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EMP = Instant Blackout
Posted on March 29, 2017, by Radio Ecoshock
As Director of the U.S. Task Force on National and Homeland Security, Dr. Peter Pry warns an electromagnetic pulse could fry the grid. In the following year, 90% of the population dies. What we can do. Then Elisabeth Rataj on mental health impacts of extreme weather in the developing world.
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DR. PETER FRY WARNS OF INSTANT BLACKOUT WITH EMP
Incredibly, a pulse of high energy radio waves can knock out everything electrical over a continent, or over the whole world, in nano-seconds, with no warning.It comes from an EMP – an electromagnetic pulse. The cause could be a small nuclear weapon detonated 300 kilometers up in space by a hostile power or terrorist group.
Dr. Peter Pry
We wouldn't see it, hear it, or feel any health effects. The lights go out, communications stop, commerce stops, travel stops (airplanes would likely drop out of the sky, causing up to half a million deaths).
Because most utilities have not protected their giant transformers, and there are no replacements, the grid would stay down for at least a year, or a decade, or forever. There are ways to protect the system, but a captured Washington regulation system has not pushed for these simple steps.
A hostile power aside, our expert guest tells us an EMP hit is "inevitable" within the time of those living now, because the Sun can also crash our electrical systems world-wide.
A large solar storm, big enough to do it, was seen in 1859. It's called the Carrington Event. If part of the Sun blows our way, all satellites are knocked out. The wires of our electric system act like antennae, receiving the deadly pulse.
It's chilling.
We may expect global warming, or the next financial crash. But a very different disaster is also possible. It's brewing, it's becoming more likely, and it's questionable whether the nation, or even this civilization could survive. There will be no warning, except for what you are about to hear from Dr. Peter Pry.
Dr. Pry's resume goes back to the Cold War days of containing the Soviet Union. For ten years in the Central Intelligence Agency, he studied and reported on Soviet and Russian nuclear intentions. That included a weapon as devastating, perhaps more devastating, than an atomic bomb arriving in a major city. It's called "Electromagnetic Pulse" or EMP.
Dr. Pry has advised Congress in many roles, including, quote: "the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack". Currently he is the Executive Director of a congressional advisory body called the Task Force on National and Homeland Security. He's also the director of the Nuclear Strategy Forum.
After the three reactors at Fukushima, Japan blew up, I renewed my research into how fragile big power grids are. I was shocked to learn there are no standard replacements for transformers used by utility companies. If a lot blow, it could take years to replace them. Only two factories in the world make those custom transformers – both in Asia. They can only churn out a couple of hundred a year, and there are about two thousand in the United States alone. So that's 5 years IF the U.S. gets the total production (when the whole world may want them). These things are as large as a house. There are only two trains in America able to carry them. It's a giant operation – so why don't we protect the ones we have?
It can be done, at relatively low cost, likely less than $20 billion dollars, which is small change for the American budget. The usual techniques used by the military to "harden" electrical equipment needs to be installed – things like "Faraday cages" and surge protectors.
Congress has now passed two Acts requiring the utilities to start protecting their systems, but little to nothing happens. There is no enforcement, because the agencies regulating the utilities have suffered "regulatory capture". The big corporations which government agencies are supposed to oversee have in various ways bought off the Congress people, or installed representatives from the industry into these committees or agencies.
A few other countries have begun to protect themselves, but America is wide-open to EMP attack.
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NORTH KOREA – ARE THEIR EMP'S ALREADY IN PLACE?
You've been reading or watching the news about North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and rockets. Dr. Pry tells us an incredible story (but it is credible). In 2004 the Russians did what they never do: they shared intelligence and a warning about technology transfer to North Korea. Apparently it was inadvertent – i.e. not planned by Putin and his government.
When Russia experienced serious financial problems, and could not pay their top scientists, some were hired by North Korea in 2004. They took with them the knowledge of how to build and deploy electromagnetic pulse weapons. The U.S. was told it could only take about two more years to test a small weapon. Right on schedule, in 2006, North Korea tested it's first nuclear weapon.
The world scoffed a bit, because this nuclear explosion was quite small. But Dr. Pry says that is exactly the size needed for an EMP in space. It's possible, he says, to stuff a small nuclear weapon into a satellite. North Korea has two satellites up already, and we don't know what's in them. They are on an orbit that comes over the South Pole toward the southern border of the United States.
During the Cold War with the Soviet Union, all assumptions and missile defenses were planned for missiles coming over the North Pole. The Southern border is undefended in that sense. So it's possible the North Koreans already have a small nuclear weapon in a satellite that can be blown off about 300 kilometers up in space. They may already have the capability to bring America to it's knees, to send the U.S. back to Medieval times without electricity for a decade or more. Or the North Koreans may still be working on it, with their new rocket motors and new satellites going up.
Surely that should send American utility companies, and the government that regulates them, scrambling to prevent such mega-damage to the grid. But don't expect Donald Trump's government to enforce those existing laws, or do anything about it.
It's a bit strange to me that various right-leaning publications, like World Net Daily and so on, are quite willing to publish articles about the EMP threat, but not about climate change. Peter Pry thinks the longer term risk of global warming is distracting the country from the real threat of EMP, which should come first. I disagree. We need to protect against both.
You can read an article published by Peter and another article, in the Wall Street Journal, on the North Korean EMP threat here (without a subscription to the Journal).
The Threat to Melt the Electric Grid: An electromagnetic-pulse attack from North Korea or another U.S. enemy would cause staggering devastation
THE SUN AS ENEMY
We know it's real. In 1989 a big transformer owned by Hydro Quebec in Canada melted down with a fairly common sized solar storm. Another transformer at a New England nuclear power station also blew. The whole danger of exploding nuclear weapons in the upper atmosphere was discovered during a weapons test in the Pacific in 1962. The lights in Hawaii went out. See this Wikipedia entry on "Starfish Prime".
Recent solar studies show that the Sun can and will have a major eruption, called a "Coronal Mass Ejection". Then all it takes is for that side of the Sun to be facing Earth for a wave of energy to head toward Earth. We would have a couple of days warning in such a case – but there's no way to protect the electric grid in two or three days! There's been several near misses in just the last five years. Like earthquakes, we know this will happen, we just don't know when. NASA says the odds of an appearance of a Carrington Event are about 12% per decade. As each decade goes by without one, the odds rise.
A massive solar storm, like the 1859 Carrington Event which burned down telegraph lines and went deep into the ocean to wreck the newly-laid Transatlantic Cable, would not just hit America. It will disable all electronics all over the world.
You may have the illusion that developing countries will survive well, because they have more people already off-grid, like the 600 million people in India without electric power. But Peter Pry and his Committee have looked into this. It turns out even the developing world countries are already so dependent on the international system, they too will suffer massive population losses. Think fertilizers and pesticides that are feeding them. There are multiple dependencies on functioning Western economies that will fail.
By the way, about a week after the grid goes down, for any reason, every nuclear power plant goes melts down like the three at Fukushima Japan, spewing radioactivity across the country and around the Northern Hemisphere.
In a bleak way, a giant solar storm might save the disappearing species, and end our civilization-wide carbon emissions. It would also "solve" our population problem. But that's a solution that is too horrible to contemplate.
Various "preppers" are aware of the EMP threat, and do a little. For example, microwave ovens are a kind of "Faraday cage" that could protect some electronics. I don't see the point of protecting your cell phone in an old microwave, because all the towers and networks wouldn't function anymore. But if you look on You tube, you can find videos of how to protect the essential parts of older model cars (from the 1970's and earlier) so you could still drive after an EMP. You would have to manually pump gas from a service station, but hey – you would have the whole road to yourself! Maybe those people with stored food and ways to grow organically could be some of the 10% who survive, if they are distant from a big city, and able to protect themselves…
Dr. Pry does say that having more home power system off the grid, like solar or wind, increases our ability to survive. You can also act as a State or Province. Maine, Virginia, and Florida have already moved to harden their electric systems. Texas is working on it. It just took one very determined person in Maine to help protect that state. You can even harden your grid at a community level. Find a blueprint for action in Peter Pry's latest book "Blackout Wars: State Initiatives To Achieve Preparedness Against An Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Catastrophe" published in late 2015. I read his earlier book "Electric Armageddon: Civil-Military Preparedness For An Electromagnetic Pulse Catastrophe".
