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JoJo and Leah LaBelle Duet on John Legend Cover
JoJo fans have been waiting years for a new album. To thank them for their continued patience, the singer performed a mini-concert from her keyboardist's living room and broadcast it live online via Stageit.
She gathered her musician friends including Leah LaBelle and Austin Brown and jammed with them during the 50-minute set. Viewers donated money and in exchange they were treated to past and present hits including "Leave (Get Out)," "Disaster," and "Marvin's Room," which JoJo credits for changing the course of her career.
She also threw in a cover of Paula Cole's "I Don't Want to Wait" and dueted with her BFF Leah on John Legend's "Ordinary People" (Part 3).
"While I've been in this limbo, your support has literally kept me alive," a grateful JoJo told her fans before closing with "Too Little, Too Late." "I can't wait to explain everything to you. It's gonna blow your fu**ing mind when you hear what's going on."
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The B.C. Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into four incidents of what it calls "unusual" PharmaNet activity in which four people are believed to have accessed personal information in the system.
As the provincial government investigates four cases of illegal access to personal information from B.C.'s PharmaNet prescription database, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association is asking why the province hasn't told all users about a simple fix to lock down their data.
The PharmaNet system links all B.C. pharmacies to a central set of data systems and logs every prescription dispensed in the province.
All B.C. pharmacists and many doctors have access to all data in the PharmaNet system that isn't protected by a patient's personal keyword, Vonn said.
According to a B.C. Ministry of Health statement made this week, between the fall of 2016 and February 2017, the government became aware of and launched an investigation into four incidents of unusual activity where unknown individuals accessed personal information contained in the PharmaNet system. The system has a basic profile for each individual that includes name, address, date of birth, personal health number and gender. The past 14 months of an individual's medication history is also stored in PharmaNet.
The investigation has affected 14 physicians, the statement said. Approximately 7,500 individuals have had their basic profiles viewed, and about 80 others also had their recent medication histories viewed.
The ministry said it is sending out letters to patients and doctors affected by the breach, advising how to avoid identity theft. A ministry spokesman confirmed that the letter to affected patients will also include instructions on how to set up keyword protection for their records.
Those instructions are also on the PharmaNet website.
Vonn urged the government to make all PharmaNet users more aware of the keyword security options.
An independent security review of PharmaNet separate from the investigation is also underway and is scheduled for completion in July.


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Chapel Hill è un comune degli Stati Uniti d'America, situato nello Stato del Tennessee, nella Contea di Marshall.

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni del Tennessee

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Paul Greengrass (Cheam, Anglaterra, 13 d'agost de 1955) és un periodista, director, guionista i productor britànic.

És conegut per haver dirigida The Bourne Supremacy i L'ultimàtum de Bourne, respectivament segon i tercer capítol de la franquícia Jason Bourne iniciada per Doug Liman.

El 2007 va cofundar Directors UK, una organització professional de cineastes britànics, i en va ser el primer president fins al 2014. El 2008 The Telegraph el va definir com la persona més influent en la cultura del Regne Unit. El 2017, va ser guardonat amb el British Film Institute Fellowship.

Biografia
Aquests blockbusters li permeten accedir a un reconeixement de la critica i comercial internacional. Paral·lelament, inverteix en projectes polítics i compromesos, com el drama Bloody Sunday que el va donar a conèixer l'any 2002, i que relatava els esdeveniments tràgics de 1972 que van tenir lloc a Derry el diumenge 30 de gener de 1972. Sobre aquest film - el seu quart com a director - que posa les bases del seu estil cinematogràfic, inspirat en documentals dramàtics minuciosament teixits pel « efecte realitat » sentit per l'espectador en el la projecció.

L'any 2006, signa així United 93 que conta els esdeveniments que van tenir lloc en el Vol 93 d'United Airlines, en els atemptats de l'11 de setembre de 2001, després retroba l'any 2010 Matt Damon al thriller geopolític d'acció Green Zone. Aquesta coproducció internacional està basada en el relat del periodista Rajiv Chandrasekaran, titulat Life in the Emerald City, i conta la seva experiència l'any 2003, a la zona verda de Bagdad, a l'Iraq. Però el film divideix la crítica, i decep comercialment.

L'any 2012, posa en escena Tom Hanks al drama Capità Phillips, també basat en fets reals: la presa d'hostatges del Maersk Alabama. El film és un enorme èxit crític i comercial, i rep sis nominacions a l'Oscar l'any 2013.

L'any 2016, torna al cap de la saga que l'ha fet famós per a un cinquè capítol (després d'un film derivat escrit i dirigit pel guionista dels primers lliuraments, Tony Gilroy, i centrat sobre un nou personatge interpretat per Jeremy Renner). Per a aquesta nova aventura, Matt Damon hi torna amb el seu paper, i participa en l'escriptura i a la producció al costat del cineasta.

Filmografia

Director

Cinema
 1989: Resurrected
 1998: The Theory of Flight
 2002: Bloody Sunday
 2004: The Bourne Supremacy)
 2006: United 93
 2007: L'ultimàtum de Bourne (The Bourne Ultimatum)
 2009: Green Zone
 2013: Capità Phillips (Captain Phillips)
 2016: Jason Bourne

Televisió
 1993: When the Lies Run Out
 1994: Open Fire
 1995: Kavanagh Q.C. (sèrie televisió) - temporada  1, episodi 4
 1996: The One That Got Away
 1997: The Fix
 1999: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence inspirat en un fet real

Guionista
 1994: Open Fire (TV)
 1996: The One That Got Away (TV)
 1997: The Fix (TV)
 1999: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (TV)
 2002: Bloody Sunday
 2004: Omagh (TV)
 2006: United 93
 2016: Jason Bourne

Productor
 2004: Omagh (TV)
 2006: United 93

Premis i nominacions
 1989: Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlín - premi de Otto Dibelius Film i OCIC per a Resurrected
 1999: Festival internacional de cinema de Brussel·les - Millor film europeu per a The Theory of Flight
 2000: British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Millor episodi dramàtic per a The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
 2002: Festival de Cinema de Sundance - Premi del públic per a Bloody Sunday
 2002: Motovun Film Festival - Elice de Motovun per a Bloody Sunday
 2002: Jerusalem Film Festival - Millor llarg métrage per a Bloody Sunday
 2002: Fantasporto - premi del jurat del públic i premi de la setmana dels directors per a Bloody Sunday
 2002: Festival del film britànic de Dinard - Hitchcock d'ara bé per a Bloody Sunday
 2002: Premis British Independent Film - millor director per a Bloody Sunday
 2002: Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlín - os d'oré i premi del jurat ecumènic per a Bloody Sunday
 2003: IFTA Awards - Millor guió i film per a Bloody Sunday
 2004: Festival Internacional de Cinema de Sant Sebastià - Millor guió i Millor film europeu per a Omagh
 2005: British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Millor episodi dramàtic per a Omagh
 2006: San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Millor director per a United 93
 2006: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Millor director per a United 93
 2006: Los Angeles Film Critics Associació Awards - Millor director per a United 93
 2007: Nacional Society of Film Critics Awards, Estats Units - Millor director per a United 93
 2007: London Critics Circle Film Awards - Producció Anglesa de l'any i Director de l'any per a United 93
 2007: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Millor director per a United 93
 2007: Evening Estàndard British Film Awards - Millor film per a United 93
 2007: British Academy of Film and Television Arts - premi David Lean per a la realització per a United 93

Referències

Productors de cinema anglesos
Directors de cinema anglesos
Directors de televisió anglesos
Guionistes anglesos
Alumnes de la Universitat de Cambridge
Alumnes del Queens' College
Alumnes de la Sevenoaks School
Comandants de l'Orde de l'Imperi Britànic


I create imaginative and believable worlds that support characters and story.
I designed many backgrounds on early episodes of this new Cartoon Network series currently airing.
I designed thousands of highly detailed background for Nickelodeon's hit show of the 90s. Here are a few.
This collection features background development and studio tests in a variety of styles.
An adventure story set in the wild west, Party Wagon is an animated television movie produced by Cartoon Network.
I was the principal background designer for Nick Jr.'s adorable Oswald the Octopus series.


