The main menu where WWII videos are blurred on the background.
Viewing the action from directly above the turret.
The first mission actually works as a tutorial.
Approaching the first enemy units.
Tanks are built for the country roads, not the highways, note the mines warning signs on the side of the road.
In every war game that respects reality, bridges have always an important role and are guarded well.
Aircrafts have a role in this game, as they either support or attack you. Here a Luftwaffe bomber squad is performing an exciting low sweep to bomb the targets in front of us.
Climbed on the hill and taking out enemy units from a safe distance. Luckily the surrounding vegetation camouflages my tank.
Unless they spot me for being stationary for so long and they begin firing at me. Here I took a good direct hit!
My boys are ready to hit this supply depot. Note the exciting maneuver of the Stuka aircraft on the top left.
This mission requires us to bring the whole fuel depot down, in order to do that you have to shoot and destroy the green gas containers.
Shooting mines that lie on our path with the machine gun.
The green reticule indicates that there is an enemy behind what used to be a window once... A panzer sniper perhaps.
Enemy vehicles are smart and they don't loose an opportunity to surprise you.
They come out of every corner, but once you score a direct hit on the enemy their vehicle bursts metal debris on the air.
The Soviet T-34, they all look like Ladas to me :) A bit low poly for a starring vehicle, thank the texturers for doing a wonderful job, otherwise it would really be a miss.
Yohoho! My little Lada is puffing smoke! But in fact that's the right way of a properly functioning Lada :) but the icon down on the right says that I'm hit.
Time for repairs! Approach the little building with the red cross on and you'll be repaired... if your comrade clears your path, that is.
Taking out watchtowers from a distance.
Some of the important tasks require that you go solo without the help of your squad.
I always thought that tanks can climb every obstacle! But not in this game they don't.
It's amazing what kind of tricks can these Germans do with their vehicles to impress you!
Viewing your tank from a distance.
A panzer squad is attacking us!
Checking out an enemy flak gun with the binoculars.
The welcoming committee of that village is not so friendly to us.
Me and my comrades did that! Well we'd better off head back to the camp and have a few shots of Stalin Vodka.
Sometimes the vegetation is not enough to let you hide from the enemy, you've got to keep moving.
Fighting the enemy while taking cover in the nearby forest.
Your tank can pass through shallow lakes.
Taking out enemy infantry with the machine gun.
The graphical realism is impressive in this game, note the holes of the shells on the wall of that building.
Once you complete a mission it's time for another iron cross for your collection and the necessary propaganda.


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It's funny to see how small the crypto space actually is compared to traditional markets. How small they compared to just the US markets, but yet there is so many things that are about to happen(TD Ameritrade, BAKKT, possible ETF, বিশ্বস্ততা). If you can't see that cryptos are about to launch past the Voyager 1 spacecraft then you are not paying attention.
I bought bitcoin multiple times. Bought at $67 a bitcoin, এ $9,000, and then a little more at $18,000. Not going to sell for another 2 years or longer.
আমি মনে করি…that if the traditional market crashes hard then people will be too scared to invest in crypto. But small crashes might be good for crypto holders.
John if you buy what you can afford to lose and buy on the dip you will be good. Might want to invest a little in XRP as well. Just my 2 সেন্ট. Good luck brother!
+Todd lol, we going to see 250k within 4 বছর.
হা হা, came to comments to find this one. Bitcoin's biggest asset is also it's biggest enemy. It's a disruptive technology, which is fine, but the problem is there's a thousand other's fighting to disrupt bitcoin. Cryptos are the way of the future, but the sad truth is they won't have their day until they are adopted by the central banks – the very thing they set out to disrupt in the first place.


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Q: Adding force to a unit based on a gameobject's rotation I want to a add force to an enemy when my bullet hits it. I want the force to push the enemy away. I was having trouble finding a tutorial about this, so I'm assuming it's quite simple, and I'm oversimplifying it.
Note: this is for Unity2D
This is the code I have currently:
  if (collision.CompareTag("Bullet"))
    {
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
        if (collision.transform.rotation = 180)
        {
            rb.AddForce(transform.right * knockback * -1, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        }
        else
        {
            rb.AddForce(transform.right * knockback * 1, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        }

    }

However, Unity is responding to this code with:

error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' to 'UnityEngine.Quaternion.'

What I'm getting from this error is that I need to convert an int to a Quaternion, but how do I do so?.
If there are ways to make this code neater, please let me know.
Apologies if this is a repeat question, but I did try to find others. More apologies if this is a formatting nightmare.

A: I'm assuming that collision.transform.rotation = 180 is the line it is erroring on.
In this case it doesn't make sense to compare an int to a Quaternion because they aren't the same units.
Because there are approaches far simpler than comparing a Quaternion in this use case, I'll leave out Quaternions in this answer in order to keep this response concise.

For figuring out which side the bullet hits on, it will be easier to compare to x positions of your enemy and bullet, like so:
if (collision.transform.position.x > transform.position.x)
{
    // Bullet is on right
}
else
{
    // Bullet is on left
}

Another way to approach this is to use the bullet's .right direction to apply the force.
Doing it this way will apply the force based on the direction the bullet is facing.
rb.AddForce(collision.transform.right * knockback, ForceMode2D.Impulse);

In both cases, the code decides on a direction to apply the knockback in, although in different ways.

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DNA match links confessed Boston Strangler to last slaying in the spree
By Martin Finucane and Maria Cramer
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A DNA match has been made from the remains of Albert DeSalvo, the confessed Boston Strangler, to crime scene evidence from a 1964 slaying that was part of the Strangler's murder spree, authorities announced today. The discovery sheds new light on the dark, decades-old mystery of a killer who preyed on women in Boston in the 1960s.
DeSalvo admitted to 11 murders that transfixed and terrified the city. But he was never convicted of them. And his confessions to murdering the women from 1962 to 1964 had long been questioned because of inconsistencies in his story.
DeSalvo's remains were unearthed from a Peabody cemetery last week in an effort to help resolve the lingering doubts. Investigators were looking to see if DNA from his body matched evidence collected in the slaying of Mary Sullivan on Beacon Hill, who was apparently the Strangler's last victim. The test results were finalized this morning.
"I hope this brings some measure of finality to Mary Sullivan's family,'' Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a joint statement with the Suffolk district attorney and Boston police. "This leaves no doubt that Albert DeSalvo was responsible for the brutal murder of Mary Sullivan, and most likely that he was responsible for the horrific murders of the other women he confessed to killing.''
District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said, "We now have an unprecedented level of certainty that Albert DeSalvo raped and murdered Mary Sullivan. We now have to look very closely at the possibility that he also committed at least some of the other sexual homicides to which he confessed. Questions that Mary's family asked for almost 50 years have finally been answered. They, and the families of all homicide victims, should know that we will never stop working to find justice, accountability, and closure on their behalf.''
Casey Sherman, nephew of Mary Sullivan, said Conley had called him early this morning to tell him the news, which he considered "fantastic.''
"This provides finality,'' he said.
He said he still had "concerns and question'' about whether DeSalvo committed the other Strangler killings. But he said, "If modern science can answer those questions, they'll do it.''
Sherman said he called his mother right after hearing from Conley and she was relieved, telling him, "Mary can rest now.''
Officials said that a nationally recognized lab, Orchid Cellmark of Dallas, had matched seminal fluid recovered at the scene of Sullivan's murder "with scientific certainty'' to DeSalvo. The lab said the odds that a white male other than DeSalvo was the source of the evidence were 1 in 220 billion. Only about 107 billion human beings have ever lived on the planet, the officials said.
Sergeant Detective William Doogan, head of the Boston police cold case squad, said the results meant, "You would have to leave the universe to find somebody who did this other than Albert DeSalvo.''
"Albert DeSalvo is our guy. He raped and murdered Mary Sullivan,'' he said.
Both Doogan and Donald Hayes, head of the Boston police crime lab, said that, in their opinion, DeSalvo was responsible for all the Strangler murders.
The preliminary results were received Thursday night and they were confirmed this morning. The samples were taken from a 6-inch section of DeSalvo's femur and three of his teeth, the district attorney's office said. The body was returned to the grave last Friday, the same day it was unearthed.
Elaine Whitfield Sharp, an attorney representing DeSalvo's relatives, issued a statement today saying that the DNA results "have not been proved to be relevant'' to whether DeSalvo committed the crime.
"We ask the media and the public not to take at face value what the government agents have announced today. There is more to come on this matter, and we are very grateful for your patience in waiting for comment,'' Sharp said in the statement.
DeSalvo recanted his confessions and was never convicted of any of the Strangler crimes. He was convicted of unrelated rape charges and sentenced to life in prison. An inmate stabbed DeSalvo to death in November 1973, when he was 42 years old.
Officials said today's announcement marked the first time law enforcement "could confirm his culpability'' in any homicide.
Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said he was proud of the tenacity of detectives and analysts working on the case. "The ability to provide closure to a family after 50 years is a remarkable thing,'' he said.
The victims, who were 19 to 67 years old, lived in the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Dorchester, Fenway, and South End neighborhoods of Boston, as well as Cambridge, Lawrence, Lynn, and Salem, authorities said. All of the victims were single women who were sexually assaulted and strangled.
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La série novela est une appellation moderne visant à succéder à la telenovela classique qui commence un peu à s'épuiser, à être en perte de vitesse.

