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BETWEEN THE SAND
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Between the Sand:
Art the Science Residency Showcase
Between the Sand: Art the Science Residency Showcase
February 27th, 6-9pm | Panel Discussion @ 7pm
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre (Tett Centre) | 370 King St W
Art the Science is proud to announce the completion of its inaugural immersive science-art residency featuring artist/creative coder Owen Fernley and environmental engineer/associate professor Dr. Kevin Mumford (Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's University). The residency culminated in the creation of a research-inspired artwork titled Between the Sand.
Join us for an exciting evening of science-art and discussion as we celebrate the launch of Between the Sand online in our Polyfield Gallery and on the walls of Modern Fuel. A panel discussion will explore the value and inner workings of our residency program.
This event is FREE.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Registration is encouraged. Click here to register!
Doors open @ 6pm
Panel Discussion @ 7pm
From March 19-29, 2018, Dr. Kevin Mumford's environmental engineering research laboratory at Queen's University hosted creative coder Owen Fernley for their first science-artist residency, facilitated by Art the Science. Mumford's research group looks at how hazardous chemicals move in the natural environment and how they can be remediated. Fernley was immersed in the research process, from observing experiments to working alongside graduate students. The result was Between the Sand, an algorithm-based artwork that fuses his residency experience with his artistic practice.
We are all living on the surface of a permeable planet. What goes up must come down, but perhaps more disconcerting, is what goes in.
When chemicals like gasoline, creosote and PCB's are improperly disposed of or spilled, they leach into the ground and contaminate our soil and groundwater, spreading out below us in unseen ways. Pollution does not simply flow through the ground the way it does on the surface. It is under pressure, and moves through very small spaces. Understanding this movement can be challenging, and leads us to an important series of experiments designed to inform how we might model this movement in the future.
When sand is compressed between two panes of glass, intricate maze-like pathways are formed between each grain. This is the space between the sand. The resulting sections are only 14 grains deep, yet gases, fluids and pollutants move through them in many surprising and beautiful ways. Observing this movement provides scientists and engineers with the data they need to predict and prevent the spread of underground contamination, as well as develop technologies to clean it up.
Between the Sand is an interactive computer program that invites us to explore how our actions affect the ground beneath our feet. It builds a maze of pathways between grains of virtually generated sand. Initiated by the viewer, the maze is "solved" using Invasion Percolation, an algorithm infamous throughout the research group for only following predetermined pathways. In Between the Sand, this algorithm is used to present a relationship between direct human action and our unseen subterranean environment. And with that, we can observe the unobservable.
Panel Discussion [ 7 - 8 pm ]
Go behind the scenes of Art the Science's first science-artist residency in partnership with the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's University. Learn about the immersive, interdisciplinary experience and engage in a panel discussion with:
Dr. Kevin Mumford
Owen Fernley
Catherine Lau
Cole Van De Ven
Art the Science founder Julia Krolik will moderate the panel discussion and explore the process behind the residency. Discover the value of the artist-scientist collaboration, the lessons learned from this experience, and what's in store for future residencies.
Art the Science is a registered nonprofit organization.
Dr. Kevin Mumford is an Environmental Engineer and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's University. He received a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering and a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from McMaster University before joining Queen's University in 2010. He leads a research group focused on understanding fluid flow in subsurface materials using laboratory experiments and computer simulations. Applications include improved understanding of the fate of hazardous chemicals in the environment, the cleanup of contaminated sites, and the intersection of energy and environment.
Owen Fernley is an engineer and musician whose web-based projects explore systems and algorithms found in nature, physics, and math. Drawing from his experience as both a media artist and research geophysicist, he solves cross-disciplinary challenges through exploration and experimentation. His interactive data visualizations focus on physics simulations and modelling, visual algorithms, 3D immersive worlds, projection mapping, audio synthesis, and data sonification. He co-founded Pixels and Plans with his partner and long time collaborator Julia Krolik, working on projects that bridge the gap between inaccessible knowledge and the public by harnessing the powers of technology and the imagination.
Catherine (Cat) Lau is a science communicator. While her formal education revolved around psychology and neuroscience, she is passionate about incorporating creative mediums in science communication. For the past few years, Cat has held diverse roles as a science writer, amateur artist, science outreach facilitator, and knowledge translation coordinator. Her interest in art-based science communication inspired her research in Canadian organizations and programs that use interdisciplinary approaches to engage the public in the sciences. Cat is responsible for the evaluation component of the pilot science-art residency at Art the Science. Ultimately, she hopes to develop resources that will contribute to the growth of Canadian science-art culture.
CCole Van De Ven is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's University. Cole received his B.Eng. in Civil Engineering with specialization in Environmental Engineering from McMaster University in 2015. He then moved onto his Ph.D., where he investigates the movement and fate of stray gas in shallow groundwater aquifers. Cole uses a variety of high-resolution visual techniques at the laboratory-scale to better understand multiphase flow in porous media and the associated gas-to-water mass transfer. Cole has a passion for creating novel research findings which may help to limit human impact on the changing climate.


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The pitcher named after my third-favorite Civil War general (1- Grant and 2-Sherman, for those of you scoring at home) was 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI double in the third and a single to push home a run in the fifth. He also contributed on the mound, allowing seven hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings. But he only allowed one run to cross the plate to notch his first win as a Cardinals starter.
The win was the first for the Birds this year that didn't come in the last game of a series. And it gives the Cards a chance to win their first three-game set of the year with a win in one of the next two games.
Jon Jay also homered for the Cardinals. A solo shot in the eight was his first long ball of the year.
Cardinals Star of the Game: Berkman was 2-for-5 with three runs driven in and two scored as he notched a pair of opposite field homers to extend the St. Louis lead in the middle of the game and to break it open late.
Cardinals Play of the Game: In the third inning McClellan came to the plate with Yadier Molina on second and no outs, so the D-Backs probably thought he was going to bunt. He was able, instead, to drive the ball over the Arizona centerfielder's head to plate the Birds' first run of the night.
Lowlight: Albert Pujols hit into his seventh double play of the year, which is one more time that he has reached base via a hit, Monday night. he also popped up to right with the bases loaded and two out. But he did manage a hit in the top of the ninth which he drove straight up the middle instead of trying to pull it.


