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Home Awakening Al Gore's 10 Global Warming Predictions, 12 Years Later — None Happened!
Al Gore's 10 Global Warming Predictions, 12 Years Later — None Happened!
"The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Wake up before it's too late!"
by Larry Tomczak
Soon we "celebrate" the 12th anniversary of former Vice President Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" revealing the "grave" threat of global warming. On January 26, 2006 the Washington Post stated Al "believes humanity may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan."
My Tennessee neighbor won an Oscar and Nobel Prize for sounding the alarm in book and film as a Climate Control Caped Crusader.
Al crisscrossed countries waving his arms, passionately declaring, "We can't wait… We have a planetary emergency… the future of human civilization is at stake! … Global warming is the greatest challenge we've ever faced!" This is no exaggeration.
In an article highlighting his tireless service for humanity, The Washington Post labeled him "the world's most renowned crusader on climate change." Wow! And remember he almost became President of the United States were it not for a few "hanging chads" that didn't go to his column.
President Obama subsequently picked up the "crisis" telling world leaders that "climate change (not Islamic terrorism or skyrocketing, unsustainable debt) is the number one issue facing us today."
At the recent Global Paris Summit he pushed this agenda with urgency. The cost of his United Nations Global Warming Treaty came in at $12.1 trillion or $484 billion dollars yearly according to Bloomberg.
Al's efforts made him an environmental hero but took a tragic toll on his marriage. His marriage of 40 years to Tipper ended in a shocking divorce.
Today, 68 year old Al alternates residence in two gorgeous, spacious homes in Nashville and California. He now has a youthful, wealthy girlfriend.
Al Gore's Electricity Bill Reveals He Consumes 3,400% More Power Than the Average U.S. Home
Leaving his V. P. office with assets of $2 million, Mr. Gore now has wealth estimated at over $[2]00 million. Al's movie cost $1million and brought in $50 million.
He hauls in $175,000 speaking fees, is tied to at least fourteen green-tech firms, sits strategically on certain (take a guess) boards, plus benefits from Obama grants and millions in tax breaks. He's on his way to becoming what one congressional leader called "our first carbon billionaire."
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Masses of people are misinformed or misled on issues like physician-assisted suicide, marijuana legalization, unrestricted abortion, wholesale immigration, socialism, a "war on women", "free" entitlements, and "pandemic" Wall Street fraud.
Similarly, people are manipulated and deceived regarding dire climate change/global warming reports.
This hysteria and apocalyptic fear mongering reminds many of the 1970 Earth Day predictions that fizzled like a firecracker:
End of civilization in 15-30 years
100-200 million deaths to starvation yearly for 10 years
A new ice age by 2000
The good news is that many people are wising up! Because of long standing behavior that is suspect to say the least, multitudes view as con artists multimillionaires like Al Gore, Michael Moore, the Clintons and others who prey on the gullible and get rich off causes, advance their fame and live lavish lifestyles off the backs of the unsuspecting.
Hillary told us they were almost broke leaving the White House and this week she's on Time magazine's cover saying, "I know what it's like to be knocked down," all the while she and her husband have amassed over $120 million in speaking fees alone.
A January YouGov poll of 17 countries found that 91% of Americans are not concerned about global warming. Their number one concern – global terrorism. A recent Fox News poll revealed that today only 3% are concerned about global warming!
Patrick Moore, the legendary, past president of Greenpeace says:
"There is no definitive scientific proof through real-world observation that carbon dioxide is responsible for any of the slight warming of global climate which has occurred during the past 300 years." He rejects the "science is settled" and "the debate is over."
Recently even the Supreme Court weighed in with an extraordinary rebuke to President Obama's attempt to control carbon emissions.
This is not to say that we should be unconcerned or uninvolved regarding legitimate environmental concerns.
Christians are compelled to be good stewards of God's resources and the earth. We should all make a quality decision to reasonably conserve energy (it's why we keep our thermostat low in winter/high in summer; turn off the faucet while brushing teeth; etc.).
As Christians we seek to obey His directive to care for and develop the earth's resources while using them wisely and unselfishly (Gen.1:28; Ps.8:4-8), especially to help the poor and underprivileged.
We do not need to succumb to fear by doomsayers and scientists contradicting God's promise to maintain stability in seasons and oceans (Gen. 8:22; Gen. 9:11; Jer. 5:22).
People grieve God when they fail to acknowledge His ultimate control of changing, cyclical weather patterns. In Jeremiah 5:23 – 25 God issues a strong rebuke for people not acknowledging His ultimate control over the weather.
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Gore's Predictions Fall Flat
12 years after Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" guilt/fear producing predictions, let's close by examining just how accurate his "science" proved to be on his way to the bank.
1. Rising Sea Levels – inaccurate and misleading. Al was even discovered
purchasing a beachfront mansion!
2. Increased Tornadoes – declining for decades.
3. New Ice Age in Europe – they've been spared; it never happened.
4. South Sahara Drying Up – completely untrue.
5. Massive Flooding in China and India – again didn't happen.
6. Melting Arctic – false – 2015 represents the largest refreezing in years.
7. Polar Bear Extinction – actually they are increasing!
8. Temperature Increases Due to CO2 – no significant rising for over 18 years.
9. Katrina a Foreshadow of the Future – false – past 10 years, no F3 hurricanes; "longest drought ever!"
10. The Earth Would be in a "True Planetary Emergency" Within a Decade Unless Drastic Action Taken to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses – never happened.
Awhile back, the Washington Post stated in an expose' that, "Al Gore has thrived as a green-tech investor." Coincidental?
Was it also coincidental that at the recent Climate Summit in Paris, there was a red carpet debut of a dynamic new film "Climate Hustle" just down the street?
This groundbreaking film exposing the junk science of global warming will be seen on Capitol Hill, in theaters, then on DVD soon. Check it out: Climate Hustle.
Another excellent and humorous documentary I've enjoyed on this topic is "An Inconsistent Truth" by talk show host Phil Valentine of Nashville. It's fascinating when Phil goes to Al's gated home! Check it out on YouTube for a hearty laugh.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. told us, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can."
It's films like the above and videos like those being seen at Bullseye Challenge (along with the Bullseye book) that are dispelling darkness by truth that's only inconvenient to those refusing to listen.
Source: http://humansarefree.com/2018/01/al-gores-10-global-warming-predictions.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+humansarefree%2FaQPD+%28Humans+Are+Free%29
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P Mellett January 24, 2023 At 5:46 AM
i think you're wrong
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/3/1694912/-Seven-climate-change-predictions-that-have-come-true
John3 November 20, 2019 At 5:03 AM
I always thought that the earth was warming since the end of the last ice age. However, it seems that hoaxers have using this ruse of "global warming" since the 19th century: http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_global_warming_hoax_of_1874
Mark February 6, 2021 At 6:44 PM
Climate appears to have an approximate 60 years cycle while climatology defines climate as 30 years. The warnings change back an forth for political purposes.
The 30 years cycle would be like starting to observe the amount of daylight starting at midnight and concluding at 8AM that light is increasing and by 6 PM everyone's retinas will be destroyed.
Dan May 18, 2019 At 8:18 PM
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
The five warmest years on record have all occurred since 2010.
We are lucky enough to have evolved our civilization to have advanced technology to detect this issue. And yet instead of coming together to save humanity, we must instead deal with propagandists and deniers. Your distractions aren't helpful.
Greg Fendt September 30, 2019 At 5:41 AM
1930's are undoubtedly the warmest in the US but of course nothing earlier than 1970 is ever graphed…
Sad American April 24, 2020 At 3:04 PM
"I believe in NASA": NASA started as a surveillance service. It's charter includes controlled dissemination of propaganda about space for reasons of national security. Take everything from that alphabet agency with a truckload of salt.
leone e brennan December 29, 2020 At 9:46 PM
I've never worried about our Australian Winters before and don't even own an overcoat. The last four Winters have been absolutely freezing for me and now don't notice the Summers and I'm one who would normally feel the heat. Much hotter when I was a child, a very long time ago.
Jay Privette January 29, 2019 At 3:48 PM
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reset the clock. We have been given another 12 years to give the government and the UN trillions more before the truth will be known. If you can't trust a former bartender from The Bronx to make accurate predictions, who can you trust?
Terry December 31, 2018 At 12:41 PM
I guess NASA is lying and is part of this conspiracy: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/
https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/
Dan January 7, 2019 At 11:03 AM
Yes. Yes, they are. The NASA web page you provide is full of debatable global warming nonsense. If you read some of the foot notes, they cite science from pro-global warming theorists, not their own scientists. NASA can provide measurements that they collect, themselves; but, they cannot leap to explaining the data – the cause. In fact, every global warming model has failed to predict actual observations. Much of the measurements cited on the NASA web site are not from NASA. Why?
Do you believe that everything the government tells us is true? The cost of your healthcare will go down $2,500, for example. The government never has ulterior motives, right? No plan to raise taxes. Is NASA controlled by purely honest scientists, or bureaucrats and politicians. The truth is that NASA isn't any better than any other bureaucracy in our government It is very capable of making mistakes or even lying to us. NASA is, in fact, controlled by politicians.
Blind trust in any government entity is fraught with peril. Besides all the notable lies our government has told us, look at NASA's record. They have failed frequently. Most notably are the events resulting in multiple deaths: Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, and multiple trainer jet deaths. They have lost several satellites, multiple Mars missions failed or lost, to the tune of billions of dollars. NASA is a bloated bureaucracy and can't be trusted to do it's primary mission any more, so they are getting into other science, like global warming, in an attempt to be relevant and get funding.
Be skeptical. Think for yourself rather than blindly picking who you believe because that fits your world view. Think for yourself. Question both sides of the debate, but at least have the debate.
The fact is, man-made global warming is a "theory." A theory is a possible explanation, not a fact. Science is done by scientific method, not majority rule or consensus. Skepticism is the foundation of all science. All theories MUST be harshly challenged and criticized. Real scientists WELCOME criticism of their theory in an effort to determine what is true. When supposed "scientists" declare the "science is settled," that should be a red flag for us all. Curiosity and skepticism are the foundations of science.
Steven Burgoyne January 29, 2020 At 9:12 PM
NASA rarely is truthful
S B December 31, 2018 At 10:53 AM
Biggest 'Ponzi Scheme' ever perpetrated on the American People & the World! Global Warming/Climate Change is a Socialist Agenda/Propaganda to bring down Capitalism & America & an attempt to usher in a One World Government! a FACT!! Changes in weather has always existed! FACT! THERE IS NO THREAT TO MAN OTHER THAN ADVERSE WEATHER THAT HAS ALWAYS & WILL ALWAYS EXIST!!! FACT!
RonH December 31, 2018 At 8:35 AM
All wrong, but it made Al and friends billionaires, so he could care less, he's out their pushing for more right now. He lives in a huge mansion, has large SUV's, a private jet, and lectures us all about global warming, then when they found out the globe wasn't warming, they changed the name to climate change, a name most con men would love, who could argue with that name ? The climate has changed for millions of years and will continue to change, not much we';ll do about that, and the next volcanic eruption or meteor strike could change the climate for years to come.
Lori December 31, 2018 At 3:58 AM
So while in general I do not believe in global warming, some of your stated facts are blatantly incorrect.
I quote "Katrina a Foreshadow of the Future – false – past 10 years, no F3 hurricanes; "longest drought ever!""
There have been at least 2 that hit Florida, 1 that hit Texas and 1 that hit NC in the last few years that I know of thay were 3 and above. There have been numerous 3, 4 and I believe one 5 that never made landfall. So please explain this obvious discrepancy.
Anthony Boerio December 31, 2018 At 12:14 PM
Also worth noting that it is tornadoes rated via F-scale, not hurricanes. Hurricanes are rates via Category, e.g. Cat-3
Johno December 31, 2018 At 11:07 PM
No major Atlantic hurricanes hit the US mainland from Aug 2005 to Aug 2017; only two reached 120 mph sustained winds (Irene in Aug 2011, Eduoard in Sep 2014). Irene peaked over the southern Bahamas, but was only Cat1 when it hit Puerto Rico. Eduoard never actually made landfall, but did cause two to drown in rip currents off the coast of Maryland. Sandy (Oct 2012) max'd out at 115 mph winds when it hit Cuba, but only Cat2 when it flooded NYC & damaged NJ. Harvey flooded SE Texas in Aug 2017, ending the 12-year drought of major hurricanes not hitting the US mainland. Maria hit PR as Cat5 in Sep 2017. Major hurricanes must be Cat3 or higher at landfall.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E23.html
