Giving makes us feel good. So, whenever we feel a bit down or even depressed, we should try to make someone else happy.
Allah tells us in His Holy Quran that His last and final Prophet Muhammad (may He shower peace and blessings on him) is our role model and the best example, which we should try to emulate as best as we can.
We can find guidance and teachings for basically every matter of our lives in the words and actions of our beloved Prophet Muhammad.
He was the best human being that Allah has created and nobody has excelled and will excel his manners and beautiful behavior. He gave to people even though he himself had less, and his family was left with nothing after he returned to Allah. What can we learn from him?
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad gave to people in charity when he was healthy and alive. He said that one dirham (silver coin) of charity given when one is healthy counts more and is better in the sight of Allah than one hundred dirham given in charity for a dead person.
Many people start giving abundant charity once they are ill or about to die. However, the Prophet (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) taught us that it is better to give when we are healthy and alive.
The Prophet gave when he had something to give and he even gave in charity when he did not have anything to give.
Once a man came to the Prophet and asked him for charity. The Prophet did not have anything to give to him but the man kept insisting. The Prophet then told the man to go to a shop and buy whatever he needs and tell the shop owner that the debt is upon the Prophet.
See how amazing the Prophet was! He did not think about his own debt or about filling his own stomach but he thought of a way how he could help this man who asked charity from him.
What can we learn from that incident?
Even if we have little, we should try to give. Don't wait for better times to come. If we are alive and healthy, it is the best time to give in charity.
There are different sayings from the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah shower blessings on him) that tell us that whenever somebody comes to us and asks for charity, we should give to him.
We should try to give that person even if it is something that seems of little value.
And it is extremely important that we give our charity in the best of manners. Actually, we should try to understand that Allah has sent that person to us. And we need to understand that the person who asks charity from us has a right to some of our wealth.
However, it is not only the person who asks charity from us who has a right over some of our wealth but also the person who does not ask us (Quran 51:19 and Quran 70:25).
We have to go and look and search for those who need our charity and help. We have to give in the most beautiful way and without shaming them or looking down on them.
When giving charity, many of us forget the people close to us. However, our needy family members, neighbors, friends or colleagues are those who should be given priority.
Our Prophet Muhammad said that when we give to the poor, we give charity only; but when we give to our family members, we give charity and we also keep family ties.
To keep family ties is extremely important in Islam. We should be kind and friendly to our close and far relatives.
For example, if our uncle needs help to pay for his children's school and food, we should give to him first because he belongs to our family. If our parents need financial assistance, then we should try and relieve their burden first before sending money to a NGO.
Giving charity with the intention of helping other people, or because we want to relieve a small part of their heavy burden, or because we want to make them happy in hard times is immensely rewarding.
We do it for those who receive our charity as much as we do it for ourselves. Giving makes us feel good. So, whenever we feel a bit down or even depressed, we should try to make someone else happy. This will surely cheer us up, inshaAllah.
Giving charity also keeps calamities away from us. Maybe because a person is regular in giving charity, Allah will keep thieves away from his house or will keep him in good health.
Maybe because another person regularly feeds poor people, Allah will keep away discord from his family.
Giving to people who have less than us will never diminish our wealth and our provision. On the contrary, it will only bring good and blessings in our life and the life of our family.
So, let's try to give more!
Many times our beloved Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bestow tremendous peace and blessings on him) mentioned the virtue of giving charity in connection with being freed from the fire of hell and the punishment from Allah for our sins.
Giving charity can wipe away our bad deeds and can protect us from a bad death.


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Hitachi's Aycliffe recruitment drive wins regional award
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The HR team at Hitachi Rail Europe in Newton Aycliffe is celebrating after being crowned the HR&D team of the year at the North East of England CIPD awards.
The Hitachi team was recognised at an industry event for its recruitment and training processes that have seen over 500 new people recruited from over 16,000 applications last year.
Head of HR (manufacturing) Julia Potts said: "I am so proud of our team and it's fantastic that our efforts have been recognised by such a prestigious body.
"The team has worked tirelessly to make sure the entire recruitment and training experience is a positive one for every single person involved.
"Hitachi Rail Europe has brought train building back to the birth place of the first steam locomotive in the North East and, with our new workforce; we will be making trains in the UK for many years to come."
Prime Minister David Cameron opened the Hitachi Rail Europe Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Facility (RVMF) in September 2015.
When at full production, the state-of-the-art rail manufacturing facility will employ 730 people in semi-skilled, technical and engineering roles and will build a train car a day.
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Dietas de Tolosa o asambleas de Tolosa son denominaciones historiográficas para una serie de reuniones de notables del reino carolingio de Aquitania, bajo Luis el Piadoso (titular del reino por concesión de su padre Carlomagno), que se celebraron en la ciudad de Tolosa (Toulouse) a finales del siglo VIII y comienzos del siglo IX. Determinaron el avance de la Marca Hispánica por el territorio de los futuros condados catalanes.

La segunda Dieta de Tolosa (798), convocada por el conde Guillermo I de Tolosa, incluyó la presencia de los embajadores de Alfonso II de Asturias y de Bahlul ibn Marzuq (valí de Huesca, enfrentado al emirato de Córdoba), que fueron recibidos en audiencia por Luis. Posiblemente entre las consecuencias de esta dieta estuvo la revuelta de Pamplona (799): el buen entendimiento entre los Banu Qasi y los Íñiguez, obedientes a los emires de Córdoba, había permitido el mantenimiento del control andalusí de Pamplona y las vías de comunicación del Pirineo occidental (batalla de Roncesvalles, 778). Mutárrif ibn Musa ibn Fortún, un hijo de Musa I el Grande, gobernaba Pamplona en 798. Según indica Ibn Hayyán, las facciones vasconas enemigas de los Íñiguez se sublevaron con ayuda de los francos de la Gascuña y mataron a Mutárrif. Desde entonces se consideró a Balaišk al-Jalaixqí (Velasco el Gascón) como líder o caudillo de la ciudad de Pamplona. La revuelta fue aprovechada por el Reino de Asturias para realizar uno de sus periódicos ataques contra Lisboa. El historiador Lacarra estima que el proyecto sería incluso más ambicioso: aprovechar los contactos con los rebeldes muladíes para apoderarse de buena parte de la Marca Superior (al-Tagr al-Ala), particularmente las ciudades de Barcelona, Huesca y Tortosa; aunque tales proyectos no se concretaron más que posteriormente con el avance hacia Barcelona. La reacción del emirato fue una aceifa de Muawiya ibn al-Hákam (hijo de Alhakén I) contra Álava y Castilla, donde fue derrotado (batalla de Conchas de Arganzón, septiembre u octubre de 801).

La tercera Dieta de Tolosa (800) decidió la salida de las tropas hacia Barshiluna (Barcelona), dirigidas por el rey. El valí Sadun al-Ruayni les salió al encuentro, subordinándose a Luis, pero evitó su entrada en la ciudad, con lo que éste tuvo que reorientar sus tropas hacia Larida (Lérida –sitio, toma o batalla de Lérida–), que fue saqueada, destruyéndose sus defensas; después, siguiendo el curso del Cinca, las tropas de Luis asediaron Wasqa (Huesca), cuyo valí, Azam o Hasan, se le sometió nominalmente pero impidió su entrada en la ciudad (de forma similar a lo que había ocurrido ante Barcelona), teniendo que volver a Tolosa para pasar el invierno.

La cuarta Dieta de Tolosa (801) decidió las operaciones que llevaron a la conquista de Barcelona y trató el tema de una revuelta de los gascones que habría tenido lugar uno o dos años antes. La muerte de Burdungió, conde de Fesenzac (que por su nombre posiblemente sería un noble borgoñón); había llevado a su sustitución por Liutardo (hijo del conde de París y hermano de Begón de Tolosa), al que se opusieron los nobles gascones, que quemaron vivos a los que no mataron en batalla. Citados a la corte de Luis el Piadoso, pusieron obstáculos a su comparecencia, pero finalmente acudieron y fueron condenados a muerte, algunos de ellos quemados vivos por aplicación de la ley del talión.

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Conquista carolingia de Cataluña (sic -:ca:Conquesta carolíngia de Catalunya-, en realidad son batallas, asedios y tomas de ciudades en toda la zona denominada Marca Hispánica, que comprende todo el Pirineo, desde Navarra, y en su parte oriental el territorio al norte del Llobregat, la llamada Cataluña Vieja): Arbuna (Narbona, 719, 737 y 759) – Saraqusta (Zaragoza, 778) – Roncesvalles (778) – Gerona (785) – Ad Pontes (792) – Gerona (793) – Narbona (793) – Orbieu (793) – Pamplona (799) – Larida (Lérida, 800) – Osca (Huesca,800) – Barxiluna (Barcelona, 800-801) – Conchas de Arganzón (801) – Tutila (Tudela, 803) – Turtuixa (Tortosa, 804, 808 y 809).