Kasich Ed Adviser: can't poor Appalachian kids just learn music from a computer?
Ross does not have a good answer for Smith, and instead attempts to relay the "benefits" of Kasich's money-follows-the-child model of school funding.
Ross notes that Symmes Valley and other less-wealthy Appalachian school districts likely get more in per-pupil funding from the state than Olentangy. And while true, this is hardly a meaningful or useful response to the question given that Olentangy is flush with cash and hiring teachers for jewelry making classes, while Symmes Valley can't even afford a part time art teacher.
Ross claims he doesn't have the exact funding numbers in front of him. We looked them up: in Kasich's proposed budget the rich Olentangy district will get a 331.58% funding increase in 2014 and another 23.45% increase in 2015. Symmes Valley, the poor Appalachian district, will get a 0% increase in both years. This after getting cut nearly $600,000 in Kasich's first budget according to CutsHurtOhio.com.
Ross then offers Smith and his school officials another option: apply for a Straight A Fund grant and hire a teacher to share across districts.
Under the Straight A program, schools can apply for money to fund a project that will end up reducing costs long term. For example, increasing class sizes on one teacher to allow another to be laid off. Or making an investment in technology that can ultimately replace teachers.
Again, this is not a solution to Smith's problem. If a school doesn't already have a music or art teacher, hiring one is going to increase costs over the long term, even if they share that teacher with multiple districts. The Straight A Fund is a useless option for schools that want to expand opportunities for their kids into areas they can't currently afford to fund. But it seems to be the stock answer Kasich's people are using when anyone questions their budget.
Ross also tells them to use "Digital Opportunities" but jokingly admits he wouldn't want to be the one who had to teach online music classes.
Ross seems to think the idea of poverty-stricken Appalachian kids learning the tuba from a computer program is quite hilarious. I think it's downright disgraceful.
What's next? Online gym class? Online recess? Online detention and lunch?
Kasich told school superintendents that poor schools would be getting more money and rich schools would be getting less. That was a lie.
Kasich and his education advisers know full well that their budget does nothing to help provide equal education opportunities for all of Ohio's children and they honestly don't care. And when confronted by a very specific and sad example, they make jokes instead of providing answers.


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Q: How to send request with android volley basic auth? i want to send a request with basic auth.
My header

Username       :        EBA
Token          :       34242353453456563DSFS

And my gsonRequestClass like this :
public GsonRequest(int method, String url, Class<T> responseClass,
                       Map<String, String> parameters, Map<String, String> headers, Listener<T> listener,
                       ErrorListener errorListener) {
        super(method, url, errorListener);
        this.mListener = listener;
        this.mResponseClass = responseClass;
        this.mParameters = parameters;
        this.mHeaders = headers;
    }

    /**
     * Header getter method
     *
     * @return
     * @throws AuthFailureError
     */
    @Override
    public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
        return mHeaders != null ? mHeaders : super.getHeaders();
    }

Any advice or sample code please ?

A:
If you want to authenticate a token the api providers like google, yahoo, facebook, twitter .. etc etc provides code samples for all of the server-side languages like PHP, JAVA, etc etc and you are not required to use volley.

But as you have asked question on volley and i have been developed so many android apps using volley, i am starting answer to the volley :

I am assuming..

*

*You have linked the volley jar dependency successfully.

*You have your web server set up and running

*You want to login to your own server with these credentials Username : EBA and password : 34242353453456563DSFS

*And you want a response for this login request or want to get some data as reply to this request.

Here we go...

Java code to make a http request to a server page :
    StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, "https://www.yourserver.com/get_auth.php",
new Response.Listener<String>()
{
    @Override
    public void onResponse(String response)
    {
        serverResponse = response;

        // get response string here; if successful

        Toast.makeText(getActivity(),response,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
},
new Response.ErrorListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error)
    {
        serverResponse = error.toString();

        // If request could not be placed then error report here

        Toast.makeText(getActivity(),error.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
})

{
@Override
protected Map<String,String> getParams()
{
    Map<String,String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
    params.put("Username",FirstLast);
    params.put("Token",EmailField.getText().toString());
    return params;
}};

RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(getActivity());
requestQueue.add(stringRequest);

If you have success in importing library... above code will just need to auto insert library by placing cursor over below two lines and use OPT + RETURN on mac; which will import and include necessary packages for your above request.

On your web server get_auth.php should be like :
<?php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST')
{
    $UserInput = $_POST['Username'];
    $UserId = $_POST['Token'];

    $con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "id4859061_instapromo", "sandhya12345","id4859061_instapromo");

    if (!$con)
    {
        echo "EXCEPTION_CODE_1";
        exit();
    }

    $result = $con->query("SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE `DEVID` = '$UserId' AND `KEYGEN` = '$UserInput'");

    if (!$result)
    {
        echo "EXCEPTION_CODE_2";
        exit();
    }
    if ($result->num_rows == 0)
    {
        echo "FAILURE";
        exit();
    }
    if ($result->num_rows == 1)
    {
        $row = $result->fetch_assoc();
        $TempThisDate = $row["VALUEDATE"];

        $InstDate = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y',$TempThisDate);
        $InstallDate = $InstDate->format('d-m-Y');

        $Response = "SUCCESS#".$InstallDate;
        echo $Response;
        exit();
    }
    if ($result->num_rows > 1)
    {
        echo "REDUNDANT_RECORDS_FOUND";
        exit();
    }

}
else
{
   echo "EXCEPTION_CODE_3";
}

In this way from web-server you have to echo / json your data back to requesting app

Java code already toasts this server response sent from PHP page. This is a basic working and step by step example.. I hope you or someone else find this useful.