This page shows all hurricanes from 1851 to 2017. I see no notable pattern, just by looking – but a computer model may find something. You are correct, there were two Cat 4 hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, in 2017. But if you look at the numbers, it appears the frequency of hurricanes is decidedly down since 2006 when Gore released his movie. I certainly don't observe an increase in hurricane activity.
My whole problem with the man-made global warming theory is that nothing proves a cause/effect relationship between CO2 in the atmosphere and a minimal change in measured temperatures. The fact is, the raw data of the temperature observations over time was lost (or destroyed) by East Anglia university. So, I am not even convinced that the temps have increased over time. It all depends on how they are measured. Hour by hour, day by day, average of high and low temp, at what altitude, etc. The database was corrupted, so it is all suspect. But even if we believe the temperature has increased 1 degree Celsius over 100 years, can we say that is a "trend"? Hardly. Well within margin of error or normal deviation. Can we assume the cause? Certainly not. All the scientific models which link CO2 to temperature have failed. Every one. They ignore real influences that could have caused climate change on earth before man, such as solar activity and earth orbit. It is highly likely that the sun plays the main role in earth's climate, but those trying to profit on the carbon theory ignore solar activity completely.
Put the whole theory in perspective. CO2 has increased over the last 100 years from about 280 parts per million to 400 parts per million. OMG, that's a 42% increase in CO2 in the atmosphere! Put that is something we can grasp, like a football field 100 yards long. It would be like going from 1.08 inches from the goal line to 1.44 inches. That's correct. 400 ppm is 1.44 inches on a football field. No one has ever proved that such a small increase in CO2 in atmosphere does anything to impact global temperatures. If anything, such a minimal increase has been noticed to improve and increase plant life. Plants need CO2 to live, and convert it to sugars in photosynthesis.
As the author says, we still need to be mindful of polluting our environment. But man-made global warming based on minuscule increases in CO2 is an unproven and highly unlikely theory. All the models based on CO2 as a greenhouse gas to predict climate have been proven wrong.
Never mind the facts when there is money to be made and the government can tax carbon.
Neil griffin December 31, 2018 At 2:04 AM
I am not remotely religious ever….And I was educated at one of the best set of schools ect ….I am well travelled over the entire planet over many years…I have always known that the global warming hype & attempt to panic ,,,, was a political hoax in order to get politicians to hand out taxpayers money to the "so called green" devemopment and technology companies……So take it from me ,,,, I have witnessed similar scams to this one ,,, as I am 57 years of age….This scam was devised and impamented to get at our large amounts of our taxpayer money gathered by our country's governments world wide…. Many people have been fully brainwashed and sucked in by the "so called green " hype & panic ……It is past the time when people need to relax and think about things deeply and propperly ,,, before they act prematurely into spending trillions on failed "green projects like large wind turbine grids…ect…Which do not make any positive contribution at all….only to line the green movements pockets……Do not allow yourself and others to be continually conned……cheers neil g ☺
Handy Dan December 27, 2018 At 10:13 AM
Resist the Gore weather lies.
Uknip December 27, 2018 At 3:04 AM
Global warming a money minting hoax. Which we common people has relised, after they have they have laughed all the way to their bank with billons.It is good that Trumph has stop funding agencies like the UN..
Patrick December 26, 2018 At 9:25 PM
This article is not just inaccurate, it's BS propaganda. The ones getting rich on the global warming 'scam' are the producers of dirty energy, especially coal. "Clean Coal"?? There is no such thing. Less arctic melting? BS ! There are mountains of satellite imagery that proves otherwise. The "scam" is propagated by republicans and the coal industry , and is unbelievably accepted by uninformed and undereducated Americans. The term is "false science". Inform yourself and follow the money.
I can't believe I just wasted 10 minutes of my time replying to such nonsensical crap. Dropping out of the Paris Accords has made the USA a laughingstock. The person who wrote this is a pathetic loser and who probably denies evolution.
ray crain December 26, 2018 At 11:01 PM
Amen Patrick and I always thought you were a republican dumbass nothwithstamding a fine lawyer
Sheldon December 27, 2018 At 8:18 AM
Wow… there is a sucker born every minute and you Patrick are living proof. They sure hooked you into their pile of global warming crap. The weather is cyclical. It has been that way forever. Check out an organization called The Friends of Science. They have just as many scientists and professionals that will show you another scientific opinion that there is no global warming. We are both entitled to our opinions but based on your comments you have not looked at both sides of the argument. So my opinion is that until you do you should keep your opinions to yourself.
Stephen December 29, 2018 At 5:02 PM
Co2 makes up .004% of earths atmosphere. 4% of that is manmade. Methane is .00017% of earths atmosphere it is 30 times more effective as a greenhouse gas than CO2, which makes it more of a problem, I dont hear people banging on about that. Water vapour is only slighttly less effective than co2 but makes up 4% of the atmosphere no one gives out about this.
Stephen: CO2 is 400ppm, or 0.04% of earth's atmosphere. As you noted, humans now emit about 4% of total CO2 emissions (30Gt/830Gt=3.6%), but this is only the last few years. In addition, 98% of all CO2 emissions are taken up by nature each year, so humans are only adding about 0.6Gt of CO2 per year over the past few years. Geometric growth in CO2 emissions by humans has not changed this rate of uptake. Average net annual human CO2 emissions would be less than 0.3Gt, but let's use it to be generous to Warmist doomsayers. Over 70 years, the total CO2 attributable to humans would be 21Gt out of the total atmosphere's 3200Gt, or 0.66%. All atmospheric CO2 is credited with just +1.65C of greenhouse gas warming (the rest is due to water vapor), so human impact on global mean temperature would be an increase of 0.66% x 1.65C = +0.01C. This is not measurable. Think about that: all human emissions of CO2 since 1950 could not have raised global temperature by a measurable amount! Projecting forward 100 years with average net human CO2 emissions of 1.5 Gt (75Gt emitted, 73.5 Gt sunk by nature), yields another 150Gt, or just under +0.1C. ALL of the Warmist analysis requires this tiny bit of alleged CO2 warming to drive water vapor warming through positive feedback in the climate system. But this is sheer nonsense: ask any electronics engineer or sound board operator what happens in systems with strong positive feedback: such systems are unstable and consequently do NOT model earth's climate system accurately. Earth's mean global temperature has remained within +/- 1K for over 100 years! That's a variation from 285K to 287K (+/-0.35%), which is an extremely STABLE system. Therefore, CO2 cannot and does not drive global climate change.
Dan January 7, 2019 At 12:09 PM
Johno, good points, but even more convincing when we look at something we can grasp as an analogy. Convert that to a football field. The "crisis" is explained by a 42% increase in CO2. OMG! Over 100 years, we went from 280 ppm to 400 ppm. The sky is falling!
Converting that to football field analogy, we went from 1.008 inches from the goal line to 1.44 inches from the goal line. That's right. 400 ppm is like 1.44 inches on a football field. Hardly enough to cause a global catastrophe.
In fact, the scientific models that are based primarily on CO2 as a greenhouse gas have all failed to predict actual observations over time. The truth is, the theory has been disproved by their own models.
The more likely cause of climate change over millions of years, before man showed up, is the sun. Solar activity changes over time and pretty sure the earth orbit is not perfectly circular. There are better theories of climate change with more accurate temperature predictions based on solar influences. Ask any meteorologist what causes our whether and he will say "the sun." Not sure why global warming models ignore the sun. I take that back. The government can't tax solar activity. And scammers can't get rich on solar flares.
Thombo September 19, 2019 At 8:05 PM
Fine explanation.
Girolomo September 19, 2019 At 8:26 PM
Applying Popperian falsification, none of the CC/global warming claims, on the data put up, would pass the 'beyond doubt' test, or even get a good grade on the 'degree of likelihood beyond doubt test' (null hypothesis). Currently the IPCC synthesis statement puts human caused GW at "extremely likely", i.e., p = 0.95+ …a figure not supported by the studies producing contradictory results. Unfortunately, alarmist clamour has replaced rational thought and 'denier' taunts only deflect away from the truly verifiable facts, not just common data. Too much of the science is corrupted by 'data' elevated to 'fact' status. They are not the same; and the modelling treats them as if they are.
Joborne December 30, 2018 At 4:21 PM
Pattycakes is free to donate and waste as much of HIS money to help other countries pollute less but keep your socialist hands out of my pockets, commie!
Art December 30, 2018 At 8:05 PM
Your the laughing stock my friend!!!. Just spent obe minute of my valuable time!.??????
JohnWho December 31, 2018 At 7:05 AM
Patrick's response is not just inaccurate, it is BS propaganda. Arctic Ice melting hasn't really varied much from normal levels and it certainly isn't "Ice free" as Gore predicted. Overall the Antarctic Ice has remained steady and increased somewhat over the last 50 years. Patrick talks about "false science" yet doesn't realize that that is exactly what he is being led to believe. You won't find the truth about Climate from activists (overly zealous activists rarely are accurate in their rantings), or Politicians or Journalists. Even scientists with a specific agenda will manipulate "facts" to support their findings. The generally accepted truth about "climate change" is that the climate always changes and is currently changing within normal bounds; "Green House Gasses" have an overall warming effect on atmospheric temperature; Carbon Dioxide is one of the "Green House Gasses"; and human activities are adding somewhat to the atmospheric Carbon Dioxide levels. Beyond that there is no observable (not computer modeled) information that shows that the human Carbon Dioxide contribution is more than very minor and perhaps not even measurable with current technology. Alarmism is unfounded and anyone accepting it does not realize how much their thoughts and beliefs are being manipulated. .
Angel December 31, 2018 At 5:02 PM
Patrick, can you name,any Scientists that actually experience evolution?
Ghengis March 16, 2019 At 9:12 AM
Great name calling:
BS, scam, BS, scam, unbelievably, uninformed, undereducated, false science, nonsensical, crap, laughingstock, pathetic, loser. Wow, childishly entertaining but not convincing of anything.
markx August 20, 2019 At 3:50 PM
Patrick's response is intriguing. The article clearly shows how much our noble Al has made from his stance, and there is no doubt there have been vast amounts of money earned by subsidized renewable energy purveyors. Even the poorly paid scientists at least are employed in droves and paid and granted from the billions of dollars of government 'climate funding' to keep seeking and analyzing data to 'prove and uphold' that 'which is already widely known and clearly understood' (at least, according to the Patricks of the world).
Yet every bit of technology he uses, including the computers and internet he communicates with here, and his nylon socks and his detergents to keep em clean, and the vast array of scientific facts which we all interpret and espouse to each-other: only exist due to that 'dirty', cheap, widely distributed and available energy he so despises.
RonH December 24, 2018 At 3:44 PM
It's a farce just as I have said for years now, global warming is a money making scheme and Al Gore and friends have become billionaires from it, and some if the money was used to promote globalism
Ellis December 22, 2018 At 1:12 PM
Quote from OP that reveals all that one need know about the mentality of the writers:
Carl December 22, 2018 At 9:00 PM
Most Christians never realize their book was created to fit a Roman agenda centuries ago; they must realize the Church wrote it (remember, Orthodox), and didn't even go through the Marcian, Arian, and other early Christian heresies. The Gnostic gospels as well!
John Barclay December 21, 2018 At 11:25 PM
Criminal fraud. Deception beyond negligence. He should turn over his wealth to victims of normal weather debacles. Unforeseen tragedies and loss.
Melinda Carter December 20, 2018 At 10:13 PM
Al Gore is a nobody trying to get his millions by trying everyone to believe this climate hoax. It's a hoax!!! The North Pole grew 200% 2015 and the oceans are still at the same levels. Al Gore is a nobody who is trying to sell you this lie, scam, this hoax.
Ron December 20, 2018 At 1:55 PM
Global Warming and Climate Change . The biggest scams since Y2K
Cecille January 3, 2018 At 11:42 PM
I sound like a broken record: "Al Gore and his global warming hoax ……" How much money does he stand to make out of the bureaucracies this hoax will create?
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Proven Benefits of Garlic
Garlic (Allium sativum), is used widely as a flavouring in cooking, but it has also been used as a medicine throughout ancient and modern history; it has been taken to prevent and treat a wide range of conditions and diseases.
Garlic belongs to the genus Allium and is closely related to the onion, rakkyo (an onion found in Asia), scallion, chive, leek, and shallot. It has been used by humans for thousands of years and was used in Ancient Egypt for both culinary purposes and its health and therapeutic benefits.
This article will look at the potential health benefits of garlic and cover any research that supports the claims.
Fast facts on garlic
