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Do you think humans will go extinct?
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Lady Guinevereposted 7 years ago
Will all life also go extinct?
dashingscorpioposted 7 years ago
We're essentially at the top of the "food chain".
We have the ability to kill or destroy any living thing on the planet. The only way I could see human beings becoming extinct is if the planet itself was no longer able to sustain life.
Even with that by then we may find another planet. Some people would argue that it wouldn't be the first time we've relocated. LOL!
Lady Guinevereposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Thanks for your answer. Yes, I know we have re-located before.
Healthyannieposted 7 years ago
No, I don't think so. I think that we will learn how to adapt to changing circumstances.
We have been adapting all along.
Michael-Milecposted 7 years ago
Nerver ! Anyone has freedom to "think'" what he / she wants, man's thinking won't change the Creators predetermination.
..." and they ( all the redeemed, only those whose names are recorded in the Lamb's book of Life) shall reign forever and ever - though the eternities of eternities."
It doesn't matter who you are. We all live according to what we came here to learn...no matter what religious belif anyone has or doesn't have.
Michael-Milecposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Sorry if this sounds as adisagreement ; It does matter to me who "am I " because I have none of 'religious belief."
No, I do not take it as disagreement. I aksed this question to get a variety of answers. I want to know what people think.
iskhosoposted 7 years ago
Hi Lady Guinevere,
Besides religious beliefs about human life in the world, the extinction of human is deem difficult to digest as no signs are there in the world except at large and one time may it happen but I think that would be time when the all the galaxies will reset and return to their origin and so this globe also and that will be the Day of Judgement.
Thanks but...the day of judgement is every day and it is the consequence of every action that one takes. I do not think the planet will become extinct at all.
Kylyssaposted 7 years ago
I think all earth life will eventually go extinct and, depending on what happens as the universe ages, it seems pretty likely all life may eventually die off.
But I think it's nothing more to worry about than your own death; it's an inevitable result of being born in the first place. Isn't it wonderful that we are here? I'm delighted to be here. Things don't need to last forever to be amazing. The only things that don't die are things that never live and they can't appreciate anything.
There's a profound savor found in the enjoyment of ephemeral things. Things that are permanent to our frame of reference are still and unchanging; movement and change are life. I believe flowers are at their most beautiful just before they start to obviously fade. Some would argue that since flowers die in mere days, there is no value in them but I would argue that there is value in sharing their beauty when it exists. I would argue that we tend to take things we think of as permanent a little bit for granted.
Enjoyment of such ephemeral things as roses, kittens, parents, and life itself need be no less just because they end. For me, life is about making the journey and making the most of the experiences presented, no matter how quickly they pass away.
Even the greatest show on earth must end eventually. It won't matter because the audience will be gone anyway.
Thank you for your interesting comment.
daydreamer13posted 7 years ago
Probably not. Humans have excellent instincts and an intense will to survive. I think in the right conditions, a lot of people would be very surprising.
I agree. There is so much that we have done and are yet to do. We adapt and have been for the longest time. People just do not realize what we are doing. We are survivors.
kj forceposted 7 years ago
I don't believe Humans will ever go extinct..BUT..,do believe Humans as we know today will change and evolve to whatever they need to be to survive.
The Human body chemistry is a perfect example, due to environment, toxic chemicals, processing/genetic altering of foods, exposure to various health issues from said elements...has changed our way of life.
Just look at the physical and health changes man has undergone over the decades...from cave to condo...herbivore to carnivore...etc.
Very interesting question...looking forward to others take on this...
Thank your for your answer. Others have interesting answers as well.
Austinstarposted 7 years ago
At least a dozen species go extinct EVERY day now. By the year 2050 (not too far off), experts estimate that 30 to 50% of the world's species will be extinct. (http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/prog … on_crisis/ )
And the worse part is that we are doing this to ourselves! Whether or not you believe in climate change, it's still going to happen. The history of the Earth shows several mass extinction events caused by various reasons. All were natural events until mankind came along and became the 'dominant' species.
But even the stars (including our own sun) die. So, it is a foregone conclusion that cannot be stopped - the Earth and everything on it will eventually die.
Perhaps humans will be capable of immigrating to another planet, perhaps not. But we WILL eventually have to leave the Earth in one way or another.
So, yes, I think humans will go extinct.
At the same time there are more new species being found today. Many things are not known and I shall post a hub about it soon or maybe put it on my new site. We will continue to evolve and survive.
Austinstarposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Well, we will evolve and survive... for a few more years :-)
Kylyssaposted 7 years agoin reply to this
People think on human timescales and don't even consider the age of the universe and the lifespan of stars or even species. I think we have many thousands of years to go before humanity is gone, but we're just a species as mortal as any other.
Kylyssa - I see you understand the situation. You are so right. Most people cannot see beyond their own driveway, much less envision how infinitely vast the universe is.
All the tech we have and all those animals we have brought back from the brink of extinction does not change your views. If it weren't for man they would have been exticnt for a long time by now, yet they are coming back in larger numbers every day.
cmoneyspinner1tfposted 7 years ago
Do I THINK humans will go extinct? NO. But it don't take a genius to figure out all that's needed for that to happen is to kill all the women. Which is why I find it curious that in the Bible, Pharaoh wanted the male children killed to stop the Hebrews from multiplying. (???) Uh dude! Don't you understand "the birds and the bees"?? Don't you know what a mother would do to stop that from happening?? Don't you know other women usually help other women in distress, especially if a child is involved?? What was he THINKING???
The thinking was intensely patriarchal. If the Hebrew women bore children by Egyptian men, the children were not considered Hebrew by the Egyptians. Killing men and male children and impregnating the women was a common warfare practice at the time.
Greensleeves Hubsposted 7 years ago
I agree with the prevailing opinion here that humans will not go extinct.
The only circumstance likely to bring extinction about (a cometary / meteorite collision is extremely unlikely in the near future) would be if we set in motion a train of climatological or environmental effects which become self-escalating and uncontrollable - a sort of 'vicious circle'. One example would be if global warming led to a significant temperature rise which in turn led to methane release from the ocean bed. (Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas locked into the sea bed which could be released if temperatures rise by more than a few degrees, and its release would therefore generate an even greater rise in world temperatures.)
Another example would be the melting of the ice caps which in turn would reduce the heat reflective capacity of the polar regions (ice is highly reflective), so the loss of ice would cause a further increase in world temperatures.
However assuming we avoid that level of stupidity, we have increasing ability to control our environment and I have little doubt that at least some would survive major epidemics, pollution or even nuclear war. Ultimately we will travel to establish colonies on other worlds so then even destruction of the Earth may not spell the end of the human species.
Whilst we remain here on Earth however, the bigger question is - as a result of overpopulation and destruction of the environment, will we create a world in which we really don't want to stay alive?
There is a bacteria that feeds upon the methane. Many do not know of this and it is not widely known. I do not beleive in Overpopulation. We are survivors and we already have the resources to do so. Thanks for your thoughts.
Greensleeves Hubsposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Sadly Debra our population is growing at an accelerating pace. I wonder what will stop that?
As for the bacterium, that lives in soil, not in the oceans, and the bacterium itself would suffer if environmental conditions changed excessively.
http://www.weather.com/science/news/lif … -20140821? They found that the water and mud were full of microscopic life, including bacteria that eat methane...
ponderposted 7 years ago
No, humans will evolve into a higher level species.
alancaster149posted 7 years agoin reply to this
Evolution is something that pushes the species - onward and upward. Whatever shape we metamorphose into, we've been there before (from shrew-like creatures after the Dinosaurs were wiped out, to hominids, Cro-Magnon man, advertising man (eh?) and on
AC I didnt get a notification you responded. Yes we will and have evolved. Peope do live in the coldest of climates to the hottest, under the sea 4 shrt time and in space 4 shrt time. We have adapted to do so..We will do more!
TalkingBullposted 7 years agoin reply to this
If we were to evolve into a higher-level species, homo sapiens sapiens would go extinct in favor of the new species we would become.
fpherj48posted 7 years ago
Lady G...what a thought! In all honesty, until this moment, I've not ever entertained this question.
I happen to believe ANY thing, all things are possible. I don't know how we dare say, "Never." Should this become reality, I feel it won't occur for perhaps thousands of years. Unless man magically becomes immortal, none of us nor our children's children for generations need be concerned.
Now, wouldn't it be positively marvelous if the extinction could be "selective?".....Then I suppose it would be Heaven on Earth....many people certainly believe in that concept, don't they?
Intriguing question, Lady G.
Hahahaha!!! True Dat!
lovemychrisposted 7 years ago
Fukushima,HAARP,chemtrails,Monsanto,aspertame.....etcetcetc.Something doesn't want us here. Hell,ww3 right around the corner! Nuke em all if they can't have their way.We need a miracle.