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Full Name Terrell Eldorado Owens
First Name Terrell
Middle Name Eldorado
Last Name Owens
Birth Name Terrell Eldorado Owens
Profession NFL Player
Ethnicity African-American
Birth City Alexander City, Alabama
Birth Country America
Father Name LC Russel
Mother Name Marilyn Heard
Gender Identity Male
Horoscope Sagittarius
Spouse Rachel Snider (m. 2014–2015)
Relation With Rachel Snider
No Of Children 4
Sibilings Victor Stowes, Sharmaine Stowes, Latasha Scales
Education The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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Date of Birth December 7,1973
Amount $100 Thousand
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Once one of the highest earning men in the NFL, Terrell Owens declared bankruptcy by 2011 and has a net worth of $100,000 as of March 2019. Although he earned more than $80 million throughout his career from endorsements and his salary he appealed in front of a judge to reduce his child support to four different women because he had no monthly earnings.
His rise and fall financially can be compared to the likes of Allen Iverson and Evander Holyfield who also shared a similar fate to Owens.
The once revered American football player started his career back in 1996 with the San Francisco 49ers. Before this, he played football for his college team and wore the #80 jersey as ode to his idol Jerry Rice. He then went on to lead a stellar career that would forever immortalize him in NFL history.
He is the winner of multiple Pro Bowls and finished 3 seasons as the NFL receiving touchdowns leader. The well-decorated player is an unmistakable icon of the game but his net worth has dwindled through the years.
Terrell Is Broke With Just $100,000 in Net Worth
The once millionaire, Terrell Owens' net worth is estimated to be around $100,000 which is relatively small for a man who earned more than $80 million throughout his career. He mostly earned from his professional career as an American football player.
Once one of the highest earning men in the NFL, Terrell Owens declared bankruptcy by 2011 and has a net worth of $100,000 as of March 2019
According to some sources he earned around $1.8 Million in 2000 and from then on his yearly income gradually increased until his eventual financial downward spiral.
Net Worth 2000
Earnings: $1.8254 Million
Notable Events: Finished the season as NFL receiving touchdowns leader.
Earnings: $2.43 Million
Notable Events: Finished the season as NFL receiving touchdowns leader for a second time.
Earnings: $4.1 million
Notable Events: He appeared in a commercial for the ESPY Awards.
Notable Events: He sprained his ankle and broke a fibula and missed the rest of the season.
Earnings: $9 million (Bonuses on top of his $660,000 salary)
Notable Events: Hired a new agent named Drew Rosenhaus.
Notable Events: He was released by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Earnings: $10 million
Notable Events: Underwent surgery twice to repair the ring finger of his right hand.
Earnings: $8 million
Notable Events: Owens appeared on a pilot episode of FACETIME.
Earnings: $13.7 million
Notable Events: Anchored the 6:00 p.m. newscast of WKBW-TV on May 18, 2009.
Notable Events:
Net Worth 2011: Bankrupt ($0)
Net Worth 2019: $100 Thousand
Owens' financial status is measly compared to his once millionaire status, over the course of his career he earned more than $60 million from the salary and signing bonuses from his teams alone. Apart from this he also did endorsements and advertisements for various companies.
Owens has appeared in commercials for companies like Go90, Wix.com, The Rack Workout, Pizza Hut, T-Mobile One, and Toyota among others.
Adding to this he also has more than 372k followers on Instagram and from there he earns around $1,110.75 to $1,851.25 per post. From his Instagram handle, he has earned approximately $741,981 from Instagram.
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Lifestyle, Expenses, Properties: Assets, House, Cars, Charity, Insurance, Tax, Child Support, Alimony
The one time star of the NFL lives a relatively simple life compared to his heyday. There is no proper information about his current location/home, however, he once lived in Moorestown, New Jersey while he was on the Philadelphia Eagles.
The mansion located at 40 Landing Court was purchased for $3.9 million in 2004 and was listed for $3.4 million in 2007. Sadly, the price of the house which was made at 5.7 acres with nine bathrooms (each with a Jacuzzi), four bedrooms, a conservatory, an indoor cabana, custom designed kitchen and a large outdoor pool plummeted by half before and he finally sold it for $1.7 million in 2010.
Owens' house in Lithonia, GA
He also has a house in Lithonia, GA. The home which probably cost million of dollars was built at 7,694 sq-ft in 2001. It has eight bathrooms, six bedrooms, His & Hers baths and a master suite, a formal living, 2-story great room, volleyball court, a resort style swimming pool and not forget sits on over 5 acres.
Similarly, he travels sometimes to expensive destinations like Hawaii and posted a photo of him scuba diving with sharks.
The diving company he used, Island View Hawaii charged $150 per diver and $100 for every ride along. Likewise, he also took a trip to Tahiti where the average cost of a week long a trip is around $11,000.
Not a shy man Owens was fined $150,000 by the NFL for his controversial as well as flamboyant celebrations.
There is only a very small amount of information about his car collection in the media but he did buy a Mercedes in the early years of his career. He also partnered with Toyota for the commercial of the Avalon model.
The legendary rugby player has led a stellar career but a rocky love life, he has children with 4 mothers and was ordered by the court to pay alimony to the mothers of his children.
In 2012, 3 of his 4 baby mamas went on the Dr. Phil show to tell him that Owens had not paid them their alimony. Owens said that he was paying $45,000 in child support at the time.
Owens also has insurance for his whole body as well as his head. NFL players especially, due to relatively recent news that concussions affect players on a huge scale have their heads insured too.
Apart from this, he also spent a huge amount of money on flashy things. In an interview, he said that he wanted to live like the NFL veterans who had expensive cars, big mansions, and flashy jewelry. His impulsive spending was one of the reasons why he became bankrupt.
Does He Regret Blowing Through $80 Million
As a NFL player Owens earned a huge amount on an annual basis, however, he had to go through huge financial constraints while still with NFL.
Well, Owens has things to tell to young NFL player to avoid them from getting into financial troubles he had to go through.
Out of his experience, he mark the major reason for his downfall was all the needless splurges he did when he should have not.
In an interview with NerdWallet, he stated,
My advice to any fan or athlete out there: Just don't live beyond your means," says Owens. "At that time I got sucked into wanting to be like everybody else, the guys with the Mercedes and all the flashy cars and the jewelry. I think those are some of the most idiotic purchases I think players can do, especially when they don't have that money in the bank account to really pay for that stuff.
Terrell Owens' Personal Life- Age, Family, Wife, Parents, Height
Terrell Owens was born Terrell Eldorado Owens on December 7, 1973, in Alexander City, Alabama, USA. He was born to father LC Russel and Marilyn Heard. He is African-American by ethnicity and is an American by nationality.
Relationships And Children
Regarding his relationships, he was married to Rachel Snider in 2014 and they got divorced in 2015.
Four children of Terrell Owens
Apart from this, he has 4 children from 4 different mothers. He has 2 daughters named Kylee Owens and Dasha Owens. Similarly, his two sons are named Terique Owens and Atlin Owens.
Age And Height
Owens, as of 2019, is 45-year-old and stands at the height of 6 feet 3 inches or 190 cm.
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Alexandre Lacazette anyone? Under the radar?
Still recovering from the burns i got from having him last time.
Would Mkhitaryan return change that?
Sane ... looked threatening before being subbed out.
Not sure I will be able to resist raging out Sané now! Son is very tempting, but I need to decide whether it's worth not having 2FT going into GW26 (more specifically, going into the FA Cup fifth round when the GW31 blanks are decided).
Yes I think MKH will steal the odd game from iwobi/laca so his return is a definite a risk. For me its a similar situation to the Sterling vs Sane debate, Laca may occasionally out perform or match Auba but Auba is still looked at as the main man and carries with him a greater security of game time.
I'm planning the same transfer, especially as Sane looks a cert to drop tonight. But a little bit concerned that, after starting the last 2 games straight from the Asian Cup, and with Dortmund next week, Son might not start against Leicester on Sunday? Anybody else thinking that?
Would probably pick the wrong one though.
Clearly not trusted by Pep compared to Sterling, who keeps his place in my side. Fixtures look decent after the blank so might be a nice differential to have.
He is a little ill but likely to be fine.
Mulling over Sane Mane for a hit. Yay or nay?
Considering the same Sane to Mane for a hit since I have Sterling but was hoping for more City news. Is Sane def dropping tonight?