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The Order of the Republic is an order of Tunisia, founded 16 March 1959.

Some major recipients

Grand Cross

National
 Mohamed Ennaceur
 Beji Caid Essebsi

Foreign
 : Abdelaziz Bouteflika
 : Carlos Menem
 : Anwar Sadat
 : Hosni Mubarak
 : Haile Selassie
 : Jacques Chirac
 : François Hollande
 : Emmanuel Macron
 : Giorgio Napolitano
 : Akihito
 : King Abdullah II
 : Princess Muna, Princess Mother
 : King Mohammed VI (Grand Cordon 1987; Collar 2014)
 : Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco (2014)
 : Beatrix of the Netherlands
 : Yasser Arafat
 : Mahmoud Abbas
 : Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal
 : Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1985)
 : Mohammed bin Salman (2018)
 : Salman of Saudi Arabia (2019)
 : Léopold Sédar Senghor
 : Juan Carlos I
 : King Carl XVI Gustaf
 : Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland
 : Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2017)
 : Elizabeth II
 : Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Grand Officer

National
 Mohamed Habib Gherab
 Kamel Morjane
 Mohamed Talbi
 Hichem Djait

Foreign
 : Princess Benedikte
 : Djamila Bouhired
 : Mohamed Belhocine

Commander
 : Milica Čubrilo
 : Benoît Puga
 : Yadh Ben Achour
 : Ahmed Zewail

References

External links

Orders, decorations, and medals of Tunisia
National symbols of Tunisia
1959 establishments in Tunisia
Awards established in 1959


Combined air pollution and climate policies multiply benefits, make them direct and immediate, and are the best pathway to a clean climate and healthy economy.
Since 2014, Chile's Ministry of Environment has focused on three objectives: identifying and addressing the climate effects of air pollution; taking a leading role on addressing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs); and working to integrate these two concepts at both the local and global level.
One of the greatest challenges that we face in achieving our environmental, development, and climate goals is identifying metrics that can harmonize our near- and long-term objectives and identify win-win solutions that help us achieve both together.
Yet science tells us that simultaneously addressing drivers of both near-and long-term climate change is the only way to realistically achieve our climate and development goals. Indeed, being able to do both at the same time brings much greater benefits than either can separately, particularly for public health and air quality.
This made us realise that we must include measures to reduce SLCPs, particularly black carbon. Informed by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition draft guidelines, the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) that we submitted ahead of the Paris Agreement recognized that taking action on SLCPs can provide a "substantial contribution to the mitigation of the causes of climate change," while also providing co-benefits such as "reducing the levels of local atmospheric pollution in urban centers." We joined Mexico and Nigeria in noting the important contribution of black carbon to fine particulate matter air pollution and climate change in our INDCs.
We are already turning our pledges into action. We are implementing local decontamination plans focused on black carbon in numerous cities throughout Chile. These include measures such as: subsidies to improve insulation in 300,000 homes and overhaul 400,000 dirty wood burning stoves and heaters; banning the use of firewood in the urban area of Santiago; modernizing the Transantiago bus fleet to Euro 6 emissions standard, and setting stringent emissions standards for industrial, transport, and residential sectors. We are also establishing a permanent ban on non-Euro 5 diesel vehicles, hoping to achieve a deep overhaul of our car fleet. Finally, we are the first country in Latin America to regulate existing and new off road machinery.
We have designed this new Santiago Respira plan with the hope of reducing wintertime pollution by 80 per cent, and thus reducing premature mortality by 2,200 cases per year. These measures come at a cost, but the benefits are eightfold, due to fuel savings and health benefits. Through these actions we are proving that it is possible for countries to improve the quality of life of their citizens while also being responsible global citizens. However, we continue to struggle to define and communicate our multiple objectives within the context of the climate treaty and sustainable development.
If we are to understand the implications of our mitigation actions and pledges on local and global temperatures in the near and long term, and be able to quantify benefits from improved air quality, we need to understand what the pledges mean for different substances emitted to the atmosphere. It would be an important step, therefore, for the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Paris Agreement (APA) to recommend that countries pledge emission reduction targets of each substance separately as part of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), instead of combining them into a single carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) pledge.
As the APA considers the formal methodology for future NDCs it can build upon the strength of the INDCs by allowing Parties to: pledge emission reductions of substances individually (e.g. as tons of each substance) rather than in CO2e; report on progress made in implementing and achieving their NDCs substance by substance; and voluntarily include pledges for non-greenhouse gas emissions, including aerosols such as black carbon, that affect the climate, health, and ecosystems.
Taking this approach would provide clear, unambiguous data for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to track progress towards global climate goals while also recognizing the distinct multiple benefits of SLCP strategies. It would make the system more precise and transparent, and would facilitate a more holistic approach to climate action, aligning closely with social, economic, and environmental priorities. This would also allow countries like Chile to focus on climate and development benefits of particular concern to them, such as decontaminating cities, protecting glaciers and areas with snow cover, protecting water supplies, agricultural and wine activities; and above all, the health of the people.
Allowing countries to set separate pledges for different emitted substances would send a powerful message that countries need not choose between their near-term sustainable development priorities and long-term climate goals; they can and should achieve both. The overall objective of our climate negotiations is to protect the planet and ultimately save lives. We cannot overlook the fact that acting on SLCPs now saves lives now and protects our climate immediately. A shocking 92 per cent of the world population breathes dirty air. Nobody has overcome air pollution issues. Combined air pollution and climate policies multiply benefits, make them direct and immediate, and are the best pathway to a clean climate and healthy economy. Many have focused first on air pollution, and then climate. But working on both could be the most efficient, cost-effective, and successful approach.