We already have the miracles, just many don't know of them.
tsadjatkoposted 7 years ago
It would be nice, wouldn't it? The extinction of all human beings. It is the only hope for the rest of all living things to not go extinct and there is a movement to this end, VHEMT (pronounced vehement) is a movement advanced by people who care about life on planet Earth. They're not just a bunch of misanthropes and anti-social, Malthusian misfits, taking morbid delight whenever disaster strikes humans. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Voluntary human extinction is the humanitarian alternative to human disasters.
They don't carry on about how the human race has shown itself to be a greedy, amoral parasite on the once-healthy face of this planet. That type of negativity offers no solution to the inexorable horrors which human activity is causing.
Rather, The Movement presents an encouraging alternative to the callous exploitation and wholesale destruction of Earth's ecology.
As VHEMT Volunteers know, the hopeful alternative to the extinction of millions of species of plants and animals is the voluntary extinction of one species: Homo sapiens... us.
Each time another one of us decides to not add another one of us to the burgeoning billions already squatting on this ravaged planet, another ray of hope shines through the gloom.
When every human chooses to stop breeding, Earth's biosphere will be allowed to return to its former glory, and all remaining creatures will be free to live, die, evolve (if they believe in evolution), and will perhaps pass away, as so many of Nature's "experiments" have done throughout the eons.
It's going to take all of us going.
Many see humor in The Movement and think they can't be serious about voluntary human extinction, but in spite of the seriousness of both situation and movement, there's room for humor. In fact, without humor, Earth's condition gets unbearably depressing—a little levity eases the gravity.
True, wildlife rapidly going extinct and tens of thousands of children dying each day are not laughing matters, but neither laughing nor bemoaning will change what's happening. We may as well have some fun as we work and play toward a better world.
Besides, returning Earth to its natural splendor and ending needless suffering of humanity are happy thoughts—no sense moping around in gloom and doom.
Even if their chances of succeeding were only one in a hundred, they would have to try. Giving up and allowing humanity to take its course is unconscionable. There is far too much at stake. http://www.vhemt.org/
Well that was different. I have to think on this one a bit. Not sure if it was sarcasm or really an attempt to be funny...or serious?
fpherj48posted 7 years agoin reply to this
Lady G...As I read tsad's comment, it appears very serious to me. I don't feel any sarcasm in his words nor an attempt at humor. I could be wrong, but as usual, I doubt it! LOL I'm checking out the link he left us.
I didn't know how to take it becasue humor was used many times in his answer. Yes I do believe that we are being handpicked off this earth. Steve Andrews wrote a hub about culling the population many years ago on here.
The best way is to wait and to see; there are more theories to consider..
Aime Fposted 7 years ago
Yep, at the current pace, we will. We need a planet to live on and we've been less than kind to this one. Maybe by the time Earth gets crapped on enough for us to face extinction we'll have figured out a way to go to some other planet and hang out on that one for a while. But something tells me if we're smart enough to figure that out, we'd be smart enough to figure out how to help the one we're already on first. So, I guess it depends on if we decide to take environmental issues seriously rather than sarcastically rambling about voluntary human extinction.
Or a random comet, or a superbug, or some unstoppable, unimaginably huge force of nature will wipe us all out like it's nothing.
I think assuming that we'll never go extinct greatly overestimates our importance in the universe. All we can do is try to ensure that we don't kill ourselves off and then hope that something in the universe doesn't squash us like a bunch of bugs.
There have been so many times that was reported that something was going to come close enough to this earth and kill everyting on it, yet we are still here. Ever heard of all the bunkers underground and all the Old Forgotten huge cities underground?
Aime Fposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it never will. I think it's probably bound to at some point. Will humans even still be here when that happens? Who knows. It could be millions of years from now or it could be tomorrow.
We have test tube babies, sperm banks, Egg Banks and huge seed banks of all the plants in the world. We aloso have the Genome Project for just about every living being on the planet. Geothermal Energy and more...
And yet with the size of the universe and all that's out there, that's all still pretty small stuff. We're just people. Those are just things. Our planet is but a tiny dot and we are but pieces of dust in the grand scheme of things.
Why would we be the only living organisms in the whole of the Universe? What purpose would that serve? Have you seen anything from the Satellites and Hubble Spacecrafts? They all cannot be liars.
Huh? Where did I say we were the only living organisms in the universe? I really doubt that we are. That's sort of my point - we're not special to the universe.
Sorry, I took it that you thought we were the only ones here and we will be extinct just becuz of that. The questions still are valid to others here that think we are going to go extinct becuz there is no proof of other things.
Oh, I see. No, I think there is probably way more out there than we can ever hope to find.
Wulf Dreamwalkerposted 7 years ago
Personally I feel humans as we know them now will go extinct to replaced by hopefully a new improved and more humane and nature loving version. One that cares for the planet we inhabit, the life of all types on its surface and in its waters and air and especially for fellow humans no matte the skin color religion education or nationality.
That is cool Have you watched Natgeo or read their magazines? They have lots of things in them that do not point to humas being un-kind to the planet. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Floris Woodposted 7 years ago
I am very surprised to find so many commenters believing the human race will never become extinct. The human race as we know it is a mere few thousand years old while the universe is billions of years old. There has been time and space enough in the universe for life to have been created and ended an untold number of times. Likewise, there has been time and space enough during the life of the universe for many human races, and billions more other species, to have been created and ended an untold number of times over. I know we tend to think that we are unique in the universe because we have never found any real evidence of other life in the universe. But the universe is so vast in time and space (and perhaps there is no real difference between time and space) that the probability and possibility that there was NOT another human race and that there will not be MORE human races is zero. But, if you ask me, and you did, this particular human race will end.
And, by the way, "race" is pretty much a social concept, and not very biological. And we humans tend to use one characteristic more than any other to distinguish one race from another, that is skin color. A more scientific distinction between us and the other animal inhabitants of Earth is "species".
There is life out there and we were put here from another life. Some just choose to ignore those facts. We are young but that does mean that we will not survive for a long time. A baby is young but it LEARNS to survive. We are just learning..
tsadjatkoposted 7 years agoin reply to this
"time and space"Even split-second,continuous,multiple chemical activity(going on for ages)and using all time and all space in the universe to carry on that activity could not accomplish what is needed. It could not produce life out of nothing.
tsad, How do you know there isn't anything out there? We have already found many planets just like Earth. I went to your link and find it OK. I can't comment back on it until someone else comments back on it.
What you say is patently false - we have not found any planets "just like Earth" & that is why you do not site proof we have, there is none. but that has nothing to do with what I said: http://evolutionfacts.com/Evolution-handbook/E-H-5a.htm
tsa, your comments keep coming up as spam. ??? That is only your opionin, not mine. I watch the Science channel and other learning media, such magazines and the like. U get UR facts and I have mine. That's how we all learn.
You say "We have already found many planets just like Earth"but you can't do a Google search and find one thing that supports thatstatement?Amazing!The Kepler mission is where the planet findings come from,they haver no claims like you made.
tsa, I was not aware that I had to give any facts in statements. If I wanted FACTS then I would have U write a hub about them. I never asked for facts from anyone. This is just a discussion, not a debate.
COOL! Lady G! As long as this is a discussion, not a debate & we don't need facts....I THINK George Clooney really wanted to marry me, but he lost my phone number!! ) Drat! Foiled again! sigh.....support me.
LG,if you had said in the first place everything you say is not based on fact I'd have been the first one to agree with you!My bad!And Paula,Clooney is my God Father, just had breakfast with him today,when I mentioned your name,he saidPaula who?
Floris Woodposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Personally, I get frustrated trying to think of how vast the universe might be. Right when I feel I might grasp its infinite size, someone says now multiply that by infinity. Then comes infinity squared. That is a lot of time and space.
Floris, Thank You. Tsa,I am not stupid. and you don't have to be ignorant to others. I went to your site. China has been doing that for centuries and so has others. NOTHING new there. Sorry Puala for me allowing his rudeness here. No more
Wulf Dreamwalkerposted 7 years agoin reply to this
Tsad if you went to those sites you would have seen the phrase Earth like which means similar to or like earth so your argument is in itself patently false.to assume there is but one planet like ours is a sign of extreme hubris on your part.
Wulf, Tsa cant play nice his his comments. HP does know when something is spam because that is where all his message are put, so I delete them. He wont read anyting other than his stuff.and has told us the we don't no what we are talking about.
Lady G, Thanks for starting this conversation. I admire your spirit.
Earth-like doesn't mean just like earth with plants and animals or even liquid water. Mars would likely be classified as earth-like by the criteria used. The term shouldn't be used in articles written for laymen because it creates misunderstandings.
These two are very interesting to read and look at the Hubble pictures. http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy … isodes/370
http://www.space.com/24133-super-planet … scope.html
If you read those articles carefully, you'll notice they aren't saying those planets have water and compatible plant life on them at all. There might possibly be life on some of them but we need certain kinds of life to support us.
