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#ActionOnFood: COP27 Food Systems Pavilion announced
Leading international organisations join forces to put food on the table at COP27
As the countdown to COP gathers pace – with just 80 days now remaining until the United Nations hosts its 27th Climate Change Conference – a coalition of leading international food organisations has today announced its plans to host the first ever Food Systems Pavilion.
The Food Systems Pavilion brings together over 15 international leaders in the food space spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, from farmers and youth to policy makers and scientists. This diversity of expertise and perspectives sets it apart from other coalitions, with co-hosts and partners committing to work collaboratively to tackle trade-offs, showcase solutions and overcome barriers.
Participating organisations include co-hosts Clim-Eat, Coalition of Action for Soil Health (CA4SH), EIT Food, Environmental Defense Fund, FOLU, Good Food Institute, Infarm, SNV and Yara International; session partners Aleph Farms, Food Tank, Just Rural Transition, One Acre Fund and Rabobank; and supporting partners World Farmers' Organisation, World Food Forum, YPARD, IAAS World and YOUNGO.
Dr Dhanush Dinesh, Clim-Eat founder, commented:
"New visions are needed for how food systems will operate in the future, and the central role of farmers and small-scale agriculture as positive agents of change. Business as usual is not an option.
"To address these issues publicly and collaboratively, we are bringing together farmers, food producers, NGOs, businesses, youth, Indigenous Peoples, governments and intergovernmental organisations in the first ever Food Systems Pavilion.
We believe COP27 will represent a critical turning point for our food systems. We urge all interested parties to join us in championing #ActionOnFood and making this the food COP."
With agriculture and food systems contributing over one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, there are many complex challenges to overcome but also huge opportunities. Transforming the world's food systems could generate $4.5 trillion annually in new economic activity and help to create a net-zero, nature-positive world, while also ensuring social justice and food security.
At the previous COP in Glasgow, policy makers took the first steps towards recognising the critical role of food and agriculture in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At COP27, the Food Systems Pavilion co-hosts want to substantially advance this agenda and put food centre stage.
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit and FOLU Ambassador, said:
"We must ensure that food dominates the COP27 agenda. It has been the missing piece in climate negotiations for far too long. Yet, Africa is putting huge bets on a COP on the continent. We hope that the world recognizes that our ability to produce food is fast being eroded, our adaptation capacity is the weakest, and how food is produced in parts of the world creates problems we must address.
Transforming our food systems unlocks opportunities to significantly reduce GHG emissions, mitigate the impacts of climate change, and provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time.
Without urgent action on climate change, an additional 100 million people in Africa could be pulled into extreme poverty in the next eight seasons – that's more than 10 million people every year between now and 2030 – people that have until now been feeding themselves! Timely action on food systems is essential to stop more people from sliding into poverty and food insecurity – it is good for both people and the planet."
The Food Systems Pavilion will focus on actions, strategies and solutions spanning the entire food value chain which offer the potential to accelerate the transition to healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems for all.
To find out more about the Food Systems Pavilion and its programme of events, visit FoodSystemsPavilion.com or search the hashtag #ActionOnFood on social media.
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About COP27 Food Systems Pavilion co-hosts
CA4SH (coalitionforsoilhealth.org)
The Coalition of Action for Soil Health (CA4SH) was established to improve soil health globally. We take a foundational and proactive approach to addressing food and nutrition security, climate change, socioeconomic returns and growth, productivity, rural livelihoods, biodiversity, climate and nature.
Clim-Eat (clim-eat.org)
Clim-Eat is a think-and-do tank that aims to accelerate food systems transformation under climate change. We seek to be a bridge between the food and climate communities, mobilising knowledge and connecting it to action through policy and practice. Clim-Eat is committed to step out of business-as-usual ideas and thinking, step up knowledge synthesis and engagement, and step in to support partners to take transformative action.
Clim-Eat is hosted and supported by the Netherlands Food Partnership.
EDF (edf.org)
One of the world's leading international nonprofit organizations, Environmental Defense Fund (edf.org) creates transformational solutions to the most serious environmental problems. To do so, EDF links science, economics, law, and innovative private-sector partnerships. With more than 3 million members and offices in the United States, China, Mexico, Indonesia and the European Union, EDF's scientists, economists, attorneys and policy experts are working in 28 countries to turn our solutions into action. Connect with us on Twitter @EnvDefenseFund.
EIT Food (eitfood.eu)
EIT Food is the world's largest and most dynamic food innovation community. We accelerate innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all. Supported by the EU, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. We are one of nine innovation communities established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.
FOLU (foodandlandusecoalition.org)
FOLU is a global community with diverse expertise, committed to the urgent need to transform the way we produce, distribute and consume food and use our land for people, nature and climate. We support science-based solutions and help build a shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities to unlock collective, ambitious action.
The Coalition's nine core partners are the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), EAT, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), SYSTEMIQ, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), The World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) and World Resources Institute (WRI). FOLU has platforms in China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Ethiopia and is building a platform in Kenya.
The Good Food Institute (gfi.org)
The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals. Alongside scientists, businesses, and policymakers, GFI's teams focus on making plant-based and cultivated meat delicious, affordable, and accessible. Powered by philanthropy, GFI is an international network of organisations advancing alternative proteins as an essential solution needed to meet the world's climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.
Infarm (infarm.com)
Founded in 2013, Infarm is the world's fastest-growing vertical farming company. In partnership with more than 30 of the world's top retail chains in 10 countries in North America, Asia, and Europe, Infarm's fresh produce is available in more than 1,850 stores worldwide. By 2030 Infarm plans to expand to 20 countries on those three continents and to the Middle East. The company's product catalogue consists of a variety of more than 75 plants such as herbs, leafy greens, salads, microgreens, and mushrooms, and will soon include strawberries, peppers, cherry tomatoes, and peas. The company's modular farming systems are highly efficient, capable of growing more than 500,000 plants annually on just 40m2 of floor space. In addition to using 95% less land, Infarm requires 95% less water than traditional farming methods and uses no chemical pesticides. So far, Infarm has saved more than 130 million litres of water, more than 180,000m2 of land, and nearly 1.6 million food miles (about 3 million km) with its production methods. Infarm has committed to setting a science-based net-zero carbon target through The Science Based Targets initiative. Infarm's operating entities are embedded in a holding company, infarm Indoor Urban Farming B.V, which is registered in The Netherlands.
SNV (snv.org)
SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation that makes a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty by helping them raise incomes and access basic services. We focus on three sectors – agriculture, energy, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) – and have a long-term, local presence in 24 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our team of approximately 1,300 people is the backbone of SNV.
Yara International (yara.com)
Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Supporting our vision of a world without hunger and a planet respected, we pursue a strategy of sustainable value growth, promoting climate-friendly crop nutrition and zero-emission energy solutions. Yara's ambition is focused on growing a nature positive food future that creates value for our customers, shareholders and society at large and delivers a more sustainable food value chain. To achieve our ambition, we have taken the lead in developing digital farming tools for precision farming, and work closely with partners throughout the food value chain to improve the efficiency and sustainability of food production.
Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has established a unique position as the industry's only global crop nutrition company.
About COP27 Food Systems Pavilion session partners
Aleph Farms (aleph-farms.com)
Aleph Farms grows cultivated beef steaks from cells that are isolated from a living cow and not immortalised or genetically modified, avoiding slaughter and achieving reduced environmental impact. The company was co-founded in 2017 by Didier Toubia, The Kitchen Hub by Strauss Group, and Professor Shulamit Levenberg of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Its vision is to ensure unconditional nutrition for anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Food Tank (foodtank.com)
Food Tank is one of the fastest growing global nonprofit organisations around food and agriculture issues, focused on building a global community for safe, healthy, and nourished eaters.
Just Rural Transition (justruraltransition.org)
Just Rural Transition brings together a diverse global community of stakeholders, including farmers, governments, investors and civil society organisations to identify inclusive, equitable and sustainable solutions to food systems challenges.
