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Anthony Marr predicts the Mother of All Droughts to start as early as 2012
I am not a professional climatologist, but I do have a degree in physics, and as per the average physicist, I prefer to do my own analysis and draw my own conclusions when it comes to anything involving the basic physical laws. Climatology is nothing more than a special branch of physics anyway.
Having done my own analysis, I have drawn my own conclusion which I am now presenting for your perusal. I don't feel too much trepidation in case I'm wrong, because all the predictions from the most advanced computer modeling have all proven wrong, almost always as gross underestimations, so much so that worst-case-scenarios have repeatedly been exceeded, and "experts are stunned" and "worse than scientists have expected" have become the media catch-phrase. In fact, so far, I have yet to encounter a computer projection that has not grossly undershot the mark, or at least promised to do so some time in the future, mostly commonly the year 2100. So, the worst I can do is to be wrong like everybody else. Right now, I fear I'm right, but hope I'm wrong. (If I prove to be wrong some time in the future, I'm sure I'll be able to come up with a perfectly reasonable explanation consistent to a T with the basic physical laws. :)
In 2008/2009, Vancouver experienced one of the coolest winters ever, which led skeptics to again say, "Global warming? What global warming?" My conclusion, on the other hand, is that this is explainable, and even predictable by the basic physical laws. It is supposed to cool off, stupid. But considering that it will last only 3-4 years, Vancouverites should enjoy the Arctic air-conditioning while it is still working, because as of the end of 2012 or thereabouts, it will konk out.
Without this natural air-conditioning, people will crank their artificial air-conditioning even more, which will inject even more CO2 into the atmosphere, which will warm the atmosphere even more. All in all, the current cooling "trend" will end. Global warming will accelerate, and the Northern Hemisphere will be hugely impacted. The United States, for example, will soon be hit by an unprecedented continental drought with no end in sight.
I will state below my line of reasoning in as simple a language as possible, with no math involved.
Fact 1: The melting rate of Arctic ice, both on land and in the sea, has been accelerating in recent years, with 2005 and 2006 being steep, and 2007 and 2008 being precipitous.
Fact 2: Since 2003, the planet has lost over 2 trillion tonnes of land ice, and many times that of sea ice.
Fact 3: Before the 2007 Big Melt, computer models used to predict that the Arctic summer would 50% ice-free come 2050; but since 2008, the time-line has been drastically shortened to 100% ice-free as early as 2013. Some still cautiously say 2030, but a few years' difference in the time-scale of geological change is little more than a split-second or two. If it's 2030 instead of 2013, then it will hit in the 2020s instead of in 2012. But it will come, and right now, the safe time frame to use is 2013.
Fact 4: The latest estimate has it that the Arctic winter could be ice-free as early as 2040.
Fact 5: The heat to melt the ice of course comes ultimately from the sun, but it is provided to the ice mostly through the water which is warmed by solar heat. This is especially so as of the advent of the Albedo Effect resulting from the decrease in heat-reflecting sea ice and increase in the darker, solar-heat-absorbing sea water.
Fact 6: The Latent Heat of Melting/Fusion of water is about 80 calories per gram of ice to be melted. To melt the 2 trillion tonnes of land ice alone lost since 2003 absorbed 160 quintillion calories (160 with 18 zeros after it, or 160 billion billion calories) from the planet's climatic system - without the air temperature being increased, and in fact, somewhat decreased. Melting almost half of the pre-21st-Century Arctic sea ice in the last decade absorbed even more, times more.
The last point needs some explaining. Let's go to the kitchen and perform an experiment. Take a steel cooking pot and fill it half full with cold water. Add enough ice cubes into the pot to raise the water level to almost full. Insert an electric heating element (e.g the kind used in aquariums) and a thermometer into the water, and mount a second thermometer outside of the pot within an inch of the pot's surface. Crank the heater up to full and stir the water constantly with the thermometer while monitoring the readings of both thermometers by 30 second intervals. The result will be as follows:
As long as the water is well stirred, the water temperature will lower to a little above 0C/32F, and it will stay there for as long as there is still ice in the pot to melt. The air temperature around and above the pot will decrease, because the melting ice absorbs heat both from the heated water and from the warmer air around the pot. Adding another heater will increase the ice-melt rate, but it will not increase the water temperature much over 0C/32F, until all the ice has melted off. After that, if the heater is kept on, the temperature both of the water and the air around the pot will rise (until the water begins to boil, when its temperature will stabilize at 100C/212F until it is boiled off).
The amount of heat required to melt all the ice - without the temperature of the water rising - is the Latent Heat of Melting (or of Fusion in case of freezing when the latent heat is released) of that quantity of ice to be melted (or frozen). For water, the latent heat of melting/fusion is about 80 calories per gram.
If the prediction that the Arctic summer will be ice-free as of 2013 is accurate, the Great Heat will begin shortly before 2013, as in 2012, since the less the remaining sea ice left to be melted, the less latent heat of melting it will absorb, thus leaving it in the climatic system to contribute to global warming.
The Arctic-summer becoming ice-free will constitute the first of the one-two climatic punch. The second will kick in when the Arctic begins to be ice-free even in the winter.
Since the summers of 2007 and 2008 registered the fastest ice-melt, they also registered the largest absorption of the Latent Heat of Melting from the Arctic atmosphere, thus cooling it more than usual. Temporarily, but enough to precipitate a cool 2008/2009 winter.
Vancouver's 2008/2009 winter was amongst the snowiest on record. This resulted from a collision of cold and warm fronts, the former dry and the latter moist. Warm air can "hold" much more water than cold air. If the warm, moisture-laden southern air collides with the cold northern air, it will be cooled, its dew point raised and whatever excess water it cannot "hold" will be precipitated as rain or snow, the more the cooling of the warm air by the cold, the heavier the precipitation. Sounds very much like Vancouver's winter of 2008/2009.
As of 2012, however, when there is no more ice to be melted in the summer, the previously absorbed "latent" heat will become manifest as measurable heat, and the temperatures of both the Arctic ocean and the Arctic atmosphere will rise. As the ice mass continues to decline towards the eventual zero in the winter, the faster will the temperature rise. But well before zero, all may already have been lost.
Since cold fronts will be severely curtailed, and since the air will be warmer, more moisture will stay in the atmosphere unprecipitated. This will start a drying trend on the ground that will be extremely extensive in both the East and West halves of the Northern Hemisphere all the way from the North Pole down to the Equator.
Where North America is concerned, since the cold Arctic air will have withdrawn northward, so will the cold-front/warm-front collisions, and the precipitation will shift due north. This will make Canada wetter and the United States drier. The current dual drought-centers of California and Georgia will expand and merge. The agricultural capacity of the US will plummet. Food will be scarce. Dare I say that the US, as Ethiopia before it, will experience a serious food crisis and perhaps malnutrition and even starvation?
And this has not yet even taken into consideration a very frightening factor - Methane.
Currently, even at a global average temperature rise of less than 1C/1.6F since 1880 (the beginning of the Industrial Revolution), the permafrost in northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and especially Russia has already begun to melt, as has the submarine methane hydrate/clathrate deposits on the shelves of the Arctic Ocean. This releases vast quantities of methane into the atmosphere. With the exhaustion of sea ice, the temperature will certainly rise, the permafrost and hydrate/clathrate melting rates will increase, and the methane will be released into the atmosphere at an accelerated rate.
Methane (CH4), being more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2) by far (20-70 X), it will warm up the atmosphere even faster, and generate its own feedback loop, where more methane in the atmosphere will melt more permafrost and release even more methane. There has always been a certain amount of methane in the atmosphere due to organic decomposition, but since methane is a fairly short-lived molecule, its breakdown and emission rates have always struck an easy balance, where the methane actually helped the CO2 in keeping the atmosphere warm enough for life to flourish. But as of the year 2000, two things have occurred:
1. the methane concentration globally has been steady for decades but now it is on the rise, and
2. the methane concentration on the Arctic region is higher than in the lower lattitudes.
This means 1. that the methane emission rate is increasing and is now overwhelming the breakdown rate, and 2. that the extra methane is being emitted from the Arctic. Bear in mind that this is with the ice chilling the air. Imagine what when there is no more ice to cool anything.
This further means to me that the methane feedback loop has already kicked in, and it will spiral exponentially out of control once the Arctic ice is gone, or maybe just nearly gone. Unless we can arrest this methane feedback loop at this opening stage, we will lose control of it. Some have even given it a name: the Methane Time-Bomb, of which CO2 is only the fuse.
I have myself given it a name: the M-Bomb - where the A-Bomb was in terms of kilotons (thousand tons equivalent of TNT), the H-Bomb in terms of megatons (million tons), and the M-Bomb in terms of gigatons (billion tons of carbon) or even terratons (trillion tons), the latter meaning that the M-Bomb itself is exponential.
2012 is widely believed to be the predestined year for the End of the World - December 21 to be exact - according to the Mayan calendar, Christian prophesies and even the I Ching. And it is indeed amazing that if the M-Bomb - the real Doomsday Machine - is to be detonated, December 21, 2012 would be a very plausible date of detonation.
When people speculate about the December 21, 2012, End of the World phenomenon, they often talk about an asteroid strike. Bam! and it's all over. The M-Bomb, infinitely more probable than an asteroid strike on the exact date of December 21, 2021, is a "slow bomb" whose explosion will span decades or even centuries. But if the detonation date is December 21, 2012, and if once detonated the M-Bomb is unstoppable, then it will still mean the beginning of the End of the World.
Again, I hope I'm wrong but fear I'm right. But one thing I know for certain. If we carry on with our current trajectory, including even all of President Obama's stimulation packages, perhaps partly because of some of them, we would be dooming ourselves, our children's children and life on Earth.
What we as a species must do:
1. Terminate the use of combustion-energy technology ASAP, including shutting down the Alberta tar sands (see www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr) once and for all.
2. Massively research and develop the alternative, non-combustion-energy technologies, ones massive enough to be capable of taking over from the combustion-energy technologies within a decade.
3. Reduce the human population growth rate to below zero.
4. Substantially reduce the per-capita standard of living (as different from the quality of life) of the currently rich and high-living "developed" nations, especially regarding the consumption of the finite resources.
5. Strict protection of all remaining wild terrestrial habitats (forests, wetlands, etc.) and species.
6. Strict protection of the oceans and all marine ecosystems.
7. Extensively research and develop Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) technologies to actively reduce the carbon concentration to below 350 ppm (from today's 386 ppm).
8. Major terraforming to recool the planet.
If any of the above is not met, we may not make it.
My cosmic friend Raminothna (see my two books) told me to make a pyramid with 5 round rocks - 4 for the base and the 5th as the apex. She then asked me to write on a piece of paper the following words: "We will NOT make it." She then instructed me to crunch the paper into a ball and have it inserted into the pyramid.
Then she said to me, "If you are destined to not make it, nothing will happen to the paper ball. But if you are destined to make it, a Cosmic Hand of Destiny will reach into the pyramid before sunrise and reduce the paper-ball to ashes."
It was a very long night, but within seconds of the sunrise, a "cosmic hand of destiny" did reach into the pyramid, with a lighted match, and reduced the paper ball to ashes. And in the first rays of the rising sun, I regarded this hand, which was my own.
Anthony Marr, founder and president
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Your next car and the only way to save the auto industry
Thinking about buying another gasoline-engined vehicle some time in the not too distant future? If so, you owe it to yourself to answer the following 6 questions to your own satisfaction, which would have been irrelevant 10 years ago:
1. How confident are you in terms of a continued supply of affordable gasoline over the next few years, much less decades? If you have the sense to doubt the solidity or even desirability of this supply, then go to the next question:
2. What is the point of buy a vehicle with the quality to last for 50 years, when there may not be affordable gasoline within 5 years?
3. On CNN today: Many dealers are not accepting SUVs and pick-up trucks (unless diesel-engined) as trade-ins. Their resale value his plummeted. First question from this: What will the resale value of gasoline-engined vehicles be in general when there is no affordable fuel to run them?
4. Suppose this is the year 2014. If you can afford to own just one vehicle, and the one you currently have, which runs on gasoline, cannot be driven due to fuel shortage and cost, and therefore has little or no resale value, how can you afford to buy an electric car even if you wanted one then?
5. Why maintain your carbon foot print, contribute to oil-profits and exacerbate global heating, when you can go green with your very next car?
6. "But electric cars are too expensive." To this, there are 3 answers:
a. A gasoline car may soon be worthless.
b. China is coming out for 2010 with an up-to-standard pure-electric vehicle - the BYD E6 (google it) - which claims a per-charge range of some 200 mi/300 km (vs the GM Volt's 40 mi/60 km), a 110-volt 100%-recharge time of 6 hours, a 220-volt 100%-recharge time of only 2 hours, and an 80% 220-volt recharge time of only 15 minutes, powered by lithium-ion batteries with a longevity of over 1,000 full cycles (easily 10 years' driving) - for a price lower than an American or Japanese gasoline-engined subcompact, and it can seat 5 and looks sharp. Assuming the quality is par, this should be a prime prospective for your next vehicle.
2. One of the main objections to the electric car is its price. True enough. But first, if China can do it, why can't GM? Second, there is a way for this to happen, which is:
3. If GM has to be bailed out and subsidized, then subsidize only GM's electric car lines. This will, 1, advance the battery technology to make it competitive against China's, 2, produce these vehicles in large numbers, and 3, lower its price through both the subsidy and the sales volume.
This is the best and perhaps only way to save GM, and Chrysler for that matter. To dump money into gasoline cars is:
1. to continue playing the oil game, in which we as a species will lose.
2. creating and feeding something that should be dead.
3. to starve the electric car sector of R-&-D funds.
If the entire world subsidizes the electric car, it will be affordable, and it will take off.
Cars that can save Detroit
Forbes.com - Joann Muller
The American auto industry is hanging by a thread, with the fate of General Motors and Chrysler largely in the hands of the federal government. Taxpayer loans are keeping them alive for now, but their long-term success will depend on whether they have the cars and trucks that people desire.
Detroit's record on that has been spotty--witness the awful Pontiac Aztek or the subpar Chrysler Sebring--which is one reason car companies are in the mess they're in now.
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Ten Cars That Can Save Detroit
But for every dog Detroit has tried to push on the American people in recent years, there have been clear winners too: The new Chevrolet Malibu, for instance, tops the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry in fuel efficiency and independent quality surveys. The bold rear-wheel-drive Chrysler 300 generated buzz that Chrysler hadn't experienced in years. And the new 17.43 km per litre Ford Fusion hybrid is the most fuel-efficient mid-sized car in America. (Toyota's new 2010 Prius, at 21.26 km per litre, is considerably smaller.)
And despite the beating Detroit has taken in recent months for its focus on gas-guzzling trucks, Ford Motor's F-150, Chrysler's Dodge Ram and GM's Chevy and GMC pickups are still extremely popular and will remain an important source of profits for the foreseeable future.
U.S. carmakers really can make world-class vehicles that consumers want (though the public hasn't always given them credit for it). They'll need every ounce of that capability to pull themselves out of their current tailspin.
But it's not just consumers that Detroit automakers have to please; now they have to satisfy the government's policy objectives too. And what the Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress want--more hybrids and fuel-efficient small cars--are not necessarily what the public is willing to pay for. Fuel-efficient technology is expensive; if consumers won't pay extra for it, carmakers will have to sacrifice profits, which will only make their recovery more difficult.
