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Michael Bennett and Family Collecting Donations for Connecticut Children's Hospital
Posted on April 28, 2017 by Scott Running	Posted in News
(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the dawn of a new NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season, Stafford Late Model driver Michael Bennett and his wife Lindsay have announced that they will be taking donations to benefit the Connecticut Children's Hospital throughout the year.
The Bennett's had their world turned upside down back in August of 2015 when their son Chace was diagnosed with leukemia. With Chace now on the road to recovery, the Bennett's wanted to give something back to the CT Children's Hospital that has helped Chace and so many other young children with life threatening illnesses. Enter the Race for Chace Donation Box.
The Bennetts will be collecting newly packaged Matchbox cars for the CT Children's Hospital Prize Closet, which rewards young children with a gift after their treatment has been completed that day. Donations can be dropped off at the Speedway Novelty Booth at Stafford during racing season on Friday nights and this weekend's NAPA Spring Sizzler. Anyone making a Matchbox car donation will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win either a family four pack of tickets to the Monster Jam event in July at Stafford or the season ending NAPA Fall Final Weekend. The first raffle drawing will take place on July 7th and the second drawing will take place on September 15th. Raffle winners will be contacted by phone if not present the day of the drawings.
"We got this idea when Chace would go in for his treatments, and especially when he first started going. The prize closet was a good way to get Chace to behave and allow the doctors to do what they needed to do," said Bennett. "Now that he's been there and he's familiar with it, he knows he's going to get to choose something from the prize closet when he goes in for a treatment and it keeps him very well behaved. All donations received at the novelty booth will go to the CT Children's Hospital. We're looking for newly packaged matchbox of any kind, we're not limiting it to just racing. We also want people to know that they don't have to drop off their donation at the track, they can get in touch with either myself or my wife through Facebook and we'll accept donations from everywhere, not just at the track."
Although he is currently on the road to recovery, Chace still visits the hospital once a month for treatments and he will continue to receive treatments until October 2018. Chace is active now in Little League and doing very well on the diamond.
"Chace is doing well now," said Bennett. There's certain sports that he can't play like football and he can't ride ride a go karts yet with how the harness has to be worn. Chace is in his second season of Little League playing baseball and he's having a lot of fun with that right now."
The first race of the 2017 season at Stafford is this weekend, April 29-30 and the track is racing every Friday night from May through September. Fans can bring their matchbox donations to the Speedway Novelty Booth located behind the turn 4 grandstands and they will receive their raffle tickets there when they make their donation.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
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Mike Nichols (CMO for Gaming at Microsoft) wrote yesterday about the Records setting road to E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) for Xbox.
Here is the summary of the post.
New records – Xbox is seeing record number of players, playing at record levels and engaging in new ways. There is 13% increase over last year in Xbox Live players and 15% more sales over last year for Xbox One. More than 600,000 friendships are forges with "Looking for Group" feature and there are now more than 1.2 million Clubs on Xbox Live.
Sea of Thieves – Is the fastest selling Microsoft Studios IP or Intellectual Property of this generation.
Playing milestones – Players now play over 4 billion hours on games released through ID@Xbox program and about 1 billion hours on games with backward compatibility library.
Xbox Game Pass has been a great contributor to growth in players and engagement. With over 100 great games available for one low monthly price and new games added every month, including new games from Microsoft Studios the same day as their global release, Xbox Game Pass is all about introducing you to new genres, franchises, and games. It's been incredible to see the growth in the service and the growth of engagement in franchises made available in Xbox Game Pass.
Games Pass will also see the global release of State of Decay 2 on May 22nd. This is big, as seen in the past, Xbox Game Pass had titles which were same year release or earlier. But Microsoft announced sometime last year that Microsoft Studio new and upcoming games will be released together with Game Pass and more traditional way, like digitally and physical discs. So State of Decay 2 will be available to play on Game Pass on day 1 of its release.
Mixer – For the first time Mixer exceeded more than 10 million active users in a month as of late last year.


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Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Limited under AVIC (hereinafter XAC), the large-sized aviation industry enterprise integrated with scientific research and production, is a base of developing and manufacturing large and medium-sized airplanes in China, and under the leadership of AVIC Aircraft Company Limited. XAC covers a total area of over 3.7 million square meters, has more than 9,000 of various kinds of equipment and instruments, and owns more than 19,000 employees.
From its establishment in 1958, XAC always insists on taking the development and production of military and commercial airplanes as first priority, seeking the scientific and technological progress for development and greatly developing the non-aero products and modern service industry. XAC has become a high-tech industry group integrated with aircraft, automobile, architectural material, electronic product and import and export trade, etc.
Within 50 years, XAC has successively developed and manufactured more than 30 different types of commercial and military aircraft. Military aircraft is mainly composed of Chinese Flying Leopard and B6 series bomber etc, in which aerial tanker and Chinese Flying Leopard respectively gets the State Special Medal of Scientific and Technological Progress. Commercial aircraft is mainly composed of Y7 series and MA60 aircraft. MA60 aircraft is designed, manufactured and flight-test certificated strictly in accordance with CCAR 25 equivalent to international standard, and reaches or gets close to world advanced commuter level of the same type at the aspects of safety, reliability, comfortability, economy and maintainability. XAC is the first company within Chinese aviation industry to step into the international market in 1980, and successively cooperates on aviation products manufacture with world famous aircraft company such as Boeing, Airbus, Air Canada, and Air Italy. XAC's subcontract production of aircraft structural parts ranks first within aviation industry in China.
According to the related diversified development strategy, XAC has successively invested and established more than 30 enterprises including Xi'an Silver Bus Corporation, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Decoration Corporation, and XAC Import and Export Corporation with the products such as large-sized luxury Silver bus, XIFEI brand aluminum extrusion, metal architectural panel, aluminum doors and windows, and curtain wall, VCM plastic plate, and variable frequency ambiguity controller, etc. XAC involves into many areas within the tertiary industry as import and export trade, hotel service, property management, storage logistic and real estate, etc. XIFEI brand was rewarded as Chinese Famous Brand in 2008.
Since the new century, XAC takes Build New XAC strategy as guidance, takes the build of New Product, New Management, and New Culture, New Image and New Performance as emphasis, pays great effort to build new development platform, gets fast development, makes all operational index sustainable increasing, and receives an annual operational income of over RMB 10 billion.
XAC successively rewarded as National Customers Satisfactory Enterprise, May First Labor Medal, Special Contribution Medal of High-tech Weapon Equipment Development Project, National Keep Contract Respect Credit Enterprise, National Quality Efficiency-oriented Advanced Enterprise, National Mental Build Advanced Unit, National Ideal Political Work Excellent Enterprise, National civilized Unit, etc.
Looking forward, in the light of the strategic deployment of AVIC and AVIC Aircraft Company, XAC will take "Aviation Repay Back Nation, Strengthen Nation, Enrich People" as core theme, promote the AVIC strategic reconstruction and the strategic fulfillment of Two Financing, Three New, Five "-lized", Trillion Income, continually deepen the reform, strengthen the management, raise the profit, realize the coordinating development and harmonious common win with benefit-related operators, make efforts to build itself a modern aviation enterprise ranking advanced in China and first class in world.
The Xian Aircraft Company (XAC) produced the H-6 (Badger) under a licensing agreement from the Soviet Union, and continues to upgrade this aircraft, along with the Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC). Xian Aircraft has been developing the new Hong-7 (or FB-7) supersonic fighter-bomber for the PLA Navy. This program does not include PLA Air Force participation, and there is no indication that the system will have a nuclear mission.
Xian Aircraft builds the Y-7 transport plane, designed to operate on medium-and short-distance feeder lines, with a passenger cabin that accommodates 48-52 seats. Gas turbine engines produced by Pratt & Whitney Canada, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation of Hartford, Connecticut, power the Y-7 200A aircraft produced by Xian Aircraft. All domestic Chinese airlines rely on the Yun-7 passenger planes produced by Xi'an Aircraft as the mainstay for intermediate and short flights, as well as branch routes.
The MD-90 was selected in 1992 as the China Trunkliner for domestic trunk and regional airline routes. In 1994, an amended co-production agreement for 40 aircraft was signed by McDonnell Douglas and the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp. The agreement called for the production of 20 MD-90s in Shanghai and the direct sale of 20 of the twin jets from Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach. MD-90s were built in China by a manufacturing team that included factories in Xian, Chengdu and Shenyang for component fabrication and subassembly work, and final assembly by Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corp. (SAIC).
Boeing's industrial cooperation with China began in 1980, and as of 1998 there were approximately 2000 Boeing airplanes flying worldwide that included major parts built by China. Major assemblies co-produced at Xian Aircraft Company include 737 vertical fins, horizontal stabilizers, forward access doors, and 747 trailing edge ribs. Boeing also contracts with plants in Xian for aluminum and titanium forgings. For the Next-Generation 737, vertical fins come from Xi'an Aircraft International Corp. For the 747-8, Xi'an is building wing parts, including the 747-8's inboard flaps, the single largest piece of aircraft structure that Boeing purchases from China.
XAC also produces components for Airbus Industrie aircraft. In May 1997 Airbus signed a contract for the manufacturing by Xian Aircraft Company of the rear section of the fuselage for the ATR 72 twin-turboprop 74-passenger aircraft. Xian Aircraft Company has been involved in manufacturing parts for Airbus aircraft as well as maintenance tools.
The A320 Wing Family Cooperation Programme is a key commitment that Airbus has made to China in terms of technological transfer. In 1999, Airbus signed an agreement with AVIC I, pursuant to which Airbus agreed to transfer the manufacturing technologies and assemblies of the wings of A320 Family aircraft to China. The first phase of the program started in the same year. In November 2002, Airbus signed an agreement with AVIC I to start the second phase of the program, which allowed Xi'an Aircraft Corporation (XAC) and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) to produce the fixed trailing and leading edges respectively. The first ship set of fixed leading edges was delivered in September 2004, while the first ship set of fixed trailing edges was delivered in March 2005, signalling that the second phase is making progress. With up to 30 engineers sent by Airbus to XAC and SAC, the cooperation programme was set to speed up. The leading and trailing edges and wing box technologies are important components of wing production, and play an essential role in aircraft manufacturing.
After failed negotiations with Boeing and Airbus, a group of six Chinese aerospace companies decided in late 1998 to build a regional passenger jet with either 58 or 76 seats and a range of up to 3,200 kilometers. The six companies are Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing, Xian Aircraft Industry Group, Shanxi Aircraft Co., Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corp., Shanghai Aircraft Research Institute and the Xian Design and Research Institute.
Xian [formerly called Chang'an] is the capital of Shaanxi [Shensi] Province, and a major center for the military-industrial complex, focusing on aircraft and electronics. Major industrial centers in Xi'an include the Electric Town in the west suburbs, the Textile Town in the east suburbs, the Electronic Town in the southwest suburbs, the Aircraft Town in Yanliang District, and the Engineering Industry Area in Hansenzhai.


