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ANNIE KEVANS
Bibliography / Press
ALL THE PRESIDENTS' WOMEN
Exhibited at Volta, New York, 2009
and as part of the exhibition, 'Manumission'
at Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York 2010
Having painted some of the Presidents' many mistresses in 2009, Annie Kevans continues to explore this theme, delving deeper into the complex relationships between the early Presidents and their slaves.
"For most Americans the national narrative begins at Plymouth Rock instead of Jamestown, even though the Virginia fortune seekers arrived more than a decade before the Pilgrims ... it was during that period that the basic meanings of 'whiteness' and 'blackness' were in the process of being defined for the American population ... the association of whiteness with power and privilege, blackness with relative powerlessness and second-class status, began to take shape in this time and has been a persistent feature of life in America ever since." Annette Gordon-Reed
For centuries, various parties have passionately disputed the allegations that certain Presidents had children with their slaves, however, recent research and DNA test results seem to back up the oral history recorded by the children's descendants. The needs of some to 'protect' the memories of figures such as Washington and Jefferson, and the ongoing debates between historians and interested parties, are evidence that events which took place hundreds of years ago still have the power to ignite our passions. As Henry Wiencek wrote: "To consider Washington in connection with slavery challenges the myth of Washington as the perfect secular god."
In the time of slavery, the manumission, or freeing, of a slave was extremely rare and was seen as an admission that a 'special relationship' existed between master and slave. Although the paternity of certain slaves was common knowledge at the time, and they were treated differently from other slaves, these facts were rarely legally acknowledged for fear of claims being made by slaves on a white family's wealth. Indeed, it was no secret that Martha Washington, the very first First Lady, kept her half-sister, Ann Dandridge Costin, in bondage throughout her life.
It is impossible for us to know how the Presidents felt about their second families. Contemporary films and books portray the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, as a great romance, neatly avoiding debates over whether a 'relationship' is possible between a master and a slave, especially when that slave is just 14 and the master in question is 44.
The laws against interracial marriage were created to prevent the manumission of slaves, although interracial sex was legal. As Annette Gordon-Reed, a leading historian on the subject, explains: "Even white males who owned no slaves could contribute to the problem by producing, with enslaved black women, children who would be born free, thus destroying a critical component of the master's property right: the ability to capture the value of the 'increase' when female slaves gave birth." For this reason, in 1662, while establishing the rules of slavery, the Virginians created a law which decreed that a person's status was to be defined by their mother's status. This meant that the many children born to female slaves and free fathers would remain as slaves unless their master decided to manumit them. As this rarely happened, most of these children were legally defined as filius nullius, 'the child of no one'.
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Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Lara Buchak
In Jake Chandler & Victoria Harrison (eds.), Probability in the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford University Press. pp. 225 (2012)
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Buchak, Lara (2012). Can it be Rational to have Faith? In Jake Chandler & Victoria Harrison (eds.), Probability in the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford University Press. pp. 225.
This paper provides an account of what it is to have faith in a proposition p, in both religious and mundane contexts. It is argued that faith in p doesn't require adopting a degree of belief that isn't supported by one's evidence but rather it requires terminating one's search for further evidence and acting on the supposition that p. It is then shown, by responding to a formal result due to I.J. Good, that doing so can be rational in a number of circumstances. If expected utility theory is the correct account of practical rationality, then having faith can be both epistemically and practically rational if the costs associated with gathering further evidence or postponing the decision are high. If a more permissive framework is adopted, then having faith can be rational even when there are no costs associated with gathering further evidence
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May 28, 2021 | Ben Hunt | 5 Comments | In Brief, The Zeitgeist
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A raccoon (in Epsilon Theory lingo) is a financial huckster or conman.
P&C insurer Lemonade (LMND) went public last year and now has a $5 billion market cap. They're not just a sleepy insurance company, of course. No, no … they're actually a cutting edge AI Company! TM.
That's why it's okay that they lose more money with every new customer.
That's why their CFO, Tim Bixby, gets a puff-piece written in the WSJ's hard-hitting CFO Journal section, spouting gems like this:
Lemonade has made it a priority in recent months to communicate more with nonprofessional investors about its business model and plans, Mr. Bixby said. The idea is to reach young or novice investors where they spend their time—for example on YouTube or investment apps—and speak about its strategy and performance in simple terms, he said.
"While we can't directly affect our stock price, we can expand and widen the communication net to bring in a broader, more diverse range of investor opinions and strategies," Mr. Bixby said.
To be clear, by "a more diverse range of investor opinions and strategies", he means the diamond hands Reddit crew and the momo hedgies who play that crowd like a fiddle. Did we mention that Lemonade is actually an AI Company! TM ?
But then we got this gem of a social media campaign. Oops!
Shot …
Chaser.
They've deleted the tweet above and issued a classic non-denial denial on their blog:
Let's be clear:
AI that uses harmful concepts like phrenology and physiognomy has never, and will never, be used at Lemonade.
We have never, and will never, let AI auto-reject claims.
LOL. So their AI Jim textbot + video recognition program (I am not making this up) isn't using phrenology and it can't auto-reject claims. No, no … the supervisor will reject the claim.
Meanwhile, back on CNBC …
Honestly, I kinda like Chamath-the-CNBC-talking-head. He's iconoclastic and smart. A little too much Ben Shapiro / college debate team-esque with the "if I talk really fast maybe you'll just ignore that jaw-droppingly stupid thing I just said", but better than the usual CNBC fare regardless.
But Chamath-the-portfolio-manager? Raccoonery in action.
Here's the Social Capital 2020 annual letter, published five months into 2021. There's no mention of the disastrous year to date, which demands that you ask the core Epsilon Theory question: Why am I reading this NOW? But even taken on its own terms – hey, let's talk about 2020 performance going into June, 2021 – this is just a complete crock.
Chamath describes his fund's performance as "gross IRR" over aggregated multi-year periods. We have no idea of the fund's performance in 2020, even in "gross IRR" terms, but are required to compare 2011-2019 average annual return to 2011-2020 average annual return. Then Chamath compares his "gross IRR" to S&P 500 total return over the same periods. Then he compares that to Berkshire Hathaway over "the first nine years" of the two investment funds. LOL.
The final picture below – a tweet I put out after a Chamath tweet storm in early March – highlights the rest of his raccoon math.
And then there's this in a Bloomberg opinion piece on Thursday.
Chamath: "PIPE investors need investor protections and have the ability to change the terms of the deal if market conditions change materially."
Also Chamath: SPACs "level the playing field" for ordinary investors.
When I think about all the compliance pushback I've gotten on investor letters and marketing decks over the years … when I think about all of the SEC and regulatory proctology exams my funds have endured … this just makes me so angry.
To me it looks like he's trying to pull the ladder up after he's already gotten to the top. And no, he will not be returning any of the money he made under the system he believes is rigged and bad, why do you ask?
mckett says:
Ben, I think of this often but I rarely get the impression from talking to regular folks that people see a life built on Bullshit as all that shameful (that's just good Hustle!). I feel like that wasn't true when I was younger but then I remember working on the NYSE floor when a dealer made "an honest 8th" and the whole crowd gave the guy a facetious round of applause (the idea being nearly all the money a specialist made came by taking advantage of a market participant). Have we always been a bunch of secret Raccoons yet just told ourselves different?
danielmelehan says:
As Seth Klarman wrote in Margin of Safety many years ago, every financial disaster follows the same three steps:
A good idea
A good idea twisted/perverted
A good idea twisted/perverted with leverage.
The only question is which one or combination will be the undoing this time: Fed Balance Sheet, US Gov Debt, SPACs, record new investors in short dated call options, etc…I think I am going to be sick.
suthakamal says:
I was remarking to myself just how poorly written the whole thing was (the annual report). The tired attempts to use literary references, to say… "lots of shit happened this last year". I've found the last two to have insights worth the hubris; not this one.
jrs says:
This is one point that Yves Smith tries to make in her book Econned. Her narrative is that before the 80s or so, people tended to be more civic-minded as a whole. At that point, there was the rise of a particular flavor of Capitalism ™ that tends to celebrate and reward rentiers and raccoons and diminish other factors outside of the ideology such as civic-mindedness.
Smith sees this promotion of this version of capitalist ideology as a coordinated effort by certain academic economists. As a non-finance guy, I'm curious about the extent to which financial people buy this narrative.
Why Am I Reading This Now?