By catalysing policy reform and investment partnerships through collaborative approaches, JRT aims to contribute to a transformation to people-centred global food systems that nourish a growing population; protect and restore our natural world; mitigate climate change; and provide equitable livelihoods for food producers as they adapt to climate challenges and shifting market demand.
One Acre Fund (oneacrefund.org)
One Acre Fund is a non-profit social enterprise working to end chronic hunger and extreme poverty in smallholder communities. Via a wide-range of market-based operating models, they directly provide a network of almost 1.5 million farmers access to services and tools to sustainably increase crop productivity and farm income across nine sub-Saharan African countries (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria).
Few people in the world are as dependent on predictable rainfall and temperature patterns as a smallholder farmer, and thus as vulnerable to climate change. Climate change is not a hypothetical future risk to these farmers; it is a reality they are facing today. Given this critical need, One Acre Fund is increasingly focusing its program on helping the farmers it serves adapt to climate change, and in some cases help contribute to mitigation efforts.
Rabobank (rabobank.com)
Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission – growing a better world together. Together with our stakeholders, we have been dedicated to creating a future-proof society and tackling major societal challenges for 125 years. In the Netherlands, we serve retail and corporate clients; globally we focus on the food and agriculture sector. Our starting point is: together we can achieve more than we could individually.
Our climate is changing. Demand for food is increasing. And inequality continues to put a strain on society and our communities. Around the world, consumers and businesses face the growing need to live and work more sustainably. That's why we embrace innovation and team up with our customers and partners to address important social, economic and environmental issues. In particular, we focus on three key transitions where we can make a meaningful difference: the sustainable food and energy transitions, plus the transition to a more inclusive society where everyone can pursue their ambitions.
About COP27 Food Systems Pavilion supporting partners
World Farmers' Organisation (wfo-oma.org)
The World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) is a member-based organisation representing a community of geographically balanced entrepreneurial farmers that, regardless of their gender, age, or farm size – small, medium, or large-scale – aim to see their perspective as food producers and role as economic actors, globally recognised.
The WFO mission is to bring the farmers' voice into the global political dialogue on agriculture, advocating for their interests in all relevant international processes affecting their present and future.
YOUNGO (youngoclimate.org)
The easiest way for young people to engage in UNFCCC processes is by joining YOUNGO, which is the Official Children and Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC. YOUNGO consist of various WGs most of them are in line with the UNFCCC Constituted bodies like Finance and Mechanism, Loss and Damages, Adaptation, Indigenous and Solidarity.
These WGs throughout the year offer capacity building, submit interventions on the UNFCCC submission portal, engage with relevant partners for more insights, information exchange and learning. The constituency receives direct information from the UNFCCC Secretariat on how to participate in different meetings of interest, making interventions on behalf of Youth NGOs and many more other opportunities. This information is shared on a mailing list which is the most common communication platform. The mailing list consists of approximately 4000 thousand youths and 1000+ youth environmental organisations and 160+ registered as youth environmental organisations.
To make sure that youth voices are well represented at COPs, even without their physical presence, a Local Conference Of Youths (LCOY) is normally hosted in various countries. The main purpose of the LCOY is to capacitate young people in their respective countries on Climate Change. The outcome of LCOY is a youth statement which should be submitted to the government before COP for consideration. The LCOYs feed into the Regional Conference Of Youth (RCOY) while both LCOY outputs and RCOY outputs feed into the Global Conference Of Youth (GCOY), an event which takes place few days prior the Conference Of the Parties (COP) where at this event the Global Youth Statement (GYS) is produced after months of youth consultation and it is submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat for consideration.
World Food Forum (world-food-forum.org)
Launched in 2021, the World Food Forum (WFF) is an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). It aims to spark a global movement that empowers young people everywhere to actively shape agrifood systems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a better food future for all.
The WFF serves as the premier global forum to harness the passion and power of youth to identify solutions and incite positive action for agrifood systems. It aligns with the 2021 United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit, acts as a major youth platform in global food governance, and serves as a global think tank that fosters youth-led solutions in innovation, science and technology. The WFF aims to support and grow youth initiatives in the agrifood sector in line with global youth policy recommendations, focusing in 2022 on the theme, "Healthy Diets. Healthy Planet."
YPARD (ypard.net)
YPARD is an international movement by Young Professionals FOR Young Professionals for Agricultural Development. YPARD operates as a network; it is not a formalised institution.
At the heart of YPARD as a movement are its members, who are encouraged to become active in their area, spread the news about YPARD to other young professionals, encourage a stronger voice of youth in their own organisations and share their views and ideas with other young professionals in the network.
This global on-line and off-line communication and discussion platform is meant to enable and empower young agricultural leaders around the world to shape sustainable food systems.
IAAS World (iaasworld.org)
IAAS (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences) is the biggest student organisation in the field of agriculture and related sciences worldwide. IAAS was founded in 1957 in Tunisia, and started with only 8 member countries. It grew a lot to the organisation it is nowadays with over 50 member countries and about 10.000 students as our members.
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Refund of FBT (Fringe Benefit Tax) as Advance Income Tax
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Sub: Adjustment of "Advance Tax in respect of Fringe Benefits" for Assessment Year 2010-11 against "Advance Tax" – matter regarding.
The Finance Act, 2005 introduced a levy namely Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on the value of certain fringe benefits as contained in Chapter XII H (Sections 115 W to 115 WL) of Income Tax Act, 1961. By the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009 a new Section 115 WM was inserted to abolish the FBT with effect from Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2010-11. Consequently, benefits given to employees are taxed as perquisites in the hands of employees in terms of amendments to Clause 2 of Section 17 of Income Tax Act, 1961. However, during the current Financial Year 2009-10 some assessees have paid "advance tax in respect of fringe benefits" for Assessment Year 2010-11. In such cases the Board has decided that any installment of "advance tax paid in respect of fringe benefits" for A.Y. 2010-11 shall be treated as Advance Tax paid by assessee concerned for A.Y. 2010-11. The assessee can adjust such sum against its advance tax obligation in respect of income for A.Y. 2010-11 or in case of loss etc claim such payment as refund as advance tax paid in A.Y. 2010-11.
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Published: 19:11, 30 March 2019
Planners display the design for committee members.
A CONTROVERSIAL plan for 28 new flats on a prime Aviemore site has been turned down by the Cairngorms National Park's planning committee.
The decision came after a site visit to the area, on Grampian Road, by the members on recently.
An application for four separate apartment blocks comprising the new units had been recommended for refusal by planning officers on the basis that the design of the project did not fit in with the local townscape and character.
The development had been envisaged for the site of a former filling station to the south of the village, near two restaurants.
During the debate that followed at Boat of Garten Community Hall, many members said they were struck by the proposed scale of the buildings, saying they were unacceptable and would dominate a key entrance to the village.
Recommending to committee members that the application be refused, planning officer Katherine Donnachie said: "The scale and layout will dominate the landscape in this area and there will be a loss of trees within the location to the further detriment of the landscape setting of the site."
Members followed the advice of officers with planning committee convener Eleanor Mackintosh commenting: "The south end of Aviemore is no place for a development of this size.
"The height of the proposed buildings would dominate everything else on that streetscape.
"While it is a prime site for development, this is the wrong design.
"We would be keen however to see more sympathetic plans for the site coming forward."
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Breathe – Pink Floyd from Alan Robinson on Vimeo.
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial Alan.!
been mucking about with the guitar for a few months, but your site has improved my play alot.
my barre chords are poor so far, but i really want to learn this song through to the end. can i play them more easily before i break my guitar!!!!
Thanks for sharing your sharing your passion for the guitar and don't worry about the singing, you sound better than anyone who isn't singing. How long have you been playing and what style/system of martial art do you teach?
I have been playing on and off since I was a teenager but only with any real dedication over the last 10 years or so. I have been teaching Shotokai Karate for the last 25 years.