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Industry Leader Nicopure Labs on Passage of Cole Amendment to Amend Predicate Date for Vapor Products
April 19, 2016-TAMPA, FL – Today, Nicopure Labs, LLC expresses its support and appreciation for the House Appropriations Committee's 31-19 vote to approve a bipartisan amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill offered by Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) and co-sponsored by Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA) that would modify the grandfather date for vapor products in the FDA's upcoming deeming rule.
"Members of the Appropriations Committee who took the floor today in support of this amendment articulated a truthful and compelling argument in favor of the distinct tobacco harm reduction potential that innovative vapor products bring to millions of smokers," said Jason Del Giudice, Nicopure Labs co-founder and Chief Technology Officer.
"We are very encouraged to see that evidence on the comparatively reduced risk of vape products provided by credible anti-tobacco advocates worldwide and public health officials, such as Public Health England, the English equivalent of the Health and Human Services Department, has an echo this side of the Atlantic," added Jeff Stamler, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
"While this amendment is just the very first step in the process to reevaluate e-cigarette and vaping products regulation based on sound science and overall population benefit, we are confident that the FDA will now find renewed impetus to work with the industry and researchers towards development of vaping products standards, to ensure responsible manufacturing and advertising, communicate comparative risk among various tobacco products, and create a level-playing field for compliant companies to innovate and offer consumers alternatives to smoking that will eventually reduce the toll from death and disease caused by cigarettes," said Patricia Kovacevic, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
A link to the Appropriations Committee full committee markup can be found here.
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Science and UFOs: Part 4 - Sincere but Uninformed Skeptics Have Been Duped by Skeptical Inquirer Magazine
By Robert Hastings
www.ufohastings.com
In this fourth and final installment of my article regarding scientific ignorance and presumption about the UFO phenomenon, I discuss the intriguing, almost completely unpublicized connections between the leading organization of UFO "skeptics" and the U.S. government. Because this group, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, has had significant influence on scientists' attitudes toward UFOs over the years—by constantly promoting the idea that there is nothing worthwhile to study—a closer examination of its role in debunking the phenomenon is warranted.
Those who missed Parts 1, 2 and/or 3—including physicist Dr. James E. McDonald's Prepared Statement before the U.S. Congress, in which he summarized his UFO research and asserted his position that UFOs are probably extraterrestrial craft—may read those here:
Part 1—The Condon Committee Con Job
Part 2—Occam's Rusty Razor
Part 3—Deep Denial Disguised as Rational Skepticism
So, who am I and what do I bring to the table? On September 27, 2010, I co-sponsored the "UFOs and Nukes" press conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., during which seven U.S. Air Force (USAF) veterans spoke about their UFO encounters at nuclear weapons sites, including incidents involving large numbers of ICBMs mysteriously malfunctioning at a time when disc-shaped craft were observed silently hovering near their launch facilities by Air Force Security Police.
CNN streamed the ground-breaking press conference live and the full-length video of it may be viewed below:
My co-sponsor for the event, former USAF Captain Robert Salas, was directly involved in one such missile-shutdown incident, at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, on March 24, 1967, a fact now verified on audio tape (see below) by his missile commander that day, retired Col. Frederick Meiwald. The tape recorded statements of a third former missile launch officer, retired Col. Walter Figel, regarding another such incident at Malmstrom eight days earlier, may be heard here. Although I have roughly three hours of audio taped comments by Figel, he chose not to participate in the press conference.
(UFO debunker James Carlson's many falsehoods about Figel and Meiwald's confirmatory statements are thoroughly exposed in these tape recordings. No wonder Carlson tries so hard to refute them on countless blogs, going so far as to claim that I doctored the tapes. A fuller discussion of this pathetic sideshow may be read here: The Echo/Oscar Witch Hunt).
In any case, the press event, which was covered worldwide by media organizations large and small, was the very satisfying outcome of my nearly four-decade-long research career. I began seeking out and interviewing U.S. military veterans in 1973, to attempt to learn more about UFOs' apparent interest in our nukes. My fascination with this intriguing topic was sparked in March 1967, when UFOs were rumored to be hovering near some of Malmstrom AFB's ICBM sites—something now confirmed by Salas, Meiwald, Figel and other veterans involved in the incidents.
At that time, my father, SMSgt. Robert E. Hastings, was stationed at the base and worked in the SAGE building, which housed one component of the world's most sophisticated radar network, designed to detect Soviet bombers in North American airspace in time of war. During the same period, I was a high school junior who worked three nights-a-week as a janitor at Malmstrom's air traffic control tower. Long story short, my father and I independently learned of the UFO presence around the vicinity of the base, as confirmed by two different radar systems.
By 1981, after numerous interviews with former/retired USAF personnel, I believed that I had enough solid testimony about all of this to take the subject of UFOs and Nukes public. Consequently, I ventured out on the American college lecture circuit in September of that year. That was over 500 lectures ago; I have also appeared at England's Oxford University.
Simply put, my opinion is that the U.S. government does not have the right to keep the American people and the rest of humanity in the dark, decade after decade, about the UFO reality and the now well-documented interest on the part of their pilots in our nuclear weapons. (Soviet Army veterans have reported UFO activity at nuclear weapons sites in the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. Now-available documents from the KGB and Soviet Ministry of Defense support some of those revelations.)
Skeptics or Disinformation Agents?
Over the years, I have found that a great many of the debunkers in my lecture audiences had one thing in common: They had read one or more of the supposedly objective articles on UFOs which routinely appear in Skeptical Inquirer magazine, published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)—which has now renamed itself the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI).
Although most of the debunkers I encounter tout Skeptical Inquirer as a source of credible, scientific information on UFOs—which it is not—when I question them, I find that virtually none of these UFO critics know anything about those responsible for publishing this "skeptical" magazine. I, on the other hand, made it my business long ago to find out exactly who was so intent on fervently debunking UFOs, year after year, decade after decade. I must say, what I discovered surprised me. At the same time, I was not at all surprised.
The Executive Editor of Skeptical Inquirer is Kendrick C. Frazier. Many years ago, I discovered that Frazier was in fact employed, beginning in the early 1980s, as a Public Relations Specialist at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Yes, the same Sandia Labs that has been instrumental to the success of America's nuclear weapons program since the late 1940s, through its "ordinance engineering" of components for bomb and missile warhead systems.
In my opinion, Frazier's affiliation with Sandia Labs—he is now retired, after working there for over two decades—is highly significant, given the hundreds of references in declassified government documents, and in the many statements by former military personnel, which address ongoing UFO activity at nuclear weapons sites over the past six decades.
Considering these disclosures—which clearly establish a link between UFOs and nukes—I find it interesting, to say the least, that the longtime editor of the leading debunking magazine—whose pages routinely feature articles discrediting UFOs and those who report them—worked for over 20 years as a public relations spokesman for one of the leading nuclear weapons labs in the United States.
Interestingly, Skeptical Inquirer's publisher's statement, or "masthead", which appears at the beginning of each issue, never once mentioned Frazier's employment at the highly-secretive, government-funded laboratory. Instead, the magazine merely listed, and continues to list, his profession as "science writer"—a reference to his having written several books and articles on various scientific subjects. Also curious is the fact that a number of online biographies on Frazier—including one written by him—also fail to mention his two-decade tenure at Sandia Labs.1 An odd omission indeed.
Over the years, Frazier has been quick to dismiss the astonishing revelations about UFOs contained in government documents declassified via the Freedom of Information Act. He claims that researchers who have accessed thousands of U.S. Air Force, CIA, and FBI files have consistently misrepresented their contents. In one interview he stated, "The UFO believers don't give you a clear and true idea of what these government documents reveal. They exaggerate the idea that there is a big UFO cover-up."2
Just as Frazier strives to minimize the significance of the declassified revelations about UFOs, it is likely he will also attempt to downplay the relevancy of his former employment with one of the U.S. government's top nuclear weapons labs, as it pertained to his magazine's relentless debunking of UFOs. He will presumably assert that his skeptical views on the subject are personal and sincere, and were in no way related to, or influenced by, his public relations position at Sandia National Laboratories.
However, regardless of his response, I believe that Frazier's long-term employment at Sandia is very relevant, and raises questions about his impartiality, if nothing else, given his long track-record of publishing stridently anti-UFO articles in Skeptical Inquirer.
Furthermore, the "skeptical" organization's connection with nukes does not end with Kendrick Frazier. James Oberg, one of CSI's leading UFO debunkers, once did classified work relating to nuclear weapons at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, located at Kirtland AFB, just down the road from Sandia Labs, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
From 1970-72, Oberg was an Air Force officer whose assignments with the Battle Environments Branch at the weapons lab involved the development and utilization of computer codes related to the modeling of laser and nuclear weapons. Oberg also served as a "Security Officer" while at the weapons lab and was, therefore, responsible for monitoring the security procedures used to safeguard the classified documents generated by his group.
After former USAF Lt. (now Dr.) Bob Jacobs went public with the still-classified, nuclear weapons-related case known as the Big Sur UFO Incident—during which a domed, disc-shaped craft was inadvertently filmed as it circled a dummy nuclear warhead in flight, subsequently disabling it with four beams of light—Oberg wrote to him, chastising Jacobs for revealing "top secret" information.
In his 1989 MUFON UFO Journal article, Jacobs wrote that after he had broken his silence, "I was contacted by a variety of investigators, buffs, cranks, proponents and detractors alike. James Oberg, a frequent 'mouthpiece' for certain NASA projects and self-styled UFO Debunker wrote to disparage my story and to ask provocatively, 'Since you obviously feel free to discuss top secret UFO data, what would you be willing to say about other top secret aspects of the Atlas warhead which you alluded to briefly?'"3
Despite Oberg's charge, Jacobs has correctly noted that because the USAF officer who had shown him the film of the UFO encounter, Major Florenze J. Mansmann, subsequently told him with a figurative-wink that the incident had "never happened"—not that it was Top Secret—Jacobs had no personal knowledge of the classification-level attached to the incident. In any case, it is almost certain that Oberg would not have criticized Dr. Jacobs for exposing "top secret UFO data" had he known that Jacobs would subsequently publish his private remark.
So, cutting to the chase, here we have one of CSI's leading UFO debunkers—whose public stance is that UFOs don't even exist—angrily asking Jacobs in a private letter whether he would also openly discuss "other" top secret aspects of the missile test.
Even though Oberg also disparaged Jacobs' story in his letter—perhaps hoping that Jacobs would recant it under pressure—his remark, "Since you obviously feel free to discuss top secret UFO data" appears to be a very odd and startling departure from Oberg's public persona as a debunker on UFOs.
I have no doubt that Oberg will claim that I have misinterpreted his remark, just as he will probably attempt to debunk the many credible statements by my ex-military sources regarding other nuclear weapons-related UFO incidents. Nevertheless, I view Oberg's letter to Jacobs as a rare, unguarded moment when he fleetingly revealed something other than his self-professed skepticism about UFOs.
To me, it seems that Oberg, the former Security Officer at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, was simply unable to stifle his strong indignation over Jacobs' disclosure of what Oberg considered to be top secret information about the UFO incident. Once a security officer, always a security officer, I guess.
Efforts by Skeptical Inquirer editor Kendrick Frazier to debunk the Big Sur case, using demonstrably bogus information supplied by one of Jacobs' former colleagues, engineer Kingston George, were later exposed in my linked-article above. (George's motives remain unclear, however, he repeatedly misrepresented the facts of the case in two separate articles published by Frazier and has failed to respond to my latest exposé on his attempted sleights-of-hand.)
For his part, CSICOP/CSI's chief UFO-debunker, the late Philip J. Klass, aggressively hounded Dr. Jacobs after he published the Big Sur UFO story, going so far as to write a derisive letter to Jacobs' department chairman—Dr. R. Steven Craig, Department of Journalism and Broadcasting, University of Maine—in which Klass accusingly questioned professor Jacobs' fitness as a representative of the academic community.
Jacobs' understandably indignant response to Klass, entitled, Low Klass: A Rejoinder, may be found online.4 It is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand the behind-the-scenes battle that ensued after Jacobs went public with the UFO incident.
Among other subjects, the rejoinder touches on acrimonious correspondence between Jacobs and Klass. At one point, after Dr. Jacobs ignored Klass' repeated demands that he respond to the debunker's charges, Klass offered character references, citing Admiral Bobby R. Inman (USN Ret.)—the former Director of the National Security Agency, who also held Deputy Director positions at both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency—and Lt. General Daniel O. Graham (USA Ret.), the former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Klass not only provided Jacobs with their names, but home addresses as well, and told him, "Both men have worked with me and gotten to know me in my [journalistic] efforts for Aviation Week."
The character references provided by Klass are certainly interesting, given his stock response over the years to those who questioned his motives. Whenever he was confronted with the charge that he was not really a UFO skeptic, but a disinformation agent for the U.S. government, Klass would always recoil indignantly and ridicule the notion. Nevertheless, out of public view, in a private letter to Dr. Jacobs, who does Klass choose to present as character references? Why, two of the top intelligence officers in the U.S. government!
Hmmmmm...
Journalist Terry Hansen has investigated CSICOP, before it became CSI, and offers the very plausible theory that the skeptical organization was infiltrated early on by a small but determined group of U.S. government-affiliated operatives, whose true motives have far more to do with disinformation than skepticism.
He writes, "[The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal] is an organization of people who oppose what they contend is pseudo-science...CSICOP, contrary to its impressive-sounding title, does not sponsor scientific research. On the contrary, its main function has been to oppose scientific research, especially in areas such as psychic phenomena and UFOs, two topics that, coincidentally or not, have been of demonstrated interest to the U.S. intelligence community over the decades. Instead, CSICOP devotes nearly all of its resources to influencing the American public via the mass media."5
Hansen continues, "CSICOP can accurately be described as a propaganda organization because it does not take anything approaching an objective position regarding UFOs. The organization's stance is militantly anti-UFO research and it works hard to see that the news media broadcast its views whenever possible. When the subject of UFOs surfaces, either in the news media or any other public forum, CSICOP members turn out rapidly to add their own spin to whatever is being said. Through its 'Council for Media Integrity' CSICOP maintains close ties with the editorial staffs of such influential science publications as Scientific American, Nature, and New Scientist. Consequently, it's not too hard to understand why balanced UFO articles seldom appear in those [magazines]."6
For whatever reason, CSICOP/CSI's chief representatives have been intent on claiming that there are no UFOs and, therefore, no U.S. government cover-up of them. In view of their rather interesting affiliations, I merely ask:
Wouldn't Kendrick Frazier's statements be more credible had he not spent his career doing public relations work for the U.S. government's nuclear weapons program—especially in light of the many declassified documents related to UFO activity at nukes sites?
Shouldn't Philip Klass—having worked for more than two decades as a journalist for one of the U.S. intelligence community's most valued media conduits—Aviation Week magazine—been more carefully scrutinized by fellow journalists, for a conflict of interest, when he tirelessly insisted that there is no government UFO cover-up?
Even James Oberg's own classified nuclear weapons-related work while with the Air Force, as well as his later involvement with the U.S. government's space program, seems to fit this pattern of direct or indirect governmental ties on the part of those who ostensibly dismiss UFOs on purely scientific grounds, but who seem arguably more intent on dismissing the notion that there is an official UFO cover-up.
(Yes, admittedly, almost all of my own sources have military backgrounds too. Importantly, however, unlike the highly-vocal UFO debunkers at CSICOP/CSI, most of them have divulged their UFO-related secrets only reluctantly, when persuaded by myself or other researchers to do so. Therefore, as a rule, they have very cautiously presented their insiders' perspective on national security-related UFO activity. This is entirely dissimilar in approach to the relentless, high-profile, anti-UFO public relations campaign undertaken by CSICOP/CSI's debunkers over the years. I might also add that my own ex-military sources present their accounts in a simple, straightforward manner—and rarely insist that anyone believe them—whereas the ongoing UFO-debunking pronouncements by the CSICOPers are routinely jam-packed with classic propaganda devices, obviously designed to influence public and scientific opinion.)
In any case, the question being asked here is whether or not CSICOP/CSI has had within its ranks a few persons who have a hidden agenda on UFOs, which has nothing to do with genuine scientific skepticism. While I don't know the answer to this question, given the extreme, unscientific anti-UFO track-record of the organization, I think it needs to be asked.
Regardless, whatever these debunkers' affiliations and motives may be, the reader doesn't need what they have to offer unless, of course, you actually enjoy being misled by pseudoscientific propaganda, government-inspired or not.
It goes without saying that the statements above do not apply to the CSICOP/CSI membership in general. It's only natural and to be expected that an organization which bills itself as "skeptical" in orientation will attract persons with a similar philosophical outlook. CSICOP/CSI counts among its membership many world-renowned scientists and other respected intellectuals. There is no question that a great many of these persons share a sincerely incredulous outlook on various subjects classified as "paranormal", including UFOs.
Therefore, the fact that many of CSICOP/CSI's members have rejected the validity of the UFO phenomenon—a subject about which they know little or nothing, and are not qualified to discuss authoritatively—certainly does not mean that they are secretly working for the CIA. Bias and presumption, rather than ulterior motives, account for these self-appointed UFO experts' flawed perspective on the phenomenon. Consequently, if they have been misled by CSICOP's (now CSI's) top UFO debunkers, they have no one to blame but themselves.
I'll conclude by simply saying that if one is seeking an objective, unbiased scientific assessment of the UFO phenomenon, one should bypass the sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious misinformation (disinformation?) foisted on us all by Klass, Oberg, Frazier, and other debunkers affiliated with CSICOP/CSI.
Instead, one would do well to read anything ever written on the subject by Dr. James McDonald or Dr. J. Allen Hynek—at least, anything written by Hynek during his post-Project Blue Book period, when his scientific investigation of UFOs was not hampered by the official restrictions under which he labored while affiliated with the U.S. Air Force.
Astronomer Dr. Bernard Haisch—who advocates a comprehensive, unbiased investigation the UFO phenomenon—has defined a Skeptic as "One who practices the method of suspended judgment, engages in rational and dispassionate reasoning as exemplified by the scientific method, shows willingness to consider alternative explanations without prejudice based on prior beliefs, and who seeks out evidence and carefully scrutinizes its validity."7
Perhaps I am being overly optimistic but, who knows, once acquainted with some legitimate data on the UFO phenomenon—including that gathered decades ago by McDonald and Hynek—a few of the scientific skeptics reading this article might actually begin practicing their profession, when addressing the subject of UFOs, instead of just offering lip-service to that practice.
1. http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971009/biography.html
2. Critical Eye: "Aliens". Discovery Communications, Inc., 2002.
3. http://www.nicap.org/bigsur2.htm
4. http://www.nicap.org/reports/bigsurrej.htm
5. Hansen, Terry. The Missing Times: News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-up,
Xlibris Corp., 2000, p. 228.
6. Ibid., pp. 228-29
7. ufoskeptic.org
[UFO] Skeptics or Debunkers?
Labels: By Robert Hastings , CSI , CSICOP , Debunker , Dr. James McDonald , Kendrick Frazier , Nuke , Nukes , Part 4 , Philip Klass , Science , Terry Hansen
Danny S. 9:09 PM
An excellent article.
One minor point: I think you erred when you referred to Sandia Labs being involved with "ordinance engineering". They don't engineer ordinances (local laws), but rather ordnance (weapons).
Tim Hebert 9:27 AM
Robert states in his article, "Although I have roughly three hours of audio taped comments by Figel, he chose not to participate in the press conference."
I've asked Robert on at least two occasions to provide the reasons of Walter Figel's absence and he has stated to me that Figel "chose" not to attend.
How then does this published comment from Robert on the Marine Times (3-20-12) square with Figel's lack of participation:
Robert Hastings: "Figel, after accusing Salas of making up the UFO-related events at Oscar, as you mention above, never acknowledged that he had been wrong when he said that Salas' statements were fiction, never called Col. Meiwald (whose number I provided to him) to verify the authenticity of Meiwald's tape recorded comments in support of Salas—which contradicted his own uninformed opinions entirely—and frankly, never had the decency to apologize to Salas, even after Col. Meiwald supported Salas without reservation.
Figel's tendency to talk out of both sides of his mouth is one of the reasons he was not initially invited to participate in my press conference—where seven USAF veterans *with backbone* stuck to their stories and talked in detail about multiple UFO encounters at ICBM sites, including the Echo and Oscar shutdowns.
With this caliber of witness (seven of them, actually) at the press conference, why would I include Figel, who told me on tape that he didn't want to get caught up in the debate between you and me and fan the controversy further? That kind of wishy-washy attitude didn't make the cut."
So which version is correct?
Robert Hastings 8:40 PM
Tim Hebert didn't read my statement on the Marine Times blog carefully. Here it is again, with the key word highlighted in all caps:
"Figel's tendency to talk out of both sides of his mouth is one of the reasons he was not INITIALLY invited to participate in my press conference—where seven USAF veterans *with backbone* stuck to their stories and talked in detail about multiple UFO encounters at ICBM sites, including the Echo and Oscar shutdowns."
Actually, Mr. Hebert, after debunker James Carlson wrote to Figel, informing him of the press conference and copying me on the message, I emailed Figel and asked him to come, if he wished to participate. He was already working near Washington so I would not have to pay to fly him in, put him up in a hotel, etc., as I did with the other participants.
So, Tim, Figel was indeed invited, eventually, so there is no discrepancy with what I have written online. He chose not to participate, just I have said.
I further told Figel that the other participants had lots of questions for him about his wishy-washy stance on the Echo Flight incident--telling me in detail about the UFO presence on tape, on the one hand, but downplaying it to Carlson on the other. If one listens to the taped conversations I had with Figel, he clearly attempted to do the same thing with me--wriggle out of acknowledging the serious UFO reports he got from his missile guards, which he had already confirmed to Bob Salas on tape in 1996--but I didn't let him get away with it. The audiotapes speak for themselves and verify all of this.
Tim Hebert 10:43 PM
Actually Robert I did indeed noticed that you stated "initially" Figel was invited, but it was the last section of your reply to Carlson that caused me to take notice:
RH: "With this caliber of witness (seven of them, actually) at the press conference, why would I include Figel, who told me on tape that he didn't want to get caught up in the debate between you and me and fan the controversy further? That kind of wishy-washy attitude didn't make the cut."
This leads me to conclude that you really did not want his participation to begin with. Was Fred Meiwald invited? Or, did he fit in Figel's category as potentially unreliable? Meiwald, like Figel never toe'd the party line, did he? Well, Meiwald could not 100 percent corroborate Salas' receiving a report from the FSC.
After all these years, has anyone come forward to say that they had actually *seen* something in Echo's flight area or at Oscar?