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Claude de Vic y Joseph Vaissètte, Histoire générale de Languedoc, Toulouse: Édouard Privat, 1872.
José María Lacarra, «Textos navarros del Códice de Roda» en Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón, Vol. 1, 1945.
Luis Suárez Fernández, Historia de España Antigua y media, Rialp, 1976.

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C.G, have you seen the movie, Troy? Helen's played by Diane Kruger. She's blonde but IMO she does the best portrayal of Helen yet--smart, savvy, brave, strong, tender. She makes Helen's decision to elope with Paris believable.
Your new story focuses on Helen or more on the relationship with Paris?
SJ, Helen and Paris are more of a back story for "Spell Checked". I revisited her story as it will relate to Aphrodite's plans to unite certain ruling houses on their planet. Paris is the main focus along with Helens last host.
Henna was widly used to color hair during that time period producing red hair, which was a prefered color to dark brown. A blond slave might have commanded a higher price. I still have a hard time seeing Helen as a blond.


The series, starring 'The Americans' actor Matthew Rhys, will be helmed by Tim Van Patten, best known for directing many episodes of 'The Sopranos', and 'Boardwalk Empire'.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has introduced new heads of WhatsApp and Facebook app, Will Cathcart and Fidji Simo. He also announced the departure of two senior executives from the company.
Actor Tatiana Maslany has boarded the cast of 'Perry Mason' series.
The Central Industrial Security Force has invited application from male and female Indian citizens for filling up temporary posts of Head Constable (Ministerial) in CISF.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) closes online application for Head Constable vacancies for Direct & LDCE Candidates.
On the occasion of World Head Injury awareness day, accident survivors and a city hospital came forward to spread awareness on road safety.
On the occasion of World Head Injury awareness day, accident survivors along with Bangalore traffic Police and a city hospital came forward to spread awareness on road safety.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has recently invited application to recruit 429 Head Constable in its force.