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My fourth new hairdresser since Isabelle stopped. The shop is on the second floor, a spacious corner unit with huge windows. Instead of watching others get their hair cut as I usually do, I have a raised view onto Queen Street. I feel like I am hovering over the adjacent construction site. My view is no longer confined by the hole cut in the hoarding. Across the street, what was once a bar is now the second floor of Shopper's. Are those bad greeting cards I see? Peeking is fun or should I say refreshing.
I have walked the stretch of Dundas Street east of University Avenue countless times over the years. Non-descript storefronts are all I remember. Today I sat in the Longo's at Dundas and Elizabeth and saw an entirely new street, thanks to a cat.
I stared out the window eating my lunch, nothing remarkable to note. I must have looked down at my food and when I lifted my gaze there was a cat in one of the bay windows on the second floor of the strip of buildings. Like a cat anywhere, this grey, maybe black feline surveyed his territory. This is not strange, but somehow it let me understand that people (and their pets) live in those buildings, that there is life behind what often feel like blank walls.


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It's not you, it's cultural differences.
SOUNDTRACK TO A CRAZY WIND: ICELANDIC MUSIC AND THAT ONE TIME WE ALMOST DIED
*You can listen to this playlist I put together with Icelandic songs, some of which are mentioned in this post. In any case, you should definitely check out the Icelandic music scene, I'm sure you'll find something to your taste.*
We were told not to leave after 1 pm because we would meet a "crazy wind," air quotes and wink included. It was 10 am and the wink kind of played down the warning (Lesson 1: Icelanders don't loose their sense of humor even when facing certain death). So we left the cozy cabins of Geysir and drove into the mountain pass, our destination: the Blue Lagoon.
We had already been in Iceland for several days, enjoying the snow and some sun from March. We were familiar with Icelandic music from before our arrival. We knew our Björk and Sigur Rós, Mammút and Jóhann Jóhannsson. (Lesson 2: for such a small country, the music scene is comparatively huge.)
But we were still at the beginning of our Icelandic journey and we only had two CDs to play on the car's radio: Ólafur Arnalds' "Another Happy Day" soundtrack and Ásgeir's "In the Silence". We found them on the basement of 12 Tónar, one of Reykjavík's most famous record stores.
I still remember the feeling of listening to "Higher" (the first track on Ásgeir's album), the deep, reverberating first notes and then the refreshing and otherworldly vocals. I remember feeling moved by Ólafur's music and how it made my ears tingle, particularly during "Everything Must Change".
So with a trip ahead of us that would last a little under an hour and a half (according to our GPS), we took off, blasting our only two CDs. We figured they would be enough for our short and sweet journey. Those albums would be the perfect soundtrack to a smooth road trip through the snowy roads of Iceland. (Lesson 3: I doubt there is such a thing as a smooth drive across Iceland.)
Except it wasn't calm or smooth or sweet.
We had done some previous research on which car to rent if we wanted to move around Iceland. So we felt pretty confident about our 4x4 getting through the Icelandic roads without much trouble. Our confidence on our choice only increased after driving for about 10 minutes and finding a Mini Cooper that had gone off the road. "Pfff, these tourists…" There were already a couple of other cars helping the Mini Cooper get out of the roadside ditch (Lesson 4: solidarity), so we drove on. Ólafur's music keeping the worries at bay.
As we got deeper into the mountain pass (this sounds very Lord of the Rings and maybe it's the wrong word, but there was a pass and there were mountains surrounding it, so…), the crazy wind got crazier. It was like driving through milk. Everything was white and the only sound was that of the wind blowing. The road disappeared and we had to navigate using the GPS, guessing when the next curve on the highway started. It felt like moving in a sensory deprivation tank. We even stopped talking, not wanting to break the tense silence, trying to focus our whole attention on not going off the road. Where there other cars behind us? Who knew. We couldn't see anything.
We came to a stop halfway to our journey because there was a snow mound, and we realized we had to make a decision: should we go forward into the unknown? Or should we go back and fight our way through the road we just traveled? (Lesson 5: Icelanders must be experts in this kind of decisions, every time I've gone there I've had to face a situation like this.)
While we were pondering our next move, a Monster Truck stopped beside us. Its window rolled down, and a guy's head poked from it to check out if we were ok. Of course, we felt like the stupid tourists that rented the wrong car because they don't know what they're doing.
– Are you guys ok? *said in a thick Russian-like accent*
– Yes, we were just checking the GPS. Do you think we should go on? *said in a thick almost-shitting-our-pants accent*
– Well, it would be ok if you've done this before. But you haven't…
– Um, no. But do you think the road will be better going forward or…?
– Well, we don't know. But we're gonna find out.
And off they went into the milky mountain pass.
So we knew we had to go on. At least for the sake of our wounded pride.
As the milk got thicker, we realized that we were leading a caravan of cars. If someone got stuck, the caravan stopped and helped each other. Even if that meant leaving the warmth of the car for the coldness and iciness of the outside. It was a new feeling to me: a sort of sociable isolation. It was like the weather wanted to force you into yourself, but still you went out and happily helped others while still remaining covered (literally, with all your clothes, and mentally, the ominous silence of the snowstorm preventing any real conversation or interaction). Even inside the car, I remember riding with other people, but most of my memories are of me as if I were alone.
And that's when I felt that I understood Icelandic music.
Whenever I listen to it, it feels like a chance to reflect on yourself, who you are, where you're standing, where you want to go. Even more so when I'm listening to it in a busy, warm place like Mexico, riding the Metrobus at peak hour. The contrast between the apparent coldness and subtlety of the music and the overwhelming heat and boisterousness of the Mexican public transport usually results in a pleasing but puzzling awareness of the self. An existential crisis with a killing soundtrack.
This is the "isolating component" of Icelandic music. But there's also this very social component to it, not only in the music itself (all the different instruments and melodies, genres, languages…) but also in the scene. It is full of collaborations and interesting projects and experiments, and a palpable feeling of pride for their country. Just check out Ólafur's "Island Songs" or Sigur Rós' "Route One". This element of their music gives a warm feeling to it, like when snowdrops finally start showing through the snow.
Of course, this understanding of Icelandic music was only a feeling. I'm no musician.
We still had to go through the mountain pass. Sometimes the music felt overwhelming, like it was distracting us from the unseen road ahead. Sometimes it helped in cutting the tension inside the car. By the end of our drive, I felt like I've listened to those CDs for a whole lifetime. Still to this day, when I play those albums, I have this feeling of also hearing the silence of the crazy wind.
That was probably my biggest take away from Icelandic culture: no matter how crazy or terrible the road feels, there's beauty and music in it.
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Which Icelandic artists are your favorites? Do you have survival stories from Iceland?
*Goes to sit under the air conditioner to imagine she's back at Iceland.*
[This text was originally published in January 2019.]
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The program follows the International Primary Curriculum, based on the UK Early Years standards and adjusted to best fit the needs of our children, as well as seize the opportunities which multi-cultural international school communities provide. Learning takes place by developing themes designed to capture the children's interests, with a flexible framework allowing the class to stay engaged while navigating their way through the theme as well as hitting all of their academic, physical, social and personal development milestones.
Classes are held by age group (Preschool: 2-3 years old, K3: 3-4 years old, K4: 4-5 years old and K5: 5-6 years old) in order to best cater to the needs of each developmental stage. At the same time, the weekly IPC Discovery Hour provides the children with the opportunity to mingle with other classes and reap the benefits of horizontal learning, in-line with educational approaches like Montessori.
In addition to these, the school holds monthly birthday parties where the families of the birthday celebrants are welcome to participate as well as occasional half-day outings in the school vicinities (fire station, farmers' market, exchange play dates with nearby kindergartens etc.).
Access: The school is a 10-minute walk from Chuo-rinkan station (Tokyu Den-en-toshi line and Odakyu Enoshima line), and a 20-minute drive away from NAF Atsugi and Camp Zama. A network of school buses also runs from stations in the Machida, Sagami Ono and Yamato area, making the school easily accessible for families living in Yokohama, Sagamihara and Fujisawa.


