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Chinese Odysseus Flips The Bird
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There is a sequence in Red Cliff where the sneeky tactician for the good guys lets go a dove to gather intelligence, and said dove flutters over the lake acting as a battlefield. In this flight the dove takes in everything, the boats, the standing army, the state of the camps finally ending up with one of the films heroines (an implausible spy truth be told). Its a tricksy piece of CGI which flows perfectly and shows much of what is good about Red Cliff, a modern sensibility on an old tale. Oh, did I say it was a dove? OF COURSE IT WAS, ITS A JOHN WOO FILM.
John Woo, him of the constant bird action, picks up a new trick for this return to Chinese film making. using a tortoise as well as a dove. And this version of the battle of the Three Kingdoms is both respectful of its source material and yet modern enough to work as a film. Insanely complex to those of us unaware of the historical and mythological story, Woo manages to streamline the complex battle down into a form we can understand. Basically he has remade Troy with a slightly different story and a better feel for the flow of the story. But as with the Iliad, the real hero of this film is our sneeky strategist. Because for all the might of the Chinese empire, knowing a bit about the weather and mastery of tactics trumps the brute force any day, Indeed the Sage of the Three Kingdoms is much preferable to the sack of Troy when considered like to like.
a) 3 Kingdoms takes place over about a month. Trojan War ten years.
b) The good guys (our heroes) in 3 Kingdoms is the minority force. In Troy the Greeks came in hundreds of ships.
c) Lots of sneekiness. Spies, use of weather and a trojan horse style double bluff works well for the 3 Kingdoms mob.
d) No stupid wooden horse.
I saw another film about the 3 Kingdoms last year which I really enjoyed. However Red Cliff barely reminded me of it, instead there was a sense that Woo was making this material his own. And yet it is played straight and a lot is filled in a small running time. As it is, Its terrific fun AND educational. And it takes palce around the last days ot the Roman empire to boot!
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John Hunter Nemechek Previews Round of 8 Race at Talladega Superspeedway
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John Hunter Nemechek and the No. 4 Pye Barker Fire & Safety team head to Talladega Superspeedway for the second race in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs 28 points above the cutoff line for advancing to the Championship 4 at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway. After starting first and leading the first 30 en laps at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway en route to his series-leading 11th stage win Nemechek began experiencing electrical issues in Stage Two which sent him behind the wall for several laps and relegated the team to a 33rd-place finish in the opening race in the Round of 8. After this week's race at Talladega, the Round of 8 will conclude Oct. 30 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
The 24-year-old driver has made five Truck Series starts at Talladega, with a best result of sixth in the 2017 event. He finished eighth in each of his Cup Series starts at the Alabama track, both last season. In the Xfinity Series he has finished inside the top 10 in both of his Talladega starts, with a best result of sixth in 2019. In his superspeedway debut for KBM in the Truck Series, he led 14 laps and finished seventh at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February.
The second-generation driver has put together a remarkable season thus far in his first season driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM). In addition to leading the circuit in race wins (five) and stage wins (11), he leads the Truck Series in top fives (11), fastest laps run (280), driver rating (115.2), average running position (6.920) and average finish (8.7).
Nemechek registered his fifth Truck Series win of 2021 June 26 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. The talented wheelman was able to beat KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch head-to-head for the third time this season. Nemechek also bested his boss at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway in March and at Richmond (Va.) Raceway in April. Busch finished second to his pupil in all three of those events. Additionally, Nemechek has produced victories at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
The Toyota Racing driver is competing in the Camping World Truck Series playoffs for the third time in his career. He finished eighth in the championship standings for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports, in 2016 and 2017. Nemechek is an 11-time winner in Camping World Truck Series action, winning at least one race each season from 2015 to 2018 for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports, and returning to victory lane this year with KBM.
Eric Phillips returned to KBM to lead the No. 4 team this season. Phillips led the No. 18 team at KBM in its debut season in 2010 and helped build the organization into one of the premier teams in all of NASCAR before departing at the end of the 2014 season. Under his guidance, the No. 18 team won eight races in its inaugural campaign and became the first team in Truck Series history to capture an owner's championship in its first season of competition. In 2014, the Illinois native led the No. 51 team to an owner's championship and his team's 10 wins spearheaded KBM to a single-season Truck Series record of 14 wins. His 42 career Truck Series victories make him the winningest crew chief in Truck Series history, with 32 of those coming while at KBM. At Talladega, Phillip's drivers have collected one win, one top-five and five top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 10.9 across seven starts. He was victorious with KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch at the 2.66-mile tri-oval in 2010.
