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Five Harley-Davidson motorcycles rolled onto the White House's South Lawn Thursday afternoon, where they were greeted by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
He praised the riders – Harley-Davidson executives and union members – for building their bikes in the United States.
"Harley-Davidson is a true American icon. One of the greats," Trump said of the Milwaukee-based company. "You've given me tremendous support, your workers in particular."
But earlier in the week, Harley-Davidson employees heard Trump would be coming to their heartland factory, and at least one alerted a group of local protesters. That call set in motion a series of events that ended with news reports that Trump's Wisconsin appearance had been canceled and a White House announcement that he would meet with company executives in Washington.
Flight records show a presidential VIP flight was scheduled to touch down in the Rust Belt state, which flipped from blue to red in the 2016 election, on Thursday.
On Monday afternoon, a second-shift worker at Harley-Davidson's powertrain plant in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, learned that Trump was slated to visit the plant Thursday. Feeling sick to his stomach, he wrote a private Facebook message to a local protest group.
The demonstrators, who call themselves the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump, contacted Harley-Davidson through Facebook, telling the company that they would gather outside the factory to protest the president's immigration policies. The group organized a call-in campaign, urging activists to flood Harley-Davidson and chief executive Matt Levatich with messages, emails and phone calls condemning the Trump appearance.
On Tuesday night, CNN reported that an unnamed administration official said the trip had been canceled.
During a White House briefing Wednesday, press secretary Sean Spicer insisted that the trip was never set in stone and suggested that the planned protest had no bearing on whether Trump would make the appearance. Trump had considered his options, Spicer said, and ultimately decided to invite the Harley-Davidson executives to Washington for lunch.
Washington for lunch.
"Look, it was easier for the executives to come here, considering the week and all of the activity that's been going on," Spicer said. "No decision had been made about or announced as to what we were doing."
Harley-Davidson officials on Tuesday released a statement, first reported by CNN, saying they "don't have, nor did we have, a scheduled visit from the President this week at any of our facilities."
But workers said preparations for the president were well underway. Secret Service members had cleared rooms in a Hilton hotel in Milwaukee, and agents had toured the Menomonee Falls plant, said a hotel worker and two factory employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because their employers had not authorized them to talk to the media.
The Trump administration did not respond to requests for comment; nor did officials at Harley-Davidson and Hilton hotels.
An employee at the Hilton City Center in Milwaukee provided to The Washington Post a hotel document that informed staff members that Secret Service agents would arrive Monday. The note, which appeared to be sent from a manager of the hotel's restaurant, said to expect 100 Secret Service staffers by Wednesday.
The employee said no plans had been shared for Thursday.
A "presidential" flight on Feb. 2 from Washington to the Milwaukee area, meanwhile, was canceled Wednesday, according to the National Business Aviation Association's website, which tracks temporary flight restrictions.
It would have been one of Trump's first appearances outside Washington since he entered the White House. Such trips take a lot of planning, and it's possible that even a potential visit from the president would require businesses and the Secret Service to begin preparing days in advance.
Still, Harley-Davidson workers said the messages they received from management sounded definite. One worker, who talked to The Post on the condition of anonymity to protect his job, said he saw people who appeared to be Secret Service agents checking out the 92,000-square-foot grounds Monday. Then, he said, his boss told him Trump was coming to speak to them at 2 p.m. Thursday. The worker said he didn't want the president in his workplace but didn't say anything; he figured that most of his colleagues had voted for Trump.
"He's against everything I stand for," the worker said. "The way he talks about people, about women and immigrants, is unacceptable."
Another employee separately told The Post that she caught wind of Trump's visit Monday. She said a team leader called her co-workers into a huddle at the start of the second shift and told them the president would stop by.
The employee, who builds engines, almost left the building. She thought Trump took credit for jobs he didn't save and named as an example Chrysler Fiat, where she said her son works. (Last month, Trump thanked himself for the automaker's upcoming U.S. expansion, but the company said it had planned the growth before the election.)
Nobody knew why Trump was coming, she said. Plenty of folks were excited because they liked his talk about keeping manufacturing jobs in the United States. She noticed the place looked cleaner than usual.
Then on Tuesday afternoon, the team leader gave the workers an update. Trump would no longer make the trip to the plant in Waukesha County, home to about 44,000 manufacturing jobs.
Wayne Ranick, communications director for the United Steelworkers' international organization, heard the same account from some of the union's Milwaukee members. "We knew he was planning to visit the facility," Ranick said. "Then we learned that visit had been canceled."
Gregory Chambers, 32, co-founder of the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump, said his group's mission was to publicly oppose Trump's travel ban, signed last Friday, and discriminatory measures in general.
"After [Harley-Davidson] heard we were coming," he said, "everything was canceled."

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According to Dr. Chadha, digital pathology helps in increasing the safety of diagnostics by reducing the risk of patient misidentification and enables access to second opinions across remote geographies.
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October 30, 2022 10:19:03 am
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The digital intervention has played a crucial role in transforming the healthcare sector. Undoubtedly, technology has certainly been a blessing amidst the covid-induced global crisis. In diagnostics, the technological transformation has opened new doors of opportunities.
According to an Edelweiss report, Indian diagnostics is one of the fastest-growing markets in the healthcare industry. The segment is projected to be estimated at $9 billion and grow at a CAGR of approximately 10 percent by 2025.
Meanwhile, several industry experts emphasise that increased awareness about health, change in people's outlook towards illness, and prioritisation of preventive testing, and digital interventions among various other factors have become key drivers of growth of the country's diagnostic sector.
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"We are practicing pathology in a historical moment. Some call it the 'third revolution' in pathology. The first was when IHC was introduced. The second was when molecular diagnostics was incorporated into pathology. The third is whole slide imaging or more popularly known as Digital Pathology, which has given rise to computational pathology and artificial intelligence usage in pathology and patient management. Digital pathology, an image-based environment for the acquisition, management and interpretation of pathology information supported by computational techniques for data extraction and analysis is the present and future," Dr. Kirti Chadha, Chief Scientific Officer, Metropolis Healthcare Limited told Financial Express.com.
The diagnostic industry can be categorised into two categories–Pathology and Radiology. Interestingly, Pathology accounts for nearly 58 percent of the revenue of the industry it is usually related to testing of all major kinds of diseases.
What is Digital Pathology?
Digital Pathology is a crucial part of pathology that focuses on data management based on information generated from digitised specimen slides.
Also known as whole slide imaging (WSI), is relatively a new technology that allows the digitization of an entire glass slide, producing a digital image for review.