Maybe the EMP issue, like climate change, is a kind of test to see if we are an intelligent species or not. We know what the threat is, and even how to solve or minimize it, but will we act?
His web site is here. Here is another interesting web site on EMP preparedness, called "Secure The Grid".
PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD ARE HURT MENTALLY BY CLIMATE-DRIVEN DISASTERS – ELISABETH RATAJ
Next we discover the rare: what are the mental health effects for all the people in the developing world who have been ravaged by typhoons, fires and other violent events related to climate change? It turns out kids are hit hardest, but people of all ages suffer from PTSD – as did Americans after Hurricane Katrina. Eventually, will humans become too weakened mentally by repeated extreme events, too weak to respond anymore?
We explore what little we know with Elisabeth Rataj, the German-trained public health expert currently on assignment in Muslim Mindanao, the Philippines.
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Scientists agree that more extreme weather events will hit most of the Earth as the climate shifts. Studies of Americans after Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy showed increased and continuing mental health problems including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Some people in Japan are still fearful, their lives in tatters, six years after the major earthquake there. Is it possible each hit of climate change could leave the general population less able to deal with the next?
But what about the impacts of extreme weather in developing countries, where studies are seldom done? Now we know more, thanks to research published in the journal BMC Public Health. Three authors combed through the records in South America and Asia following extreme weather events. Let's see what they found.
Our guest Elisabeth Rataj is the lead author. Elisabeth, grew up in Saxony, Germany, where she obtained a Master of Public Health at the University of Dresden. She did the research on the lasting impacts of severe weather while working in Dresden in the Center for Evidence-based Healthcare. Now employed by a large German development agency, Elisabeth is an Advisor at the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, in the Philippines.
We discuss an article published in September 2016 in the journal BMC Public Health. The title is "Extreme weather events in developing countries and related injuries and mental health disorders – a systematic review". That's an open access article, so anyone can read it.
We've been talking with the lead author Elisabeth Rataj. She did this research at the Dresden in the Center for Evidence-based Healthcare. Elisabeth is now employed by a large German development agency. You can read more about Elisabeth's research into climate trauma in developing countries in this article in the journal "Open Forest".
Trauma Research: Extreme Weather Events and Mental Health
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theinitiate
I don't get it…. if too many… or ALL nuclear plants melt down… would we even still be here.??? Seems to me… there would be massive deaths and so much radiation in general… within a short while.. everyone would be dying off of radiation poisoning and/or cancer…. How in the world could there be anything left if all the nuclear plants melt down?…. I really need to know this.
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As we saw during Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, meltdowns do not necessarily mean worldwide collapse.There are scenarios where society would collapse, but the EMP necessary would be catastrophic beyond what we currently understand. A Mass Coronal Ejection, (MCE), would have to be directly in line with the earth's orbit to have devastating consequences. A Class X would literally strip the earth of it's atmosphere if we were directly hit, that makes discussion of survival moot. We are never completely out of danger, there are a slew of natural forces that could doom life on the planet; the doomsday notions that are man-made concern me far more than anything we can't control. Chernobyl was essentially controlled by brave men and women who knew they were dying by capping it off. This is not a cure all, but it worked. Fukushima was built on the coast that is prone to seismic events and their consequences. To say the least, it was a poor choice of areas build a nuclear plant. If you Google nuclear plants, you will notice there are several in California that are built on or in close proximity to major fault lines. If not taken off line, they will prove to be disasters in the future. When the New Madrid Fault slips again, (church bells rang in Boston, the Mississippi ran backward), almost everything within 100 mile radius will be destroyed. It is merely a matter of time. We can only prepare against man-made disasters, we need to be proactive in this, but sadly, we don't learn from the past.
oilfix
radiation will disperse initially ending up in the food chain. Life expectancy in the 20's, 30s' and lots of miscarriages. Radiation will eventually decay to less energetic elements.
Okay, becoming self reliant … in terms of your own power supply… and being "that pioneer" …. is all well and good… can' be done.. unless you are all ready rich… His statements about doing this… STILL require most people who do not have thousands of dollars lying around… to be dependent on the MONETARY/CREDIT SYSTEM… in order to do so… AND … THEN they still have to have JOBS IN THAT SYTEM… TO PAY THAT OFF…. my point?… The only way to BE that pioneer … is to GIVE UP ON ELECTRICITY… all together… it's a difficult path… I do not have family members who would even begin to understand so….. I'm not able …. AT THIS TIME… to attempt such a thing… He of course is right… that without electricity… millions would die… it's too bad… and when people in general discuss that … they do not really consider they would be one of those to die… I try to keep that in mind… … Healthy people, ( I am on.. but getting older) have a tendency to feel invincible… it is those who have health issues… that are much more aware… Any way… if you are dependent on the financial system for this .. the … well, hey… If the EMP happens… maybe there wouldn't be anyone around to try to collect the money…. HOWEVER…. in terms of the nuclear plants melting down… I don't know that I would want to be alive anyway…
drift2boat
Meltdown of all nuclear reactors is Dr. Guy McPherson theorized coup de grace to Homo sapiens . His model has been agricultural failure due to Global Warming followed by mass starvation and the loss of capacity to maintain nuclear reactors. Dr. Pry's is a different initiating event same outcome.
Yes, drift2boat… same out come… because OUR FATE WAS SEALED, once we split the atom… and it was on it's way to being sealed before that… when we began to burn fossil fuel for an industrial society.
Thomas Jefferson hated democracy? Anyone with a basic knowledge of history knows that this is false. Mr. Pry is promoting the neoliberal notion of the atomized individual, not dependent on the Government (i. e. "collectivism"). I ask myself: what is Mr. Prys agenda here? Have you asked yourself that question Alex? Be wary! You might find yourself peddling propaganda (fearporn) for the military industrial complex.
John Scharbach
Thanks again, for sane voices and astute questions.
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Don Pelton
Our daughter's father-in-law is Neal Brown, retired Director of the Poker Flat Research Range. Since he is also a rocket scientist who has done original research on EMP, I wrote and asked him his opinion of Vincent Pry's article in The Hill, this one:
"How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans"
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/326094-how-north-korea-could-kill-up-to-90-percent-of-americans-at-any
Here's his reassuring reply:
"Thanks Don:
"Starting about two weeks ago I posed to myself that North Korea could easily deliver with one of their smaller rockets, a dirty bomb of radioactive junk left over from their nuclear enrichment program, from a ship offshore of Trump's Key Largo, or any major American coastal city.
"Back in about 1980 I was invited to Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs where we talked about who notifies who with regard to launches into space. I came away from that meeting realizing it is the third world bad guys we are all worried about the most. Forget ICBM's, sophisticated miniaturized nuclear warheads. Worry about a third world country barge or ship with a single stage rocket onboard that can loft a 1000 pounds of radioactive hardware to spread over an area of a few square miles.
"The EMP threat discussed in the … article is less likely, I think. A few years ago I delivered a talk on EMP and did research on EMP done at various altitudes over the central USA. I'm not sure anyone could do it yet. Most of the EMP stuff built, tested and used today has been cruise missile size stuff. In a modern people against people battlefield a cruise missile EMP using conventional explosives could wife out all radio, radar, etc. electronics in an area 20 or so miles in diameter.
"It is not logical to compare satellite EMP to the Carrington event of 1859. The Carrington event lasted hours and the rise of electrical currents gave rise to magnetic changes that induced currents in existing technologies of power lines, railroad telegraph lines etc. The rising cloud of a middle atmosphere nuclear weapon explosion could do the same electro magnetic damage, over a limited area.
"We did a number of experiments in my Poker Flat years to document these possible effects. We repaired and brought back to life long electrical communication conductors like the undersea lives to Seattle from Alaska, and the telephone lines along the Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks to Anchorage (that had been abandoned in place and replaced with microwave communication systems). We monitored these lines under a few million dollar contracts for the effects of auroral induced effects over a few years. All events that could be scaled to nuclear weapon events. We looked at slow Carrington events, and postulated EMP events.
"EMP kills in two ways. The gamma ray kills electronics instantly. The longer effect is associated with the rising fireball.
"At the same time I appreciate your sending these to me. They were interesting to read. My response is super quick, not altogether deeply thought out. Hope it helps you think about all this."
"Neal Brown
Alaska Science Explained