John Hunter Nemechek, Driver Q&A:
Being 24 points above the cutoff line heading into Talladega, will you be on offense or defense?
"My theory is the less trucks that are in front of you, the less likely you are to wreck. For us, I think we have to go out and have a solid race, obviously. Stage points mean a lot, there is a lot that can change throughout the race, gaining or losing stage points compared to the other competitors. I also feel like you have to be around at the end to have a solid finish – that's really what makes or breaks your day, I feel like. Have to have a solid race, definitely be on the lookout to not wreck but stay in the mix all day."
What do you think makes a good superspeedway racer?
"I think overall, being a good superspeedway racer is recognizing the situations – being able to know when to side draft and when not to side draft and using the air and the run to your advantage. The Trucks are a little bit different than a Cup car or an Xfinity car, they definitely draft different. I feel like it's more single-file or pack-style racing compared to the other series. There are a lot of new guys to superspeedway racing, with not a lot of experience in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series compared to the other two series. You have to be on the lookout for that as well. I think just recognizing the situations, knowing when to take a run and when not to take a run. Knowing who your drafting partners are – who you can trust and who you can't trust is what all goes into making a really good superspeedway racer."
Talk about your paint scheme for Saturday's race.
"We have a pink No. 4, Pye-Barker/Fire Alarm Services Toyota Tundra on track this weekend at Talladega. Something that hits home to all of us, my family, the family from Fire Alarm Services as well and everyone involved. Trying to bring pink out and create some awareness for Breast Cancer. It being the month of October is a special month for us, so we're looking forward to hopefully taking it to victory lane on Saturday."
John Hunter Nemechek Career Highlights:
Eleven-time winner in Camping World Truck Series action, winning at least one race each season from 2015 to 2018 for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports. Across 121 career starts in NASCAR's third division, has compiled two poles, 1,168 laps led, 39 top-five and 64 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.5.
Qualified for the Camping World Truck Series playoffs in each of his two full-time seasons, finishing eighth in the championship standings in both 2016 and 2017.
Produced three top-10 finishes and an average result of 22.4 while competing for rookie of the year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020. He recorded a career-best eighth-place finish twice, both coming at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award four times and finished 23rd in the championship standings.
Across 53 career XFINITY Series starts, has totaled one win (Kansas Speedway, 10/20/18), one pole, 225 laps led, 13 top-five and 31 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 11.8.
John Hunter Nemechek's No. 4 Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Tundra:
KBM-13: The No. 4 Pye-Barker Fire & Safety team will unload KBM-13 for Saturday's race at Talladega. This is the first time this Tundra has been raced since 2018. KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch won with KBM-13 at Daytona International Speedway in 2014. It also has produced runner-up finishes with Christopher Bell at Talladega in 2017 and Erik Jones at Daytona in 2015.
KBM-13 Performance Profile:
Starts Wins Average Start Average Finish Laps Led
12 1 7.2 10.9 52
KBM Notes of Interest:
KBM drivers have collected two wins, two poles, 68 laps led, nine top-five and 17 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 10.6 across 28 starts at Talladega.
Raphael Lessard collected the first victory of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career last year at the 2.66-mile tri-oval. Owner-driver Kyle Busch was victorious in the 2010 event when he finished 0.002 seconds ahead of Aric Almirola in the closest finish in Truck Series history since electronic scoring was instituted.
KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (89) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). With his victory at Bristol Motor Speedway Chandler Smith became the 17th different driver to win a Truck Series event for KBM. In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner's Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
The No. 4 has 16 career victories at KBM and was the number for both of the organization's driver championships.
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Coronavirus: ECB launches £61m aid package for English cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board announced the aid package for the English game in response to the "once in a generation" challenge of the coronavirus outbreak.
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The 18 first-class counties and county boards, as well as the MCC, will each receive a share of the aid. - Twitter Image
The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Tuesday a £61 million ($76 million) aid package for the English game in response to the "once in a generation" challenge of the coronavirus outbreak.
The 18 first-class counties and county boards, as well as the MCC, will immediately each receive a share of some £40m in their respective bank accounts on Wednesday, with a further £20m available in interest free loans and grants.
"It's no exaggeration to say that this is the biggest challenge the ECB have faced in their history," said chief executive Tom Harrison in a conference call.
"We won't know the full impact for a few months. We are aware the effects will be long-standing and they will be very significant on us. We are trying to work around the clock to understand that impact and take some short-term steps to help counties and recreational clubs to get through the immediate impact."