"It facilitates an image-based environment which helps in acquisition, management, and interpretation of pathology information, supported by computational techniques for data extraction and analysis of the present and future," Dr. Chadha said.
According to experts, digital pathology utilises virtual microscopy, and glass slides are converted into digital slides that can be viewed, managed, shared, and analysed on a computer. Industry experts have emphasised that the field of digital pathology is growing as it is aimed that achieving efficient and cheaper diagnoses, prognosis, and prediction of diseases due to the success in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
According to a 2020 study published in The Journal of Clinical Medicine, Digital Pathology is on the verge of becoming a mainstream option for routine diagnostics.
The study has revealed that although faster whole-slide image scanning has highlighted its crucial role, its implementation on a large scale on technical, logistical, and financial levels is still a challenge.
"Telepathology was the electronic transmission of pathological images from one location to another, for the purpose of interpretation and diagnosis by means of a remote-controlled microscope. It has been used internationally for many years, mostly in small-scale deployments for limited clinical use (e.g. frozen sections). Whole slide imaging (WSI) is a relatively new technology that allows the digitization of an entire glass slide, producing a digital image for review. The adoption of WSI is progressing," Dr. Chadha said.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital Pathology
"Pathologists often don't have as detailed knowledge of the advantages and limitations of this technology compared to their expertise in pathology or histotechnology which they are now working on developing and making quick progress. When introducing DP, pathologists should ensure the quality of their diagnosis with digital pathology is equivalent to the current standard by using conventional light microscopy," Dr. Chadha said.
She also emphasised that the adoption of digital pathology can increase the safety of a diagnostic service in other ways, example by reducing the risk of patient misidentification, or increasing access to second opinions across remote geographies.
However, Whole slide imaging devices are medical devices hence instrument manufacturers are required to obtain regulatory approval before selling a device for diagnostic use.
"Pathologists should ensure the instruments they use have regulatory approval for the intended use. Deviation from regulatory guidelines is equivalent to 'off-label' use of a medicine – pathologists and institutions should do their own risk assessment of 'off-label' use. In addition, a validation and verification procedure will be relevant regardless of regulatory approval," she added.
She also revealed that the information and knowledge needed to stay abreast with current best practices and new research can be overwhelming across a wide spectrum of anatomic and clinical pathology.
"Since many of our clinical colleagues are subspecialized, pathologists should also have the corresponding subspecialty access or expertise which through digital pathology is easier to weave into the hospitals and laboratories through cloud offsite experts," she added.
However, there are some disadvantages too.
"…expensive equipment, lack of standards and lab information systems that are not yet ready to support digitalization at least not universally unlike traditional pathology & histopathology operations. However, all these bridges are being built with each passing year and soon Digital pathology will also become standard of care in advanced laboratory medicine era as it is the backbone on which all the AI algorithms for various clinical diseases will be practiced for patient diagnosis and management through precision medicine," she pointed out.
Global Market of Digital Pathology
According to Dr. Chadha, pathologists are at the front and center of precision medicine. Studies have pointed out that digital pathology is on the verge of becoming a mainstream option for routine diagnostics. According to Markets and Markets research, the global digital pathology market is valued at an estimated USD 736 million in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 1,371 by 2026 at a CAGR of 13.2 percent during the forecast period.
According to the report, the key drivers of this growth is due to factors like increasing adoption of digital pathology to increase lab efficiency, an uptick in cancer cases, and growing applications of digital pathology.
Moreover, players like Danaher and Hamamatsu Photonics, Inc., reportedly held a dominant market share last year. According to a report by Grand View Research, these companies are taking various strategies like new product development, extensive collaborative strategies, and M&A to gain a higher market share. The report also highlighted that the global digital pathology market size was estimated at USD 882.7 million in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 926.9 million in 2021.
What is India's Position in Digital Pathology Space?
Undoubtedly, the rapid digitisation of the Indian Healthcare system has improved the diagnostics, preventive and medical facilities that patients receive. Meanwhile, the National Digital Health Mission, launched in August 2020, has in many ways given a digital touch to the healthcare infrastructure of the country.
According to industry experts, pharma companies find the digitised slides useful to build models for companion diagnostic drugs, clinical trials, and for predicting underlying molecular/genetic alterations. Experts claim that for India, in crucial areas like the development of cytology screening tools for specific cancers like cervical cancer, digital pathology can be a game changer. Moreover, digital pathology can also help in overcoming the challenge of trained anatomic pathologists shortage, especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
Dr. Chadha emphasised that digital pathology can strengthen the presence of remote pathology in India, bridging the geographic divide for quality diagnostic services.
"It will enable both the expert pathologists and healthcare practitioners to study the case of a patient from a rural or any region via digital remote access of images on a password-protected repository, aiding them to make accurate diagnosis and actioning the right treatment for a patient," she added.
However, she also emphased that there is a need for policymakers to regulate the standardisation and quality check.
"Remote reporting of pathology is not yet permitted by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), which I believe is being reviewed currently. Digital pathology will also become a standard of care in advanced laboratory medicine era as it is the backbone on which all the AI algorithms for various clinical diseases will be practiced for patient diagnosis and management through precision medicine," she said.
Although India has many many whole slide imaging scanners installed in both public and private sectors along with skilled pathologists, there are still several challenges.
"…standardization, quality audit and formalization of a legal road map needs to be put in place for the pathologists & service providers to augment the traditional process flow. Government, policy makers, well-resourced institutions, and industry bodies can support us by including it in their three-year plans, which can be beneficial for the multi-specialty healthcare narrative in the long run," Dr. Chadha said.
Dr. Chadha also maintained that the recent announcement of inclusion of new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) test codes by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has brought enormous excitement and also realisation of the advent of the 'Digital Age of Pathology'.
Moreover, this will lead to the inclusion of more CPT codes soon and this will rationalise the use of digital reporting.
"We need to set the rules and guidelines, support the tool, optimize resources, and include digital pathology as a part of routine laboratory diagnostics. Digitization of processes in Pathology can help in seamless functioning, and by extending value-added support to the healthcare ecosystem in the country and around the world, and most importantly during pandemic times," she added.
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IS CORPORATE AMERICA'S FOCUS ON PROFITS THE PROBLEM WITH CAPITALISM? TWO ENTREPRENEURS RESPOND
Do corporations need a new purpose? Does the free enterprise capitalist system need a major overhaul or a tune-up?
We have two guests with strong views on the topic. Ken Langone is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Invented Associates. He is Co-Founder of the Home Depot where he was Lead Director and a member of the executive committee of its board from its founding in 1978 until 2008. He is a noted philanthropist and the author of I Love Capitalism!: An American Story.