**My Desert Cottage**: Have they started cloning humans yet???
Have they started cloning humans yet???
No, really... have they?? Cause I neeeed one! Seriously though..... You may have noticed my lack of blog posts lately. I know, I know. My News Years resolution was to do more frequent posts. Well, any one who's made one of those pesky resolution things knows how hard those are to keep!!!
I have been a very, very busy lady. And something was bound to fall by the wayside. Unfortunately it turned out to be my much beloved blog.
Fortunately my lack of time is caused by something I love to do. Junking, painting, creating and decorating!
My space at The Tattered Nest is still going strong and I love filling it with vintage goodies and items I both find and create. Here are a few more pics of my just redone space there at the Nest!
So, finding and cleaning and painting and making all takes up alot of my time!
So what did I do???
I decided I needed to do a second location, and am now participating in a monthly vintage market in Chandler called Highland Yard Vintage!
But truthfully, I am having the time of my life. Being a vendor/designer at two places in the valley is the hardest work I have ever done, but also the most fun!!
The space at Highland Yard is much smaller that my space at the Nest so it makes it a little more managable, but I trully am working 7 days a week to try and keep up.
After much contemplation and arguments with myself I have decided to take a short hiatus from the Where Bloggers Create party this year. (Many of you have probably already figured that out since it's mid July and there has been no party announcement.) I just dont think I can take on another thing right now. I dont want to let anyone down by not being able to give my all to everything I do.
Thank you all for understanding and sticking with me through these few and far between posts. As always, I will try to be better, but now you know the reason I have been away!
love your blog. Wish I lived closer so I could visit your spaces. I have gotten lots of ideas from you. Keep doing what you love.
Oh what fun! I'd love to do something like that! I am having to back off blogging too as I'm up to my ears in wedding stuff for darling daughter, plus trying to keep up with two homes, one of which we will be selling soon. So I understand! Love your booth. Would love to browse in that pretty spot!
I'm so glad I got to participate in your Where Bloggers Create last year! I have been sadly unable to keep up with my blog much this year due to illness and 'life' happenings. Your spaces look gorgeous, and it takes so much time and effort to do 'real stuff', as well as document and write about it, so I totally understand what you're saying :) Wish I could check out your markets and spaces in person, they are such an inspiration!
No apologies necessary. I am so happy for you that you are doing what you love! Your space(s) look lovely. That Hoover cabinet looks like an amazing piece. Makes me wish I were closer, but thankful I'm not as I would probably end up in the poor house 😋 In the mean time, enjoying the posts you share with us. Have a blessed evening.
I think a lot of people, including me, are posting less these days.
Living in the UK means that I don't get to see your work 'live' so to speak, so I do enjoy reading your blog to see what you've been making. But I also understand why you've not been able to blog as much as usual too! I, too, have had similar 'there's only one of me' not enough time problems, though mine is majorly caused by my chronic fatigue, taking time off from my blog.
I've been an avid participant in 'Where bloggers create' for the past three years and 'met' lots of fellow creative thanks to the party, but I was quite relieved when I realised that you'd not mentioned it on your blog! In order to take decent photos of my workroom I have to have a massive tidy up and I just haven't had the time/energy to do this!
What I am going to do though, is go back through previous year's links and look at some of them that I missed. Having a good nosy around people's workspaces is the fun part of the process anyway!
As always, you are sheer inspiration, dear Karen!
I truly miss your blog..I guess if I were close enough to visit your markets, I wouldn't miss them so much..Thanks for sharing them with us..I'm sure you are having a ball...Things look great as always..
You are certainly a busy lady! I really enjoy your blog posts, no matter how far apart they come. Your photos are making me want to get back to my creative side, which has been on a very long hiatus. I always find inspiration here!
Love the winged cross above the dresser! You do things with such beauty. Love it and you do not have to post a lot. Keep the quality and do not worry about quantity.
Your Serene spaces are evidence of all your hard work, Blog when you can, we'll all be here escaping to The Land Of Blog when we each need our Bloggy Breaks. *winks* I know how hectic Life unravels.
Do I ever wish I had room to shop in your booths. I've been so busy starting my new website and taking care of our sick dog, I've missed so many events. I promise, Karen, I will make it to Highland Yard and the Nest soon.
I was wondering about your Where Bloggers Create Party and figured you were just stretched thin this summer. My studio changes every month! I keep moving things around!
Hope to catch up with you soon!!