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http://www.alaskascience.com
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Sky Vue Drive-In
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Previously operated by: Robert L. Lippert Theatres Inc.
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Located on the corner of Hilltop Drive and Mistletoe Lane. The Sky Vue Drive-In was opened by 1955.
The site is now located behind Marie Callendar's and Oxford Suites.
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tommie63 on October 20, 2013 at 12:52 pm
In 1981 a group of us left our prom to go to the drive in as we knew it was closing, they were showing "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" with Lily Tomlin. The prom was across the street at the Holiday Inn. It was funny to see guys in tuxedos and girls in gowns walking around!
jwmovies on January 10, 2017 at 2:13 am
The address for this Drive-in is 1967 Hilltop Dr, Redding, CA 96002.
kennerado on December 7, 2019 at 4:07 am
It was open as early as 1955 because its there in an aerial photo from that year.
MichaelKilgore on May 15, 2020 at 2:35 pm
The Sky Vue's first appearance in the Motion Picture Almanac's drive-in lists was the 1957 edition. The 1955-56 Theatre Catalog omitted the Sky Vue. The photo kennerado mentioned was taken on Nov. 2, 1955, and I wonder whether the drive-in was still under construction. The back two rows (as shown in later aerials) are unfinished and there's an odd split just south of the concession building.
On the other hand the Shasta Historical Society's "Covered Wagon," published in 2005, quotes De Wayne Smith as saying it opened in 1955 and had a 40x60-foot screen. Aubrey DeWayne Smith's obituary (May 12, 2011) said, "In 1955 his family moved from Medford, OR and together they opened Redding's first (sic) drive in theater, the Skyvue Drive-In." (Overlooking the Starlight, which opened years earlier.) And we know for sure that it was open by November 1956, when it was buglarized per a note reprinted 50 years later in the Redding Record Searchlight.
Boxoffice, March 22, 1965: "The Robert Lippert organization is in the midst of remodeling a number of its properties (including) … the Sky-Vue Drive-In, Redding"
In March 1981, the town approved a lot-split to ease the sale of the drive-in. The Sky Vue's last appearance in the MPA drive-in list was in 1984.
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For First Time Ever, It Will Be TV-Only – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It's shaping up to be a different kind of holiday season, as yet another iconic New York City tradition is being scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be dramatically scaled back.
For almost 100 years now, the parade has marched through the heart of Midtown, right up to Macy's. But this year, things will be different, CBS2's Kevin Rincon reported.
We've long associated the giant inflatable balloons with the Thanksgiving Day parade. People of all ages have come to the site to enjoy the tradition – but not this year.
"My dad used to bring me to these parades. I used to always dream of holding the floats," said Sam Williams. "I kind of think that's sad, but then again, look at the times."
"I've worked the detail, but I've never actually gone to the parade. I would say it's pointless to go. Just watch it on TV. That's what I've always thought," said James Mandela.
"Who wants to be in those huge crowds? If I do watch it, I watch it on TV anyways," said Lailah Lancing.
Reverend Green has gone to plenty of parades. He has lived in Midtown for years and says that it's the pandemic that'll actually make this year's event more special.
"Even if it's on a miniature scale, they're going to really enjoy it, because they understand the situation. We're not operating in normal circumstances," he said.
At City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio made it clear: Things aren't normal.
"It will not be the same parade we're used to. It will be a different kind of event. They're reinventing the event for this moment in history," de Blasio said.
The special presentation will showcase the parade's signature mix of giant character balloons, floats and performers.
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This year, the parade won't go down the normal 2.5 mile route from the Upper West Side. Instead, performances will contained in a small area in Herald Square for TV cameras only – there will be no live spectators. The events will happen over a two day period.
Something else that won't be happening: The traditional balloon inflation the night before, near the American Museum of Natural History.
Among the other changes:
About 75% fewer participants.
The event will instead be stretched out over two days
No one under the age of 18 will be allowed to take part, meaning no regional high school or college marching bands
As for the balloons, they'll be rolled through the streets on cars, so no handlers holding them down.
Many understand the changes are necessary.
"We're just doing what we need to do to make sure we're all safe and make smart decisions," said one person.
"It has to be, because of the virus. That's safety. You have to keep the safety among the people," another person said.
"It's a change. It's an adjustment. But, it's something we're going to have to get used to for the time being," said another.
"Macy's believes in celebration and the joy of marking milestone moments with family and friends. The Macy's Parade is our love letter and gift to the city of New York and the nation. Under the unique challenges of these unparalleled times, we felt it was important to continue this cherished holiday tradition that has been the opening act to the holiday season for generations of families," said Susan Tercero, executive producer of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "While it will certainly look different in execution, this year's Macy's parade celebration will once again serve its historical purpose – to bring joy into the hearts of millions across the nation."
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The company said it's actually opened more stores in North America this year than in 2019: 1,360 stores last year; 1,400 this year.
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Hello again, everyone! :) I just wanted to give you a "heads up" about some of the new books that have been coming in to the branches. Here they are in no particular order. Enjoy!
Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde - Various people recall aspects of the life of Raquel Falcone, an unpopular, overweight freshman at Quail Run High School, including classmates, her parents, and the driver who struck and killed her as she was walking home from an animated film festival.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Magic Lessons by Justine Larbalestier - When fifteen-year-old Reason is pulled through the magical door connecting New York City with the Sydney, Australia, home of her grandmother, she encounters an impossibly ancient man who seems to have some purpose in mind for her. The 2nd book in the Magic or Madness trilogy.
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah - Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing heridentity or sense of style.
Girls We Love: An Insiders Girls Novel by J. Minter - While planning a sweet-sixteen party for Flan, who is not yet fourteen, the girls work on finally getting what they really want from their boyfriends, a group of wealthy Manhattan youths known as the Insiders. (Sorry, everyone! For some reason the catalog won't let me link to this one; you'll have to copy and paste the title into the Online Catalog.)
America Dreaming by Laban Carrick Hill - This book is an in-depth exploration of America in the 1960's. It shows all the ways in which teenagers were on the forefront of societal change and covers topics such as the civil rights movement, hippie culture, black nationalism, and the feminist movement.
The Right-Under Club by Christine Hurley Deriso - Over the summer, five middle school girls form a club based on the fact that they all feel neglected and misunderstood by their blended families.
Schooled by Gordan Korman - After his hippie grandmother ends up in the hospital, Cap Anderson is forced to leave the commune where he is homeschooled and attend Claverage Middle School, where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of bullies.
A Field Guide to High School by Marissa Walsh - Andie and her best friend Bess read through a manual Andie's Yale-bound sister wrote for her, which is filled with tips and tricks for excelling at Plumstead Country Day high school where Andie is about to be a freshman.
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr - Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.
Reposessed by A.M. Jenkins - A fallen angel, tired of being unappreciated while doing his pointless, demeaning job, leaves Hell, enters the body of a seventeen-year-old boy, and tries to experience the full range of human feelings before being caught and punished, while the boy's family and friends puzzle over his changed behavior.
Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb - As she navigates adolescence, ninth-grader Mia must deal with her mother's recent death and her father's illness while she searches for friendship and love in the world around her.
Leap of Faith by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley - Forced to attend a Catholic middle school because of her conduct, Abigail discovers a talent for theater and develops a true religious faith.
The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper - In Lily Dale, New York, a community dedicated to the religion of Spiritualism, tenth-grader Sparrow Delaney, the youngest daughter in an eccentric family of psychics, agonizes over whether or not to reveal her special abilities in order to help a friend.
Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds by April Lurie - While living on the same block as several members of the Mafia does have the advantage of a lower crime rate, fourteen-year-old April and her brother find there are times when it is also a major disadvantage.
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Dang!!!!! Those look like some great books; I just like requested half of them!!!!
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Q: Linespace in figure caption I have defined my own caption format in my document. It works fine, just as expected. However, there is one Figure where the linespace does not look nice because of the formulas pushing the lines unevenly. How can I fix this caption, without effecting the others?