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CORPORATE CHANGE OF PURPOSE
For decades the influential Business Roundtable, representing the country's largest corporations saw the "paramount duty of management and of boards of directors as serving the interests of a company's stockholders," generally interpreted as meaning to make as much money as possible for them. Download the 1997 Statement here.[.pdf]
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Capitalism is under attack. The economic system based on private ownership, free markets and competition is losing favor among the young and being portrayed as greed-based, unfair and rigged in favor of the wealthy few.
Socialism once discredited because of the abject failure and destruction of government-controlled economies, such as in the Soviet Union, China, until private market reforms and currently in Venezuela has come back into vogue. According to a recent Gallup poll 51% of Americans aged 18-29 have a favorable view of socialism versus 45% who view capitalism favorably. In 2010 68% of young adults viewed capitalism positively.
There is a reason capitalism is under attack. Rising economic inequality in the U.S. has called into question the American dream of rising upward mobility and equal opportunity.
American corporations have come to symbolize the economic divide due to the yawning gap between executive and worker pay. According to the Economic Policy Institute average annual pay of CEOs at the largest U.S. corporations has exploded from 31.6 times the average annual compensation of the typical worker in 1980 to 278 times today, largely due to the use of stock awards and stock options which make up 75% of CEOs' annual compensation.
For decades the interest of stockholders, who are the owners of businesses was the top priority of corporate executives, who are the employees of the owners. As Nobel Prize-winning economist, Milton Friedman wrote, management's "direct responsibility is to conduct the business in accordance with their desires, which generally will be to make as much money as possible while conforming to their basic rules of the society, both those embodied in the law and those embodied in ethical custom."
In 1997 the influential Business Roundtable, which represents about 200 major corporations, a statement on corporate governance agreed: "The paramount duty of management and of boards of directors is to the corporation's stockholders; the interests of other stakeholders are relevant as a derivative of the duty to stockholders."
That long-held understanding has now changed. In its new 2019 statement called: "A Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation", the Roundtable writes that they "…share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders. We commit to: Delivering value to our customers. Invest in our employees. Dealing fairly and ethically with our suppliers. Supporting the communities in which we work. Generating long-term value for our shareholders…"
Shareholders' interests was their last point, and there was no mention of the primacy of profits!
We have two guests with strong views on the topic. Ken Langone is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Invemed Associates. He is Co-Founder of the Home Depot where he was Lead Director and a member of the executive committee of its board from its founding in 1978 until 2008. He is a noted philanthropist and the author of I Love Capitalism!: An American Story.
He is joined By David Gardner, the Co-Founder, and Co-Chairman of The Motley Fool, a global online investing service launched with his brother Tom in 1993. Motley Fool's purpose is to make the world smarter, happier and richer by helping individuals become better investors. Gardner's stock picks, tracked in their Stock Advisor newsletter since 2002 have outperformed the market by a huge margin – up 499.4% vs the S&P 500's 81.2%. The firm is also on a mission to help the world work better. It has been twice named: "#1 Best Medium-Sized Company to Work For" by Glassdoor. Gardner is also a board member of Conscious Capitalism, a non-profit organization established to promote conscious capitalism which he will describe.
Read I Love Capitalism!: An American Story, by Ken Langone and Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, by John Mackey.
I Love Capitalism!: An American Story
Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
GARDNER: CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM PORTFOLIO
Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) giant cloud-computing & workforce-services company
Ecolab, Inc (ECL) global leader in technologies & services to promote safe food, clean environments & optimize water & energy use
Etsy (ETSY) global online marketplace for unusual, handcrafted items including clothing, jewelry & furniture
NextEra Energy (NEE) leading global generator of wind and solar energy
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) third-generation U.S. family-run "less than truckload" trucking company
LANGONE: LIFE CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES
Personally investing in companies with technologies that can improve life, especially in the healthcare field.
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LANGONE: PERSONAL GOALS
Home Depot Co-Founder and I Love Capitalism!: An American Story author Ken Langone has everything he and his family can possibly need personally. He has given hundreds of millions of dollars to various philanthropic institutions including hospitals, charter schools, and universities. Now in his eighth decade, he is still driven to do more.
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Seznam osebnosti iz Občine Rečica ob Savinji vsebuje osebnosti, ki so se tu rodile, delovale, umrle ali so z njo povezane.

Občina Rečica ob Savinji ima 12 naselij: Dol-Suha, Grušovlje, Homec, Nizka, Poljane, Rečica ob Savinji, Spodnja Rečica, Spodnje Pobrežje, Šentjanž,  Trnovec, Varpolje in Zgornje Pobrežje.

Kultura, umetnost, humanistika
Franjo Selak (1847 Rečica ob Savinji - 1906 Zagreb), publicist, prevajalec, literarni zgodovinar
Anton Dolenc (1930 Rečica ob Savinji - 2013 Ljubljana), zdravnik, umetnik, častni občan
Matevž Lenarčič (1959 Trbovlje - ), biolog, ekolog, fotograf, pilot, publicist
Jožef Muhovič (1954 Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu - ), slikar, častni občan
Anton Jezernik (1939 Beograd - 2021 Rečica ob Savinji), doktor znanosti, strojni inženir, univerzitetni profesor
Branko Zemljič (1887 Radmirje – 1961 Ljubljana), prosvetni delavec, planinec
Fran Kocbek (1863 Ločki vrh - 1930 Gornji grad), učitelj
Marijan Gojkošek (1907 Trnovec - 1968 Ptuj), gvardijan, katoliški redovnik

Religija
Franc Lekše (1862 Rečica ob Savinji - 1928 Polzela), duhovnik
Bertold Andeški (1180 Bamberg - 1251 Oglej), duhovnik, sojenje  v cerkvi Sv. Kancijana
Jožef Lipold (1786 Mozirje – 1855 Rečica ob Savinji), duhovnik, ljudski pesnik, pevec
Janez Tavčar (1544 Štanjel - 1597 Gradec), duhovnik, škof, lastnik Tavčarjevega dvora

Gospodarstveniki
Josip Selak (1868 Rečica ob Savinji - 1950 Zagreb), gospodarstvenik, pisatelj
Ivan Atelšek (1928 Dobletina – 2011 Celje), gospodarstvenik
Dušan Burnik (1934 Celje – 2020 ?), gospodarstvenik

Politika
Ivan Dolničar (1921 Šujica - 2011 Ljubljana, pokopan Rečica ob Savinji), politični komisar, general, politik

Razno
Marijan Zemljič (1925 Rečica ob Savinji - 2013 Ljubljana), gozdarski strokovnjak

Viri
Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin
Slovenski biografski leksikon
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Arctic permafrost melting will aggravate the greenhouse effect
Scientists from Russia and the United States studied the composition of the deep layers of permafrost in Eastern Siberia to better understand the hazards of the permafrost thawing to our planet and its inhabitants. Their findings suggest that the release of organic matter from the permafrost will intensify the greenhouse effect. The results of their study were published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
An ice-coated ground that never thaws, permafrost accounts for nearly 25% of land on Earth. Permafrost has increasingly drawn the attention of scientists due to global warming, since permafrost thawing may trigger extensive releases of ancient organic carbon and possibly result in a huge environmental disaster. There is no clear understanding of the consequences of the permafrost meltdown, which may be fraught with other risks aside from a global rise in sea levels.
Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and Lomonosov Moscow State University in collaboration with researchers from Florida State University undertook the first ever study of organic matter contained in the deep permafrost layers in the Kolyma River basin in Eastern Siberia, aiming to understand what happened during permafrost thawing periods in the past and predict how present-day global warming may affect permafrost and what this could lead to. In an attempt to find out what organic material is buried under the layers of ice and what would happen if it breaks loose, the scientists took soil samples at depths of 3 to 15 meters from two deposits of different geological ages to study the soil molecular structure using mass spectrometry. The experiment showed that permafrost thawing may produce microbially degradable rich organic matter, which, in turn, will cause massive greenhouse emissions and speed up global warming.
One of the authors of the study and Junior Research Scientist at Skoltech, Alexander Zherebker, PhD (Chemistry), stressed the significance of the study:
"We examined Pleistocene and Holocene deposits representing a pool of carbon which is best conserved and was only partly transformed during the melting periods; it is made up of 2% organic matter and 90% ice. We pinpointed the components that underwent the biggest change and those that are most susceptible to microorganism action. It transpired that biodegradable components are present both at great depths and very close to the permafrost surface. According to our projections, the Arctic region will very soon have a marked impact on global warming."
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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total compensation for the job of Biomedical Engineer IV in Columbia, MD. The base salary for Biomedical Engineer IV ranges from $87,502 to $117,357 with the average base salary of $97,825. The total compensation, which includes bonus, health and retirement, can vary anywhere from $88,703 to $123,671 with the average total compensation of $104,185.


A resolution approving the compromise and settlement of the lawsuit of Khampo Sibounheuang against the Metropolitan Government for the amount of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) and directing that this amount be paid out of the Self-Insured Liability Fund.
Whereas, after a thorough investigation of this accident, the Department of Law believes that the settlement set forth in Section 1 below is fair and reasonable, and recommends that the this lawsuit be compromised and settled and that said amount be paid out of the Self-Insured Liability Fund.
Section 1. That the Metropolitan Department of Law is authorized to compromise and settle the lawsuit of Khampo Sibounheuang against the Metropolitan Government for the amount of eighteen-thousand dollars ($18,000) Dollars and that said amount should be paid from the Self-Insured Liability Fund.
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OpenDrives Media Accelerator for Adobe Premiere
LOS ANGELES, April 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OpenDrives, a global provider of ultra-fast shared storage solutions for the media and entertainment (M&E) industry, announced today that its network-attached storage (NAS) solutions have launched with a proprietary media accelerator fully integrated with the Adobe Premiere® Pro CC video editing software, a key component of Adobe Creative Cloud®. OpenDrives' product range includes Summit, a hybrid product employing both a spinning drive for primary storage and a large flash-based cache layer media accelerator (OmniDrive), available in both 1.6TB and 3.2TB configurations.
The upgraded release of OpenDrives solutions' media accelerator employs NVMe (Non Volatile Memory Express) technology, the fastest form of flash storage currently available and twice as fast as the SSD technology previously used. Working with OpenDrives, entire teams of Adobe Premiere users can point their project files, database peek-in cache and media cache to OpenDrives' Media Accelerator, allowing them to collaborate in real-time with dramatically improved loading, scrubbing and other operational performance. Early test results are striking: in comparing project load times employing competitive offerings versus OpenDrives products with the media accelerator show, load times were reduced from an average of 7.5 minutes to about 10 seconds.
OpenDrives' extreme low latency is due to its loading all waveforms and peek-in cache files from their Media Accelerator, resulting in greatly improved performance across the board. In typical post-production environments, separate users are required to build their own local copy of a project that a primary high-end workstation has on its local storage. With OpenDrives, all users point their respective working directory, temporary folders and peek-in cache to the OmniDrive media accelerator, resulting in significantly faster access times both in terms of latency and throughput.
"As post-production workflows continue to evolve, increased speed and performance are often required by customers in the media and entertainment industry," said Sue Skidmore, head of partner relations for Adobe. "We are delighted to see the performance boost that the OpenDrives OmniDrive media accelerator gives to even the most demanding Adobe Premiere Pro customers around the world." Read the full press release.
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Are Blizzard's Overwatch Changes Designed to Save the Game or its Esports Scene?
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Blizzard has announced some major changes to its hit title, Overwatch. We explore whether these are designed to save the game itself, or its faltering esports scene.
I'll start by saying that Overwatch is my favourite game and I love it; I always will. The game itself, however, has been a mess. How it's survived this long without these changes is beyond me.
As Jeff Kaplan says in his Developer Update here, players are given about 40 seconds to form their team when going into a match. Those players are trusted to form a team of heroes which will work together and make sure all roles are covered (healer, tank, and damage dealer). With this in mind, can a group of players with their own hero preferences be trusted to work well together with people they may not know to create a balanced team? I'll let you guess…
After three years, the Blizzard developers are finally stepping in and restructuring both casual and ranked game modes to ensure every team has a structured format when going into a match. You simply have to specify which role you'd like to play before you join the queue.
It sounds simple, but this is an absolutely huge game change. It will affect every game mode, every player, every hero, and the way we play the game entirely. This is something players have been crying out for for years, and the team are certainly working hard to deliver the change in the right way.
Why Is This Changing?
Players have been asking for these changes for quite a long time. Some consider the changes to have come much too late, while some question Blizzard's motivation for making these changes at all. Let's consider three important groups who benefit from these changes:
Current players: Players currently playing the game are obviously the most affected. Blizzard hopes to keep them engaged with the game so they'll continue to play into the future. The structure change is being coupled with a hero release, so there's plenty going on. Current players are also involved with testing as well.