In many countries, garlic has been used medicinally for centuries.
Garlic may have a range of health benefits, both raw and cooked.
It may have significant antibiotic properties.
There are many medicinal claims about garlic.
Garlic has been used all over the world for thousands of years. Records indicate that garlic was in use when the Giza pyramids were built, about 5,000 years ago.
Richard S. Rivlin wrote in the Journal of Nutrition that the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (circa. 460-370 BC), known today as "the father of Western medicine," prescribed garlic for a wide range of conditions and illnesses. Hippocrates promoted the use of garlic for treating respiratory problems, parasites, poor digestion, and fatigue.
The original Olympic athletes in Ancient Greece were given garlic – possibly the earliest example of "performance enhancing" agents used in sports.
From Ancient Egypt, garlic spread to the advanced ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley (Pakistan and western India today). From there, it made its way to China.
Throughout history in the Middle East, East Asia, and Nepal, garlic has been used to treat bronchitis, hypertension (high blood pressure), TB (tuberculosis), liver disorders, dysentery, flatulence, colic, intestinal worms, rheumatism, diabetes, and fevers.
Currently, garlic is widely used for several conditions linked to the blood system and heart, including atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), high cholesterol, heart attack, coronary heart disease, and hypertension.
Garlic is also used today by some people for the prevention of lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer, rectal cancer, and colon cancer.
It is important to add that only some of these uses are backed by research.
A study published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology warned that short-term heating reduces the anti-inflammatory effects of fresh raw garlic extracts. This may be a problem for some people who do not like or cannot tolerate the taste and/or odour of fresh garlic.
Below are examples of some scientific studies published in peer-reviewed academic journals about the therapeutic benefits (or not) of garlic.
People who ate raw garlic at least twice a week during the 7 year study period had a 44 per cent lower risk of developing lung cancer, according to a study conducted at the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China.
The researchers, who published their study in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, carried out face-to-face interviews with 1,424 lung cancer patients and 4,543 healthy individuals. They were asked about their diet and lifestyle, including questions on smoking and how often they ate garlic.
The study authors wrote: "Protective association between intake of raw garlic and lung cancer has been observed with a dose-response pattern, suggesting that garlic may potentially serve as a chemopreventive agent for lung cancer."
Organo-sulfur compounds found in garlic have been identified as effective in destroying the cells in glioblastomas, a type of deadly brain tumour.
Scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina reported in the journal Cancer that three pure organo-sulfur compounds from garlic – DAS, DADS, and DATS – "demonstrated efficacy in eradicating brain cancer cells, but DATS proved to be the most effective."
Co-author, Ray Swapan, Ph.D., said "This research highlights the great promise of plant-originated compounds as a natural medicine for controlling the malignant growth of human brain tumour cells. More studies are needed in animal models of brain tumours before application of this therapeutic strategy to brain tumour patients."
Hip Osteoarthritis
Women whose diets were rich in allium vegetables had lower levels of osteoarthritis, a team at King's College London and the University of East Anglia, both in England, reported in the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. Examples of allium vegetables include garlic, leeks, shallots, onions, and rakkyo.
The study authors said their findings not only highlighted the possible impact of diet on osteoarthritis outcomes but also demonstrated the potential for using compounds that exist in garlic to develop treatments for the condition.
The long-term study, involving more than 1,000 healthy female twins, found that those whose dietary habits included plenty of fruit and vegetables, "particularly alliums such as garlic," had fewer signs of early osteoarthritis in the hip joint.
Potentially a powerful antibiotic
Diallyl sulfide, a compound in garlic, was 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics in fighting the Campylobacter bacterium, according to a study published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
The Campylobacter bacterium is one of the most common causes of intestinal infections.
Senior author, Dr Xiaonan Lu, from Washington State University, said, "This work is very exciting to me because it shows that this compound has the potential to reduce disease-causing bacteria in the environment and in our food supply."
Heart protection
Garlic may contain heart-protective chemicals.
Diallyl trisulfide, a component of garlic oil, helps protect the heart during cardiac surgery and after a heart attack, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine found. They also believe diallyl trisulfide could be used as a treatment for heart failure.
Hydrogen sulfide gas has been shown to protect the heart from damage.
However, it is a volatile compound and difficult to deliver as therapy.
Because of this, the scientists decided to focus on diallyl trisulfide, a garlic oil component, as a safer way to deliver the benefits of hydrogen sulfide to the heart.
In experiments using laboratory mice, the team found that, after a heart attack, the mice that had received diallyl sulfide had 61 per cent less heart damage in the area at risk, compared with the untreated mice.
In another study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists found that garlic oil may help protect diabetes patients from cardiomyopathy.
Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death among diabetes patients. It is a chronic disease of the myocardium (heart muscle), which is abnormally thickened, enlarged, and/or stiffened.
The team fed diabetic laboratory rats either garlic oil or corn oil. Those fed garlic oils experienced significantly more changes associated with protection against heart damage, compared with the animals that were fed corn oil.
The study authors wrote, "In conclusion, garlic oil possesses significant potential for protecting hearts from diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy."
Human studies will need to be performed to confirm the results of this study.
High cholesterol and high blood pressure
Researchers at Ankara University investigated the effects of garlic extract supplementation on the blood lipid (fat) profile of patients with high blood cholesterol. Their study was published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.
The study involved 23 volunteers, all with high cholesterol; 13 of them also had high blood pressure. They were divided into two groups:
The high-cholesterol normotensive group (normal blood pressure).
The high-cholesterol hypertensive group (high blood pressure).
They took garlic extract supplements for 4 months and were regularly checked for blood lipid parameters, as well as kidney and liver function.
At the end of the 4 months, the researchers concluded "…garlic extract supplementation improves blood lipid profile, strengthens blood antioxidant potential, and causes significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressures. It also leads to a decrease in the level of oxidation product (MDA) in the blood samples, which demonstrates reduced oxidation reactions in the body."
In other words, the garlic extract supplements reduced high cholesterol levels, and also blood pressure in the patients with hypertension. The scientists added that theirs was a small study – more work needs to be carried out.
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Social well-being and data ethics: a Nuffield Foundation initiative on the social impact of data, algorithms and AI
I would like in a moment to set out the proposal for an independent Convention on Data Ethics and Artificial Intelligence. This has been developed by the Nuffield Foundation over recent months in partnership with Tech UK, the Alan Turing Institute, The Royal Society, The Royal Statistical Society, British Academy, Omidyar Network, the Wellcome Trust and others.
Let me first set our proposal in the wider context. Today's event has been a thoughtful contribution to a public debate that has reached a new intensity in the past 12 months, leading to the announcement by the Government, and amplified by the Minister today, of its Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.
It is increasingly apparent that certain principles that go to the heart of our understanding of individual and social well-being need re-examination as a result of the rapid advances in data, algorithms and AI. The benefits to our everyday lives are undoubted, and the potential for public good colossal, but there is also an undercurrent of unease at the unknown implications of these innovations as they accelerate - in consumer transactions; the distribution of public goods; in social relationships, the rights of the citizen in relation to the state; and the asymmetries of information between individuals and the global tech sector, who now arguably exercise more direct influence over individual decisions than do states themselves.
Beyond all this is the underlying philosophical question of individual autonomy – what it is the future of human agency in a world of manufactured intelligence. These are no longer academic abstractions but the most pressing of questions. They have an urgent bearing not only on the immediacy of our lives but in turn will shape what will come afterwards.
To adapt the greatest of the metaphysical poets, John Donne:
And new technologie calls all in doubt,
In the seventeenth century, Donne wrote his "Anatomie of the World" in ferment over the new philosophy of scientific enquiry, and concluded:
'Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone,
All just supply, and all relation;
Today has been a serious effort towards creating some coherence and just supply in a world of new technology. What can be too easily overlooked in the more alarmist visions of an AI and data-driven future, is that many in the tech industries, whose imagination has created this world, are now thinking seriously about practical guidance on the enormous ethical issues their creativity has raised. If such ethical awareness had existed in the culture of the financial industry in the decades before the financial crisis of 2008, then some of its disastrous consequences might have been mitigated. So, this is a good place to be starting from.
It follows that any serious discussion of data ethics, if it is not to be either ignored or irrelevant, has no option but to place the creators at the centre of the debate, That is why the leadership of Tech UK in this area has been so vital.
How does one begin to untangle the complexities of the arguments? Data driven technologies axiomatically break apart established frameworks and re-shape boundaries - between public and private, civic and social, the factual and the imaginative, and the boundaries between national jurisdictions - they all become inextricably blurred.
The meaning of terms such as privacy, consent and ownership long used in policy, law and public discussion are now continually challenged by technological developments. Questions about the ethical uses of data today become intermeshed with longer-term questions concerning the future relationship of human and artificial intelligence. The discussion rapidly becomes about everything and nothing.
That said, beneath all these different issues is an underlying principle: in a rules based, democratic system, future innovations in big data or AI that have the power to shape and reorganise the society we live in will have to be able to ensure that the broader public is party to the process – that this takes place in the service of democracy. This will mean different things in different domains – in some cases, getting the public's consent, and in others, facilitating individual control – but underlying all of this is the need to secure the public's understanding, and this entails ensuring codes of behaviour that are deserving of trust. This is the role for practical data ethics.
The hard part is obviously how we should do this.
Our starting point must be the recognition that we are in a new landscape, not yet mapped. This is not the normal terrain where businesses operate in conventional markets, where regulation governed by law shapes any decision, and where ethical frameworks are well-known and broadly stable:It is a disconnected landscape, within which disparate conversations address shared questions with no unified perspective;There are sets of issues that have no simple or quick route into policy or regulation, and for which there is no space to invest in the thinking or consider larger social questions;There is a lack of objective evidence about the implications of data use, including little empirical clarity about the distributional effects of the data economy on different sectors of society.Too little attention is given to the cumulative impacts of data on civil society.
This agenda is so wide that no one body can take it on in its entirety without failing to deliver in some part of its remit.
So how can we collectively construct a coherent framework for addressing these questions?
We have set out three different spheres within which they can be addressed.
First, regulation; We are a fortunate in the UK to have, in the ICO, a regulator that is respected as authoritative and clear in its objectives and responsibilities, with a clear focus on the immediate issues of privacy and consent.
Second, there needs to be a space for wider oversight – part of what has been described as "stewardship" - outside of regulation; this ought now to be provided by the government's Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation - as its remit is to advise government, regulators and industry on how they need to respond.
These public regulatory and advisory bodies will be vital co-ordinates in the landscape, but between them they cannot, and, as arms of government, should not cover all the ground.
The Government rightly wishes to encourage the many advantages to working in the global tech hub that is London. However, if government is to achieve its goal of making all of the UK a successful space for innovative enterprise – and one in which the tech industry can demonstrate its contribution to the public good – then it must also appreciate that government cannot alone formally determine the outcomes. Questions of good practice and regulation are just part of a far broader challenge.