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It is utterly amazing what God can do through one person's obedience, and how He can supernaturally multiply our efforts and giving, just as He did with the loaves and fishes.
Several years ago I met a young man of modest means who had heard about our Here's Life World strategy at the time to help fulfill the Great Commission. This young man felt impressed to "adopt" the country of Thailand.
We needed about $75,000 for the Here's Life campaign in Thailand. This man proceeded to sell a piece of property, for which he received almost that amount.
Even though this gift represented most of his savings, he felt impressed of God to pick up the entire cost for that country with the money from the sale. This enabled volunteers of the Here's Life campaign in Thailand to take the gospel to cities, villages and hamlets throughout the country.
Sometime later I was went on a speaking tour of several Asian countries, including Thailand. While there I was able to see firsthand the results of that earlier campaign. I was privileged to speak at the dedication service of 258 Thais who had committed themselves to further take the gospel to millions of their countrymen. They were showing the "JESUS" film throughout their country of 48 million people. This all began through the obedient stewardship and sacrificial giving of one American who helped launch Here's Life, Thailand.
God used this story of dedication to inspire several men to give to help fulfill the Great Commission in other countries through Here's Life World. Equally important, the young man's investment had, by 1989, helped to introduce more than 1,300,000 people to Christ, set up more than 18,000 New Life Groups in homes and start 3,338 churches. No doubt, since 1989, the tally would be many times that. It is probable that apart from that young man's original investment, much of the spiritual harvest now taking place in Asia would not have been possible.
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CLASS ACTION UPDATE 03 Dec 2019 Brisbane Floods Class Action - Court opens the gate for damages claim against public authority
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Court hands down decision in Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 22) [2019] NSWSC 1657
The Supreme Court of NSW has found that two Queensland water authorities and four flood engineers owed and breached duties of care in connection with the 2011 Brisbane floods.
The water authorities and State of Queensland were also vicariously liable for breaches of the duties owed by the flood engineers they each employed.
Although a first instance decision, the circumstances in which the Court has found that the authorities owed a duty of care to third parties is potentially significant in the context of class actions alleging negligence against public authorities.
The decision emphasises the importance of the statutory framework within which public authorities operate, which is often key to whether a duty of care to third parties can exist.
What was the class action about?
The claim was brought on behalf of persons with an interest in land who either suffered loss directly from the flooding of that land, or from having their use or enjoyment of that land interfered with by the flooding. The plaintiff ran a sporting goods and clothing store, and represented a closed class with 6,870 members.
The plaintiff brought claims of negligence, trespass and nuisance against the two water authorities (Seqwater and SunWater) and the State of Queensland in connection with the Brisbane Floods in January 2011. In particular:
The plaintiff contended that Seqwater, SunWater and the flood engineers owed a duty to take reasonable care in the conduct of flood operations at Wivenhoe and Somerset dams to avoid the risk of harm to property and the risk of interference with the use and enjoyment of property.
The plaintiff also alleged that the water authorities and Government were vicariously liable for breaches by the flood engineers.
The plaintiff relied on a Flood Operations Manual that regulated conduct of flood engineers during flood operations, and expressly required the use of forecast rainfall data in conducting flood operations.
The plaintiff was ultimately successful in its claims in negligence, but unsuccessful in its claims of trespass and nuisance.
Duty of care to third parties
The test for novel duties: "salient features" (and whether inconsistent with statutory framework)
As the alleged duties were novel, the Court applied the "salient features test" adopted in Caltex Refineries v Stavar (2009) 75 NSWLR 649 to determine whether they were owed. This test involves evaluating features such as the level of control a defendant has over the risk, foreseeability of risk of harm, whether the plaintiff was vulnerable in the sense of being unable to protect itself, and whether any duty would be owed to an indeterminate number of people.
As the duties were alleged against a public authority, the court also considered whether they would be consistent with the statutory framework in which it operates, as explained below.
No exercise of relevant statutory functions, and duty not inconsistent in any event
A key issue in determining whether a duty of care is owed by a public authority is whether the alleged duty is consistent with the statutory framework in which it operates. A court will generally not impose a duty that would be inconsistent with the exercise of statutory functions.
This was particularly relevant to Seqwater, the body responsible for managing the dams.
Here, the Court concluded that Seqwater was not exercising a statutory function in conducting flood mitigation (and so there could be no inconsistency between the alleged duties and its statutory functions). Rather, it was operating the dams as an owner, and the exclusive licences it held enabled it to engage in particular conduct.
This was because statutory functions are conferred onto entities such as Seqwater under the South East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Act 2007 (Qld) only to the extent that they are consistent with operational and strategic plans. As there were no operational and strategic plans, the Court found that Seqwater was not exercising any statutory function.
The Court further considered that, even if Seqwater was exercising such a statutory function, that function would not be inconsistent with a duty to take reasonable care in the conduct of flood operations to avoid or minimise the risks discussed above.
Relatedly, the Court also considered there to be no conflict between the interests of different persons at different locations downstream of the Wivenhoe dam, as a "single duty" is owed to all of the relevant classes of persons.
