theatre is constructed like many venues of its time, with a narrow footprint and many tightly turning staircases. "It was impossible to get a modern lift in there, and the ceiling isn't structured, so the reduced weight and compact form factor of the A Series literally allowed us to get it in and get it hung in an older venue like this," he says.
The Wink Theatre installation, whose design was done using Soundvision modeling software, also made use of the new M1 suite, a comprehensive set of measurement tools from L-Acoustics. "We were able to measure the performance of all of the A15 speaker systems in one venue and create a consistent contour that we applied to all of the church's locations," says Beaty. "We were able to make them sound as identical to each other as humanly possible."
Boreing agrees, saying it's great to have such sonic consistency across so many of the church's venues. "The A Series sounds amazing in every place we have it," he says. "Each church location strives to deliver a consistent message and having L-Acoustics in most of our venues helps communicate that."
One of the major benefits of the M1 platform is that it is a force multiplier. With even a single microphone, users can measure all relevant systems at multiple locations in the room, then make timing and EQ choices that are best for the room average, all while being able to see the effect of any move on any location individually, or as an average. The ability to analyze data like this is pivotal in creating consistency not only in the measured room but also from venue to venue for unparalleled system consistency and homogeneity.
With the combination of A15 Wide and Focus and the flown subs, Boreing says coverage is complete, and the sound quality is excellent. "Now that the pandemic restrictions have finally been relaxed a bit on worship services, everyone is really enjoying the new sound at the Wink Theatre, which is better than ever," he says. "Intelligibility is fantastic, and the music has a real impact, like a concert; it's a wonderful experience."
The Chatsworth campus was Rock Bridge's first location to adopt an L-Acoustics PA—an ARCS WiFo system, and precursor to the current A Series—installed in 2016. This summer, the church's Wink Theatre site integrated a new left-right sound system comprising six A15 per side: five Focus over one Wide. The A15 are flanked by two adjacent hangs of three KS21 subs per side, and two A10 speakers per hang are placed left and right as delay arrays for the balcony. Only a block away, Stage 123, Wink Theatre's sibling venue, also recently had a left-right system of three A10 per side and two center-hung KS21 subs installed, while the Ringgold and Calhoun campuses similarly now have A15-based systems. The PA at each of these five locations is powered by L-Acoustics LA4X amplified controllers.
Skylark's Steele Beaty recently joined L-Acoustics Product Manager Scott Sugden and two others for the M1-related video, "Evolution of the System Calibration Process – Conversations with the Pros," posted online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp_dCxihydI.
For more information on Rock Bridge Community Church, please visit www.rockbridge.cc. Skylark Audio Video can likewise be found on the web at www.skylarkav.com.
Dalton, Georgia's 1,165-seat Wink Theatre is now one of five Rock Bridge Community Church sites to utilize L-Acoustics A Series loudspeaker systems
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℗ ℗ 2016 Imla Productions
Imla
All I Really Wanna Be
For No Good Reason
My Last Song
Stick to Your Own Track
Wouldn't You Agree
Can I Come In
Sunny Street
"As the only child in the big countryside house, I spent a lot of time on my own, making other pleasant acquaintances in my parents' album collection, such as The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Randy Crawford, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock, and above all, Stevie Wonder (my all-time favorite, who I always return to, and who I later in life had the overwhelming honor of backing up as part of a Swedish gospel choir). The house was full of instruments, which my musician parents encouraged me to play. Quite often, the house was also full of people recording in my dad's studio, mostly his students, playing jazz, jazz, jazz.
The music never left me. It demanded attention, wanted out, and often it came in the form of songs that needed to be written and sung in order to process things that happened around me. Sometimes they were about love, sometimes inner battles, losses, or other subjects that had been on my mind. Life also had a strange way of filling the ageing lyrics with new meaning, so that the songs felt relevant again and again. And then suddenly, there I was, no longer young but not yet old, with an archive of songs that meant very much to me. Shame if no one would hear them. So what do you do? You make an album, of course.
Birdcage is like a gift from me to my younger self, a dream finally coming true. Together with my partner in music and life, and some other good old musician friends, I've built up the Imla world, layer by layer, the way it sounds in my head. It's made of grand gospel ballads, saccharine slick pop, frustrated funk rock, dazzling disco, and above all, massive amounts of sweet soul influences from different decades, extra everything, deluxe. And now, you're invited!"
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48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Imla Productions Studio Masters
Tracks 1-13 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
No Fears (feat. Wretch 32 / Single) 169; Wretch 32
Sweet Insomnia (feat. 6LACK / Single) Gallant; 6LACK
Souled Out (Deluxe) [Edited / Clean] Jhené Aiko
Ventura [Edited / Clean] Anderson .Paak
EGentleman (feat. T-Pain / Remix / Single) Gallant; T-Pain
Riding With The King Eric Clapton; B.B. King
Solo Delta Guitar: Jimbo Mathus Performs Top Hits of 1960 Jimbo Mathus
Soul Twist King Curtis
30 Greatest Hits Aretha Franklin
More Today Than Yesterday Barbara McNair
General Crook General Crook
Hold on to Love Brenda Reynolds
More Than I Knew (Single) Deborah Cox
London (Single) Hamzaa


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Q: Write console output to file Really new to this, I've read the answers on here and they have helped so far but I am still a bit stuck.
I have managed to create a program that displays the users starsign from DOB input.
Now I want to send the results to a text file. I can create the file but I do not know how to send the console output/result of the program to the file.