By Ben Hunt	| May 24, 2021	| 1 Comment
Pack member Rob H. brought this up at last week's Office Hours, and it deserves its own thread (as well as some attention from the…
Homeschooling Resources on ET Forum?
I think a homeschooling VMPT is a natural for the ET Forum! On last week's Office Hours conversation, ET Pack member Dan W. brought this…
ET Zeitgeist: With Enemies Like This
This has been a bad week for Bitcoin and Bitcoin! TM alike. There's no getting around that.
But whenever Paul Krugman and the Wall Street Journal agree on something … I want to be on the other side of that trade!
ET Zeitgeist: Ransom Paid
The Colonial Pipeline embarrassment will accelerate the US gov't's efforts to control and co-opt crypto.
Binance, Kraken, BitMEX … they're all squarely in the wrathful gaze of the Eye of Sauron now.


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Factoring and Multiples
What are the least common multiple of 8 and 11?
Q: What are the least common multiple of 8 and 11?
What is that least common multiple of 8 and 11?
The least common multiple of 8 , 11 = 88
What is the least common multiple of 8 11 and 16?
The Least Common Multiple of 8, 11, 16 is: 176
Which is the least common multiple of 3 8 and 11?
The Least Common Multiple (LCM) for 3 8 11 is 264.
What is the least common multiple of 11 10 8?
The Least Common Multiple (LCM) for 11 10 8 is 440
What is the least common multiple of 8 11 5?
The least common multiple of the numbers 8, 11 and 5 is 440.
What is the least common multiple of 9 11 and 8?
The least common multiple of 8, 9 and 11 is 792
The least common multiple of 11 , 8 , 5 = 440
What is the least common multiple of 5 7 11 13 and 8?
The least common multiple of 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 , 8 = 40,040
The LCM of 11 and 8?
The least common multiple of 11 and 8 = 88
What are the least common multiples of 8 and 11 and 16?
The Least Common Multiple (LCM) for 8 11 16 is 176.
What is the least common multiple of 8 11?
It is: 88
What is the LCM of 12 11 and 8?
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Omro és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Wisconsin. Segons el cens del 2007 tenia una població de 3.356 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Omro tenia 3.177 habitants, 1.236 habitatges, i 847 famílies. La densitat de població era de 547,6 habitants per km².

Dels 1.236 habitatges en un 34,6% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 55,5% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 9,4% dones solteres, i en un 31,4% no eren unitats familiars. En el 26,5% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 13,3% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,49 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,03.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 26,2% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 6,3% entre 18 i 24, un 29,7% entre 25 i 44, un 21,8% de 45 a 60 i un 16% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 37 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 91,2 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 45.208$ i la renda mediana per família de 52.143$. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 35.701$ mentre que les dones 21.549$. La renda per capita de la població era de 18.332$. Aproximadament l'1,5% de les famílies i el 3% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població de Wisconsin

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Slow Jamz
Overnight Celebrity
DJ Play A Love Song
Unpredictable
The Dark Horse
100 Greatest Rap Songs: The Greatest Hip-Hop...
Southern Mixtape Exclusives 2
Hypno Carlito
Put a Crown on It
Rittz
À propos de Twista
Chi-town representative Twista has been laying down Midwest mobsta rap since 1991 when he unleashed "Runnin' Off at Da Mouth." The rapper's quick-fire flow on that song earned him a spot in the Guinness World Records as the world's fastest rapper. But it was his collaboration with Do or Die on their 1996 single "Po Pimp" that earned him the attention and respect of pop audiences. His swiftly spit flows revel in gangsta imagery, with colorful hustler episodes laid over smooth, keyboard-driven production. Twista's Windy City style has transcended his locale, spreading from coast to coast on the strength of three albums in three years. In early 2004, Twista scored a huge hit with the Kanye West collaboration "Slow Jamz," and his LP Kamikaze soared to the top of the charts. He returned in late 2005 with The Day After. Though nothing on that album was as popular as "Overnight Celebrity" or "Slow Jamz," it essentially held his place with pop audiences and served as a nice precursor to Adrenaline Rush 2007. Sam Chennault
Busta Rhymes, Crucial Conflict, Do or Die, Kanye West, Ludacris, Tech N9ne
Rap/Hip-Hop du Midwest
Chi-town representative Twista has been laying down Midwest mobsta rap since 1991 when he unleashed "Runnin' Off at Da Mouth." The rapper's quick-fire flow on that song earned him a spot in the Guinness World Records as the world's fastest rapper. But it was his collaboration with Do or Die on their 1996 single "Po Pimp" that earned him the attention and respect of pop audiences. His swiftly spit flows revel in gangsta imagery, with colorful hustler episodes laid over smooth, keyboard-driven production. Twista's Windy City style has transcended his locale, spreading from coast to coast on the strength of three albums in three years. In early 2004, Twista scored a huge hit with the Kanye West collaboration "Slow Jamz," and his LP Kamikaze soared to the top of the charts. He returned in late 2005 with The Day After. Though nothing on that album was as popular as "Overnight Celebrity" or "Slow Jamz," it essentially held his place with pop audiences and served as a nice precursor to Adrenaline Rush 2007.
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90's Rap/Hip-Hop
90's Hits
G-Funk/ Gangsta
Category F5
War Ready
Summertime Hip-Hop
Stayed Down Remix
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Trippin' Hip-Hop


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[originally posted by World Economic Forum]
As the world necessarily transitions to a low emission future to mitigate our impacts on the climate, employment in solar and wind is exploding, generating jobs 2.5 times faster than fossil industries in the US. According to the US Solar Jobs Census, solar jobs increased by over 51,000 workers in 2016, a 25% increase over 2015.
At the same time that renewable energy jobs are increasing, fossil fuel ones are decreasing, according to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). And, unfortunately, in an economy that places a higher value on solar, wind, energy storage, electric vehicles and countless other forms of innovation, there is not always a match between the loss of coal jobs and the increase in clean energy jobs.
Image: US Energy Information Administration
A dying tradition
"We must remember and honor the fact that our industrial age was built on the backs of coal miners in Appalachia," says Mary Anne Hitt of the Sierra Club, speaking about her home state of West Virginia, a state in Appalachia that has relied almost exclusively on the coal industry to support their economy and is now suffering disproportionately to other, more economically diverse regions of the US. The Sierra Club released a report that stressed the importance of working with communities historically dependent on the fossil fuel industry for employment through all stages of the transition to clean energy.
So how do we transition the workforce, providing well-paying, sustained employment for workers who find themselves in dying industries? As we dive deeper into the state of West Virginia, we can perhaps apply some of those lessons to other coal-based economies that find themselves and their communities in a similar situation. Based on the experience of Brandon Dennison, founder of the Coalfield Development Corporation in West Virginia, it is not enough to assume that training programmes alone will suffice.
The big five markets
"We must open markets first to ensure that these workers have jobs to go to," says Dennison. His organization strives to develop workforce and markets intentionally and simultaneously. "You can train a hundred people to be HVAC technicians, but if you only have six of those jobs available, you are still left with unemployed or underemployed workers."
Coalfield Development Corporation has identified five markets they are creating in West Virginia: sustainable agriculture, green collar construction (including rehabilitation and energy efficiency), solar, mine land reclamation, and entrepreneurship in arts and culture. There is plenty of funding for training programmes, says Dennison, but the key is sustainable job creation for a market that puts wages in pockets and allows people to be empowered to produce for their society.
Dennison and his partners have developed a formula for their development programme, which they call 33-6-3: a weekly schedule of 33 hours of paid work, six hours of community college study, and three hours of life skills. There is a misperception, Dennison says, that the work of coal miners is limited to axes and picks. Most of these miners operate large, complex equipment; these operation and maintenance skills, coupled with the fact that many miners are licensed electricians, can transfer well into the solar industry, for example.
Dennison warns that, as we transition to a low-emission future, we need to be honest about the fact that the coal industry is not coming back. Rather than debating whether the coal industry is good or bad for the environment, we need to speak in economic terms, looking toward investment and business for the future. His organization tries to create more than one type of economic opportunity so that coal communities do not simply shift to depending on another singular opportunity, but have a range of options. "We have to honor the fact that coal has powered our country and that these people should be proud," concludes Dennison. "It is now time to adapt for the future and a good quality of life."
Argentina meets Virginia
Another programme with roots in Appalachia is Weatherizers Without Borders(WWB), which started as a partnership between an Argentina-based non-profit, FOVISEE (Foro de Vivienda Sustentabilidad y Energias), and a Virginia-based non-profit, Community Housing Partners – Energy Solutions (CHP ES) in 2012. This programme was patterned after the US Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, an energy efficiency programme initiated during the 1970s energy crisis.