Michel Jarraud is the long-serving Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), due to leave office at the end of 2015 after more than ten years. Mr Jarraud began his career as a researcher for the French national meteorological service and after many years at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, he was appointed deputy director in 1991. Jarraud will be succeeded at the WMO by Petteri Taalas, Director-General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
CB: You've been head of the WMO for more than 10 years. Do you think the remit of the WMO has changed in that time? What differences have you observed?
MJ: Well, over the last ten years, there has been, of course, a growing emphasis on issues such as disaster prevention. You may know that over the last 50 years, about 90% of all natural disasters were related to weather, water, climate extremes. But also – and that's not a surprise here in Paris – there's been a growing emphasis on the climate and climate change issues, in particular. So, these things have really grown in importance. But I would say that, generally, over the last ten years there has been a tremendous improvement in our scientific understanding, scientific knowledge of these issues, which has translated into tremendous improvement in the accuracy of weather forecast, of warnings for extreme events, So, one of our challenges is to translate this scientific progress into operational information that can be used by decision-makers. And this is very, very critical in particular for climate sciences.
CB: This week, India has seen some of the heaviest rain for 100 years and severe flooding. And actually in the UK, there is also flooding that very senior people in the media are linking to climate change. Do you think that's right? How do you think we should be talking about these events in relation to climate change?
MJ: Actually, this is a somewhat difficult issue. What we call the attribution. How much can we attribute to climate change because, you know, in normal situations, there is already a lot of variability. From year to year, you can have a dry period, you can have a wet period, you can have floods, you can have droughts, you can have storms and so on. So the attribution is often difficult, but there's been progress for large-scale recent heatwaves. We can say – like the one which occurred in Russia about two years ago, the one in Western Europe in 2003 and a few others – we can now say that if there had not been the climate change that we are experiencing now, they would have been very unlikely. The other thing we know is that because of climate change, there's been warming of the ocean and as a result of that – plus the melting of the glaciers – the sea level has been rising quite significantly. Because of this sea level rise, some events are more devastating than they would have been 40 or 50 years ago. For example, Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines had more impact because there's been already more than 35cm sea level rise over the last 40 years in the Philippines, where it was hitting. Same thing in Japan, with Fukushima. It was a tsunami, so in a sense the earthquake which [caused] the tsunami is not a meteorological or climate event, but because of sea level rise the impact was bigger. Now, back to your question – for some others, it's still difficult to attribute, first of all, heavy rains to climate change. What we know is that with climate change coming, the frequency of some of these things will increase significantly. For example, frequency and intensity of heatwaves will increase. Frequency and intensity of droughts in some parts of the world will increase. The frequency of intense rain will increase at middle and high latitude. So in a sense, we can say that what we see, we may not be able to attribute to climate change but it's compatible with what we expect from climate change.
CB: As well as the field of attribution pushing the limits of science, how important do you think it also is for communication purposes?
MJ: It is important from many angles. One of the angles is that climate change is not something only for the future, it is already there. We see some of the impacts now. So, that is important because we are not talking only about 2100, the end of the century, we are talking about [seeing] some impact now. But at the same time, it is important to keep in mind the longer term perspective. We have a little bit of early warning of what we may expect from the future, but we should not assume that we can wait for action. Because if we wait for this event to be even more intense, even more frequent, it will be too late. And the reason why it will be too late is because once you emit some of the greenhouse gases – I'm thinking CO2, for example – they will stay for decades, even hundreds of years in the atmosphere. So, this is to illustrate that what we see now is just the premises of what we are likely to see later.
CB: So, let's talk about you for a second. What's your own background in science? Tell us how you got to be head of the WMO.
MJ: Well that's a long story, of course! [Laughs] I started to make weather observations when I was nine years old. So, it has been a very long association with the atmosphere, the clouds and so on. But my background is essentially a scientific background: mathematics, physics and then specialising in the atmospheric science. I was more specifically specialising in numerical modelling of this issue. Then I went to operational, I was head of forecasting in the French met service for a while and I came to WMO and now I'm involved in the coordination of all the activities of met services and also hydrological issues.
CB: So what have been your highlights over your term as Secretary-General. What do you think you're most proud of in that time?
MJ: Well, actually I'm proud of many things [smiles]. I'm proud of the fact that in meteorology, it's really a tremendous community where no country can do it alone. So even the biggest country needs the small country. Every country gets more out of the cooperation than what they put into the cooperation. I'm very proud that the spirit of cooperation was strengthened even further over the last few years. I'm very proud the WMO contributed very much to the realisation that climate change is a big issue. In a sense by contributing to this knowledge now, we can help to prevent the thing to become worse later. But I'm also very proud of something over the last 10, 20, 30 years. When we talk about extreme events, you know, many people still die from extreme events but much fewer than 50 years ago. If you take decade after decade, now the casualties out of extreme events are about 10 times smaller than they were 50 years ago because we have much better early warnings and because these early warnings are much better integrated in disaster prevention. That being said, we can do and we should do even better. I'm not satisfied yet with where we are, we can save even more lives. So, that's only a few things – I could go on and on. There are many things where there has been huge progress.
CB: With you meteorology background and the WMO's involvement in climate change and climate change communication, how do you see the interaction – and the understanding of the interaction – between weather and climate? Do you see that evolving over time as well?
MJ: You know, you can see the weather as what is happening now. So you see rain, storms and the climate is looking at things over a longer period. The climate is…you look at periods of 5 years, 10 years, 30 years. But there's no strict limit between the two, it's a continuous thing from the very short scale to the very long scale. But the nature of the information we provide is quite different. I'm sure that you would expect, watching weather forecasts, to have very accurate forecasts for tomorrow. Will there be snow, no snow, or rain, what is the amount of rain, what will be the strength of the wind? This is…you expect [a] very precise forecast. When it comes to the climate timescale, what we are talking [about] is scenarios, probabilities to say ok, this is the range. And progressively, it's a very different type of information and this information has to be used in a very different way by decision makers. For example, you cannot say for sure there will be an El Niño in ten years from now. That, we don't know. We may know that the frequency of certain things will increase but how to integrate that into decision making is a different thing. So to do that, we have been developing over the last five or six years what we call the global framework for climate services – how to translate these scientific progress into actionable information for the various sectors which are climate sensitive: health, water management, disaster prevention, food security, energy, I could go on and on. How can we package this information in a way that the farmer can use, in a way that the governments can use? And it's not the same, by the way, for a farmer and the government – a different type of information but based on the same scientific basis.
CB: How much, or how quickly, do you see progress happening there in terms of operational services?
MJ: Progress is quite fast actually, but not as fast as we would like. So yes, it is moving but we need to move even faster because many countries – and I'm thinking in particular of the developing countries – when it comes to climate information, they are very, very far behind. And to do that – it's part of the negotiations here in Paris – if you want to implement proper adaptation but also mitigation action, you need to base it on proper information and many developing countries do not have yet the right information. So to do that, we need to invest more still in observation networks, in research, in transforming this information into products which can be used. It's a mature initiative and I'm very glad to see progress but I would like this progress to be even faster. I would like some of the funds that would be allocated to climate adaptation to go to strengthen the knowledge base, in particular in developing countries.
CB: What or where do you think the priorities are? What do you think are perhaps the biggest unresolved issues or where would you like to see attentions focused?
MJ: I would like to maybe look at it from two or three different perspectives. One of them, we need to strengthen further the observation network. Some of these observation networks – in particular hydrology, but some others – are even degrading in some parts of the world. So there won't be good products if we don't get the good information. So, we need to strengthen observations further. We need also to strengthen human capacity. Many countries do not have the expertise to deal with these products. So we need to strengthen the institutions, such as the national meteorological and hydrological services so that every country would have available expertise to provide information to their national users. At the same time, we have also to focus on a few key initial priority sectors. We felt that what is important is that what we do is compatible with what the countries of the planet have decided to do with the agenda 2030. In other words, we have now – the countries of this planet have – in a unanimous fashion, that's very important – decided in September to adopt sustainable development goals. And you know, 17 goals have been adopted. It is important that we support the implementation of these goals and you know, most of them will be affected by climate change. Many of them are affected by weather. So, how can we make sure that we support, in a cross-cutting fashion, these things? To do that we felt that some of the key priorities, for example, are disaster prevention. We said already a number of disasters will increase in a changing climate so we need to put more emphasis on elaborating on the link between climate and disasters, and providing more information to reduce the vulnerability to extreme events. Water management – often we think about climate change in terms of temperature but actually the most important parameter which will be affected is the water cycle. In a water stressed area, there will be even more stress on the water resources. Not only because of demographic change, because of economic change but because of climate change as well. So, water management is a critical area. Another one is the link between climate and health. Some diseases will expand in areas that they don't exist now because of climate change. Another one has to do with food security. You see, a few years ago there were some major food crises. Right now, for the last few years there's been hotspots here and there but no very large-scale one. However, all the ingredients are there for a food crisis to come back on a very large scale. So it is important that we help all these countries which are vulnerable by providing proper information to minimise the risk of that happening again. Energy – if we're serious about mitigation, we need to get information for renewable energy, for operating. So, we need also to get more information on that. These are the top five priorities we have identified. It doesn't mean the rest is not important. But at least these are what we have identified as top priorities at this stage.
CB: If I can ask you something quite topical, there are lots of headlines today about new research that came out yesterday suggesting that global emissions from fossil fuels are projected to stall in 2015. How significant do you think that is? Do you think we are seeing the end of the period of soaring emissions?
MJ: Well, what you have seen is that there might have been a reduction in the growth rate of emissions. We have not stopped emissions, human activities still emit a lot of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. And you see, when you emit CO2, about a quarter is absorbed by the ocean, about a quarter is absorbed by biomass and about 50% stays in the atmosphere. Now this 50% which is in the atmosphere is there for decades. Actually, the residence time of CO2 in the atmosphere is more in centuries than decades. So, even though the rate of emissions may be increasing a bit less than before, it still means that we inject even more CO2 in the atmosphere. So, unless we not only do that but reduce significantly the emissions, it will not be possible to stay under the 2C threshold. So yes, it's better, it could have been worse. But it's far, far from enough to keep under 2C. So we should not give the sort of…we should not have the illusion that yes, now we don't have to worry any longer. Yes, i'm still worried because we still emit [a] significant amount and year after year – and this is what the WMO is monitoring on a regular basis – we break new records of concentration of greenhouse gases. A few months ago, we published the very latest news and once again, we have reached the highest level ever for concentration for CO2, for methane, for nitrous oxide and quite a few others. So, no the news are not yet good news. Only if we come to a good, strong ambitious agreement in Paris.
CB: At the same time as the 400ppm concentration announcement it was also announced that we'd passed 1C above preindustrial temperatures. Those two milestones together, how powerful do you think that was?
MJ: Yeah, you know when we talk about 2C it is important to realise it's not 2C from now, we are already 1C behind us, down. So the only margin we have if we want to stay under 2C is to keep the next warming to less than 1C – one plus one is two. So, we have less than 1C now left and it's not very much. We felt it was important for the negotiators to know that these are, unfortunately, very solid facts. This year, 2015, although it's not completely finished will most likely end up as the warmest year on record – by a significant margin, not just a marginal [amount]. It's a significant margin. So, all that adds to the urgency. It is still possible to stay under 2C but it requires bold and ambitious action.
CB: You mentioned the hottest year on record – the conversations are actually quite similar. In the same way that you said a slowing growth rate in emissions doesn't signify a trend, one hottest year on record – or perhaps 2014 and 2015 – also doesn't signify a trend just yet, so how do you suggest we talk about these kind of things?
MJ: You are quite correct and this is something we have been saying all the time. We should not focus on individual years. Actually, what WMO recommends is when you look at climate change, we should look at periods of maybe 30 years but at least 10 years. And from year to year, there's a significant variability due to many factors including this year, on top of the warming trend, we have an El Niño phenomena. So, this is certainly adding to the warming. That's why it's important to look at trends over longer periods. But let's look at ten year periods. The last 10 years have been the warmest ever, every decade of the last 40 years has been warmer than the previous one. Every five-year period has been warmer than the previous one, every 30-year period has been warmer than the previous one. So whichever [way] you look at it, there is no pause in the warming. So when you hear "pause", I'm sorry there is no pause. Of course, individual years can fit here and there but let's look first of all, I mentioned this year was an El Niño year. But this El Niño year is warmer than any previous El Niño year. If we had the opposite of El Niño, we call it La Niña. Every La Niña year has been warmer than the previous one over the recent years. What we call now a cold year would have been warmer than any warm year before 1998. So, no there's no "pause".