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Yoga's influence on healthy living has certainly changed the way many of us spend our holidays. A destination retreat to a tropical island or visit to a mountain ashram can be just what's needed in order to separate us from our hectic lifestyles back home.
To celebrate the upcoming International Day of Yoga, we've decided to put together our Top 10 list of the world's best yoga holiday destinations. So keep calm and breathe.
Indonesia's undisputed spiritual epicentre is certainly one of the world's most attractive places to practice yoga. Outside of Denpasar the island is wonderfully peaceful and filled with retreats offering everything from classes for beginners to training for those pursuing a teaching certification.
The accommodation set up to feed yoga hungry travellers in Thailand is endless. You'll find that most of the action takes place on some of the country's incredible islands, like popular Ko Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. But Chiang Mai in the north is also a great location that offers more of a rural feel for those hoping to relax.
California's wealth of natural beauty mixed with its concentration of new-age yogis makes it an excellent destination for yoga lovers of all levels. Areas like Lake Tahoe and Big Sur in northern California and Santa Barbara in central California are emerging places for those hoping to improve their practice while taking in some calming mountain wilderness.
Yoga's homeland is a clear choice for spiritual travellers and something of a pilgrimage destination for many of the world's most serious yogis. But there's no need to be intimidated, India's world famous ashrams can be found scattered around the country offering courses for travelling beginners all the way up to certified experts. Find your course and go!
Costa Rica has quickly become one of the world's most popular destinations for yoga holidays. Its lush jungles and beautiful beaches provide an excellent setting, attracting both the most adventure-thirsty travellers and the most relaxed beach goers. You'll find a large offering of spas and retreats with great packages.
It's very hard to imagine something more relaxing than yoga in the Maldives. The renowned atolls are home to some of the world's most stunning islands and beaches. Plus some outstanding resorts where improving your practice can be an everyday occurrence accompanied by world-class scenery and led by top-notch instructors.
With more than 6,000 islands, Greece has all of the necessary elements for relaxation available, making it one of the Mediterranean's best destinations for a feel-good healthy holiday. Courses are easy to find on some of the most popular islands, including Zante, Santorini, Rhodes and Crete.
The other side of Mexico's well known party scene is something much more calming. With two stunning coastlines, the country is home to beautiful postcard-like scenery. Yoga retreats and spas outside popular destinations like Cancun and Acapulco make for a holiday that proves to be silent and relaxing - and certainly more peaceful than tequila shots.
Surprisingly, the Aloha State is one of the best locations to find quality, affordable yoga. Because of its status as a popular holiday destination, Hawaii is filled with qualified teachers working out of studios, resorts, spas and more. Ask around and you can even find donation-based classes happening in beachside public parks.
Can you think of a better place to leave it all behind you than the Bahamas? Neither can we. The sight of clear blue water and white sand beaches mixed with the sound of gently breaking waves is just the right combination to leave us in a state of bliss. Yoga classes are a regular event on both Nassau and Paradise Island.


Amsterdam, May 21, 2015 - Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint announces the promotion of 19 new Partners from all over Europe and from diverse areas of expertise. The promotions exemplify the firm's commitment to excellence for its clients. The newly appointed Partners are Alexander Beck (Germany), Olivier Beugnet (France), Jon Brannsten (Norway), Eric Conway (Ireland), Frank Duscheck, Philipp Fahr, Marc Feller (all Germany), Frédéric Gigant (France), Werner Gothein (Germany), Rabih Hamdan (Italy), Frank Henrich, Dirk Jaensch (both Germany), Barry Keane (Ireland), Jean-Michel Marguerat (Switzerland), Muriel Monteiro (France), Joerg Steinbauer (Austria), Thomas Steiner (Germany), Louise von Blixen-Finecke (Sweden), and Giovanni Zucchelli (Germany).
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FLOW Praises Gov. Whitmer for Upholding Public Trust Law on Line 5 by Revoking and Terminating Easement
Published on November 13th, 2020 by FLOW Editor - Blog Posts, News, Reports & Media Releases
Today's announcement by Governor Whitmer and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Eichinger that the State of Michigan, under the public trust doctrine, is revoking and terminating the 1953 easement allowing Enbridge to operate dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac—due to repeated violations of the easement—represents a clear victory for the Great Lakes and the citizens and tribes of Michigan, said FLOW executive director Liz Kirkwood today.
"As public trustees of our waters, the State of Michigan is affirmatively upholding the rule of law and protecting the public's treasured Great Lakes from the clear and present danger of an oil spill catastrophe from Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline."
"This is an historic day of state leadership by the Whitmer administration brought about by many years of dedicated action by environmental groups, Indian tribes, communities, businesses, faith communities, families, and individuals. People of diverse backgrounds have come together to work tirelessly on a common purpose—protecting the Great Lakes, drinking water, fishing rights, the economy, coastal communities, and a way of life from the most dangerous oil pipeline in America.
"While this is a moment to celebrate, we must remain vigilant until the oil stops flowing for good in May 2021 because Line 5 remains exposed to uncontrollable and powerful forces, including exceptionally strong currents, lakebed scouring, new anchor and cable strikes, and corrosion. These forces dramatically increase the risk of this elevated, outdated pipeline collapsing and causing the unthinkable: a catastrophic oil spill in the heart of the Great Lakes."
Since 2013, FLOW has filed extensive legal and technical reports with the State of Michigan, including most recently in November 2019, citing extensive evidence of Enbridge operating Line 5 illegally and risking the public's water. For more information, see FLOW's original news archive.
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Gov Whitmer, thank-you on working to try to shut down Line 5. I still remember the spill in the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge seems to forget about that!!
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During the latest years people are getting more and more interested in bitcoin and in its applications on the economy, on a commercial and legal level. Yesterday at LUISS ENLABS we hosted a first introductory workshop on this topic in order to understand better what this phenomenon represents and how it works.
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One brand new Do Lab course is about to start: Digital Brand Design! Do Lab – Digital Smart Learning is a school created and promoted by Codemotion, together with LVenture Group. Attending Digital Brand Design, you will learn everything about the design and the creation of a digital brand. We asked Claudia Illuzzi, lecturer of Digital Brand Design, a few questions on the topics she will explain better during the classes.
Tech startups hype themselves by saying they want to change the world or, more minimally, a (small) piece of it. They want to disrupt, revolutionize a sector, an area. Change old attitudes. For this reason, we can consider natural the fact that they started targeting the education field, too often anchored to aged schemes and processes.
Now, at least in terms of innovation attempts, something is changing, especially in the USA where – in the last two years – venture capitalists have been massively investing in edtech startups, which are trying to develop innovative solutions to support teachers, students and parents and to revolutionize the way they have operated to date. The trend is emerging resoundingly and in 2014 funds are continuing to pour through in order to create a sustainable ecosystem.
Today the Italian team of BlaBla Car came over at LUISS ENLABS to tell their story to our startups. An inspiring story for every startup willing to scale its business on a national and international level.Created in 2006, BlaBla Car is a trusted community marketplace connecting drivers with empty seats to passengers looking for a ride. Today, it counts more than six million members, one million travelers per month and it operates in twelve different countries. How did they get these results? The answer is in three main features: investments, PR and social media marketing.