WWB began as a grassroots campaign to train a group of a dozen local volunteers in the La Josefa neighborhood of Campana, Argentina – about 70km north of Buenos Aires. Transferring over 40 years of institutional knowledge to an area of the world unfamiliar with weatherization – using low-cost technologies to make homes more energy efficient – has saved the region decades of trial and error, property damage, and even loss of life, according to Chase Counts, utility programs manager of WWB. Counts' group cooperates with local utilities and municipalities who have an interest in keeping their constituents healthy and safe and creates a positive feedback loop of local jobs, improved public health and funding freed up from utility costs that can be better spent on healthcare, food and local goods.
As the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the Future of Energy seeks to define our energy transition and recommend policies that enable that evolution, we should not lose sight of the human impact of this new economy. We can draw from successful examples such as Coalfield Development Corporation and Weatherization Without Borders to be intentional about bringing all people along and to ensure that economic opportunities and quality of life are sustained.
Appalachia is not the only region that is adversely impacted by a fading industry; other states, regions, and countries should take heed and start modeling these and creating new programmes to ensure all people can benefit from a low emission future. Using the public-private partnership model of the World Economic Forum, we can replicate best practices of these programmes. In our enthusiasm for a new energy economy, we must ensure we do not leave people behind and that, rather, we create opportunities for economic development.
Filed under Clean Tech, Consumers, Policy Insights Tagged with coal, Coalfield Development Corporation, energy, Sierra Club
Original interview posted by the World Economic Forum.
How can the energy industry adapt to meet the needs of a growing population while also supporting low-carbon growth?
Katherine Hamilton, Director of the Project for Clean Energy and Innovation, and co-chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of Energy, says that this essential transition will not happen without collaboration between large energy companies, entrepreneurs, the finance sector and consumers.
Why should we be thinking about the future of energy?
The energy sector is already changing very rapidly. It is transitioning, we hope, towards greater ability to meet the energy needs of a growing global population with reduced use of carbon, supporting continued economic growth in an environmentally sustainable way.
But that transition will not necessarily happen on its own. We need to get key players in the same room who can bring different experiences and perspectives, and collectively come up with better ideas than any of us could on our own – and then work out how to implement those ideas. Hence the need for this Global Future Council.
Who are the key players that need to be involved?
The incumbents are important, of course – the large energy companies who own and control the infrastructure, especially in industrialized countries. They are often criticized as part of the problem, but they also have to be part of the solution. In addition, we need the innovators – entrepreneurs who are coming up with ideas to disrupt the sector. And we need input from energy consumers, including large corporations and municipalities.
Representatives of the financial sector are important – experts in bonds, risk and insurance. There is plenty of capital out there looking for good projects to finance, but the main constraint for investors is the assurance that those projects will find a market. Creating certainty is one important thing politicians and policymakers can do to help – and it is they who, ultimately, will need the vision to define goals for the energy sector and devise policies to achieve them.
What are the biggest emerging trends in the energy sector?
The decentralization of energy generation is an enormous trend. Innovation is also being democratized; it is no longer just the incumbents who can innovate. Consumers, increasingly, are in the driver's seat; there is more real-time interaction between energy service providers and consumers – whether that is the operator of a factory with sophisticated demand response or an Indian farmer using a mobile phone to manage crops.
We are continuing to see drastic reductions in the cost of many renewable technologies as well as greater accessibility to energy storage and efficiency.
How far are we from renewables no longer needing subsidies to compete?
Any time you talk about subsidies for renewables, you also have to remember that incumbent players have benefited from built-in subsidies for decades through policy support and monopoly power. Often there is a misconception that energy was a free market before the idea of subsidizing renewables came along. That is not the case, and we need to recognize that when we ask how best to adjust the market for innovation going forward.
What kind of innovations are we seeing in energy, and what might we expect in the coming years?
The sharing economy will be increasingly important in the transport sector. There is potential to improve efficiency and greatly reduce emissions as we move towards more electric and autonomous vehicles.
There is also room to harness data to make the grid and entire energy ecosystem more efficient. The data is available, through advanced meters and mobile applications, for example, but we have yet to fully exploit that data to move energy to where it is needed, smartly and in real time.
I expect to see more "community solar" projects, as collective consumers invest in generating and storing power. There will be more distributed generation using a variety of technologies, such as solar, wind, geothermal, fuel cells, and hydropower. We will see further innovations in multiple uses of energy storage, such re-purposing car batteries to store electricity.
In the coming years we might see some breakthroughs in carbon capture and storage – and, no doubt, there will be innovations and applications nobody has thought of yet.
What needs to be on the agenda for energy stakeholders?
Above all, we must have a solid plan to reduce carbon, To reach that, we have to define what we value – not just improving access to energy, and guaranteeing energy security to meet the needs of economic growth, but doing all of this in a sustainable way and one in which carbon emissions are drastically reduced. Then we need clear and transparent benchmarks against which to measure our progress.
We also need a vision that combines the decentralized and the centralized – embracing more distributed generation, while looking at the larger system and how we can move energy around globally in real time.
Finally, how might the energy sector look by 2030?
I fear that we will be paying for our previous failures to reduce carbon emissions, and being increasingly preoccupied with climate change adaptation. But I also believe that we can have a sector that delivers much higher access to energy than today, with greater use of renewables, incentivizing innovation and creating economic growth while reducing our impact on the planet.
The Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils took place on 13-14 November in Dubai.
Filed under Clean Tech, Consumers, Energy Storage, Environment, General, Investors, Uncategorized Tagged with World Economic Forum
Originally posted on 38 North Solutions blog.
The results of this week's election are certainly a surprise and will impact the focus and direction of policymakers moving forward. As we look ahead, historically, Congress is most active when one party controls the House of Representatives, Senate and White House. We expect 2017 to follow this trend, particularly because Republicans campaigned, in part, on a message of fixing the gridlock that exists in Washington. As a result, the next two years are going to be busy and significant.
The 38 North Solutions team has a proven track record of working with legislators on both sides of the aisle and feels well positioned to help companies and organizations navigate this new period. The weeks and months ahead will clarify where the Trump Administration and Republican Congress will focus their attention, but here are our initial thoughts about what lies ahead:
Lame Duck, 114th Congress
Before the election, the prevailing assumption was that the end of this year (Lame Duck Session) of Congress would be especially busy as members from both parties try to clear the decks of any remaining pieces of legislation before the bipartisan-viewed wildcard of a Trump Administration assumes power. However, the overwhelming nature of Trump's win, coupled with the fact that Senate and House Republicans performed better than expected, has diminished the appetite amongst Republican members to negotiate with Democrats and President Obama at the end of the year in any significant way. As a result, the opportunity for successful enactment of clean energy provisions like reinsertion of the technologies that were removed from the Investment Tax Credit last year has closed significantly. Funding for the federal government expires on December 9th, so Congress will have to address that before adjourning, but the likelihood that the ITC or any other policy provision gets attached is limited.
Federal Legislation, 115th Congress
With a GOP-controlled House, Senate, and White House, we expect the new President to be able to pass energy legislation that could include PURPA and Federal Power Act reform. We will need to be vigilant to ensure that those provisions are not detrimental to clean energy technologies and applications, while mining opportunities to insert clean energy provisions into non-controversial legislation. There is no realistic scenario for passing a carbon tax, renewable portfolio standard, clean energy standard, or additional clean energy tax credits. In fact, we will need to work hard to shore up support for existing clean energy provisions to ensure that they are not repealed. On the positive side, innovation is key to growing the economy and jobs and we can continue to hammer those messages to energy policy and tax committee leadership. There may also be a path for additional transmission provisions that can increase build-out of infrastructure across the U.S., although we would not expect a large spending provision in any case.
Companies interested in advancing clean energy policy must not view yesterday's election as an imperative to disengage in advocating before Congress. Rather, moving forward, we know that the Trump Administration has every intention of passing an aggressive legislative agenda next year. It is therefore critical that we continue to make the strongest case possible for policies that will continue to support an innovative energy economy.
The Obama Administration's landmark achievement regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), is now in serious jeopardy. Because the CPP is a federal regulation, the Trump Administration can undertake steps to undo the policy without seeking congressional approval and we expect taking such action to be a priority. The good news is that the CPP has helped states to think strategically about how to move to a cleaner energy generation mix and investment in those technologies has shifted to support that movement. We believe that utility and corporate investment in clean energy will continue to grow. In addition, regulatory processes on clean energy in states will continue to move forward.