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The reconstruction is given by $\tilde{x}=\bm{\mu}_{x|z}$. For readability
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A: Your general setting was forcing uneven baselineskip (any line with a descender or capital would have more space than a line with lowercase letters such as axc). Once that is fixed you can (in this case) hide the depth of the math on the first line with \smash but you need to visually check that it does not clash with any tall letters in the line below.

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However, these parameters are represented by the lines joining the nodes in
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of the AEVB algorithm $\phi^{} \equiv \theta^{}$.}
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Editorial Board 2020-2021
The Saint Anselm Crier
Hawks softball starts off 8-2
Anna Boris, Crier Staff
The Saint Anselm softball team is soaring after their record-breaking 8-2 start during spring training. This is the best tournament record in the last two decades. Spring training took place in Clermont, Florida, from March 1st to the 8th.
As a whole, playing in Florida was beneficial not only to the Hawk's performance, but also to the team dynamic. Last year, the softball team graduated four seniors who were a core part of the team. This year there are six new freshmen who have stepped up to fill in the missing roles. The team captains believe that spring training had a huge impact on the team, and was a turning point.
"Going to Florida helped the team dynamic since we're with each other for a full week living together," said Captain Hannah Byrne. "It helps us get to know each other on a personal level—not just on the field."
The team is being led by Captains Hannah Byrne, Tayla Trask, and Pattie Turner, who are looking forward to the new season and are currently waiting for fields to be cleared of snow so the team can once again set foot on the field and play the game.
As the team awaits its official start to the season, it has many strengths it intends to emphasize. One includes the batting order of the team. There has been a large focus on hitting since the team started training back in September. Now when the Hawks take the field, they have a solid batting order they can rely on from the top to the bottom.
They are currently working on improving the defense and filling the holes left behind from the graduated team members. All of the freshmen have stepped up to take on these roles, and have made it a smooth transition.
"We have a lot of new people so finding that dynamic in the defense is important, seeing as we have freshmen playing in new positions," said Captain Tayla Trask. "We just want to establish confidence in the freshmen in their new positions."
Confidence is key to the sport, for softball is a mental game just as much as it is physical.
"That's our biggest thing—to remind everybody that we believe in them and boost confidence," said Byrne. "If we're down in a game we're going to come back and win big. That's our mentality. We're going to do anything we have to—whether it be sacrificing or diving—in order to get the job done."
The captains' goal for the season is to win the Northeast 10 Championship. Two years ago was the first time in program history that Saint A's made the tournament, and the following year they finished fourth in the conference. Hopefully the momentum from Florida will continue into the start of the season.
All of the teams in the NE-10 are strong, so each game will be a challenge, but the Hawks are prepared.
"There's really no one standout team in the conference, which is why on any given day the game could go either way," said Trask. "One moment you can be doing great, and the next there can be a total 180 flip. We're just taking it one pitch at a time and not underestimating anybody. On any given day anyone can come out and play well. We just have to take it one pitch at a time."
Athlete Profile: Chris Santo
Men's basketball defeated in D2 Tournament
Hawks' lacrosse teams kickoff 2015 seasons
Baseball 3-10, Mother Nature impedes schedule
Players set to perform musical 'Millie'
SBA volunteer James Murphy shares experiences on solidarity trip with 'Be Like Brit', honors student killed in 2010 earthquake
Study abroad student Liz Torrey on exciting London adventures
March releases from Kendrick Lamar, GY!BE potential albums of the year
Six men battle it out for Mr. Saint A's, Senior Ryan Sanford prevails