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A child's doll lying in the street stares up into the night sky next to a dead body covered in a metallic blanket - an image that has come to symbolise the Bastille Day massacre when 84 people were killed by a truck plowing into holidaying crowds.
But the photographer, who rushed out of his Nice apartment in the confusion and fear of Thursday night, had not even seen the doll when he set to work shooting pictures on the Promenade des Anglais, and like everyone there, still had no real idea of what had happened.
15 Jul 2016 . Nice, France. Reuters/Eric Gaillard
"I couldn't get through on my motorbike and, as I parked, there was a body next to my bike. It was when I looked into my rearview mirror that I saw all the other bodies just behind me," veteran Reuters photographer Eric Gaillard said.
Around a dozen bodies, some already covered with tablecloths taken from nearby restaurants, lay on what is one of France's best known seaside roads. Police and soldiers - many pointing their guns - were still in a state of confusion.
"The conditions were very difficult, it was dark, police trying to stop us work ... and with some people there who wanted to hit me, who threw stones. I understand. The situation was very chaotic," Gaillard said.
He was not supposed to be working that night, taking time off after covering the Euro 2016 soccer championship. Around 9 p.m. his wife suggested they pop outside to see the annual fireworks, but he persuaded her to stay in watching TV.
When a colleague called from Paris to say a truck had hit people in central Nice, he assumed it was a traffic accident - not something his international news agency would normally cover.
"Suddenly I received an alert on my phone, the local authority announcing there had been an attack. I didn't stop to wonder what it was, I grabbed my camera and set out on my motorbike."
Gaillard, 58, has seen plenty of death and destruction in his 31 years with Reuters, but he never expected to see a war zone outside his flat on the Cote d'Azur.
"When you go to a war you know it's a hostile environment, you expect to see some unpleasant things ... (but) I was very shaken by what I saw that night because it's my city, Nice, 500 meters from my home, in a holiday setting."
The doll photo has gone viral on the internet, and often been captioned to say it shows a dead child beneath the foil emergency blanket, but in fact nobody knows for sure the age of the victim.
"Given its size, I don't think it was a child. I don't know why the doll is there," Gaillard said. "Was it a parent who was with a child - hence the doll? Did someone put the doll there at some point, for some unknown reason? Everyone is asking me."
Gaillard agrees that of all the photos he took that night, this one is the most poignant. But shots that show victims lying under the palm trees next to the beach convey the shocking scene of mass murder in a peaceful holiday town.
"It's people who are strolling, people jogging, people in their swimming costumes. And here they are ... the wider angle views with bodies left and right are also very symbolic of that evening."
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The following is a transcription of the interview held on the afternoon of Sunday Oct 4th 2015 in the Holiday Inn, Maidenhead.
Commander Straker wishes to thank Lightcudder.
Ltcdr: It's my pleasure, Commander. I'm not one of the committee though, just an everyday Fanderson member.
Cmdr Straker: Exactly. That's the very reason for this interview. You can give an outsider's perspective, which is just what our readers want. First of all, can you tell me what is it about Fanderson that made you sign up for this weekend?
Ltcdr: That's an easy one to answer. Fanderson are a great team, and no, I'm not on commission from them (laughter). They all do this voluntarily, and it can't be an easy job. I'm on a committee for a small horticultural show held once a year and believe me, that's hard enough to organise. I daren't think what the Fanderson committee have to do, getting something like this up and running. It must take months of work. I wouldn't like to do it.
Cmdr Straker: Hard work setting everything up in the hotel?
Ltcdr: Not just that. It's all the work beforehand. The stuff no-one ever thinks about. Getting the right hotel, the right dates, contacting guests and making sure they are available. Posters, traders, insurance, displays. And then hoping the members sign up. (waves an arm in the direction of the bar area) But that's one thing Fanderson don't really have to worry about. They have a reputation for running good conventions. Look at everyone here.
Cmdr Straker: So what made this convention special for you? What stands out?
Ltcdr: Another easy question. Sylvia Anderson for starters. It was such a thrill to see her, and listen to her talk about the early years. Little things, like the fact that they were desperately close to running out of money. Can you imagine what that must have been like? She was going out and doing other jobs to try to keep the company solvent. And there was no resentment or sadness, just wonderful memories. It was a great interview, and I felt honoured to be there.
Cmdr Straker: What other memories will you take home with you?
Ltcdr: The Studios Revisited talk by Alan Shubrook on Sunday.
He was so passionate about his love for the work and everything he was doing then. It was a surprisingly emotional talk and I think we were all drawn into the sense of how good those times were and how we were part of something rather special happening. Other moments? Talking to Shane Rimmer in the line for breakfast, talking to close friends of Ed Bishop and learnng more about him, meeting other fans and being among people who have the same love for Gerry and Sylvia's work and loads more things like watching Graham Bleathman draw a SHADO mobile in the book I had just bought.
There were some great costumes as well – from Marina to Thunderbird One, but I was delighted to see a Sky One pilot, complete with SHADO pistol, which I believe was a rather cheap replica!
Cmdr Straker: So will you go back if Fanderson hold another convention?
Ltcdr: To be honest, I don't know. I hadn't intended going to this one at first, not after Gerry Anderson's death, but I support Fanderson, and the last convention was fabulous so I changed my mind. I'm glad I did, though I ended up carrying far too much stuff back home with me even though I didn't buy the UFO blu-ray set – which I wish now I had bought!
Cmdr Straker: Any last thoughts?
Ltcdr: I think fans have to be realistic. The cast and crew of UFO are getting older each year and there will come a time when there is no one who was directly involved with the making of the series. It's only to be expected that the live action series will get less input each year, but I would have liked a bigger UFO presence, some models on display and maybe interviews with people who had some major input in the world of UFO. Chris Bentley springs to mind for one. I wouold love to hear more about the work involved in writing the Complete Guide to UFO, and the Technical Manual. Maybe next time.
Cmdr Straker: When you get home will you be back writing again?
Ltcdr: Of course. The editors, as you well know, are working on getting a new issue of the Herald out, and I have a new UFO story ongoing in which Jackson gets a rather larger part that I had initially intended. As well as several stories still to finish! And a painting to complete.
Cmdr Straker. Thank you for sparing the time from your busy schedule, and I hope you have a safe journey home.