I never said that they do, but there is a very strong possibility. When we have filters on there are many things that we do not see.
Miran Shuletaposted 7 years ago
I'm guessing that eventually the world will cease to exist, therefore humans will become extinct at some point in the future.
M. T. Dremerposted 7 years ago
I don't think all life will go extinct. There is good reason to believe it will continue, in some form, for a very, very long time. Humans, however, will likely go extinct with Earth. There is a chance that we could extend our reign if we could successfully colonize other planets. But it's a race between our technological advancements and our rabid consumption. If the Earth can no longer sustain us, before we reach new planets, then we won't make it. Not to be cryptic, but it doesn't look good.
There is a great article or articles on Natgeo about food, our consumption on it and the various other uses of it. Here is the main article: http://food.nationalgeographic.com/
lone77starposted 7 years ago
Eventually, yes.
When the spirit of man ascends and leaves behind the empty shells of Homo sapiens bodies, humanity will reduce to its lowest common denominator -- self-concern. We will have only wailing and gnashing -- victims and perpetrators. Civilization will crumble.
But in a few million years, the sun will grow hot enough that life will be challenged on Earth. In a few hundred million, life on the surface may disappear. And in a billion years or so, the oceans may be too hot for life to continue. Also, the Andromeda galaxy will be colliding with our own, possibly disrupting stars and planets.
For those who wake up spiritually, all of these things won't matter.
Sharp Pointsposted 7 years ago
I believe everything has a start and an end. If that isn't the case, then yes we will still go extinct. We may be smarter than other animals, but we are still fragile creatures in a fragile ecosystem.
How are we fragile?
Minute changes to ecosystems can bring them crashing down. Minute changes to a human can kill him or her easily. I've seen too many people die from ridiculously tiny things to think anything else.
An I have seen tinier that kills many animals as well. I have seen things come back from the brink of extinction by the hands of man.
Erik Mionposted 7 years ago
For the past 4.5 billion years species have come and gone from this planet. All it would take is one asteroid or super volcano to spew gases, ash, and other volatiles into the atmosphere, which would effectively turn the earth as we know it into a giant icebox. That is assuming we don't vaporize each other with billions of tons of nuclear devices beforehand.
I think it's hubris to think our species is so much more special than every other species that it can't be destroyed. We may be relatively tough compared to other species but many species of life we rely on to produce oxygen are not.
We have already had many super volcanos erupt. Mnay species that we thought were extinct are not and many we thought were on the brink are making a strong comeback. We can now freeze embryos and have sperm backs to last way into the future.
The Yellowstone super-volcano could easily take out most of the continental US in hours to days with most other life on earth to follow within months. Our current level of technology probably could not save our species if it blew.
There are underground bunkers and whole cities that most do not know about. There is a bunker under Wash DC that can house thousands. The now have a catalog of all the movies or electronic media down there. There are many undergrnd Milit bases in US
There are truly amazing underground bunkers but nothing built to withstand that kind of seismic activity.
I think we're just resourceful, inventive, intelligent beings, not gods. The laws of physics are spectacularly more powerful than humans.
How do you know those bunkers could not be that strong? How about the underground Cities, such as the found in Turkey and Rome and other places. They are more than a few miles deep.
Erik Mionposted 7 years agoin reply to this
And once there were mountains thousands of feet higher than mount everest. What mother nature wants she takes.
Those who live in the areas that have these natural disasters and ignore the words of those who KNOW the disasters will come..they arn't so bright. Testing Mother Nature will always bring disaster.
I can't explain super-volcanoes in 246 characters, but if you read about them you'll understand a volcano with a mouth 45 MILES across can do enough damage to wreck us completely. Extinction is part of the natural order; nothing to be feared.
nanderson500posted 7 years ago
Yes, it seems nearly inevitable that humans will go extinct at some point. However, if we are able to master space travel, we may be able to spread across the universe and survive for many millions of years.
I agree and we are working on that as we type. We have already lived in space for a number of months and also under the sea as well. There is promise! We have preserved and brought back to life embryos and sperm of more than just humans and DNA
maunderingcabalposted 7 years ago
We are exponentially growing in population. It is inevitable that we will run out of resources and totally destroy this planet unless we change our was and limit reproduction. Unfortunately, no one seems to care about impending disasters related to this because they seem so far out, our future generations will not thank us for the actions we took in the last couple hundred years.
We are NOT overpopulated over the whole of the earth. We are doing things that most people do not comprehend or see becaue of this kind of propoganda. Were are humans in teh wilderness and how many are in the cities?
maunderingcabalposted 7 years agoin reply to this
If you think the earth is not overpopulated, do you think there is enough food to sustain our current levels...because people are starving all over the earth, and we are genetically modifying food just to survive.
Matt Dalleyposted 7 years agoin reply to this
When the Ogallala aquifer runs dry, how many people on earth will miss our grains fueling humanitarian aid? How will our own fare in the midwest with no groundwater? We are not sustainable with the current population, let alone a growing population
Ian, you are so right. It's really not food that will kill off most of the population though, it's going to be the sustainability of clean water that will do us in if the population keeps growing at this rate. The spread of disease is water borne.
Stargrrlposted 7 years ago
Aren't you waiting for the return of our Savior, Jesus? Humans will never go extinct. We will live and reign with Him, forever.
Jesus has already come. That is when he said that The Kingdom of God is Within us and that the laws are already in our hearts and minds. I wrote a hub about my Heaven Experience and I have much to tell in that, if you so desire to learn more.
Jan Grossmannposted 7 years ago
Sometimes it may seem that our civlisation is really going to end..but it is not for the first time in history...in my opinion, human can make a lot to harm our planet...but the last word always belongs to God, so no worry.
clivewilliamsposted 7 years ago
No..we are not just flesh but spirit. It is ordained that the spirit be hosted in a human body. humans may go extinct on various planets, but contrary to aliens having Big heads and large eyes. Aliens are humans. We exist on different dimensions on different planetary levels.
Now that is what I think too. When the ancients saw the Aliens, they could do lots of things and they thought that they were Gods. As we evolved and got smarter then we see they are just us from long ago and put here by them.
Dwight Phoenixposted 7 years ago
It all depends on how you interpret the word extinct:
1. It could either mean that the object in question has morphed into something else.
2. The doing away of that object's existence from one specific environment to another.
3. Or simply that that object has ceased to exist in all shape or forms.
However if we choose to at least consider any of these as possible then yes, People as we know them now will not exist in the far future.
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Chriswillman90posted 7 years ago
Physically we might go extinct, but that depends on how far technology advances and pending any massive disaster. However, we are advancing so quickly that we might be able to overcome the rising dangers that are about to unfold.
The consequences of disease and famine could eventually kill millions of people, but it shouldn't destroy the population. In the end it's a wait and see kind of deal and there are no absolutes right now.
Zelkiiroposted 7 years ago
It's gonna happen eventually, no matter how you look at it. Unless we can figure out interstellar travel, we've got a maximum of 5 billion years left--y'know, when the sun goes supernova and turns the planet itself into powder.
The only question is, will it be sooner or later? I'd like to think later, as we are very resilient as a species, and scientific advancements are leading us to value intelligence and knowledge over brute force and superstition, despite some groups still valuing such things.
Yes there are still those groups who have tunnel vision. I'd like to think that we now better than a whole planet being turned to dust as each one in the system depends on it. That would make all of them, incl Sun and all others systems chngd
aesta1posted 7 years ago
The human race is the one that are capable of making conscious decisions about its environment and so far, it has been reckless in destroying the life support system it is in. Think of the wars and all the calamities mostly because of what man is. Unless men evolve to become it's better and more spiritual self, it will continue this destruction. Lessons in the past have told us that weak beings will not survive. Hopefully, humans will evolve and avoid extinction.
TalkingBullposted 7 years ago
Most definitely. While we may one day be able to leave this planet and find refuge elsewhere, we will not survive on Earth for much longer. That's not to say we are out of here in a few years--the sun will make this planet inhospitable for life in about 500 million years, though I doubt we will live for that long.
I do love Sci-Fi and I like to think that we may one day achieve the galactic civilization dreamed of by the likes of Asimov, but I don't see that happening given the problems of distance and time. Of course, in the end, entropy will take us out along with everything else.
rahmat54146posted 7 years ago
not....human wil not extict because....
more sexsuall activity perhaps....
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Is it a worthy quest to find life else where in the universe even if it's a microbe?Mankind has mostly alsways beleived that we are alone in the Universe and that the Earth is the center of Creation. Would discovery of life forms else where in the Universe change the course of human history,...
Do You Believe Humans Caused the Climate Change?
by emievil 13 years ago
I came upon this news that a study showed majority of the Americans do not believe humans caused global warming / climate change. Any idea if this is true? What about the rest of the world, what do we believe?This is the website - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 … -activity.