Funding for specific programs within the agency may shift to more fossil and nuclear research and development funding and less renewables and energy efficiency funding. Less clear is how the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability would be impacted, although Trump's energy agenda includes grid modernization. It is hard to envision the Quadrennial Energy Review process continuing since this was a project led by Secretary Moniz.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC is generally not considered political and the two vacancies are slotted for Republicans. We know at least one of those potential appointees and think that other credible nominees would likely come from regulatory and public policy arena. We will need to continue cultivating those relationships to ensure that wholesale markets for innovation will continue to be considered.
While yesterday's result may not have been what we expected, it is the reality we face moving forward. We would be happy to set-up a time to meet to discuss specifically what the Trump Administration's ascension may mean for your business and how we can work together to ensure that your interests are being adequately addressed in Washington.
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The Future of Electricity: Clean and Bright
What happens when you bring together nearly two dozen energy leaders from across the globe into a room for several days of uninterrupted discussion on the Future of Electricity? Throw in jet lag for anyone not from United Arab Emirates, add a cocktail of fossil fuel interests along with renewable energy advocates, shake well in nearly 100 degree F heat, and one could not imagine consensus coalescing around almost anything. Surprisingly, perhaps, this group, convened by the World Economic Forum, agreed on a set of trends that indicate change is nigh in the electricity sector:
The world is increasingly electrified.
Renewable energy has the greatest capacity growth.
Clean energy enables growing universal access to electricity.
Energy security increases as a result of more indigenous clean electrification.
Distributed energy resource deployment is significantly increased.
Energy storage provides critical grid services.
Consumer engagement and choice shape future electric growth.
The price of electricity may increase briefly, then decrease, over time.
Regulation supports and accommodates these changes.
This transformation will not happen organically, however. The group also identified requirements to realize this transformation in our electric system:
Politic targets must be clear, transparent, and consistent.
Regulation should anticipate trends and create a climate for investment.
Power markets and platforms must be open for all participants.
Financing mechanisms should be clear and risk factors understood.
Business and monetization models must evolve.
Consumers must be allowed to participate.
Special provisions should be made for universal access.
It was affirming as a participant in this process to hear from others about the same policy hurdles I deal with every day in Congress, state legislatures, and regulatory bodies. My firm's public policy work, while mostly centered in the U.S., can be informed by policies that have been tried elsewhere with varying degrees of success. That the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Electricity could arrive at these principles and requirements should give us all a cogent road map to this transition. Read the full report here.
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Omnibus Package: Sausage with Delicious Clean Energy Provisions
Post published on 38 North Solutions website here.
The omnibus deal—PATH (Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015)–was sausage-making at its most intense, but the product should be palatable for most parties in clean energy. Extensions for renewables and efficiency tax credits were key sweeteners to lifting the oil export ban. In addition, clean energy R&D funding, reauthorization and increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and climate change funds (Clean Technology and Strategic Climate Funds of Bank for Reconstruction & Development and Global Environment Facility) were included in the deal. While the solar and wind credits are phase-downs, the trajectory should provide much-needed certainty to renewable energy investors, developers, and consumers and will serve as a bridge to implementation of the Clean Power Plan, the longer-term market driver for clean energy in the U.S.
House and Senate leaders—McConnell (supported by Chairman Hatch of Senate Finance), Reid, Ryan, and Pelosi—were key to ensuring that this deal could pass their caucuses, and the White House provided additional feedback throughout the process to ensure the President would sign the resulting package. Because of vociferous opposition to lifting the 40-year oil export ban, the environmental community for the most part had to sit this fight out. The renewable energy industries, in particular solar whose credit did not expire until the end of 2016, had to carry much of the water on the renewable energy extenders. New allies were made, especially in the Republican Caucus, that allowed for greater bipartisan support than has been seen in a number of years.
Now, the renewable energy industries can turn their focus to state and local policies, siting and permitting issues, and compliance strategies for the Clean Power Plan.
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Transformation through Leadership: Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Symposium
Originally published in Scientific American, November 11, 2015.
They came in all ages—college, graduate school, early career, mid-career, mature career, semi-retired—many ethnicities and backgrounds, but mostly one gender. These were women gathering at MIT in Cambridge, MA, for the fourth annual Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Symposium.
Caroline McGregor of the U.S. Department of Energy, which started this program in conjunction with the MIT Energy Initiative (better know as MITei—pronounced "mighty"), describes this initiative as the "recruitment, retention and advancement of women" working in clean energy. When Carla Peterman, a Commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission, took the stage to receive her Government Leadership Award at last week's Symposium, she remarked, "Women collaborate without even trying." This symposium certainly felt that way.
Some years the theme for the C3E Symposium has been less clear; this year it crystallized: transformation. Women are leading the transformation of innovation, of climate solutions, of our world. Each and every woman at this conference is dedicated to transforming systems and lives through engagement and work in clean energy.
The importance of engaging women at all levels in the energy sector was emphasized by MITei's Martha Broad, and Bob Armstrong with the latter saying that "…we need all hands on deck" to solve climate change.
In addition to group discussions of career advancement and speed networking, several panels took on difficult and complex challenges, such as the energy and water nexus or the transformation to a low carbon future. With 40% of water withdrawals in the U.S. going to thermal electric generation, the panelists discussed the need to arrive at creative solutions for managing the earth's water sustainably. Challenges in developing countries around access to clean water and energy were highlighted, with discussions on innovative water desalination technologies and distributed solar technologies and delivery systems. One of the major differences seen with the panel discussions at C3E is that all of the speakers and moderators were women—something that is truly unique in the male-dominated energy sector.
Throughout the two days, several key themes inherent in transformation emerged.
It is okay to fail.
"Every girl should have the ability to build, fail, then build again—and in an unstructured environment", said Grace Overlander, of Tesla Motors, who won the Business Leadership award for her work launching a dozen product lines in the automotive industry. This was a recurring refrain with speakers who assured the attendees that bad experiences are okay and that each career move can be a learning opportunity, spurring one to demand more from the next step. "Don't stop because of one failure," urged Leslie Labruto of the Clinton Foundation.
Women have the power to make change.
When a seasoned and accomplished professional was asked what advice she had, she said if she had to do it again, she would be Anya Cherneff, CEO of Empower Generation, who was awarded the International Leadership Award and has launched 15 businesses with 200 sales reps for solar lighting in remote communities in Nepal. "I have just started to recognize the power I have to make change," reiterated Lisa Cagnolatti of Southern California Edison. Barbara Kates-Garnick of Tufts University was more practical in her approach. "Diversity is a business decision that benefits everybody," she said. Her panel, which delved into the need for more granular tracking of women in clean energy, especially in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), concluded that there is not enough data about women. "This lack of information makes women invisible," continued Kates-Garnick. "What is not counted does not count."
Every age can engage.
C3E Ambassadors are hand-picked female leaders who have reached maturity in their fields and who spend time together deciding who will win the prestigious awards. These women have internalized the need to "build the bench" of young women who will take their places and create even more leadership positions for women in clean energy. The award winners are mid-career women who have made extraordinary gains in various aspects of clean energy. These awards can mean an enormous amount to their careers and next steps toward leadership. Then there are graduate students who present posters of their projects, among which Symposium attendees choose one winner. Last year's poster winner, Caroline Golin, has in the year since her award launched her own company, GreenLink, and gone on to obtain numerous contracts to perform solar analysis in the Southeast and throughout the nation. A group of younger women, undergraduates in STEM programs, have the chance to present three-minute "lightning" presentations of their research. Many more women attend as invitees of each of these groups of professionals, sowing the seeds of leadership and enthusiasm to make an impact in clean energy. With live webcast, the hope is to reach many more women who are unable to attend in person.
It is up to us to find transformative solutions.
Rebecca Pearl-Martinez, Head of the Renewable Equity Project, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), Fletcher School at Tufts University, observed that "gender diversity could be the next carbon wedge, propelling both clean energy technologies and economic growth." Others remarked that we can empower women to power the world. People want more than just a solar light—want entire electricity lifestyle. Erica Mackey, the Founder and CEO of Off-Grid Electric, who was awarded the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, for her ground breaking work to deliver state-of-the-art solar products in sub-Saharan Africa, stated that "they are focused on making solar affordable to everyone—household by household." Melanie Kenderdine, the founder of the MITiE and now a close advisor to DOE Secretary Ernie Moniz and head of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, delivered a keynote address with a tutorial on where our energy resource mix is now, what policies are needed, and how we need to get more serious about funding solutions to climate change. Others agreed that sustained policies help technologies make transformation possible. While there are hopeful signs of this transformation, the opportunity for change is immediate but implementation can feel painfully slow.