Description et histoire

La série novela (série romance, traduction littéraire) ou série narco novela est le nouveau genre moderne se rapprochant en se rapportant aux telenovelas à l'ancienne, sauf que désormais au lieu que l'histoire se boucle sur une seule période, la série novela enchaîne pour sa part les saisons multiples. Ce nouveau format commence à se répandre de plus en plus. Les réseaux de productions des telenovelas dans le monde ont compris que pour garder le public accroché, il fallait faire évoluer la telenovela classique, d'autant que l'âge d'or des telenovelas remontent au temps de la radio, avant la télévision, avec la radio novela, tout comme le soap opéra (feuilleton télévisé) a démarré à la radio et dans les journaux sous forme de roman feuilleton. De même que la sitcom (comédie de situation) ancienne et ses rires en coins tient ses véritables racines du théâtre. La chaîne et réseau de production, Telemundo a été la première plus au moins à essayer d'adopter ce format et plusieurs sociétés comme Televisa qui est une grosse entreprise en termes de telenovelas en produisant en quantité depuis 1958, songe à s'orienter sérieusement à l'avenir sur ce genre car leurs telenovelas commencent à avoir moins de succès ces dernières années. Cependant, la telenovela fonctionne encore et n'est pas près de mourir de si tôt, même si une lassitude se fait ressentir par la répétition des scénarios. Mais Internet, le replay et les applications modernes sont aussi des raisons majeures à ce constat de baisse d'audiences affligeant, n'arrangeant pas la situation des dirigeants et des producteurs. Caracol Televisión a aussi produit plusieurs séries à succès. Désormais, les plateformes, notamment l'entreprise Netflix arbore aussi cela avec aisance. Le nombre d'épisodes peut devenir conséquent si la série novela perdure des années mais il y a aussi des formats avec des saisons assez courtes, comme 13 ou 50 épisodes, au lieu de saisons plus importantes en épisodes, comme 90 ou 100 épisodes. Généralement, une saison ne dépasse pas 100 épisodes car le but d'une saison n'est pas de privilégier la longueur mais la qualité de production et le soin apporté à faire une intrigue forte pour que le public ne se lasse pas immédiatement pour pouvoir ensuite enchaîner des suites. Souvent, la saison se termine sur un suspense très fort. La série novela concerne aussi la narconovela et la teen-novela. La série novela, à l'inverse des telenovelas contient souvent plus de violence, appuyé par des histoires de drogue, de monstruosité humaine. L'antagoniste est vraiment ignoble envers le protagoniste principal, encore plus que dans une telenovela. Le héros principal est lui aussi moins sympathique suscitant moins l'empathie du public.

Séries novelas à succès actuellement proposées
 2011 - : La Reina del sur (2 saisons - en cours)
 2013 - : El señor de los Cielos (7 saisons - en cours)
 2014 - 2019 : Señora Acero (5 saisons - arrêt de production prévu)
 2016 - 2017 : La querida del Centauro (2 saisons)
 2016 - : Sin senos sí hay paraíso (4 saisons - en cours) faisant suite à Sin senos no hay paraíso (2008)
 2016 - : La Doña (2 saisons - en cours)
 2018 - : Enemigo íntimo (2 saisons - en cours)

Références

Voir aussi

Liens externes
  Article de L'avenir des telenovelas, la série novela

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Last year, a joint London School of Economics and National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) study, S hare plan survey results 2014, provided strong evidence of the positive effects of employee share ownership for employees and employers. The study surveyed the employees of Computershare in nine countries and found that, compared with non-members, people who were in the company's employee share plan identified more with the company; worked beyond their contractual hours; had lower levels of absence; and were less likely to look for a job with another organisation. This suggests an association between thinking like a shareholder and the approach to work that creates higher productivity.


In this post, I will be walking through configuring Azure AD pass through authentication and single sign-on for a single AD forest, and confirming the client experience once implemented.
Azure AD pass through authentication is another alternative to password synchronization, similar in functionality to AD FS, that can be enabled in Azure AD Connect. It ensures that password validation for Azure AD services is performed against your on-premises Active Directory. Passwords can be validated without the need for complex network infrastructure (e.g. AD FS) or for the on-premises passwords to exist in the cloud in any form.
With just pass through authentication enabled, a user will still need to enter their password to access cloud services from a machine connected to your on-premise AD domain.
Azure AD single sign-on is another option that can be enabled in Azure Active Directory Connect with either password synchronization or pass-through authentication. When enabled, users only need to type their username and do not need to type their password to sign in to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) when they are on their corporate machines and connected on the corporate network.
Therefore, with pass through authentication and single sign-on enabled, you can achieve the same authentication requirements for Azure AD and SSO experience for clients, typically gained by implementing AD FS, which obviously simplifies the steps to implement this functionality.
NOTE: At the time of writing (March 2017) these features are still in preview, version 1.1.443.0.
Run the Azure AD Connect wizard. Click Configure on the Welcome screen.
Review the settings on the Ready to configure page and then click Configure to apply the settings.
The wizard will go through the steps of installing and configuring pass-through authentication.
To facilitate single sign-on for clients, the Azure AD URLs need to be added to the Intranet zone of client Internet browsers. This setting makes the browser automatically send the currently logged in user's credentials in the form of a Kerberos ticket to Azure AD.
Typically, you would use group policy to do this, and this is explained here. However, for this lab, just enter the two required URLs into the Intranet zone of your test machine's browser manually.
Now, from you client test machine, browse to any of your services that use Azure AD for authentication. For this test, I'll logon to portal.office.com.
Enter your test username, e.g. john.smith@labdomain.com, and then click in the Password field.
When you click on the password field, the logon page will pass the user's existing Kerberos token to Azure AD and they will be logged onto the portal automatically, without having to enter their password.
After you click on Sign in you will see your browser Trying to sign you in as shown below. In the background this is authenticating against your on-premises AD via pass-through authentication. This will then take you through to the Office 365 portal as shown above.
So, as you can see above, you can now realise the benefits of single sign-on (for clients connected to your internal corporate network) very easily with just Azure AD Connect, rather than having to implement more complex AD FS infrastructure, which is an great new feature that will obviously be a big win for many.