I believe that there is life on another planet, do you?
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Batman: Arkham Origins Mobile Game Announced
By Pete Haas published 13 October 13
Mortal Kombat and Injustice: Gods Among Us developer NetherRealm Studios is building a mobile game inspired by Batman: Arkham Origins. The mobile game will be available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch at around the same time as the PC and console versions of Arkham Origins. An Android version is planned for the holiday season as well.
The mobile Arkham Origins is a free-to-play brawler with visuals closely resembling the main versions of the game. Batman will battle assassins like Deathstroke and Bane or their hapless henchmen in one-on-one battles. Succeeding in battle will require a combination of good timing and frantic tapping. If you played Batman: Arkham City Lockdown or the iOS version of Injustice: Gods Among Us, both developed by NetherRealm, you'll have a good idea of what to expect in this game.
As the player racks up victories, they'll earn in-game rewards. For example, they can acquire new Batsuits (including Batman Beyond and Silver Age costumes) to make them more powerful in combat. Players who own the main version of Arkham Origins and register for a Warner Bros. ID account will also unlock exclusive content.
"We created an integrated gaming ecosystem between the Batman: Arkham Origins mobile and console games, which delivers rewards and unlocks that provide greater experiences for players," said Ed Boon, Creative Director at NetherRealm Studios. "The mobile game goes hand-in-hand with what is offered on the other platforms."
If you're a fan of gaming on the go, you'll have another Batman: Arkham Origins game to look forward to as well. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5D Metroidvania experience developed by Armature Studio for the 3DS and PS Vita. Blackgate features the free-flow combat and detective mode of the console/PC Origins along with a new storyline set before the events of that game. Blackgate will launch worldwide on October 25th, the same day as the other Arkham Origins games.
Pete Haas
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U.S. natural resources law is a patchwork of unrelated statutes, unique to each resource, with the exception of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Some reflect a pioneer spirit, such as the laws regulating mineral mining, and some are more modern, such as laws regulating ocean fisheries. For the most part, the statutes governing federal lands, timber, coal, oil and gas, minerals, soil, and oceans share a common goal of efficiently and sustainably managing natural resources, but with varying degrees of success. This topic would not be complete without also considering natural resource damages and ecosystem services.
For a groundbreaking effort to integrate pollution control and natural resources law, see Cecilia Campbell-Mohn et al., "Sustainable Environmental Law: Integrating Natural Resource and Pollution Abatement Law from Resources to Recovery."
Natural resources, in general, belong to the state or federal government unless found on private property or rights to them have been obtained from the government. States retain primary authority over natural resources within their borders, although federal statutes also apply to many resources, especially those found on federal land.The government's role in managing and preserving natural resources for public use dates back to English common law and to Roman law before that. Under the public trust doctrine, some resources, including access to navigable waterways, fishing areas, and coastal areas, cannot be privately owned but must be held for the use and benefit of all. The concept of a protected public interest in natural resources is in tension with U.S. law's general preference for well-defined property rights.
National Environmental Policy Act
Although no single statute applies to all natural resources, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) applies to most government actions that might affect natural resource management. NEPA requires the federal government to take a "hard look" at the potential environmental impacts of proposed federal actions. Under NEPA the government must consider reasonable alternatives to projects that may lessen the environmental impacts. NEPA also provides opportunities for public comment during the NEPA review process. NEPA review is often required before decisions about natural resource use can be made. For example, NEPA review must be completed before a permit for mining on federal land can be issued, before a hiking trail can be built through federal lands, before federal funding in support of energy development projects can be awarded, before grazing permits on federal lands are issued, and before permits for offshore drilling or wind energy sites will be issued.
For a discussion of the accomplishments and shortfalls of NEPA, listen to and download materials from the ELI seminar "The National Environmental Policy Act 40th Anniversary Celebration."
For a general overview of the National Environmental Policy Act and its many provisions, see Nicholas Yost, "NEPA Deskbook, 4th ed." For an examination of how NEPA can be used today beyond its mere procedural requirements, see James McElfish, "Rediscovering the National Environmental Policy Act: Back to the Future." For a discussion of the many successes of NEPA, see "NEPA Success Stories: Celebrating 40 Years of Transparency and Open Government."
Federal Land Policy and Management Act
The federal government owns nearly 650 million acres - almost 30 percent - of all U.S. land. As a result, management of federal lands has a significant impact on the overall environment. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) was enacted in 1976 to establish a unified, comprehensive, and systematic approach to managing and preserving public lands in a way that protects "the quality of scientific, scenic, historical, ecological, environmental, air and atmospheric, water resource, and archeological values." FLPMA is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within the Department of Interior.
Pursuant to FLPMA, BLM must establish a planning process for the management of public lands that accommodates multiple uses of the land and its resources and achieves sustained yield of natural resources. FLMPA aims to protect and preserve public lands in their natural condition to the extent possible, and to retain federal ownership of public lands unless it is in the national interest to dispose of them. Where it is appropriate to sell federal lands, FLPMA requires that fair market value be received for the lands.
For an interesting discussion of the coming together of public and private land management, see John Davidson, "The New Public Lands: Competing Models for Protecting Public Land Conservation Values on Privately Owned Lands."
Timber and Forest Lands
The U.S. Forest Service, under authority from the Department of Agriculture, manages 193 million acres of forest and grasslands within the National Forest System. The Forest Service's mission is to "sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations." This mission reflects the balance that the Forest Service must strike between allowing productive economic use and conservation of the lands that they manage. Of the 193 million acres they manage, roughly 49 million are open to timber extraction.
Under the National Forestry Management Act, all national forests are required to prepare land and resource management plans, which must be updated every 15 years. These plans essentially zone the forest, determining how the lands are to be managed and whether timber harvesting is appropriate. Plans are required to be prepared with public involvement, and are subject to the terms of the National Environmental Policy Act. 16 U.S.C. § 1604(d).
The Bureau of Land Management oversees 270 million acres of public land, 8 million of which are commercial forest land. These lands are governed by FLPMA, with management focused on sustainable yield of timber similar to US Forests.
For a discussion of the evolution of forest management plans, see Martin Nie, "Place-Based National Forest Legislation and Agreements: Common Characteristics and Policy Recommendations." For an interesting discussion of the intersection of NEPA and forest management, see Nathaniel Lawrence, "A Forest of Objections: The Effort to Drop NEPA Review for National Forest Management Act Plans."
The U.S. has 35% of the world's recoverable coal resources, making it the most abundant nonrenewable resource in the nation. Coal extraction is generally allocated through leasing on public lands, overseen by BLM, and by contract and conveyance on private lands. Federal coal is leased under the Mineral Leasing Act, and the Secretary of the Interior has discretion to offer federal coal tracts for lease at competitive auction from "time to time."
A permit is required in order to mine, process and load coal under the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977. SMCRA established the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to regulate coal mining activities. SMCRA uses the concept of cooperative federalism, under which states are able to develop their own mining regulations to replace those found in SMCRA as long as SMCRA's minimum standards are met. Today, most coal producing states have developed their own state laws and regulatory systems to address coal mining and handle the permitting process themselves
For a discussion of cooperative federalism under SMCRA, see Mark Squillace, "Cooperative Federalism under SMCRA: Is this Any Way to Run a Government?"
As with most natural resource areas, states oversee the permitting and environmental impacts of most aspects of petroleum extraction from private lands. Petroleum is typically allocated from public lands to private companies through leasing. Before a lease can be issued, it must be consistent with the respective agency's land-use plan. Both BLM and the Forest Service prepare land and resource management plans to determine which areas are suitable for extraction. Once a plan determines where petroleum exploration may be allowed, the agency must comply with NEPA's environmental evaluation process before issuing a lease to explore and develop. The BLM may decline to issue a lease due to projected environmental impacts. Once planning and environmental assessment are completed, a property can be made available for leasing.
State laws govern the allocation of petroleum on state-owned lands, and many follow a similar leasing system as that required for extraction of petroleum on public lands.
Extraction of petroleum is prohibited in wilderness areas, most national parks, national monuments, national rivers, and areas of critical environmental concern. For exploration or drilling for petroleum in a wetland, the operator must obtain a special permit under the Clean Water Act.
Offshore petroleum extraction also requires planning and leasing, and the extraction fundamentals are essentially the same, however the statutory authority for offshore drilling focuses much more on the increased hazards of drilling in the sea. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act governs offshore leasing and extraction, and requires the Secretary of the Interior "to obtain a proper balance between the potential for environmental damage, the potential for the discovery of oil and gas, and the potential for adverse impact on the coastal zone."
For an interesting discussion of outer continental shelf legal issues, see Robin Kundis Craig, "Mobil Oil, Environmental Protection, and Contract Repudiation: It's Time to Recognize the Public Trust in the Outer Continental Shelf."