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SO YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT FUNNY - COMEDY SCENE STUDY WITH STAGE/TV/FILM STAR, SHEILA McCARTHY
Start date August 17, 2019 10:00 am
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A two day intensive scene study class exploring comedy on film from the Silent Film era to present day sitcoms and web series. Actors will work in pairs reading, rehearsing, filming and then watching on film a comedy scene of their choice ( lists of scenes will be provided beforehand to choose from) in a warm and open environment where everything goes and comedy techniques are learned through a ton of laughter and fun. This workshop for those who want to explore their inner clowns. We all have one!
We will discuss the various kinds of comedy styles from the madcap to the often British wry humour as well as watch a handful of the comic geniuses on film to see exactly how it's done.
The workshop will begin with easy read through's of selected scenes, then move into rehearsing them on their feet, and finally filming them. This is a fast paced class and often we manage to get two scenes done with different scene partners!
We will explore the physical side of comedy as well as the inner workings of it. Everyone's idea of comedy is different. That's what makes this class so exciting. You think you're not funny? You will be after this experience!
Sheila was born in Toronto and began her career at The Charlottetown Festival as a professional dancer when she was sixteen. She has spent four decades working across the country in every major theatre including Soulpepper, Stratford and Shaw festivals, and is the recipient of 2 Genie Awards as best Actress in most notably "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" which also won her the Charles Chaplin Award in Vevy, Switzerland and Peoples Choice award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also been nominated and won 2 Gemini tv Awards as well as 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Little Shoppe of Horrors and Really Rosie.
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Die Hard 2, Stepping out, Being Julia, The Day After Tomorrow, Virtual Mom (which she wrote and produced), I Was A Teenage Drama Queen, Picket Fences, Emily of New Moon, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Orphan Black and is currently shooting Conviction to name a few. She directed and choreographed Sweet Charity at Sheridan College and also How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Trapdoor in 2017. Sheila also teaches Acting on Film at Humber, National Theatre School, Sheridan and The Norman Jewison Canadian Film Centre.
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directing her first short film Russet Season, as well as starring in Little Black Dress, a film directed by daughter and producer Mackenzie Donaldson, and the film Martin's Hagge written by Gordon Pinsent. In 2017, her film The Cardinals was released, and in 2018 she shot a new Netflix series called The Umbrella Academy. Recently, for Star Trek:Discovery, she played the part of Amesha in the episode, "New Eden". She just completed a horror film entitled The Wanting. Her next directing job is a production of SOUVENIRS.
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June - 2018 Thanks to our Senior Class of 2018, Student Council, and our Stadium Sponsors, the ticket booth for the stadium has been given the go ahead for construction. Veka Outdoor Living Products will be donating the privacy fence, which will be delivered in the next few weeks, and we continue to await the correct permit for the restrooms. Updates will be posted when these projects commence.
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Hi, i am getting "Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space" while running my java program in eclipse.
The eclipse.ini settings only apply to the JVM that is running Eclipse itself. When Eclipse runs your program, it starts a new JVM. So what you need to do is to go to your "Run Configurations" for your program and there should be a tab called 'Arguments' where you can enter "VM arguments" which will apply to the JVM that will run your program. Set your memory settings in there and you should be right to go!