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July 20, 2020: Highland Park Public Library building open by appointment only
The Highland Park Public Library building reopened with limited services and safety precautions on Monday, July 20, 2020. Online or phone reservations for a 45-minute block will be required for all patrons over the age of 2, and may be made online or by phone. Face coverings are required for all individuals over the age of 2, and physical distancing must be maintained at all times. Entry will be limited to no more than 40 individuals per hour. Many programs continue virtually. Other online services include virtual assistance and online resources. Books, movies, music and more are available to download or stream. To learn more and to make a reservation to visit the Library, visit hplibrary.org/opening or call 847.432.0216.
March 12, 2020 -- Highland Park Public Library Closes in Response to COVID-19
The City of Highland Park and the Highland Park Public Library are taking proactive steps to protect residents
March 15, 2020 Update: For the safety and protection of both the public and Library staff, the Highland Park Public Library will be discontinuing all self-service pickups and will be fully closed beginning at 9 PM on Monday, March 16. Online resources will continue to be available to Highland Park Library cardholders.
March 12, 2020: The Highland Park Public Library (the Library) in partnership with the City of Highland Park (the City), has been closely following developments as the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation continues to evolve with attention to the impact on vulnerable populations. As a proactive measure, the Library will close at the end of business (9:00 PM) today, Thursday, March 12 and remain closed until further notice.
Library Executive Director Jane Conway said, "based on advice from reliable health and safety resources, closing the Library will help prevent the spread of illness and is in the best interest of our community." She continued, "While the risk to residents of Highland Park remains low at this time, implementing social distancing is a recommended strategy for reducing person-to-person infection with diseases like COVID-19. The Library's high foot-traffic of approximately 1,000 visitors per day with extensive programming and high-use public spaces, like computer stations, pose unique risks in a pandemic situation." This precautionary action is in line with guidance from the Illinois Department of Public Health, which on Wednesday evening released new guidance that prompted the Library's leadership to act.
Conway consulted with the Board of Trustees, Mayor Nancy Rotering, the City Council, and City Manager Ghida Neukirch before making the decision. "The Library will make every effort to maintain service to the community," Conway said, noting that staff are prepared to implement standard and creative solutions.
Additionally, the Library is boosting its Wi-Fi signal so that it's accessible in the Library's parking lot. Those who need to access the internet can do so in the safety and comfort of their own vehicles.
All of the Library's digital services will remain available during the closure and can be accessed at www.hplibrary.org. Cardholders can check out e-books or e-audiobooks. For children, Tumble Book Library offers talking books, puzzles, and games. Movies, TV shows, and music can be downloaded or streamed with the online resources hoopla or kanopy. Online courses, digital magazines, and more are also available.
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Japan reportedly helped derail Fiat's proposed merger with Renault
Published Fri, Jun 21 201910:43 AM EDT Updated Fri, Jun 21 201912:37 PM EDT
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The Japanese government helped derail Fiat Chrysler's proposed merger with Renault, Bloomberg News reports.
Renault holds a 43% stake in Japanese automaker Nissan.
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The Japanese government reportedly played a role in the breakdown of merger talks between Renault and Fiat Chrysler earlier this month, raising concerns the combination could harm Nissan, Bloomberg News reported Friday.
Japan signaled its misgivings over the deal to the French government, Bloomberg said, citing anonymous sources. France — Renault's largest shareholder — reportedly delayed negotiations to try to win Nissan's support, causing Fiat to withdraw its offer.
These new details on Japan's role show the obstacles to a quick revival in the talks. It also shows that France and Japan can find common ground to protect their carmakers and the strained two-decade Renault-Nissan alliance.
Spokespeople for Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the French Finance Ministry declined to comment. Representatives for Renault and Nissan also declined to comment in the Bloomberg report. Renault, Nissan and Fiat Chrysler didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from CNBC.
Renault and the French government are now focused on mending their relationships with Nissan, Bloomberg said.
The alliance between the two companies has been under strain since the November arrest of Carlos Ghosn, who oversaw both auto manufacturers and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. Tensions escalated after Renault's new chairman, Jean-Dominique Senard, pushed Nissan for a merger, which the Japanese automaker later rejected.
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A tech-minded teenager from Bangladesh has won an international peace prize for inventing an application that supports young victims of cybercrime.
Sadat Rahman's thoughtful Cyber Teens app helps young people report incidences of online crime, including cyber-bullying, in the western district of Narail.
Judges at the KidsRights Foundation were so impressed with the 17-year-old's creation that they awarded him the 2020 International Children's Peace Prize.
Rahman's award was presented by Pakistani female education activist and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who described the teen as "a true change maker." The award ceremony was held virtually and hosted by Netherlands-based KidsRights Foundation.
So far, Rahman's Cyber Teens app has been downloaded over 1,800 times and has supported 300 young victims of cyber-bullying.
The app puts children in contact with a team of young volunteers that includes Rahman and lets them report crimes confidentially. The team then contacts local law enforcement officers and social workers to secure help for the victims.
Helpful hints and tips about online safety, including a guide to spotting and avoiding sexual predators, can also be accessed via the app.
Rahman's team of volunteers has successfully resolved nearly 60 cybercrimes and resulted in eight arrests by local police. Some complaints involved children being sent inappropriate messages and pornographic content by adults.
"Serious action needs to be taken right now," said Rahman. "Teenagers continue to remain vulnerable to online crime and cyberbullying, particularly in the times we live in."
Rahman was inspired to invent the app after learning about the tragic consequences of one particular case of cyber-bullying.
"The idea started after a 15-year-old girl committed suicide because of online bullying," said Rahman.
"I decided that teenagers needed help and that we should take action to try to avoid other children facing the same tragedy."
In addition to the app, Rahman has created Cyber Clubs in every school in his local area to educate young people in digital literacy and safety.
Rahman's win came with $118,000 in prize money that he intends to use to roll out the app across Bangladesh and to other countries.
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British poet, born in Bexleyheath, Kent, educated at the University of Essex, and the University of Granada, Spain. Since 1969 he has worked as a writer-in-residence at numerous universities in the UK and the USA. He founded the Matrix and Goliard Presses in 1959 and 1965 respectively (see small presses). From the outset, his poetry displayed a striking independence of both conventional verse forms and existing experimental techniques. His early volumes, which include Weapon Man (1965) and The Relation Ship (1966), contained numerous disquieting and occasionally quasi-surreal studies of disregarded aspects of domestic routine; subsequent collections include Ace (1974), Sky Tails (1978), Tottering State (1983; revised 1987), Lazy Left Hand (1986), and Catacoustics (1991). Much of Raworth's best-known poetry achieves a cinematic quality through rapid accumulations of imagery recreating shifts of mood and perception. His other works include A Serial Biography (1969), which arose from his extensive correspondence with Ed Dorn.


I don't know how we missed this, but just more banana republic type BS from government right here in the good ol USA.
What judges were signing off on these warrants? Or were they warrantless raids? If the latter is true than the Executive Leaders of the SO and the States attorney should be jailed for life. Orwellian times my friends. You can do this to a sitting President now so what does that mean for us "John and Janes"?
It reads like a story that would come from Venezuela. Absolutely insane.
The abuse has been stopped, but this victory — important as it is — will be hollow indeed if there is no accountability.
The only reason I am familiar with it is because I am a daily reader of National Review - I remember when they started following the story 5 years ago. I have not seen coverage anywhere else. Follow that link "described the raids in detail" - it is unbelievable stuff. sounds like something that would happen back in communist East Germany.
Crazy. I think the fact that no one has covered it may be fore frightening than it actually happening.
Wisconsin better be glad they are mostly liberal up there, wonder how Cliven Bundy would of handled a midnight raid on his home by illegal LE actions.
Unbelievable but then again it isn't. I hope that these people are held accountable and get more than a slap on the wrist.
This type of crap will never stop because no one is ever held accountable for it.
well we can dream can't we, you know as well as I do that it probably never will happen... wish it would but not holding my breath on this.
And this my friends is exactly what you would see if the democrats were in total power all the way thru including the supreme court. There would be NO constitution period! Our second amendment has never been more important than it is right now.
...as we inch ever closer to an all-out Civil War II.
I believe we are already in a civil war right now except that its unconventional. Right now its all propaganda and cultural attacks. Since the libs are a bunch of pussies I don't think there would ever be any real conflict, just secession.
The libs are pussies but they got other people to apparently bust into these people's houses. What about the cops (or whoever it was that busted in these houses) that apparently thought it was their job to do this? What was their thought process? I know this didn't happen yesterday but how far does it need to go before these wrongs get righted...by whatever means necessary?
Madison/Milwaukee is liberal. The rest of the state not so much. 'Sconnie's just don't shoot LEO's entering their homes with warrants, no matter how broad they may be. The place to fight illegal search and seizure is the courts, not the driveway.
Cliven and his ilk shot at and murdered LEO's on public property. And if the DA hadn't been so arrogant, the Bundy's would be in prison. To compare criminals like Cliven to law abiding Wisconsin residents being illegally persecuted is disingenuous at best.
Your criminals are other's patriots. At what point were LEO's murdered in the standoff? Maybe I missed that somehow, the only fatality I know of was a fed killing one of the militia men.
Last edited by Ætheling; 05-31-2018 at 07:48 AM.
And said Fed is now on trial. That was straight up murder and him and his buddies covered it up.
Wisconsin residents should be proud to be compared to Cliven Bundy.