The relatively new technique of hydraulic fracturing has made many shale oil and gas deposits in the United States and abroad economically feasible for extraction. For a discussion of the environmental impacts from hydrological fracturing, listen to and download materials from the ELI seminars "Hydraulic Fracturing Risks and Opportunities" and "Nuts and Bolts of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking." For more information on potential environmental and legal issues related to this extraction method, see Sy Gruza, "Will NYSDEC's Proposed Regulations Prevent the Potential Significant Adverse Impacts of Fracking?" and Holli Brown, "The Attack on Frack: New York's Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing and Where It Stands in the Threat of Takings."
The General Mining Law of 1872 codified the presumption that public lands are open to exploration by private individuals for all minerals covered by the Act; to remove this presumption requires an affirmative act of Congress. A prospector who finds a valuable mineral has first claim to it, so long as she or he diligently works the claim and continuously occupies the parcel under a doctrine known as pedis possessio. The claimant must then meet various other requirements, including designating the mineral deposit as lode (vein-like) or placer and maintaining at least $100 a year toward developing the claim, after which the government will convey the land.
A claimant has the option of buying the parcel, for $2.50 per acre on a placer or $5 per acre on a lode, which results in "patenting" the claim. When a claim is patented, it results in private ownership of the parcel. Since 1994, however, Congress has annually supported a moratorium on processing new patents, thus restricting private prospectors from obtaining ownership of public mining lands.
For a discussion of the effectiveness of the general mining law that has been in effect since 1872, see Mark Squillace, "The Enduring Vitality of the General Mining Law of 1872."
Although often not thought of as a natural resource, soil is one of the most important natural resources. It serves as the basis for the crops upon which human society is built. At the federal level, the National Resources Conservation Service plays a significant role in ensuring the conservation of productive topsoil as well as other natural resources.
For a discussion of the importance of and steps for soil protection, see J. William Futrell, "New Action for Soil Protection."
Ocean Fisheries
Economic statistics released by NOAA show that commercial and recreational fisheries in the U.S. contributed $72 billion to the Gross National Product and supported 1.4 million jobs in 2010. The average American consumes almost 16 pounds of seafood products annually, and the United States is the third largest consumer of seafood behind only China and Japan.
ELI has a long-running Ocean Seminar Series that is open to the public to watch and download materials from on topics including "Designing Effective and Enforceable Catch Share Systems," "The Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Challenge: Sustaining a High-Value Migratory Species in a Highly Impacted Ocean," and "Fisheries Law Enforcement: Status and Challenges."
For a discussion on the founding of national marine sanctuaries, see William Chandler, "The History and Evolution of the National Marine Sancturaries Act."
To effectively manage fisheries and reduce overfishing, the harvesting of fishery resources must be sustainable. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act is the basic federal authority covering ocean fisheries management, and was enacted to optimize U.S. utilization of coastal fisheries. The Magnuson-Stevens Act grants sovereign rights and fishery management authority over all fish within the exclusive economic zone, 200 nautical miles from the shore. Its purposes are:
Acting to conserve fishery resources
Supporting enforcement of international fishing agreements
Promoting fishing in line with conservation principles
Providing for the implementation of fishery management plans (FMPs) which achieve optimal yield
Establishing Regional Fishery Management Councils to steward fishery resources through the preparation, monitoring, and revising of plans which (A) enable stake holders to participate in the administration of fisheries and (B) consider social and economic needs of states.
Developing underutilized fisheries
Protecting essential fish habitats.
To carry out these purposes, the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is delegated power from the Department of Commerce, appoints members to eight regional fishery councils. The councils are responsible for developing Fishery Management Plans (FMPs), which must specify the criteria that determine when a stock is overfished and what measures are needed to rebuild it. FMPs establish rules limiting the size and amount of fish that can be taken, where fishing can occur, and what fishing methods can be used. FMP provisions are implemented through a permitting system for commercial and recreational fishermen. FMPs are enforced by NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and state agencies; civil penalties are the primary vehicle to address violations.
For a discussion of fisheries management, see Richard Hildreth, "Achieving Fisheries Sustainability in the United States."
Natural Resource Damages
Natural resource damages is the notion that a party who causes harm to natural resources, like wildlife, marshes, or drinking water, should be held liable to restore the resource and pay reparations to people who may have relied on those resources. For example, when the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon spilled oil into the ocean, wildlife were killed; beaches were closed; fish were harmed; and fisheries closed. Natural resource damages allow the federal and state governments, as trustees of the resources, to recover money from those who caused the damage as reparation.
For an overview of natural resource damage assessment, see "Participating in Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration." For an extensive, expert discussion of natural resource damage assessment, see Valerie Lee, "Natural Resource Damage Assessment Deskbook: A Legal and Technical Analysis." For a discussion of natural resource damages from the Deepwater Horizon spill, see Matthew Coglianese, "The Importance of Determining Potential Chronic Natural Resource Damages from the Deepwater Horizon Accident."
Ecosystem services are the suite of environmental goods and services essential to human well-being. These services cover a broad spectrum, ranging from flood control to climate regulation. Society often considers ecosystem services to be free public benefits and does not assign them a value that reflects their societal contribution. By identifying the economic and societal value of ecosystem services, we can protect critical services and compensate for those lost due to environmental impacts.
Listen to an ELI seminar on ecosystem services: "2007 Environmental Law Institute Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum — Ecosystem Services: Is There a Business Case for Environmental Protection?" ELI has published numerous reports on ecosystem services.
For a general overview of ecosystem services law, read a transcript of the ELI seminar "Law and Policy for Ecosystem Services" or see Ira Feldman, "Ecosystem Services as a Framework for Law and Policy," Michael Jeffrey, "The Development of Payments for Ecosystem Services in China: Cutting Through the Cloud of Confusion Over China's Eco-Compensation," and David Cooley, "Stacking Ecosystem Services: Risks and Solutions."
Increasingly, policymakers are coming to use payment for ecosystem services as a tool for recognizing the value inherent in ecosystem services and helping economic systems to account for this value. This concept is closely related to the idea of pricing pollution—putting a price on carbon emissions, for example, to reflect the externality of climate change imposed on society in general when greenhouse gases are emitted at no cost to the emitter.
The World Bank and others have been pushing for the cost of developing natural resources to be reflected in national accounting, such as gross domestic product. One example is the recent World Bank report "Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development."
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It is almost Christmas but... not without cookies! This recipe is a very common one in Italy and it allows many different variations in which you can add your favorite ingredients :) you can add cacao powder or cinnamon in the dough or sprinkles or icing on top... just let your fantasy go! This cookies are very easy to prepare and can be made with children as well (if you were looking for an idea for one of this cold afternoons :) ).
Put 400g of flour in a bowl, add baking powder if desired (you can add the baking powder if you want, the difference between cookies with baking powder and cookies without is that the former will be softer), add 170g cold butter sliced and mix until the butter and flour form small beads.
Add 100g of sugar and 1 egg + 1 yolk and mix with your hands. Add the orange zest and its juice in the bowl.
Preheat the oven at 180 degrees (350F). Make the dough flat with a roling pin. To make it flat, you can put the dough in between of two pieces of baking paper and flatten it by using a roll. You can make your dough between ½ cm and 1 cm thick depending on your taste (the thicker the cookie is, the softer and less crispy it will be).
Now make the cookies with the shapes you like the best and decorate them with chocolate chips.


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Acast and Self Financial partner to launch six-part branded podcast series
New podcast series from the financial technology company amplifies conversations and stories of money and how it impacts daily life
Acast, the world's largest independent podcast company, has announced the launch of Self. a new six-part branded podcast series by Self Financial (Self), a leading financial technology company that makes building credit and savings more accessible. Through the power of podcast storytelling the new series highlights how money punctuates our life stories and normalizes the feelings of uncertainty, learning moments and hopeful change that everyone experiences in their financial journey.
In each episode, Money Mindset Coach Jacent Wamala will highlight real stories from diverse voices about challenging their own relationships with money to build a better future for themselves, their loved ones and their communities.
These important conversations between Wamala and guests, including podcasters from the Acast Creator Network Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman of Couples Therapy, Ashley Frangie and Lety Sahágún of Se Reglan Dudas, Imara Jones of TransLash, Mack Wilds and Mouse Jones of Guys Next Door, as well as Self customer Tara Jacobs and Katrina Palanca, Vice President of Global Partnerships for Spurs Sports & Entertainment, unpack memories and recollections about how real people have found – or are finding – their financial footing. Whether it's balancing different approaches to finances with a partner or working to improve credit and mental health on the other side of a messy break up, money is challenging. It's personal, and at times, can feel isolating.
"We've partnered with Acast to lean into both the individual and shared experiences we all have with our financial relationships. Through these stories, we've found that while everyone's journey is unique, so many of us share the desire for ourselves and our families to have it better than we did," said Brett Billick, Chief Marketing Officer at Self.