Lapsed players: Unpopular game mechanics/heroes and slow developer responses drove a lot of players away. The sheer amount of work going into this game redesign, plus some changes to the controversial heroes in question, is designed to bring these players back.
Professional organisations: Overwatch is a huge esports title; Blizzard themselves, having created Contenders and Overwatch League tournaments, have a lot invested in their own title, so they want to keep esports interesting to watch.
How Exactly Does the Esports Scene Benefit?
To expand on Overwatch League and Contenders League as mentioned above, these are leagues created by Blizzard to take on the esports giants of CS:GO and DOTA 2, and they certainly have their work cut out against these incredibly popular titles.
Over the past year, Overwatch has been trapped in a loop. Professional teams had found a combination of heroes that worked so strongly they were almost unstoppable (such combinations are called 'Goats', after the team that first ran it) and the only chance anyone had to counter this formation of characters was to mirror it.
This led to almost the same formation of heroes being played by almost every team in almost every match for over a year. Blizzard tried their hardest to drop bombs on this formation through hero rebalances and redesigns, but they were never quite successful in breaking the loop.
Over 13 million people tuned in to the beginning of Overwatch League Season 2, and Overwatch League Season 3 is already in the pipeline, so the future of Blizzard's esports scene could certainly be the key deciding factor when it comes to investing in these changes. Either way, I love playing the game and I love watching Overwatch League, so I'm just grateful these changes are coming at all.
Mike is the self-proclaimed gaming and esports guru in the ICS-digital office. Well, PC gaming and esports anyway. If you haven't read his previous blog on the subject of esports, you can check it out here.


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quantum chromodynamics
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Definition of quantum chromodynamics
: a theory of fundamental particles based on the assumption that quarks are distinguished by differences in color (see color entry 1 sense 15) and are held together (as in hadrons) by an exchange of gluons Quantum chromodynamics equations describe the characteristics and behavior of quarks and the peculiar force that binds different quarks and antiquarks together to create protons, neutrons, and other subatomic particles known as hadrons.— I. Peterson
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The Problem With Podcasting is NOT Discovery
If you were to survey most folks in the podcast space, they'd tell you that the primary problem they face is surfacing their content: Discovery.
That, of course, is the natural perception you'd expect to find among people with too-small audiences who can't reconcile the size of their audience with the scale of the always-on, worldwide distribution provided by the Internet. My show is available everywhere and all-the-time! So what's the problem?
Well, let's assume the problem is not with the "quality" of your show for the sake of argument.
After all, plenty of great content is released all the time, and most of it vanishes into a black hole devoid of that most important of all audience metrics: Attention.
Meanwhile, a ton of not-so-great content is on the tip of our tongues, in our ears, and splashed across our eyes. Why do you think there are (seemingly) a dozen different incarnations of The Real Housewives of [Insert Upscale Enclave Here] on Bravo? Not because they suck in the ratings, that's for sure.
No, "quality" is in the eye and the ear of the beholder.
So back to discovery.
Discovery is not a problem because most consumers don't want to discover anything. Discovery is work, it's a chore. Digging for treasure is only fun when you know there's actual treasure under your shovel.
Think about how you feel when you walk into a supermarket looking for some potato chips, only to discover that there is a mile-long aisle stocked with hundreds of varieties. Hey, no discovery problem here! There's plenty to discover! But who wants to take all the time and effort. It's just potato chips! Likewise, it's just a podcast! My time is much more precious.
Indeed, that supermarket problem is called "choice paralysis." And one of the most common results of being presented with too many options is that the consumer elects to choose "none of the above."
Most consumers don't want to discover anything. That's why most movies are sequels or prequels or "from the producers of" a movie you've seen before.
It's why the top-selling books are perennial-sellers. It's why the most popular songs drive the sales and radio charts. It's why ratings go down when you play more unfamiliar (i.e. "discovery-worthy") music. We like the idea, but not the execution.
So why are we even talking about discovery? Because the conversation is being driven by people with too-small podcasts rather than consumers with too-big problems.
So if discovery is not the problem, then what is?
Distribution is the problem.
Podcasters: Distribution, not Discovery, is the Problem Click To TweetThe difference between success and failure is not a great show versus a lousy one. It's a well-distributed one versus one that isn't.
By "distribution," I don't mean the fact that your show is available on all platforms at all times and studiously listed in the iTunes store. That's just the potential for distribution. Just as saying "MTV is available in 100 million homes" doesn't mean 100 million homes watch MTV.
No, "distribution" means putting content in the way of attention. That means tapping into where attention already exists.
This is why the show that follows the Superbowl is always the hottest new show of the season. The lead-in provided priceless (literally) attention and distributed audience in record numbers to the new show.
This is why the bookstore bestsellers are familiar names and familiar faces. Joel Osteen has eight bestsellers to his credit. He also has a nationwide TV show, a thriving digital platform, and a weekly in-person attendance of more than 50,000 Churchgoers. Every new book taps into the attention where it already exists.
This is why the hot new show on HBO is largely "hot" because it's on the network that you trust for Game of Thrones. Distribution of audience in the presence of a trusted brand relationship. Indeed, the "hottest" new show is the one that gets GoT's time slot. That's the day and time you expect HBO's best, after all.
This is why the most popular podcasts excerpt and promote other podcasts on their shows. The old show is literally roadblocking the attention of the audience for the new show. I have had a listener tell me personally that it was my promotion of another show on my podcast that introduced her to that other show. No ads. No fancy new discovery platforms. No time wasted touring the iTunes store for sudden inspiration. She trusted me. I sampled the content of the new show. Boom: Trial.
This is why success begets success: The platforms with the biggest shows are able to launch more of the biggest shows. They have the larger audiences – the broader pools of attention – and can put new content in the way of that attention.
That's how the makers of This American Life established a little show called Serial. They used their own air – their own pool of attention – to do it.
So let's stop talking about discovery as some intractable problem facing consumers: It's not. And woe unto new podcasting platforms who build their USP as a solution to the discovery problem. You, my friends, are likely doomed.
Let's also not suggest that a new show has to be great to be popular or a popular show has to be great to be deserving. Neither is true. Of course, it has to be great to somebody, but that somebody is not necessarily you.
What a show needs is distribution to folks who are already interested in what the brand provides. The show needs to be in the way of attention.
Attention is the "lead in" for any show, and if you start without it, there's little likelihood that you'll ever get it.