President Obama's auto industry task force acknowledged as much in its assessment of GM's viability when it referred to the most prominent car on the horizon for GM, the Chevy Volt. Due in November 2010, it's a plug-in electric car that can go 40 miles on a single charge, before a small gasoline engine kicks in to recharge the battery.
'While the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline-fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable,' the panel said.
Everyone knows the Volt will not save GM financially, according to John Wolkonowicz, automotive analyst at IHS Global Insight. But it's critical to the company's future, he says, because 'it showcases to the world what GM is able to do.'
'The car that's going to save GM,' suggests automotive consultant James Hall, of 2953 Analytics in Birmingham, Mich., 'is the Chevy Cruze, and the derivatives that will come off it.'
The Cruze is a fuel-efficient compact designed in Korea that will sell in markets throughout the world. It goes on sale in North America in the first half of 2010. A small seven-passenger van built off the same platform, the Chevy Orlando, is expected a little later. By selling in huge volumes, perhaps as many as 1.7 million worldwide, the Cruze family could allow GM to be profitable on small cars for a change.
Like GM, Ford's future is also tied to world-class small cars like the upcoming Fiesta and Focus, designed in Europe, and to advanced engine technology. Ford's direct injection, turbo-charged Ecoboost engines allow motorists to achieve 20 per cent to 30 per cent better fuel economy without sacrificing performance. By 2013, Ford says Ecoboost will be available on 90 per cent of its lineup, including the next-generation 2011 Ford Explorer, due next year.
'The Explorer is maybe the best example of what will make them successful,' says Wolkonowicz. 'Give consumers everything they want, plus the better fuel economy the government is demanding. You're not likely to get that anywhere else.'
For Chrysler, the future is a lot sketchier. Obama's task force didn't buy Chrysler's argument that it's viable as a stand-alone company. It has given the company until April 30 to reach an alliance with Italy's Fiat SPA, or face liquidation.
Fiat could provide Chrysler with the small-car technology and fuel-efficient engines it lacks. Its 500 minicar, MiTo subcompact and Lancia Delta compact are good candidates for shared technology. The problem is that no Fiat-engineered vehicle can come out of Chrysler's North American factories before mid-2011. In the meantime, there's not much on the horizon that can reverse Chrysler's sales nosedive, down 49 per cent so far this year, following a 30 per cent drop in 2008.
'By 2011 there are a lot of new products coming, and you'll be seeing the best lineup these companies have had in their history--if they can just span this miserable period we're in right now,' says Wolkonowicz .
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Anthony Marr's writing "so impassioned people think he's exaggerating"
Anthony Marr's writing
"so impassioned people think he's exaggerating"
Yesterday, I received a message from a friend informing me of the following entry into the Tribe of Hearts email discussion list, which was one of the comments on the Guardian/UK article titled "Climate Change? Try Climate Breakdown" (2009-03-13 - see bottom of this email):
From : L
To: "Tribe of Heart's email discussion list" ..
Sent: Monday, March 23,
Subject: Re: [heart2heart] Language and direction
First, and most obvious, is that the language used by environmental or any activists is really important in conveying a message that is truthful. Activists ought to strive for neither under nor overstating a problem.
Secondly, climate breakdown is upon us, and as I understand it (based on reports from other credible sources), is greatly exacerbated by the eating habits of earth's industrialized nations...I'm taking about these nations' addiction to farmed-animal products, and plenty of it. Therefore, I'm thinking, more than ever, animal rights activists ought to strongly consider campaigning with a message that promotes a vegan diet rather than campaigning for 'humanely raised' farmed-animal products.
From: W
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:15 PM
Wow. That really makes me want to do something besides sit at this desk 40 hours a week, basically contributing to climate breakdown (I like that term).
Anthony Marr has been going about this for a while now, but I think because he's so impassioned in his writing people tend to think he's exaggerating (especially where methane is concerned). It isn't that I thought that, it's just rather - oh, I feel so helpless!
Any thoughts on how to educate people who don't want to listen or hear this? Or who think it's just another ploy by animal activists to get people to stop having fun? er, I mean, eating animals?
Thank you so much for passing this on. I am going to send it to all I know!
From: Anthony Marr:
Thank you, W. At least now I know that my writings are being read. ;)
First, I am more than willing to adopt the term "Climate Breakdown" in place of the nondescript "Climate Change", if only because, case in point, it will exonerate what I have written and will be writing from being considered exaggerations, unless the term "Climate Breakdown" itself is considered an exaggeration, which to me it definitely is not.
Second, I think that there is a high probability that all articles written about "climate change" so far, mine included, could be understatements. Why? Google "climate change than expected", and see what you find - "... stunned scientists... much worse than expected" and "... much faster than expected... exceeded the worst case scenario of current computer models by a wide margin...", etc, over a number of years. The question is: When it is all said and done, i.e. after the M-Bomb has been detonated and run its course, how much of an understatement our most impassioned statements will prove to be?
Third, the Nobel-Prize-winning IPCC Report, where methane barely merited a mention, is itself a gross understatement. And the current agenda of the upcoming UNFCCC climate change convention (Copenhagen, Dec 2009, the successor of Kyoto), unless revamped to reflect the real urgency of the global environmental crisis, will cause the mass extinction of over 10 million species within a century, and this is a deliberate understatement on my part (since my own estimation indicates over 15 million of the current 20 million species), lest this be considered an exaggeration.
Published on Friday, March 13, 2009 by The Guardian/UK
Climate Change? Try, Climate Breakdown
What's clear from Copenhagen is that policymakers have fallen behind the scientists: global warming is already catastrophic
by George Monbiot
The more we know, the grimmer it gets.
Presentations by climate scientists at this week's conference in Copenhagen show that we might have underplayed the impacts of global warming in three important respects:
A: Partly because the estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) took no account of meltwater from Greenland's glaciers, the rise in sea levels this century could be twice or three times as great as it forecast, with grave implications for coastal cities, farmland and freshwater reserves.
B: Two degrees of warming in the Arctic (which is heating up much more quickly than the rest of the planet) could trigger a massive bacterial response in the soils there. As the permafrost melts, bacteria are able to start breaking down organic material that was previously locked up in ice, producing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide and methane. This could catalyse one of the world's most powerful positive feedback loops: warming causing more warming.
C: Four degrees of warming could almost eliminate the Amazon rainforests, with appalling implications for biodiversity and regional weather patterns, and with the result that a massive new pulse of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Trees are basically sticks of wet carbon. As they rot or burn, the carbon oxidises. This is another way in which climate feedbacks appear to have been underestimated in the last IPCC report. Apart from the sheer animal panic I felt on reading these reports, two things jumped out at me.
The first is that governments are relying on IPCC assessments that are years out of date even before they are published, as a result of the IPCC's extremely careful and laborious review and consensus process. This lends its reports great scientific weight, but it also means that the politicians using them as a guide to the cuts in greenhouse gases required are always well behind the curve. There is surely a strong case for the IPCC to publish interim reports every year, consisting of a summary of the latest science and its implications for global policy.
The second is that we have to stop calling it climate change. Using "climate change" to describe events like this, with their devastating implications for global food security, water supplies and human settlements, is like describing a foreign invasion as an unexpected visit, or bombs as unwanted deliveries. It's a ridiculously neutral term for the biggest potential catastrophe humankind has ever encountered.