As macroeconomic challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and global recession loom, financial wellness and stability remain top of mind for many Americans. According to a survey conducted by TIAA of Americans ages 18 and up, just 22% of respondents gave themselves the highest score when it came to feeling comfortable with their current financial situations. Meanwhile, 21% of respondents gave themselves the lowest score possible when asked the same question. As founded by the PWC, financial stressors are directly linked to physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being. In fact, respondents to the survey reported that money worries caused severe or major impact on mental health (34%), sleep (33%), self-esteem (30%), physical health (23%), and relationships at home (21%).
"Everyone has unique experiences with money that will likely change through the course of their lives. The thing that we all have in common is that we have a story to tell about how we arrived at the relationship we currently have with our finances," said Shantae Howell, Director of Acast Creative, The Americas. "The Self. podcast captures that common thread we all share and connects with audiences on a truly personal level."
The first episode of Self. with Ekperigin and Beckerman is now live and the rest of the series will be released weekly on Wednesdays on Acast and everywhere that podcasts are found.
Acast is a global leader in podcast advertising that works with more than 2,400 advertisers each year. Some of the biggest brands partnering with Acast include Amazon, State Farm, Macy's, Ikea, Klarna, Ulta Beauty, and more.
About Acast
Acast is the world's largest independent podcast company. Founded in 2014, the company has pioneered the open podcast ecosystem ever since – making podcasts available on any listening platform. Acast provides a marketplace, helping podcasters find the right audience to monetize their content. When our podcasters make money, we make money. Today, Acast hosts nearly 88,000 podcasts, with more than 430 million listens every month. The company operates worldwide and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Acast is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market. Certified Adviser is FNCA Sweden AB, info@fnca.se, +46 (0) 8528 00 399.
About Self Financial
Self Financial, the official credit-building app of the San Antonio Spurs, is a credit-building platform working to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience through products that make building credit accessible. With no hard credit check to get started, Self's signature Credit Builder Account and secured Self Visa® Credit Card issued by its partner banks are designed to enable people to build credit and savings simultaneously. The company also offers rent and utility payment reporting through RentTrack and LevelCredit, which Self acquired in February 2022. Download the Self app at the Apple App Store (200,000+ reviews and an average 4.9 rating) or Google Play or visit Self. inc for more information.


It is surprising that, while plundering the depths of literary history for titles, 28 year old song-smith Rob Sharples failed to heed the sage advice of TS Eliot. The iconic dramatist - whose own Four Quartets provides the Bristol singer-songwriter with a moniker, once famously wrote that "immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different." This debut offering shows ample signs of a gifted musician but its songs labour to do anything other than rehash the toils of another Eliot, albeit with different spelling, the late, great Elliot Smith.
Since Smith died some seven years ago his imprint on modern folk and popular music remains visible in the despairing plight of Bright Eyes and countless others. Sharples' songs do more than imbibe the troubled spirit or rough eccentricities of the Smith songbook, they cling to every detail of this music. The hushed vocals stacked in harmony; the chords that modulate until a songs dying moments; a raw self-production job rich in warmth. The lyrics, too, borrow unashamedly: "a bitter compromise / to keep the dream alive / believing in a calculated lie" would not sit amiss amongst the cynicism and lament of Smith's own musings. This all creates ample space for the musician to demonstrate his impressive command of a legion of instruments (like his master, Sharples recorded the majority of instruments on the album) and his ear for an interesting melodic adventure or two. 'Pirouette' in particular provides a highlight, spinning in succession with its subject matter slowly, brimming with quiet intent. It is all pleasant enough to want to like it but such endeavour is overcome by a more pressing desire to stick Roman Candle on and enjoy the artist first-hand instead of filtered through the trappings of an admirer.
Folk music in this vein hinges on the sort of disarming openness and intimacy that Smith plied so well. Between allusions to so many other "poets", The Paragon of Animals (a title derived from Shakespeare's Hamlet, don't you know) is left lacking a central character, Sharples. Four Quartets will no doubt emerge in subsequent releases as a more assured and individual enterprise, until then there is sadly little to compel in his music; not quite a Wasteland as Eliot might ascribe, but a frustrating affair nonetheless.


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Hamilton Bulldogs end losing streak with 3-1 win over Rampage
HAMILTON - Two goals from Martin St. Pierre, including the game winner, helped the Hamilton Bulldogs snap a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the San Antonio Rampage in the American Hockey League Sunday.
Mike Blunden also had a goal for the Bulldogs (23-25-5) and Dustin Tokarski made 32 saves.
Quinton Howden scored the lone goal for the Rampage (23-23-8), while Jacob Markstrom stopped 28 shots.
Hamilton challenged Markstrom early and often in the first period and were rewarded with St. Pierre's goal at 7:25 when the netminder kicked a rebound into his path.
The Bulldogs were assessed two minor penalties at 19:26 of the first, as Gabriel Dumont was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after arguing a slashing penalty to Mike Blunden.
Hamilton survived more than a minute of 5-on-3 hockey early in the second but the Rampage made the most of their next power play opportunity when Louis Leblanc was sent off for hooking at 7:10. The Bulldogs went 1-4 with the man advantage on Sunday, while the Rampage were 1-3.
Tokarski knocked aside Ryan Martindale's initial shot from the slot with his blocking glove but the forward recovered his rebound and chipped a quick shot that Howden tipped past the goaltender at 8:06.
Hamilton regained the lead as Nathan Beaulieu's point shot rebounded high into the air and St. Pierre was waiting as it dropped to slide it past the near post at 12:15.
The Bulldogs added some insurance on a power play at 6:29 of the third period when Markstrom turned aside Nick Tarnasky's initial shot but Blunden was waiting in the low slot to get the rebound.


While you might be preparing for Christmas shopping, we're here to caution you against going out and buying everything on your list at once. On one hand, there is no reason to take out a signature loan trying to get everything at this exact moment. While there will be great sales and deals to be seen soon, you might save a few items for later in the year or for next year. We've got the best times to buy all your big ticket items!
Clothing is quite divided depending on the time of the year you shop. If you are looking for winter clothing, the best time to buy it is, well, after the holidays. At the end of January, you'll find the best deals on those winter coats and boots you have been looking for. For Spring clothing, it's best to shop after Easter. Summer clothing and bathing suits are best snapped up in October. Another important sales date for clothing is Fourth of July when a lot of retailers offer sales and deals on apparel. As you can see, the best time to buy is when stores are trying to unload their seasonal wear so they can stock the oncoming season's items.
The best time to buy appliances are any of our three-day weekend holidays such as Labor Day, Memorial Day, and President's Day. Sales often span the course of the weekend which provides ample time for shopping. September and October are also good times to shop. It is a transition period just before new models come out so old stock has reduced prices.
The best time of year to buy furniture is in July. New styles are often released in August when stores start getting rid of old stock to make way for the new. While there are other times of year that have great deals (such as January), I'm sure we can all agree that bringing furniture home in winter is less ideal than summer.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the best time to buy electronics is in Fall--specifically, November's very own Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The sales on electronic goods during this time is incomparable to other shopping holidays. Brick and mortar retailers like Target and e-stores like Amazon release deals weeks in advance. Keep an eye out!
If you are searching for patio furniture or other outdoor supplies, it's best to wait for summer to end. Much like summer clothing, the start of Fall holds the best deals. As the weather cools down, people turn away from the outdoors to come inside. Utilize this time to go in and grab a great deal on outdoor furniture!
Unlike other seasonal items where we recommend waiting until after the major rush, it's exactly at the start of the school year when you should go in and get your shopping done. August will find stores with great sales and plenty of coupons. Even if you aren't "school" shopping, it is a great time to grab office supplies.
The best time to buy toys for your tiny tots is mid-December. The deals in preparation for Christmas often dwarf those found during any part of the year. New toys drop just in time for the holiday and sales abound. Just make sure you buy ahead of time as many toys sell out quickly!
And there you have it: The best times of the year to buy all your favorite items. Use this to plan your shopping for the whole year!


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Resist it while you can
Everyone will have seen the video of milkshake-gate by now.
No use crying over spilt milk - but it went all over Tommy's favourite jacket and stale milk does have an unpleasantly pervasive stink.
Now, one might speculate that Tommy (Real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) was almost asking for it - he knows it's the kind of thing that happens to him, as it has happened many times before. He's been hit, punched, sworn at and called a fascist and a racist.
He's often excitable, his body language can be provocative, and if someone is confrontational and aggressive with him, he can be equally confrontational and aggressive back. The fact that he's not as afraid of a punch-up when push literally comes to shove gives him the edge over your average shrinking violet. I suppose John Prescott had that going for him back in the day.