Control of each of Seqwater, SunWater and the flood engineers
As touched on above, the Court considered Seqwater to have relevant control over flood mitigation, operating as owner and under exclusive licences.
Sunwater's position was slightly different. As it was a government owned corporation contracted to provide flood management services to Seqwater pursuant to a service level agreement, the Court found its control over the risk of harm to be indirect. Its authority in respect of the dam arose out of its agreement with Seqwater and its employment of one of the flood engineers, and its obligations were subject to the Flood Operations Manual. Accordingly, while the Court found that SunWater owed the group members the posited duty, that was only in respect of the flood management services that it was engaged to provide.
In relation to the flood engineers, the Court found that Seqwater shared its control of the dams with them and that they owed the relevant duty during the periods in which they could exercise control over dam releases under the Flood Operations Manual.
Foreseeability and Vulnerability
The risk of flood (and damage from it) when carrying out flood mitigation tasks was readily apparent. On the issue of vulnerability, the Court found that each of the affected downstream real property owners had no effective means of protecting themselves.
Would the duty be owed to an indeterminate class?
The Court found that the class of persons to whom a duty would be owed was not indeterminate. Relevant to this analysis was that the harm was physical harm with consequential economic harm. This was said to be determinable by the proximity of their property to the Brisbane River (which is the very fact that makes their property susceptible to over the floor flooding).
Breach – requirement to abide by its own Operations Manual
The Court accepted that the flood engineers were required to – but did not - follow the dams' Flood Operations Manual, which required consideration of rainfall forecast data when developing a release strategy.
Causation – the flood simulation
In finding that those breaches caused the plaintiff's loss, the Court accepted a simulation prepared by the plaintiff's expert mapping the flooding that would have occurred if the flood engineers had taken the steps that reasonably competent flood engineers would have taken. This ultimately demonstrated that the plaintiff's store and the properties of a number of group members would not have been inundated with flood water.
That finding was on the basis that all of the flood engineers' breaches of duty combined to complete a set of conditions that were jointly sufficient to account for the loss at those properties. Whether the findings will ultimately support claims of other group members remains to be seen – those claims will need to be litigated on issues of causation and quantum if they are not resolved.
Damages – deducting government grants from claim value
One damages issue was whether grants received from the Queensland Rural And Industry Development Authority pursuant to a Special Disaster Assistance package should be deducted from each person's claim. The court held they should be.
Floodgates?
While an important decision, it will not "open the floodgates". In particular:
The decision applies the well accepted salient features analysis in dealing with a novel duty of care.
Importantly, the claim dealt with physical damage and losses consequential to physical damage, and not pure economic loss claims where different considerations apply, particularly in the area of indeterminacy and a consideration of the nature of the harm alleged.
Key to the outcome was the Court's view that the relevant statutory regime was predicated upon an operational and strategic plan, which was not in place.
This statutory regime and surrounding circumstances is unique and the analysis will not necessarily be applicable in other actions against public authorities.
For example, his Honour accepted that in the 2014 ACT Court of Appeal decision in Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales; West v State of New South Wales (2014) 10 ACTLR 1 (a negligence case arising out of the 2003 Canberra bushfires) the posited duty was either inconsistent with, or had the tendency to distort and impair the exercise of, statutory powers and responsibilities conferred by the Rural Fires Act 1997 (NSW).
Possibility of appeal
There is also the possibility of an appeal, particularly in view of the size of the potential claim and the nature of the issues dealt with, such as:
the absence of an operational and strategic plan resulting in a finding that the dam operators were not exercising a statutory function; and
whether the posited duty of care to third parties was inconsistent with the statutory framework.
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Reading posts, I'm saddened. Uplifted that so many have an opinion about the events of the day. Inspired to read so many insights. But saddened by the affliction on people's hearts. People calling each other racists and xenophobic. Even if they are, we see it and know it.
Where is the love? Many claim to be religious yet, I see so much hate. Some of it is the hate that hate produced. Can love drive it out?
I haven't lost my mind, I'm asking a question. If the Trump and Cruz supporters are so bad, what do you think they think of the the Bernie and Hillary supporters? On the surface, people are voting for personalities and not getting to the core issues.
Obama isn't the problem. Never was. We are! Whether you're Black or White, Hispanic or Asian or African, Australian or European we all play a role in the dysfunction in our world.
The common issue at hand is economics. Want to erase crime and stop terrorism? Want your child to get a quality education, or stop world hunger? Want your business to succeed? Want to stop working three or four jobs? Want to narrow racial and religious divides? Then vote for someone who will address the economy.
Focus on the candidates that will improve the economy. Not the ones that will just address the disparity in wealth.
You can't take what the wealthy have already acquired. That's wrong.
Wrong policies got us here. It doesn't mean raise taxes. They're high enough. And it's not about ending entitlements right away. Because entitlements aren't just for the poor, they help everyone. They're in farming and oil and much more, if we look at the annual budget.
It means thinking outside the box and finding ways that collectively we work together. And really get to the crux of the matter.
But to get there we have to change what's in our heart. No matter what side we sit on.
It can't be you did this to me anymore!
The truth is, we can go farther, if we look at each other and can say, look what you did for me!