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A first step in ending global warming — ban automobile ads
A Metro should never be wrapped in car ads.
On this past week, the whole front of Montréal's Metro paper promoted Kia. All of page 2 and the back of a paper targeted at the city's transit riders also promoted an unhealthy, lethal, inefficient and utterly unsustainable mode of transportation.
Incredibly, public transit systems regularly glorify the private automobile. Car ads are not uncommon on buses or in metros. During a trip to Philadelphia a few years ago, the great hall at the city's beautiful old train station was covered with a 50 ft x 30 ft car ad. It seemed more than a little out of place. Would you see a promotion for trains at a car dealership?
On the contrary, the automotive industry has regularly disparaged mass transit. In the mid-1990s GM ran ads in US subways with pictures of the Aurora under the headline "Tear Up Your Monthly Pass" while more recently BMW covered bus shelters with the statement: "In the land of the bus shelter the guy with a car is king." Numerous TV and online auto spots have depicted men unable to find dates because they bike or ride the bus and don't have cars.
The auto industry has long been the biggest advertiser. Whether you're at a party, online, at the mall, playing videogames, at the movies or even writing checks, there is an endless promotion of both brand names and automobility. Car advertisers have conquered nearly every sphere of human consciousness.
The scope of the industry's promotion can be startling. On May 14 2007 Montreal daily La Presse devoted 43 pages entirely to cars: a twenty six page auto section; an eight page Mercedes broadsheet pullout; an eight page Mazda supplement in tabloid format.
There was also a full page car ad as well as a Porsche ad taking up a tenth of a page (in an eight page sports section). In addition to the 43 pages entirely devoted to cars, the front page of the business section had a seventh of a page devoted to a Hyundai dealership ad.
Add to this the eight page Actuel section where nearly half a page was dedicated to auto classifieds. In the sixteen page front section, a fifth of page two was an Accura ad; an eighth of a page five was another Acccura ad; a third of a page nine was a Ford ad; a sixth of page ten was a Lexus ad; more than half of page eleven was a Honda dealership ad; and nearly half of page twelve was a Chevrolet ad. Finally, three quarters of page sixteen was devoted to Subaru.
Imagine if all the money used to sell cars were put into promoting cycling and mass transit. To even the playing field, health and environmental agencies could run public education campaigns describing the private automobiles' dangers, pollutants, space consumption, financial burdens, toll on the climate, etc. Malmö Sweden, for instance, ran a "No Ridiculous Car Trips" campaign to reduce journeys of less than five kilometres.
Public transit agencies should be pushed to devote their space to anti-car messages. How about covering light rail with: "Cars Pollute. Take the Train" or buses with: "Free the City. Kill the Car". Transit authorities could also give bike makers a discount to put up messages that challenge the cultural dominance of the automobile. Heck, maybe Nike would pay to cover bus stops with "Just Do It. Ditch your car."
Those who want a landscape more amenable to pedestrians, cyclists and trolley riders must challenge the promotion of a product many times more damaging than cigarettes. Car advertising should be (as with tobacco) steadily eliminated (and immediately appropriated).
The dominant media, ad agencies, and carmakers will no doubt resist bitterly so let's build momentum towards this end by prodding media outlets with ethical advertising guidelines (campus newspapers, green groups etc.) to get rid of car ads. Public transit agencies should also be encouraged to reject auto advertising.
In a world where temperature records are broken each month, advertising cars should be criminal.
environment, media
Sordid tales of Canada-UN history in Africa
Anti-Palestinian coverage part of broader media pattern