I think we should call it "climate breakdown". Does anyone out there have a better idea?
2009 Guardian News and Media Limited
George Monbiot is the author of the best selling books "The Age of Consent: a Manifesto for a New World Order" and "Captive State: the corporate takeover of Britain".
He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper.
Visit his website at www.monbiot.com
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Surdna Foundation (Surdna Foundation) This foundation invests in projects that support their program areas of Sustainable Environments, Strong Local Economies, Thriving Cultures, Community Revitalization, and Effective Citizenry. An example of a previous grant award is $200K to the American Planning Association in FY2008 to aid U.S. planners with initiatives to integrate energy sustainability and climate change into contemporary planning practices. Another example is $200K to the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana in FY2010 to increase/strengthen local and national collaboration for the benefit of Louisiana coastal protection. Organizations are eligible for a max of three consecutive years of funding. Eligibility: U.S. based non-profit organizations There are no application deadlines. Grants are assessed three times a year (February, May, and September), and must be submitted three to four months prior to staff review. Deadline: No application deadlines
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Farm Bill (U.S. Department of Agriculture) The Farm Bill—H.R. 6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008—became law in June 2008. Section 10201 ("Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention") directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for early plant pest detection and surveillance, for threat identification and mitigation of plant pests and diseases, and for technical assistance in the development and implementation of audit-based certification systems and nursery plant pest risk management systems. The five-year Farm Bill specifies that these funds be made available incrementally, starting with $12 million in fiscal year (FY) 2009, $45 million in FY 2010, and $50 million in FY 2011 and thereafter. Deadline: February 24, 2012
Federal Recreational Trails Program (U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration) The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) provides funds to the states to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses. Deadline: TBA
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in obtaining federal financial assistance to acquire land or conduct planning efforts for endangered species conservation. These projects range from species status surveys, public education and outreach, habitat acquisition and restoration, captive propagation and reintroduction to nesting surveys, genetic studies and development of conservation plans. Deadline: October 30, 2014 - January 23, 2015
Environmental Information Exchange Network and Grant Program (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) The Exchange Network Grant Program provides funding to states, territories and federally recognized Indian tribes to support the development of the Environmental Information Exchange Network. Now in the eighth year, EPA has awarded almost $144 million in assistance agreements to build the National Environmental Information Exchange Network. All states, five territories, and 56 federally recognized tribes have received grants to facilitate their involvement in the development and implementation of the Exchange Network. All states, one territory, and eight tribes have leveraged this funding to implement data exchange nodes on the Network and have shared environmental information with EPA or other Network partners. Deadline: November 24, 2014
Environmental Education Grants (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) The Grants Program sponsored by EPA's Office of Environmental Education (OEE), Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education, supports environmental education projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills to help people make informed decisions that affect environmental quality. EPA awards grants each year based on funding appropriated by Congress. Annual funding for the program ranges between $2 and $3 million. The two grant categories are EE Model Grants (http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-11/documents/2014_ee_mod...) and EE Local Grants (http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-12/documents/2014_ee_loc...). Deadline: February 2, 2015/ March 6, 2015
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) GLRI grants will fund projects that address the most important Great Lakes priorities, including reducing toxic contaminants, restoring the Great Lakes Areas of Concern, protecting beaches and beachgoers, keeping out invasive species and reducing polluted land-based runoff. Deadline: August 27, 2014
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Act authorizes the Secretary of Interior to provide direct technical and financial assistance to private landowners interested in restoring, enhancing, and managing fish and wildlife habitats on their own lands. This announcement is not a solicitation for grant proposals. It is a goal of the program to secure at least 50 percent of project costs from non-Service sources, but this goal applies to the national program as a whole, and does not have to be achieved on a project-by-project basis. Funding above $25,000 for an individual project must be approved at the Washington Office level. If you are interested in pursuing a project under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program you must contact your local coordinator. A listing of coordinators by state is available at the link below. Deadline: TBD
Sustain Our Great Lakes (Sustain Our Great Lakes) The Sustain Our Great Lakes Program now offers funding for four core areas: Aquatic Connectivity By supporting the removal of passage barriers and the installation of passage structures, Sustain Our Great Lakes is helping reconnect many of the most important aquatic habitats in the basin. http://www.sustainourgreatlakes.org/focal-issues/aquatic-connectivity/ Shoreline Habitat By supporting efforts to control invasive species, restore hydrology and other physical processes, reduce shoreline fragmentation, and protect and monitor imperiled coastal species, Sustain Our Great Lakes is helping to restore many of the most important shoreline resources in the basin. http://www.sustainourgreatlakes.org/focal-issues/coastal-habitat/ Wetland Habitat By supporting work that includes the control of invasive species, restoration of more-natural hydrology, reestablishment of native vegetation, and reconnection with adjacent waterways, Sustain Our Great Lakes is helping to restore many of the most important wetland habitats in the basin http://www.sustainourgreatlakes.org/focal-issues/wetlands/ Stream and Riparian Habitat By supporting the restoration of hydrology and other physical processes, placement of in-stream habitat structures, invasive species control, and streambank stabilization, Sustain Our Great Lakes is helping to restore many of the most important stream and riparian habitats in the basin http://www.sustainourgreatlakes.org/focal-issues/stream-riparian-habitat/ Deadline: February 28, 2015 (pre-proposals)
Land Conservation (area of interest) (Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation) Grant proposals accepted only from 501 (c)(3) organizations that have been in full fiscal operation for at least one year. We offer general operating and project-specific grants that lead to landscape-scale land preservation and stewardship. We support efforts throughout the Chicago region with a current focus on five priority landscapes: Calumet, Forest Preserves of Cook County, Grand Kankakee, Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge and Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. We also encourage and participate in strategic land conservation partnerships. - See more at: http://gddf.org/land-conservation/chicago#sthash.mwVZqYBB.dpuf Deadline: April 3, 2015; July 31, 2015
Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Projects (NOAA) NOAA delivers funding and technical expertise to restore Great Lakes coastal habitats. These habitats support valuable fisheries and protected resources; improve the quality of our water; provide recreational opportunities for the public's use and enjoyment; and buffer our coastal communities from the impacts of changing lake levels. Projects funded through NOAA have strong on-the-ground habitat restoration components that provide social and economic benefits for people and their communities in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements. Through this solicitation, NOAA seeks to openly compete funding available for habitat restoration in U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as anticipated in the President's FY2015 Budget. Applications should be submitted for any project that is to be considered for this funding, even for those projects already submitted as applications to other NOAA competitions. Competition will ensure that the most beneficial restoration projects are selected to realize significant ecological gains. Applications selected for funding through this solicitation will be implemented through a grant or cooperative agreement. Funds will be administered by the NOAA Restoration Center (RC). Multi-year cooperative agreement awards will be considered, and additional releases of funds may be used to fund selected proposals through FY17 without further competition. Awards are dependent upon the amount of funds made available to NOAA for this purpose by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. NOAA anticipates approximately $15 million may be available over the next three years to maintain selected awards, dependent upon the level of funding made available by Congress. One, two, or three year proposals will be accepted. Award funding options will include: • For one year requests for habitat implementation proposals, NOAA will not accept applications requesting less than $500,000 or more than $6 million of federal funds. Typical awards for one year requests for habitat restoration implementation are expected to range between $500,000 and $2 million. • For one year requests for engineering and design proposals, NOAA will not accept applications requesting less than $75,000 or more than $350,000. Typical awards for engineering and design are expected to range between $100,000 and $350,000. • For multi-year awards, regardless of the type of proposal, NOAA will not accept applications requesting less than $750,000 and more than $10 million for up to a three year award period. Deadline: March 3, 2015
Plant Materials for Conservation (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Plant materials are used in all phases of the soil and water conservation program. This program emphasizes field testing to determine the plant's value and restoration techniques. It is limited to the properties of conservation cooperators properties in conjunction with soil conservation districts, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, State Crop Improvement Associations and other Federal and State agencies. The program also provides commercial seed growers with breeder and foundation quality seed or propagules through State Crop Improvement Associations or Foundations Seed Services. Other plants or seed are not provided to the general public. Large-scale production is conducted by cooperating commercial producers. Free plants, seed and/or grants are not available to nurseries or the public. Deadline: No deadlines
Conservation Stewardship Program (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Through CSP, NRCS will provide financial and technical assistance to eligible producers to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land. Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pastureland, rangeland, Non-Industrial Private Forest lands (NIPF), agricultural land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, and other private agricultural land (including cropped woodland, marshes, and agricultural land used for the production of livestock) on which resource concerns related to agricultural production could be addressed. Participation in the program is voluntary. Deadline: Applications accepted on rolling basis, but applications submitted before March 13, 2015 will be considered for 2015 funding
Environmental Quality Incentives Program 2015 (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Eligible program participants receive financial and technical assistance to implement conservation practices, or activities like conservation planning, that address natural resource concerns on their land. Payments are made to participants after conservation practices and activities identified in an EQIP plan of operations are implemented. Contracts can last up to ten years in duration. Deadline: TBD
Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation) In 2015, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) established the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund to protect, conserve and increase habitat for these iconic insects and other pollinators. Created with an initial $1.2 million commitment from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the fund will pool additional funding from other private and public donors and matching resources from grantees. The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund focuses on three priority conservation needs to restore the monarch butterfly to a more robust and healthy population: • Habitat restoration to plant native milkweed for caterpillars and nectar plants for adults in both large, contiguous areas as well as in smaller patches, especially in edge habitat along the butterfly's migration route • Outreach and education in urban and rural communities, with a focus on youth engagement • Native seed production and distribution to increase production and availability of seeds and plants essential to habitat restoration Deadline: TBD
Developing the Next Generation of Conservationists (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation) As part of the America's Great Outdoors 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) Initiative, NFWF launched Developing the Next Generation of Conservationists, a competitive matching grant conservation program, in December 2011. Its goal is to provide support for innovative job opportunities that expose young people, particularly urban and underserved youth who are increasingly disconnected from the outdoors, to the natural world and career opportunities in conservation. Competitive projects are being developed in coordination or partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the U.S. Forest Service (FS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and will benefit the missions of the agencies. Funding priorities for this program include: Providing paid internships or jobs in the outdoors to underserved urban, rural, and tribal youth Increasing mentorship, training, and education opportunities for youth with natural resource professionals Hands-on implementation of habitat restoration, stewardship, monitoring, and other conservation-related activities Delivering meaningful conservation outcomes that benefit the land, facilities, programs or mission of BLM, Reclamation, FS, and/or the FWS. Projects that align with a NFWF Conservation Program. Deadline: October 15, 2014
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants Program (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Supports projects in Canada, the United States, and Mexico that involve long-term protection, restoration, and/or enhancement of wetlands and associated uplands habitats. Deadline: February 27, 2015 and July 7, 2015
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants Program (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Operates only in the United States; it supports the same type of projects and adheres to the same selection criteria and administrative guidelines as the U.S. Standard Grants Program. However, project activities are usually smaller in scope and involve fewer project dollars. Grant requests may not exceed $75,000, and funding priority is given to grantees or partners new to the Act's Grants Program. Deadline: November 5, 2015
Pulling Together Initiative Grant (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ) The Pulling Together Initiative seeks proposals that will help control invasive plant species, mostly through the work of public/private partnerships such as Cooperative Weed Management Areas. Deadline: TBD
Chi-Cal Rivers Fund (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ) The geographic focus of the Fund includes the drainage areas of: Chicago River and tributaries in Illinois Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Bubbly Creek Calumet Sag Channel Calumet River Grand Calumet River Little Calumet River Burns Ditch With an emphasis on these waterways, the Fund will achieve its impact primarily by supporting projects through a competitive grants program focused on three goals: Increase stormwater storage capacity through green infrastructure Enhance fish and wildlife habitat Improve public-use opportunities Deadline: TBD
Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ) The program focuses on the stewardship and restoration of coastal, wetland and riparian ecosystems across the country. Its goal is to meet the conservation needs of important species and habitats, providing measurable and meaningful conservation and educational outcomes. The program requires the establishment and/or enhancement of diverse partnerships and an education/outreach component that will help shape and sustain behavior to achieve conservation goals. Funding priorities for this program include: On-the-ground wetland, riparian, in-stream and/or coastal habitat restoration Meaningful education and training activities, either through community outreach, participation and/or integration with K-12 environmental curriculum Measurable ecological, educational and community benefits Partnerships: Five Star projects should engage a diverse group of community partners to achieve ecological and educational outcomes. Deadline: November 11, 2014
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text:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Android_UEFIInstaller
{
    class UEFIInstaller : BasicInstaller
    {
        enum ErrorCodes
        {
            MOUNT_EFI_PARTITION,
            INSTALL_BOOT,
            UEFI_ENTRY
        }