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Monsanto's 'Jaw-Dropping' Deception Exposed in 'Whitewash'
U.S. Right to Know
Oct. 10, 2017 12:28PM EST GMO
By Stacy Malkan
Carey Gillam's new book is available now from Island Press: Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science.
Gilliam's Whitewash is a hard-hitting investigation into the most widely used agrichemical in history, based on 20 years of research and scores of internal industry documents. For decades, glyphosate has been lauded as the chemical that's "safe enough to drink," but a growing body of scientific research ties glyphosate to cancers and a host of other health and environmental threats.
Whitewash is a "must-read," sayid Booklist. Kirkus Reviews called Whitewash a "hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative," and a "forceful argument for an agricultural regulatory environment that puts public interest above corporate profits."
Q: Carey, you've been reporting on pesticides and Monsanto for nearly 20 years. As a journalist, why was it important to write a book about the topic? Why now?
A: Health experts around the world recognize that pesticides are a big contributor to a range of health problems suffered by people of all ages, but a handful of very powerful and influential corporations have convinced policy makers that the risks to human and environmental health are well worth the rewards that these chemicals bring in terms of fighting weeds, bugs or plant diseases. These corporations are consolidating and becoming ever more powerful, and are using their influence to push higher and higher levels of many dangerous pesticides into our lives, including into our food system. We have lost a much-needed sense of caution surrounding these chemicals, and Monsanto's efforts to promote increased uses of glyphosate is one of the best examples of how this corporate pursuit of profits has taken priority over protection of the public.
Q: People may not be familiar with the term "glyphosate" or even "Roundup." What is it? Why should people care?
A: Roundup herbicide is Monsanto's claim to fame. Well before it brought genetically engineered crops to market, Monsanto was making and selling Roundup weed killer. Glyphosate is the active ingredient—the stuff that actually kills the weeds—in Roundup. Glyphosate is also now used in hundreds of other products that are routinely applied to farm fields, lawns and gardens, golf courses, parks, and playgrounds. The trouble is that it's not nearly as safe as Monsanto has maintained, and decades of scientific research link it to a range of diseases, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Monsanto has known about these risks and worked very hard to hide them while promoting more and more use. Monsanto's genetically engineered crops are all built to encourage glyphosate use. The key genetic trait Monsanto has inserted into its GMO soybeans, corn, canola, sugar beets, and other crops is a trait that allows those crops to survive being sprayed directly with glyphosate. After Monsanto introduced these "glyphosate-tolerant" crops in the mid-1990s, glyphosate use skyrocketed. Like other pesticides used in food production, glyphosate residues are commonly found in food, including cereals, snacks, honey, bread and other products.
Q: You write that Whitewash shows we've forgotten the lessons of Rachel Carson and Silent Spring. What do you mean by that?
A: Carson laid out the harms associated with indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides, and she predicted the devastation they could and would bring to our ecosystems. She also accused the chemical industry of intentionally spreading disinformation about their products. Her book was a wake-up call that spurred an environmental movement and led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. But over the decades since, the general population and certainly our politicians and regulators have clearly forgotten the need for caution and scrutiny in dealing with these pesticides and the companies that profit from them. You see a push by our political leaders for fewer regulations, for more unchecked use of glyphosate and other pesticides in our food production, while research about how these pesticides cause cancer, how they harm children's brain development, and how they alter reproductive health all get pushed aside.
Q: You obtained industry communications and regulatory documents that reveal evidence of corporate influence in regulatory agencies like the EPA. Does the evidence you uncovered take on new significance in light of the current political climate in the U.S.? How can people keep regulatory agencies accountable for working in the public's best interest?
A: Yes, it's quite clear that Monsanto and other corporate giants like Dow Chemical enjoy significant sway with regulators, the very people who are supposed to be protecting the public. The companies use their money and political power to influence regulatory decision-making as well as the scientific assessments within the regulatory agencies. If we consumers and taxpayers want to protect our children, our families, our future, we need to pay attention, educate ourselves on these issues, write and call our lawmakers, and support organizations working on our behalf to protect our health and environment. We need to be proactive on policies that protect the public, not the profits of giant corporations. Capitalism is great—the pursuit of wealth through a free marketplace provides much that is good, that is true. But when we let corporate profit agendas take precedence over the health and well-being of our people and our planet, we're sacrificing far too much.
Q: Monsanto attempted to censor and discredit you when you published stories that contradicted their business interests. What strategies can journalists—or scientists—employ when faced with this pushback? What are the stakes if they don't?
A: Monsanto, and organizations backed by Monsanto, have certainly worked to undermine my work for many years. But I'm not alone; they've gone after reporters from an array of major news outlets, including the New York Times, as well as scientists, academics and others who delve too deeply into the secrets they want to keep hidden. I see it as a badge of honor that Monsanto and others in the chemical industry feel threatened enough by our work to attack us. It's certainly not easy, for journalists in particular, to challenge the corporate propaganda machine.
Reporters that go along with the game, repeat the talking points, and publish stories that support corporate interests are rewarded with coveted access to top executives and handed "exclusive" stories about new products or new strategies, all of which score them bonus points with editors. In contrast, reporters who go against the grain, who report on unflattering research, or who point out failures or risks of certain products, often find they lose access to key corporate executives. The competition gets credit for interviews with top corporate chieftains while reporters who don't play the game see their journalistic skills attacked and insulted and become the subject of persistent complaints by the corporate interests to their editors.
What can be done? Editors and reporters alike need to check their backbones, realize that the job of a journalist is to find the story behind the spin, to ask uncomfortable questions and to forge an allegiance only to truth and transparency. When we lose truthful independent journalism, when we're only hearing what the powerful want heard, it's assured that those without power will be the ones paying the price.
Q: You interviewed a huge number of people for this book, including scientists, farmers and regulators. Is there a particular conversation or story that stands out to you?
A: I've interviewed thousands of people over my career, from very big-name political types to celebrities to every day men and women, and I find it's always those who are most unassuming, those "regular folk" who grab my heart. In researching this book, the individual story that most resonated with me is that of Teri McCall, whose husband Jack suffered horribly before dying of cancer the day after Christmas in 2015. The McCall family lived a quiet and rather simple life, raising avocadoes and assorted citrus fruits on their Cambria, California farm, using no pesticides other than Roundup in their orchards. Jack's death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer linked to glyphosate, fully devastated Teri and her children and grandchildren. She has shown so much grace and strength and she gave me so much of her time—and her tears—in telling me Jack's story. She is a woman I truly admire.
Of course there are so many others I have learned from, who I feel for, including the scientists who have struggled to publish research, who have been censored or worse for their findings of harm associated with glyphosate and other pesticides. And farmers—I have so much regard for farmers generally, including each and every one interviewed for this book. The work they do to raise our food is incredibly challenging and they are on the front lines of the pesticide dangers every day.
Q: You've been immersed in this topic for years. Was there anything you found in the course of researching and writing this book that surprised you?
A: Jaw-dropping is the best way to describe some of the documents I and others have uncovered. Seeing behind the curtain, reading in their own words how corporate agents worked intentionally to manipulate science, to mislead consumers and politicians, was shocking. As a long-time journalist, I'm a bit of a hardened cynic. Still, the depth of the deception laid bare in these documents, and other documents still coming to light, is incredible.
Q: What do you hope readers take away from Whitewash?
A: A writer at the New York Times told me after reading Whitewash that she feared eating anything in her refrigerator because of the information the book provides about the range of pesticide residues found in so many food products. That definitely is not my goal, to frustrate or frighten people. But I do hope that readers will be moved to care more about how our food is produced, how we make use of dangerous synthetic pesticides not just on farms but also on schoolyards and in parks where our children play.
And I hope they will want to be engaged in the larger discussion and debate about how we build a future that adequately balances the risks and rewards associated with these pesticides. As Whitewash shows, the current system is designed to pump up corporate profits much more than it is to promote long-term environmental and food production sustainability. There are many powerful forces at work to keep the status quo, to continue to push dangerous pesticides, almost literally down our throats. It's up to the rest of us to push back.
Reposted with permission from our media associate U.S. Right to Know.
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Q: Cpu overheat for no reason I have AMD fx-4100 quad-core with windows 10 LTSC 2019 X64 and with Comodo internet security with the last update.
I play call of duty mobile with a game loop emulator and my maximum CPU temperature is 60°C on the game and on normal use, it was 40-44°C. but after I installed the ping tester and net-tools 5 and LOIC for my school homework(ethical hacking), my CPU on the game is going to 70°C and in normal use even if i don't do anything with it the temperature keep going up until 57°C-60°C
I uninstalled them but still, nothing changed. I've done these steps, but it didn't help