CB: So why do you think there has been such a preoccupation with this idea of a slowdown in surface temperature, or a "pause" or a "hiatus"? Where did that come from?
MJ: Well, I wish that people would stick to the scientific facts and there may be other reasons for people to refuse to see the evidence. But the evidence is there, the scientific evidence is here. And there may be other reasons of course, your guess is as good as mine on these issues.
CB: But it's not just the media though, for example. The IPCC in its last report used the term "hiatus" and actually gave quite a lot of time to explaining what scientists do and don't know about it. Do you think that a mistake then?
MJ: I would not have used the word "hiatus" myself, I'm not saying it's a mistake. You see the starting point of the study was 1998, which was the warmest El Niño year of the last century. So of course, if you start on the warmest year, the trend will be a bit weaker. I think what was interesting – and that's what IPCC concluded – is that yes, the warming…maybe we were expecting even more warming, they didn't say there was no warming. We have to keep in mind that about the imbalance between the energy we receive from the sun and what we emit back, this is what contributes to the warming. This imbalance, about 93% of it is absorbed by the ocean. About 3% only goes into the atmosphere, the rest is about the glaciers and other things. But essentially, only 3% goes into the atmosphere. So there was never any pause in the warming of the ocean, and the IPCC confirmed that. And you see, that was very helpful to say that maybe even more heat was stored into the ocean. And now, this heat is not regular from year to year because it depends on many things. First of all, in an El Niño year there's a bit of release from the ocean to the atmosphere, during La Niña it's the other way around. So the IPCC never said there was…the imbalance is there, the heat has to go somewhere and they confirmed that certainly the ocean continued to warm. And not only the top ocean, but also deep down – we have instruments to measure that at least up to 2,000 metres deep. So it is warming, and this is where this heat goes. And the ocean itself cannot accumulate forever this thing.
CB: Do you think then – I mean, it has been argued that if scientists had talked more openly about natural variability and the redistribution of heat in the climate system a long time ago then we wouldn't be in this situation of having to explain every up and down. Do you subscribe to that view?
MJ: It's an interesting point because I'm not aware of any other scientific discipline that has been through such a rigorous assessment process. I'm not aware of any other. Now, why sometimes you still have these questions around, I must say as a scientist who likes to base things on evidence, on facts, on rational things, I'm still struggling to understand why. So obviously, it means that maybe we need to communicate a bit differently. We may not have done our job in the most efficient way to get the message through. On the other hand, sometimes you have people who will always refuse to see the evidence. I'm sure you can find a few people around who will argue that the earth is flat. OK. Sometimes there are limits to what…if people refuse to argue on rational things, it's difficult to convince them. The other thing which I feel was..it may not be helpful, sometimes you have these surveys saying "do you believe in that." In my view, it's not a matter of belief. We are trying..there are facts, there are laws of physics, there's evidence and do we have enough evidence or not? There are some remaining questions where we may not have 100% of the answer. For example – how much CO2 can the ocean absorb? The ocean absorbs a lot but how much can it absorb? What is the exact role of clouds? We have made huge progress, we understand much better but still we would like to know a bit better. Will climate change lead to more frequent, more intense El Niño? We start to have answers, we shall have answers, but we don't have yet all the answers we want. But this sort of remaining uncertainties should not be an excuse for inaction. We know already a lot, we know enough to make action and if we don't take action now, we shall not be able to plead ignorance for the lack of action. We know enough to take action.
CB: Let's talk a little bit more about the IPCC then. So, the IPCC has a new chair and that could be seen as a time for renewal, a new phase, a time to regroup and reenergise perhaps. What do you think should be important in the next stage of the IPCC?
MJ: I think it's important..there are many things and I certainly will not talk in the place of the new chair of the IPCC. From the WMO perspective, we believe it's important to keep the cycle of IPCC because although there's been significant progress, although often you hear this phrase "science has spoken", there are still a few areas where we would like to make even more progress – on the attribution, on the link between climate change and, as I mentioned, El Niño, and a few others. So it is important to keep this scientific foundation of IPCC. Of course, IPCC now is making more things to link it to economic issue, other issues. There were, as you know, a lot of comments about are these reports formulated in the best way to communicate the message. The new chair of the IPCC says they certainly want to put more emphasis on that aspect and I think that is certainly very important – and he's right. But the IPCC, as you know, doesn't do any research. The IPCC – and that's a very important aspect – assesses what is the state of knowledge with respect to the climate issue, climate change, and at the same time makes recommendations and analysis which are policy relevant but stops short of being policy prescriptive. Countries, decision makers will have to make decisions. It's important that it is done in the best possible way. So it's done collectively by all the members of the planet and the scientific foundation is based on the work of all the thousands of scientists working on this issue all over the planet. So, from a WMO perspective, you may know we created IPCC together with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, in 1988 and we believe it's still very important to continue to provide these very, very solid foundations for decision-making.
CB: You mentioned a very important characteristic of the IPCC, which is to be policy relevant but not policy prescriptive. When I interviewed all the candidates for the chair, they all more or less agreed with that but had slightly different ideas about how far that could extend. And in fact the outgoing chair, Rajendra Pachauri, suggested something even as far as assessing countries' INDC's [Intended Nationally Determined Contributions]. Do you think the definitions of policy-relevance are shifting?
MJ: I think that it's really up to member states to answer that question. From a WMO perspective, we still believe it's very important that whenever we provide scientific evidence, there cannot be the slightest suspicion that these facts can be influenced by lobbies, it has to be based on the most rigorous observation, research and development. So I cannot answer completely your question but I think it's still a fundamental principle that we should separate…we should not be judge and party. These are two independent things, complementary. It's important that governments can trust the information, wherever it comes from. You know there is [a] big discussion about the monitoring of the Paris agreement, whatever that will be. It will be important that whatever is done is transparent, it's reliable, it's credible, it's authoritative. And we shall certainly, on quite a few things, we shall continue to do our part on the greenhouse gases, on monitoring the impact on temperature, on extreme events, on many many parameters. [It's] very important to keep the two complementary but [chuckles] separate.
CB: Let's talk a bit about 2C then because obviously there are scenarios developed by scientists for 2C pathways. They all involve – almost all involve – negative emissions, some to quite an extent. That technology doesn't exist on the scale we require it and there is a lot of research – in fact, a new paper out yesterday – which talks about the considerable constraints on it in the future. Do you think there's a disconnect then between the ambition to keep temperature rise to below 2C and the reality of what it would involve?
MJ: Not yet, but there may be some at some stage. It depends how ambitious the thing is because the idea is that if action is taken relatively quickly you probably saw these scenarios, this curve from the IPCC, which shows that if you want to end up under 2C, if you keep on emitting, having growing emissions for a long time, you will have to reduce more dramatically and maybe go to negative afterwards. If you can get a good agreement in Paris, you will have to be climate neutral near the end of the century, which means essentially emissions are compensated by sinks. It is not the..the scale of the problem will depend on the time where you can really start to decrease significantly the emissions. Technology-wise, the WMO is not a competent organisation to talk about it so we just provide the scientific basis for that.
CB: That's the reason I'm asking really, just because some people are quite vocal at the moment about it being almost the fault of the scientists who do the 2C modelling for not talking more about just how ambitious that is, just what it involves. It sounds like you don't agree with that sort of criticism of the scientists themselves?
MJ: No, and you see this is where IPCC…it had three pillars, the work of the IPCC. One is the scientific basis, then you had the vulnerability and then you have the possible solutions. And I think, for me, it's a good approach to the problem because they are not the same scientists dealing with these things. Meteorologists are not the people developing technology to capture and store carbon. These are different skills, different things and it's important, however, to say that "if you do that, or if you don't do that, what will be the consequence in terms of temperature, of extreme events, of that?" These are different skills. I'm not talking in areas where I don't feel competent but I feel that we have competence in a few things and I want this knowledge, this competence to be available for decision-makers. If they want information on other things, they have to ask the competent people. I don't feel competent for the others [chuckles].
CB: Do you the IPCC working groups are connected enough? Do you think there could be a little bit more work to connect the dots in between them?
MJ: Actually, even beyond the IPCC something which is still weak in my view is the connection between the physical climate scientists and the economic community, for example – there may be other things. And that's something we try to encourage, more connection. They will remain different expertise but still, we have to work more closely with each other. So, not this is not optimal yet although there's been progress, it is getting better. But there are quite a few areas where I think we need to look at it in a more cross-cutting way. And that doesn't mean that everyone is dealing with everything but that we just get more interaction, cooperation across these various disciplines, which often do not have the traditions, the culture to work together.
CB: 2C is sometimes expressed as a gateway, the threshold if you like between acceptable warming and unacceptable warming. As a scientist, are you comfortable with that?
MJ: Now 2C, it's a political decision. The impact of climate change, even with 1.5 – and you can hear the small islands describing – even 1.5 is serious for many of them. What is acceptable, manageable, depends on which country, which climate, which conditions you are living in. So what we know for sure, and that's what we've described, is that the consequence with 2C are worse than with 1.5C. But the consequence with 3C will be even worse, much worse. And there may be also for some issues, some tipping points, it's very difficult to quantify them exactly, but we know that beyond certain things, certain things could change dramatically beyond certain thresholds. And often these thresholds are a bit delicate. So in a sense, the higher you go, clearly the higher the risk. It's not just a linear relation between the warming and the consequences. 1.5 already is a lot for low-lying small islands. But it can be a lot for also other things, like you see the melting of the glacier, already now you see the impact on some invasive species are moving north because of that. So you see quite a few consequences now. So, if we do nothing the problem is that we are not even on a 3C trajectory, the business-as-usual is more 4-5C on top to the 1C we have got already. And now we are in totally uncharted territory. For the human species.
MJ: It's a continuum, but not a linear continuum. So it's rather increasing. The more the temperature increase, the faster the consequences. So yes, it is helpful and it has been selected because it is felt that, on average, globally, beyond 2C the cost for many places, many countries, the cost of adaptation will be much, much higher. The difficulty of adapting will be much higher as well, and in some cases it may become impossible. But there is nothing sort of magic about the exact 2C. 2.1C will be worse that 1.9C, and by the way 2C is not uniform: it will be less over the ocean, it will be more over land, it will be more at high latitude than at low latitude. And do not forget that temperature is only one aspect of the climate change. We should not forget all the other aspects of climate change.
CB: The UNFCCC has said that the countries' INDCs as they stand take us to approximately 2.7C of warming. Some people have criticised that as being too optimistic, because actually that assumes a lot about what we do after 2030, and also, that's still a relatively low probability of not exceeding that target. Do you think those sorts of things need talking about more, are those details clear enough? Or, again, is it just about doing as much as we can as soon as we can?
MJ: For sure we have to do as much as we can, as soon as we can. But at the same time it's also correct that we have to look at the longer horizon, because what we shall emit after – if you want to stay under 2C not only do we need what is committed now, but it assumes that emissions even beyond 2030 will have to drop further and quite dramatically. And we know that this is what has been assessed by the IPCC, we know what will be the range of temperature increase depending on the various scenario even beyond 2030.
CB: We're talking to you in the second week of the Paris talks. How do you sense the mood is, and how optimistic are you that ambition can be sustained after these talks?
MJ: If you just take a few indicators like the incredible number of heads of government at the beginning, for me has to be interpreted as a positive signal. It means that there's a will to come to an agreement. All countries, I think, are willing to discuss the issue, which is also quite a significant change compared to what was the situation 10 years ago, or even more recently. That being said, there are still, as you know, many differences, many different positions, and the whole difficulty of the negotiation is to try to get all of these points of view together towards a joint agreement. But yes, I'm more optimistic than I was in previous COPs, at the same time, I guess the right word would be to be cautious – it's a cautious optimism because we still have a lot of work to be done. It can be done. So, yes, we have to do it. We have no choice.
CB: Something called the European Scientific Advisory Mechanism has just been launched to ensure that the European commission has the best scientific advice. Do you think there is still – is there something lacking in that area?
MJ: That I cannot judge because certainly, this scientific advisory mechanism is advising, I'm sure, not only on climate, on many things. And indeed there are some climate specialists in the group, and I'm very happy with that. But I'm also sure that the scientific commission does not rely only on that group. I'm sure that all the IPCC reports are taken very much into account, as they are by all governments.
CB: What guidance or advice might you give to your successor, as Secretary-General?
MJ: I think that would be up to him to decide, but I'm sure that…you see the head of any organisation, may be a little bit of a catalyst. But at the end of the day the work is done by all the members and all the members of the planet are really committed to keep on working together, to do more efforts on the research, on observation, on capacity development, on human expertise. And I'm sure that my successor, will continue in the same direction.
CB: And one final question: what's next for you?
MJ: I hope that I can continue to help, to make sure that my grandchildren and all grandchildren, all small children on the planet can have a sustainable planet to live on. So, I will continue to help.
Main image: Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization, (WMO), speaks to the media about the WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 09 November 2015. © SALVATORE DI NOLFI/epa/Corbis.
This interview was carried out by Roz Pidcock on Tuesday 8th Dec 2015 in Paris, during the second week of the COP21 climate negotiations.