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Politics for Impossible Times
Beware the climate pragmatists.
New studies released in early 2019 report that the continent of Antarctica is melting more quickly and more extensively than anticipated. This process has been going on for decades, but recently picked up speed. From 2009 to 2017, the Antarctic ice sheet melted at a rate six times that which was observed in the 1980s. Since the South Pole contains nearly 90 percent of the fresh water on Earth, more rapid melting there will lead to more rapid rises in sea level, with destructive consequences for human civilization.
At the same time, interest seems to be bubbling up, even in the backwards United States, in joining a serious attempt to tackle climate change with the traditional egalitarian project of the socialist left. In the US this takes the form of the so-called Green New Deal, tying together a jobs-and-investment message echoing the FDR 1930s, and a modern agenda of zero-carbon energy systems. The Green New Deal banner has recently been picked up by rising-star Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has linked it to other once-radical but now newly plausible ideas like dramatically increased tax rates for the very rich.
It is tempting to follow up warnings about rapid climate change with a pragmatic appeal to realistic policy proposals along the lines of the Green New Deal. What is the alternative, after all, other than giving up? As we will see, however, this way of proceeding presents us with what appears to be a frightening and demoralizing gap between the scale and immediacy of our problems, and the weakness of the social and political forces currently available to address them.
This becomes clear when we examine the document that, just a few months ago, shaped most topical climate journalism: the October 2018 report of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which describes the potential impacts of global warming at a scale of 1.5 degrees Celsius. This is a detailed and comprehensive publication, and few people have the patience or knowledge to wade through its pages upon pages of charts and graphs. But the basic message of the report is as sweeping as it is terrifying. Even the report's title, "Global Warming of 1.5°," is misleading in its understatement. The report observes that the Earth is already nearly one degree warmer relative to a pre-twentieth-century baseline.
"Some are convinced instead that they can hide out in their walled compounds, protected by their killer drones, while the rest of us scramble for what's left of a ruined Earth."
Moreover, 1.5 degrees of warming represents an optimistic lower bound figure, achievable only in the context of "ambitious mitigation actions." The point of the report, then, is not to argue that 1.5 degrees of warming is possible, but that it is probably inevitable, and the only question is whether, in fact, we will experience significantly greater warming than that baseline. The report's framing chapter concludes ominously that, in fact, "there is no single answer to the question of whether it is feasible to limit warming to 1.5°C and adapt to the consequences," despite the nominal commitment of the Paris Climate Agreement signatories to this figure.
If the IPCC report is any kind of landmark, it will be because it puts an end to a basically fictitious debate about the empirical reality of human-made climate change and instead focuses discussion on probable outcomes and possible adaptive strategies. The debate is fictitious because one side presumes, disingenuously, to base their arguments on uncertainty about climate science, rather than admitting themselves partisans of a political and class project designed to ensure that the costs of ecological chaos are borne exclusively by the powerless.
In much of the world, this has long been obvious, but in the United States the persistence of a prominent denialist wing on the right makes it necessary to briefly clarify this point. Useful idiots aside, it is unwise to presume that those who deny the reality of human-caused climate change are genuinely concerned about scientific accuracy.
More helpful is examining the apocalyptic fantasies of the super-rich, who have begun to invest in various schemes to hide out from what they see as the looming collapse of civilization. In the case of the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, this has taken the form of fantasies about "seasteading" an independent floating city, and investment in land in the safety of New Zealand, alongside his super-rich peers.
The Trump administration, in its typically hamfisted way, has clarified the true stakes of the climate change debate, in the course of its recent battle against strict California car emissions restrictions. As part of this jockeying for position the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a report with a shocking revelation of the administration's view of the future, predicting that not only was further warming inevitable but that it was likely to be on the order of four degrees by 2100, not the comparatively modest 1.5 of the IPCC report and the Paris accords.
The purpose of this alarming declaration, in the context of the NHTSA report, was to claim that strict emissions standards like California's are unlikely to make a noticeable impact relative to the scale of global warming, and that such standards are therefore economically unjustifiable. But while notable in its crudity, this "smoke 'em if you got 'em" attitude aligns with the perspective of capitalist elites, particularly in the extractive industries, whose primary goal is to avoid paying the cost of climate mitigation in the form of new regulations or taxes.
Here the intersection of the Trump administration with the doomsday-prepping Thiel types becomes significant, as it puts the lie to the comforting eco-liberal bromide that, really, we're all in this together and have an interest in protecting the Earth for all of our sakes. It's clear that not everyone believes this, and some are convinced instead that they can hide out in their walled compounds, protected by their killer drones, while the rest of us scramble for what's left of a ruined Earth. They may well be deluded in this belief—captive to a bourgeois ideology that sees capitalists as individualist wealth creators rather than people dependent on the labor of millions. But we can't count on them to figure that out before they take us all down with them.
This brings us back to the IPCC report, and its catalog of environmental horrors. It is a valuable resource if only for its breadth, describing a crisis that can only in the most superficial way be summarized as "warming." The collapse of marine ecosystems, reefs and fisheries, flooding of densely inhabited coastal areas, falling crop yields, among other calamities, make their appearances. Other research has examined the impact of sustained "wet bulb" temperatures (think heat plus humidity) surpassing 32 degrees Celsius (about 90 degrees Fahrenheit). At such temperatures, it becomes impossible to carry out ordinary activities outside, as the human body becomes physically unable to cool itself. The result is mass death from overheating, and ultimately the possible abandonment of some regions, including densely packed parts of South America, India, and China.
One could go on at great length about this and other disasters foreseen in the IPCC models, but in many ways this is beside the point. The general lesson is conveyed effectively by a series of simple charts in the October 2018 report (figures 3.19–3.21). These are scales showing the effect of different degrees of warming on a variety of systems including among other things "coastal flooding," "terrestrial ecosystems," "crop yields," "heat-related morbidity and mortality," and "ability to achieve sustainable development goals." Severity of impacts is shown for increases ranging from below one degree up beyond two degrees. For most of these areas, the colored scale quickly reaches into the red, for "severe and widespread impacts/risks," and beyond to purple, "very high risks of severe impacts and the presence of significant irreversibility . . . combined with limited ability to adapt due to the nature of the hazard."
And recall that these are essentially best case scenarios for what might be possible if rapid adaptation in line with the Paris agreements proves to be feasible. It barely touches upon the severe levels of warming envisioned by Trump's NHTSA, let alone the even more extreme scenarios envisioned in the event that various ecosystem feedback loops are triggered, such as the rapid release of Arctic permafrost methane.
The farthest the IPCC will go is the realm of "warming up to 3°C" (table 3.7), which is frightening enough. There we are given dire warnings about rainforests ("potential tipping point leading to pronounced forest dieback"), heat ("substantial increase in potentially deadly heatwaves very likely"), and agriculture ("drastic reductions in maize crop globally and in Africa"), among others.
So now we come back, finally, to the Green New Deal, or whatever other package of plausible social democratic reforms one prefers. Now we are back in the realm of such sedate ideas as the "smart" electricity grid, renovating buildings for energy efficiency, and windmills and solar panels for all. Laudable goals all, and yet depressingly scant gruel after any time spent gorging on the vivid projections of the scientists.
There is also the problem that tends to arise when multiple separate political goals are packaged together into one big trick that is intended to achieve them all. In the case of the Green New Deal, this problem arises in particular from the relationship between the redistributive and ecological tasks it must take on. As envisioned by Ocasio-Cortez, for example, the Green New Deal is meant to be a job-creation program, with the newly popular "job guarantee" taking a central role.
It is easy to imagine in advance that jobs for all and infrastructure investment walk hand in hand in harmony. But in practice it is impossible to ensure that the scale of labor and the particular skill sets needed will align with the masses clamoring for incomes. And whenever such "dual mandate" projects come into conflict with themselves, one of the mandates will tend to win out over the other. If the job guarantee ends up largely a make-work program, it is hard to see how it can also be Green. Other, not quite as mainstream ideas, such as working time reduction and the Universal Basic Income, may need to be brought on board as the GND idea comes closer to fruition.
"The Earth is on fire as we bicker about what kind of fire extinguishers to buy."
But this all still feels like fiddling around at the edges. The Earth is on fire as we bicker about what kind of fire extinguishers to buy. The sheer urgency of the climate issue strongly militates, for the pragmatically minded, toward a form of "do something-ism" that veers headlong into whatever project can achieve a majority, however inadequate it might be.
There is, of course, nothing really pragmatic about settling on a compromise that doesn't solve the problem it claims to. But the equally unsatisfying alternative is a kind of intransigent, insurrectionary maximalism, shouting portents of doom from the rooftops. It is tempting to go onto Twitter, or into the pages of Commune, to deride those who can't see the need for immediate action and revolution, by any means necessary.
So we come back around to the old standard, What Is To Be Done? The unsatisfying but probably sole possible answer, of course, is: everything. The Green New Deal moves on, but there's something to be said for those who prefer the work of building more local, communal projects of self-sufficiency and mutual aid. While no substitute for contesting the commanding heights of the economy, these projects can gradually build the trust, and the collective capacity, for the kind of truly militant mass action that is ultimately required. Then, of course, there is the slow building of transnational links; capital and climate are implacably global, while the gradually reviving left remains depressingly parochial, in the rich countries especially.
So perhaps, the only way to work for a sustainable post-carbon world is not to actively focus on it. Perhaps we must tactically look away from that impossibly large chasm between our politics and our planet's needs. If the social force necessary to make a better world does not yet exist, we can only try to create it. That may mean rallying behind the Green New Deal, or building our local network of communes, or both. It will also mean occasional dramatic acts of direct action, attacking the infrastructures and institutions of fossil capital directly—proving to them that their dreams of hiding from the desperate masses in their walled compounds are doomed.
That can't be everyone's task, nor should it be if we are to avoid degenerating into adventurism. But it will be someone's. If we make it to the other side in one piece, someone will be remembered as the Frederick Douglass of climate change. But so too will someone be the John Brown. It is in that sense, at least, that we really are in this together.
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Tina Kampor had the opportunity to make a field visit to Dapaong in February 2017. During her visit, she met with the local board members as well as local school directors and teachers. She held a meeting with the current Peace Sisters students and they discussed expectations for the remainder of the school year and plans for next year. Tina learned that many of the girls who do not have electricity in their homes also do not have access to light to study in the evenings. Plans are therefore underway to provide solar-powered lamps to those who can most benefit from this form of assistance.