Next year will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the C3E Symposium and the leadership awards. Now the task will be to ensure that all women—not just those who are lucky enough to attend the conference—are empowered to lead the clean energy transformation. Kenderdine observed that as she ages, she feels that it is ever more important to help younger women coming along. This C3E Ambassador couldn't agree more.
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Collection of Mangrove Soil Soil sample collection was carried out at tropical mangrove ecosystem located in northern states of Malaysia which are Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang and Perak. The red mangroves are adapted to the swampy soils. Abstracts Aim: This study reports the production of cellulase by Bacillus licheniformis VVA21 isolated from hydrocarbon contaminated Kegbara-Dere mangrove in Ogoniland, Nigeria. 1. A mangrove understory contains mangrove ferns, but few other species can survive the shady, high salinity conditions. Cells were easily recognized under the microscope as cocci that were usually arranged in distinctive tetrads. Grey mangrove timber was also an important resource for oyster growers in the 1900s, which led to the protection of mangroves under early fisheries legislation. experiment. The reaction to peroxide is more variable. The results indicate the soil samples at Kuantu (1.68 to 17.10 mg kg-1 soil), and Pali (1.44 to 8.91 mg kg-1 soil) had a much higher amount of ammonium N than Chuwei Tidal (0.82 to 5.98 mg kg-1 soil) and Dwarf mangrove (0.15 to 1.08 mg kg-1 soil). Each flower pot will hold ~750 g of mangrove soil. Objectives of this study were established to answer the question regarding how much soil organic carbon (SOC) is stored in wetland soils in part of the upper northeastern Gulf of Thailand and to what extent SOC is related to organic matter (OM). To investigate the mangrove soil viral community structure and to reveal the genetic and functional diversity of mangrove soil viruses, six soil samples were collected from three different mangrove habitats (bay, river and port) in two distant areas (Guangxi and Hainan Provinces, China) for a period of 2 years (2015 October–2017 March) (Fig. The soil pH of each mangrove species was similar in Japan and Thailand. coastal mangrove soil. These anoxic conditions increase the level of sulphide in the soil and increase the pH leading to major shrimp losses. Recent findings suggest that different soil properties influence the vegetation, species composition and structure of mangrove forests. Muddy soil supports nypa palms while sandy soil supports different grass species, core mangrove soil supports red mangroves (R. racemosa), which are the most dominant of all species, with importance value (Iv) of 52.02. Four Avicennia alba seedlings of the same size, categorized in the same stages of growth were how soil pH affects the growth of mangroves, we can possibly tweak or enhance the environment to suit the mangroves better and inform the general public on how air pollution affects the mangrove ecosystems as well. 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Each species seemed to grow at inherent soil pH. Here, we present patterns in mangrove soil C stocks across hemispheres, latitudes, countries and mangrove community compositions, and estimate potential annual CO2 emissions for countries where mangroves occur. It consists of the features of a scientific report, the abiotic and biotic features of the environment, adaptations, food chains and many more. Sea level and turbidity controls on mangrove soil surface elevation change Catherine E. Lovelock a, *, Maria Fernanda Adame b, Vicki Bennion a, Matthew Hayes a, Ruth Reef a, Nadia Santini a, Donald R. Cahoon c a School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia b Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia A typical unoxidised acid sulfate soil may have results of pH F ~6.5 and pH FOX ~2. Overview of mangrove soil viromes. Ammonium and nitrate content in the mangrove soils is shown in Figure 3. Notably, "Mangroves account for only approximately 1% (13.5 Gt year-1) of carbon sequestration by the world's forests, but as coastal habitats they account for 14% of carbon sequestration by the global ocean." A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. The Mangroves: Field Study This website has been created as a Field Study in the Homebush Bay Mangrove ecosystem for Year 11 Biology. Methodology: Baseline physicochemical characteristics of the hydrocarbon contaminated soil were established. We need you to answer this question! 2, … A typical oxidised acid sulfate soil may have results of pH F ~3.5 and pH FOX ~1. It is therefore imperative that global patterns in mangrove soil C stocks and their susceptibility to remineralization are understood. Three random soil collection points were chosen for each location and the soil samples were People are clearcutting the mangrove trees (deforestation, habitat loss) and are building dikes. 3. Soil pH did not change irrespective of the season. While total area of mangroves was a key determinant of total soil carbon storage, amongst the top 25 mangrove OCS holding nations, there was a nearly even split between nations with smaller area of high soil carbon density forests and those nations with lots of low soil carbon density forests (figure 4). By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Various studies have noted the benefits of mangroves as a natural defense for coastal areas against natural calamities because its roots help keep soil in place, thus preventing flooding and soil erosion. The sample will usually react explosively to the peroxide. Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of the soil. 1 2. Mangrove forests inhabit the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, thriving in the transitional regions between the land and the sea and offering a unique environment for diverse groups of organisms .These ecosystems are characterized by periodic tidal flooding, which results in a highly saline soil profile, with variable levels of nutrients. Mangrove forests in river deltas, such as the Sundar-bans (Banerjee et al 2012) and the Zambezi river delta in Mozambique (Stringer et al 2016), typically only contain a few percent organic carbon throughout the soil … Because hydrogen ion concentration varies over a wide range, a logarithmic scale (pH) is used: for a pH decrease of 1, the acidity increases by a factor of 10. The average water soluble soil salinity of mangrove vertical profiles in the four sampling sites ranged from 11.34 in Wencang to 18.38 in Yunxiao, with an average value of 14.84. Twenty-two bacterial isolates were screened for cellulolytic activity on carboxymethyl … This forms ponds with anoxic water. The pH value was measured in a 1:5 (w/w) soil water suspension using an electric digital pH meter [31] and salinity of a soil saturation extract (ECe) was determined by measuring the electrical conductance of soil extract with the … Low pH in mangrove soil was the noticeable feature, whereas soil pH of the other three sampling sites was mostly acidic (pH < 7) except for Yunxiao (pH value 7.64). Large differences occur between mangrove forests with respect to soil pH, salinity, bulk density, CEC, nutrients, carbon and organic matter contents of the mangrove soils. The pH of the soil in three flower pots was adjusted in setups Beta, Gamma and Delta to pH levels 7.72, 8.15 and 10.13 respectively and setup Alpha was left as the control setup.
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House Votes to Ban Most Late-Term Abortions after Appeals to What's Sacred
WASHINGTON (June 19, 2013) – Rejecting arguments that the "right" to abortion is more sacred than life in the womb, the House has voted 228-196 to ban most abortions more than 20 weeks into a pregnancy.
Republican women challenged Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's defense of abortion "rights" last week in which she said, "As a practicing and respectful Catholic, this is sacred ground to me."
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., said, "We are indeed treading upon sacred ground, but it's because we're dealing with the sanctity of every human life."
Democrats say the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" will die in the Senate and, if it reached the White House, would be vetoed by President Barack Obama.
The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of Philadelphia late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception, defying laws in most states that allow abortions up to when the fetus becomes viable, usually considered to be around 24 weeks.
It mirrors 20-week abortion ban laws passed by some states, and lays further groundwork for the ongoing legal battle that pro-lifers hope will eventually result in forcing the Supreme Court to reconsider the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, that made abortion legal.
It passed 228-196, with six Democrats voting for it and six Republicans voting against it.
In the short term, the bill will go nowhere. The Democratic-controlled Senate will ignore it and the White House says the president would veto it if it ever reached his desk. The White House said the measure was "an assault on a woman's right to choose" and "a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade."
But it was a banner day for social conservatives who have generally seen their priorities overshadowed by economic and budgetary issues since Republicans recaptured the House in 2010.
Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America, called it "the most important pro-life bill to be considered by the U.S. Congress in the last 10 years."
Marjorie Dannenfeiser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List – a group that seeks to eliminate abortion – said the legislation differed significantly from past abortion measures in that it restricts, rather than merely controls, the abortion procedure.
Democrats chided Republicans for taking up a dead-end abortion bill when Congress is doing little to promote jobs and economic growth. Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called it "yet another Republican attempt to endanger women. It is disrespectful to women. It is unsafe for families and it is unconstitutional."