So, I know the whole gluten free diet is a trend that's really catching on, and it's hard to find a health and fitness blogger that doesn't advocate the benefits of going sans gluten…. but I must say, I am the exception to this rule! Maybe it's just me, but my opinion is that unless you have a recognised gluten intolerance, gluten-free isn't necessarily healthier. Infant, sometimes quite the opposite, as I have found gluten free flours are often much more refined, have a lot of additives, and not nearly the same amount as fibre as a natural, hearty, wholemeal flour.
So, when I was invited to trial out the menu at La Polenteria, London's first and only 100% gluten free Italian, I was naturally a little nervous! A gluten free Italian…surely such a thing can't exist?! As a firm lover of carby, gluten filled, Italian pasta, I was skeptical but, in the name of research, willing to give it a shot. And i am happy to admit I was pleasantly surprised. Very pleasantly surprised!
The great thing about La Polenteria is that their dishes are made from ingredients that are all naturally gluten free and, as you may have guessed from the name, the menu is based around polenta dishes. A popular dish from North Italy, where La Polenteria founder Gabriele Vitale originates, polenta is a naturally gluten free maize flour, often cooked simply in hot water with a pinch of salt. However, by twisting traditional and modern fusion cuisine, the creative menu Gabriele has designed for La Polenteria proves the traditional corn can be just as exciting and tasty as it's less healthy alternatives!
Educating their guests on the versatility of Polenta!
Visiting the restaurant one weeknight after work, it was sufficiently busy and lively, but not so packed that we were unable sit comfortably (as can be the case in most Soho restaurants on a weeknight). After being greeted at the door and shown to our table, we took a look at the delicious sounding menu. Although we only felt capable of fitting in two courses, we were equally as tempted by the starters and deserts, so decided to order our own mains and share a starter and sweet. No need to compromise!
For our starter, we decided on the Courgette box with pickled shallots, and were presented with a beautifully put together stack of thin courgette slices, dressed in olive oil and topped with a sweet pickle relish.
Whilst the main menu featured lots of intriguing polenta options (including Polenta Dome with Cheese, Polenta with sausages and berlotti beans and, the one that really appealed to me, Polenta with Beef Stew), as soon as I discovered the daily special - homemade pasta with baby cuttlefish - my decision was made!
Thick strings of freshly cooked Tagliatelle, bound in a rich tomato sauce, with perfectly chewy cuttlefish and a sprinkle of garden peas throughout, this dish hit the nail on the head. Especially when the waiter bought out my beloved balsamic vinegar to pour a little on top.... HEAVEN!
And turns out I'm not the only lover of pasta, as my plus one also forgo the polenta options to try the home made beef ravioli, served with balsamic reduction, pinenuts and raisins. A very unusual combination, but one that certainly went down well - the perfect mix of rich and meaty flavours complimented with the sweet and fruity fusion. Whilst the flavours couldn't be faulted, the only downside was the small portion size.... especially as it was so delicious, it was almost teasing us! I have since been informed by La Polenteria, however, that they have now increased it from 11 ravioli parcels to 14. That's more like it!
But the upside of the smaller portion is that there was still plenty room for desert and, being in an authentic Italian restaurant, the tiramisu option really was a no-brainer! Even better, this time there was certainly no skimping on size, as we were presented with a deep desert dish filled with luxurious layers of sponge, cream, chocolate and booze. How could you not enjoy?!
Price wise, La Polenteria is extremely reasonable and, with main courses averaging at around £15, you would expect to pay approx £50 for a 3 course meal for 2, excluding drinks. I especially loved that our bill was presented to us in a little treasure chest, which unlocked to reveal the receipt in a luxurious red lining with a little business card for future visits. So cute!
A nice way to dress up a bill!
Overall, the meal was absolutely delicious and I cannot thank the team at La Polenteria enough for such a lovely evening. Having now been converted to the world of gluten free, I would happily recommend La Polenteria not only to those with allergies, but to anyone who simply appreciates the taste of good, hearty, homemade Italian food!
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453.050. Waiving of necessity of consent, when permitted — how executed. — 1. The juvenile court may, upon application, permit a parent to waive the necessity of such person's consent to a future adoption of the child. However, that approval cannot be granted until the child is at least two days old.
2. The waiver of consent may be executed before or after the institution of the adoption proceedings, and shall be executed in front of a judge or acknowledged before a notary public, or in lieu of such acknowledgment, the signature of the person giving such written consent shall be witnessed by the signatures of at least two adult persons whose addresses shall be plainly written thereon. If waiver of consent is executed in front of a judge, it shall be the duty of the judge to advise the consenting party of the consequences of the waiver of consent.
3. A waiver of consent shall be valid and effective even though the parent waiving consent was under eighteen years of age at the time of the execution thereof.
(L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9609, A.L. 1959 H.B. 438, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2013 S.B. 100)
(1955) Parent does not have arbitrary right to revoke consent to adoption, but such revocation may be permitted for cause in sound discretion of court. Adoption of McKinzie (A.), 275 S.W.2d 365.
(1956) Since consent is irrevocable without leave of court, it is revocable with leave of court, so that a remedy is available to rectify injudicious consent. In re Mayernik (Mo.), 292 S.W.2d 562.