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What vegans don't understand about hunting is that "Buck Fever" is better than an orgasm. Your whole body shakes from adrenaline and pumping hormones. It is the most incredible experience. Compared to that, nothing vegans can offer has even the slightest comparison of sheer ecstacy.
Most non-hunters probably have never even heard of Buck Fever. Let me explain...
In the moment before successfully shooting an animal it is normal for a hunter to get a surge of adrenaline. Then, once it is dead, and you have successfully killed it your body gets pumped full of adrenaline and positive-feeling hormones. So much so that many people report shaking from excitement and a feeling of ecstacy.
That feeling is incredibly addictive. It is a drug similar to Runner's High that marathon runners / exercise addicts get, but so much more potent because of the adrenaline combo.
It is also sometimes said that the bigger the game animal and the more anticipation involved, the bigger the release of adrenaline and hormones. Thus hunting big game animals isn't just a matter of ego or attaining more meat, it is also an addiction to the chemicals your body releases.
Over time as hunters become more experienced the Buck Fever will lessen, becoming less potent. It will still be there, but your brain will have learned how to cope with the rush of adrenaline and you won't shake as much.
This is one reason why rifle hunters might be tempted to try bowhunting or even spearhunting. The rush of adrenaline is said to be greater when trying a more traditional and challenging method of hunting. If they are chasing the feeling of their "first time" then trying a new hunting method will be like popping their cherry all over again.
Depending on geographic regions and languages there might be other names for Buck Fever. Buck Fever is pretty specific to hunting deer too, but the concept is often used to describe the same feeling after successfully hunting many other types of game.
Even fishermen report a similar feeling when catching a truly big fish that they had to fight to reel in. So the feeling is not restricted to hunting land mammals.
Back to my initial statement vegans will never understand a hunters need to hunt. The need to acquire your own food rather than relying on farmed meat or vegetables, to take responsibility for that aspect of your life. The need to hunt "the old fashioned way" as if it is a calling, a force of nature and fate that wants you to preserve part of human heritage. And lastly vegans will never understand the love of eating meat and being an omnivore. Food is like a religion. People have very strong feelings about it. And people don't change their 'food-religion' just because some other people want to convert them.
"Until vegans find a way to grow bacon on trees I guess I will keep being an omnivore."
Actor Chris Pratt is into bowhunting and he waxes like a romantic poet when talking about the process of hunting.
Nor is he the only celebrity who is into bowhunting. There are quite a few out there. Like the following examples
Bo Jackson (Celebrity Athlete)
Karl Malone (NBA Basketball Player)
Brett Keisel (NFL Quarterback)
Ben Roethlisberger (NFL Quarterback)
Matt Hughes (9 time UFC World Champion)
Randy Couture (UFC Fighter / Actor)
Miranda Lambet (American Country Singer)
Justin Tuck (NFL Player / Super Bowl Champion)
Paul Ryan (American Politician)
Chipper Jones (MLB Baseball Player)
Blake Shelton (American Singer)
Donald Trump Jr. (Professional Moron)
Jennifer Lawrence (Actor) - Although it should be noted that Jennifer Lawrence only did squirrel hunting.
Now you may have noticed something. Most of the celebrities mentioned above are from occupations where hunting (and bowhunting) would be more accepted. Many celebrities who are into rifle hunting / bowhunting tend to stay quiet about their interest in such activities because they are afraid of backlash from fans.
Singer Madonna (yes, that Madonna) hosts rifle pheasant hunts on her estate, but tends to stay quiet about it because of protests from animal rights groups.
Actress Eva Longoria, actress Eliza Dushku, singer Avril Lavigne, duchess Kate Middleton, singer Miranda Lambert are just a handful of female celebrities who hunt (usually with rifle) but tend to stay quiet on the topic because they don't want to upset the "PETA people".
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC...
And really it comes down to the idiocy of people who are anti-hunting, who are apparently okay with people eating beef hamburgers, bacon, "chicken fingers", but don't know where their meat actually comes from. Complete hypocrites. They get all upset about celebrities who hunt, but meanwhile they fill their bellies with beef, pork, chicken and wear leather / fur regularly.
And then there is the vegans - who avoid meat and all animal by-products entirely, but somehow still wear leather jackets, leather purses, leather boots, etc - and pretend that they are somehow saving the planet with their "animal friendly ways" of only using animals for their skin.
And then there is the food vegans eat - mostly flown in from South America, Africa and other parts of the world on cargo planes. They think they are saving the environment, but all they are doing is buying foreign food transported on planes that spew greenhouse gases, handpicked by poor people who are paid peanuts, while making the corporations who sell "fresh organic produce" rich while local farmers here in Canada are ignored. If they were serious about "saving the planet" then they should start by buying all of their food locally (both vegetables and meat products, grown and raised in Canada) so that they aren't wasting so much greenhouse gases on transporting food from overseas.
"Show me a vegan and I will show you a person who will probably starve to death during a nuclear winter because they won't have access to imported vegetables flown in from overseas."
And the bit about nuclear winter is a real possibility now that Donald Trump is the president elect. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts a nuclear war during the first year of his presidency. In fact, I would be surprised if he did NOT start a nuclear war during the first year.
To anyone who is worried about the same thing I recommend the following:
#1. Learn how to bowhunt both large and small game.
#2. Stock up on arrows, broadheads and archery equipment.
#3. Stock up on seeds for planting crops.
#4. Learn how to garden.
#5. Learn what to do during a nuclear attack. Assuming you survive the initial attacks, you will need to be prepared for what follows.
"Always be prepared." - Boy Scouts Motto
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On the 25th (Mon), look for all kinds of wild species at Wildlife Areas, then explore the wealth of natural beauty at Urho Kekkonen National Park, and then look for gifts at Hippupuoti Gift Shop. Keep things going the next day: fly down the slopes at Saariselka Ski & Sport Resort.
To find other places to visit, reviews, ratings, and other tourist information, read our Saariselka journey planner.
Riga, Latvia to Saariselka is an approximately 13-hour flight. You can also drive. Plan for little chillier temperatures traveling from Riga in February, with highs in Saariselka at -6°C and lows at -15°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 26th (Tue) early enough to travel to Levi.
Start off your visit on the 27th (Wed): kick your exploration up a notch at Levi Ski Resort. Get ready for a full day of sightseeing on the 28th (Thu): identify plant and animal life at Santa"s Cottage & Pet Farm, then admire all the interesting features of Ice Karting Levi, then take an exotic tour of a safari tour, and finally get your game on at Kid's Land.
To see where to stay, more things to do, other places to visit, and more tourist information, read Levi vacation maker site .
Traveling by flight from Saariselka to Levi takes 3 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. In February, daily temperatures in Levi can reach -5°C, while at night they dip to -12°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 28th (Thu) to allow time to drive to Rovaniemi.
Start off your visit on the 1st (Fri): find something for the whole family at Santa Claus Village, see Santa Claus Office, then look for all kinds of wild species at Wildlife Areas, and finally don't miss a visit to Lordi's Square. Here are some ideas for day two: look for gifts at Your Piece Of Finland, take an in-depth tour of Arktikum, and then get in on the family fun at SantaPark - the Home Cavern of Santa Claus.
To find reviews, where to stay, and tourist information, you can read our Rovaniemi trip maker website .
Getting from Levi to Rovaniemi by car takes about 2.5 hours. Other options: take a bus. In February, daily temperatures in Rovaniemi can reach -6°C, while at night they dip to -11°C. Cap off your sightseeing on the 2nd (Sat) early enough to travel back home.