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Carioca CGI is a CGI provider house based in Bucharest, Romania, specialized in advertising visuals.
They work on local and international brands,for agencies located in Romania,Eastern Europe,Germany,Italy, and France.
Carioca CGI is part of the Carioca group. With Carioca CGI,from spectacular pack shots to incredible places/props/creatures/animate beings/objects, everything can be created. And the result is not just the plain rendered image.
They believe in sensitive,powerful and styled visuals perfectly fitting to each project, to ensure the message clearly being transmitted in the most suitable style. Carioca CGI can create everything, with full control,from simple themes to complex projects. Carioca's working mode provides visuals full of personality and style.
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Here you'll find an elephant racing with greyhounds, a birthday celebrated hamster style, and a praying bear. You will be astonished by the minute detail work put into these ads. Not a hair out of place. Or fur.
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Ashy Wednesday: How the smoke lingering over Alberta is affecting everything from athletes to songbirds
By Hamdi IssawiStarMetro Edmonton
Claire TheobaldStarMetro Edmonton
Mary GetanehStarMetro Calgary
Wed., Aug. 15, 2018timer5 min. read
EDMONTON—It's not the end of the world. It just looks that way in Alberta.
Smoke from forest fires in British Columbia continues to roll into the Prairies, affecting everyone from infants to athletes — not to forget the wildlife.
Visibility in the capital region was very limited Wednesday morning as the sky turned a dark and dirty brown overnight from smoke and particulate matter. Street lights had not clicked off as of 8 a.m. and drivers used their headlights on the way to work.
Similar conditions prevailed in Calgary, where it was difficult to make out the city's skyline from any distance.
The air above Edmonton was washed with a dull orange light Wednesday morning as the sun tried to break through the haze. Residents spent the morning posting pictures of the glow, calling it "apocalyptic."
But Environment Canada meteorologist John Paul Cragg said it's not the sky people need to worry about.
He said particulate matter, tiny bits of ash, wafting in from the western wildfires are deflecting much of the sun's rays, leaving only longer wavelengths of light, like orange and red, to get through.
"There will be ash of a whole bunch of different sizes coming with this smoke," Cragg said. "It's the really fine particulate matter that we worry about mostly for air quality issues, because that's the stuff that gets deep in your lungs."
As of Wednesday evening, Environment Canada pegged Edmonton's Air Quality Health Index at 10+, which is a very high risk condition. People may experience symptoms such as coughing, throat irritation, headaches or shortness of breath.
Chris Sikora, a medical health officer for the Edmonton zone of the Alberta Health Service, said the key to mitigating risk under these conditions is recognizing who is vulnerable and following the recommendations of the index.
Those at risk include the very young and elderly, those living with chronic heart and lung illnesses and people participating in sports or strenuous work outdoors.
"When the health risk is very high, 10 or above, avoid those strenuous outdoor activities," Sikora said.
Recently, he added, Alberta Health Link has seen a bump in calls related to asthma, wheezing and other breathing difficulties, which is not unusual in these conditions.
"People should be aware of what category they fit in and what the outdoor air quality is like," Sikora said. "If people are experiencing a deterioration of symptoms, emergency departments, urgent care centres are well equipped to help manage."
Without any rain to wash away the ash, forecasts expect air quality to get worse over the course of the day. Cragg said the smoke will likely linger until Sunday, when the area will start to see a northerly air flow.
Smoke plumes from over 400 wildfires raging in B.C. have wafted into the Edmonton area
Lightning sets hundreds of new forest fires in B.C. over the weekend
New B.C. wildfires prompt evacuation orders as weather shifts
Environment Canada has maintained a special air-quality statement for much of the Prairies, saying that conditions are not expected to change for the rest of the week.
According to the Northern Forestry Centre, a research station operated by Canadian Forest Services, hazy, smoky summers could be more common in the years to come.
"All the science seems to indicate or support that we should expect a lot more fire activity is going to be more the norm than the exception," said Brian Wiens, the centre's director of operations and planning.
Wiens said that, in the last couple of years, the forest fires have been "spectacularly bad in B.C."
According to the Government of British Columbia, 2016 saw just over 1,000 wildfires burn more than 100,000 hectares in the province. Preliminary estimates for 2017 show that last year was considerably worse, when 1,353 fires burned more than 12 times that area.
Dry conditions tied to climate change are one factor behind all the blazes, Wiens explained.
"(Fires) are one of the things that we expect that we'd see more of," said Wiens. "The other aspect is there's strong evidence that suggests we're going to see more lightning as well."
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About 57 per cent of B.C. wildfires were caused by lighting last year, up from 46 per cent in 2016.
Biologist Chris Fisher said the smoke is also taking a toll on wildlife, particularly birds pouring out from the arctic and boreal forests through Alberta that navigate by starlight.
"With our night skies obscured from smoke, for these birds, it must be like finding your way with a dimmed-out GPS," Fisher said. "I wouldn't be surprised if we see some lost wanderers who may end up mistaking Churchill for Cancun."
Fisher said Alberta can expect a songbird fallout, meaning many will end up grounded here — a possible boon to local birdwatchers.
The prospect of smoky skies could also put a kink in plans for thousands of athletes in Edmonton if conditions continue into the weekend.
With 5,000 runners planning to push their bodies to the limit in the Servus Edmonton Marathon this weekend, organizers are watching the weather carefully.
"Today, we wouldn't recommend anybody running outdoors," said John Stanton, founder of The Running Room, in an interview Wednesday.
While Stanton says race organizers are optimistic that rain on Friday and Saturday could clear some of the smoke, they are already planning contingencies. Participants who are concerned about the air quality come race day will be allowed to move to a lighter level of competition.
Those registered for the marathon will be allowed to run the half-marathon instead, while those scheduled to run the half-marathon will be allowed to switch to the 10-kilometre race. Those running the 10-kilometre race will be allowed to move to the five-kilometre race without paying extra fees.
Organizers are encouraging those with health problems, such as diabetes or lung disease, to consult their doctors before participating.
Most competitors have been training for as long as 20 weeks ahead of the Edmonton Marathon, Stanton said, but many rest the week ahead of the marathon to ensure they are in peak condition.
For those still actively training, Stanton suggests they take their routine indoors.
"We're recommending that if they do want to do some running today that they hop on a treadmill," Stanton said.
If the air quality stays extremely poor, Stanton said organizers will call off the race.
"The runners' safety is always paramount to us," Stanton said. "We want an event that's fun and safe and enjoyable, but safety is paramount."
If the air quality begins to clear, however, it will be up to the individual runners to decide what is best for them.
"Ease back a little bit. A lot of the time, if you adjust the intensity or the duration of your exercise, you can still exercise," Stanton said.
Stanton said poor air quality will likely impact race times, as athletes should be concerned about their overall health and not challenging their best records under such conditions — but that will be easier said than done for athletes returning to the race looking to clinch spots on Canada's Olympic teams.
Krista DuChene, who competed on Canada's Olympic team in 2016 and placed third in the Boston Marathon in 2018, will be running the Edmonton Marathon in the hopes of securing a spot on the Canadian Olympic Team.
Stanton said runners can check the Edmonton Marathon website for updates.
With files from Kevin Maimann and The Canadian Press
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Mutations in Sodium Channel {beta}1- and {beta}2-Subunits Associated With Atrial Fibrillation
H Watanabe , D Darbar , D. W Kaiser , K Jiramongkolchai , S Chopra , B. S Donahue , P. J Kannankeril and D. M. Roden
Background— We and others have reported mutations in the cardiac predominant sodium channel gene SCN5A in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We also have reported that SCN1B is associated with Brugada syndrome and isolated cardiac conduction disease. We tested the hypothesis that mutations in the 4 sodium channel β-subunit genes SCN1B–SCN4B contribute to AF susceptibility.
Methods and Results— Screening for mutations in the 4 β-subunit genes was performed in 480 patients with AF (118 patients with lone AF and 362 patients with AF and cardiovascular disease) and 548 control subjects (188 ethnically defined anonymized subjects and 360 subjects without AF). The effects of mutant β-subunits on SCN5A mediated currents were studied using electrophysiological studies. We identified 2 nonsynonymous variants in SCN1B (resulting in R85H, D153N) and 2 in SCN2B (R28Q, R28W) in patients with AF. These occur at residues highly conserved across mammals and were absent in control subjects. In 3 of 4 mutation carriers, the ECGs showed saddleback-type ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads. Transcripts encoding both SCN1B and SCN2B were detected in human atrium and ventricle. In heterologous expression studies using Chinese hamster ovary cells, the mutant β1- or β2-subunits reduced SCN5A-mediated current and altered channel gating compared with coexpression of wild-type subunits.
Conclusions— Loss of function mutations in sodium channel β-subunits were identified in patients with AF and were associated with a distinctive ECG phenotype. These findings further support the hypothesis that decreased sodium current enhances AF susceptibility.
Phase I Study of YM155, a Novel Survivin Suppressant, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
T Satoh , I Okamoto , M Miyazaki , R Morinaga , A Tsuya , Y Hasegawa , M Terashima , S Ueda , M Fukuoka , Y Ariyoshi , T Saito , N Masuda , H Watanabe , T Taguchi , T Kakihara , Y Aoyama , Y Hashimoto and K. Nakagawa
Purpose: YM155, a novel molecular targeted agent, suppresses survivin, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family that is overexpressed in many tumor types. The aim of this study was to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of YM155 in patients with advanced refractory solid tumors.
Experimental Design: Patients with advanced refractory solid tumors were treated with escalating doses of YM155 administered by continuous i.v. infusion for 168 hours in 21-day cycles.
Results: Of the 34 patients enrolled, 33 (median age, 59 years) received at least 1 dose of YM155 (range, 1-19 cycles). The dose levels studied were 1.8, 3.6, 4.8, 6.0, 8.0, and 10.6 mg/m2/d. The MTD was determined to be 8.0 mg/m2/d, based on a dose-limiting toxicity of increased blood creatinine observed in 2 patients receiving 10.6 mg/m2/d. The most common adverse reactions judged to be related to YM155 were urine microalbumin present; fever; injection-site phlebitis; fatigue; and decreased hemoglobin/anemia, blood albumin, and lymphocyte count. The pharmacokinetic profile was almost linear over the dosing range and was similar between cycles 1 and 2. Urinary excretion of YM155 showed no definite difference among doses. Stable disease was achieved in nine patients.
Conclusions: YM155 was safely administered to patients with advanced refractory solid tumors by 168-hour continuous i.v. infusion in 21-day cycles. The MTD was determined to be 8.0 mg/m2/d. The safety profile, plasma concentrations achieved, and antitumor activity observed merit further studies with this survivin suppressant, alone and in combination regimens.
Pharmacokinetic Study of Enclosed Hemoglobin and Outer Lipid Component after the Administration of Hemoglobin Vesicles as an Artificial Oxygen Carrier
K Taguchi , Y Urata , M Anraku , T Maruyama , H Watanabe , H Sakai , H Horinouchi , K Kobayashi , E Tsuchida , T Kai and M. Otagiri
The hemoglobin vesicle (HbV) is an artificial oxygen carrier that encapsulates a concentrated Hb solution in lipid vesicles (liposomes). The pharmacokinetic properties of HbV were investigated in mice and rats. With use of HbV in which the internal Hb was labeled with 125I (125I-HbV) and cell-free 125I-Hb, it was found that encapsulation of Hb increased the half-life by 30 times, accompanied by decreased distribution in both the liver and kidney. The half-life of HbV was increased, and the uptake clearance for the liver and spleen were decreased with increasing doses of HbV. In an in vitro study, the specific uptake and degradation of HbV in RAW 264.7 cells were found, but this was not the case for parenchymal and endothelial cells. The pharmacokinetics of HbV components (internal Hb and liposomal lipid) were also investigated using 125I-HbV and 3H-HbV (liposomal cholesterol was radiolabeled with tritium-3). The time courses for the plasma concentration curves of 125I-HbV, 3H-HbV, and iron derived from HbV suggest that HbV maintain an intact structure in the blood circulation up to 24 h after injection. 125I-HbV and 3H-HbV were distributed mainly to the liver and spleen. Internal Hb disappeared from both the liver and spleen 5 days after injection, and the liposomal cholesterol disappeared at approximately 14 days. Internal Hb was excreted into the urine and cholesterol into feces via biliary excretion. These results suggest that the HbV has a reasonable blood retention and metabolic and excretion performance and could be used as an oxygen carrier.
Inference of the impact of insertion sequence (IS) elements on bacterial genome diversification through analysis of small-size structural polymorphisms in Escherichia coli O157 genomes
T Ooka , Y Ogura , M Asadulghani , M Ohnishi , K Nakayama , J Terajima , H Watanabe and T. Hayashi
Mobile genetic elements play important roles in the evolution and diversification of bacterial genomes. In enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, a major factor that affects genomic diversity is prophages, which generate most of the large-size structural polymorphisms (LSSPs) observed in O157 genomes. Here, we describe the results of a systematic analysis of numerous small-size structural polymorphisms (SSSPs) that were detected by comparing the genomes of eight clinical isolates with a sequenced strain, O157 Sakai. Most of the SSSPs were generated by genetic events associated with only two insertion sequence (IS) elements, IS629 and ISEc8, and a number of genes that were inactivated or deleted by these events were identified. Simple excisions of IS629 and small deletions (footprints) formed by the excision of IS629, both of which are rarely described in bacteria, were also detected. In addition, the distribution of IS elements was highly biased toward prophages, prophage-like integrative elements, and plasmids. Based on these and our previous results, we conclude that, in addition to prophages, these two IS elements are major contributors to the genomic diversification of O157 strains and that LSSPs have been generated mainly by bacteriophages and SSSPs by IS elements. We also suggest that IS elements possibly play a role in the inactivation and immobilization of incoming phages and plasmids. Taken together, our results reveal the true impact of IS elements on the diversification of bacterial genomes and highlight their novel role in genome evolution.