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A Sky for Us Alone
A SKY FOR US ALONE by Kristin Russell is a YA coming-of-age novel filled with mystery and heartache. It's set in a poor section of Appalachia that's run by the mines and the man who owns them. When Nate, Harlowe's older brother, starts searching for a way to get out, he ends up with a bullet through the chest. Determined to figure out why Nate was killed, Harlowe sets out on a mission to uncover the truth, but gets sidetracked when he meets Tennessee, a beautiful girl with her own problems. Though he's drawn to her, the more he gets tangled in her web and the more he pokes into places he shouldn't, the more likely he'll face the same fate as his sibling.
The setting is very much a character in this story and I love that readers get a rare look into this unique part of the United States. It's gritty, polluted, and destitute. Fruits and vegetables can't grow there anymore, and even if they did, residents couldn't afford them. The soil and water are poisoned with yellow boy and cancer is a rite of passage. People are addicted to cigarettes and pills and have to squeeze their families into cramped trailers. In many ways, they are stuck in modern slavery, and it's upsetting to know that we as humans are allowing others to live like that. This book, though fictional, highlights both their struggles and strengths, giving the people of Appalachia a voice.
Most of the characters are so vibrant with their own wants and needs that I can easily picture them. In fact, they could jump right off the page and into real life. The only character with fractured development is Nate. His introduction in the first chapter feels like a plot device to evoke sympathy for what's to come, but it backfires. His abrupt death is jarring for me and makes the first chapter almost unnecessary. Russell could have started with Harlowe finding Nate's body and the book wouldn't have lost anything.
There are numerous other plot points that I have trouble buying, most of them relating to Tennessee. For example, I don't believe someone would essentially fall in love on the same day he buries his brother, especially if it is sudden and involves foul play. I also don't believe Harlowe's totally invested in finding answers when he gets so distracted by Tennessee and lets someone not calling him back stop him. For as much as Harlowe claims he loves building furniture, he does it for maybe a few minutes in the entire book and puts more energy into a new pie selling business instead. This wishy-washiness is distracting.
Russell ends the novel on a promising note. We don't know what's going to happen to Harlowe, but he's taking his destiny into his own hands, reminding us that life is what we make it. No matter our circumstances, there is still plenty we can control and there's hope for us yet. A SKY FOR US ALONE will make readers appreciate the small things, call a family member to check in, and encourage people to pursue their dreams. Kristin Russell may not have set out to make a positive impact on readers, but there's no denying that she has.
Elisha Jachetti, Staff Reviewer Top 50 Reviewer 96 reviews
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I normally don't post short articles that just link to other places, but I ran across two posts recently that say exactly what I was going to try to say in coming weeks. Rather than stab at the topics badly, I thought it would be better to just refer you to them. So here they are.
Bryan Jones wrote a wistful account of the end of the space shuttle program, along with his personal photo of Atlantis' final approach. I saw the first and the last shuttle launches live on TV (as a 10-year-old, my mother woke me at 5:30 in the morning to watch the first one), and I feel, as he does, that our lack of commitment to a space program is a shame. For those who wonder what we gained from spending money on the shuttle program, he lists some of the advances the shuttle program has given us, such as cell phone cameras and LED lights.
Optimus wrote a little on why he has pulled back from the demoscene a bit, and I urge all my scener friends to read this because he sums up very closely the state of mind I've had in the last couple of years. In fact, his history mirrors mine a little, including how I felt when I first discovered the scene, how I treated the scene the first few years, why I attempted some scene "outreach" at times, and why I mostly hold back.