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Peculiar Lives is the seventh in the series of Time Hunter novellas and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's Doctor Who novella The Cabinet of Light. It is written by Philip Purser-Hallard, author of the Mad Norwegian Press Faction Paradox novel Of the City of the Saved...

The novella is also available in a limited edition hardback, signed by the author ().

(The series is not formally connected to the Whoniverse.)

Themes
Peculiar Lives is written as if by Erik Clevedon, who is based on the real-life author Olaf Stapledon. The story draws particularly from Stapledon's novels Last and First Men (1930), Last Men in London (1932), Odd John (1935) and Sirius (1944). The book also features the characters of Gideon Beech, a fictionalised George Bernard Shaw, and (briefly) John Cleavis, a fictionalised C. S. Lewis character originally created by Paul Magrs. Purser-Hallard studied Stapledon's, Shaw's and Lewis' work in his doctoral thesis, and draws on them for the key themes of Peculiar Lives. These concern eugenics and the evolution of mankind within an eschatological context.

Synopsis
Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish become embroiled in the endgame of a plot which began a generation ago, with the birth of the superhuman children known as "the Peculiar".  While Emily encounters their chronicler, the elderly science-fiction novelist Erik Clevedon, Honoré is pitched against his will into an unimaginably distant future.

Literary References
John Cleavis first appeared in Paul Magrs' Doctor Who novel Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2002) and then in the standalone To the Devil — a Diva! (2004). He is included in Peculiar Lives with Magrs' permission. Peculiar Lives also name-checks J. D. Beresford's The Hampdenshire Wonder (1911).

Audiobook
Peculiar Lives was released as an audiobook in November 2011, read by John Leeson and published by Fantom Films.

External links
 Telos Publishing - Peculiar Lives
 Author's pages about the book (including essays on the literary contexts of the novella and some additional material)
 Fantom Films - Peculiar Lives audiobook

Time Hunter
2005 British novels
Novels by Philip Purser-Hallard
British science fiction novels

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The Express-Times reports on the most recent sink hole which has significantly damaged the new track adjacent to the new Middle School (read it here).
The article notes that the repair will cost approximately $25,000 and has kept students from utilizing the new facility (track & field began this month and the first competition is scheduled for April 5.
The NASD used budgetary reserve funds to cover the cost of the repair. The sinkhole was found on February 28.
And this is an area where I believe our schools fail. With no disrespect to Mr. Riker, he is not an expert in this area, and I find it hard to believe he could make an expert, independent assessment of the situation based on his training. Instead he would have to be repeating/confirming what the contractor relayed to him. Riker was an administrator at Easton and former Principal at Pen Argyl prior to coming to Nazareth, which leads me to believe that he began teaching. He probably doesn't have expert knowledge of geology and sinkholes, or of many other support services.
Institutionally, the schools hire, for nearly all admin positions, people who are trained as teachers or those specifically trained for education based work (ie business administrators), instead of hiring people who are expert at managing a business. Over the past 5-10 years, I've noticed an increased trend of younger and younger teachers taking graduate work and getting into administration without having had even 10 years experience in teaching, let alone business management.
When you consider our current budget problems, it may be time to re-think our approach to school administration.
Do you remember when they were discussing the building of another Lesky building? We were assured that this was not a limestone area. When will the people in the Nazareth School District wake up and demand an end to the taxes and the lies that come from this administration that is non-caring about you their open wallet and make no mistake that is what they see when they look at us. Keep in mind that their best case scenario for the budget from 2012-2015 is to spend in excess of $86 million almost $20 million more then the 2011-2012 budget.