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South Korean adopted by US parents as a child to be deported after 40 years
By Melany Mejias / Friday, 28 Oct 2016 12:18PM
Adam Crapser, a South Korean who was adopted at age 3, is set to be deported to his country of birth because his adoptive parents didn't apply for naturalization when they brought him to the United States. Crapser is now 41 years old and is a father of four who will have to leave his family to be taken to a country where he simply doesn't belong.
Lori Walls, of the Washington Immigration Defense Group, told NBC News that Crapser, his wife, and kids were heartbroken after Immigration Judge John O'Dell ruled against relief that would allow the South Korean stay in the US. Walls said Adam was eligible for a discretionary form of relief known as "cancellation of removal," but the judge decided he didn't deserve such an opportunity because he has been convicted of a series of minor crimes.
Crapser is now 41 years old and will have to leave his family to be taken to a country where he simply doesn't belong. Photo credit: Gosia Wozniacka / AP / The Washington Post
The Associated Press reported that there are about 35,000 international adoptees who could be deported anytime for some small crimes because they simply don't hold U.S. citizenship, according to the Associated Press.
Not only didn't Adam's adoptive parents complete his citizenship papers but they also abandoned him to the foster care system.
"They promised that they would take care of these things, and it never happened," Adam told National Public Radio last year.
An abusive childhood
His first foster family also adopted his sister, and both children were often punished. Crapser was whipped and forced to sit in a dark basement, as The New York Times Magazine reported in 2015. Six years later, the couple abandoned Adam, and he had to go to foster homes and a boy's home.
After two years, he was welcomed by Thomas and Dolly Crapser, a couple in Oregon who had a biological son, several foster children and two other adoptees, as reported by NBC News. Crapser has said he was physically abused by his second adoptive parents, who in 1991 were arrested on charges of physical child abuse, sexual assault, and rape, according to the International Business Times.
"Dolly, Crapser says, slammed the children's heads against door frames and once hit him in the back of the head with a two-by-four after he woke her up from a nap. Thomas duct-taped the children's mouths shut, Crapser says," reads the report by The New York Times Magazine.
The report continues to say that Thomas even burned the boy's hands and broke his nose because he couldn't find his adoptive dad's car keys. After Adam was kicked out from that house, he returned to try to steal back his possessions and was then convicted of burglary. He served jail time and committed other criminal acts after being released.
The Times reported that Crapser later succeeded at starting a new. He married and had four kids. Crapser was recently a stay-at-home father who had a hard time at finding a job because he had no U.S. citizenship.
In 2014, Adam tried to renew his permanent resident card and federal immigration officials realized he was potentially eligible for deportation because of his criminal convictions, which included burglary and assault.
Adam is currently at an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington. Despite his efforts to remain in the U.S. with his wife and kids, he will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement completes the required arrangements.
Source: IB Times
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John Deere-Hitachi Specialty Products celebrates 5,000th swing machine
Twenty years ago, the John Deere-Hitachi Specialty Products (DHSP) factory in Langley, B.C., opened its doors and began producing purpose-built forestry swing machines.
On Jan. 31, 2019, the factory celebrated the production of its 5,000th swing machine. To commemorate this landmark, the company presented the new owners of this machine, Bighorn Logging Corp., with a gold key. CFI was there to celebrate with DHSP and join Bighorn Logging on a tour of the factory.
Based in Banks, Ore., Bighorn Logging has been using John Deere forestry machines since 2012.
In a Q&A in front of the factory's 120 employees, Bighorn's president Harve Dethlefs and vice-president Mark Standley shared their thoughts on the state of the industry and how important quality machinery is to their operations.
"John Deere has been a big part of our success," Dethlefs said. "In 2012, up until that point, we were experimenting with almost all of the excavators and log loaders and processors that were on the market. But then we switched over to the John Deere side, and it's been great for us."
Bighorn has 27 machines in its fleet, 16 of which are John Deere. Machine quality is a key factor in choosing their equipment.
"If they're not running, downtime kills us," Dethlefs explained. "We're production oriented; if the machine doesn't function on any given day, we've lost a day of production. The demand from the mills that we contract to, they've got levels of production that they expect. And for us to meet those production levels, we need a good reliable machine."
And John Deere, Dethlefs said, provides that reliability.
Staying up-to-date with machinery doesn't just help with production. For Bighorn, it's one of the ways they're tackling the industry-wide problem of attracting new employees.
"It's hard to get new people into our industry, younger people into our industry, but a lot of these guys are interested in some of the new technology," Standley explained.
For Standley, one of the coolest features with John Deere machinery is JDLink, which allows him to monitor fuel consumption, track idling time and hours worked. This, in turn, helps the company save money.
"It's something that a lot of people do not realize, when you look at the dollars per gallon on diesel, what goes out of the exhaust when no production is being done," he elaborated. "There's a lot of money in that little bit of technology that you can show people. It's amazing what numbers do to people when you show them what it costs and how it affects the bottom line."
DHSP's newer forestry machines have also put a new focus on operator comfort.
At Bighorn, "the operators like the cab, the comfort of it, the visibility," Standley shared. "We've got 80 employees and very rarely do I hear complaints about operating the machine and the comfort of it."
A big milestone
For DHSP, quality and design are some of their core values.
When John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery first formed a joint venture in 1998, they recognized that converting excavators was not the best way to perform logging operations, explained Mark Wilkinson, program manager and product specialist at DHSP.
"At that time, it made a dramatic improvement in terms of the quality the customer was getting and the productivity the customer was getting," Wilkinson told CFI. "As time has gone on, over the past 20 years of our business, through a lot of input from customers, we've evolved the product into a very specific, purpose-built machine for the applications they're in."
In particular, the swing machines have evolved in a number of ways, including improvements in vehicle control, horse power, swing torque and fuel economy, said Wilkinson.
The production of their 5,000th swing machine is an exciting moment for DHSP, particularly because it's produced in B.C.
"The heart of the forestry swing machine is in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and western Canada," Wilkinson explained. "So, it's pretty exciting to have been here for 20 years in the B.C. economy, supporting both Canada and the Pacific Northwest, and to build 5,000 machines is a pretty big milestone in this industry."
Looking forward to the next 5,000 swing machines, DHSP will "continue to build highly productive, high quality and safe to operate machines that provide value to our customer."
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Q: Opening a new form, and closing the form that called it I have a button on the first form, that when clicked opens a second form and closes the first.
However, no mater what I do 'both' forms close.
This is the button on the first form:
private void btnReports_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form f2 = new frmForm2();
        f2.Show();
    }

And this is the code in the Load event of the second form
private void frmReports_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Application.OpenForms["frmForm1"].Close();
    }

I also tried
private void btnReports_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form f2 = new frmForm2();
        f2.Show();
        this.Close();
    }

A: You probably have this as startup:
Application.Run(new frmForm1());

If frmForm1 is closed then the application stops. You should hide the form using frmForm1.hide();

A: Take a look at the following Application.Run(ApplicationContext) method. There is an example on how to set up your application so that it will only exit when the last form is closed, not when the main form is closed.