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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Interested in literature he began to
write poetry. He left behind over 5,000 poems, a selection o f which
was published by the prominent German poet Karl Wilhelm
Ramler, a contemporary o f his in 1792. Berthold Auerbach, the
19th century German Jewish novelist, wrote a novel based on the
friendship o f Kuh and Mendelssohn.
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50th anniversary o f death. Born in Smorgon, near
Vilna, in 1896, died in a Soviet labor camp, July 17, 1940. A Yid
dish poet, novelist and playwright, he lived in Vilna, Berlin, and
Minsk at various times. His poetry was influenced by the expres
sionist movement, but in the Soviet Union he tried to adjust to
the required Socialist realism. This, however, did not save him
from being purged eventually. However, he was rehabilitated 16
years after his death, and some o f his works have been reissued
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vember 11, 1890, executed with other Yiddish writers in 1952.
For some years a popular Yiddish poet and novelist in the Soviet
Union, he was especially successful as a children's poet, his verse
being translated into many o f the languages o f the Soviet Union
with a total edition o f 11 million copies. This did not save him
from the fate o f the other Yiddish writers. He was rehabilitated
in 1954.
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Germany and continued to appear until 1938, when Jewish life
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A lifelong New Jerseyan, Joe grew up listening to music incessantly. From singing with the local choir to dissecting countless songs—and playing in everything from rock bands to orchestras—Joe developed a healthy appreciation for musical genres of all kinds. At college in Hoboken, Joe continued to embrace musical opportunities, first as a glee club tenor/soloist, and later as a jazz-ensemble drummer. Initially self-taught, Joe has studied violin with Nadia Koutzen, piano and theory with Harold Van Hise, musical theater with Faith Kline, and drum rudiments with Tommy Igoe.
Joe considers his 20-year association with "touch-style" player/multi-instrumentalist Ray Ashley among his fondest memories. Along with Ray, he has had the privilege of sharing concert lineups with artists such as Project/Object, Bon Lozaga, Dark Aether Project, Greg Howard, and Mike Keneally. Joe continues to perform with local musicians, having logged numerous hours at concerts, on-air sets, and festivals throughout the northeast US—and has also been on stage, behind the scenes, and in pit bands for a variety of New Jersey area theatrical productions.
In approaching the drums, Joe brings an orchestral, sometimes driving, always dynamic aesthetic. He enjoys moments of "lyrical synchronicity" and is not averse to singing or harmonizing while behind the kit. Through his impromptu session work and live shows, Joe has earned a reputation as a quick study who is always eager to push boundaries. Elsewhere, Joe can be heard on studio recordings by Broadside Electric, Three Hour Detour, Mike Agranoff, and Ken Galipeau.
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Paris Youth Foundation. Photo by Sophie Graham.
Paris Youth Foundation lead singer, Kevin Potter, says 2018 has been 'a bit mad,' with new music out as well as a string of shows and festivals, writes Amos Wynn.
The five-piece have released several singles so far. "It's always nice to finally get your singles out to the public and seeing how people engage with it and interpret the lyrics," said Kevin.
The front man also describes their music being on Spotify as 'crazy,' with the band appearing on playlists in Brazil, Australia and their most played country, Germany.
Kevin admits that it's weird to think that "our music has travelled the world a bit " and believes Spotify is great for artists to get out there.
Along with band mates, Jamie Hives (guitar), Tom Morris Jones (guitar), Paul Bates (bass) and Jonny Alderton (drums), Kevin released their latest single latest single 'The Off Button' in May.
'The Off Button' was brought out two days before they took to the main stage of Liverpool Sound City. Kevin said that the festival was: "huge for us because it's in our hometown.
The summer also features various other festivals for the band.
"Y Not will probably be a highlight; there's so many big names that we all love playing over the weekend. We play on the Saturday when Catfish and the Bottlemen are headlining, they are such a big influence, so to be on the same bill is a big deal.
The band formed back in 2016, with the release of their first single 'If You Wanna' being uploaded around that time and their first gig coming a couple of months after.
The name, Paris Youth Foundation, comes from a piece of graffiti Potter saw whilst on the underground in Paris when he was younger.
In his spare time outside the band, Kevin still dedicates his time to music.
Outside of music he admitted they all love football and dogs.
Kevin believes it is difficult to predict where the band will be in twelve months, saying "you need to find a healthy line between being realistic and setting yourself challenging goals.
The attitude of "no matter who you are you can always be better," puts the band in a great mindset going forward and thriving for success.
With the band already having an array of praise put in their direction, including featuring in BBC Radio One's Huw Stephens' tips for 2018, the band are certainly not missing the mark.


Lorelai and I were both bored, Máyo was late, and all of the chores were done. I was about to go turn on the TV when Lorelai saw the craft box on the floor and started digging through it. When she asked to do one (I'm serious, the girl loves her little activities), I was fine with it since we got the snowman one done early in the morning. Potato printing it was! We did this last year and it turned out really well. You basically just cut a potato in half and then cut out a shape. I prefer the inverted look, personally.
Lorelai did this one all by herself. She didn't push down hard enough on some, hence the tree didn't come out all of the way.
We did this one together. Don't mind the 'Merrry'… a sign you shouldn't try to glue in cursive while trying to keep your 3-year-old from stamping herself and flinging glue everywhere.
Use a marker to draw the shape on first.
Be sure to cut the potato in half straight across – if it's at an angle or uneven, it might be a little hard for them to push down for a clear print.


Happiness is in the air, It's Diwali everywhere let's show some love and care to the environment and strengthen our human bonds. Diwali known as festivals of lights is all about being joyous and making environment cheerful and happy. Celebrating an eco-friendly and Organic Diwali is not only about "no to Cracker", why don't we go for easy options by choosing organic outfits and flaunting them instead of selecting some usual, boring, heavy and embellished outfits. Let's make our look earthy and elegant this Diwali.
Fashion has joined the global environmental concern to plunge into a new transformation towards sustainable fashion. We all have accepted sustainable fashion mentally but now is the time when we implement it physically with open hearts. Let us celebrate this festival with the elegance and simplicity of sustainability. It is not important and necessary that you can enjoy festivals by choosing glittery outfits rather you can choose something sophisticated and make yourself look new in the box.
There are several brands working hard to bring sustainability to our wardrobes and sustainable clothes are kinder to the environment and the people involved in the creation process. Brands like Nicobar by Good Earth, Shift by Nimish Shah, Ka Sha by Karishma Shahani, Doodlage by Kriti Tula, Brainflower, Grassroot by Anita Dongre, Bodice by Ruchika Sachdeva, Pero by Aneeth Arora, Eka by Rina Singh offer sensibilities by making use of in-house textiles made of natural fibers for creating modern silhouettes. Brands aspire to create a classic wardrobe ideal for wearing as separate or layers. These labels are inspired by our country's rich culture and offer us collections which are stylish, earthy and relatable.
Sustainability not only come by choosing organic clothing by sustainable brands, but it's also more about recycling. It's about wearing those outfits again which you bought for one event and have never got them out of your wardrobe again.
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Q: Getting a value from an array of hashes in Ruby I have an array:
address => [{"data"=>{"zip"=>"60628", "state"=>"IL", "city"=>"chicago", "street"=>"123 Main St. Apt 2"}, "primary"=>true}]

I want to show each piece in the right format on my view like:
123 Main St. Apt 2
Chicago, IL 60628

I am having trouble getting the logic correct to show this.
Where should this logic go, as a method in my model or in the actual view?
I tried:
<% @applicant.address.map{|x| x[:data]}.each do |address| %>
  <%= address.street %>
<%= address.city %>, <%= address.state %> <%= address.zip %>

      <% end %>

but got:
=> [{"zip"=>"60628", "state"=>"IL", "city"=>"chicago", "street"=>"123 main st Apt 2"}]

A: The map gives you a new array and if you use hashes you need to access the values with the hash[:key] or hash["key"] operator, try this:
<% @applicant.address.each do |address_hash| %>
  <% address = address_hash["data"] %>
  <%= address["street"] %>
<%= address["city"] %>, <%= address["state"] %> <%= address["zip"] %>

<% end %>

But if I were you , I'd put the data in an array of structs, it's more readable.
In your model or helper:
address = Struct.new(:street, :city, :state, :zip)
address.street = ..
...
@addresses << address
etc

In your view:
<% @addresses.each do |address| %>
  <%= address.street %>
<%= address.city %>, <%= address.state %> <%= address.zip %>

<% end %>

A: For your first question something like this should suffice:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'ostruct'

address = [
  {
    'data'    => {
                   'zip'    => '60628',
                   'state'  => 'IL',
                   'city'   => 'chicago',
                   'street' =>'123 Main St. Apt 2'
                 },
    'primary' => true
   }
]

class AddressPresenter
  def initialize(address)
     @address = OpenStruct.new(address)
  end

  def to_s
    "#{@address.street} \n#{@address.city} #{@address.state} #{@address.zip}"
  end
end

address.each do |a|
  puts AddressPresenter.new(a['data'])
end

Now, for the second question, I would implement a Presenter class whose only goal is to "present" the data in whatever format you need in the view, this allows you to keep your views with 0 presentation logic. So in this case the class AddressPresenter could be reworked to return in the to_s the right HTML you need in your view. And you would do something like:
<% @applicant.address.each do |address| %>
  <%= AddressPresenter.new(address['data']).to_s %>
<% end %>

By having a separated presenter class, you get the following benefits:

*

*Your models don't worry about how to present/render stuff because that's not their job

*You can test this presenter to confirm it returns whatever you're expecting in the view

*Your views don't contain any complicated logic


Author, editor, book reviewer, writing instructor, blogger—all of these are among the many hats that children's author, Margo Dill, wears. Her middle grade novel, FINDING MY PLACE, published by White Mane Kids, is an American Civil War adventure about One Girl's Strength at Vicksburg. It's a piece of history told in such a way that makes learning about the Civil War exciting and interesting for kids.
I met Margo long ago when I was a new SCBWI member in Indiana and she was a member in Illinois. We reconnected again last year here in Missouri where we both now live.
This past Saturday I attended a wonderful program for SCBWI members at the Kirkwood Public Library where Margo talked to us about "Show vs Tell, and Overwriting," then wrapped up the afternoon sharing her insight about "Social Media and Marketing." We left with lots to think about and do.
She went over the different ways for writers to network, both in person and online, and gave the benefits of each. She said that every writer should have a blog and a website, even if you're not published yet.
Margo also recommended Stephen King's book, ON WRITING, which offers good advice and is interspersed with humor. And check out books that are Mark Twain Award winners for examples of good writing.
Peggy, thank you so much for the summary about my talk and the links!:) It's great to reconnect with you!