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If you want to deal with these guys, and tame them, make sure it's a good level, you can just use raw meat it works fine for tame the level doesn't matter too much early game, anyways make sure you have at least 2-3 bolas ready to hold it in place, I just tamed a level 55 and it took 7 tranq arrows with my crossbow. Now run up to it as close as you can (watch out for leaches in the swamp too,) and throw a bola to hold it. Once in place, fire arrows into it only every 4 seconds for better tame, once it's down look at its level and put half of its level as narcotics into it, that's all it'll need. It doesn't need too much meat, and it's sattle isn't too bad to make (considering you're gonna be LV 40 while taming this so you can ride it right away) also if you have any leaches on you, make a campfire as quick as possible and jump in it, the leaches will burn off! Hope this helped!
Me and my tribe mate tried to knock out one of these but it broke the bola and tranqed both of us, we surprisingly survived because it lost aggro on us and hopped away. Be careful though, these guys can seriously deal out some real torpor.
Just look around in the swamp by red obelisk and you should see one hopping on the beach or in the water. Remember to be careful, because their tongue can knock you out fast.
Try to tame it on a beach where you cant get killed from other animals. Then spam everything you have, keep moving and use your stimulant if you got hitten.


Davidson College GPA, SAT Scores and ACT Scores for Admission. Data courtesy of Cappex.
How Do You Measure Up at Davidson College?
You're going to need to be a good student to get into Davidson College. Only about one in four applicants receive an acceptance letter, and the students who do get in tend to have standardized test scores and high school grades that are significantly above average. In the graph above, the blue and green dots represent accepted students. As the data show, the majority of successful applicants had high school GPAs in the "A" range, combined SAT scores of 1300 or higher (RW+M), and ACT composite scores of 28 or better. A lot of accepted students had impressive 4.0 GPAs.
Note that there are many red dots (rejected students) and yellow dots (waitlisted students) mixed in with the green and blue throughout the graph. Many students with grades and test scores that were on target for Davidson College did not win admission. On the flip side, note that a few students were accepted with test scores and grades a bit below the norm. This is because Davidson's admissions process is holistic. The college uses the Common Application and will be looking at much more than numerical data. The admissions folks will want to see that you have taken rigorous high school courses, not courses that get you an easy "A." Also, they will be looking for a winning essay, interesting extracurricular activities, an engaging short answer, and strong letters of recommendation. Davidson also asks for two supplemental essays and a peer recommendation. Davidson does not offer evaluative interviews.


Small construction businesses face many requests for prequalification questionnaires, often asking similar questions. This creates a burden of paperwork for small construction businesses. HSE supports the work of SSIP to simplify prequalification and to encourage straightforward mutual recognition between its Member Schemes. Publication of assessed suppliers on the internet through the SSIP Web Portal will continue to reduce the burden of paperwork.
SSIP assessments are all judged on core criteria approved by HSE. These core criteria describe what it means for a construction business to comply with basic health and safety law. The Core Criteria were published by HSE in Appendix 4 of the CDM 2007 Approved Code of Practice. With the new CDM 2015 Regulations, there is no immediate publication of an Approved Code of Practice, and the SSIP Forum have agreed to adopt the Core Criteria to become part of the SSIP Rules and Bylaws.
HSE's message for Clients, those who are procuring the services of suppliers to do construction work, is simple. HSE encourages Clients to accept a valid certification, based on an assessment by any of the SSIP Forum Member Schemes* as having met the Core Criteria, and Clients should not then require any further evidence at the prequalification stage.
The terms of membership of the SSIP Forum means that all the members of the SSIP Forum are committed to mutually recognise each other's standards of assessment. Therefore, any client wishing to procure the services of a business which has achieved certification by an SSIP Member Scheme can be confident that a reasonable and robust judgement has been made that the standard for organisational capability in CDM 2015 has been met, for the prequalification stage of procurement. CDM 2015 requires anybody who is employing or engaging a supplier to carry out construction work to take reasonable steps to ensure that they have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to fulfil that role, or if they are an organisation, the organisational capability.
HSE has a permanent non-voting role as a co-opted member on the SSIP Forum, and uses this role to ensure that an annual independent audit of the processes employed by each of the Member Schemes is carried out. The purpose of the audit is to ensure that the process of assessment carried out by any Member Scheme will be consistent and fit for purpose.
Possession of an SSIP Forum Member Scheme certification cannot be taken on its own as a sufficient assessment of organisational capability for a business to start construction work on site. All Clients should ensure that, before instructing an SSIP Member Scheme assessed business to start work, a project specific scrutiny of the supplier's skills, track record and organisational capability is carried out. This scrutiny should satisfy the Client that the supplier can properly manage the risks presented by the work, on the project in hand.
Clients and suppliers also need to be clear that the Law does not require a third party prequalification assessment, such as that carried out by a SSIP Member Scheme. This is only one way of meeting prequalification standards. For example PAS 91 sets out a pre-qualification question set on health and safety which reflects the Core Criteria, and provides a self-assessment route for both clients and suppliers.
Clients may have a duty to determine a broader range of criteria than health and safety. For example, by enquiries about quality or environmental management. Remember that arrangements for mutual recognition under the SSIP Forum relate only to health and safety. The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) come into force on 6 April 2015. Learn more about what the CDM Regulations mean for you, including: the business benefits, your roles and responsibilities, and practical advice.


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What geology has to say about global warming
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Last month I gave a public lecture entitled, "When Maine was California," to an audience in a small town in Maine. It drew parallels between California, today, and Maine, 400 million years ago, when similar geologic processes were occurring. Afterward, a member of the audience asked me what geology had to say about global warming. The following is an expanded version of my answer. Note that I use the word geology to mean any element of the earth sciences that is focused on earth history, and do not distinguish the many sub-disciplines about which a specialist would be familiar.
Geologists think of the last 50 million years as the recent past, both because they represents only about one percent of the age of the earth, and because plate tectonics, the geologic process that controls conditions within the solid part of the earth, has operated without major change during that time period. This is the time period that is most relevant to gaining insights about earth's climate that can be applied to the present-day global warming debate.
The geological record of ancient climate is excellent. Ancient temperatures can be determined very precisely, because the composition of the shells of corals and other marine organisms varies measurably with it. Furthermore, the plants and animals that lived during a given time and are now preserved as fossils indicate whether the climate was wet or dry. The overall climatic trend has been cooling, from an unusually warm period, called the Eocene Optimum, 55-45 million years ago, to an unusually cool period, colloquially called the Ice Age, which ended just 20,000 years ago. The overall range in temperature was enormous, about 35°F. The earth was so warm during the Eocene Optimum that Antarctica was ice-free; ice caps did not start to form there until about 35 million years ago. Palm trees grew at high latitudes and cold-blooded animals, such as crocodiles, lived in the Arctic.