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Blood sugar imbalances, particularly low blood sugar.
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Monday, Mar 23, 2020
Coronavirus: What we know today, March 23
Follow this post for rolling updates on the impact of the coronavirus in South Australia, the nation and the world, as well as the latest health information and links to official advice.
Members of the Federal Parliament engage in social distancing today. Photo: AAP/Lukas Coch
Refresh this page for updates – scroll down for links to official health information.
Biggest daily jump in SA cases
Huge queues have formed at Centrelink offices around the country
Santos cuts spending in response to the virus
SA teachers warn that social distancing isn't possible in classrooms
Port Adelaide players and staff are in isolation
Rex cuts all flights except in Queensland
SA hits 134 cases
South Australian cases of COVID-19 have increased to 134, with 34 new cases reported by SA Health today.
Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier revealed the increase today, which is the largest daily jump for the state since the pandemic began.
Yesterday's update showed an increase of 33 cases.
Spurrier said half of the South Australian patients were in hospital while the other half were being treated by "hospital at home".
She also revealed that none of the SA cases had so far required intensive care treatment.
She remained "very committed" to schools remaining open, as evidence from China showed very little transmission between children.
However, she said it was important for people to understand that social isolation steps undertaken now would save lives.
"When you look around the streets of Adelaide it doesn't look like we're in a state of emergency," she said. "And when you look at what's happening in Italy, the UK and particularly Spain now it can appear very distant and it's hard to relate to it. So it's really important for me to be able to bring people on board and for people to understand that if we take these steps now we are going to be better off in the near future and it is going to save lives."
SA Pathology has so far conducted 17,100 COVID-19 tests.
SA Senator contracts virus
South Australian senator Rex Patrick has become the fourth federal politician to test positive for coronavirus.
The crossbencher has been in self-isolation at home after coming into contact with Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, who also has the virus.
"SA Health has advised me that, despite being asymptomatic, my COVID-19 test has returned positive," Patrick tweeted on Monday.
"I have assisted them with comprehensive contact tracing and they'll call anyone considered at risk."
Senator Patrick, Senator Bragg, Nationals senator Susan McDonald and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton have all contracted the disease.
AOC says Olympic Games "untenable" this year
Australia's Olympic chiefs say sending a team to the Tokyo Games this year is untenable.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has told athletes to prepare for Tokyo to host an Olympics next year, believing the Games cannot start this July as scheduled.
The AOC held an executive board meeting on Monday and resolved that it was impossible to assemble an Australian team for 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"We have athletes based overseas, training at central locations around Australia as teams and managing their own programs," AOC chief executive Matt Carroll said in a statement on Monday.
"With travel and other restrictions this becomes an untenable situation."
Centrelink queues form as MyGov crashes
Huge queues have formed at Centrelink offices around Adelaide and the nation, as the MyGov website crashed today under "unprecedented" demand of people trying to access new higher payments or register after losing their job in the tsunami of coronavirus business closures.
The website giving Australians access to government services crashed this morning under extreme demand, as people went online while dealing with the rapid impact of the pandemic.
The rush on Centrelink offices was also prompted by first-time welfare recipients being told told they can only get a customer reference number by applying in person.
The sudden closure of pubs and many other hospitality, event and arts-based businesses in the past week in the face of the pandemic has thrown tens of thousands of people around the country, many of them casual, out of work and needing to seek urgent income support.
At Centrelink's Norwood office in the heart of Premier Steven Marshall's electorate of Dunstan today, a long queue snaked down Edward Street and into Orange Lane.
Santos cuts spending
Santos will slash its 2020 capital spend by $550 million and defer a final decision on a major Northern Territory gas project in a bid to counteract plunging oil prices and coronavirus.
South Australia's biggest company lost $10.45 billion off its market capitalisation between February 20 and March 20 when its share price fell from $8.07 to $3.05.
The oil and gas giant this morning announced a series of financial measures to ensure the company's survival in the low-oil price environment of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company's share price slumped further to $2.86 this morning in the first three hours following the 8.32am announcement.
Port Adelaide staff and players in isolation
All Port Adelaide players and staff who travelled to the Gold Coast for Saturday's AFL round-one game are now in isolation for 14 days.
Players, coaches and staff are self-isolating for two weeks at the behest of the South Australian government and SA health officials.
"Port Adelaide fully supports this decision … the club acknowledges every precaution must be taken against the spread of the coronavirus," Port said in a statement on Monday.
The SA government on Sunday introduced strict border controls which require any person entering the state to self-isolate for 14 days as the Power returned to Adelaide.
The AFL competition has been suspended until at least May 31 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Rex shuts down all flights except in Queensland
Virgin Australia is likely to cut more domestic flights and regional airline Rex will only operate passenger services in Queensland as a virus-spooked nation bunkers down amid new travel and trading restrictions.
Virgin on Monday said it expects its domestic schedule to suffer a material impact as a result of new federal and state government travel restrictions at the weekend.
The beleaguered airline will provide more information in the coming days.
Regional airline Rex entered a trading halt on Monday pending an announcement to the ASX of cessation of passenger services in all states but Queensland.
Travel firm Helloworld has meanwhile announced it will be sacking 275 people across its global network, while it will stand down another 1,300 workers from 1700 AEDT on Tuesday for at least the ten weeks to June.
That's 65 per cent of the company's workforce.
Air and travel firms have been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as demand plummets amid government-imposed bans and calls for increased social isolation measures.
Virgin's larger rival Qantas last week stood down 20,000 – or two-thirds – of its workforce and slashed international travel to help it absorb the virus blow.
Qantas has also reduced its domestic capacity.
"2020 will be the toughest year of our lives"
The prime minister is rallying Australians to the dramatic action needed to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus, invoking the Anzac spirit as pubs, cinemas, gyms and churches are forced to close around the nation.
From midday Monday, registered and licensed clubs, entertainment venues, cinemas, casinos, nightclubs, indoor sports venues, including gyms, and places of worship will close.
Restaurants and cafes will be restricted to takeaway only.
Scott Morrison said the decision was taken because Australians were not adequately sticking to rules around social distancing, which called for staying at least 1.5m apart and not gathering in large numbers.
Morrison today addressed a scaled-down House of Representatives, saying it was understandable people feared the unknown and there was still much not known about the virus.
SA schools to continue to open
The South Australian Government has over the past two weeks remained firm on its stance that children should continue to go to school in accordance with advice from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee.
Premier Steven Marshall reiterated that position on ABC Radio Adelaide this morning, but he said it would be "fine" if parents took their children out of school provided they were closely supervised and continued to receive an at-home education using "flexible" online and hard resources.
"If parents are going to take their children out of school they do have a massive responsibility to keep those children safe and supervised," he said.
"They also need to recognise, if they're going to do this, it's not a two-week requirement – these restrictions are likely to be in place for six months."
He said parents who worked in essential services also relied on schools remaining open so that they could "continue to get to work and not be home supervising their children", which would "seriously compromise our ability to fight this virus".
"We don't want to have a whole cohort of people lose a whole year of education in 2020," he said.
"If all of a sudden we had hundreds of thousands of children not supervised out in the community we would spread this disease much faster (and) we would also compromise our ability to tackle this disease."
However, AEU state branch president Lara Golding told InDaily this morning that if schools were to remain open it was "absolutely critical" that they be provided with essential supplies such as hand sanitiser and soap.
She said teachers were also demanding "clear guidance" from the Premier on how they are expected to enact social distancing in a classroom in accordance with a Federal Government restriction of one person per four square-metres inside buildings.
"I've been hearing reports that there are a number of schools that don't have sufficient hand sanitiser and concerns about soap and cleaning materials," she said.
"Under the current arrangements, it's mathematically impossible to have social distancing in a classroom."
Merkel in quarantine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being told a doctor who gave her a vaccine has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Merkel, 65, was told about the doctor's test shortly after holding a news conference on Sunday announcing new measures to curb the spread of the virus.
Her spokesman Steffen Seibert said Merkel received a precautionary vaccine on Friday against pneumococcal infection.
Seibert said in a statement that Merkel would undergo "regular tests" in the coming days and continue with her work from home for the time being.
Merkel had earlier expressed her gratitude to Germans who were following the rules on social distancing, saying it was important to remain at least 1.5 metres apart to reduce the likelihood of infection.
OFFICIAL SOURCES OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION
Local updates and resources
SA Health: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/COVID2019
National advice and information
Australian Government Coronavirus information hotline: 1800 020 080
Australian Government travel advice: smartraveller.gov.au
Free, government-funded, health advice: healthdirect.gov.au
– Reporting by InDaily staff, AAP and Reuters
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Thailand has continually developed sufficiently electricity to serve the increasing demand. From generators to the distribution networks, people from various industries including the agricultural are benefit from this development. The country brings renewable energy to increase the stability and reliability electricity. In addition, Thailand's electricity purchasing was counted on an Adder rate, which means being payable on top of the prevailing wholesale price of electricity for 7 years. Later, the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) has considered using FiT (Feed-in Tariff), meant that a fixed amount per kWh will be paid during the 20 years of support. Since the support are non-firm power producer, the government is considering to firm producers by encourage the renewable energy power producers to sell the firm contract. This will reduce the cost of reserved electricity from Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). Therefore, the policy makers need to consider various formats such as FiT Hybrid Firm power purchasing for Small Power Producer (SPP), FiT Semi-Firm power purchasing from renewable energy for Very Small Power Producer (VSPP).