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'use strict';

import chalk from 'chalk';
import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';

const runJestMock = jest.fn();

jest
  .mock('ansi-escapes', () => ({
    cursorDown: (count = 1) => `[MOCK - cursorDown(${count})]`,
    cursorHide: '[MOCK - cursorHide]',
    cursorRestorePosition: '[MOCK - cursorRestorePosition]',
    cursorSavePosition: '[MOCK - cursorSavePosition]',
    cursorShow: '[MOCK - cursorShow]',
    cursorTo: (x, y) => `[MOCK - cursorTo(${x}, ${y})]`,
  }))
  .mock('jest-util', () => {
    const {specialChars, ...util} = jest.requireActual('jest-util');
    return {
      ...util,
      specialChars: {...specialChars, CLEAR: '[MOCK - clear]'},
    };
  });

jest.mock(
  '../SearchSource',
  () =>
    class {
      findMatchingTests(pattern) {
        return {paths: []};
      }
    },
);

jest.doMock('chalk', () => new chalk.constructor({enabled: false}));

jest.doMock('strip-ansi');
require('strip-ansi').mockImplementation(str => str);

jest.doMock(
  '../runJest',
  () =>
    function() {
      const args = Array.from(arguments);
      const [{onComplete}] = args;
      runJestMock.apply(null, args);

      // Call the callback
      onComplete({
        snapshot: {},
        testResults: [
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should return the correct index when'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should allow test siblings to modify'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'might get confusing'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [
              {title: 'should handle length properties that cannot'},
            ],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should recognize various types'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should recognize null and undefined'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should not output colors to pipe'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should convert string to a RegExp'}],
          },
          {
            testResults: [
              {title: 'should escape and convert string to a RegExp'},
            ],
          },
          {
            testResults: [{title: 'should convert grep string to a RegExp'}],
          },
        ],
      });

      return Promise.resolve();
    },
);

const watch = require('../watch').default;

const globalConfig = {
  watch: true,
};

afterEach(runJestMock.mockReset);

describe('Watch mode flows', () => {
  let pipe;
  let hasteMapInstances;
  let contexts;
  let stdin;

  beforeEach(() => {
    pipe = {write: jest.fn()};
    hasteMapInstances = [{on: () => {}}];
    contexts = [{config: {}}];
    stdin = new MockStdin();
  });

  it('Pressing "T" enters pattern mode', () => {
    contexts[0].config = {rootDir: ''};
    watch(globalConfig, contexts, pipe, hasteMapInstances, stdin);

    // Write a enter pattern mode
    stdin.emit('t');
    expect(pipe.write).toBeCalledWith(' pattern › ');

    const assertPattern = hex => {
      pipe.write.mockReset();
      stdin.emit(hex);
      expect(pipe.write.mock.calls.join('\n')).toMatchSnapshot();
    };

    // Write a pattern
    ['c', 'o', 'n', ' ', '1', '2'].forEach(assertPattern);

    [KEYS.BACKSPACE, KEYS.BACKSPACE].forEach(assertPattern);

    ['*'].forEach(assertPattern);

    // Runs Jest again
    runJestMock.mockReset();
    stdin.emit(KEYS.ENTER);
    expect(runJestMock).toBeCalled();

    // globalConfig is updated with the current pattern
    expect(runJestMock.mock.calls[0][0].globalConfig).toMatchObject({
      onlyChanged: false,
      testNamePattern: 'con *',
      watch: true,
      watchAll: false,
    });
  });
});

class MockStdin {
  constructor() {
    this._callbacks = [];
  }

  setRawMode() {}

  resume() {}

  setEncoding() {}

  on(evt, callback) {
    this._callbacks.push(callback);
  }

  emit(key) {
    this._callbacks.forEach(cb => cb(key));
  }
}

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Appsumer: Apple's privacy measures boosted its own Apple Search Ads
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Apple's privacy measures — which had a negative impact on mobile gaming revenues — boosted its own Apple Search Ads business, according to a report by InMobi's Appsumer division.
The report provides a snapshot of advertiser behavior from the second quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022 and reveals that Apple has gotten a significant boost to its Apple Search Ads because of its AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) initiatives (as the privacy measures were called), while Facebook and Snap saw sharp declines in both share-of-wallet and market share.
I don't know about you, but if I were an antitrust regulator, I would be doing a doubletake on this kind of data, where a major platform owner makes a change that benefits itself and hurts its platform competitors.
Appsumer provides a performance insights platform for mobile app advertisers, and it has unveiled its benchmark report on how major advertisers are leveraging the top sources for app downloads, as analyzed through advertiser channel adoption and share-of-wallet.
The report also revealed that smaller advertisers continue to struggle with the increasing complexity of cross-channel advertising; while the number of channels used didn't move significantly, the underlying data shows more detail on how larger marketers adjusted their spend in real-time.
Large advertisers increased the channels used year-over-year by an average of 1.4 channels to a total of 10.7. In contrast, smaller advertisers decreased the channels used on average by 1.1 year-over-year to 2.5.
"There seems to be a clear divide between the success of larger advertisers and the struggle of smaller advertisers," said Shumel Lais, general managerof Appsumer at InMobi, in a statement. "The largest advertisers likely increased channels to maintain volume when performance dipped on some channels. Smaller advertisers frequently lack the creative, data and optimization resources to diversify quickly."
Lais recommended that smaller app players consider building lean experimentation processes to help diversify channels. And he said a cost-effective data infrastructure can help provide valuable insights into the complexities of cross-channel measurement in a post-ATT world.
The report findings also highlight the shifts among market leaders, including:
Apple Search Ads joins the duopoly of Meta and Google at the top table of advertiser adoption, with adoption growing nearly four percentage points to 94.8%, while Facebook adoption declined three percentage points to 82.8 percent.
Apple Search Ads' share-of-wallet rose five percentage points, reaching a 15% share. Apple's first-party data advantage on iOS for both measurement and targeting has helped, but they will need more inventory, which is why rumors of an Apple demand-side platform (DSP) are swirling.
Meta's adoption declined four percentage points, still finishing significantly ahead with a 28% share and a year-over-year decline of 4 percentage points in their share-of-wallet. However, the data reveals that Meta is seeing an increase of share-of-wallet over the last quarter, suggesting that they're starting to recover from initial ATT headwinds.
Snap lost 50% of its share-of-wallet and was impacted by both the current economic climate and ATT headwinds. (It's no surprise to see Snap's recent layoffs). However, while adoption declined three percentage points to 32.7%, it bounced back from 25.4% in the first quarter of 2022. Snap may recover its share-of-wallet with growth quarter-over-quarter and could be a leading indicator in coming quarters.
TikTok pulled ahead Snap for both advertiser adoption and share-of-wallet. However, TikTok's advertiser adoption declined nearly seven percentage points to 43.2%. TikTok's share-of-wallet remained steady at 3% suggesting that some advertisers are succeeding, while others are struggling to come to grips with the platform.
iOS versions that enabled ATT reached mass adoption in June 2021, allowing the report to offer full comparative year-over-year analysis of its impact on mobile app advertisers. The Appsumer Benchmark Report data comes from a longitudinal study that looked at more than 100 North America and European consumer mobile apps with a median spend of $350,000 per month between the second quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022. Assessments ensured that no single advertiser represented more than 20 percent of the dataset to avoid a single advertiser from dominating or skewing the results.
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Benjamin Irving Taylor (* 21. Dezember 1877 in New York City; † 5. September 1946 in Harrison, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker. Zwischen 1913 und 1915 vertrat er den Bundesstaat New York im US-Repräsentantenhaus.

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Benjamin Irving Taylor besuchte öffentliche Schulen. Er graduierte an der High School in New Rochelle. Danach studierte er Jura an der Columbia Law School in New York City, wo er 1899 seinen Abschluss machte. Nach dem Erhalt seiner Zulassung als Anwalt im selben Jahr begann er in Port Chester im Westchester County zu praktizieren. Zwischen 1905 und 1913 war er Supervisor in Harrison. Er war Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei.

Bei den Kongresswahlen des Jahres 1912 für den 63. Kongress wurde Taylor im 25. Wahlbezirk von New York in das US-Repräsentantenhaus in Washington, D.C. gewählt, wo er am 4. März 1913 die Nachfolge von Theron Akin antrat. Er erlitt bei seiner erneuten Kandidatur 1914 eine Niederlage und schied nach dem 3. März 1915 aus dem Kongress aus.