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This is artwork done through the use of Arduino or Processing (the program).
"Rain" was my first project for my Interactive Digital Multimedia class.
It was coded entirely in Processing with the art imported from Paint Tool Sai.
"Rain" encourages users who open the application to hold down the mouse over the city, changing the text from "Please Hold On" to "Keep Going, We Love You." The color of the rain also changes from green (acid rain) to blue (pure water).
Thematically, I wanted to emphasize my personal struggle "holding on" for the sake of others whenever I went through particularly bad times. The program reminds us that it requires EFFORT to inspire change; and that's when you press down on the mouse and let it rain. Of course, NO ONE can hold down on the mouse indefinitely; in fact, some days it's okay to have a mix of acid and normal rain. Eventually, both kinds of rain can be appreciated.
"Dark Box" was my Final Project for my Interactive Digital Multimedia class at Smith College.
It was made using a Arduino Uno kit and a basic Force Sensitive Resistor with one LED light. This was set up with the theme/idea of nightmares and fear in mind. Some instructions are left in the form of a note attached to the front of the box, and I told people to enter a dark bathroom with those in mind. People inside could only turn on the lights if they had already opened it. If the box was opened in the dark, you can see the monster with a glowing eye. When the lights are on, the monster is gone and the light turns into a nightlight. I wanted to make a piece that not only scared the viewer a bit (they had to enter their own dark room in order to experience the fear), but once the lights were on, both the bathroom and the inside of the box were illuminated and revealed that there wasn't much to fear after all. If participants chose to shake the hand of the monster, his eyes would blink.