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*checked my task manager

*run games on low graphic

*undo my overclock

*update my Drivers

*scan my pc for malware

*stop unnecessary programs and services

*clean my PC's fan and case and change the thermal grease

*add an extra fan

*reinstall my windows 10

A: First you should determine whether this is a hardware or software issue. Try booting your computer from a Live CD, use it for a while, and see if the problem persists. If the overheating still occurs, you have a hardware issue. If the problem goes away, you have a software issue in your OS environment.
If the hardware issue persists, make sure you're not overlooking environmental factors such as blocking of vents, placement of the computer near a heat source or in direct sunlight, or the arrival of warmer weather. You can check the contact between your CPU and heat sink, and the proper operation of fans and blowers in the computer chassis. And you can try resetting your BIOS to factory settings, since the BIOS likely has responsibility for sensing temperature and regulating fan speeds.
If this is a software issue, the troubleshooting possibilities are beyond the scope of this question. You may have contracted a malicious program which is hiding from your diagnostic tools, or the OS may be malfunctioning in some subtle way. The most reliable solution would be to back up your personal data and reinstall your OS from scratch.

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Problems of gravity
Marianne Freiberger
Submitted by Marianne on July 23, 2014
Albert Einstein is an icon and for good reason. His general theory of relativity, which describes the force of gravity, was an intellectual tour de force. Not only were his ideas entirely new, they have also stood the test of time. Despite this success, some physicists are doing what many would consider sacrilege: they are tinkering with the theory, producing modified versions of it. But why?
What's wrong with general relativity?
Einstein's theory of relativity, which describes the force of gravity, was an intellectual tour de force.
"General relativity correctly describes what we observe at the scale of the solar system," reassures Constantinos Skordis, of The Universities of Nottingham and Cyprus. "It all works beautifully at this scale and it has been tested." The problems arise when you look at the Universe at very small or at very large scales.
At the turn of the twentieth century people realised that at very small scales, in the realm of atomic and sub-atomic particles, the world looked very different from what they had expected. The theory of quantum mechanics grew out of that realisation and posed a new challenge: the descriptions of the fundamental forces of nature now had to be adapted to the new quantum mechanical insights — they had to quantised (see Schrödinger's equation — what is it? and Let me take you down cos we're going to .. quantum fields).
The problem is that general relativity stubbornly refuses to comply in this undertaking. "Einstein's theory cannot be easily quantised; we can't find a quantum counterpart in the same way as we found one for electromagnetism," explains Thomas Sotiriou of the University of Nottingham. In fact, the problem of finding a quantum theory of gravity is so challenging, and so important, many consider it the holy grail of modern physics.
Another mystery arises when you look at the Universe as a whole. Since 1929 physicists have known that the Universe is expanding, a fact that came as a shock even to Einstein: stars and galaxies are moving away from each other. Nearly 70 years later, in the 1990s, observations of far away objects also showed that this expansion is speeding up. General relativity cannot explain what causes this acceleration. If we believe the theory, then we must concede that there is something else out there, a mysterious form of energy which drives the acceleration. That something has been dubbed dark energy.
"Dark energy is bizarre," says Skordis. "It's not a particle, you can't detect it in the lab. It's just a missing form of energy which must have some peculiar properties. For example, it must exert negative pressure, which is what drives accelerated expansion. We just don't know what causes it." (See here for more on dark energy.)
Quantum physics offers one explanation for dark energy. According to this theory, the vacuum does not really exist in the sense we usually understand it, as empty space. Instead, particles constantly pop in and out of existence, resulting in a vacuum energy, an energy of space itself, which might be driving the accelerated expansion. There's a number which measures that vacuum energy, called the cosmological constant, whose value particle physicists can estimate. The trouble is that this estimated value is bigger than what observations suggest. And not just a bit: the two values, observed and theoretical, differ by at least 60 orders of magnitude (see this article for more). Although the estimate stemming from quantum physics is rough and perhaps naive, the difference is so big that something is clearly, very wrong.
These problems, dark energy and the need to quantise gravity, provide some of the motivations for meddling with general relativity. And perhaps they are even connected. "The very large and the very small [scale problems] are not necessarily distinct," says Sotiriou. "It is technically very challenging, but not inconceivable that one could have an extension of general relativity that deals with the large scale problems, which would at the same time have a better behaviour when it comes to quantisation. Maybe we can hit two birds with one stone."
But how does one go about finding such an extension of general relativity?
Violating symmetry
One place to start is a fundamental principle underlying Einstein's physics. The word "relativity" refers to the fact that when you observe an object in motion, what you see depends on how you are moving yourself. We're all familiar with this. When you observe a moving train from the platform, you see it rushing past, but if you are travelling alongside it at the same speed it looks stationary. Motion is relative: it depends on what you measure it against.
If you throw a ball up in the air in a moving train, you will see it behaving in exactly the same way as if you were standing on the platform, as long as the train is not slowing down, speeding up, or swerving.
Some things, however, do look the same whether you are moving or not. If you throw a ball up in the air in a moving train, you will see it behaving in exactly the same way as if you were standing on the platform, as long as the train is not slowing down, speeding up, or swerving. Einstein thought that this was a fundamental feature of nature: that two observers performing the same experiment should see the same result even if they are moving at different speeds, as long as their relative velocity is constant. (That is, if one were to look across to the other, they wouldn't perceive him or her to be slowing down, speeding up, or swerving.) The results they see should also be independent of the direction in which their laboratory is oriented in space.
This principle is known as Lorentz invariance or Lorentz symmetry, after the Dutch physicists Hendrik Antoon Lorentz who played a major role in developing the underlying ideas. Einstein's special theory of relativity, which came before the general one, is built on the principle of Lorentz symmetry and the additional principle that the speed of light should appear the same to all observers. Squeezing the two principles into the same theory came at a price: things we would normally think of as absolute, such as time or the lengths of objects, in special relativity also become relative, depending on the observer's state of motion (see this article for more).
As the name suggests, special relativity only applies to special situations, which is why Einstein went on to formulate the more universal general theory of relativity. It ended up providing a complete description of the force of gravity, and it encodes Lorentz symmetry in a fundamental way.