Nach seiner Kongresszeit praktizierte er in Port Chester wieder als Anwalt. 1921 wurde er wieder zum Supervisor in Harrison gewählt – ein Posten, den er mit Ausnahme von zwei Jahren bis zum Dezember 1945 bekleidete. Er verstarb ungefähr ein Jahr nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Harrison. Sein Leichnam wurde auf dem Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla bestattet.

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Home/News/A distressing call for self-defence
A distressing call for self-defence
Sylvester Asoya
Finally, those in elective and appointive positions in Nigeria are now at their wit's end. This shows the futility of lies or anything for that matter, that cannot be substantiated. Yes, lies could create the illusion of truth temporarily, like the false information repeated over and over by the ruling party in 2015.
However, like everything, lies also expire. Lies backfire, too. In a way, it feels good to see the collapse of this well-orchestrated falsehood, right in front of its mindless creators. For those in doubt, it is now clear that lying does not pay; and the actors in government today are providing ample evidence.
I am not sure those in power anticipated the hopelessness they now face. No doubt, it is coming as a big surprise and this is understandable. They came to power promising Nigerians extreme happiness and a picturesque regime, free of troubles. Unfortunately, Nigerians are worse off today under this government that promised change. Now, they are asking citizens to defend themselves even in the face of rising adversity and new challenges that came with their regime.
We all know the frightening state of insecurity today and everyone is worried, including those paid to defend us. No one is safe, including a critical military institution like the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and police formations across the country. This new era of violence is affecting everybody one way or the other. Certainly, Nigeria needs help but self-defence looks every inch, a nonsolution.
But the most disquieting part of this deafening and on-going call for self-defence is the ridiculous manner and mode of presentation. Clearly, the utterances of those in power today do not in anyway, inspire hope.
For me, finding the right path to go, remains this administration's biggest challenge since it came to power. Apart from completely failed states where anarchy reigns, there is nowhere in the world where responsible governments openly promote self-defence.
It all began like a joke on 16 February when Major-General Bashir Magashi, Nigeria's Minister of Defence told unarmed Nigerians to confront armed men. "Don't be a coward, defend yourself against bandits", he charged.
I like Magashi not necessarily because of his cool indifference and brazen disregard for citizens' safety but because he reminds me of Medieval theatre actors.
That is the difference between Southern and Northern politicians. Under this administration, the Northern politician is casual and confident but his Southern counterpart is the one who grovels and does the explanation after every painful and unpopular government decision. There is even one from my region, a minister, who appears to have adopted the president as his patron saint. He wears a brooch with Buhari's photograph everywhere and every time. The question is: for what purpose? Is this obsequious flattery or what?
Recently, Bello Masari, governor of President Muhammadu Buhari's home state of Katsina, also called on citizens to acquire arms to defend themselves from bandits. This is very strange and unusual.
For those who may not know, bandits hold a special place in Masari's heart and nauseating narrow world. A few years ago, he openly identified with crooks when he led his state to an unholy negotiation with armed men. For good measure, he even took photographs with the bandits. For this strange governor, that was the only way to halt kidnapping and attacks on the innocent in his state.
Before Masari, Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue State had also called on the federal government to allow "responsible citizens" to carry arms as a way of addressing insecurity in Nigeria. Ortom's proposal is understandable. He is a powerless and frustrated governor who watches daily as his people die in the hands of gunmen. Benue, like most states in the Middle Belt, has suffered seriously in the on-going insecurity challenge facing Nigeria. For instance, on 10 January, 2018 alone, nearly a hundred people were laid to rest in a mass burial that drew the world attention to the horror going on in Nigeria. Unfortunately, these bloody clashes, displacements and deaths in the hands of herdsmen and bandits, continue unabated in Benue and other parts of Nigeria.
If you want a sneak peek of Nigeria's bleak future and how these jesters in power are hastening the inevitable journey to the unknown, listen to them. Most of them are completely bereft of any ideas, and that is the crux of the matter.
I am very sure that some of the public officers talking about self-defence do not even understand what the Nigerian Firearms Act says about possession and regulation of weapons. It is also clear that they do not know the cost of procuring firearms, the bureaucracy and risks involved, the direct impact of weapons which revolves essentially around violent deaths and the fact that gun violence, which is now a public health issue, is surging. If an elected government asks citizens to defend themselves, it is an admission of failure. And this failure, I must say, is complete and extreme, both in measure and implication.
In Lagos, Nigeria's condition today is akin to "one chance bus" phenomenon which is an unsuspecting passenger's one-way journey of no return.
Nigeria is now a bizarre bazaar that promotes unsustainable political, economic and social practices. Everyone is appalled that a government is asking its citizens to defend themselves and interests, using physical force in this age of advanced technology, possibilities, knowledge, learning and creativity. Even as uncertainty reigns across the country, the better part of last week was spent on a presidential order bordering on the review and recovery of grazing routes.
The truth is that this country does not deserve to be in the hands of unenlightened leadership. After all, the people in power decide and design the future. They also speak and act for us. That is why we must work together and end this never-ending madness in Nigeria. We cannot continue like this.
Now, the federal government has added Soft Drink Tax, Tolling and Road Tax to the long list of absurdities in Nigeria.
We are definitely in for a very long night of tossing and turning but God will help us.
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WBOC makes radio waves with purchase of WOLC 102.5 FM
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Some might say the Eastern Shore's CBS television affiliate is expanding to the radio waves, but really, it is just returning to its roots.
WBOC began broadcasting on the Delmarva Peninsula 75 years ago as WBOC-AM radio. And now, it is coming back to the radio with its purchase of Princess Anne-based FM station, WOLC 102.5, from Maranatha, Inc.
The sale is contingent upon regulatory approval but is expected to close later this year. The acquisition was announced Thursday, Aug. 13, by WBOC-TV Vice President and General Manager Craig Jahelka.
"We're dedicated to providing the best news, weather, information and entertainment available," Jahelka said in a news release. "With the addition of 102.5 FM we will be able to serve our audience and advertisers anytime and anywhere on Delmarva, even when they're in their vehicles, on a boat or operating a combine."
WOLC 102.5 was operating as a Christian radio station called "Joy!" prior to WBOC's purchase. Jahelka said WBOC has kept the services of a firm that specializes in radio programming, but said that it hasn't yet decided on a format for the station.
"I can promise the station will reflect the WBOC brand, serving our family, friends and neighbors here on the peninsula," Jahelka said. "There's no doubt WBOC's news, weather and sports information will be a vital part of this operation."
WOLC will be moved from Princess Anne to WBOC's main building in Salisbury and will be located in a space that once housed the former WBOC-AM.
WBOC-AM, originally owned by Peninsula Broadcasting, first went on the air Sept. 13, 1940, and expanded to television in 1954. Current owner, CEO and President of Draper Holdings, Thomas Draper, purchased the stations in 1980.
WBOC-TV is owned and operated by Draper Holdings, which also owns FOX21, WBOC Classics, wboc.com and Loblolly LLC.
Jahelka said additional staffers will be hired to operate WOLC.
Gordon Marsh, president of Maranatha, Inc., said the decision to sell WOLC was made after a "long season of prayer and discussion."
"We are very pleased to be able to work with WBOC, an organization which is both trusted and respected here," Marsh said in the release.
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The second episode of my podcast is here!
I wanted to do a topic that was directed more towards people near my own age, and so it came down to one other topic and this one. The other is going to be done in vlog format, and I'll make that video sometime soon.
For now, you have a video dedicated to the subject of writing a story whilst you are studying.
It is a rather harsh video, mostly because of my blunt tone. I'm very aware of the fact that most writers are introverted, and thus, tend to resonate more with a calmer, gentler form of expression. Up until now, I've mostly tried to keep it on that level, and I'm perfectly capable of it, but in all honesty, once I get passionate about something, you get a result much like this.
The advice is useful, but it is presented in a 'tough love' kind of way. I'm well aware that for some people that's too much, but I won't apologise for how I am. Because maybe my tone will scare you off, but perhaps it won't. Perhaps it will actually hit you somewhere you didn't expect, and trigger a response that results in you taking the best possible action you could: thinking.
Many of the things I do are to inspire thought. I ain't some genius, but I have some pretty good points to make here and there, so when I say something, it's for a reason.
As I say in the podcast, in a way, this is an episode I'm making partly for myself, but it's mostly for younger writers. When I was 16, the best advice I usually heard from other writers, came out like this. Not everybody is the same, so I don't expect everyone to take my advice in the same way.
I see a lot of young writers struggling with things similar to me, and when I advise them, this is the manner I do it in. Sometimes, being too soft and sugary doesn't get people anywhere.
This episode is also significantly shorter than the first one, so hopefully that makes it a little bit more bearable.