We believe there is additionally a need for a third sphere, independent of government, in which different interests have the opportunity to stand back and engage with one another, a space where there is additional capacity for foresight.
The Nuffield Foundation, in dialogue with government and its partners – who themselves represent a wide range of different perspectives – have therefore proposed the creation of an 'outer' body – a Convention - independent from regulation or government. This body should take an uncompromisingly international perspective, placing the debate in this country in a global context. It should anticipate and shape emerging issues through shared deliberation between different disciplines and perspectives, public and private. It would work by investigation and experimentation with a view to offering practical solutions, based on empirical research. It would build a stronger evidence base and establish methodologies to understand the impact on society; (you can't decide whether an action is ethical, without understanding the implications of that action). It would explore the public's understanding of the questions it identifies; and, working with local, national and international stakeholders, would develop frameworks, norms, and practices to foster ethical decision making.
The remit is: to ensure that the power of data – combined with the automated technologies that serve to augment it - (including AI) - is harnessed to promote human flourishing, both for society as a whole and for the different groups within it.
This body – we have yet to settle on a final name but characterise it as a Convention on Data Ethics and Artifical Intelligence - would consider questions, problems and opportunities arising from uses of data and AI, which are not unlawful but have potential to:cause widespread or profound economic or social harm – or good- to society, or different groups within society;challenge or destabilise social and democratic norms or principles (such as ownership; consent; privacy; professional expertise; regulation)facilitate future developments with unknown consequences;introduce inconsistencies between treatment or rights in the offline and digital spheres, or between different domains;effect change in the UK but inform thinking internationally.
We have set ourselves three key aims:To be a leading voice representing the interests of society in debates on ethical data use at a national and international level.To promote and support a common set of data practices that are deserving of trust, and are understandable, challengeable and accountable.To convene different interests to develop shared terminology for data ethics and promote human flourishing.
The underlying objective of human flourishing is taken from The British Academy and Royal Society's report, earlier in the year, Data Management and Use: Governance in the 21st century, which has done much of the initial thinking in this space
I understand the term "human flourishing", has caused government lawyers some headaches because it is difficult to frame in legislation. This seems to me a good reason for our proposed Convention to hold onto it. If we are to create in the United Kingdom an exemplar of how a data-driven economy can prosper, and a data-enhanced society flourish, the debate cannot only be about the exercise of powers and authority, or a reductive measure of positive economic impact.
The condition of human flourishing recognises that the implications of machine learning and a data driven society go beyond general questions of social well-being or the aggregate benefit to society. They reach to the core of each person's sense of identity as an autonomous individual, alongside questions about the progression of humankind.
Focusing on human flourishing also challenges us to think broadly. The exceptional challenge of defining the ethics of the use of data and AI lies in the myriad ways that they affect everyday life. We tend to take "horizon-scanning" to mean theorising about the distant future; but the speed and scale and scope of the changes that are in train are such that success will depend upon anticipating ethical challenges before they are upon us, even as we make judgements on innovations that are much closer at hand and already taking place, in the light of what is likely to follow from them. If we can't explain why humans are flourishing or failing to flourish in the context of existing technology, we will struggle to explain how things will look many years down the line.
Tech UK highlighted another crucial component of human flourishing in its response to the data governance report. This stated: "the fundamental principle of promoting human flourishing … will be essential to ensure that intelligent, machine learning and AI driven machines are developed and act in the interests of humans," and to: "ensure that the decisions these machines make are auditable, challengeable and ultimately understandable by humans".
"Auditable", "Challengeable" and "Understandable" - to which one should add "deserving of public trust"- are co-ordinates I suggest we should hold onto as we frame our objectives.
The value of such a Convention to the tech industry will lie in the fact that, while it might complement government related interventions, and its thinking may well inform them, it will also look outward towards the interaction between the innovators and the public. It will consider the practical frameworks of ethics, exploring how to build capacity for ethical thinking inside business models – something which may have little to do with regulatory compliance.
The Convention is based on a number of interlocking principles:It will be independent of government or any vested interest.It will be principled - its conclusions should stem from normative judgements.It will consider a plurality of approaches from a range of disciplines and perspectives which in turn will give space for a range of solutions that are not those narrowly enshrined in regulation and law.It will also strive to be positive. This doesn't just mean putting the most dystopian visions to one side. It also means framing the questions in a way that recognises balance of risks in holding back from enabling the use of data as much as in the overreach of that use.It should have a bias towards impact – even if this risks failure on occasion. We want the outputs of the Convention to be tangible, and beneficial to real life and real lives and so secure their trust. This is, after all, the shared interest of all those driving forward entrepreneurial innovation.
Finally, the Convention should be reflective and evaluative in the way it operates. We are not going to solve longstanding ethical debates overnight. The thinking will be iterative, based what is already in place and previous experience, but it should be unafraid of rethinking such norms and taking them further.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics as a model
Some of our thinking derives from the initiative twenty five years ago to establish the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Co-funded by The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council and the Nuffield Foundation, the Council is today recognised as the UK's national bioethics body, with the international reputation of its work based in part on the fact of its independence from government (unlike the national bioethics bodies in other countries).
The aim set out in the original minute was "an enquiry into the best means of informing public policy and professional practice on the moral problems raised by research in biology, medicine and health". It went on: "It would be in the public interest if the investigation and discussion of these moral problems could anticipate the application of new techniques rather than follow after public disquiet and anxiety had already been caused by their use. This would help both to achieve acceptable standards in the practice of research and to allay fears about its consequences".
The NCoB's influence rests not only on its independence but on its lack of any formal powers. It has created a trusted forum where those in the vanguard of bioscience research open up their thinking to engage in deliberative enquiry from different intellectual perspectives and interests in civil society. By working from normative principles towards publishing practical recommendations, the NCoB has exercised that original ambition of providing foresight, informing regulatory and policy thinking, without formally being related to that process. Though it is in a separate sphere, it has a shared realm of interest with the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority, and the Human Tissue Authority, regulators whose careful judgements have allowed the UK to be in the vanguard of research within a framework of accountability and trust.
The bioethics analogy of course has limitations. Ethics have always been a formal part of the architecture of medical culture. In bioethics, technological advances that pose ethical challenges mostly emerge from the frameworks of institutionalised scrutiny in universities and bioscience research industries. The pathway from innovation to public use is a long and careful one, with powers to implement held by few. In wider digital society, there are innumerably more actors, across every sphere – economic, social and private - and innovation can move from thought to public practice almost instantly.
Despite these differences, many of the choices that defined bioethics a generation ago read across quite easily into the contemporary data ethics debate. Indeed the separation of bioethics from wider data ethics is in itself increasingly problematic.
How the Convention might work
So what will the Covention look like? The success will clearly depend upon its ability to draw together the different types of experts and practitioners, to create a shared vocabulary and deliberate, to build evidence of problems, a deep understanding of social impact and of public understanding, trust an values, and in developing shared solutions and approaches.
We envisage the Convention, chaired by someone with authority in the field, comprising around 12 to 15 members, all there in their own right as individuals rather than representing official positions. These individuals will have recognised expertise and experience drawn from data science, social science, law and philosophy, from the Academy, private sector entrepreneurs, those with experience of public policy, regulators, those representing civil society.
The members of the Convention, supported by an executive of around 10, would scope the agenda and prioritise key concerns. They would commission work through Working Parties, led by members but comprising a wider range of contributors. By bringing together different perspectives focused on tangible problems, these working parties will generate not only recommendations in the form of advice, but also ideas, solutions, best practices, effective policies, good software, benevolent algorithms – whatever will have the most salient impact to the problem we're addressing.
One of the most thought-provoking suggestions as to how to deliver practical benefit, encouraged by Omidyar Network, is to promote capacity building, addressing the lack of data ethicists currently available to help companies and governments. One option would be to establish a cadre of data ethicists in tech companies or to provide the opportunity for those working with data to spend some time within the Convention. The aim would not be to create the data ethicist as the compliance person in the corner but to create, perhaps through a Fellowship programme, a rigorous and analytical ethical mindset across this field.
To make a practical difference in a new and rapidly evolving field is not straight-forward - and the Convention will have to prove its worth to those who might make use of its findings. The easy choice would be to create a vehicle for different types of academics to come together. The harder, but far more valuable, challenge is to bring those disciplines together, but then bridge the gap between academic thinking and the world of policy and practice into the development of usable, practical aproaches which can take steps to build a flourishing society.
To plan our next steps, we would greatly value your engagement. We want to test our ideas and ensure we have the right working relationship with industry and third sector, and continue our dialogue with regulators and with government to come to a shared vision about a future landscape. One critical area where we have further to define our thinking is how best to approach public engagement.
In the first quarter of next year we will organise some workshops with Tech UK, as well as with a wider community, and invite anyone here, who would wish to be involved, to help us address these immediate questions. In the interim, if anyone would like to register interest, please email Imogen Parker - at dataethics@nuffieldfoundation.org
We want to ensure that this independent Convention has a distinctive place in this new landscape, reaching beyond the United Kingdom to create an international reputation. It should help Britain, at the moment one of the most innovative places in the world, to intervene in the debates, the thinking and practices globally, and help shape them for the common good. In this way, we believe we can have a real impact on the most complex and profound set of questions that face us all at this present time.
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-BF. Burlington, WI
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-JR. Jonesboro, GA
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-NS. Diamond, CA
"I teach model rocketry because it is a way of including reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, science cooperative learning and other essential life skills."
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"I wanted to tell you how great our Estes rockets school program was last year. I had even my lowest level learners excited and actually, those children were so into the rockets that they were able to help other students put their rockets together. As a motivator and self-esteem builder, model rocketry is the way to go! "
-LS, Egg Harbor Township, NJ
"When I have my students build and launch Estes rockets, I know I have built lifetime memories for them."
-GA, Poughkeepsie, NY
From Students:
"Estes rockets were the neatest thing we ever did in school."
From NASA Astronaut, Bill McArthur, Jr.:
"To most of us, Estes rockets were our first launch! "