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Includes transportation, food, lodging and supplies.
Contact Rev. Eric Kraihanzel at revejk@gmail.com for more info.
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Do you have an example you could add from your collection?
No - the one I had has 'long gone' and been replaced by a Savage No4 Mk1/3 in 410 calibre.
There's a good chance I missed this, but I have one of the No. 1, Mk. 3's that was rechambered for 3" 410. Is it safe to shoot the Musket rounds in it, or is it strictly a modern 410 gun now?
The plastic modern .410 is slightly larger than the brass shells. I am not sure how much expansion will occur to the case due to the enlarged chamber walls. I would just fire .410 slug ammo.
bump to change headings i have not seen any shot gun or grenade launching Enfields at any shows for 2 years ??
There's been a pretty good looking Enfield grenade launcher rifle for sale at one of my local gun shops for quite a while, but the price isn't cheap ($599 IIRC). I haven't been by in several months, so it could have sold by now. I've got several .410 conversions, but they've all been further modified to accept modern ammo, so I'm still searching for the unmodified .410 conversion that uses the original brass cased shells.


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German Court Jails Girl Who Stabbed Policeman in Name of ISIS
By Reuters	 On 1/26/17 at 10:00 AM EST
Senior public prosecutor Simon Henrichs (R) talks with journalists after the verdict against suspected jihadist girl Safia S, January 26, at the Higher Regional Court in Celle near Hanover, Germany. The court sentenced the teenager to six years of juvenile detention for stabbing a police officer "to support the Islamic State group." Holger Hollemann/AFP/Getty
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A German court jailed a teenage German-Moroccan girl Thursday for stabbing a policeman at a train station on the orders of Islamic State militants (ISIS).
Safia S., a dual citizen aged 16, was convicted of attempted murder and being a supporter of the jihadist group by a regional court in the northern city of Celle.
Her defence lawyer said she would appeal her six-year sentence, which he called "unquestionably high", at the federal high court in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe.
During the trial, which started in October, her lawyer had argued that she lacked the capacity to know she was doing wrong.
Prosecutors said Safia S. travelled to Istanbul in January last year where she met members of ISIS who planned to help her enter territory it controlled in Syria.
While in Istanbul, they said, she received orders to carry out a "martyrdom attack" in Germany, where investigators said they believe she was radicalized.
Then aged 15, she stabbed and seriously wounded the policeman at the train station in Hanover in February after she was brought back to Germany by her mother, prosecutors said.
A now 20-year-old German-Syrian man, named as Mohamad K., was sentenced to two-and-half years in prison as an accomplice after failing to inform the police despite knowing of Safia's plan.
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The Midwest Ice Racing Association will hold their final race of the season March 24 at Barkers Island in Superior.
The City of Superior is offering a free opportunity to go behind the scenes to learn to learn how a green roof works, how a rain garden is installed, or what is happening underground to prevent stormwater pollution in the city of Superior.
Among the multitude of family activities as the 2017 Lake Superior Ice Festival is a 18-foot wide, 250-foot long slide that will be open through the weekend's schedule of events.
There's something new coming to Superior as the AMSOIL Powerboat Championship takes place this weekend. The event will be held off Barker's Island, near the Whaleback ship. It's free to the public, however there will be a $5 charge for parking.
Driving home this afternoon I took a quick detour to see for myself the Wall of Ice project that artist Roger Hanson has been working on. There is a noticeable difference than what I saw just a few days ago.
Race Weekend Is Upon Us, But Just What is the IWA?
It's finally race weekend! The Benna Ford Roush Superior Watercross Shootout starts at 10am both Saturday and Sunday, with tickets available at the gate.
Who Should Come to the Benna Ford Roush Superior Watercross Shootout? Everyone!