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"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts." — Richard Feynman
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Accelerating Sea Level Fraud In Climate Science
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Climate scientists say sea level rise rates have increased from 1.4 mm/year to more than 3 mm/year, and that it is the fastest rate in 2,800 years.
Seas are now rising faster than they have in 2,800 years, scientists say – The Washington Post
This is in direct contradiction to the 1990 IPCC report, which said there was no convincing evidence of an acceleration of sea level rise during the 20th century.
1990 IPCC Report
So how did this magical doubling of sea level rise rates occur? Prior to 1993, tide gauges were exclusively used to measure sea level. Since then, satellite data has been used to generate the new inflated numbers.
Sea Level | Vital Signs – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Satellites have lots of issues with taking mm level sea level measurements. The ocean surface is very rough, satellite orbits decay, and satellite measurements frequently have an error nearly as large as the trend.
Global mean sea level results
Even worse, they add in 0.3 mm/year for a global isostatic adjustment (GIA) to the satellite record. This is done because the sea floor is sinking in response to glacial rebound after the end of the last ice age.
What is glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), and why do you correct for it? | CU Sea Level Research Group
GIA would be relevant if you were calculating properties like ocean depth or ocean volume which can't be directly measured, but it has no validity for sea level – which is directly measured and is essentially the distance from the center of the earth. The only justification to make any adjustment to sea level would be to account for measurement error – and GIA has nothing to do with measurement error. A sinking ocean floor lowers sea level, not raises it. And if they are going to use GIA, they would need to add it to the tide gauge data too. Using it only for the satellite data is both junk science and fraudulent.
Additional fraud has been introduced by altering the tide gauge data. Over the past five years, NASA has lowered 1930-2000 sea level rise rates, and then introduced a post-1993 hockey stick at the end. This makes it look like sea level is rising faster now.
But the tide gauge data tampering story gets worse. NASA has massively altered their tide gauge data over the past 40 years. In 1982, James Hansen showed sea level rise rates dropping close to zero after the mid-1950s. Their current graph shows acceleration after 1940.
1982_Gornitz_go05100g.pdf
Sea level rose quickly during the 1940s. Glaciers were melting at an astonishing rate, and climate experts were worried the melting ice was going to drown seaports.
18 Feb 1952 – Melting Pole Ice Threat To Ports – Trove
But by 1961, there was unanimous consensus Earth was cooling. There was a sharp cooling during the 1960s and 1970s.
January 30, 1961 – NYTimes
Which led climate scientists to forecast a new ice age in 1972.
THE ROLE OF NOAA'S CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLIMATE SERVICES
The sea level rise slowdown after 1955 was clearly documented by NASA.
And even in 1982 they were doing junk science. NASA excluded data where the land was rising (like Scandinavia) but used data from places where the land is sinking like the east coast of the United States. This skewed the numbers upwards.
Note Hansen's comment below about nonlinear response.
If sea level rise rates were accelerating, tide gauge graphs around the world would be non-linear with an upwards curvature. Water seeks a level surface, so any nonlinear "response" would be seen globally. There is no evidence this is occurring.
Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents
NOAA says "the absolute global sea level rise is believed to be 1.7-1.8 millimeters/year" – about half what NASA is claiming from their satellite data. Sea level has risen 400 feet in the last 20,000 years – almost all of that before 8,000 years ago. It has nothing to do with humans.
File:Post-Glacial Sea Level.png – Wikimedia Commons
There is no indication that sea level rise is accelerating and no indication that government climate scientists are capable of being honest about anything. Ever.
44 Responses to Accelerating Sea Level Fraud In Climate Science
Disillusioned says:
Man-Made Post-Glacial Sea Level Rise looks to be the answer to CAGW…
Judith Curry also seems to concur, in this recent article:
Climatologist counters climate-disaster predictions with sea-level report
"Rates of global mean sea level rise between 1920 and 1950 were comparable to recent rates. It is concluded that recent change is within the range of natural sea-level variability over the past several thousand years."
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/27/judith-curry-sea-level-study-disputes-climate-disa/
Shoshin says:
Sea level rise is a red herring. The fundamental assumption in IPCC Global Warming modeling is that CO2 causes an amplification of the effect of water vapor to produce excessive warming. No such CO2/H2O vapor amplification mechanism has ever been demonstrated, documented or tested. It is the single issue around which the entire AGW premise rotates. Without this mechanism all of AGW research is speculation.
If a researcher clearly demonstrated and outlined how other researchers could independently experimentally test AND falsify this amplification mechanism, I would accept the premise of AGW (assuming, of course, that the mechanism withstood testing and falsification). And the researcher would certainly be entitled to a Nobel Prize in Physics as this research would solve a fundamental question of our time.
Einstein didn't propose experiments to show that he was right; finding things in science that are consistent with your views is both child's play and meaningless. His experiments were designed to show where he could be wrong. Einstein knew that his theories were, and will always be, one experiment away from being trashed, discarded and replaced by something that better describes reality. Accepting a consensus opinion is the refuge of social sciences not hard sciences.
Louis Hooffstetter says:
1) Shoshin is absolutely correct: No CO2/H2O vapor amplification mechanism has ever been demonstrated, documented or tested.
According to the climate models, the CO2/H2O vapor amplification mechanism should exist, and play a huge role in global warming. If the amplification mechanism exists, we should observe the tropospheric hot spot (also predicted by the climate models) as a direct result. But we don't. And because the tropospheric hot spot has never been observed, the CO2/H2O vapor amplification mechanism is most likely BS. As commenter Rah has stated, climate models aren't climate science, they're climate porn. They don't reflect reality, they're expressions of what climate 'scientists' wish was happening to our climate.
2) "Even worse, they add in 0.3 mm/year for a global isostatic adjustment (GIA) to the satellite record."
And how do these climate 'scientists' measure global isostatic adjustment (GIA)? They don't! The GIA adjustment number is generated (made up) by another computer model. And these climate 'scientists' admit "the GIA uncertainty is AT LEAST 50%".
WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! The uncertainty in the GIA is AT LEAST 50%?! That means there's LESS THAN a 50% chance that the GIA adjustment is correct! They basically pull a number out of their back holes and call it GIA adjustment.
But that's how climate 'scientists' roll!
Good job Tony. Thanks again for highlighting this fraud.
arn says:
"uncertainity is at least 50%"
can also mean that uncertainity could be 99.9% and more.
Sea levels are in fact accelerating.
Sea levels are in fact decelerating .
Look at this graph from SF CA:
Periodic and no CO2 correlation.
John of Cloverdale, Western Australia says:
OMG! Seattle is sinking.
Shamrock says:
At the risk of sounding simplistic, we have had two warming periods in the last 100 years. Hint: both couldn't have been caused by humans, though I understand revisions are on the way. So, why wouldn't sea levels have risen? That in no way validates AGW or the doomsday chicken littles of CAGW, tipping points and the hypocrisy of shipping coal to China.
Kevin Loughrey says:
The West coast of Northern American is under the influence of a subduction, moving North West, which could bring about significant seismic activity resulting in significant loss of life. This is well known and documented. As such tidal measurements on the West coast have to be interpreted with caution. When taking tidal measurements on a global scale, it is quite possible that the earth is either sinking or rising, depending on the geographical location being considered.
Thank you, Tony for your excellent work. I am most grateful.
THX1138 says:
BBC Quietly Obliterates And Rewrites Science News | PSI Intl
https://principia-scientific.org/bbc-quietly-obliterates-and-rewrites-science-news/
NASA Whistleblower Exposes Huge Climate Model Gaffes | PSI Intl
https://principia-scientific.org/nasa-whistleblower-exposes-huge-climate-model-gaffes/
Why was I born into an insane asylum?
"'Will the advancing waves obey me, Bishop, if I make the sign?'
Said the Bishop, bowing lowly, 'Land and sea, my lord, are thine.'
Canute turned towards the ocean—'Back!' he said, 'thou foaming brine.
'From the sacred shore I stand on, I command thee to retreat;
Venture not, thou stormy rebel, to approach thy master's seat:
Ocean, be thou still! I bid thee come not nearer to my feet!'
But the sullen ocean answered with a louder, deeper roar,
And the rapid waves drew nearer, falling sounding on the shore;
Back the Keeper and the Bishop, back the king and courtiers bore.
And he sternly bade them never more to kneel to human clay,
But alone to praise and worship That which earth and seas obey:
And his golden crown of empire never wore he from that day.
King Canute is dead and gone: Parasites exist alway."
I have always wondered how much sea level rise you get from the land sliding into the oceans.
'The continental shelves are covered by terrigenous sediments; that is, those derived from erosion of the continents. However, little of the sediment is from current rivers; some 60–70% of the sediment on the world's shelves is relict sediment, deposited during the last ice age, when sea level was 100–120 m lower than it is now.[10]
Sediments usually become increasingly fine with distance from the coast; sand is limited to shallow, wave-agitated waters, while silt and clays are deposited in quieter, deep water far offshore.[11] These accumulate 15–40 cm every millennium, much faster than deep-sea pelagic sediments.[12] '
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_shelf
FrankT says:
Some additional information. There is PhD thesis (2001, TU Delft, Netherlands) by Kyra van Onselen titled "The influence of data quality on the detectability of sea-level height variations". It focuses on the Dutch coast. Key aspect is that long term (20-30y) variability in sea-level determines detectability of trends, and that even substantial changes, such as from 1.5 mm/y to 4.5 mm/y, cannot be detected at this time. The document is available on the link: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9fc08ff1-bb04-4105-ab27-ecb90d359e3f .