            /*
             *
             * Create dirs
             * Install Android Files
             * Make data.img
             * Install Boot files
             * Create UEFI Entry
             * cleanup temp data
             *
             * #####
             * Folders:
             *           :\Android
             *          Z:\EFI\Android
             * Files:
             *           :\Android\kernel
             *           :\Android\initrd
             *           :\Android\ramdisk.img
             *           :\Android\system.img
             *           :\Android\data.img
             *
             *
             *           :\EFI\Android\grubx64.efi
             *           :\EFI\Android\grub.cfg
             */

        protected override bool InstallBootObjects(Object extraData)
        {
            String EFI_DIR = config.UEFI_PARTITION_MOUNTPOINT + config.UEFI_DIR;
            Log.write("===Installing Boot Objects===");

            if (!MountFirmwarePartition())
                return false;

            if (!CreateBootDirectory(EFI_DIR))
                return false;

            if (!CopyBootFiles(EFI_DIR))
                return false;

            if (!CreateUEFIBootOption(config.UEFI_PARTITION_MOUNTPOINT))
                return false;

            if (!UnMountFirmwarePartition())
                return false;

            return true;
        }

        protected override bool UnInstallBootObjects(Object extraData)
        {

            Log.write("===Removing Boot Objects===");
            MountFirmwarePartition();
            if (UEFIWrapper.UEFI_Init())
            {
                Log.write("-Remove Android UEFI Entry");
                int ret = UEFIWrapper.UEFI_DeleteBootOptionByDescription(config.BOOT_ENTRY_TEXT);
                Log.write("-UEFI: " + ret);
            }
            else
            {
                Log.write("-UEFI Init ... fail");
            }
            base.cleanup(config.UEFI_PARTITION_MOUNTPOINT + config.UEFI_DIR);
            UnMountFirmwarePartition();

            return true;
        }

        private bool MountFirmwarePartition()
        {
            Log.updateStatus("Mounting EFI Partition...");
            Log.write("-Mounting EFI Partition...");

            string MOUNT_EXE = @"C:\Windows\System32\mountvol.exe";
            string MOUNT_CMD = String.Format(" Z: /S");

            if (!ExecuteCLICommand(MOUNT_EXE, MOUNT_CMD))
            {
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }

        private bool UnMountFirmwarePartition()
        {
            Log.updateStatus("UnMounting EFI Partition...");
            Log.write("-UnMounting EFI Partition...");
            string UNMOUNT_EXE = @"C:\Windows\System32\mountvol.exe";
            string UNMOUNT_CMD = String.Format(" Z: /D");

            if (!ExecuteCLICommand(UNMOUNT_EXE,UNMOUNT_CMD))
            {
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }

        private Boolean CreateBootDirectory(string directory)
        {

            Log.write("-Setup Boot Directory...");
            if (!Directory.Exists(directory))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
                Log.write("-Boot Folder Created: " + directory);
            }
            else
            {
                Log.write("-Boot Directory is Already Exist");
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }

        private Boolean CopyBootFiles(String directory)
        {
            Log.write("-Copy Boot files");
            try
            {
                if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem)
                    File.Copy(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_BIN64, directory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_BIN64, false);
                else
                    File.Copy(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_BIN32, directory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_BIN32, false);

                if (!config.RemixOS_Found)
                    File.Copy(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_CONFIG, directory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_CONFIG, false);    //Android-x86
                else
                    File.Copy(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_RX_CONFIG, directory + @"\" + config.UEFI_GRUB_CONFIG, false);    //RemixOS

                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Log.write(ex.Message);
                return false;
            }

        }

        private Boolean CreateUEFIBootOption(String Drive)
        {
            String _Drive = String.Format(@"\\.\{0}",Drive);

            Log.write("-Add UEFI Entry");

            if (!UEFIWrapper.UEFI_Init())
            {
                Log.write("UEFI Init Fail");
                return false;
            }

            if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem)
            {

                if (!UEFIWrapper.UEFI_MakeMediaBootOption(config.BOOT_ENTRY_TEXT, _Drive, config.UEFI_DIR + config.UEFI_GRUB_BIN64))
                {
                    Log.write("UEFI 64-bit Entry Fail");
                    return false;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (!UEFIWrapper.UEFI_MakeMediaBootOption(config.BOOT_ENTRY_TEXT, _Drive, config.UEFI_DIR + config.UEFI_GRUB_BIN32))
                {
                    Log.write("UEFI 32-bit Entry Fail");
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


LADY AT THE BAT: The Great Subway Series Giveaway!
The Great Subway Series Giveaway!
The Subway Series returns this Friday when the Yankees host the Mets at the new Yankee Stadium. It continues in two weeks at the new Mets ballpark, Citi Field. These two parks have yet to produce any real memorable moments that fans can turn back to again and again. For now, they will have to be content with the memories they have collected from the old ballparks.
Each of these is a 6-DVD set of six historic games played in each of these historic ballparks.
I have two copies of each set to give away!
What was the name of the annual mid-season exhibition game played between the Mets and Yankees between 1963 and 1983?
Please include your DVD set preference (Yankees or Mets) in your response.
Four winners will be chosen at random.
Note: Your email address will be kept confidential and you will not be spammed or otherwise contacted by me in any manner.
Update, 6/15/09: The contest deadline has been extended! The new deadline is Sunday, June 28th at 9:30 PM Eastern. Good luck!


text:
Louis Meznarie (Saintry-sur-Seine, 14 de gener de 1930 - Coudray-Montceaux, 5 d'agost de 2020) fou un preparador de motos i cotxes de competició i propietari d'un equip que va competir a les 24 hores de Le Mans.

Des de 1959 fins a 1971, va ser distribuïdor oficial de NSU, preparador de motos i després preparador d'automòbils. Del 1971 al 1983, va ser entrenador oficial del Porsche 911, amb una sèrie de victòries a la seva categoria a les 24 hores de Le Mans, al Campionat de França de Ral·lis i al Campionat Europeu de Ral·lis. A les 24 hores de Le Mans de 1972, assistit per Jürgen Barth, futur guanyador en un Porsche 936 el 1977, Sylvain Garant i Mike Keizer. El 911 de 2,5 litres, flanquejat pel número 41 i registrat sota la bandera de l'equip Louis Meznarie, va acabar 13è a la general mentre guanyava la seva categoria. Al Salon Moto Légende 2017, a París, Louis Meznarie havia venut aquestes últimes motocicletes en nombre de 4 NSU per la casa de subhastes Osenat. Els darrers anys, es movia cada vegada menys, però sempre ens agradava trobar-lo i intercanviar molts records. Va morir l'agost del 2020.

Notes i referències

Persones de l'Essonne
Morts a l'Illa de França

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


4 Nights at 3* Flatotel International, Torrequebrada, B/B.
Based on 4 persons sharing a 2 bedroom apartment.
4 Nights at 3* Flatotel International, Torrequebrada, B/B. 3 rounds of golf at: Torrequebrada, Parador Old & Miraflores Shared buggies inc. at all 3 courses. Airport return transfers + hotel golf shuttle Based on 4 persons sharing a 2 bedroom apartment.
For golf holidays on the Costa del Sol the location couldn't be more convenient. Transfers from Malaga airport to Torrequebrada Golf take around 20 minutes.