Reposing at her home on Sunday from 4pm until Rosary that night at 8pm. Removal on Monday morning to the Church of the Assumption, Tullamore, arriving for Funeral Mass at 10am. Burial after Mass in Clonminch Cemetery, Tullamore.
Funeral Mass on Sunday at 3pm in St. Mary's Church, Shinrone, followed by private cremation. No flowers please, donations, if desired, to Irish Cancer Society c/o Treacys Funeral Directors, Shinrone.


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From San Francisco comes a fresh female artist known as Lisa Star who just released her latest CD "Bare Essentials" (2012) under her own Passion Star Records. This latest release features Star on vocals and Charles Davis on guitar as primaries. All tracks are classic Jazz remakes from the past from artists like Billie Holiday, John Lennon, Burt Bacharach, and Duke Ellington.
First a bit about Star: Singing and writing songs that are uplifting, sensual and soul-inspiring has been a life long dream come true. In creating her record label and publishing business, she's created a team of talent that is bringing this dream to joyful fruition. Let me go on by saying if joy brings depth to an artist's music then Lisa Star's music is deep. Her music reflects the simple joys of life but it also soars with hope and that's what makes her so compelling to listen to.
Star has a sound that favors many female Jazz artists yet with a modern-day feel that is timeless and magical.
Bare Essentials" captures a very pure and genuine sound that grabs the listener right from the get go. I always listen to the opening track extremely carefully. It's the opening track the artist has selected to hit your ears first and foremost. The opening track "On a Clear Day" (You Can See Forever) sets the stage rather well for a CD like this. It was a great intro piece that stuck in my head and had me eager for what lied ahead. All in all the whole CD is brilliantly delivered with a richly woven timeless Contemporary Jazz textures with classic songs from the past that have serious staying power. Music will remind you of Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, Jane Monheit, Elaine Elias and Sophie Milman. Guitar from Charles Davis sets the impeccable Jazz standard with an eloquent playing style reminiscent of legendary Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass and Grant Green.
If there was one word I would use to describe Lisa Star as an artist and singer it would be "genuine". This is one lady who launched her own label and musical career based on her passion. The CD will simply make your day more entertaining, but there is an undeniable passion beneath all this that's even bigger than the music itself. Star is an impressive talent besides being a capable vocalist and performer. Above all it's obvious to me her primary goal as an artist is to make the world a better place one song at a time. If that's sounds corny so be it. This CD spoke to me personally and inspired me on so many different levels. We need more artists/people in this world like Lisa Star right away!
For 13 years, Lisa Star worked for George Lucas' game division, LucasArts, becoming the company's international business and operations manager.
Then, a year ago, her career path took a melodic turn. At an outdoor house concert in Marin, she got bitten. Not by a mosquito or the family dog. The music bug got her.
She got so turned on listening to jazz bassist Edo Castro, singer Deborah Winters, percussionist Ian Dogole and other local musicians that she was inspired to start her own independent label, Passion Star Records, based in Larkspur, CA.
"I absolutely knew I had to be part of this music scene," she told me. "My passion is music, not games. So I said, 'Hey, let's get a record label together. Let's get some publishing together. Let's put on a show!'"
Her first release was a New Age solo piano CD, "Tabernacle," by her partner, Canadian keyboardist Ray Cooper.
Now she's come out with her sophomore effort, "Phoenix," a slickly produced CD of ambient jazz showcasing the talents of musician and composer Edo Castro on seven- and eight-string fretless basses.
He gets a lot of support from some fine players, among them saxophonist George Brooks, drummer Paul Van Wageningen, electric guitarist Lorn Leber, pedal steel player Rob Powell, vibraphonist Tommy Kesecker and members of Marin's Lighthouse Singers.
Castro composed seven of the 10 pieces on "Phoenix." The opening track, "Beneath an Evening Sky," is by Oregon's Ralph Towner, one of the pioneers of new age jazz. The Lighthouse singers are featured on an innovative rendition of the traditional song "Amazing Grace." And an Apache double-wind flute player named Blue contributes a couple of deeply evocative tunes.
The liner notes are laced with Castro's poetry, which could be precious, but works if you read the lines with the music in your ears. While some of the tracks settle into a nice soft jazz groove, others are moody and ethereal. They make me want to put the CD on and read Castro's poems over the music, which I may do this week on my Radio Liberatore Podcast.
Lisa started out at Skywalker Ranch on the switchboard and got hired on with the seminal games division when it had just 45 employees.
"When I left, it was 100 times that," she said.
"I think I got hired on pure excitement and enthusiasm. It was work, but fun, learning about computer games. I fit right into that wacky world."
While at LucasArts, Lisa sang in Industrial Light & Magic's Noontime Band. She also writes songs and music for films in her home studio.
But, more than anything else, the Marin music scene could use a good business head, and it looks as if she has one on her shoulders. Last year, she earned her professional certificate in music business from the Berklee School of Music in Boston. And she has all that Lucasfilm experience behind her.
"I'm trying to apply what I extracted from that experience toward music," she said. "It was good training for what I'm up to now. Music is changing so much in how it's being sold and marketed."
The Passion Star CDs are so well produced that they qualified for Grammy nomination consideration, quite an accomplishment for a brand new record label.
"That was a great indicator that we were on the right path, " Lisa said.
"It shows we achieved the level of production quality we were going for. It's been an amazing journey. I'm blown away by what we've accomplished. "
Ray Cooper's piano music is very soothing and touching. It wraps around you like a cocoon and penetrates to the innermost depths of your soul. Really positive feelings are felt in Ray Cooper's "Tabernacle" album and he generously splashes them out. Ray Cooper's music will raise your spirits and open the expanse of your imagination.