Attached is a fragment from the conclusion of chapter 4.
Let's blame Exxon (Esso in the day) for knowing about global eustatic sea level changes and climate change then letting the Geological world know about their work in 1977. Explorationists and sequence stratigraphers are indebted to the work of Peter Vail and his Exxon colleagues. Much credit must go to their teacher, Larry Sloss at the Northwestern University for introducing them to sequence stratigraphic cycles.
Below is an image composite of a) USGS Memoir 26 book cover, authored by Exxon geologists, b) their global sea level curve (known then as the Vail curve) and c) the great man himself, Larry Sloss (the father of sequence stratigraphy) leading a geological party in Montana back in 1944.
And when someone says to me, 'you're a geologist, what would you know about climate change?', I just sigh with disgust and give them a dirty look.
Gamecock says:
'Even worse, they add in 0.3 mm/year for a global isostatic adjustment (GIA) to the satellite record. This is done because the sea floor is sinking in response to glacial rebound after the end of the last ice age.'
It's worse than we thought! The ocean basins are unmeasured. Climate 'scientists' make pronouncements about causes for the change in level, without a clue as to changes in the container. There is vast volcanic activity under the seas, as well as other things affecting the size of the basin.
Johansen says:
It's easy to test that slowdown after the 1950s. The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level PSMSL has the records from over 1200 tide gauges around the world. A few of them have records going back a century or more. Make a plot where each point represents the rate of sea level rise for the previous 30 years and you will see a high point around 1950. It bottoms out in the 1970s and has risen since. Whenever you see the claim that sea level has accelerated in recent decades and the the start point is no earlier than 1970 you can assume you are being lied to with a cherry pick.
Let's see if Tony's web page will still put up a graphic. If not it's here https://i.postimg.cc/26D8vbpn/1zv7rwg.gif
scott allen says:
steve I have an even better one from PSMSL, the oldest sea level gauge is located at Kronstadt and has been taking sea level measurements since about 1773 and show no sharp rise in sea level.
http://www.psmsl.org/data/longrecords/ReportsFGI_2000_1.pdf
Using Topex to measure sea level to the mm is almost laughable as by NASA own website Topex is only accurate to 4.2 cm + or -https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/topex/
'The oldest sea level gauge is located at Kronstadt and has been taking sea level measurements since about 1773 and show no sharp rise in sea level.'
Taken into account the strong rebound in that zone ?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/PGR_Paulson2007_Rate_of_Lithospheric_Uplift_due_to_post-glacial_rebound.png
that was addressed on page 24, numbered paragraphs 1 ,3 and 4.
The issue at hand is, are the coastal lands subsiding or the oceana rising?
I am not criticizing your post but it was just a photo with no data to the original work.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sinking-atlantic-coastline-meets-rapidly-rising-seas/
read the "key limitations" on sea level gages.
These statements are rarely ever mentioned in world wide sea level measurement.
https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/tide-gauge-sea-level-data
Scott: The Scientific American article you linked to is a classic example of how climate 'scientists' intentionally obfuscate the issue of sea level rise to alarm the public. Relative sea level rise has two components: 1) actual sea level rise (the amount the surface of the oceans is actually rising) and 2) land subsidence. But these two components are completely separate and unrelated. Subsidence has a number of causes (isostatic adjustment, oil/groundwater withdrawal, mining, compaction of sediments, etc.) but regardless of the cause, subsidence is NOT sea level rise and is in NO way related to sea level rise. There is NO sea level rise involved with subsidence whatsoever. Here's a simple proof: Wade into the ocean up to your knees and then kneel down. The water rises up to about your waist. Did the sea level rise until it reached your waist? No. You simply sank down (subsided). There was no rise in sea level at all.
This article discusses these two components, but then combines and comingles them to confuse the readers and sensationalize the "globally extraordinary rate" of sea level rise. The Climate Central graph shown in the article is 'Exhibit A'. The first six columns show the rate of subsidence for different areas along the east coast, but then the last column shows the Regional (relative) Sea Level Rise. But notice the word 'relative' is left out. This is no mistake. The word 'relative' is intentionally left out of a data column that conflates actual sea level rise with land subsidence. This is how climate 'scientists' intentionally obfuscate the issue of sea level rise to scare people. It's a deliberate lie that climate 'scientists' always tell whenever they discuss sea level rise. And in this article, Scientific American and Climate Central have colluded to intentionally mislead the general public about sea level rise.
Louis, you are correct and that was the point I was attempting to make (and failed spectacularly) by including the SA paper.
NOAA et al, note the rise in sea level gages but fails to mention the land subsidence.
I also put the wrong link for the +/- error in satellite sea level readings. I don't understand how NOAA can claim greater accuracy in sea level measurements than the error rate of their instrument.
.https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jason3/
dennisambler says:
"95% confidence level" is the result of "expert opinion". Guess who the "experts" are…
And that's why the very top of the page of 'The Deplorable Climate Science Blog' quotes Dr. Richard P. Feynman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 1965:
Gordy Thomas says:
[from the article]
Caution.
Who says the last ice age has ended?
Granted, it has essentially retreated, but a phrase such as "after the end of the last ice age" obscures the truth which explains the changes we cannot deny: that the earth is still warming from the most recent ice age, with no reason to assume it won't continue to get warmer on its own, without any assistance needed or possible from humanity.
tonyheller says:
Earth has been cooling for the past 7,000 years
" that the earth is still warming from the most recent ice age"
Say what !
Where did you get that from ?
Earth has been COOLING , with a couple of minor bumps (like current) since the peak of the Holocene. !!
Slowly at first, then more rapidly through the "Neoglaciation" down to the LIA.
JCalvertN(UK) says:
Yes. People sometimes say "The next glaciation is overdue." In fact, it had already started 7000 years ago.
JCN,
I would cut that in half. The waning of the Holocene began at the end of the Minoan Warm Period 3300 years ago, with temps on par with – if not slightly warmer than – the temperature spikes 6900 and 7800 years ago.
http://www.climate4you.com/images/GISP2%20TemperatureSince10700%20BP%20with%20CO2%20from%20EPICA%20DomeC.gif
Fossil beach stratigraphy and paleosea-level estimates, Hawaii.
Bingo and BOOM!
The Holocene Optimum was a long time ago.
BTW, how do you get your links to be images in this forum? Every time I load a link to an image, it is only the link. I would rather it show as the image, so people don't have to click to see it.
Pick them up from your computer, no link needed
See just below the "Post Comment" button
What think I learned.
1.) How to include an image.
2.) Images must have to be saved very large if one is asking another to look at some minutiae.
paul courtney says:
What an excellent post! I recall WUWT posted an article showing a Time Mag cover about the "coming ice age" within the past year (I don't do links). Nick Stokes jumped in with a "this was all media, no scientists said this." He also showed that the mag cover had been changed along the way, and effectively hijacked the discussion for that post. I remember the 70s, and knew it was false. It took a few days for others to find "scientists" who published the ice age scare in the 70s, but I don't recall anyone producing this 1972 smoking gun from Brown U. Nick never did come back to deal with the truth (think Jack Nicholson).
nfw says:
I've been away for a while, has Manhattan disappeared under water? It is now 30 years since NASA experts predicted it.
To paraphrase a Twitter moron: NASA experts versus a bloke named Tony. I'm with Tony.
George Reeves says:
Climate alarmists exaggerate low land flooding due to gradual sea level rise. Most low land is a little above sea level because natural processes set the land level based on the sea level. Darwin described how atolls stay a few meters above sea level with storm overwash of coral reef sand. River Delta's stay a few meters above sea level with flood delivered sediment. Coastal wetlands are organic soils which build up to the water table and then bacterial decay stops height growth. Even coastal cities get a few millimeters higher each year with road and parking lot repavings. Most future flooding will come from human interference with natural adaptive processes. The Mississippi delta is in trouble because it's flood silt supply has been cut off. Sand barrier islands suffer when overwash sand is bulldozed back into the ocean. The Maldives capital is in trouble because they destroyed their protective coral reef and built a city intolerant of storm overwash.
David Bunney says:
Hey Tony…. watch Thomas Wysmuller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wq9QYgIPR4 explain the 1.1 mm / year rate of rise from GPS corrected tide gauges around the world… and also look at his theory as to why the satellite data is a little over double… very interesting.
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Notoryctes typhlops, Southern Marsupial Mole
Ms. Jeri Rodgers - The University of Texas at Austin
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH 202107)
Image processing: Ms. Rebecca Comeaux
Publication Date: 11 Jan 2008
This specimen was collected from Ooldea, Australia. It was made available to The University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility by Ms. Jeri Rodgers of The University of Texas at Austin. Funding for scanning was provided by Ms. Rodgers. Funding for image processing was provided by a National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative grant to Dr. Timothy Rowe of The University of Texas at Austin.
This specimen was scanned by Matthew Colbert on 21 March 2007 along the coronal axis for a total of 705 slices. Each 1024 x 1024 pixel slice is 0.03812 mm thick, with an interslice spacing of 0.03812 mm and a field of reconstruction of 18 mm.
Notoryctes typhlops page on ARKive (Wildscreen Trading Limited)
N. typhlops page from ITIS Report (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
N. typhlops page on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (The World Conservation Union)
Front page image.
To cite this page: Ms. Jeri Rodgers, 2008, "Notoryctes typhlops" (On-line), Digital Morphology. Accessed January 17, 2021 at http://digimorph.org/specimens/Notoryctes_typhlops/.