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USA.com / Pennsylvania / Crawford County / Meadville, PA
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Meadville is located in west Pennsylvania. Meadville is part of Crawford County. Meadville has 4.38 square miles of land area and 0.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Meadville population is 13,307, which has shrunk 2.76% since 2000. The population growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 3.89% and is much lower than the national average rate of 11.61%. Meadville median household income is $32,259 in 2010-2014 and has grown by 26.99% since 2000. The income growth rate is lower than the state average rate of 32.44% and is about the same as the national average rate of 27.36%. Meadville median house value is $93,900 in 2010-2014 and has grown by 28.10% since 2000. The house value growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 70.00% and is much lower than the national average rate of 46.91%. As a reference, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the same period is 26.63%. On average, the public school district that covers Meadville is worse than the state average in quality. The Meadville area code is 814.
Population 13,307 (2010-2014), rank #59
Population Growth -2.76% since 2000, rank #689
Population Density: 3,038.69/sq mi, rank #406
Median Household Income: $32,259 at 2010-2014—26.99% increase since 2000, rank #1588
Median House Price: $93,900 at 2010-2014—28.10% increase since 2000, rank #1120
Time Zone: Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area: 4.38 sq mi, rank #120
Water Area: 0.00 sq mi (0.09%), rank #727
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Zip Code: 16335 16388
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Washington Crew Season is here!
If you've visited us or read our blogs before, you've probably noticed that we're passionate about rowing. Naturally, we love to support the University of Washington Huskies rowing team. My family and I will be attending all the home races this season. We like to stand on the shores of Montlake Cut by the old Shellhouse, the kids yell "Go Huskies" and we enjoy the free family fun. After the races, we'll check out the boats and meet the athletes.
The opening day of boating is May 7 and is kicked off by the Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day Boat Parade with more than 800 rowers competing. Following this event, the Windermere Cup races are held, and this year's guest country for racing is Cuba.
After the races, fans are invited to an awards ceremony for the regatta champions and to the presentation of the Windermere Cup Trophy at the Conibear Shellhouse in the Athletic Village. We hope to view this race from the Stewards Enclosure along the Montlake Cut, but really all along the race course is fun – especially if you're lucky enough to join friends on a boat anchored to the log boom.


Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (March 29, 1814 – April 14, 1889) was a United States Representative from New York.
Chittenden was born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut on March 29, 1814. He was the son of Abel Chittenden (1779–1816) and Anna Hart (née Baldwin) Chittenden (1784–1845). His siblings included Henry Baldwin Chittenden and Sarah Dudley Chittenden, both of whom died young.
He attended Guilford Academy. In 1871, Chittenden received an honorary M.A. degree from Yale University.
From 1829 to 1842, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Haven as a clerk with McCracken & Merriman. In 1842, he moved to New York City and further in pursuit of mercantile business. From 1867 to 1869, he was vice president of the New York City Chamber of Commerce.
Chittenden was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1866 to the 40th United States Congress. He was, however, successful in 1872 where he was elected as an Independent Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stewart L. Woodford; he was reelected as an Independent Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses and served from November 3, 1874 to March 3, 1881. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress and retired from public life.
Mary Hartwell Chittenden (1840–1871), who married Dr. William Thompson Lusk (1838–1897), an Adjutant-General in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War.
Samuel Baldwin Chittenden (1845–1922), a Yale graduate who married Mary Warner Hill (1847–1925).
Charlie Sherman Chittenden (1850–1852), who died young.
After his first wife's death, he remarried to Cornelia (née Colton) Colton (d. 1884), the daughter of Oren Colton and widow of Rev. Walter Colton (a Chaplain for the United States Navy), in 1854.
He died in Brooklyn on April 14, 1889. He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. After his death, he was eulogized by Seth Low. In his will, after bequests to charity, he directed the establishment of two trusts, one for his son and one for his late daughter.
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When I was a young father I remember reading J.W. Alexander's Thoughts on Family Worship and being convicted, excited and bewildered. What he described was both attractive and foreign to me. The idea of worshiping daily in my home with my wife and children made perfect sense and seemed to have ample biblical warrant to make me feel compelled to take up the practice. If Noah (Genesis 8:20), the Patriarchs (Genesis 12:7; 26:25; 35:1-2), Joshua (Joshua 24:15) and Cornelius (Acts 10) could lead their families in worship, surely by the help of the Holy Spirit I could, too.
My firstborn was not yet a year old when I began making my first attempts to lead my family in worship. It was disastrous. Those early efforts left my child frustrated, my wife frightened of what the next thirty years might look like, and me feeling deeply disappointed at the carnality of my family. Not only did my wife and infant child not enjoy my 40 minute expositions, 15 minute prayers, and 3 hymns, they acted like I was imposing on them by trying to lead them to worship God!


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Billy Corgan Interview – D'arcy Will Never Return, Mental Health and More
August 7, 2018 August 7, 2018 - by Morg
Corgan talks wrestling, mental health and says Pumpkins bassist D'arcy will not be returning to the band.
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins talked to 98 Rock Baltimore about a number of subjects including mental health, wrestling and the involvement, or lack thereof, of bassist D'arcy Wretzky in the Smashing Pumpkins reunion. In the eleven minute interview he talked very briefly about his own struggles with mental health and how speaking about them seemed to help fans realise they aren't the only ones who feel that way. He went on to discuss the NWA pro wrestling promotion which he now owns and finally discussed the Smashing Pumpkins reunion tour, also addressing statements previous made by Wretzky.
D'arcy Wretzky made claims to the New York Post that she had been misled to the band's reunion, had been told she'd be making "millions of dollars" and that Corgan would be making twice as much as the other band members. While he addressed her comments at the time and was "horrified" that she leaked their private correspondence onto the internet, he revisited the subject in this interview. Stating that the band aren't young anymore and so the 31 song setlist which sees the band playing for three hours isn't easy, Corgan says that he'd made the offer to Wretzky to "show up at any time and play as much as she wanted to play." Wretzky had apparently insisted on playing the full set even though she hasn't performed live in 19 years, with Corgan feeling that she didn't want to actually return and negotiations had become "a game of chicken".
On a , November 2017 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, Corgan spoke in detail on him earning more than the rest of the band as he wrote all of the Shmashing Pumpkins' material. He was open about the problems this caused in the band and how he'd probably have split the writing credits equally in hindsight.
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Maryland Gov. Hogan discusses $46.6B budget plan
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan outlined some of his top budget proposals Thursday in his $46.6 billion budget plan for the next fiscal year, one day before the proposal is due to the General Assembly.
Maryland Gov. Hogan raised over $1.6M for inaugural gala
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's inaugural committee raised more than $1.6 million for his inaugural festivities,
Maryland Gov. Hogan to discuss his budget plan
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to discuss his budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
Maryland Gov. Hogan: 'Never say never' to Trump challenge
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday that he doesn't yet believe President Donald Trump is vulnerable in a primary, but he's still considering launching a challenge because "things could change."
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoes oyster sanctuary bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a bill that would establish five permanent oyster sanctuaries under state law.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won't test Trump in GOP primary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland's Larry Hogan, the popular Republican governor in a liberal-leaning state, says he won't challenge President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2020.
Maryland Governor announces $5 million dollars in heritage tourism grants
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's administration has announced a total of $5 million in grants to support tourism projects in the state.
Maryland governor exits talks for new Redskins stadium
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has abandoned talks to persuade the Washington Redskins to build its next stadium on a Maryland site currently owned by the federal government.
Maryland governor gives state employees an extra holiday
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is giving state employees a longer holiday for the Fourth of July.
Maryland governor urges Mnuchin not to delay $20 Tubman bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday to reconsider delaying the redesign of the $20 bill to feature abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman.
Maryland governor wants to expand workforce development plan
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan is announcing plans to expand a program that helps economically distressed communities.
Maryland requiring financial disclosure for inaugural balls
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — For the first time in Maryland, private donations from people and corporations that fund inaugural festivities for the governor will be made public in financial disclosure reports required by law.
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia governors all to speak at event
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — The governors of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia will speak together at an event next month in Maryland, and the organization hosting says it's unprecedented for the area.
Maryland's GOP governor finding support from Democrats
FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (AP) — Maryland's popular Republican governor is earning enough support from Democrats and black voters in the state's largest jurisdictions to narrow the pathway to an upset sought by a challenger who led the nation's oldest civil rights organization.
Potential challenger to Trump will head to NH next month
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will speak in New Hampshire next month as he weighs a primary challenge to President Donald Trump.
Taxpayers foot $145K bill for government tent at Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) — The state of Maryland spent $145,500 for a corporate tent at the 144th Preakness Stakes last month, and the bill is going to taxpayers.