Allergies can be triggered by many different factors and express themselves with a variety of symptoms. Some reactions can be very severe and potentially fatal, while others are simply watery eyes or a runny nose. Some people have food allergies, while others may be allergic to pets and even medication. Understanding allergies is the key to overcoming or living with them.
Keep your bathroom well-ventilated in order to keep mildew and mold at bay. These types of allergens live and grow in warm, damp environments. Keep wet towels and washcloths hung on bars, and turn on a fan after showering. Open a window if you don't have a fan.
It is possible to get many types of allergy and antihistamine medications on an over the counter basis, though such products are not effective for everyone. If purchasing a new product for the first time, look for the smaller travel sizes so you can test it out or request complimentary office samples from your doctor. If one product doesn't work, that doesn't mean that none of them will.
Look at what time you are experiencing your allergies. Avoid going out between 5 and 10 o'clock in the morning. This is when pollen is most prevalent. If you have to go out, do not do too much and make your trip quick.
Allergy sufferers are able to make use of a number of different natural allergy remedies. With these natural remedies, you can help combat the allergic reactions to many common allergens. They can help with a runny nose, swelling and reduce sneezing naturally.
Many sufferers of allergens know they should make use of a humidifier in their bedrooms for moistening their airways while they are sleeping. Unfortunately, a humidifier will make carpets and fabrics damp and encourage mold growth. Therefore, using a humidifier may not be the best thing that an allergy sufferer could do. Use a saline spray at bedtime to moisten nasal passages instead.
Clean your car often and keep it closed so that you can prevent at least one potential allergen source. Using your car's air-conditioner instead of opening the windows will keep pollen and allergens out of your car. Regular vacuuming will keep your upholstery and interior free from allergens. This can actually contribute to eliminating your allergy attacks.
Something which triggers an allergy attack is at what time you exercise and where you are doing it. As you exercise, you begin to breathe harder. If you exercise during non-peak times, indoors, you will obviously avoid a lot of pollen and allergen exposure.
Clean your bathroom. Due to the quickness that mold can grow in bathrooms, a cleaning weekly at a minimum is required. Wipe down the walls with a mixture of bleach and water to get rid of mold. That way, it is possible to prevent the growth of mold in the first place, which can exacerbate existing allergies.
If you love smelling laundry that has dried in the sun, try using laundry detergent with a light fragrance or some fabric softener. Hanging your clothes to dry outdoors may add a sun-kissed scent. Drying clothes on a clothes line can increase pollen and mold spores on clothing. Using fragranced laundry products is only wise for someone who does not suffer from sensitivity to such substances.
If your allergies are accompanied by post-nasal drip, you may experience a sore throat. Instead of using medication, find relief by gargling with salt water. With your head angled back, swish a concoction of warm water and table salt around your mouth. This will help relieve the soreness in your throat.
Weekly dusting can have a positive effect on the symptoms of your allergies. A lot of people ignore dusting around the house but it doesn't take that much time to do and is healthy for you and your family.
Know whether you have a cold or an allergy. An allergy may seem to be a mild, yet long lasting cold with symptoms that vary for no apparent reason. If you experience a "cold" that never seems to go away, you may actually be suffering from allergies. If you are unsure, visit a doctor and go over your symptoms.
When you learn as much as possible about allergies and their triggers, it makes it easier to manage them in your daily life. Modern medicine has many solutions available to relieve the many symptoms associated with allergies. Read other articles similar to this one to broaden your understanding of this important topic.
If you have allergies, you're aware of how frustrating they can be. You do not want to make yourself stay at home all the time, get to living your life again. If you want some great ideas about how to maximize your own experience while dealing with allergies, keep reading.
If you purchase any type of antihistamine for allergy purposes, be sure that you test it first. This type of medication can cause drowsiness and slowed reflexes. Even if the packaging does not contain a warning, when you take the first couple of doses, do it during a time that you are able to stay home and see how it makes you feel.
If you suffer from allergies, but love animals, you need to look into short-haired varieties. The truth is that any animal with hair has the potential to inflame your allergies, but the shorter the hair is, the less allergens you have to contend with. Your pets need to have their own beds rather than sleeping with you. If you have allergies, sleeping with your face pressed into pet dander eight hours per night is not a good idea.
Consider removing all carpets from your home. Carpet can be a breeding ground allergens. If your home has wall-to-wall carpet and you have the money to do some remodeling, rip it out and replace it with hardwood or tile floors. This will reduce the amount of allergens in your home. Even still, you need to clean your hardwood floors just as often.
The western part of the country has seen an upsurge in the popularity of olive trees as decoration. Unfortunately, these trees produce a huge amount of pollen. Learning how to identify this type of tree can help you decide your plan of action for protecting yourself from allergies. In many cases, all that is necessary to eliminate pollen trouble is to point a hose toward the tree for a brief period daily.
Learn new ways to cope with stress. A lot of people do not know that being stressed can heighten your allergic reactions. If you have asthma, this rule becomes even more important. Having an attack is heightened when you are more stressed. Stress affects your body in many ways, so try and figure out different ways you can rid yourself from as much stress from your life.
In order to avoid allergies while in the car, clean your car and keep it closed. When you use the A/C be sure your vents are all closed to prevent allergens like pollen from entering through them. If you vacuum on a daily basis, your car's interior seats will remain clean and it will be free from dust accumulating in it. This can actually contribute to eliminating your allergy attacks.
You have hopefully gained knowledge from this article about living allergy free. You have fun days ahead of you, work that should be done, and a lot of life that is left to live. Therefore, you should apply the excellent tips given above so that you can reduce your allergies and have fun.


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Q: Zeno's paradox and the limit of an increasing function with negative second derivative Consider the classic example where the infinite sum of consecutive halves has a finite limit (which I think is related to Zeno's paradoxes, and particularly the Dichotomy paradox). Here, the infinite sum of smaller and smaller yet positive quantities has a finite limit.
Now, think of $f(x)= a\sqrt{x}$, with $a>0$. It is always increasing, but the rate at which it increases is falling (second derivative is negative). And yet, the limit of this function when $x\rightarrow \infty$ is $\infty$.
I struggle to reconcile these facts. How a function which "growth rate" is positive yet falling can reach infinity? Even more, we can make $a$ "very small" (e.g. 0.000001), and the limit of this function still diverges. Conversely, I can "see" how $x^2$ reaches infinity. Just look at the graph and you can see it "exploding".
Is there any intuitive way to comprehend this?

A: Maybe look at it like this:

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*For $\sqrt{x}$ to grow from $0$ to $1$, you need to move $x$ from $0$ to $1$.

*For $\sqrt{x}$ to grow from $1$ to $2$, you need to move $x$ from $1$ to $4$, a length of $3$

*For $\sqrt{x}$ to grow from $2$ to $3$, you need to move $x$ from $4$ to $9$, a length of $5$

*For $\sqrt{x}$ to grow from $3$ to $4$, you need to move $x$ from $9$ to $16$, a length of $7$

*For $\sqrt{x}$ to grow from $n$ to $n+1$, you need to move $x$ from $n^2$ to $(n+1)^2$, a length of $(n+1)^2-n^2=2n+1$

So, the reason why the "rate" of growth is slowing down is because for each next step up I want to take, I have to make longer and longer steps to the right. Indeed, the length of those steps becomes arbitrarily large as you go high enough.
However, the reason why the function itself still has a limit of $\infty$ is that no matter how high up I am, there is always a finite number of steps to the right I need to take to reach one step higher. I can't stop at any finite number, because no matter how high the number $M$ I stop at is, I can make $2M+1$ steps to the right and I will hit $M+1$.
So, I can't stop on one million, because I can make $2,000,002$ steps to the right and I will be at $1,000,001$ for example.