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Dangers of Aspartame (Nutrasweet)
Please inform yourselves
Processed food additives like aspartame and MSG can bypass the blood-brain barrier, causing neurological damage and aggravating certain health disorders.
A Neurologist discusses Nutrasweet/Aspartame Russell Blaylock, MD, Neurosurgeon
Aspartame, MSG and other Excitotoxins and the Hypothalamus Letter from Russell Blaylock, MD
Excitotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Neurodevelopment by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
Neurotoxic Interaction of MSG, Aspartame and Other Toxins by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
Dr. Blaylock Blasts Aspartame Toxicity In The Lancet By Dr. Russell L. Blaylock, MD, August 8, 1999 (no longer on webpage http://www.thelancet.com/newlancet/sub/discuss/TOP119/msg00001.html )
Aspartame Dangers Revealed! In 1991, I was diagnosed with an 'incurable' case of Grave's Disease, a fatal thyroid disorder, I never really had Grave's Disease but my doctors were convinced I did. I had aspartame poisoning with symptoms of 'textbook' Grave's Disease caused by aspartame saturating my foods. Modern medicine kept me alive temporarily, but I 'cured' my disease using The Aspartame Detoxification Program©. Modern medicine has led us to the "take a pill or cut it out mentality" for almost every modern health symptom, but this approach alone cannot cure disease as more and more people are personally discovering.
Using the Aspartame Detoxification Program I designed at the time of my 'disease', I restored my health within 30 days. If you use sugar-free products with aspartame and suffer with health symptoms your medical doctor cannot 'cure', more than likely you have aspartame poisoning.
Brain Tumors Original article and updates by John W. Olney, M.D.
Bio on John W. Olney, MD
Peer Reviewed Aspartame Studies - SURVEY OF ASPARTAME STUDIES: CORRELATION OF OUTCOME AND FUNDING SOURCES by Ralph G. Walton, M.D., Chairman,The Center for Behavioral Medicine, Forum Health, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Possible Neurologic Effects of Aspartame - a Widely Used Food Additive-- by Timothy J. Maher (Department of Pharmacology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115) and Richard J. Wurtman (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139).
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Russell Blaylock, MD
Nutrasweet (Aspartame) has been scientifically linked to brain tumors, brain cell damage and neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. According to author Russell Blaylock, MD, a practicing, board-certified neurosurgeon, we are witnessing enormous damage to the brain and nervous system due to the ever-increasing amount of Nutrasweet and other excitotoxic subtances added to our foods.
With detailed accuracy citing well over five hundred scientific studies, Neurosurgeon Blaylock explores the "must-know" dangers of these substances being added indiscriminately to our food supply. .
Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" and his research team used the book Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, as one of their sources to report on the increasing evidence of a brain tumor connection. Their December 29, 1996, program didn't, however, delve into the enormous epidemic of illness caused by the increasing use of these substances. Dr. Blaylock's book exposes it all in detail--from the questionable history of "approvals" in the 1970s and the 1980s to the increasing body of evidence showing serious brain effects, government inaction, and industry propaganda and cover-up. .
The use of aspartame, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and monosodium glutamate in prepared foods and beverages continues to increase on a yearly basis. Dr. Blaylock clearly demonstrates that the neurotoxic potential of excitotoxins such as MSG and aspartame (NUTRASWEET ) is so overwhelming that it can no longer be ignored.
A Crash Course in How the Brain Works - Very Special Amino Acids - What Is an Amino Acid? - Exciting Cells to Death - Effect of Excitotoxins on the Developing Brain - Creeping Death: The Neurodegenerative Diseases - Alzheimer's Disease: A Classic Case of Excitotoxin Damage - Seizures - Headaches - Brain Injury - Strokes: Ischemia-Anoxia Hypoglycemia - AIDS Dementia - Aspartame, Brain Tumors and the FDA.
Aspartame / NutraSweet Toxicity Info Center
Aspartame: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You By Dr. Joseph Mercola
References for Above
The following symptoms are listed on the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network Fact Sheetheadaches, nausea, vertigo, insomnia, numbness, blurred vision, blindness and other eye problems, memory loss, slurred speech, depression, personality changes, hyperactivity, stomach disorders, seizures, skin lesions, rashes, anxiety attacks, muscle cramping and joint pain, loss of energy, symptoms mimicking heart attacks, hearing loss and ear ringing, and loss or change of taste. (The Deadly Deception 1)
Aspartame - What you don't know can hurt you - Why isn't the FDA protecting your health? by Dr. Joseph Mercola
Governments Continue Suppression and Coverup on Aspartame by Dr. Joseph Mercola
In 1991, the National Institutes of Health.[17] listed 167 symptoms and reasons to avoid the use of aspartame , but today it is a multi-million dollar business that contributes to the degeneration of the human population, as well as the deliberate suppression of overall intelligence, short-term memory[18] and the added contribution as a carcinogenic environmental co-factor.
The Connection Between MS and Aspartame By Russell L. Blaylock, MD Neurosurgeon, 6-7-04
FDA's List of Adverse Reactions to Aspartame (from 2003)
Dorway to Discovery: Say No to Aspartame
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network
The Aspartame (NutraSweet) Controversy many links here
Nexus Magazine - The Bitter Truth About Artificial Sweeteners Extracted from Nexus Magazine,Volume 2, #28 (Oct-Nov '95) and Volume 3, #1 (Dec '95-Jan '96).
UK's Sunday Times - Top sweetener condemned by secret report
Letter....
February 10, l999
Minneapolis Neuropathy Association
Mr. Al Porte
Dear Mr. Porte:
I was asked to write to you about my concerns regarding the sweetener aspartame, especially as regards neurological disorders. As you may know, complaints against aspartame constitute 75% of all additive related complaints relayed to the FDA department of consumer complaints. Until recently, these were merely written off as anecdotal observations of little scientific validity. But recent findings have shed some light on this elusive compound and its deleterious effects of the human population .
.. Aspartame an L aspartyl L phenylalanine methyl ester, is composed of two amino acids, aspartate and phenylalanine, linked by methanol. Inside the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the stomach it is bro ken down into its constitutent components . In some instances the dipeptide is lysed within the cells of the gut. As a consequence the methanol is rapidly absored and distributed throughout the tissues of the body. Within the tissues substantial amounts of methanol's two metabolic breakdown products (formaldehyde and formic acid) have been shown to accumulate in many tissues."
These breakdown products, formaldehyde and formic acid, have been shown in several important studies, to be extremely toxic to tissues in very small doses. In fact, even small doses of formaldehyde are considered to be carcinogenic. A recent study by Trocho, Pardo and co-workers, have demonstrated that following aspartame ingestion, significant amounts of formaldehyde accumulate in the tissues. Formaldehyde is known to bind strongly to proteins and nucleic acids , forming adducts that are extremely difficult to eliminate through normal metabolic pathways."
In this study, they demonstrated that labeled methanol (as formaldehyde) accumulated in high concentrations in the liver (50%) and in lower, but substantial, concentrations in the kidney, adipose tissue, brain and retina. Within the cell, they found large amounts located within the DNA. It was interesting to note ethat these doses were lower than that used in toxicity studies. Previous studies have shown that very high doses of aspartame may not cause acute symptomatology. This study indicates that the damage may necessitate longer periods of time to manifest itself, and that the eventual effects can be quite deleterius.
The doses used were within those recommended by the FDA as ADI for humans. This is especially of conern in children who may consume doses of aspartame as high as 75 to 90mg/kg. It is also important to note that in this study, the formaldehyde was accumulative as were its injury to cellular proteins and DNA. In the real life situation, humans are exposed to repeated doses of aspartame found in many foods, drinks, medicines and chewing gum.
An earlier study by Shephard and co -workers, it was found that aspartame is nitrosated within the gut and that this nitrosation of the amine group is "quite cytotoxic" and represents a moderately strong mutagen in the Ames test.
Another recent study, by Sorg, Willis and co-workers is also alarming. In this study, it was found that prolonged exposure to low concenetrations of formaldehyde could cause chemical sensitization to cocaine, via a limbic mechanism. With increasing reports of multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome, one must be concerned about chronic low dose formaldehyde exposure via aspartame."
In addition, a l997 study found that macrophages exposed to aspartame produces a threefold rise in leukotriene (B4, C 4 and 15 hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid) and arachidonic acid metabolites. This would be detrimental to patients having autoimmune disorders such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis . Clinically, there is some evidence for worsening of two of the three conditions (MS and Lupus) by aspartame use.
Finally, in the diabetic, great concern must be expressed about the danger of toxin damage to already weakened peripheral nerves in the diabetic situation. With the buildup of accumulated concentrations of formaldehyde and formic acid in nervous tissue, long term damage and drapid progression of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is almost a given. We know that all of the components of aspartame are neurotoxic as well as most of its breakdown products, such as diketopiperazine, phenylethalamine, phenylalanine, aspartic acid, and methanol (formaldehyde and formic acid) Aspartic acid is a known excitotoxin and in the body is converted to glutamic acid, an even more poewrful excitotoxin. Experimentally, the same widespread brain lesions produced by MSG exposure can be produced by high dose aspartame exposure.
It is my opinion, and the opinion of many others, that aspartame is a dangerous neurotoxin and its use should be discouraged generally, but especially so in those harboring neurological diseases.
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
1. Shephard SE, Wakabayashi K and Nagao M. Mutagenic activity of peptides and the artificial sweetener aspartame after nitrosation. Food Chem Tox 31Z : 323-329, 1993