Democrats also said the decision by GOP leaders to appease their restless base with the abortion vote could backfire on Republican efforts to improve their standing among women.
"They are going down the same road that helped women elect Barack Obama president of the United States," said Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia's delegate to the House. The bill is so egregious to women, said Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., that women are reminded that "the last possible thing they ever want to do is leave their health policy to these men in blue suits and red ties."
Democrats repeatedly pointed out that all 23 Republicans on the Judiciary Committee that approved the measure last week on a party-line vote are men.
Republicans countered by assigning women to conspicuous roles in managing the bill on the House floor and presiding over the chamber. Republican women were prominent among those speaking in favor of the legislation.
The bill, said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who was assigned to manage the bill despite not being on the Judiciary Committee, would "send the clearest possible message to the American people that we do not support more Gosnell-like abortions."
The Republican leadership gave the green light to the abortion bill after social conservatives coalesced around the case of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor who was recently sentenced to life in prison for the murder of three babies delivered alive. Pro-lifers said it exemplified the inhumanity of late-term abortions.
"After this Kermit Gosnell trial, (and) some of the horrific acts that were going on, the vast majority of the American people believe in the substance of this bill, and so do I," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Absent from the debate was the bill's main sponsor, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., who last week sparked a controversy by saying that rape resulted in few pregnancies.
After Franks' remark, which he later modified, Republicans quietly altered the bill to include an exception to the 20-week ban for instances of rape and incest. Democrats still balked, saying the exception would require a woman to prove that she had reported the rape to authorities.
The bill has an exception when a physical condition threatens the life of the mother, but Democratic efforts to include other health exceptions were rebuffed.
The legislation would ban abortions that take place 20 weeks after conception, which is equivalent to 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Some 10 states have passed laws similar to the House bill, and several are facing court challenges. Last month a federal court struck down as unconstitutional Arizona's law, which differs slightly in banning abortion 20 weeks after pregnancy rather than conception.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based reproductive health research organization that supports abortion rights, in 2009, 1.3 percent of the 1.2 million abortions in the country, about 15,600, occurred 20 weeks after the fetus was conceived.
Supporters of the legislation also contended that unborn children can feel pain after about 20 weeks, and the bill cites extensively from studies agreeing with that conclusion. Opponents say such findings are inconclusive.
Pro-abortion groups argued that the 20-week ban, in addition to being unconstitutional, would affect women just at the point of learning of a fetal anomaly or determining that the pregnancy could put the mother's life in danger.
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Al Jazeera's AJ+ publishes first videos on YouTube
Janko Roettgers Dec 17, 2013 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post
Al Jazeera's new online video venture AJ+ is not set to launch till next year, but the team behind it just published a few videos on YouTube (S GOOG) that show how AJ+ will try to distinguish itself from other news publishers online.
The preview comes after Al Jazeera officially announced in October that it was going to launch an online-only news service, and the team behind AJ+ gave me a first look at their San Francisco-based office last month. At the time, AJ+ executives told me that they're shooting for a soft launch early next year.
This week, AJ+ published a few videos on an "AJ+ Lab" YouTube channel, including this one:
AJ+ clearly is taking some cues from the production style of popular YouTube channels, and Al Jazeera Media Network's Executive Director of Strategy, Development and Technology Yaser Bishr told me back in November that the goal was to make videos appeal to an online audience, not reproduce traditional TV news efforts. "You don't want to inherit the legacy of the TV," he said.


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North Korea Formally Names Kim as Head of State
SEOUL (Dispatches) -- Kim Jong Un has been formally named head of state of North Korea and commander-in-chief of the military in a new constitution.
The new constitution, unveiled on the Naenara state portal site on Thursday, said that Kim as chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC), a top governing body created in 2016, was "the supreme representative of all the Korean people", which means head of state, and "commander-in-chief".
A previous constitution simply called Kim "supreme leader" who commands the country's "overall military force".
Previously, North Korea's official head of state was the president of the titular parliament, known as the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.
"Kim had dreamed of becoming the president of North Korea and he effectively made it come true," said Kim Dong-yup, a professor at Kyungnam University's Far East Institute in Seoul.
Kim shifted his focus to the economy last year, launched nuclear talks with the United States and moved to revamp his image as a world leader via summits with South Korea, China and Russia.
Hong Min, a senior researcher of the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul, said the title change was also aimed at preparing for a potential peace treaty with the United States.
Washington had baulked at signing a comprehensive peace treaty before North Korea takes substantial steps toward denuclearization, but U.S. officials have signaled they may be willing to conclude a more limited agreement to reduce tensions, open liaison offices, and move toward normalizing relations.
Denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea have stalled, although fresh talks with Pyongyang are supposed to take place this month.
North Korea has frozen nuclear bomb and long-range missile testing since 2017. But it tested new short-range missiles after a second summit with the United States in February broke down, and U.S. officials believe it has expanded its arsenal by continuing to produce bomb fuel and missiles.
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1914-1918 In Memory of
SIDNEY INKERMAN DANIELLS
Lance Corporal, B Coy, 1st Wiltshire Regiment
1886 (23 August): Born, Imber, Wiltshire.
Father: Henry DANIELS (1855-1948), Shepherd
Mother: Elizabeth Alice SMITH (1855-1928)
1891 (5 April) Living at Bush Farm, West Lavington, Wiltshire (age 4 ).
1901 (31 March) Stable boy, living at Alma Cottage, Church Street, Imber, Wiltshire (age 14).
1905 (3 January): Enlisted at Potterne, Wiltshire in 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment (age 18).
1911 (2 April) Lance Corporal, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg Natal, South Africa (age 24). The Battalion was garrisoned there from 1909-1913.
1913 (28 November): Married Elizabeth Francis BEARD (1888-1971), Worton Church, Worton, Wiltshire. Sidney's occupation given as Nurse at Lavington Asylum, Wiltshire (age 27).
1914 (3 March) Civil Service Commission (Post Office) appointment as postman, Birmingham (age 27).
1914 (August). With 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment at Tidworth, Wiltshire. Under command of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division (age 27).
1914 (14 August): At Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Disembarked with 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, as part of British Expeditionary Force (age 27).
1914 (25 October): Lance Corporal Sidney Inkerman Daniells, No. 7179, B Coy, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action at the Battle of La Bassée, Neuve Chapelle, France (age 28). No known grave.
1914 (16 November): Birth of son, Sidney Inkerman DANIELS, Worton, Wiltshire.
1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
Battles and Engagements (August - October 1914)
Battle of Mons (23-24 August 1914)
Rearguard action of Solesmes (25 August 1914)
Battle of Le Cateau (26 August 1914)
Battle of the Marne (7-10 September 1914)
Battle of the Aisne (12-15 September 1914)
Actions of the Aisne Heights (20 September 1914)
Battle of La Bassée (10 October-2 November 1914)
War Diary
Saturday 24th October 1914 [Neuve Chapelle, France]
12.30a.m. night attack started against trenches and continues till about 2.30a.m. Proceeded with improvement on trenches as far as enemy's snipers would permit. Got all troops except HQ out of buildings by daylight. 9.45a.m. shelling of village and trenches commenced. Ceased for a few hours and was again continued without a break from 2 till 7p.m. Companies in trenches suffered from shell fire, their trenches being blown in by these heavy shells. Village suffered a good deal. B Coy in dug outs outside the village also suffered. Trenches report an attack about 5p.m. Sent up what could be collected of B Coy to reinforce trenches. 2nd Lieut Riddell slightly wounded. 8 men killed, 36 wounded and 23 men missing. It is feared that most of these 23 men were buried in the dug outs.
Sunday 25th October 1914 [Neuve Chapelle, France]
The Battalion were in a position west of Neuf Chapelle Ordered to move Bn HQ further back to West of Village. Had D coy stay in reserve. Trenches shelled pretty well all day. Also HQ a certain amount. Regt on our left was partly driven out of their trenches. Village reduced to ruins. Roads cut up by heavy shells. Difficult to get supplies up. Moved HQ up to village again after dark. Relieved A & C Coys in the trenches as far as possible by B & D Coys. Also withdrew what remained of the machine gun sections. Only 3 men left. Guns all night Captain Davis severely wounded. 37 men killed & 42 wounded. Lt Wand Tetley sent up to take command of A Coy.
Sidney Inkerman Daniells, about 1913 (age 27)
"Monument touret 2" by Velvet - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Le Touret Memorial
Inscription, Le Touret Memorial, Panel 33 & 34
Sidney was known familiarly as "Inker".