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Jerry Silverman is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Jewish Federations of North America. He is a highly experienced leader in the North American Jewish community and longtime corporate executive, with over 25 years of experience. Before joining The Jewish Federations, Jerry served as president of the Foundation for Jewish Camp. For a decade before that, Jerry held a range of executive positions at the Stride Rite Corp. of Boston, including president of its international division; president, Stride Rite Children's Group, and president, Keds Corp. Between 1979 and 1994, Jerry held several senior executive positions at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco including national sales manager of Levi Dockers. Over the years, Jerry has been on the boards of a range of Jewish organizations as well.
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Opening Shots: 'Dazed and Confused' (and more)
Jim Emerson June 27, 2006
Sweeeeeeeet slow-mooooootion.
From Mike Leto, Bethpage, NY:
I agree with you about how opening shots are one of the most important parts in a film. If the opening shot is good then the movie takes hold of me right from the beginning and that can lead to a great movie. I'm glad I saw "Boogie Nights" and "Barry Lyndon" on your list and you made me look back on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" to make me see how important that opening shot really is. But if I were you, I would need these three great opening shots on my list:
"Aguirre, the Wrath of God" -- The first shot sets up the mood for this film perfectly. First, the opening titles tell us that this is a doomed mission but we didn't even need message. We cut to a mountain covered in fog but as the fog starts to drift away we see a long line of men walking down the side of the mountain. This image, along with the music, sets a tone of failure and desparation before things actually start to go wrong."Dazed and Confused" -- I know what you're thinking but I happen to think that this film is a masterpiece and the first shot (just like "Aguirre") sets the perfect mood. When you hear Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" and you see the car making the turn in slow motion it brings us back in time. Not to 1976. But to our teenage years. We don't have to worry because it brings us back to a time in our lives where the worst thing that happens is that the party got cancelled.
"Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)" -- My favorite opening shot of all time, but the problem is that it's really only effective on the big screen. The TV screen takes away all the power out of the shot. Of course we all remember the "Star Wars" logo flying backwrds into space and the "Flash Gordon" summary rolling up the screen. But what effects me is what happens next. We tilt down to see the planet Tatooine and we see the rebel space cruser fly overhead. It's obviosly being chased and we see lasers going back and forth. Then, we see the imperial ship fly overhead and it takes up the entire space of the screen. It almost seems to big to fit on the screen and thats how I viewed the rest of the film. I saw the story take place in a world too big and wonderful for us to imagine. That makes for not just an entertaining film, but a great one.
JE: Thanks, Mike. I'm glad to see someone else writing in about "Aguirre." And I completely agree with you about "Dazed and Confused": It's a masterpiece, and will eventually be remembered as one of the great films of the 1990s. (Not to slag "Pulp Fiction," but I think its reputation will decline -- it already seems dated to me -- while the subtler organic achievements of "Dazed and Confused" will look ever more impressive.) And I've never been much of a "Star Wars" fan (always prefered "CE3K" from the summer they both came out), but that opening is a stunner and accomplishes just what you describe. I'll never forget the sheer kinetic exhilaration of seeing that for the first time. "Star Wars" is what it is, no deeper (artistically or thematically) than the old science-fiction serials on which it's based, and it delivers a whiz-bang thrill ride through space (and mythological archetypes). It may be little more than zippy, superficial filmmaking (George Lucas is no Steven Spielberg when it comes to orchestrating awesome imagery), but it's a glorious spectacle.