Lorentz symmetry isn't just an idea: it has been tested experimentally and so far it seems that it does indeed hold. But still, there are people who suspect that it's where general relativity might be going wrong. "The name of the game is to say, can I actually have a violation of the symmetry; deviations from the standard picture that are small enough so that experiments will not detect them, but that would still lead to a better behaviour [of the theory]," says Sotiriou.
Physicists are in the process of formulating such Lorentz violating theories, and although their efforts are not yet complete, results are interesting. "It turns out that theories that don't satisfy Lorentz's principle tend to behave better when you go to smaller and smaller length scales," says Sotiriou. "There's a theory that fits the bill, initially proposed by Petr Hořava at UC Berkeley. It doesn't seem to contradict any experiments so far, and in principle it seems that it will have better quantisation properties than general relativity. But the theory is not yet completely worked out. It needs to be looked at more."
Massive gravity
Another approach that has seen recent progress also involves the attempt to quantise gravity. Quantum physics, which does well at describing fundamental forces other than gravity, holds that these forces are "mediated" by force-carrying particles. For example, when two electrons interact via the force of electromagnetism, they do so by exchanging photons. A quantum description of gravity would require such a force carrying particle for gravity too, called the graviton.
The force of gravity reaches all the way across the solar system. Image courtesy NASA.
The mass of a force carrying particle determines how far the corresponding force can reach. Photons, for example, have no mass at all. This turns them into swift travellers, giving the force of electromagnetism an infinite reach. The weak nuclear force, by contrast, is mediated by the relatively massive particles, and can only act across very short distances within atoms.
So what about gravity? Our existence on Earth confirms that its reach is very long. The gravitational pull of the Sun, nearly 150 million km away, is strong enough to keep the Earth in orbit. General relativity goes all the way, assuming the reach of gravity to be infinite, resulting in a massless graviton. There is no reason, however, why the graviton couldn't possess a tiny little bit of mass. Assuming that it does modifies the effects of gravity over very large distances and still fits in with observations. And interestingly, theory suggests that a massive graviton would lead to a Universe whose expansion self-accelerates – so no need to evoke the mysterious dark energy to explain the acceleration.
"[Massive gravity] is an old problem," says Skordis. "In the 1930s Markus Fierz and Wolfgang Pauli already tried to propose [such a theory]. Later in 1970s it was realised that if you try to do this, you run into problems. You get negative energy, which creates instabilities and pathologies. But [in 2010] new research showed that there is perhaps a way of getting rid of [these problems]; that perhaps there is a good way of creating a consistent theory of massive gravity. It's a very active field of research, although it remains to be seen whether it can provide an acceptable solution to the dark energy problem."
But not everyone agrees
After Fierz and Pauli's initial efforts, physicists turned away from trying to modify Einstein's original ideas, though in the last 20 years or so, the activity has gained in popularity — and acceptance. Finding a new and better theory that resolves some of the problems is one motivation, but another is simply to push general relativity to its boundary and rule out alternatives. "We should be testing general relativity regardless, because you should test any theory," says Skordis. "It's part of physics to test everything."
Wolfgang Pauli was one of the first people to think about massive gravity.
Many people are still skeptical, however. David Tong, a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge, believes that modified gravity doesn't really solve the problem with dark energy. Its models do explain why the expansion of the Universe accelerates, that is, why the cosmological constant is not zero, but they don't explain why its value is so much smaller than what particle physics predicts. This, according to Tong, is the interesting problem. "I've also been skeptical because it seems to me that whenever you mess with general relativity bad things happen — the resulting theories just don't make sense," he says. "I do think that [the recent breakthrough in massive gravity] is genuinely interesting. I suspect it's not good for what they want it to be good for, which is describing our Universe, but it does seem to be an interesting theoretical development at least."
Ultimately, to find out whether these modifications of general relativity are correct we need to test them in experiments. Such tests are on the horizon. The Euclid satellite, to be launched in 2020, will hopefully provide more insight into dark energy, and may therefore give information about whether massive gravity is viable. Lorentz-violating gravity makes predictions about the structure of those gravitational monstrosities called black holes. Once these predictions have been worked out in detail they can also be tested against observations. We will have to wait and see.
Constantinos Skordis has recently moved from the University of Nottingham to the University of Cyprus as an Assistant Professor, where he will be the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC) grant Theories and Models of the Dark Sector: Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Gravity.
Thomas Sotiriou
Thomas Sotiriou is Associate Professor & Reader at the University of Nottingham and the Principal Investigator of an ERC-funded research group that focusses on the limits of General Relativity as a theory of gravity.
Marianne Freiberger is Editor of Plus.
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Vernon Maxwell perfectly trolls Jazz for blowing 3-1 series lead
Matt Birch | September 3, 2020 September 2, 2020
No one really knows exactly why Vernon Maxwell dislikes the state of Utah and Jazz fans as much as he does, but he seems to go in on them at every opportunity.
And to his credit, he does so with a humorous spin, and it's harmlessly clever. But for whatever reason, the only time we seem to hear much from Maxwell is when he's trolling Utah.
This is a guy who once said he didn't even know Utah had Internet three years ago, and has also snuck in countless digs at the Jazz whenever possible.
So when the Jazz blew a 3-1 series lead against the Nuggets, well, Maxwell couldn't help but weigh in.
My heart goes out to the Utah Jazz fans. I don't know what it's like to blow a 3-1 lead in a playoff series but I imagine it is heartbreaking. 😂😂😂
— Vernon Maxwell (@VernonMaxwell11) September 2, 2020
We'd love to know where his distaste for the Jazz comes from, but many believe it's because they eliminated his Rockets from the playoffs a few times in the '90s. Either way, his troll jobs are pretty funny, and entertaining.
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A new film starring Judi Dench details the inspiring true story of the Queen of England and her unique friendship with a servant from India. Watch the trailer here now...
Universal Pictures has released the first official trailer for its new biographical film, Victoria and Abdul. Directed by Stephen Frears, the movie is based on the real life events of Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and puts the focus on her unexpected friendship with Abdul (Ali Fazal), a servant from India. The must-watch trailer shows glimpses of a deep bond between the pair despite the disapproval of her close confidants. "How dare you look down on Abdul," the Queen retorts. "I am the Queen of England, Empress of India. Abdul has risen on his own merit. He too was a servant. Now, he's my friend."
Victoria and Abdul, which also stars Michael Gambon and Eddie Izzard, is scheduled for release on September 22. Watch the trailer above, then watch the trailer for Stephen King's The Dark Tower.
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Q: Question about Galois theory (separable polynomial) One of the definitions of a Galois extension is that $E/K$ is Galois iff $E$ is the splitting field of some separable polynomial $f(x) \in K[x]$, yes?
I want to understand why the following is true:

Let $f(x) \in \mathbb{Q}[x]$ be a polynomial and let $F$ be a splitting field of $f(x)$. Then $F/\mathbb{Q}$ is Galois.

My question is: How do we know that $f(x)$ is a separable polynomial? Can you please explain this part?

A: We don't. What we do know is that every irreducible polynomial over a field of characteristic zero is separable, and $f$ is the product of its irreducible factors, so its splitting field is a compositum of separable extensions, hence separable. (In other words, the splitting field of $f$ is the splitting field of a separable polynomial, but that polynomial is not $f$; it's the product of the distinct irreducible factors of $f$.)
This isn't a particularly transparent definition of Galois extension, though. The definition I prefer is that $F/K$ is Galois if $F^{\text{Aut}(F/K)} = K$. Among other things, it has the benefit of working for infinite extensions.

A: That is because there is a theorem that states that in every perfect field ($\mathbb Q$ and $\mathbb F_p$ are examples), every irreducible polynomial is separable (i.e. all their roots have multiplicity 1). Your polynomial f(x) in your assertion is not necessarily separable, but if you write
$$
f(x) = (p_1(x))^{a_1} (p_2(x))^{a_2}... (p_n(x))^{a_n}, \quad a_i \ge 1
$$
with $p_i(x)$ being the irreducible factors of $f$, then F is also the splitting field for
$$
g(x) = p_1(x) p_2(x) ... p_n(x).
$$
since both of these polynomials ($f$ and $g$) have exactly the same roots. The polynomial g is separable since it is a product of irreducible polynomials (if you use the Dummit & Foote, which you should if you don't, I recommend ; I am speaking of Corollary 34 page 547.) so that every root of $g$ has multiplicity 1.
Therefore, the splitting field of $f$ being Galois over $\mathbb Q$ doesn't mean that $f$ is separable, but rather that some polynomial (the $g$ one) divides $f$ and has the same roots as $f$, with $g$ being separable and having the same splitting field as $f$.
I hope this helped.


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When it comes to sifting through the emails, social media posts and requests for your money on #givingtuesday, you may find yourself feeling a little bitter. Don't these organizations know you give of your time and money throughout the year? What makes this Tuesday so special?
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The #GivingTuesdayMilitary team consists of over 100 ambassadors around the globe who are coordinating events and ways for participants to join in acts of kindness on December 1st. Nonprofits and organizations are helping to support the goal by spreading the word and encouraging intentional kindness.
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To participate in #givingmilitarytuesday, you can find a project close to your location or start one yourself. Check out all the things that are planned on the website, and make a plan to get involved.
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Growth of ASC's Could Save Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions in Medicare Dollars by 2017
As the number of surgery centers increases across the country, patients, payors and federal agenices may save significant dollars on healthcare, while still experiencing and promoting high-quality medical care, according to an ASCA report on…
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Lessons Learned From A Surprise Medicare Survey
The surveyors came unannounced but not unprepared. The following was found during a 2 day combined Medicare/Medicaid inspection. Patient gown rolls with slippers, OR hats and belongings bags stocked on open shelves in pre-op. Surveyors suggested…
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The Many Faces of Wrong-Site Surgery Prevention
This is a sampling of ways your colleagues ensure they operate on the correct site: Cover the non-operative site. For a lower extremity surgery, pre-op nurses place TED hose on non-operative legs. To be sure they don't block or dilate the…
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The FDA has announced approval of Flucelvax, the first seasonal flu vaccine licensed in the U.S. produced using cultured animal cells, instead of fertilized chicken eggs. Flucelvax is approved to prevent seasonal flu in people ages 18 years…
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A new report released by the president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association says the medical device excise tax scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2013, would add another 29% per year in taxes to the amount the medical device…
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Results from ASCA's 2012 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey are now available. The 1,122 ASC's that participated in the survey provided salary and benefits for 19 positions. Nationally, most salaries rose in 2012: Administrator…
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Pedals - Plastic, bear trap with chrome-moly axle.
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