You're sitting there with some Trader Joe's dumplings, Netflix and your cat. Suddenly, a text from a beautiful girl or boy appears on your phone. It's flirty! Emoji are involved! And all it cost was $24.99.
Yes, a new set of apps called Invisible Boyfriend and Invisible Girlfriend will set you up with a fake romantic partner who will text you, leave you voicemails and even send you a handwritten note. The app will also concoct a place where you first met, like a coffee shop, which would be true if you signed up for the service at a Starbucks.
This isn't just some chatbot texting you. The company employs hundreds of living, breathing human beings who send out loving messages and probably have to lie when asked what they do at parties.
Matt Homann had the idea for the app after experiencing some heartbreak of his own.
"I was newly divorced and got tired of everyone asking if I was dating, if I was seeing someone," Homann told TODAY.


text:
Q: Delete Google Chrome's tab history After browsing the web for a while, I want to delete my history.  So I press
 CTRL and H keys, and click the Edit items on the blue bar at the top of the page. Then I select the checkboxes for the items I want to remove. Then I click remove selected items.
When I go into any of my open tabs, their history isn't deleted.
Without restarting the tab or the browser, is there any way to clear the history within a tab?
I also want to know how to clear just one tab's history, without needing to know all the pages that the tab had visited, then going to the history page...

A: Unfortunately I don't think you can clear just one tab's history, however you can easily clear history for instance of 'The Past Hour' by using Ctrl + Shift + Del
You can also easily launch a new incognito window with Ctrl + Shift + N (Pages you view in this window won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close all open incognito windows.)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Ми́рко Івано́вський (,  31 жовтня 1989, Бітола) — македонський футболіст, нападник румунського клубу «Астра» (Джурджу) та національної збірної Македонії.

Клубна кар'єра

У дорослому футболі дебютував 2007 року виступами за команду клубу «Пелістер», в якій провів один сезон, взявши участь лише у 8 матчах чемпіонату.

Своєю грою за цю команду привернув увагу представників тренерського штабу клубу «Македонія Г. П.», до складу якого приєднався 2008 року. Відіграв за клуб зі столиці Македонії наступні два сезони своєї ігрової кар'єри.

Протягом 2010 року захищав кольори команди клубу «Славія», де грав на правах оренди.

У 2010 році уклав контракт з клубом «Арка», у складі якого провів наступні два роки своєї кар'єри гравця. Більшість часу, проведеного у складі «Арки», був основним гравцем атакувальної ланки команди.

До складу клубу «Астра» (Джурджу) приєднався 2012 року. Наразі встиг відіграти за команду з Джурджу 17 матчів в національному чемпіонаті.

Виступи за збірні
У 2009 році залучався до складу молодіжної збірної Македонії. На молодіжному рівні зіграв у 7 офіційних матчах. З 2010 року — гравець національної збірної.

Статистика виступів

Статистика виступів за збірну
Станом на 1 березня 2012 року.

Джерела
 Статистика на сайті www.footballdatabase.eu

Македонські футболісти
Гравці молодіжної збірної Північної Македонії з футболу
Футболісти «Пелістера»
Футболісти «Македонія Гьорче Петров»
Футболісти «Славії» (Прага)
Футболісти «Арки» (Гдиня)
Футболісти «Астри»
Македонські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Чехії
Футбольні легіонери в Польщі
Футбольні легіонери в Румунії
Уродженці Бітоли


text:
namespace iTin.Export.Model
{
    using System;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.Globalization;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Xml.Serialization;

    using ComponentModel;
    using Helpers;

    ///
    /// Represents a field condition. Defines the style that will be applied to the field when its value is the maximum.
    ///
    public partial class MaximumCondition : ICloneable
    {
        #region private memebrs
        [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]
        private string _style;

        [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]
        private object _maxValue;
        #endregion

        #region constructor/s

        #region [public] MaximumCondition(): Initializes a new instance of this class
        ///
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:iTin.Export.Model.MaximumCondition" /> class.
        ///
        public MaximumCondition()
        {
            _maxValue = null;
        }
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region public static readonly properties

        #region [public] {static} (MaximumCondition) Empty: Gets an empty condition
        ///
        /// Gets an empty condition.
        ///
        /// <value>
        /// An empty condition.
        /// </value>
        public static MaximumCondition Empty => new MaximumCondition();
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region public override readonly properties

        #region [public] {overide} (bool) IsDefault: Gets a value indicating whether this instance is default
        /// <inheritdoc />
        ///
        /// Gets a value indicating whether this instance is default.
        ///
        /// <value>
        /// true if this instance contains the default; otherwise, false.
        /// </value>
        public override bool IsDefault => base.IsDefault &&
                                          string.IsNullOrEmpty(Style);
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region public readonly properties

        #region [public] (bool) IsEmpty: Gets a value indicating whether this condition is an empty condition
        ///
        /// Gets a value indicating whether this condition is an empty condition.
        ///
        /// <value>
        /// true if is an empty condition; otherwise, false.
        /// </value>
        public bool IsEmpty => IsDefault;
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region public properties

        #region [public] (string) Style: Gets or sets a value that represents the style that is applied when the condition is met
        ///
        /// Gets or sets a value that represents the style that is applied when the condition is met.
        ///
        /// <value>
        /// A <see cref ="T:System.String"/> that represents the style that is applied when the condition is met.
        /// </value>
        /// <remarks>
        ///
        /// <MaximumValue Style="string" .../>
        ///
        /// <para>
        /// <para>Compatibility table with native writers.</para>
        ///

        ///

        ///

        ///       Comma-Separated Values
<see cref="T:iTin.Export.Writers.CsvWriter"/>
        ///       Tab-Separated Values
<see cref="T:iTin.Export.Writers.TsvWriter"/>
        ///       SQL Script
<see cref="T:iTin.Export.Writers.SqlScriptWriter"/>
        ///       XML Spreadsheet 2003
<see cref="T:iTin.Export.Writers.Spreadsheet2003TabularWriter"/>
        ///

        ///

        ///

        ///

        ///       No has effect
        ///       No has effect
        ///       No has effect
        ///       X
        ///

        ///

        ///

        /// A <c>X</c> value indicates that the writer supports this element.
        /// </para>
        /// </remarks>
        /// <example>
        ///
        /// <Global.Resources>
        ///   <Conditions>
        ///     <MaximumValue Key="max" Active="Yes" Field="TOTAL" EntireRow="No" Style="maxTotalStyle"/>
        ///     ...
        ///   </Conditions>
        /// </Global.Resources>
        ///
        /// </example>
        [XmlAttribute]
        public string Style
        {
            get => GetStaticBindingValue(_style);
            set
            {
                SentinelHelper.ArgumentNull(value);
                SentinelHelper.IsFalse(RegularExpressionHelper.IsValidIdentifier(value), new InvalidIdentifierNameException(ErrorMessageHelper.ModelIdentifierNameErrorMessage(GetType().Name, "Style", value)));

                _style = value;
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region public override methods