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package io.fluxcapacitor.javaclient.modeling;

import io.fluxcapacitor.common.handling.HandlerConfiguration;
import io.fluxcapacitor.common.handling.HandlerInvoker;
import io.fluxcapacitor.common.handling.HandlerMatcher;
import io.fluxcapacitor.common.handling.Invocation;
import io.fluxcapacitor.common.handling.ParameterResolver;
import io.fluxcapacitor.javaclient.common.HasMessage;
import io.fluxcapacitor.javaclient.common.serialization.DeserializingMessage;
import io.fluxcapacitor.javaclient.persisting.eventsourcing.Apply;
import io.fluxcapacitor.javaclient.persisting.eventsourcing.InterceptApply;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.function.BiFunction;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import static io.fluxcapacitor.common.ObjectUtils.asStream;
import static io.fluxcapacitor.common.ObjectUtils.memoize;
import static io.fluxcapacitor.common.handling.HandlerInspector.inspect;
import static io.fluxcapacitor.common.reflection.ReflectionUtils.getAnnotatedPropertyValues;
import static io.fluxcapacitor.common.reflection.ReflectionUtils.getAnnotation;

public class DefaultEntityHelper implements EntityHelper {
    private final Function<Class<?>, HandlerMatcher<Object, HasMessage>> interceptMatchers;
    private final Function<Class<?>, HandlerMatcher<Object, DeserializingMessage>> applyMatchers;
    private final Function<Class<?>, HandlerMatcher<Object, HasMessage>> assertLegalMatchers;