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Italy: awareness of online fake news influence on voters opinion 2018
This graph shows the results of a poll asking individuals if they believed that fake news published online could influence political views in Italy in 2018. According to 52.3 percent of respondents, online fake news had some influence, while 23 percent of asked individuals stated that online fake news had very little impact on political opinion of citizens.
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The Conservative NRO Is Wrestling With the Realities of a Trump Presidency
By Jacob Weindling | December 28, 2016 | 3:01pm
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The National Review is a conservative paper that was created by William Buckley in 1957. It has published so many positions on a range of issues that you can take a sampling of articles to prove that it's anywhere from a white supremacist scribe to a neoliberal outlet. They were most famous this election cycle for devoting an entire issue to opposing Donald Trump's candidacy.
Conservatives against Trump https://t.co/Rz0CLzMXnzpic.twitter.com/Qm1CbYFlT8
— National Review (@NRO) January 22, 2016
#NeverTrump conservatives find themselves in a weird spot post-election. The candidate they abhor is now the most powerful man in the world, but the conservative party is enjoying record majorities in legislatures and governorships across the country. This is a tremendous opportunity for conservatives to enact their ideas. However, Cheeto Jesus (as he's become known in some #NeverTrump circles), still must sign off on the platform, making the process murkier.
Jonah Goldberg, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and one of NRO's more prominent writers, published a column today about the conflict materializing at the heart of a #NeverTrump Republican like himself:
There is a weird, not quite fully baked idea out there that if you — or me — were wrong about Trump's electoral chances, that means you must be wrong about the man in full. There is no such transitive property in politics or punditry. I don't know what George Will said of Richard Nixon's electoral prospects in 1972, but even if he had predicted a McGovern landslide, that wouldn't mean he was wrong about the outrageousness of Watergate.
That said, I already feel comfortable admitting that, beyond my electoral prognosticating, I got some things wrong about what a Trump presidency will look like. Though many on the left and in the media see his cabinet appointments and policy proposals as cause for existential panic, as a conservative I find most — but by no means all — of them reassuring.
I argued frequently that Trump's conservatism was more marketing ploy than deeply held conviction. But his appointments at the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and at the Environmental Protection Agency and elsewhere suggest a level of commitment to paring back the administrative state that heartens and surprises me.
I am also surprised by the benefits of having a political novice take over the executive branch. From his phone call with Taiwan to his ad hoc bargaining with defense contractors, there is more of an upside to Trump the Disrupter than I had anticipated.
Despite finding some pragmatic common ground with Trump, Goldberg ultimately returns to his central issue with the Donald, which has not been resolved and never will be: his temperament.
The National Review's editors wrote a column a couple weeks back that highlighted character concerns like Goldberg's over our Commander-In-Tweet, but its focus was on the Russian connection. A troubling schism is appearing on the right, and it's not a good sign for where our already woeful foreign policy discourse is headed.
One of these was CIC when bin Laden was killed. The other armed the thugs who shot down MH17, murdering 298, including an American. pic.twitter.com/1AFSWL529t
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) December 26, 2016
The NRO's Editors echoed this blasé attitude towards a nation who Mitt Romney correctly identified in 2012 as "the biggest geopolitical threat facing America" when they wrote:
But the Kremlin is, ultimately, not pro-Donald Trump, it is pro-Kremlin, and it will not hesitate to exploit weaknesses wherever it finds them. There is evidence that Russian hackers targeted the Republican National Committee as well as its Democratic counterpart, and if the Kremlin has information on Republican operatives, it's entirely plausible that it is withholding it for future leverage.
Right…so the Kremlin isn't pro-Trump, just pro-Kremlin…who the CIA said wanted to help put Trump in office…a man most people agree was and is a "weakness" …so they could possibly use the hack of the RNC for future leverage. The Kremlin's pro-Trump motive lies right in the heart of their thesis, yet they ignore it and simply back up their assertion that the Kremlin is/was not pro-Trump by (rightly) blaming President Obama for letting the Russians walk all over the region, and then simply crying sovereignty.
Frankly—no shit. Foreign relations aren't that simple, and alliances of convenience sprout up all the time. At the end of the day, everyone is looking out for their own interests. I highly doubt that the National Review would be this flippant if the reverse were true, and the CIA concluded that the Russians tried to help install Hillary Clinton as President.
The National Review has historically been a reasonable bellwether for conservatism—even if it has lurched much farther rightward in recent years (which does mirror the Republican Party's movement). How they grapple with the realities of a Trump Presidency will be one of the main stories amongst the media landscape to watch in the coming years. If they fall in line like the Breitbarts of the world, America may have its own version Pravda soon enough.
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No Kindle for Christmas please!
There's nothing like being engrossed in a great book.
A few months ago, I was enjoying a hot chocolate and a scrumptious cake at the Bread & Roses deli-slash-cafe (which I try to visit whenever I'm in Paris… it's that kind of place). An American couple sat a few tables away from me. He was reading the paper; she was engrossed in a book, so much so that she was barely acknowledging her surroundings. I quickly jotted the names of the book and author in my (now missing) notebook.
Back home, I got hold of the book and devoured it over a weekend. My current book by the same author is as well written and as enjoyable. I doubt I would have come across that author had it not been for my desire for cake in Paris that winter day.
My curiosity and love of books have led me to spy on people from a very young age. What are people around me reading? Would I like it? I took to memorising the author or the name of the book or writing then both down. Over the years, there have been a few errors but on the whole, I've had many a great read.
And this is why I regret the popularity of the Kindle. My morning commutes now see people either reading a free paper or kindling (I've just made up this word by the way). Apart from the fact that I sit in front of a computer all day and as such have no desire to read novels from a computer-type screen and risk developing RSI, I have no intention of getting a Kindle any time soon. I like holding a book. I like being able to physically turn pages back and forth. But worse still, it's the fact that I can no longer see what people are reading that distresses me most. How will I get inspiration? How will I discover new authors and great books? Are there other people like me out there?
I would say about half the books I read come from chance encounters… Will my book purchasing decline (bad news for publishers that)? I know Kindle owners rave about it: you think of a book you want to read, you can download it and read it within minutes. But see… all I think about when I hear that is "where's the pleasure in that"? I enjoy browsing bookshops. I like ordering a book and waiting for it to turn up, making that moment when you open the first page all the more special. Call me old-fashioned if you wish… but that anticipation, that sense of being on the verge of a discovery… there's nothing like it.
I admit I can see the benefits of having a travelling library when on a longer trip… but watching the sun set by one of the world's great rivers, sipping a cold beer or a G&T, I can only picture myself with a book.


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