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Enitharmon Editions > Artworks > Artworks > Swarm
Banner, Fiona
Format: Framed
Framed etching from Bugs portfolio, published by the Byam Shaw School of Art in London in 2000
In Fiona Banner's etching, Swarm, an amorphous cloud of impenetrable blackness hovers against a white background. It is like a black hole teeming with insects. The print eloquently conveys the unquantifiable and unbounded nature of the insect realm. Banner's work is one of a portfolio of ten prints collectively entitled Bugs. The portfolio was published by the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.
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A sign in Laos warns of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in areas nearby.
Speaking to RFA's Lao Service, an official of the labor and social welfare department of Xieng Khouang province in northeastern Laos said that the work of UXO (unexploded ordnance) clearing teams in his province has now slowed due to severe cuts in support.
"We have difficult tasks to perform, like the clearing of forests, but we can't do this now because we don't have the people or the money to do the work," he said.
We now have only 160 workers, but we need at least 60 more to staff our teams," the official said, also speaking on condition he not be named.
"Each of our teams needs 10 workers, along with equipment including six or seven metal detectors, a small truck, two lawnmowers, and a GPS system," the official said.
"We don't know what's going on. All of this is decided by our higher-ups. There may be a problem with documentation," he said.
Speaking to RFA on April 10, an official in the province's administration office said that all workers had now been paid, however.
"They got paid yesterday, with everyone getting triple pay," he said.
A delay in the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between donor country Norway and the central government in Laos, which through its UXO Laos department distributes supporting funds to the provincial teams, had held up the workers' pay, he said.
Speaking to RFA via teleconference on April 3, Jerry Guilbert—Chief of Programs for the U.S. State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement—said that the U.S. committed $30 million last year to UXO clearance in Laos.
"That $30 million we committed to Laos last year is actually the final tranche of the $90 million that the United States has committed over a three-year period back in 2016. So that $90 million deliverable [has been met]," he said.
"But regarding budget shortfalls, you can contact UXO Laos or the Lao government directly for more details," he said.
Don't give them any more money unless you can be sure that the cleared land goes to the people and not to foreign businesses. Also, keep tab of the funds yourself. Only give money for lands cleared and not lump sum.
Wow! $90 millions plus from others foreigner donors are gone, how may hectares does $90 millions been cleared?
$2m/yr X #ofprovince = ???. I don't think the math is right, maybe fund was allocated to some other project if not corruption in play. Donors country should have special mou held account on all project spending, perhaps use outsider to oversee the project.