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Law Offices of Douglas K. Freeman
Japanese law firm offering English language corporate legal advice in Tokyo.
Douglas K. Freeman
Ayako Tsuru
Douglas K. Freeman has the distinction of being the first American to pass the Japanese bar examination and be licensed to fully practice Japanese law. Mr. Freeman is unique in the depth of his experience and knowledge of both the laws of Japan and the US and is among the few attorneys capable of providing fully bilingual legal advice relating to both jurisdictions.
As an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, he has assisted multinational corporations in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, dispute resolution and financial and other regulatory matters.
Prior to this, Mr. Freeman assisted Japanese corporations on Japan law matters at the law offices of the late Shunro Hamada, Esq., a highly regarded Japanese bengoshi and former professor at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. He has drafted and negotiated Japanese contracts, and advised on various areas of Japanese law, including with respect to intellectual property, corporate, litigation and corporate reorganization matters.
Mr. Freeman was formerly an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and New York. He is an author of a book, "Challenges of the Legal Elite" (Shoji Homu, 2002), a comparative examination of the US legal education system through the lens of the Japanese legal education system, which has served as a reference for many Japanese lawyers studying law in the United States.
Currently, Mr. Freeman advises Japanese and non-Japanese corporations in a wide range of international legal matters. Mr. Freeman is also an experienced international arbitrator, and has chaired JCAA and ICC arbitration cases. Mr. Freeman is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and serves as Chair of CIArb's Japan Chapter.
Education and Professional Experience
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, LL.B., 1990
Legal Training and Research Institute, Supreme Court of Japan, 1996
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2002 (Notes Editor, Columbia Law Review; James Kent Scholar)
Member, Japanese Bar (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Member, New York State Bar Association
Fellow (Approved Faculty Member), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Chair, CIArb Japan Chapter
ICC Master Class for Arbitrators (Paris 2011)
SIMC Specialist Mediation Workshop (Kyoto 2018)
Outside Board Member, U-shin Ltd.
Ranked #5 nationally in the Nikkei Corporate Lawyers' Survey—Dispute Resolution Division
Languages: Fluent in written and spoken Japanese
Lectures and Teaching Experience
Biannual lecture at Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Basic Agreement for Sale of Goods (2010-)
Annual lecture at MICE Bidding Seminar sponsored by Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau on Business Contracting (2009-2012)
Lecture at Business Research Institute on Practical Issues Regarding International Contracts (2010)
Annual lecture at Keio University Law School on International Contracts (Nov 2007-)
Lecture at International Research Institute of Tokyo District Court on US Law School and Law Firm Experience (2009)
Arbitrator & Judge at Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition (2015-)
Annual lecture at major Japanese international trading company on Basic Agreement for Sale of Goods (2012-)
Thomson Reuters, Practical Law—Governing Law and Jurisdiction Clauses (Japan) (2018)
Thomson Reuters, Practical Law—Mediation (Japan) (2018)
"Legal Effect of Arbitral Awards" (Jurist, 2015)
"Use of ISDS Clauses to Protect International Investments" (Business Homu, 2014)
"Importance of Dispute Simulation in Legal Drafting" (interview article) (Business Law Journal, 2013)
"Practical Drafting Skills for English Language Contracts" (Sankyo Hoki, 2012) (contributing author)
"Challenges of the Legal Elite" (Shoji Homu, 2002)
Ms. Tsuru received an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 2007. She received her J.D. from the University of Tokyo, School of Law in 2009, where she served as a volunteer instructor for legal education at Japanese high schools. She graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute, Supreme Court of Japan, in 2010.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Tsuru was an associate in the Litigation, Corporate, Labor Law and Corporate Restructuring Practice Groups of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of the largest and most highly regarded full-service law firms in Japan, whose litigation practice handles some of the largest, most complex and challenging legal disputes in Japan.
Ms. Tsuru has published articles in a variety of areas, including M&A in the Asian region, the Japanese Consumer Contract Act of 2011, earthquake disaster recovery, and labor law matters.
University of Tokyo, School of Law, J.D., 2009
Member, Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Ethics Committee (2015-2017)
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Arbitrator & Judge at Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition (2015)
Languages: Japanese and English
"Corporate Law Advice Regarding Product Liability and Corporate Scandals & Concrete Measures to Ensure Safety," Minjihou Kenkyukai (Co-author) (2015)
"Takeover Laws and Regulations in Asia," Shojihomu Co., Ltd (2012)
"Q&A on Legal Issues in Earthquake Disaster Recovery—Practical Advice for Corporate Responses," KINZAI Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (Co-author) (2011)
"Q&A on Maternity Leave," Rosei Jiho, No. 3948, p.140 (March 23, 2018)
"Q&A on Health and Safety," Rosei Jiho, No. 3945, p.120 (February 9, 2018)
"Q&A on Disciplinary Action," Rosei Jiho, No. 3941, p.130 (November 24, 2017)
"Q&A on Family Care Leave," Rosei Jiho, No. 3922, p.136 (December 23, 2016)
"Q&A on Revocation of Job Offers," Rosei Jiho, No. 3908, p.106 (April 22, 2016)
"Q&A on Demotion," Rosei Jiho, No. 3889, p.124 (June 12, 2015)
"Q&A on Misrepresentation of Personal History," Rosei Jiho, No. 3881, p.164 (Jan. 9, 2015)
"Q&A on Revocation of Job Offers," Rosei Jiho, No. 3880, p.136 (Dec. 26, 2014)
"Q&A on Salary," Rosei Jiho, No. 3839, p.150 (February 8, 2013)
"Q&A on Secondment," Rosei Jiho, No. 3823, p.142 (June 8, 2012)
"Report on the Substantive Law Sections of the Consumer Contract Act in 2011," Shojihomu Co., Ltd. (Co-author) (2012)
"Q&A on Allowances," Rosei Jiho, No. 3798 p.172 (May 27, 2011)
Local time in Japan is 3:32 AM on Thursday, Jan 23, 2020.
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1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku
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I was going to wait until getting further along to post the WIP because I don't know how many of you can understand my wacky technique with its odd color shifts until the layers of primary colors are built up enough to settle down to the correct value and hue.
However, I do have come compositional concerns on this one that I would like to get feedback on before I get too much further along. The barn wall has very strong verticals and horizontals which must be carefully considered especially when the angle of the photo is slightly angled like this. Plus, I needed to just jump in to get over being intimidated to post my first critique request.
Digital manipulations welcome. I had to compress the images pretty heavily to stay under the forum size limit. If the images are too grainy or small, I can upload outside of the forum and link to them.
Copyright stuff: Permission has been granted by Erin, owner of Sweet Baby Photo, for this photo to be used for the painting.


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Six faculty members awarded inaugural Greater China Collaboration Grants
Author: Joya Helmuth
Notre Dame International is building, sustaining, and encouraging academic and research collaboration with leading universities in the Greater China region, including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This grant program is part of the University's broader international strategy to engage Greater China by building upon existing academic partnerships and strengthening opportunities for research, scholarship, and graduate student training.
"The University's Beijing Global Gateway and Hong Kong Global Center will amplify the impact and relevance of the research by Notre Dame faculty in cooperation with leading scholars and researchers in Greater China by convening conferences, symposia, or workshops," said Jonathan Noble, assistant provost for Asia and director of the Beijing Global Gateway.
The Greater China Collaboration Grant is generously funded by alumni from the region, who aligned with Notre Dame International to promote the University's research collaboration and impact in Greater China. The Greater China Collaboration Grant program joins Notre Dame International's portfolio of international research funding opportunities, including similar funding in Mexico and Chile, and broader grants encouraging research at the University's Global Gateways and Centers around the world.
"Notre Dame International's research funding opportunities, including the Greater China Collaboration Grant, will enable scholars and researchers to enhance the impact of their research in concert with the University's global network, and strengthen academic partnerships throughout the world," said Warren von Eschenbach, associate vice president and assistant provost for internationalization.
Faculty based in the Colleges of Science, Engineering, and Business have been awarded grants for the following research projects during the 2017-18 academic year:
Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Computer Science and Engineering: "From Emerging Devices to Emerging Applications: Cross-Layer Design and Benchmarking"
Research Partners: Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Beihang University, National Chiao Tung University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pengjie Gao, Finance: "Contracting with Behaviorally Biased Investors: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment"
Research Partners: Tsinghua University and Financial Data Technology, Inc. (HK)
Umesh Garg, Physics: "Collaboration with Scientists in China in Nuclear Structure Physics and the Notre Dame-China Workshops on Exotic Structures in Nuclei"
Research Partners: Peking University, Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou, and the University of Hong Kong
Khachatur Manukyan, Physics: "Next-Generation Materials for Exhaust Gas Pollutant Control"
Research Partner: University of Hong Kong
Yiyu Shi, Computer Science and Engineering: "Smart Sands: Exploring Millimeter Scale Smart Particles for Assessment of Soil Liquefaction during Earthquakes"
Research Partners: Tsinghua University, Institute of Microelectronics, and China Geological Survey
Haifeng Gao, Chemistry and Biochemistry: "Developing Nanostructured Polymersome via Supramolecular Assembly of Dendritic Polymers for Targeted Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer"
Research Partner: Tsinghua University
Notre Dame International provides several collaboration grant opportunities for international research. More information can be found at international.nd.edu/nd-faculty-resources.
Contact: Warren von Eschenbach, associate vice president and assistant provost for internationalization, at wvonesch@nd.edu.
Originally published by Joya Helmuth at international.nd.edu on August 17, 2017.