I think Tommy's excitability, impetuousness and tendency to make exaggerated claims weaken him and undermine any credibility he might otherwise have. These shortcomings allow people like Brendan O'Neill, who's usually pretty smart, to say something as annoying as this...
"It doesn't matter what you think of Robinson's views — like the vast majority of people, I oppose them."
...without feeling the need to qualify it further, which is what he says in an article that actually sets out to defend Tommy Robinson's right to go about his lawful business - campaigning as an independent for the upcoming Euro elections - unimpeded.
The fact that the police got in their car and scarpered at the first sign of trouble added insult to injury.
The comments below the line are mixed. Several commenters take issue with the assumption that "the vast majority of people oppose his views." Yes, it's likely that the vast majority of people dislike Tommy Robinson, or consider him too toxic to 'like', but do the vast majority really oppose his views? If so, which views? Do "the vast majority of people" support the Islamification of Britain, or support the introduction of Sharia Law? Or any of the other cultural differences that are gaining notoriety?
Probably the people who agree with Brendan O'Neill's "opposition" to Tommy Robinson's views inhabit what is often described as the "media bubble".
We've come a long way from the days when Christopher Hitchens tried to warn us. How perceptive he was. Resist it while you can.
Labels: Brendan O'Neill, Christopher Hitchens, Tommy Robinson
Monkey Brains 5 May 2019 at 17:48
"I think Tommy's excitability, impetuousness and tendency to make exaggerated claims weaken him and undermine any credibility he might otherwise have."
Maybe but it's still the law that you can't assault someone. I say it is the law...but only in theory of course as the Police refuse, refuse, refuse to take any action against the perpetrators of these violent assaults on a candidate for elected office - just as they refused to take any action against the hate mobs that stopped Nigel Farage campaigning.
The milkshake assault was a vicious act. TR's a bit of a street fighter. But in this case he was right to respond with punches because for all he knew the guy could have had a knife ready to attack with him once he was blinded by the liquid.
It's sickening beyond words that people like Ian Dunt, Kevin McGuire, Rupert Myers, and Johnny Mercer, an MP for heaven's sake, find the attack funny and actually support it.
Do they still think it funny now they know that Tommy Robinson has been informed by Police that he faces a credible assassination threat and must stop campaigning?
I've been thinking of that phrase "resist it while you can"...well,I think most of us here and on many other sites, and in our everyday lives, have been resisting while we can as much as we can.
What I find appalling is that with the honourable exception of the sainted Lord Pearson not a single Parliamentarian has seen fit to (a) protect the free speech principle or (b) oppose Sharia. That is a stunning betrayal of a free people by its political elite.
Police visit Tommy Robinson to tell him he's under threat of political assassination...they seem pretty relaxed about it...(To watch the video you have to click through one of the anti-Tommy YT barriers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY07fONOb38&bpctr=1557097029
A rather powerful video I would say, especially in view of the assassination threats directed against him...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0MhR6x_4mY
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John Bolton's moustache
"Research by the BBC has discovered"
The BBC censors part of the story again
The reason Andrew Neil is stepping down
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"At one point I put my hand up, like I was back at...
"Fallen among fundamentalists"
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Germany passes non-binding resolution.
"I'm asking the questions"
Dear Jeremy, thank you very much. Love, Hamas.
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Warning. Knee-jerk review.
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Post-MAY Bank Holiday Open Thread
The Three Graces
What is Nigel Farage best-known for?
Andrew Marr v Nigel Farage
Don't go there!
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Oddly to hymns by Wagner
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Would I lie to you?
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Antisemitism in the UK today
'cos I is classist?
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John Humphrys tells us why Hamas exists
It's a BOY!!!
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Premature ejaculation, Updated
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Just let me finish
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May God Forgive Them
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The Public Research Centre Henri Tudor is an institute of applied research aimed at reinforcing the innovation capacity at organizations and companies and providing support for national policies and international recognition of Luxembourg's scientific community. Its activities include applied and experimental research; doctoral research; the development of tools, methods, labels, certifications and standards; technological assistance; consulting and watch services; and knowledge and competency transfer. Its main technological domains are advanced materials, environmental, Healthcare, information and communication technologies as well as business organization and management. The Centre utilizes its competencies across a number of industries including Healthcare, industrial manufacturing, mobile, transportation and financial services among others.
In 2012, the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg allowed Tudor to experiment with an access rights management system modeled using ArchiMate®, an Open Group standard. This model was tested by CRP Tudor to confirm the approach used by the hospital's management to grant employees, nurses and doctors permission to access patient records.
The Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg is a public hospital that focuses on severe pathologies, medical and surgical emergencies and palliative care. The hospital also has an academic research arm. The hospital employs a staff of approximately 2,000, including physicians and specialized employees, medical specialists, nurses and administrative staff. On average the hospital performs more than 450,000 outpatient services, 30,000 inpatient services and more than 60,000 adult and pediatric emergency services, respectively, per year.
Unlike many hospitals throughout the world, the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg is open and accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Accessing patient records is required at the hospital at any time, no matter the time of day or weekend. In addition, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a system where medical emergencies are allocated to one hospital each weekend across each of the country's three regions. In other words, every two weeks, one hospital within a given region is responsible for all of the incoming medical emergencies on its assigned weekend, affecting patient volume and activity.
As organizations have become not only increasingly global but also increasingly digital, access rights management has become a critical component of keeping institutional information secure so that it does not fall into the wrong hands. Managing access to internal information is a critical component of every company's security strategy, but it is particularly important for organizations that deal with sensitive information about consumers, or in the case of the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, patients.
Modeling an access rights management system was important for the hospital for a number of reasons. First, European privacy laws dictate that only the people who require information regarding patient medical files should be allowed access to those files. Although privacy laws may restrict access to patient records, a rights management system must be flexible enough to grant access to the correct individuals when necessary.
In the case of a hospital such as the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, access to information may be critical for the life of the patient. For instance, if a patient was admitted to the emergency room, the emergency room physician will be able to better treat the patient if he or she can access the patient's records, even if they are not the patient's primary care physician. Admitting personnel may also need access to records at the time of admittance. Therefore, a successful access rights management system must combine a balance between restricting information and providing flexible access as necessary, giving the right access at the right time without placing an administrative burden on the doctors or staff.
Prior to the experiment in which the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor tested this access rights management model, the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg had not experienced any problems in regard to its information sharing system. However, its access rights were still being managed by a primarily paper-based system. As part of the scope of the project, the hospital was also looking to become compliant with existing privacy laws. Developing an access rights management model was intended to close the gap within the hospital between restricting access to patient information overall and providing new rights, as necessary, to employees that would allow them to do their work without endangering patient lives. From a technical perspective, the access rights management system also needed not only to work in conjunction with existing applications, such as the ERP system, used within the hospital but also support rights management at the business layer.
Most current access rights managements systems provide information access to individuals based on a combination of the functional requirements necessary for employees to do their jobs and governance rights, which provide the protections that will keep the organization and its information safe and secure. What many existing models have failed to take into account is that most access control models and rights engineering methods don't adequately represent both sides of this equation. As such, determining the correct level of access for different employees within organizations can be difficult.
Within the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, employee access rights were defined based on individual job responsibilities and job descriptions. To best determine how to grant access rights across an hospital, the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor needed to create a system that could take these responsibilities into account, rather than just rely on functional or governance requirements.
To create an access rights management model that would work with the hospital's existing processes and ERP software, the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor first needed to come up with a way to model responsibility requirements instead of just functional or governance requirements. According to Christophe Feltus, Research Engineer at the Public Research Centre, defining a new approach based on actor or employee responsibilities was the first step in creating a new model for the hospital.
Although existing architecture modeling languages provide views for many different types of stakeholders within organizations—from executives to IT and project managers—no modeling language had previously been used to develop a view dedicated to access rights management, Feltus says. As such, that view needed to be created and modeled anew for this project.
To develop this new view, the Public Research Centre needed to find an architecture modeling language that was flexible enough to accommodate such an extension. After evaluating three separate modeling languages, they chose ArchiMate®, an Open Group Standard and open and independent modeling language, to help them visualize the relationships among the hospital's various employees in an unambiguous way.
Much like architectural drawings are used in building architecture to describe the various aspects of construction and building use, ArchiMate provides a common language for describing how to construct business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT systems and technical infrastructures. By providing a common language and visual representation of systems, ArchiMate helps stakeholders within organizations design, assess and communicate how decisions and changes within business domains will affect the organization.
According to Feltus, Archimate provided a well-formalized language for the Public Research Centre to portray the architecture needed to model the access rights management system they wanted to propose for Centre Hospitalier. Because ArchiMate is a flexible and open language, it also provided an extension mechanism that could accommodate the responsibility modeling language (ReMMo) that the engineering team had developed for the hospital.