Lesson 1. The earth's climate (including its average temperature) is highly variable.
Notwithstanding very divergent conditions, life flourished both during the Eocene Optimum and the Ice Age, though in both cases life was more abundant in some parts of the world than in others. The fossil record indicates that forests were common during the Eocence Optimum, yet some areas were sparsely vegetated steppes and deserts. While the great glaciers of the Ice Age were lifeless, extremely large mammals such as Woolly Mammoth and Giant Ground Sloth inhabited lower latitudes. The changing climate produced both winners and losers. Some species adapted; others went extinct.
Lesson 2. Life flourished during both warm and cold periods; changes in climate produced both winners and losers.
An important issue is whether climate variability is due to processes occurring on the earth, or to changes in the intensity of sunlight – for it's the sun that keeps our planet warm. The geological evidence, though subtle, strongly supports earthly, and not solar, causes. This evidence is drawn from the study of the many shorter period climate fluctuations, some which last millions of years and other just thousands, which are superimposed on the long-term cooling trend.
Climate during the Ice Age (the last 4 million years) has been particularly unstable, with many swings of more than 10°F. These fluctuations are recorded in the annual layers of snow preserved in glaciers and in marine sediments, whose properties track the temperature at which they were formed. The timing of these swings closely follows regular fluctuations in the tilt of the earth's axis and the shape of its orbit around the sun. Called Milankovitch cycles, they are due to the gravitational influence of the moon and planets. Their magnitude can be reliably calculated, since they are due to fluctuations of the position and orientation of the earth relative to the sun, and not to any change in the sun's brightness. Surprisingly, they are too small to account for the large swings in temperature, unless the earth's climate system is acting to amplify them. Here's the subtle part of the argument: This mismatch between the feeble amplitude of the Milankovitch cycles and the large swings in climate is strong evidence that internal processes can cause strong climate variability.
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Lesson 3. Variations in climate are mainly due to processes occurring on the earth, as contrasted to in the sun.
Ice Age carbon dioxide levels are well known, because bubbles of Ice Age air are preserved within the Antarctic and Greenland glaciers. More ancient carbon dioxide levels are difficult to measure, since no samples of older air have been preserved. Several indirect methods are in use, one based on the effect of ocean carbon dioxide levels on the composition of marine sediments, and another on its effect on now-fossil plant leaves. These measurements show fairly convincingly that the long-term cooling trend over the last 50 million years is associated with a gradual decrease in carbon dioxide levels, from 2000-3000 parts per million during the Eocene Optimum to 200 p.p.m. during the Ice Age. The cause of this decrease is not fully understood, but seems to indicate that the total amount of carbon that can influence climate (carbon in the atmosphere, biosphere and ocean) is slowly decreasing, possibly because an increasing amount of carbon is being tied up in sedimentary rocks such as limestone.
Lesson 4. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are highly variable, with the highest levels being associated with warm periods and the lowest levels associated with cold periods.
The correlation of atmospheric temperature with carbon dioxide reflects the latter's role as a greenhouse gas. By absorbing heat radiated from the earth's surface and re-radiating it back downward, it causes the earth's surface to be warmer than it otherwise would be. The earth would be uninhabitable without the greenhouse effect, as can be seen by comparing the earth's average temperature of about 60°F to the minus 100°F average temperature of the moon, which receives exactly the same amount of sunlight. An important question is whether the high carbon dioxide level at the time of the Eocene Optimum was the cause of the high temperatures that occurred during that time period.
Ascribing causes to fluctuation in climate is a tricky business, because atmospheric carbon dioxide level is only one factor among several that determine earth's climate. Other important factors include: the amount of water vapor (another greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere; the percentage of the sky covered by clouds, which reflect sunlight back into space; the percent of land covered with ice and snow, which are also very reflective; and the percentage covered by oceans and and forests, which are very absorbing. All factors act together to maintain a given temperature; yet they feed back upon one another in complicated ways. Thus, for instance, had the Antarctic been glaciated during the Eocene Optimum (and the geological evidence is that it was ice-free), the world would have been somewhat cooler due to the high reflectivity of the ice. On the other hand, glaciers were absent precisely because the world was so warm. Geologic evidence alone cannot prove that the high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide during the Eocene Optimum caused the high temperatures then, since the contribution of other factors, such as clouds and water vapor are unknown. Nevertheless, global climate models seem to indicate that such a high temperature only can be maintained in a world with high carbon dioxide; no other combination of factors can explain it.
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Changing global temperatures induce changes in patterns of rainfall, winds and ocean currents, all of which can have a profound effect on the ecosystem of a given region. A large decrease in rainfall will, of course, turn rainforest into a desert. However, geology has few specifics to offer on the subject of how any particular region will be affected. The factors that cause climate change at a given geographical location are too varied to allow convincing geological analogues. However, geology shows that variability is the norm. Some of today's deserts were forested a few million years ago, and some of today's forests were formerly deserts. From the human perspective, climate change has the potential of causing some areas to become less agriculturally productive (and therefore less inhabitable), and other to become more so.
Lesson 5. Local climates are very variable, changing dramatically over periods of thousands to millions of years.
Changing global temperature can cause a rise or fall in sea level due to the accumulation or melting of glacial ice. This effect is global in extent and one that can have an extremely deleterious effect on us human beings, since so many of us live near the coast. The geological evidence is very strong that sea level was higher by about 200 feet at times, such as during the Eocene Optimum, when Antarctica was ice-free, and was about 400 feet lower during the height of the Ice Age. The range is enormous; the world's coastlines are radically altered by such changes. The continental shelves were substantially exposed during the low stands, and many low-lying coastal areas were underwater during the high stands. Woolly Mammoths roamed hundreds of miles offshore of Virginia during the Ice Age. Beach sand deposits in inland North Carolina indicate that the shoreline was far inland during the Eocene Optimum.
Lesson 6. Sea level has fluctuated as the world's glaciers grow or recede, and was about 200 feet higher at times when Antarctica was ice-free.
Carbon dioxide levels have risen since the end of the Ice Age, first to a natural level of about 280 p.p.m. just before the start of the Industrial Era, and then to 400 p.p.m. as people burned coal and petroleum in large quantities. Carbon dioxide is currently increasing at a rate of about 2.6 p.p.m. per year.