. 2. Sorg BA, Willis JR , et al. Repeated low-dose formaldehyde exposure produces cross-sensitization to cocaine; possible relevance to chemical sensitivity in humans . Neuropsychopharmacol 18 :385, 394 , l998
3. Trocho C, Pardo R, et al, Formaldehyde derived from dietary aspartame binds to tissue components in vivo. Life Sciences 63:337-349,1998
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The UK's Sunday Times Article below as not sure how long it stays on the website
Top sweetener condemned by secret report
Jonathan Leake, Science Editor
BRITAIN'S bestselling sweetener was condemned as dangerous and potentially toxic in a report compiled by some of the world's biggest soft drinks manufacturers - who now buy tons of it to add to diet drinks.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other manufacturers produced the report in the early 1980s before the sweetener, aspartame, had been approved for use in America. It warns that it can affect the workings of the brain, change behaviour and even en-courage users to eat extra carbohydrate, so destroying the point of using diet drinks.
The documents were un-earthed last week under freedom of information legislation. It follows a decision by re-searchers at King's College in London to study suspected links between aspartame intake and brain tumours.
Britons drink more than 9 billion cans or bottles of pop a year, of which about half contain artificial sweeteners. Aspartame, made by Monsanto and also marketed under the name NutraSweet, is 200 times sweeter than normal sugar and is used in many popular low-calorie foods and drinks. It has been declared safe in a number of studies and has been approved for use in both America and Europe.
There has, however, always been concern at its tendency to break down, producing methanol, which is both toxic in its own right and which breaks down further to produce formic acid and formaldehyde. Phenylalanine, another breakdown product of aspartame, is also dangerous to people with phenylketonuria, a common enzyme deficiency.
The 30-page aspartame report was drawn up under the auspices of America's National Soft Drinks Association (NSDA), whose governing body at the time included senior Coca-Cola and Pepsi executives. It says: "We object to the approval of aspartame for unrestricted use in soft drinks." It then lists ways in which aspartame was believed directly to affect brain chemistry, including the synthesis of vital neurotransmitters such as serotonin.
Other papers obtained with the NSDA documents show the Food and Drug Administration also had misgivings. Despite this, it approved aspartame.
Dick Adamson, of the NSDA, said that, in l983, it evaluated the data on aspartame and posed a umber of questions. Once they were answered, it no longer had concerns about the safety of aspartame in carbonated drinks.
Ben Deutsch, a spokesman for Coca-Cola, referred questions to the NSDA.
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New industrial revolution to usher in age of Pinoy micro-entrepreneurs
Feb 3, 2016 8:30 AM PHT
Chris Schnabel
MANILA, Philippines – The revolution is coming, so we better be prepared for it.
That was Filipino tech entrepreneur and PLDT chief strategy officer Winston Damarillo's main takeaway from a week of discussing global issues with world leaders, CEOs, and celebrities like Bono and Leonardo DiCaprio at last month's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Beyond the glamor, what struck the self-confessed geek the most was the summit's main theme: The 4th wave of the industrial revolution.
As he put it, this revolution is more about the buildup and rapid change in technological advancement in the world today.
"We now got to this critical mass of technological development, in digital technologies, IT, the physical science of manufacturing, automation, and robotics, as well as advancements in health and bio sciences," he explained.
What we're really looking at, he went on, is "a very rapid change towards a technologically-driven industry, where the way we envision telcos, banks, and health care institutions will change, and change at a very rapid pace."
Shaking up all industries
Things that seemed like science fiction just a few years ago is now being made possible by advances in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D printing.
Damarillo cited self-driving cars as an example, saying that the idea of this technology becoming reality is probably even less than a decade away.
"If we have self-driving cars, we would have much more efficient use of fuel. So you cut fuel consumption by a significant amount, about 30% is what people say. We'll cut the amount of materials we use to build cars," he said.
The technology that enables Bitcoin distribution, called block chaining, is another example of this phenomenon. It makes it possible to record every transaction executed in a digital currency, thus taking up the traditional role of banks.
Having 3D printing go mainstream will also change the production process, eliminating the need for goods to be produced in factories and shipped all over the world.
This latest revolution is built upon the previous digital one, a phase that's best encapsulated by the smartphone becoming the most essential tool in today's connected world.
What the 4th will do is amplify connectivity by introducing more technology and blurring the line between the digital and analog worlds.
The consequences are far reaching, not just for the Toyotas, Shells and BDOs of the world, but for everyone – right down to consumers themselves. Everyone will be affected.
Rise of the micro-entrepreneurs
Damarillo pointed out that this can be good or bad. While the rise of automation in the 4th wave of the industrial revolution may cause some people to worry about their jobs, Damarillo emphasized that it will bring about a shift in function.
"It isn't going to remove the ability of human beings to make economic gain, it's just going shift it," he said.
That shift, he said, will favor forward-thinking countries and people.
"I think in the Philippines, when the 4th industrial revolution comes – and we're gonna be ready for it – it's going to herald the era of the micro-entrepreneurs in the Philippines," Damarillo said.
An Uber driver is an example of this. "When I feel like I want to make money, I'll drive, I'll turn [Uber] on. Then I'll use my car, and I'm in the transportation business. When I'm done, I'll turn it off and I can hang out or do other things," he explained.
The reason this is possible is because a lot of the technology that can be used to take advantage of the revolution is now readily available.
Smartphone penetration in the Philippines is increasing exponentially, and the country is already one of the most adept in terms of communications and social media platforms.
"If you're a digital sari-sari store, it's just a question of mixing and matching all these technologies to offer that value and bring it to a customer," he said.
Damarillo pointed out that the trick is to adapt models to local environments through what he calls indigenous innovation.
Enabling customers without credit cards to pay for e-commerce or Uber rides is one such example.
It's local innovations like this, he pointed out, that will enable emerging countries to close the technology gap.
Leveraging consumers
That said, there are certain areas where the gap between rich and emerging countries is unavoidable.
Damarillo's biggest fear is that the 4th industrial revolution will exacerbate an already existing opportunity divide. (READ: Digital revolution falling short in developing world – WB)
"The rich and capable developed countries tend to become more capable in adapting to AI and technology legal stuff. Meanwhile, a lot of the developing countries are still stuck with the second and third revolution," he explained.
To him, supporting micro entrepreneurs is key, as they are the future platforms of monetizing the revolution.
In this, the government can help by providing the basics, good network infrastructure, and Internet for all. It could also facilitate loans to micro-entrepreneurs, similar to what Singapore does, Damarillo suggested.
Creating a support structure for them will enable the Philippines to leverage its key strength: its young population.
"We have a young population that will be the future consumers. If you look at emerging countries, we have growth, whereas developed countries have stopped growing," he said.
Intellectual gap is the biggest
The crucial thing to understand about the 4th industrial revolution is that it is as much a technical revolution as it is a cultural revolution, and we need to be mentally prepared for that, Damarillo said.
"The biggest gap in the 4th industrial revolution is not capital, it's not regulation, it's not automation. It's the intellectual gap. We should probably be really, really vigilant about that," he said.
One problem he noted was Philippine educational institutions, which aren't "as good as the best [ones] in developed countries and fast-rising economies like China."
It's one of the reasons he founded Developers Connect Philippines (DevCon), a non-profit peer-to-peer training organization. The idea behind DevCon is to provide a venue for developers to pick up the latest and greatest in technology and train their peers on it.
The pace of technological change makes it hard for any institution to keep up, but there are options everywhere. For example, there are plenty of freely available technical courses online, including those from globally prestigious universities.
Any Filipino who wants to advantage of the revolution has the tools to do so. The key is to be aware of the ongoing changes and to constantly think of ways to take advantage of it, Damarillo said.
"We have to think, 'Hey, with all these capabilities and technology that is accessible to me, there's going to be something I can do with it,'" he said.  – Rappler.com


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Francis Stuart Chapin (3 February 1888 – 7 July 1974) was an American sociologist and educator; he was a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota from 1922 to 1953.

Background
He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1909, as well as his PhD from the same school in 1911.

Career
He taught economics at Wellesley College for one year. He then moved to Smith College where he taught sociology and served as department chair (1912–1921). In 1920 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

He played an important role in creation of a quantitative, statistical sociology in the United States in the years between World War I and World War II (1920–40).

He also served as the 25th President of the American Sociological Association. He was a prime mover in the creation of the Social Science Research Council.

Legacy
His grandson, F. Stuart Chapin III, is a professor of ecology at the University of Alaska.

One of his students was writer Myra Page.

References

External links
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/uarc00962.xml

1888 births
1974 deaths
20th-century American educators
American sociologists
Columbia College (New York) alumni
University of Minnesota faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Presidents of the American Sociological Association
Smith College faculty
American Sociological Review editors

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