A: Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
FileStream fs = new FileStream("Test.txt", FileMode.Create);
// First, save the standard output.
TextWriter tmp = Console.Out;
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
Console.SetOut(sw);
Console.WriteLine("Hello file");
Console.SetOut(tmp);
Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
sw.Close();

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.setout.aspx

A: If you have calculated the date of birth and written it to the console, you have the answer stored in a variable, then all you need to do is write that out to the text file - unless I am missing some in the problem?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa287548(v=vs.71).aspx

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What Shakespeare Taught Me About Ash Wednesday
On the first day of Lent, I'm reminded of a love that "alters not" and "bears it out even to the edge of doom."
Paul J. Willis| March 6, 2019
Image: Illustration by Rick Szuecs
Many years ago this winter, I published my first novel. That was a proud day for me. I had a sense of maybe having achieved something of lasting significance. The novel sold reasonably well, made it into a second and third reprinting, and was even brought out again in mass-market paperback. But three or four years after it first came out, my publisher told me the novel was going out of print. There were a few thousand copies left over, and the publisher would either destroy them or send them to me for the cost of shipping.
Of course, I couldn't bear to see my babies slaughtered like that, so I sprung for the shipping cost and my brother offered to store them in the hayloft of his barn in Oregon. As President Bush used to say, leave no child behind.
Like the rich man in the parable, I had my harvest stored in a barn. Every summer, I visited my brother in Oregon, sometimes taking a box of books home with me. As summer followed summer, however, I noticed my treasure was showing some signs of wear and tear.
It rains a lot in Oregon, and water had come through a leak in the roof and soaked some of the boxes through. Other boxes had holes chewed through the corners by mice, which also liked to digest the books themselves. The occasional box was torn open by someone curious to take a copy, which was fine with me, but the rest of the books in the open box were left to collect dust and hay and pigeon droppings. Now, after years of careful storage, my literary legacy to the world doesn't look like much. Last I heard, my brother was using the last of the pulpy remnants to fire up his woodstove.
In the Renaissance they called this the problem of decay, the decay not only of our possessions but inevitably of our own lives. Shakespeare offers three solutions to this problem in his Sonnets. The first and most natural solution is to beget children who will survive us—children who will carry on some part of us when we are gone. But it doesn't always work that way. Just ask the parents who are bitterly grieving the loss of their children to illness, accident, or terror. As Shakespeare puts it in his play Cymbeline, "Golden lads and girls all must, / As chimney sweepers, come to dust."
The second way to solve the problem of decay, according to Shakespeare, is to be immortalized in a poem. For good literature lasts forever: "Not marble nor the gilded monuments / Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme." And that may work for Shakespeare to some extent, but as we have seen, it doesn't seem to be working for me. Shakespeare's third way to solve the problem of decay is probably the best way. It is to take part in a love that is bigger than we are—the kind of love that "alters not," that "bears it out even to the edge of doom"—a kind of love that can only be described as divine love.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus also describes for us the nagging problem of decay:
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matt 6:19–20, RSV)
It seems to me that Jesus' solution might be the same as Shakespeare's last one. To store up treasures in heaven is perhaps to devote ourselves to giving and receiving the unspeakable riches of God's love. Anything less is dust and ashes. Anything less is a rotting barnful of books. Heaven and earth will pass away, but the saving love of our Lord is forever.
Jesus is reminding us that our many immortality projects never succeed in making us very immortal. They only succeed in making us feel motheaten, rusty, and ultimately ripped off. Ash Wednesday, with its visible sign of dust and ashes on our foreheads, is a forcible reminder of our own frailty and mortality and sinfulness. We don't like to remember those parts of ourselves, but on this day, it is literally rubbed onto us. Scholars and monks in the middle ages would sometimes keep a human skull on their shelves to remind themselves of the brevity of this our life. A skull kept for this purpose was called a memento mori, which is Latin for "remember to die." Remembering the end of all flesh, these monks and scholars could better hold this world in contempt and strive to devote themselves to the eternal love of God.
The mark of ash rubbed onto our foreheads can likewise serve as our own memento mori. But for us the mark is made in the shape of a cross. Thus it is not only a reminder of our own deaths but also a reminder of the death of one who suffered agony in our place, the one who loved us and gave himself for us, the one who died that we might live, that we might have treasures in heaven. And we celebrate, too, in the treasure of his flesh and his blood, the bread and the wine, the riches of his love for us.
Because of this miracle of his love, we can look on the ghastly skull of our own decay and say with the poet George Herbert:
Death, thou wast once an uncouth, hideous thing
Nothing but bones,
The sad effect of sadder groans:
Thy mouth was open, but thou couldst not sing
But since our Saviour's death did put some blood
Into thy face;
Thou art grown fair and full of grace,
Much in request, much sought for as a good.
For we do now behold thee gay and glad,
As at doomsday;
When souls shall wear their new array,
And all thy bones with beauty shall be clad.
And when I read these lines by Herbert it seems to me that we ourselves, one with another, redeemed by the blood of Jesus, will be our own treasure in heaven.
Paul J. Willis is a professor of English at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. His most recent collection of prose is To Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love & Wonder. Learn more at pauljwillis.com.
This essay was originally titled "A Meditation on Ash Wednesday" and published in To Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love & Wonder (WordFarm, 2018). Copyright © 2018 by Paul J. Willis. Used with permission from WordFarm.
To Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love & Wonder
Paul J. Willis
WordFarm
174 pp., 18.0
Ash Wednesday | Books | Death | Lent | Literature
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