The name "Inkerman" almost certainly derives from the Battle of Inkerman (Crimean War), fought on 5th November 1854. It is unclear why Sidney was given this name.
Sidney had eleven siblings, born between 1881 and 1902.
The eldest sister (1881-1911) was named "Alma" (the name of another Crimean War battle). In 1901, the family lived at Alma Cottage, Imber.
Sidney and Elizabeth had two grandchildren (John Inkerman Daniels, Michael Inkerman Daniels), four great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.
Medals awarded: Allied Victory Medal; 1914 Star; British War Medal (Silver); Memorial Plaque. (Present location of medals unknown).
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record for Sidney Inkerman Daniells
Potterne History Men of WWI record for Sidney Inkerman Daniells
Infantry Regiments of Berkshire and Wiltshire
1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (1914-1918)
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This section lists politicians with the name of GRAY / GREY in:
This list of members of the Australian House of Representatives in the period 1901-2013, was obtained from Wikipedia on 11th June 2011.
Member Party Electorate State Term of Office
George Gray Labor Capricornia Queensland 1961 – 1967
Gary Gray OA Labor Brand Western Australia 2007 –
This is a list of people of the GREY/GRAY surname who were members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1750-1950 as found in the Spartacus Educational Website on 11th June 2011.
Name Constituency Dates
Charles Grey Cumberland / Appleby 1786-1807
Edward Grey Berwick-on-Tweed 1885-1916
[to be completed]
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, KG PC FZL DL
[Unless otherwise specified, the following is taken from WikiPedia]
25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933
Grey was the eldest of the seven children of Colonel George Henry Grey and Harriet Jane Pearson, daughter of Charles Pearson. His grandfather Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet of Fallodon, was also a prominent Liberal politician, while his great-grandfather Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet of Fallodon, was the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, and the younger brother of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. Grey attended Temple Grove school from 1873 until 1876. Whilst at the school Grey's father died unexpectedly in December 1874 and his grandfather assumed responsibility for his education sending him to Winchester College in 1876.
Lord Grey of Fallodon married Dorothy, daughter of S. F. Widdrington, of Newton Hall, Northumberland, in 1885. After her death in February 1906 he married secondly Pamela Adelaide Genevieve, daughter of the Honourable Percy Wyndham and widow of Lord Glenconner, in 1922. There were no children from the two marriages. Lady Grey of Fallodon died in November 1928. Lord Grey remained a widower until his death at Fallodon in September 1933, aged 71, following which he was cremated at Darlington. The viscountcy became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his kinsman, Sir Charles George Grey, 4th Baronet.
He served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any person in that office. He is probably best remembered for his remark at the outbreak of the First World War: "The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time".
Ennobled as Viscount Grey of Fallodon in 1916, he was Ambassador to the United States between 1919 and 1920 and Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords between 1923 and 1924.
This page lists the members of the Congress of the USA as obtained from Wikipedia on 11th June 2011.
Senator Years State Party
George Gray 1885-1889 Delaware Democratic
Representative Years State Party
Edward Winthrop Gray 1915-1919 New Jersey Republican
Edwin Gray 1799-1813 Virginia Democratic – Repubican
Finlay Hutchinson Gray 1911-1917 / 1933-1939 Indiana Democratic
Hiram Gray 1837-1839 New York Democratic
John Cowper Gray 1820-1821 Virginia Democratic – Repubican
Joseph Anthony Gray 1935-1939 Pennsylvania Democratic
Kenneth James Gray 1955-1974 / 1985-1989 Illinois Democratic
Oscar Lee Gray 1915-1919 Alabama Democratic
William Herbert Gray 1979-1991 Pennsylvania Democratic
Benjamin Edwards Gray 1851-1855 Kentucky Whig


Alinea ia a breathtaking experience. Chef Achatz is a master of minimalism and deception. The dark dining room, where black is the most prevalent color sets the stage for the chef to express his genius. The presentation of every dish is a work of art. Abstraction and minimalism are central in the creation of courses that almost feel too beautiful to eat. Chef Achatz skillfully combines tastes, textures, smells, and sounds in order to create a unique experience in the culinary world. Alinea's menu is rich in symbolism and hidden meanings, similar to a Miro painting. Dry ice and liquid nitrogen complement the theatrical presentations and shape the final flavors. This is not just a gimmicky restaurant, interesting in superficial presentations. The tastes are as exotic and captivating as the images. It's all part of an unforgettable, dream night! One of the best places in the US!
Chocolate desert, meringue, browned butter, basil, sauce made of violet flowers, creme fraiche, and hazelnut. Simply amazing! The best desert we have ever had!
The Publican is located in Chicago's Fulton Market. The food is exceptional and so is the atmosphere! Communal tables, fast and friendly service, young crowd, and upbeat vibe in a space resembling a European beer hall. The menu is mainly seafood and pork based, and is inspired by simple farmhouse fare. Dishes are cooked to perfection with creative twists. Courses are meant to be shared among the guests. Oysters, pork rinds, sweetbreads, suckling pig, ribs, and farm chicken are among the highlights, although we have yet to encounter a dish that we weren't amazed by! Extensive selection of ales, lagers, stouts, and ciders.
Bread pudding... Rum raisins, currants, pecans and maple sugar ice cream!


An Oregon right-of-way, moribund for four years, gets the resources and support it needs from its stakeholders to serve an eager and rapidly growing customer base.
The premature obituary in 2007 was ominous enough: Died from a collapsed tunnel, the exclamation point to a deteriorating rail right-of-way. The Coos Bay branch of the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, then a RailAmerica property, had been shut down as too costly to repair.
But stakeholders large and small in Oregon's Lane, Douglas, and Coos counties didn't accept such an outcome, and their concerns were heeded at the state and federal levels. "The economic impact on the South Coast communities was immediate and severe," says Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), who staffs an office in Coos Bay, Ore. "Timber companies and other industrial shippers were forced to truck their products, which was far costlier." In 2009, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay bought the derelict 111-mile branch, and rehabilitation efforts were under way.
Fast-forward to September 2011, when Coos Bay Rail Link opened for business with a vengeance. The 134-mile short line is charging ahead in 2014, backed by a commitment from its operator, ARG Transportation Services, and by the Port of Coos Bay and the state of Oregon itself.
With a donation of 23 miles of right-of-way from Union Pacific, stretching from Coquille to North Spit (outside Coos Bay), and along with the Coos Bay Bridge donated earlier by UP, fertile business conditions were in place for a short line railroad to put rail service back into action—and recognition as Railway Age's 2014 Short Line of the Year.
"We created something out of nothing," Coos Bay Rail Link's former General Manager Tom Foster says. "Together, we revived a transportation link vital to rural Oregon manufacturers and businesses that trade nationally and globally. We're ecstatic about this honor." Foster now is vice president of marketing for parent ARG Transportation Services.
Railway Age has followed the rapid rise of Coos Bay Rail Link with interest and continuous coverage, while Engineering Editor (and RT&S Editor) Mischa Wanek-Libman made it a point to be on the property herself in November 2012 to see the goings-on. Coos Bay Rail Link's rapid rise to prominence caught the attention of editors and industry officials alike.
On Aug. 16, 2011, Eugene, Ore.-based ARG Transportation Services signed an interim contract with the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay to operate Coos Bay Rail Link. ARG Trans at that time announced the appointment of Tom Foster as Coos Bay Rail Link's general manager.
Foster, along with ARG President Scott Parkinson, immediately and literally hit the ground walking, reaching out to former customers and potential new ones.
Those customers needed reassurance that Coos Bay Rail Link was here to stay. Foster and Parkinson, among other items, pointed to Coos Bay Rail Link's financial backing of $31 million in grants and loans from 10 different sources, including SAFETEA-LU, Connect Oregon, federal TIGER II, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the Oregon state lottery, among others.
Coos Bay Rail Link's infrastructure needs were staggering: Nine rail tunnels, 150 water crossings that included three major swing spans and 115 steel and timber bridges, and miles of right-of-way clogged by trees and brush growth. Add to that the needs of 250 public and private grade crossings, 14 of which are signalized, and the task was daunting at the very least.
Contractor teams led by Balfour Beatty Rail went to work, replacing 94,000 ties and delivering 54,000 tons of ballast. Grade crossings were upgraded. Signals were renewed. Drainage, a major overdue concern along the right-of-way and especially within the numerous tunnels, was addressed. One break: Coos Bay Rail Link was able to continue using much of the existing rail inherited from Southern Pacific, allowing it to run 286,000 pound loads once operations resumed.