    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
    public DefaultEntityHelper(List<ParameterResolver<? super DeserializingMessage>> parameterResolvers) {
        this.interceptMatchers = memoize(type -> inspect(type, (List) parameterResolvers, InterceptApply.class));
        this.applyMatchers = memoize(type -> inspect(type, parameterResolvers, Apply.class));
        this.assertLegalMatchers = memoize(type -> inspect(
                type, (List) parameterResolvers, HandlerConfiguration.builder().methodAnnotation(AssertLegal.class)
                        .invokeMultipleMethods(true).build()));
    }

    @Override
    public Stream<?> intercept(Object value, Entity<?> entity) {
        var m = new MessageWithEntity(value, entity);
        return interceptMatchers.apply(m.getPayloadClass()).findInvoker(m.getPayload(), m)
                .map(i -> asStream(i.invoke()).flatMap(v -> Objects.equals(v, value)
                        ? Stream.of(v) : intercept(v, entity))).orElseGet(() -> Stream.of(value));
    }

    @Override
    public Optional<HandlerInvoker> applyInvoker(DeserializingMessage event, Entity<?> entity) {
        var message = new DeserializingMessageWithEntity(event, entity);
        Class<?> entityType = entity.type();
        return applyMatchers.apply(entityType).findInvoker(entity.get(), message)
                .or(() -> applyMatchers.apply(message.getPayloadClass()).findInvoker(message.getPayload(), message)
                        .filter(i -> {
                            if (i.getMethod() instanceof Method) {
                                Class<?> returnType = ((Method) i.getMethod()).getReturnType();
                                return entityType.isAssignableFrom(returnType)
                                       || returnType.isAssignableFrom(entityType) || returnType.equals(void.class);
                            }
                            return false;
                        }))
                .map(i -> new HandlerInvoker.DelegatingHandlerInvoker(i) {
                    @Override
                    public Object invoke(BiFunction<Object, Object, Object> combiner) {
                        return message.apply(m -> {
                            boolean wasApplying = Entity.isApplying();
                            try {
                                Entity.applying.set(true);
                                Object result = delegate.invoke();
                                if (result == null && !delegate.expectResult()) {
                                    return entity.get(); //Annotated method returned void - apparently the entity is mutable
                                }
                                return result;
                            } finally {
                                Entity.applying.set(wasApplying);
                            }
                        });
                    }
                });
    }