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A critical question is the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide 35 million years ago, when glaciers began to form in Antarctica, for it serves as a rough estimate of the concentration needed to melt present-day Antarctica. It's a rough estimate only, for geological conditions were not exactly the same now and then. In particular, strong ocean currents that today keep warmer waters away from Antarctica were not present 35 million years ago, owing to the somewhat different configuration of tectonic plates. Unfortunately, the best currently-available estimates of atmospheric carbon dioxide during this critical time period have large uncertainties. Carbon dioxide decreased from 600-1400 p.p.m. at the start of the glaciations to 400-700 p.p.m. several million years later. These measurements are consistent with modeling results, which give a threshold of about 780 p.p.m. for the formation of a continental-scale ice cap on Antarctica. This value will be reached by the year 2150 at the present growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide – or sooner if emission rates continue to soar – suggesting that Antarctica will be at risk of melting at that time.
Antarctic ice will not melt overnight even should the threshold be reached. The deglaciation at the end of the Ice Age provides a useful example. The rate of sea level rise was initially low, just one-tenth of an inch per year. It then gradually increased, peaking at about 3 inches per year about 14,000 years ago, which was about 5,000 years after the start of the deglaciation. This rate persisted for 1,600 years, during which time sea level rose a total of 60 feet. The average rate of sea level rise was slower, about a half-inch per year.
Lesson 7. Sea level rise as fast as a few inches per year can persist over thousands of years.
The most extreme scenario for future carbon dioxide levels considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts about 0.4 inches per year of sea level rise over the next century. This rate is less than, but similar in magnitude, to the average rate during the Ice Age deglaciation, but considerably smaller than its peak. Because of its focus on the current century, a reader of the IPCC report might be left with the sense that sea level rise will be over by 2100. Precisely the opposite is true! Geology demonstrates that melting accelerates with time and can last for several thousand years.
The most important lessons drawn from geology are that the earth's climate can change radically and that the pace of change can be rapid. Geology also supports the theory that past periods of especially warm temperature were caused by high atmospheric carbon dioxide level. Of the many effects of global warming, geology is currently most relevant to sea level rise caused by melting glaciers. The precision of the measurement is currently too poor to give an exact answer to a critical question, At what carbon dioxide level are we in danger of melting Antarctica? However, while crude, these estimates suggest that this threshold will be reached in 150-300 years, if carbon dioxide levels continue to rise at the current rate.
Note : The above story is based on materials provided by Columbia University
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15 of the best quotes I ever got from Gord Downie
The big Tragically Hip show in their hometown of Kingston, Ontario, is happening tomorrow, broadcast live on the CBC starting at 5:30 pm Vancouver time. I might not be back from opening day at the PNE in time to watch the gig unfold live, but I sure as shit plan to record it.
It's the final date on the band's sold-out, cross-Canada Man Machine Poem tour, and some are saying it will be their last show ever, considering frontman Gord Downie's terminal brain-cancer diagnosis.
I've got a feeling it won't be the last Hip gig ever, but I'm gonna check it out anyway.
Besides, they might do "Nautical Disaster".
In advance of tomorrow's historic gig I figured I'd throw together some of the best quotes I've gotten from Downie during the course of my five interviews with the Canuck rock legend. He was always an interesting guy to chat with.
"When we finish a track in the studio, we might say, 'That was great; that gave me a good feeling,' but it's not like [switching to a formal radio-announcer's voice] 'This will appeal to the under-16-female-white-audience.' I mean, you leave that to the deejays and the people who write bios." –September 28, 1989
"If you're aiming for a hole in one, and you get one, you feel lucky–but at the same time you can justifiably say, 'Well, I was aiming for the hole anyway.' " –September 28, 1989
"If we weren't in this band, some of us wouldn't be playing at all. You have tiffs with someone when he has smelly feet in the touring van, but we all respect each other as friends first." –-September 28, 1989
"I think a lot of people in Canada are moving towards some kind of things that identify us. Maybe there's some kind of resurgence in Canadiana. I mean, we're certainly doing our part." –November 4, 1992
"On this album, especially, I basically let the music do the talkin', let the music evoke images, and then tried to capture those images on paper before I could ruin them with too much thought." –November 4, 1992
"Generally, when the band is feeling good and the music is feeling good, I go in and out. I sort of…you know, I go in and out. It's an interesting thing for me, and…yeah, special to me." –November 4, 1992
"I'm a music fan—I love meeting other musicians, I love talking to other musicians—and what greater opportunity to take advantage of whatever standing we might have to try and attract people? To say 'We don't know you, but we love you, and will you come play with us?' Sometimes they actually do." –-January 18, 1995
"Even 'The Inevitability of Death' is kind of a funny song more than anything. I mean, I thought it would be funny imagining radio deejays cueing it up and announcing it as people are driving off to work." –-January 18, 1995
"We're witnessing the rebirth of the girl at the Tragically Hip show. The woman is reborn and alive again in the front row, and that's good, 'cause I was getting a little tired of the sea of testosterone and regretting the fact that the girls were getting muscled out." –July 2, 1995
"From what I gather, there was a lot of vicarious nervousness across the land when we played on SNL. My sister-in-law had diarrhea, and various other members of my family could barely keep their food down, let alone their palms dry. So I thought that was interesting; I liked that." –July 2, 1995
"Once we went into the basement and learned a song, we felt successful. Then we learned two songs, and then we got a gig, and on and on—and that's the way musicians think. I don't know about other people—I mean, I don't know about all musicians either—but some are more driven than others. We were just happy to be together, and that's the way we've done everything." –October 24, 1996
"So ultimately you're up there and you're grappling with the paradoxical dilemma of feeling at once silly and sublime, absurd and grand, and that makes one do interesting things, and lends itself to grandiose gestures and a sort of disbelief that your small, tiny words are really getting out there." –October 24, 1996
"I feel like I'm playing the washboard more than the guitar. My friend called me 'the scrubber' the other day, and I really liked that." –October 24, 1996
"Originally, that song ['Ahead By a Century'] was entirely different. The lyrics were almost totally overhauled, which is not usually my style, but whatever—it seemed like the way to go. Originally, what was it: 'First thing we'd climb a tree, and maybe then we'd talk; I will touch your cunt, you will touch my cock; then we'll be married, then we won't have to hide.' Those were sort of working lyrics, but they stuck there, they said to me 'innocence', and that's what I wanted, because I thought, 'It's two little kids, and they don't know what a cunt is and they don't know what a cock is—they just heard them called that.' " –October 24, 1996
"Hey, look everybody. Bruce Allen!" –July 13, 1995, onstage at UBC's Thunderbird Arena, while pointing up at an airplane pulling a big SUBWAY banner.
Downie Tapes #1 (1989)
Downie Tapes #8 (Jan. 1995)
Downie Tapes #10 (Jan. 1995)
Downie Tapes #12 (July 1995)
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