Whether he delivers his first win in five years or falls behind in a crushing loss, Sunday at the Tour Championship promises to be all about Tiger.
ATLANTA—Some five years, one month, and three weeks have passed since Tiger Woods last sat atop a 54-hole leaderboard, a span that would be unfathomable for a man of his talents and accomplishment were it not so well-documented. In the time since that 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational he has endured four surgeries on his back, weathered a two-season span where he started just one tournament, been arrested for DUI and undergone subsequent treatment, and wondered whether he would ever play golf again. He won that weekend five years ago in Akron, just as he has won all 23 times he held a lead of three-plus strokes at a tournament's three-quarter mark, all of those wins coming in a time when the sight of Woods in his Sunday red was practically synonymous with him either closing out or chasing down a victory. And he has not won since.
Now, entering the final day of the final tournament of what is already his most successful season in a half-decade, Woods sits again in that once-familiar position while 12 under par at the Tour Championship at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Course. The world's current No. 1 ranked player, Justin Rose, and seven-time former No. 1 Rory McIlroy nip at him from the not-insignificant distance of nine under, the former having entered Saturday tied with Woods before seeing his own 68 overshadowed and the latter having finished one stroke behind Woods's 65 for the day's best score.
But even with the wattage lighting the top of the leaderboard, it is not a question of who will win this tournament but rather, more simply, whether or not it will be Woods. He has flirted with victory this year, surging late to finish second at last month's PGA Championship and posting three other top-sixes since the start of July, but never before has he been so within reach of ending his difficult, complicated drought.
He had started this week's tournament stronger than the others, shooting a 65 on Thursday—highlighted by an eagle on 18—and following it with Friday's 68, a round that included a costly double-bogey on 16 and put Woods square with Rose at seven under through 36. But it was on Saturday's front nine that Woods played with a brilliance rarely seen from him in years, birdieing six of the first seven holes to sprint to 13 under, turning his tie with Rose to a three-stroke advantage before the pair even graced the third tee box. So true were Woods's strikes that it wasn't until the sixth hole that he showed even a trace of frustration, staring at the fairway and swiping his club at its grass after sailing his approach into a bunker short and right of the green. But even then he chipped to within six feet of the pin and sunk his first putt for a birdie.
He would not stay so hot. He closed the front nine by leaving right an 11-foot putt for par and birdied just once on the back nine, a three on the par-four 12th set up by a 143-yard approach that stuck within eight feet. There were times when his back foot slipped on his shots, of which Woods said he would need to watch video to understand the cause. On that troublesome 16th he thrashed his club after both his drive and approach found the rough, settling for bogey. But like the Tiger of old he excelled enough elsewhere to provide himself room to falter and recovered well enough to only bogey twice on the day.
Barring a Sunday bottoming-out that other guy will almost surely claim this year's FedEx Cup, as even a Woods victory will not be enough to close the gap that currently has him 20th in the standings. (The leader entering this weekend, Bryson DeChambeau, ended Saturday on track to finish third.) Rose will slide from playing with Woods to Sunday's penultimate pairing with Kyle Stanley, as McIlroy moves to play with Woods on Sunday for the first time ever in a PGA event. Both will be in the unenviable position of needing to gain three strokes on a Tiger that seems as dialed in as he has been in years.
And so now the tournament heads to Sunday with a familiar focus, all eyes and hopes and narratives trained tightly on Woods and his crimson shirt. No matter how it turns out, Woods will be the story—either as the semi-hobbled, once-invincible legend completes the long road to his latest comeback or, more regrettably, as he authors this year's cruelest tease yet in an uncharacteristically sour Sunday. The day will be his to win or his to lose. The game will be his again.


Tang dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization T'ang, (618–907 ce), Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty (581–618), developed a successful form of government and administration on the Sui model, and stimulated a cultural and artistic flowering that amounted to a golden age. The Tang dynasty—like most—rose in duplicity and murder, and it subsided into a kind of anarchy. But at its apex, in the early 8th century, the splendour of its arts and its cultural milieu made it a model for the world.
The first Tang emperor, Li Yuan, known by his temple name, Gaozu, began as a contender for the rule of the Sui, of which he had been an official. He overcame various rivals and rebels, and by 621 he controlled China's eastern plain; in 624 he added most of the rest of North and South China, although some rebels remained in the North throughout the dynasty. He directed many complex military operations in his tenure and established the basic institutions of the Tang state. He emulated the first Sui emperor in establishing a highly competent bureaucracy, and he adopted the same pattern of local administration.
Because the state was bankrupt, the administration was kept small, simple, and cheap. The land-distribution system of the Sui was adopted to give every taxable male a plot and to minimize the number of large estates, and Li Yuan also took on the Sui system of taxation. He created mints and established a copper coinage that lasted throughout the dynasty. He recodified the laws with stated penalties for specific acts and provided for their review every 20 years.
The second Tang emperor, Li Shimin, known by the temple name Taizong, succeeded to the throne in 626 by murdering two brothers and forcing the abdication of his father, but he became one of the greatest emperors China has known. He adjusted the balance of the court aristocracy to equalize regional influences and expanded both the Sui use of examinations in literature and culture for hiring civil servants and the Sui system of high-quality schools at the capital. He further enshrined the classics and published a standard edition. He defeated his eastern Turkish enemies and spread disunity among those in the west, expanding China farther westward than ever before.
One of the most remarkable women in Chinese history, Wu Zhao (known by Wuhou, her posthumous name), intrigued her way into the role of empress during the reign of the Gaozong emperor (649–683). She took up residence in Luoyang (the eastern capital) and ruthlessly aggrandized her role by inflating the bureaucracy during Gaozong's illness. Despite her excesses, she maintained a steady grip on the government until she was in her 80s, when she was forced to abdicate.
The dynasty reached the peak of its wealth and power during the early 8th century, which was a golden age for its arts. The aristocracy, scattered, murdered, and incarcerated under the empress Wuhou, was restored and oversaw an era of reform. In the second half of the 8th century, however, rebellion broke out in the northeast and spread rapidly, forcing the emperor Xuanzong to flee west to Sichuan. Although the rebellion was finally suppressed, in its wake came a period of provincial separation and later rebellion. By 818 the emperor Xianzong had restored the authority of the empire throughout most of the country. In the second half of the 9th century, the government grew weaker, and rebellions recurred; the dynasty declined until 907, when it collapsed into a scattering of independent kingdoms that withstood unification for more than 50 years.
The years of the Tang were brilliant times for the arts and culture. Major imperial ceremonies saw a revival and elaboration of the ancient orchestras and companies of courtly dancers. The musicians played on bells, stone chimes, flutes, zithers, and drums. China in this period was hospitable to foreign ideas, as Arabian and Persian seamen roved its ports and "western" music and dance found their way into China from Central Asia. In the taverns of the western capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), western songs and dances were performed to the accompaniment of western musicians on strange instruments. Exotic troupes of dancing girls became the subject of paintings and reproduction in clay figurines. The Pear Garden at the palace was reserved for training musicians and dancers. Foreign music became a third category of music, in addition to court and common music. Before the end of the dynasty there were 10 musical categories, several of them foreign. Although no orchestral scores survive, the music for several solo pieces has been found. Late Tang paintings show imperial entertainments with ensembles of strings, winds, and percussion, and choreographic plans for bands and dancers have also been preserved.
Poetry was the greatest glory of the period. All the verse forms of the past were used and refined, and new ones developed. Regulated verse (lüshi) and an abbreviated, truncated verse (jueju) were introduced and became widely popular. Nearly 50,000 works by some 2,000 Tang poets have been preserved. Prose stylists were concerned with lyrical expression and rhetorical devices for artistic effect.
Heroic sculpture of Buddhas was a feature of the middle Tang; and, although no works of this size and period survive in China, several do in Japan, which was profoundly influenced by the administration, arts, culture, and religion of the Tang dynasty.
Painting played a major role in the culture of the era, and painters were important court figures. One of the Tang ministers of state, Yan Liben, is far better known as a painter than as a statesman. The greatest master of figure painting of the dynasty was Wu Daozi, who did 300 wall paintings in temples at Luoyang and Chang'an. A painter of horses was a great favourite in an era when military steeds were a matter of life and death and when court ladies played a form of polo. Landscape painting was dominated by Wang Wei, who was also an official at the court in the western capital. A new freedom with brushwork developed to provide a wider range of effects of texture and tone. Chan, or Zen, Buddhist painters brought still further freedom with the brush to religious painting.
Pottery made huge strides after the sterility of the Six Dynasties period. Finishes in white porcelain, three-colour pottery and figurines, stoneware with a rich black glaze, and a type of celadon all were developed by Tang potters; and, in keeping with the general interest in things foreign, their wares were often in foreign shapes and followed foreign motifs. Great volumes of tomb figurines were produced. Metalwork and jewelry of the period included much silver. Ritual objects included foreign shapes among the traditional Chinese forms. Silver and gold vessels were no longer cast but "raised" into bowl shape by hammering thin sheets; such vessels for drinking were double thicknesses soldered together with an insulating layer of air between them. Decorated bronze mirrors were also popular.


Broxi is an adorable boy, quite shy but becoming more confident as he gets used to the kennel routine. He kennels very happily with his sister Keira and likes to keep the kennel clean. He loves a treat and takes them very gently. He stands quietly to get his lead on and is very easy to walk alongside his sister. Along with his sister he has the cutest ears in the kennel! Ideally he will be rehomed with his sister and together they will make very loving and rewarding pets.