In addition to providing the tools and extensions necessary for the engineering team to properly model the hospital's access rights system, the Public Research Centre also chose ArchiMate because it is an open and vendor-neutral modeling language. As a publically funded institution, it was important that the Public Research Centre avoided using vendor-specific tools that would lock them in to a potentially costly cycle of constant version upgrades.
"What was very interesting [about ArchiMate] was that it was an open and independent solution. This is very important for us. As a public company, it's preferable not to use private solutions. This was something very important," said Feltus.
Feltus notes that using ArchiMate to model the access rights project was also a relatively easy and intuitive process. "It was rather easy," Feltus said. "The concepts are clear and recommendations are well done, so it was easy to explore the framework." The most challenging part of the project was selecting which extension mechanism would best portray the design and model they wanted to use.
After developing the access rights model using ArchiMate, the responsibility metamodel was presented to the hospital's IT staff by the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor. The Public Research Centre team believes that the responsibility model created using ArchiMate allows for better alignment between the hospital's business processes defined at the business layer with their IT applications being run at the application layer. The team also believes the model could both enhance provisioning of access rights to employees and improve the hospital's performance. For example, using the proposed responsibility model, the team found that some employees in the reception department had been assigned more permissions than they required in practice. Comparing the research findings with the reality on the ground at the hospital has shown the Public Research Centre team that ArchiMate is an effective tool for modeling and determining both responsibilities and access rights within organizations.
Due to the ease of use and success the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor experienced in using ArchiMate to create the responsibility model and the access rights management system for the hospital, Tudor also intends to continue to use ArchiMate for other public and private research projects as appropriate.
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The way those two sentences are written (using "tool" instead of "language") makes me think that they in fact describe both usage of ArchiMate (metamodel) and Archi (open, extensible, vendore-neutral modelling tool).
Do you have more insight on this, is there a way to know if they use Archi (if yes, this could be also seen as good reference) ?
Is there any possibility of seeing some of the output from this work? Obviously the full model would be fantastic, but of course there may be confidentiality difficulties with that, so would it be possible for the extension meta-model to be shared?


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Graham Loss "Bigger Than A Lot Of People Understand"
Q&A With Quintin Mikell, Jason Avant
After a dominant start to the season in Atlanta, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and his team took a step back in their home opener Sunday, losing 17-11 to the 49ers.
Questionable play calls put Jalen Hurts and the Eagles in tough spots all day long, said former Eagles safety Quintin Mikell and former Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant, who shared their thoughts on those confusing calls on the latest "Q&A" on Inside The Birds.
"The Eagles had a 3rd-and-6, which we ran the ball on, which was kind of mind blowing to me," Avant said. "And then we had a 3rd-and-3 where he [Jalen Hurts] had Dallas Goedert in the flat right away, but we rolled it left. People think, "OK, you have Dallas Goedert in the flat right away.' But when you're rolling a right-handed quarterback to the left, it takes more time; he doesn't feel comfortable with that throw because his shoulders aren't square. Therefore, why do you run a roll-out left with a right-handed quarterback? Some things just don't make sense – and that did not make sense."
Nick Sirianni hopes his calls vs. Dallas on Monday night fare better than they did against SF
Mikell felt the Eagles defense' could've been more aggressive throughout the game, although he said lack of blitzing was the least of the Eagles' problems against the Niners. He also touched on the widespread impact Brandon Graham's injury will have.
"Obviously losing Brandon Graham was huge," he said. " I think that's gonna be bigger than a lot of people may not know or understand. He was the heart and soul of that D-line, him and [Fletcher Cox]. He does a lot for that defensive front, so it's gonna be tough to replace him. But I think given the situation, the defense did OK."
Also discussed: The upcoming Monday Night Football road matchup against the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.
Mikell and Avant explained what preparing for the Dallas games was like when they played, and the level of distaste they have for the team and its fans.
"I can't even really put it into words," Mikell said. "You just show up to work on Wednesday just mad and angry. From Wednesday morning at 6:30 AM, you're just in a pissed-off mood all the way up until game day. The biggest part is that their fans are just so annoying. They just get on my last nerves and they're everywhere. They're just the most annoying fans on the planet Earth."
Check out the full show on the Inside The Birds YouTube channel.
– Tyler Strasser (@tylerstrasser7) is a staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.
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My husband doesn't love doing DIY projects and I don't love paying someone for something I "think" I can probably do. So thankfully I found Royal Stencils because after seeing subway tile in bathroom decor. I just had to have it in my bathroom update. If you haven't checked that finished post out you need to! Such a great way to add some texture to the wall with no mess and no experience. Subway tile isn't your thing? No problem they have soooo many options! Check out HERE.
Once I find my inspiration, I go to Pinterest and create a board like this one to put everything together. So if you aren't following me on Pinterest you totally should because this is where all the sneak peaks happen.
I posted a sneak peek here on my Instagram and you guys went crazy over it. So I'll tell you a little bit about my process.
Step 1: Paint the wall the grout color. You only need one coat of this if its darker than the tile. That will help save some paint.
Step 2: Use painter's tape to mask off adjacent walls, ceiling line, and floor line.
Step 3: Start in the middle at the top of the wall. I did use a repositioner adhesive like this one to help keep it flat against the wall. The painter's tape also helped with this though so not necessary.
Step 4: Load your brush with the Benjamin Moore Cloud White and then off-load most of the paint onto a paper towel. Too much paint when stenciling causes bleeding, trust me I know.
Step 5: Using light pressure with the off-loaded roller, fill in the Faux Subway Tile Wall Stencil.
Step 6: Remove the stencil from the wall when complete and re-position it below making sure to match up lines very carefully.
Need help with corners or ceiling/floor lines? Watch this tutorial.
And done! I did have to go back and fill in the grout lines with a small brush a bit due to bleeding but I know the next time around, I will get it with no problems.


Select between two superheros: lego batman and superman. In batman's story, a cat-woman has stolen a purple diamond and your task is to locate her, chase her down and bring back the stolen goods to the bank. Use space to jump over the rooftops. To jump over higher distances use double space to fly. Collect power ups along the way. If you collect enough blue batarangs you will be able to fly longer distances. Make sure not to crash against the building's wall. The game is inspired by Lego Superhero line introduced in 201 and licensed by DC Comics.


The visit is part of Government of Sierra Leone's effort to promote investment opportunities through a targeted approach, as well as rebranding the country's image, thus, making it attractive for investors.
In his introductory statement with Dr. Cesare Veneri, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture in Verona, His Excellency, Amb. Baryoh said this is a follow up meeting held with some investors in December 2018, in which, he promised to have the Minister responsible for trade and investment to visit Italy and hold further in-depth discussions with them.
Whilst giving an overview of the policy environment in Sierra Leone, the Minister emphasised on the country's on-going business reforms to enable investors realise a win-win on their investment and the overall Government's commitment to see investors as key development partners and great contributors to the country's national development agenda.
Minister Konteh, on behalf of His Excellency, President Julius Maada Bio extended invitation to Italian investors through the Chamber to visit Sierra Leone so we can move the relationship to another level.
On his part, Mr. Veneri promised to put together a team of Italian businesses to work with Sierra Leone�s embassy in Germany and the Government of Sierra Leone, through SLIEPA, to organise an investment mission to Sierra Leone soon.


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2020 Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit: Celebrating 25 Years of Industry Leadership
// By Jane Weber Brubaker //
Whether you're at the pinnacle of your career or working your way up, the value of meeting with your peers and heroes face to face cannot be overstated.
Judy Neiman, president, the Forum for Healthcare Strategists
Twenty-five years ago, Judy Neiman founded what is now called the Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit (the Summit). She had the foresight back then to see that consumers were becoming a powerful voice in health care. "It was clear at the time that consumers were going to become increasingly involved in making their own health care decisions," Neiman says. "It seemed that marketers were well-positioned within their organizations to become the voice of those consumers because they were in a position to understand them and convey their needs and wants within."
Initially launched as the Forum on Customer-Based Marketing Strategies, and later combined with the Physician Strategies Summit, the Summit has become one of the must-attend health care marketing conferences for senior and emerging health care leaders, with an average attendance of more than 800. We spoke with Neiman and conference co-chairs Susan Alcorn, counselor at strategic communications firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock and principal at Alcorn Strategic Communications, and Kriss Barlow, principal at Barlow/McCarthy, to get a preview of this year's Summit, set for April 5–7 in Las Vegas.
Susan Alcorn, counselor at strategic communications firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, and principal at Alcorn Strategic Communications
Alcorn says, "No matter where you are in your career, there's something that will appeal to you and I think that's what's really excellent about the Summit."
Barlow agrees that the people side of the equation is a big part of the Summit's draw. "People who are in these roles are trying to evolve skill sets and understand the pace of change," she says. "When you think about the business development people or the medical community, I think a whole lot of what the Summit has tried to do is to help people become the most effective they can be in their roles."
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