        #region [public] {override} (ConditionResult) Evaluate(int, int, FieldValueInformation): Returns result of evaluates condition
        ///
        /// Returns result of evaluates condition.
        ///
        /// <param name="row">Data row</param>
        /// <param name="col">Field column</param>
        /// <param name="target">Field data</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// A <see cref="T:iTin.Export.Model.ConditionResult"/> object that contains evaluate result.
        /// </returns>
        public override ConditionResult Evaluate(int row, int col, FieldValueInformation target)
        {
            if (target.IsText)
            {
                return ConditionResult.Default;
            }

            if (_maxValue == null)
            {
                var culture = Locale == KnownCulture.Current
                    ? CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture
                    : new CultureInfo(Locale.ToString());

                if (target.IsNumeric)
                {
                    _maxValue = CalculateNumericMaxValue(culture);
                }

                if (target.IsDateTime)
                {
                    _maxValue = CalculateDateTimeMaxValue(culture);
                }
            }

            var remarks = new RemarksCondition
            {
                Active = Active,
                Criterial = KnownOperator.EqualTo,
                EntireRow = EntireRow,
                Field = Field,
                Locale = Locale,
                Style = Style,
                Value = _maxValue.ToString()
            };

            return remarks.Evaluate(row, col, target);
        }
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region public methods

        #region [public] (MaximumCondition) Clone(): Clones this instance
        ///
        /// Clones this instance.
        ///
        /// <returns>A new object that is a copy of this instance.</returns>
        public MaximumCondition Clone()
        {
            return (MaximumCondition)MemberwiseClone();
        }
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region private methods

        #region [private] (DateTime) CalculateDateTimeMaxValue(IFormatProvider): Returns max datetime value
        private DateTime CalculateDateTimeMaxValue(IFormatProvider culture)
        {
            var data = GetFieldAttributeEnumerable();
            var result = data.Select(value => DateTime.Parse(value, culture));

            return result.Max();
        }
        #endregion

        #region [private] (decimal) CalculateNumericMaxValue(IFormatProvider): Returns max decimal value
        private decimal CalculateNumericMaxValue(IFormatProvider culture)
        {
            var data = GetFieldAttributeEnumerable();
            var result = data.Select(value => decimal.Parse(value, culture));

            return result.Max();
        }
        #endregion

        #region [private] (object) Clone(): Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance
        /// <inheritdoc />
        ///
        /// Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance.
        ///
        /// <returns>
        /// A new object that is a copy of this instance.
        /// </returns>
        object ICloneable.Clone()
        {
            return Clone();
        }
        #endregion

        #endregion
    }
}


Document(s) stating that the applicant used to work or reside in Thailand.
Two sets of original fingerprint forms.
For Thai nationals, fingerprints must be taken at the Royal Thai Embassy, with official seal and signature of a consular officer taking the fingerprints.
For Non-Thai nationals, fingerprints must be taken at a local police station in your country, with the official seal and signature of the official taking the fingerprints.
Power of attorney if you ask someone to do it on your behalf.
A self-addressed envelope enclosed with a confirmation of the paid postage (equivalent to seven international postage vouchers which can be purchased at your local post office), or add additional 300 baht (three hundred Thai baht) on top of the fee to cover the cost of return post.
Click here for the full list of required documents for foreign applicants.
- An applicant is required to provide the returning postage for the certificate. We would not be responsible for loss or damage.
- Delays may occur if your criminal record is found or if all of the required documents have not been submitted.
From 1 October 2012, a fee of 100 baht is required for the Certificate of Good Conduct. This fee will be used for the process of criminal background checks.
For postage delivery, you need to enclose addressed envelopes, stamps and a confirmation of money transferred to The Police Clearance Service Center's bank account. Or you may add 300 baht (three hundred Thai baht) on top of the fee to cover the cost of return post.
1. The certificate fee of 100 baht must be paid in Thai currency.
2. The applicant is responsible for all money transfer fees for both outgoing and incoming.
3. It should be noted that your certificate application will not be processed until you have provided all required documents and certificate fee.
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NORCROSS, Ga., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:GALT), the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins to treat fibrosis and cancer, announces that preclinical research from a study led by Stefanie Linch, Ph.D. in the laboratory of tumor immunology expert William L. Redmond, Ph.D. of the Providence Cancer Center's Earle A. Chiles Research Institute was presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer's (SITC) 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting. The meeting was held November 4-8 in National Harbor, Maryland. The studies presented were conducted by the Institute in collaboration with Galectin Therapeutics.
The poster presentation is titled "Galectin-3 inhibition using novel inhibitor GR-MD-02 improves survival and immune function while reducing tumor vasculature" and an abstract was published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.
The study found that GR-MD-02 boosts the frequency and persistence of antigen-specific T cells in non-tumor bearing mice. Additionally, GR-MD-02 in combination with anti-OX40, a monoclonal antibody in clinical development that activates the immune system, improved survival in mammary carcinoma models, and in a prostate cancer model. The combination also reduced lung metastases in the mammary carcinoma model. Within the tumor, an increase in the number of CD8 and CD4 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes was observed. The combination treatment also reduced functional tumor vasculature in the model. The poster is available for review here.
"We are pleased to have this poster presented at the recent Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting," said Peter G. Traber, M.D., Galectin's chief executive officer, president and chief medical officer. "These data show that GR-MD-02 has multiple important effects on experimental cancer in mice which act in concert with other immunotherapy agents to reduce cancer size and metastasis, and improve survival. These are all effects that might be predicted from inhibiting galectin-3 in the pathophysiology of cancers (see CEO Perspective)."
He added, "This research forms the basis of the two Phase 1b studies underway at the Providence Cancer Center with GR-MD-02 in combination with the immunotherapeutic agents Yervoy® (ipilimumab) or Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) in patients with metastatic melanoma, and suggests that the effects of combination therapy may be extendable to other immunotherapy agents such as anti-OX40."
Yervoy® is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Keytruda® is a registered trademark of Merck.
Providence Cancer Center, a part of Providence Health & Services, offers the latest in cancer services, including diagnostic, treatment, prevention, education, support and internationally renowned research. The Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center in the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute is a world-class research facility located within Providence Cancer Center. The Institute's main area of investigation is cancer immunotherapy, a specialized field of study focused on triggering the immune system to fight cancer. Visit www.providence.org/cancer.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or future financial performance, and use words such as "may," "estimate," "could," "expect" and others. They are based on management's current expectations and are subject to factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements. These statements include those regarding the hope that GR-MD-02 will increase the effectiveness of a checkpoint inhibitor in the treatment of advanced refractory metastatic melanoma. Factors that could cause actual performance to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, among others, that GR-MD-02 may not be safe or effective in combination with Keytruda or Yervoy. Moreover, Galectin may not be successful in developing effective treatments and/or obtaining the requisite approvals for the use of GR-MD-02 or any of its other drugs in development for the treatment of cancer, fatty liver disease with cirrhosis or other diseases. The Company's current clinical trials and any future clinical studies may not produce positive results in a timely fashion, if at all, and could prove time consuming and costly. Plans regarding development, approval and marketing of any of Galectin's drugs are subject to change at any time based on the changing needs of the Company as determined by management and regulatory agencies. Regardless of the results of any of its development programs, Galectin may be unsuccessful in developing partnerships with other companies or raising additional capital that would allow it to further develop and/or fund any studies or trials. Galectin has incurred operating losses since inception, and its ability to successfully develop and market drugs may be impacted by its ability to manage costs and finance continuing operations. For a discussion of additional factors impacting Galectin's business, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and subsequent filings with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although subsequent events may cause its views to change, management disclaims any obligation to update forward-looking statements.


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