If you're anything like me, your headphones are a godsend when you're in public, whether you're running errands or just going for a walk.
But, if you're also like me, you wear your headphones everywhere.
But here's the good news: this problem is super easy to solve. Just leave the headphones at home! This tip will work wonders for your writing, especially if you want to write better dialogue.
I've been studying mindfulness for about six months. I'm trying to more present, so when I went to the grocery store a few days ago, I didn't take my phone or my headphones.
I expected my shopping trip to be no different than usual, but it was actually richer, almost rewarding.
I noticed the vibrant colors of the fruits stacked neatly on the shelves. I noticed how bright and well-organized the store was. I noticed other people moving in their own bubbles.
Here's why you shouldn't wear headphones in public, though: you miss out on amazing dialogue and human interactions.
I thought, That's strange. He probably shouldn't be talking to a customer that way, especially about someone else, while he's still on the clock.
He knew the shopper personally.
The shopper knew the woman the man was ranting about, and agreed with what he said.
He probably wasn't talking about a co-worker, since he didn't bother keeping his voice down and didn't care if other customers heard him.
While I didn't know the context of that conversation, I replayed it again and again in my head. Who could he have been talking about? His girlfriend? A family member?
And who could he have been talking to? His sister? An old friend from school?
But then I thought, how many conversations like this have I missed because I was listening to music? How much of my life have I missed because I was locked up in my own head?
Good writers are keen observers. You might already be a keen observer, whether you wear headphones in public or not.
I may never use the butcher's conversation in a story, or think about him at all after this blog post is published.
But simply noticing that interaction, and being present for it, will work wonders for my writing.
Why? Because, if we want our characters to act and speak like real people, we need to study how real people act and speak.
If we want to build believable fictional worlds, we must be present in our own world and observe how it works.
I challenge you to be fully present the next time you go out.
Don't distract yourself with music or your phone.
Don't daydream or think about tomorrow's to-do list.
Look up. Listen. Observe. Focus on what you're doing right here, right now.
You never know what you might find, or how your discoveries will impact your writing, your mental health, and your life.
To learn more about mindfulness and how to be present, check out this free PDF of The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh.


These are just a few questions that you may hear while trying to book an appointment when a plumbing problem arises. You may think to yourself what is causing my sewer to back-up? There are many causes of a main sewer backup. The main three are clogging, tree roots and broken and/or collapsed sewer lines. Clogging is most caused by root intrusion and grease buildup. Tree roots penetrating sewer lines are a common problem experienced by city residents. Over the years the sewer lines develop cracks and fractures due to old age. Roots thrive most in warm, moist and nutrient dense environments. The tree roots tend to grow inside of the pipes causing obstruction and headaches for home owners. Left untreated tree roots over time can cause cracks which can lead to a collapsed line. This is why it is very important to have your line cleaned out regularly.


I always watch nature and get inspired. As we had a particular hard and cold winter in Paris this year. All plants and trees on my terrace were sadly without life. No green leaves at all and some of them were frozen. I was very busy during that period to take care of them, this … Lire la suite Blooming.


Bharat ane Nenu is that the latest Telugu film of Mahesh babu directed by Siva Koratala. Addressing at the audio launch ceremony of the film, the actor said the audio launch event is like a a hundred days function of the movie. Mahesh babu has reminded of his invite to attend the audio function of Junior NTR starer movie Aadi and added that NTR's presence at this event has very happy him. Mahesh babu has discovered that each one the heroes within the film industry are united and asked the fans to follow the same. The actor said he has no reference to politics and confessed that he was scared once he was asked to portray the role of a Chief Minister. Mahesh babu said he got inspired by the story of the film narrated by director Koratala Shiva. Watch the video for a lot of insight.


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ButtKicker Wireless Kit, Because Your Couch Doesn't Shake Yet, Does It?
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If you like your home theater seats to rumble, chances are you're heard of ButtKicker, the sort of subwoofer for you butt that adds a tactile component to movies and games. Now the company is announcing a new, moderately more affordable wireless bundle, Priced at $300, you get one complete Buttkicker setup (works on one chair/couch) along with a wireless transmitter/receiver. You'll still have to make due with a few boxes sitting on your floor, but at least you won't have to hide the wire run. Look for it at Amazon starting Black Friday.
Turn Your Couch into a "Disney" Ride for Under $300 All New Wireless ButtKicker® Kit to be Released by Amazon.com on Black Friday Westerville OH, November 17, 2008 - The Guitammer Company announces the release of the all new wireless ButtKicker® Kit for home theater, gaming and music. The new ButtKicker Kit is a complete, consumer-friendly, do-it-yourself product for home theater and gaming that quickly and easily transforms any type of furniture to become part of an affordable "4-D" theater, allowing viewers to literally feel sound… including movie soundtracks, concert quality audio and video game explosions, bumps and thumps. As more and more families satisfy their entertainment needs in their own homes, the ButtKicker Kit will provide an exciting tactile addition to basic setups and for home theaters already equipped with HDTV flat screens, surround sound, an Xbox and a Blu-ray player. It's not expensive, but it is a first class performance upgrade. Used by Disney, IMAX, Universal Studios, The Kennedy Space Center, dozens of Grammy Award-winning musicians and thousands of home theater owners worldwide, ButtKicker brand low frequency audio transducers provide high quality low frequency audio and realistic special effects, without loud volume, adding a powerful and exciting effect to movies, music and games. But don't let the name fool you… ButtKicker brand products are serious, award-winning pro audio "silent subwoofers" that provide powerful, musically-accurate low frequency effects... without airborne sound... perfect for apartments and close living quarters. As anyone who goes to a concert or movie theater with a good audio system knows, sound that is felt is an essential part of accurate and pleasing audio reproduction. The Guitammer Company is the leading expert in low frequency audio and its ButtKicker family of products is sold worldwide. You have most likely felt these devices at amusement parks or dance clubs, perhaps without knowing what produces such powerful low frequency audio and special effects. Now, for less than $300 you can experience at home what thousands of movie theater-goers will experience at select new AMC movie theater complexes beginning in January 2009, which will be equipped with ButtKicker units for all the seats. Guitammer is working closely with sports leagues and broadcasters developing a patent pending television broadcast technology called ButtKicker Live!®, which will soon allow ButtKicker Kit owners to experience, live and in real time, what it feels like to be inside a race car during a race… or what the quarter back feels when he gets sacked… or what the boards at a hockey game feel like when players are checked into the wall…or what it feels like in the stands at a drag race…or what sound feels like on stage at the Grammy Awards.


Patricia and Bruno are the French-American travel bloggers, photographers, and video producers behind Ze Wandering Frogs' adventure travel blog.
They write about their travel experiences and outdoor adventures: diving in Papua Raja Ampat, kiteboarding in Brazil, horseback riding in Mongolia, trekking in the Himalayas, dog-sledding in the Arctic, observing gorillas in Rwanda, and watching traditional dances in Papua New Guinea.
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Variety is reporting that ABC has started to put its mid-season schedule together, and announced today that "Lost" would be returning on February 2nd with a two-hour episode called "LA X." The minor news here, however, is that ABC will be moving the show to Tuesdays at 9. And while it doesn't exactly feel natural -- despite being bounced around the schedule over the course of the series, it feels like a Wednesday night show to me -- it will finally mean that Tuesdays will have something worth staying away from the bars for.
Apparently, the showrunners weren't enthused about a 10:00 slot, which ruled out its usual Wednesday spot, where the fairly successful comedy block ("Cougar Town" and "Modern Family") reside. The unfortunate news, however, is that "V" will likely follow "Lost," which means that it's not going to be canceled. I think "FlashForward" is a better fit -- I don't like the latter show very much either, but I'd probably stick around after "Lost" to watch it, if I were the kind of person who watched shows live and lost my remote and was completely paralyzed.
Anyway, in related news, SciFi Wire has uncovered something of a spoiler about the upcoming season (close your eyes while you read this next paragraph if you don't want to know) in the form of a tweet by Carlton Cuse, who announced, "We are very happy to welcome Rebecca Mader back to LOST. Just saw some dailies of her new work. Awesome." Mader, of course, was Charlotte, the love of Daniel Faraday's life, whose head imploded during all that time-travel. The spoiler suggests, perhaps, that the nuclear blast reset "Lost's" timeline. Maybe the final season will be 18 Groundhog Day episodes, where the crew is lead back to the nuclear blast over and over until someone convinces Andie MacDowell to fall in love with him.
And if you're curious, Variety also announced the cast regulars for this season, if you want to read something into it: Naveen Andrews, Nestor Carbonell, Emile de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Jeff Fahey, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Ken Leung, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, and Zuleikha Robinson. We also know that Elizabeth Mitchell and Dominic Monaghan will be returning in some capacity.