    @Override
    public <E extends Exception> void assertLegal(Object value, Entity<?> entity) throws E {
        assertLegal(value, entity, false);
        Invocation.whenHandlerCompletes((r, e) -> {
            if (e == null) {
                assertLegal(value, entity, true);
            }
        });
    }

    private void assertLegal(Object value, Entity<?> entity, boolean afterHandler) {
        if (value == null) {
            return;
        }
        //check on value
        Object payload = value instanceof HasMessage ? ((HasMessage) value).getPayload() : value;
        assertLegalValue(payload.getClass(), payload, value, entity, afterHandler);
        entity.possibleTargets(payload).forEach(
                e -> assertLegalValue(payload.getClass(), payload, value, e, afterHandler));

        //check on entity
        assertLegalValue(entity.type(), entity.get(), value, entity, afterHandler);
        entity.possibleTargets(payload).forEach(e -> assertLegalValue(e.type(), e.get(), value, e, afterHandler));
    }

    private void assertLegalValue(Class<?> targetType, Object target, Object value, Entity<?> entity,
                                  boolean afterHandler) {
        if (value == null) {
            return;
        }
        MessageWithEntity message = new MessageWithEntity(value, entity);
        Collection<Object> additionalProperties = new HashSet<>(getAnnotatedPropertyValues(target, AssertLegal.class));
        assertLegalMatchers.apply(targetType).findInvoker(target, message)
                .filter(i -> getAnnotation(i.getMethod(), AssertLegal.class).map(
                        a -> a.afterHandler() == afterHandler).orElse(false))
                .ifPresent(s -> {
                    Object additionalObject = s.invoke();
                    if (additionalObject instanceof Collection<?>) {
                        additionalProperties.addAll((Collection<?>) additionalObject);
                    } else {
                        additionalProperties.add(additionalObject);
                    }
                });
        additionalProperties.stream().filter(Objects::nonNull)
                .forEach(p -> assertLegalValue(p.getClass(), p, value, entity, afterHandler));
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public <E extends Exception> Optional<E> checkLegality(Object value, Entity<?> entity) {
        try {
            assertLegal(value, entity);
            return Optional.empty();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return Optional.of((E) e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isLegal(Object value, Entity<?> entity) {
        return checkLegality(value, entity).isEmpty();
    }
}

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Commercial director Jason Zada takes you on a wild ride in his new music video for Wallpaper.'s "I Got Soul, I'm So Wasted". Shot in one take, the video demonstrates what Wallpaper.'s parties and live shows are all about. Sequences of alcohol influenced victims are trounced by Ricky Reed and Arjun Singh's blazed out parading of the night club.
The song itself is an absolute killer. Big heavy bass beats are always essential when it comes to getting crunked and this song has it. Catchy keyboard pulses keep the pace going right before the epic ending. If there was ever an anthem for crunked out blacked out drunked out nights, Wallpaper.'s "I Got Soul, I'm So Wasted" would be it.


I have just started reading Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick TetzeIi. This early section made me feel very old. Clearly, the authors deemed it necessary to explain in very simple terms what mainframes and punched cards are.
After settling on the problem you wanted the machine to solve, you would painstakingly write down, in a programming language like COBOL or Fortran, a series of line-by-line, step-by-step instructions, for the exact, logical process of the calculation or the analytical chore. Then, at a noisy mechanical console, you would type each individual line of the handwritten program onto to its own rectangular "punch card", which was perforated in such a way that the computer could "read" it. After meticulously making sure the typed cards were in the right order—simple programs might require a few dozen cards that could be held by a rubber band, while elaborate programs could require reams that would have to be stacked carefully in a cardboard box. You would then hand the bundle to a computer "operator", who would put your deck in the queue behind dozens of others to be fed into mainframe. Eventually, the machine would spit out your results on broad sheets of green-and-white striped accordion-folded paper. More often than not, you would have to tweak your program three, four, or even dozens of time to get the results you were looking for.
Clearly, the authors expected that most of the readers would have no clue about this era of computer use. I'm not sure, though, why they deemed it necessary to put so many "words" in quotation marks. And the authors either never used punched cards themselves, or they have forgotten that a successful run by no means meant you got "the results you were looking for".
There's been a certain amount of broohaha about the new book with some complaining of hagiography, but people close to Steve Jobs, like Tim Cook and Jony Ive, claim it gives a more balanced and realistic view of the man they knew than the [official biography] by Walter Isaacson. Here's John Gruber's take on the issues with the Isaacson book and his response to negative criticism of Becoming Steve Jobs.


This past weekend we vacationed it up lakeside in honor of the 4th. Tons of fun, but no housework got tackled. Totally worth it though.
We are almost ready to tackle the painting the upstairs hallway and this area is packed with doors. The trim is for sure going to be white, but I've seen a number of examples where people paired white trim with black doors and I have to say I'm totally diggin' it.
What I love about both these examples is that they're used in homes that are similar in age and style to mine. I think the brass hardware looks especially amazing on them.
I think the trick is to not use a straight-off-the-shelf pure black; you need something with a little bit of depth to it. I also think a very dark stain (like an espresso, ebony, or java) could look pretty awesome too since you'd still see a little wood grain. Plus, since this will probably end up being more trendy that classic, doors are pretty simple to repaint if you feel the need to bring them back to white.
I don't think Matt's going to go for it*, but what do you think? Black doors: yay or nay?
*In fact he just told me he doesn't like it. Party-pooper.
Our house was built in '65, so we have sad flat panel doors. I'm all for dressing them up, but my other half/resident hot electrician can't get behind that plan – yet.


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Could Sony be about to announce an affordable Xperia 1?
By Tom Bedford 2019-06-18T12:31:40Z Mobile phones
Sony Xperia 2? Or something else?
Image credit: TechRadar
Sony has just released the Sony Xperia 1, its top-end phone designed for movie-watching and film-making, but there are whispers of its successor, or spin-off, already and a leaked photo of the product has given these rumors a face.
The photo, posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo by user Zackbuks shows a phone that looks a lot like the Sony Xperia 1, except with a camera bump down one side of the rear of the phone instead of the center.
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Other than the different placement of the rear camera bump, the leaked image looks a lot like the Sony Xperia 1, leading many to believe the picture shows a spin-off device instead of an altogether new Sony phone.
We've heard rumors circulating about a Sony Xperia 1s or 1v, two versions of the Sony Xperia 1 that the company is purportedly working on. We're not sure where these rumors started, and the company hasn't said anything on the matter so take this all with a pinch of salt.
The leaked photo. Image credit: Zackbuks
The Sony Xperia 1 costs $949 / £849 (roughly AU$1,365), so it's not exactly an affordable device, and it makes sense that Sony would at least consider a more inexpensive version. Samsung and Apple did the same with the Samsung Galaxy S10e and iPhone XR respectively, and both products seemed to have proved popular.
Whether the leaked photo shows an early version of an upcoming Sony phone, or just a prototype that'll never see the light of day, it at least suggests there might be another version of the Sony Xperia 1 on the way. Whether that's the 1s, 1v, or something totally different, we'll be sure to find out eventually.
Alternatively, this could be an early leak of Sony's next flagship, perhaps the Sony Xperia 2, but since it looks so similar to the Xperia 1 we wouldn't be so sure. Whatever happens with Sony's next smartphone, we'll be sure to let you know as soon as we do.
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