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Mark Aumann | NCAA.com | March 21, 2014
Digits tell the Orange tale
After starting the season with 25 consecutive victories -- including a stirring 91-89 overtime win against Duke, Syracuse looked like a lock for a No. 1 seed. But after losing five of their last seven, the Orange have many wondering which team will show up at the NCAA tournament?
So what happened? Let's look deeper in the numbers:
6: Number of times Jerami Grant had at least 10 or more rebounds during Syracuse's winning streak. That's also before Grant went down with back issues. In the five losses, Grant's reached double-digits in rebounds just once, that coming in the loss to N.C. State in the ACC tournament.
7: Number of Orangemen to appear in at least 30 games. Did the wear and tear of a long season begin to take its toll on a team that doesn't appear to have a very deep bench? And how much did that thrilling overtime victory against the Blue Devils sap Syracuse – which is a pedestrian 6-5 since Feb. 1?
8: Number of times Syracuse allowed a team to score more than 60 points in that 25-0 run. Since then, the Orange have allowed more than 60 points five times – all losses.
10: Number of 3-point baskets made by sharp-shooter Trevor Cooney in the past seven games, out of 51 attempts. That's a 19.6 shooting percentage, well below his season average of 37.7.
18: The difference in 3-point baskets made by Syracuse's opponents and the Orangemen in the past seven games. That's 51 additional points from the perimeter against a team that's No. 10 in the country in scoring defense, but only 198th when defending the arc.
18.8: The field-goal shooting percentage for Syracuse leading scorer, C.J. Fair, in the loss to the Wolfpack. He's averaging nearly 17 points per game – but was held to nine by N.C. State.
38.1: The percentage of field goals made by Syracuse in the past seven games. That's more than seven percent below their season average, which is only 45.4 percent.
38.8: The 3-point shooting percentage of Syracuse opponents in the past seven contests, more than five percent better than what the Orangemen allowed during their unbeaten streak.
254: Syracuse's Division I ranking in points scored per game. The Orangemen are averaging 68.8 per contest, but have exceeded that number just once (74 in the win against Florida State) since suffering their first loss on Feb. 19 against Boston College.
Syracuse is a team that prides itself on a stingy defense and an offense that grinds out points in a methodical fashion. But as the numbers show, teams are now beating the Orange from the perimeter and Syracuse hasn't been able to make enough buckets to keep pace.


Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today released new screenshots as well as the launch date for Rocket Knight, a new 2.5D sequel to Konami's classic action adventure series coming soon for Xbox LIVE Arcade, the PlayStation Network and for PC download via Steam. The new screens provide a sneak peek at the third flight stage for the first time. Included in the new screens is Sparkster invading the Wolf Army's mountain forest, as well as the famed opossum hero dodging a barrage of missiles. Other screens show Zephyrus not quite like Sparkster had left it, and a few levels that show Sparkster rocketing past an enormous dirigible.
In Rocket Knight, players assume the role of Sparkster, a heroic opossum who returns home to the Kingdom of Zephyrus after 15 years only to discover that wolves have attacked his homeland. Rocket Knight introduces expansive new worlds to the franchise, with massive platform levels as well as rocket-flying levels. Using their wits and a trusty rocket pack, players must overcome the hostile wolf army aiming to attack Sparkster's beloved kingdom. As gamers battle their way past the enemy, their rocket pack can be used to ricochet off walls, launch Sparkster through obstacles and enemies in his way, and drill through weak walls to create new passageways. To attack distant foes, Sparkster can shoot projectiles from his sword or create a burst vortex with his rocket pack to repel enemy bombs right back at them. When all else fails, players can use Sparkster's prehensile tail to hang from and slide down rails in order to avoid danger. With online leaderboards, dedicated players will also be able to show off their high scores and fastest times online.


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Tony Abbott's mentor John Howard to address climate skeptic group
John Howard to address climate skeptic think tank, The Australian publishes another climate beat-up; and Greg Hunt retains environment portfolio.
Giles Parkinson Posted on 16 September 2013 8 July 2016 6 Comments
John Howard, the last Liberal prime minister and mentor to prime minister-elect Tony Abbott, has been roped in to deliver the keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the most prominent climate skeptic group in the UK, the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
The GWPF was founded by former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson in 2009. It disputes any scientific consensus on climate change, and is strongly anti-renewables. The title of Howard's speech, to be made on November 5 at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London, is "One religion is enough." Climate skeptic groups like to describe the science around global warming as "a religion", and those who support action on climate change as "believers".
Abbott is no stranger to addressing to climate skeptic think tanks himself. Earlier this year, he was guest of honour at the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Public Affairs in Australia, which holds a similar position to the GWPF. His speech sits proudly on his website.
Indeed, Abbott now seems surrounded by climate skeptics. Apart from Howard, who he keeps in close counsel, the chair of his business advisory panel, Maurice Newman, dispute the science of climate change, as does the man who orchestrated his overthrow of Malcolm Turnbull in 2009, Nick Minchin, and many of his supporters, such as his former parliamentary secretary Cory Bernardi.
Howard has had a previous connection with the GWPF. In 2011, he wrote a forward to a book by Ross McKitrick, which was critical of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which incidentally is about to release its latest report.
Howard complained in that forward of the "intellectual bullying, which has been a feature of the behaviour of some global warming zealots." He said the attempt of many to close down the debate about climate science was "disgraceful" and must be resisted.
As it turns out, the IPCC report is already proving controversial even before its release. Right wing newspapers in England have played up a reported downgrade in the IPCC's estimated temperature rise per decade. The reports were gleefully reprinted on the front page of The Australian on Monday, saying that the modelling had been "drastically overestimated."
The report drew a damming response from climate scientists. Professor David Karoly said the IPCC report had not been finalised, but in any case, the number cited by the Australian and the UK tabloids of 0.12C – was just one one hundredth of a degree below the 0.13C rise forecast in 2007.
Professor Steven Sherwood, from UNSW, said The Australian story is riddled with errors. "The IPCC does not do climate forecasts on its own "computer," as stated in the lead paragraph." He also noted that any small reduction in surface warming was balanced by stronger than expected recent warming below the ocean. You can get more reaction from the Australian Science Media centre here.
Howard described himself as an "agnostic" on global warming. He had proposed an emissions trading scheme in the lead up to the 2007 election that he lost, but he said that was predicated on the rest of the world acting in a similar fashion. He said it actions by major emitting nations would by highly unlikely.
Meanwhile, Abbott is rewarding one of the harshest critics of the carbon price, Mathias Cormann, by promoting him to Finance Minister in the new government.
Like, Howard and Abbott, Cormann was once an enthusiastic supporter of the carbon price. "The government's recent announcement of a national emissions trading scheme, including offsets for trade exposed industries, is a positive and sensible approach to addressing global warming," he said in his maiden speech to the senate in 2007.
Greg Hunt is appointed environment minister, which includes climate change. He will be assisted by Simon Birmingham. Ian Macfarlane is the industry minister, which will include energy, resources, and science. Monckton admirer David Jensen misses out.
Giles Parkinson
Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of Renew Economy, and is also the founder of One Step Off The Grid and founder/editor of The Driven. Giles has been a journalist for 35 years and is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review.
Saudi giant moves closer to major investment in Australia's Dyesol
China, US say no to new coal plants
Dimitar Mirchev 6 years ago
"and is strongly anti-renewables."
Nany 6 years ago
Hopeful the mad monk is out in 3 years. What a farce. What a backward little no hoper. He is doing exactly the opposite of Labor.
Kevin O'Dea 6 years ago
John Howard's idea of "bullying" on the part of "zealots" is a bit rich in terms of the vast majority of establishment climate scientists reaching an agreed position on the state of our planet and its fragility. We only have to cast our minds back to his history wars and cultural revisionism under his regime to see the insincerity of his stated position.
Tony Abbott will be a one term wonder. I do worry that the planet is running out of time for humanity to avert catastrophe.
Martin Male 6 years ago
I always find it interesting how the neo-cons always argue they are being bullied. What a joke, in most public discussions the conservaives seem to be the one bullying, eg "Does this guy ever shut up"? Howard was never for consensus or debate, it was either his way or no way, as I recall.
Michel Rahme 6 years ago
Time for all of us to start banding together and taking this on – reignite the grass roots! One thing is for sure, we will win, how long it take us depends on all of us doing our small part!
GenghisCunn 6 years ago
Howard's address to the GWPF was excellent, everyone interested in this issue should read it. You'll find it at http://www.thegwpf.org/john-howard-religion/ . Most of it also appears in The Spectator. I agree with Michael Rahme, we should all band together and support sensible policies, as advocated by Howard. As for bullying, see Judith Curry's latest blog post at http://judithcurry.com/2013/11/06/a-subterranean-war-on-science/ .