Foster's prediction was on the mark, with praise for Coos Bay Rail Link's efforts raining down from the likes of Eugene-based Seneca Sawmill Co., Allweather Wood, LLC of North Bend, Swanson Bros. Lumber Co., Inc. of Noti, and Coos Bay-based Treez.
Foster and Parkinson also reached out to Class I partner Union Pacific, seeking an interchange in Eugene, Ore. "For our part, we have increased the supply of centerbeam railcars for lumber loading and fostered a strong working relationship at the local operations level to ensure a fluid interchange with UP," says UP Senior Director-Short Line Marketing Todd A. Whitman.
"We know of recent highway conversions of 1,860 trucks, equivalent to 620 railcars, off of intrastate state highways," Whitman says. "We have been happy to support [Coos Bay Rail Link] with this endeavor and fully encourage their business development efforts." At Eugene, Coos Bay Rail Link also interchanges with Central Oregon & Pacific and, via UP, with Portland & Western railroads. Coos Bay Rail Link negotiated with other short line railroads to improve shipper opportunities, resulting in rising traffic volume and, not coincidentally, increased employee staffing and more motive power (from one locomotive to five) required to handle the increased business.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, Coos Bay Rail Link, aided by the Port of Coos Bay, completed a new siding in Finn, Ore., just west of Eugene, allowing the transloading of logs and rock products destined for the state's coastal region. The facility is expected to generate at least 2,000 loads in 2014; the first car was loaded in late February.
Indeed, Coos Bay Rail Link hopes to replicate its early established growth rate. In 2012, it moved 2,480 revenue carloads, "during a period when the railroad only had access to several major shippers for about half the year," notes Port of Coos Bay CEO David Koch. "2013 saw Coos Bay Rail Link increase revenue traffic by 95% to 4,845 revenue cars." Coos Bay Rail Link started operations in late 2011 with two customers; that's now up to 13 in 2014.
Instead, a prediction of a hale and hearty future for Coos Bay Rail Link, and the customers and territory the railroad serves.


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Kart CRG: Galli and Gomez in the top ten in the FIA World Championship OK
The CRG drivers missed out on podium but there was no lack of speed for them while competing in the FIA World Championship OK & OK Junior in Sarno. The most important weekend of the year for the direct drive classes confirmed the competitiveness of the CRG chassis and only a series of unfortunate episodes, decisive in a single round event, deprived the CRG drivers of a more important result.
In the end, Olin Galli and Gabriel Gomez finished P8 and P10 respectively in the OK category, both closing the Final in the top ten, a result that, after a very positive weekend, was also within the reach of Simone Bianco, who has been very fast all weekend, but was forced to retire in the Final due to a race contact. The positive performances in OK were unanimous for the CRG drivers and confirm the great potential of the KT2 chassis, currently one of the most versatile and competitive on the market. Still talking about the OK class, Filippo Fiorentino and Adrian Malheiro remained out of the Final due to some contacts.
The CRG colors were also highlighted in the OK Junior category, where Scott Lindblom has always been among the fastest in the Qualifying races, where he also obtained a victory by securing P7 on the starting grid of the Final. At the start of the race he immediately entered leaders' group in P3, but after a few laps a race contact knocked him out. A real pity because the Swedish driver had the speed and the race pace to take his chances. Despite the bitterness for the withdrawal, there still the awareness of the competitiveness of the technical material and the satisfaction for the staff of having taken the correct path for the future. In OK Junior Nikolas Roos, Sebastian Garzon and Enzo Nienkotter were also very fast all weekend, but they failed to realize their performances with the qualification in the Final, due to two retirements in the Heat. More complicated, but certainly important from the point of view of the experience, the weekend of Nico Lahnalahti, Francisco Macedo, Michael Ider and Gabriel Sano.
The positive performance of the CRG chassis will certainly give an important input to the market in a 2023 key, not only in terms of sales, but also for the Racing Team's driver line-up, which in all likelihood will see the arrival of some top level drivers. Now there will be two weeks of break and then we will get back to work in view of 2023 with the last WSK races of the season.
Full results of the Sarno weekend are available on the website www.fiakarting.com
CRG drivers' post-race reactions
Olin Galli (OK): "Our weekend was affected by some unfortunate episodes in Qualifying and in the first Qualifying Heats, circumstances that made me start the Final from the middle of the grid. In the Final my race pace was very good and I recovered 19 positions. Obviously, if I had started in a better position I could have done a different race and I could have managed the tires in a better way, but we know that the single-race events are like this and everything must be perfect at every stage of the weekend. P8 is a good result, but it certainly there's a bit of a disappointment because we could have done better. Obviously, it is very positive for us to have such confirmation in a meeting of this level of how competitive our chassis-engine package is because this factor is at the basis of the work of the Factory Team".
Simone Bianco (OK): "I have had the best weekend since I raced in OK and I certainly want to thank the technicians who followed me and the whole team for the very competitive technical material, both in terms of the chassis and the Iame engines provided by Boscaini. In the Heats I always finished in the top 5, scoring the best lap of the race 3 times and I managed the tires well, but unfortunately the retirement due to a contact at the start in the last Qualifying race made me start a bit behind in the Final. Unfortunately, at the start a new contact made me lose many positions, but with a good pace and many overtakes I climbed up close to the top ten, before a collision with a driver who ended up in front of me and who forced me to retire definitively. The balance of my World Championship is still very positive, because beyond the result that was missed when my potential was in the top ten, I think I drove with a continuity and a better approach than in previous races and I gained more confidence on my potential".
Scott Lindblom (OK Junior): "It was a fantastic weekend despite the final result. I'm only in my 6th international race and being so competitive gives me a lot of confidence. The chassis and the engine have been perfect all weekend and the technical staff that follows me did an exceptional job, helping me a lot in managing every phase of this important race in the best possible way. In the Final I had a good start and I was calmly in the leading group, but while I was in P3 I received a strong blow from behind and I messed up the tires a little, going off-line and had to retire a few corners later. It was a shame as my speed was very good. I felt very good at the wheel, I was sure we could make a good progression and be very fast in the final stages of the race".
Tags: CRG , OK , OK-Junior , OK Junior , Sarno , Olin Galli , Simone Bianco , Scott Lindblom , Nico Lahnalahti , Gabriel Gomez , FIA World Championship OK & OK Junior , Adrian Malheiro , Nikolas Roos , Sebastian Garzon , Filippo Fiorentino , Francisco Macedo , Enzo Nienkotter , Michael Ider , Gabriel Sano


There was something poignant about receiving the news that sales of the audio book of Brushstrokes in Time (BiT) have been hit by hints of 'cultural appropriation' on the same day that Liu Xiaobo died . Liu appears briefly in my novel in the chapters on the events in Tiananmen Square in1989 . To mention those events in China puts you in danger which is why a Chinese writer couldn't have written BiT.
All 56 reviews on Amazon are wonderful. I ask myself 'Are these really about a novel I have written?' The problem is that only brave young Claret Press would take me on. Agents won't touch with me a barge pole for fear of being accused of 'Cultural Appropriation' and the same goes for mainstream media. The irony is that a Chinese writer cannot write about the Democracy Movement; it is taboo and censored in China. Madeleine Thein growing up in Montreal is as distant as I am from the period we write about but because of her Chinese ancestry 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing' doesn't face the same problems. I believe that I have interviewed more people who lived at the heart of the events described in our books .That is why the background detail in Brushstrokes in Time is so authentic but I can't change who I am. I was born in Luton (not Beijing) and my parents never these shores. (Dad was ready to be sent to Finland when Churchill changed his mind) BiT went down well in book groups near where I live.(Lots of different angles for discussion) Any further away readers prepared to recommend it to book groups near you?


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Solutions to global challenges will only be viable when they are designed to meet the needs and value the priorities of peoples and communities. This theme will focus on taking into account the multiple goals, values, norms and functions that people assign to land, how they actually manage land systems, what solutions they are building, and who decides what to do with land. We encourage sessions that will explore how issues of land tenure, conflicts and power, nature and health, co-production of ecosystem services and agrobiodiversity, food systems and livelihoods, human mobility and migration, multifunctional land uses, large-scale land acquisitions, soil degradation and landscape restoration, among others can be articulated into local and global narratives that are safe and just.
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