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Flash Steam Gallery
OTW has been planning to introduce this new feature for a long while. When material comes our way, it can be anything from a single photograph to a complete article that just needs editing and putting into web format. When we are faced with relatively little information about an item, then its obvious home is in Pitbox, yet we have no similar facility for the designer or builder, which to us is an integral part of the story. If there is sufficient material or leads, then we can research and develop the story ourselves, which has happened many times to date. It is the situations where we have more than can fit in a Pitbox, but not enough for a feature article that the Flash Steam Gallery hopes to address.
The first entry was prompted by one of our trips to Pitsea on a hydro rescuing and photographing mission. In one of the display cases in a different part of the museum was a fascinatingly complex, yet relatively small flash steamer (above). There was no indication who had built it, and neither did the current owners have any idea as they had bought is out of an auction. A challenge for the OTW investigative team? A trawl through the Model Engineers soon had the name of the builder, Fred Lowne, as well as illustrations of some of his other work. Once we had a name, we found that 'Experimental Flash Steam' also mentioned him, as well as illustrating the complicated valve gear he used. From there, a long and informative chat with John Benson filled in many of the gaps.
Frederick Lowne was part of the long established Lowne Instrument Company in Lee, South East London. The company had been formed back in 1904 making electric master clock systems for major utility companies, as well as public buildings and the Woolwich Arsenal. For a while the company was taken over by another well-known electric clock manufacturer Magneta until around 1926, when it reverted to the Lowne family and re-established at Boones Street in Lee, where it continued until around 2002.
This master clock from the Lownes Company, along with family letters and provenance appeared at a local auction in 2018 with a guide price of £70-£100. Sharp intakes of breath all round, including from OTW, when the hammer dropped at £3,200 indicating the rarity and desirability of products from that company.
Knowing Fred Lowne's background then, one can appreciate the complexity and quality of workmanship displayed in his models.
At the Victoria Club May Regatta in 1939, 'A brand new flash steam boat, Mr F. Lowne's 'Little Otter' from the Blackheath Club made its debut'. The report in Model Engineer goes on to describe the technical details of the engine and steam plant and allude to the instability of the boat that 'capsized before it had gone one lap'. The photo shows a very extended afterplane on the hull.
However, it transpires that Fred had been working towards this for many years, having first exhibited the engine for this boat on the South London Club stand at the Model Engineering Exhibition in 1927 and 1928.
In 1941 John Benson published an article in ME under the title 'Blackheath Carries On', which features two of Fred Lowne's engines, for Fred and John were fellow Blackheath members.
The smaller single cylinder motor is from the C Class steamer 'Little Otter' and it is the ingenious valve gear that makes this little motor so fascinating.
The two piston valves, one inlet, one exhaust, are shuttled back and forth by two gear driven cams with 'complimentary contours' timed 360 degrees apart. The relatively small motor of just 1.5cc capacity was capable of exceeding 25mph, but 'the speed being limited by the tendency of the hull to capsize at anything over this speed'.
The 3-cylinder radial motor is even more remarkable with each cylinder having a single piston-valve operated by two rockers and pushrods from a single cam at each end of the motor. In 1941 this motor was not quite complete, but the description infers that it was intended for a C Class boat at some stage.
At the Kent Model Engineering Exhibition in 1945 Fred Lowne's displayed two flash steam boats, including what we believe to be 'Little Otter' and the larger boat that we discovered in Pitsea. Also on display was the three cylinder radial mentioned before, seemingly still unfinished, and a 4cc two stroke motor.
We have been unable to find any further mention of Fred Lowne's involvement with flash steam or tethered hydroplanes, and John Benson confirmed that he had seen little of him after the end of the war.
We believe that his model engineering interest continued though, turning to steam locomotives. An LNER Royal Sovereign credited to him was on display at the 1974 Model Engineering Exhibition. Fred Lowne died in 1983, little more than a year after the death of his wife Joy.
The boat at Pitsea that we believe to be 'Otter' has yet another intriguing valve configuration for its single cylinder motor. The separate inlet and exhaust piston valves lie side by side in the cylinder head with each being driven through a pushrod, bell crank and link. Each pushrod is offset from the centre line of the crank and at an angle and as they do not appear to be jointed in any way, we must assume that there is some form of spring system on the bell crank or valve, keeping everything in place. The entire cylinder head and valve assembly is attached to a pair of steel frames, which are clamped in place by two pairs of tie rods at the front and rear of the motor. These rods are tensioned via a pair of aluminium straps under the bearing housings. As was common at the time, although the motor has an exhaust valve, it also has uniflow ports so there are three exhaust pipes, two from the cylinder jacket and one from the piston valve.
The pumps are all on a separate sub frame driven directly from the crankshaft with the reduction via a worm and wheel. Two water pumps are on the outside of the frames with the oil pump in between. The single acting oil pump also has a lever for manual priming. The water pumps seem to have a lever with some sort of ratchet arrangement for priming, but quite how this works, we have yet to figure out.
As steam generator go, this one is quite small and uses relatively large bore tubing, although it appears that there might be two tubes, each fed independently by one of the water pumps. The two tubes then appear to be joined into a single steam feed for the motor. The single blowlamp is of the conventional vapourising type with air supplied from a pressurised tank beside the motor. The boiler casing we take to be stainless steel with no insulation other than the rear. The complexity of engineering does not stop with the motor, as there are two separate 'knock offs' as well, one releasing water pressure from each of the feeds and the other, fuel pressure from the reservoir tank.
The hull immediately attracts attention as it is decked entirely in sheet metal with cut outs for the power plant and narrow steam generator. We would suspect from the size and weight of the boat that it was only just into the B class, and might even have been within the C class limits.
A fascinating piece of engineering that did not have any great racing history, but one of many such projects that were around during that period. Our thanks go to Neville Darby and John Benson for help in preparing this, the first of our 'gallery' entries.
Update Oct 2015: Following Fred Lowne's grandson Jonathan discovering OTW he realised that the boat he had in his possession was 'Little Otter'. He has kindly provided photos of the boat and mechanics that clearly illustrate just how complex the plant was. It is a pleasure to know that both of the boats last seen together in 1945 are still in existence.
Flash Steam Gallery 2
If the first gallery entry was down to a 'what is it' then the second is much more a 'where is it'? Amongst the albums of photos from Jim Free were several images of a seemingly well-engineered and modern flash steamer, identifiable by a Cotswold registration number and a name that crops up regularly with steamers, 'Water Otter'? A quick referral to Stan Poyser identified the boat as having belonged to Colin Harmer, who was unfortunately no longer with us, so that avenue of research was not open. The late Vic Collins' albums produced some photos of Colin in action, while a trawl of Model Boats produced a brief record of his foray into flash steam. Of the boat, we can find no trace, and attempts to contact his son have been to no avail, but as one of the few 'modern' steam men, we feel that recognition is due to Colin for his involvement.
Colin Harmer lived down in Sussex and worked for the Royal Observatory at Herstmonceaux Castle near Eastbourne. He made his debut with an A Class flash steamer in October 1992 but failed to get a run on that occasion. The steam plant was modelled on Bob Kirtley's well-proven design, whilst the hull was more influenced by Ian Berne's Steam Machine II, although with a less bluff bow, and no rear aerofoils. It took Colin until July of 1993 at Cerney to record his first complete run, following that with his best run to date of 71.25mph at the August Cotswold regatta. It was reported that the boat was going well at the St Alban's, but that he did not get his hand up early enough as mechanical breakdown brought both that run and Colin's first 'International' to a premature end.
With the plant repaired Colin beat his previous best by the narrowest of margins at the Southern Area Championships in September. The boat was rebuilt over the winter with a much more pointed nose, more in the style of Bob and Ian's current models and reappeared as 'Water Otter' at Bradwell in April 94. Unfortunately for Colin it was to be a season of continuing frustration, with a series of mechanical failures and mishaps.
The following year was little better, with Model Boats reporting that 'it was very frustrating as he (Colin) had reached 70 at Cerney two years previously'.
The work done to the boat and plant in preparation for the 1996 season certainly seemed to pay dividends and Colin had obviously started to come to terms with running a flash steamer as he won his class at the July Cerney regatta. At Farnborough in October it was reported that 'at last (he) had just rewards for his persistence with best ever runs'. A speed of 95.51mph was 24 mph faster than he had ever managed, and this was backed up with an even faster run at 98.03mph.
1997 again proved frustrating, with the boat not finishing the runs when it was quick, yet managing to complete 5 laps at relatively slow speeds.
However, Colin had his 'best ever start' to a season in 1998, winning his class at Old Ford in April at 82.30mph, although this would appear to have been his last ever recorded run with his steamer. He did attend the May meeting at Old Ford, but did not get a run, and that would seem to have been the last regatta he entered as ill health brought an end to his racing, with both Colin and his wife sadly dying within a short time of each other.
Apart from the photographs of Colin and his boat, and despite three years of concerted digging, nothing further was known as to what might have become of one of the few 'modern' flash steamers? ----Until 23rd Jan 2013 that is, and one of those amazingly spooky coincidences that defies any sort of logical explanation. Just hours after a conversation with Bob Kirtley about Colin, and a conclusion that we had exhausted all possible avenues of research, what should appear on eBay, but 'Water Otter'. This was the second of Colin's boats described above and had obviously had a hard life in the intervening period. Although the engine is missing, and the paintwork has suffered badly, it is otherwise complete. The current owner has had it for around four years, having purchased it off ebay, which begs the question as to how we all missed it first time round and of course, where is the motor?
The boat sold for a modest £230, so for the time being it has vanished again and its ultimate destiny is unknown although we would like to think that it will be restored as a steamer. Perhaps the new owner would be kind enough to contact us?
Update June 2013: According to information from ebay, the boat was sold to a buyer in Italy.
Thanks to Jim Free for photos of the boat, Norman Lara for the loan of the late Vic Collins' albums, Peter Hill for the race records and Lionel Lawley for the MPBA race certificate.
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The air squat starts with your stance being just wider than your hips with your toes pointing slightly outward. As you descend, your back should maintain a neutral vertical position, all the while your knees extend out over your toes. The weight should stay on your heels for balance and to help maintain a neutral position in your back. For a full range of motion, try to extend to a horizontal (minimum) position with your quads while maintaining a solid core with arms extended. As your range of motion increases, this will extend to below parallel, all the while not compromising your lumbar. To test your dexterity, simply do as many squats in 20 seconds as you can, and recover for 10 seconds. Those in the CrossFit world recognize this as a Tabata squat. This 20-on/10-off series lasts for nine rounds. To add a little spice to this maneuver, hold in the down position while you recover for ten seconds each round.
The next exercise to help boost your conditioning and strength is a simple lunge. The mechanics of the lunge are very straightforward, but again we will want to maintain a neutral back posture and allow for a full range of motion. As you step through each lunge, keep your hands on your hips, which help maintain a vertical posture. Step through each lunge without stopping at the top (promenading). A good combination of exercises that includes the lunge is the "buttkicker": three rounds of running 400 meters, doing 35 air squats, and 45 lunges. Be sure to maintain a high level of intensity based on your current level of fitness, and execute a full range of motion for each exercise.
The last exercise we'll want to include is a simple pull-up. Though basically a strength exercise, this too can get your heart beating by developing a "kip." The kip allows that you use the "bow and flex" of the hip to help complete the pull-up. Though space is limited to describe the intricacies of the kip, more information is readily available for anyone interested. For those who maintain the kip is cheating, we would simply address the fact that the work being done is the same. What we are concerned with is "power," which is a function of time. The more work done in a shorter period of time is more power. By utilizing the kip, we are not only increasing our power and efficiency, but also strengthening our core at the same time.
Alan Miller is a certified Level 1 CrossFit Coach and owner of Manhattan Athletic Club.