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Vikings Creator And Star Breaks Down Major Season 6 Death
Given that this is the final season of Vikings, it should come as no surprise that viewers will be saying goodbye to certain familiar faces. After all, the series has never shied away from killing beloved–or hated–characters, whether they were a major force like Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) or any number of guest stars that appeared here and there. The latest death on the show hurts, though, and it's going to be one that takes some time to properly mourn.
Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Vikings Season 6 episode "Death and the Serpent." If you haven't seen this installment yet, stop reading now then come back after you catch up. This isn't one you're going to want spoiled.
In the final moments, the Seer's prophecy came to pass as Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) was killed by a son of Ragnar, her former husband. Losing his mind to hallucinations, Hvitserk (Stephen Rockett) believes he sees a giant snake–the episode's titular serpent–stalking him, at which point he viciously attacks it with a knife, stabbing it countless times. It's then revealed that the snake was actually a gravely injured Lagertha, fresh off a nearly fatal battle with the bandits that had attacked her settlement.
If you're surprised it was Hvitserk that ended up being the son of Ragnar to end Lagertha's life, you're not the only one. "I thought it would be Ivar for a long time," series creator Michael Hirst told GameSpot. "Hvitserk, in some ways, has come up and surprised me in many ways. I think I have such a strong sense of the other sons, who they were by and large, and I didn't have that same clarity about Hvitserk. I wasn't sure, in a sense, what I was going to do to him, but it was very interesting to have him as a sort of free agent."
Still, even Winnick herself knew her character's story had to end with her death. After all, it's the Vikings way. "It was a long time coming in the sense that we've talked about feeling that Lagertha's time is coming. She's a granny," the actress said. "After so many years and playing a whole my whole life on the show, in a sense. She started out as a young farmer, and now she's a grandmother and retired shieldmaiden. Not many actors in their lives can say that they had a chance to play such an iconic character like Lagertha."
When it came to crafting her exit from the show, though, Winnick wanted to make sure the character for a proper ending. "After all those years, I wanted to make sure in working with Michael that if Lathertha's going to go, then make that it's done right and does her character justice. And I do feel that with the last battle, it was an epic battle and it was a surprise of how she actually ended up going."
"I have to say that Katheryn just grabbed hold of the whole storyline and her last fight is I think is one of the best jobs she did in this whole show," Hirst revealed. "It's this incredible fight, and during [the battle], it's like the first time you could see in her eyes that she thinks she might lose. You know, I think that's the first time that the warrior has ever felt [like], 'I might not make it to this one.'"
Still, while she did survive that battle, Lagertha wasn't long for the world. This isn't the last you've seen of her on Vikings, though. The next episode will feature a funeral for the character in grand Viking fashion. In that way, not only will the people of Kattegat get to say goodbye, but so will the fans.
What of Hvitserk, though? After killing the mother of his own brother, his story is far from over. "It's only just started because Hvitserk has gone down as low as he can get but slowly after that, and certainly [the second half of Season 6] be he rises to something quite extraordinary," Hirst teased.
Vikings airs Wednesdays on History.
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As you may be well aware, efficacy and safety of a new drug are generally studied on only a few thousand trial subjects and patients. For this reason, only frequent adverse reactions can be observed during its clinical development.
Once the product has been placed on the market, a much larger, and also often polymorbid population will be exposed, which may lead to a change in the drug's hitherto known safety profile. Adverse drug reactions can then be observed more frequently, including those occurring only sporadically and independently of the pharmacological properties of the substance.
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Under the IMA-PvPI initiative, Indian Medical Association (IMA) has become a nodal centre for reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) / Adverse Events (AE) under the Pharmaco Vigilance Programme of India (PvPI).
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New Delhi, April 9, 2016: The Padma Awardee Doctors Forum has written to the Prime Minister regarding the on-going plea for 85% pictorial warning on all tobacco products.
The IMA in the recent past mobilised lakhs of Indian doctors across India, developed a white paper on the urgent need of large Pictorial health warnings and called upon the President, Prime Minister, Vice President, Health Minister and the Finance Minister to implement the 85% warnings An SMS campaign was launched on the health effects of tobacco by IMA.
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Q: Main CSS override properties I am using the CMS called WebsiteBaker, now I wrote a module for it, a droplet, that uses it's own CSS.
It seems to be that the CSS of the droplet cannot be overriden by the main CSS.
I assume that's because the droplet (and along with it, the css) is loaded after everything else.
And I cannot just modify the CMS files as workaround, as it's a module.
Any ideas for a workaround or something similar?
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Main CSS (override attempt, included in the header)
#programma_tab {
    width: 300px;
}

Droplet CSS Example (included in the body, there is no other way)
#programma_tab {
    padding: 5px;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-top: -15px;
    width: 200px;
}

A: I have a couple of ideas.
1 - Try making the selectors more specific. Something like body should override the original
body #programma_tab {
    padding: 5px;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-top: -15px;
    width: 200px;
}

2 - try adding !important after any CSS property.
#programma_tab {
    padding: 5px !important;
    font-size: 12px !important;
    margin-top: -15px !important;
    width: 200px !important;
}

A: If you are using the DropletsExtension for WebsiteBaker the CSS for your Droplet can be automatically loaded in the head section of the template and you don't need to put your CSS hardcoded into the body.

A: Just add a !important statement to the CSS commands like:
#programma_tab {
    padding: 5px !important;
    font-size: 12px !important;
    margin-top: -15px !important;
    width: 200px !important;
}

I know its certainly not the most elegant way, but it works.


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Al Gore Blasts Trump for 'Normalizing' Climate Change Denial in New Book: The 'Future of Humanity' Is at Risk
Al Gore's new book and upcoming documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, takes a critical look at the Trump administration and his denial of the climate crisis
By Sam Gillette July 25, 2017 01:45 PM
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Former Vice President Al Gore called attention to the climate crisis with his 2006 documentary and book An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.
Eleven years later, he's created an even more urgent call to action with his new book and upcoming documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, which take a critical swipe at the Trump administration, special interest groups and their role in fostering climate change denial.
"Because many governments in the world — especially the United States government in 2017 — are still controlled by fossil fuel interests, the growing citizen activist movement pushing for more rapid change is actually the most important movement in world history," he writes in the book released Tuesday.
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An Inconvenient Sequel champions this "citizen activist movement," and vividly outlines the catastrophes we've faced and will continue to face if mankind does not change its behaviors.
"What the scientists told us 20 years ago has come true," Gore told PEOPLE last month after President Trump decided to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement — an action Gore and many others were vehemently against. "What they are telling us now will happen in the future if we don't stop using the atmosphere as an open sewer includes the threat that human civilization itself will be in danger… We are in a race against time."
In his new book, Gore (chairman of The Climate Reality Project) uses a plethora of facts to show how humans have helped create the climate crisis, but also provides tips for how humans can remedy it (such as by switching to new sustainable technologies).
Gore argues that some of the biggest inhibitors to this progress come from special interests and the Trump administration.
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He reminds readers that Exxon Mobil knew about the environmental cost of burning fossil fuels in the 1970s and, instead of changing, tried to "dupe" the public. Gore then puts a spotlight on President Trump's administration.
"President Donald Trump once called climate change a Chinese hoax (although he later claimed he was joking), and the man he appointed to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, even denied the most basic scientific finding concerning global warming: that CO2 emissions trap heat in the atmosphere. That fact was proven by scientists more than 150 years ago!" he writes. "These misinformation efforts have thus far been all too effective. They've obstructed progress by normalizing outright denial of science so effectively that the U.S. has more climate change deniers than any other country."'
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In March, President Trump signed an executive order to begin reversing some of the biggest environmental regulations put in place during the Obama administration.
"The wrecking ball that is the Trump presidency continues," Ken Kimmell, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, told TIME in an emailed statement that month. "The executive order undercuts a key part of the nation's response to climate change, without offering even a hint of what will replace it."
In An Inconvenient Sequel, Gore outlines how citizens can combat these types of decisions: become activists.
"It is not an overstatement to say that the entire future of humanity depends upon whether or not we rise to the challenge before us," he writes.
"We're going to meet the commitments under the [Paris] climate agreement, regardless of what President Trump does," Gore told PEOPLE last month."If we all make up our minds to do this, we can all solve the climate crisis."
An Inconvenient Sequel is available now. The companion film will have a limited release this Friday, and open nationwide on Aug. 4.