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Why "PIN Number" is Wrong, Right and Avoidable Anyway
Many people dislike expressions like ATM machine, PIN number and LCD display, where there is an apparent repetition of the last word of the acronym. ATM means "Automatic Teller Machine", they argue, so it makes no sense to say "Automatic Teller Machine Machine". This view is very common; you find it in the Wikipedia page for PIN and in many respectable writing guides like DailyWritingTips.
Actually in a way they are all wrong. Somebody who writes "PIN number" is not writing "Personal Identification Number Number", they are writing "PIN number". Through their use acronyms acquire an identity of their own that replaces the original meaning, usually to the point where few people know what they once stood for. LCD was perhaps originally an acronym for Liquid Crystal Display but now "LCD" has just become descriptive of a type of display, like OLED, plasma or TFT.
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Yet the idea of territory so unexplored that it might as well be populated with dragons describes very well our understanding of other cultures. Most people are aware that people in other places are different -- even if it is only from TV comedy and cartoons like Disney-Pixar's Cars franchise. Very often, though, this understanding does not go much beyond surface differences like the way people greet each other -- visible signs that are almost immediately recognizable. Most people also focus on the unusual and the bizarre in other culture…
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Today I was reminded of this when I went to check the story about the invention of Levi's jeans. You have probably heard the popular story that Levi Strauss was selling dry goods to miners in the California gold rush of the mid 1800s when he noticed they were wearing out their clothes in the rough mining work. He took some brown canvas, made it into jeans and added rivets to strengthen the joints. Min…
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1. HOW OFTEN DO YOU TYPE ADDRESSES ANYWAY? Most of the time when I visit websites i am not typing anything, I am just following links. They might be links on a social media page, in an email or in some document. Be honest. how many of you reached this page by typing in the address? If the server stats are to be trusted most of you clicked on social media links and the rest came through search engines.
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Just two years ago if you had pitched a startup idea like Pinterest to investors they would have asked why you think anyone would want it. Today nobody asks who wants a visual social platform but they will ask what you do that's different. In this scenario it is no surprise that there are rivals coming to market, each with its own twist on the basic formula.
At least two of these rivals already have a usable product available for testing so we can compare them with Pinterest: Fancy, open for public beta testing, and Loveit, still in private beta. Both are conceptually so similar to the original that any Pinterest user can sign up and start "fancying" or "loving it" immediately without looking at the help page. At the same time both also have some interesting features that differentiate them from Pinterest.
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Today's rich ecosystem of software apps is possible because the people coding them build on the work of the coders who came before them. Tools like Flipboard are only possible because they build new levels on top of existing products like Facebook and Twitter. And finding things like the physical location of users is trivial today because the coding work has already been done. This brings two huge benefits to both developers and users. First of all, the time taken to build a new app is much less. Second, it allows people to implement creative new app ideas without getting bogged down in coding basics.
Singly is a startup that makes the development of social-network-based apps even easier because it provides a standard interface for Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and other networks. Instead of having to learn the API interface details for each of them, a developer can send standardized requests to Singly, which takes care of the rest. This is already an interesting idea but what r…
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SpaceX's mission control is noteworthy for its minimalist, almost spartan style based on basic tables you might pick up at IKEA and simple computer monitors. Almost nothing else is visible. In comparison NASA's flight control room looks unmistakably luxurious and extravagant. In all fairness the NASA facility was probably first built in the age of paper documents and CRT displays, so this look is probably a legacy. But intentional or not the comparison sends a clear message about SpaceX.
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