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Finding Our Sea-Legs, my first philosophy book, was published by Kingston University Press in 2009. It is at one and the same time a philosophy book, a collection of strange and sometimes unsettling stories, and a voyage of sorts through some of the more enduring questions of ethics.
The argument of Finding Our Sea-Legs: Ethics, Experience and the Ocean of Stories grows out of the following two philosophical suggestions (I would not want to go so far as to call them propositions): the first comes from Aristotle, and is the suggestion that ethics is like navigation; and second comes from the storytelling traditions of India, and is the suggestion that stories are like the sea.
The book tries to chart a passage between these two suggestions, to weave a suggestive philosophy made of stories. Casting off on the sea of stories, exploring tales from India, New Guinea, Europe and America, and drawing on philosophers and storytellers such as Edmund Husserl, Emmanuel Levinas, Wendy Doniger, Walter Benjamin and Zhuangzi, it attempts a naïve kind of phenomenology that tries to get close to the question of what it is like to be affected ethically, so that we might be able eventually to navigate more wisely.
Sea-Legs is currently out of print. There's a new edition in the works from Wind&Bones books, due out November 2019. Until then, you may be able to pick up a copy of the previous edition at the links below.
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An examination of philosophy and stories that will leave you waving, not drowning…
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Will Buckingham writes thinkBuddha, my favorite blog. Finding Our Sea-Legs: Ethics, Experience and the Ocean of Stories is his first book of "Buddhish" ethical philosophy. It is a remarkable and important work. The book is unconventional in form: written in colloquial English with little jargon. It tells many stories: about talking fish, million-year-old princesses, and the need to lower your mast as you near the horizon, lest your boat get stuck between the sky and the sea. Finding our Sea-Legs is also unconventional in content. It is one of very few books about a key problem in contemporary philosophy: the tension between the urgency of ethics and their inherent ambiguity. David Chapman on Approaching Aro blog
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The story begins with a dream of solid ground: like the dream of a sailor who has been a long time at sea and who feels a longing for the hard, unmoving rocks beneath his feet.
Having lived his entire life on board ship, and knowing only the swell of the ocean, our sailor nevertheless still feels some kind of longing so that, from time to time, when he looks towards the shimmer of the horizon, he imagines cliffs, mountains, sandy beaches, low forests, atolls, islands, continents. How beautiful the dream is. Yet the dreaming sailor turns away from the horizon with a sigh. He knows that his imagination is lurid, that the haze and the heat of the noonday sun are playing tricks upon him, that he does not have the courage of his convictions. He has read the history books. He has studied the ship's log, he has striven to learn as much as he can; and although the dream still moves him, he is no longer courageous or foolish enough to dream it with the conviction he once had.
Our sailor is not alone on the ship. With him there are many others, and amongst this motley bunch are some – we can call them philosophers, prophets or priests, it does not matter which – who do not share his diffidence and uncertainty. These prophets are a forbidding crowd: confident in their powers, they have clarified their vision by the force of long and difficult asceticism, disciplines of the body and of the soul and of the mind (although, alas, all too rarely of the heart). Most of the time, they sit in silence, cloistered in their cabins where they are not seen from one year to the next, locked in arcane conference in the canteen, or sitting on deck-chairs, staring at the unending sky and the roiling waves with looks of otherworldly puzzlement upon their faces. Most of the time, that is. For on occasion one amongst these curious prophets happens to lean over the guard-rail and glimpse (or claim to do so) a dark smudge where the sky meets the sea. Land Ahoy!
Suddenly there is commotion. Some rush to the prophet's side muttering, 'Yes, yes! I see it! I see it!' Others, more cautious, remove their spectacles, draw out a cloth to clean the lenses, return the spectacles to their noses, and squint uncertainly in the direction of the pointed finger. Inevitably, from certain deckchairs that are positioned so that they might be perpetually in the shade, it is possible to hear dissenting voices, protests muttered between teeth clenched around the stem of a pipe: 'Bunkum!' the killjoys mutter.
For our sailor, these two simple words – Land Ahoy! – never fail to bring tears to his eyes. How wonderful, he thinks, if it were true. But he is under no illusions. He has seen it all before. Sometimes the prophet is all but ignored, despite the shouting, and he skulks off to returns to his cabin or deckchair to brood. Sometimes the prophet is in receipt of a few polite smiles, nothing more ('Ah,' people mutter, 'another one!'). Sometimes the prophet gathers together a few followers who jump up and down, an enthusiastic and clamorous band. And although it has not happened in the sailor's own lifetime, in the ship's log it is recorded that, on several occasions in the past, a prophet afflicted by noontide delirium has gained enough support to seize the vessel. On occasions such as these, the ship's course has veered wildly and erratically for days, months, years even, as the increasingly fractious mutineers – for this is what they have become – point it first this way and then that, heading towards the dream of a port that was always out of reach. Yet for one reason or another, none of these prophets have ever succeeded in bringing the ship into safe harbour. On the horizon, the dark smudges have perpetually receded into nothing as the boat approaches; or they have vanished in the darkness of the night and failed to reappear in the dawn; or the prophet who has spoken so eloquently has disappeared overboard, never to be seen again.
How strange that we are still adrift. After all this time.
Listen to this introduction to, and extract from, Finding Our Sea-Legs, with tales of meetings in the bazaars of India and talking fish in the fish-markets of New York. The total length of the recording is seven minutes 45 Seconds. The music is Schubert's Quartet for flute, guitar, viola and cello. Public domain from the MusOpen.org website Content © Will Buckingham 2012
Writer, philosopher, teacher of both writing and philosophy, researcher. Writing non-fiction, fiction and children's books. Interested in the places where philosophies, stories and lives intersect. Currently freelance and based in Sofia, Bulgaria. I am represented by Emma Finn at C+W Agency in London.
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