In a sluggish time for indie-rock, the best ideas blossom around tiny labels, small-sized independent nuclei - as Robert Fripp forecast twenty years ago - where artists collaborate with one another, each with his own approach towards a couple of common intuitions.
This is the case for Truckstop Records, for Temporary Residence, or for Perishable Records, from Chicago as well.
Formed around Red Red Meat, a great band of the '90s which we would define as post-beefheartian forits modernist and surreal approach to the most physical blues, Perishable Records has then highlighed itself with a number of issues reinterpreting traditional American music under today's sensibility.
A respect for the tradition that, in a sense, is a trait d'union with Truckstop Records, but that leads to a music which is way different from Krassner's label's one.
A music that never concedes to nostalgia, but rather which unwinds dreaming and drunk, through the notes of an outstanding band as Califone, and through artists such as Rutili, Massarella, Hurley and a serie of other issues that ended up including also a historical post-rock character as Doug Scharin.
Tim Rutili, Red Red Meat's and Califone's leader, is one of the most important names of the last decade of American indie-rock..
I was born in Chicago. Raised in a suburb called Addison. I have lived in Chicago for the past 17 years.
A curiosity, to start with: where do the names Califone and Red Red Meat come from?
Red Red Meat...that was a long time ago. i think we just thought it sounded good. like red red wine but meat. i can't really remember. Califone - when we were working on the first e.p. Tim Hurley brought in a califone turntable that he found in a thrift store. It had an input for a mic and a small speaker built into it. We were putting guitars and vocals through it. It also had a lovely hum if it was turned up as loud as it could go and the turntable was spinning. We recorded that and put it on the end of the first e.p. when we needed a name for the project that just felt right. It just stuck.
Why/how Red Red Meat disbanded?
We were tired and we decided to stop for a while after we came home from touring on "Star Above The Manger"...We all thought it would be temporary and we all got busy with other projects and straightening out our lives. Right now i think we are all happy that we stopped when we did. We still love working together and maybe we will do another RRM record someday. I know brian deck will work on the next Califone record with Ben and I. if Tim Hurley has time i'd like him to play a bit too..
The relationship with the "tradition" (musically speaking) seems important with your music. What do you find attractive in a musical form such as blues?
It seems like music that has always existed. I love the imagery and the feel of it. Some music feels like it is part of your DNA. I think it's our job to find that in what we do. Not by imitating but by searching within ourselves for our own source.
I think being from a lower middle class white suburb of Chicago, being either over-protected or ignored as children, watching too much t.v. and coming out of that situation still wanting to learn things and live has influenced what we do as much as the music we listen to.
It's more about accepting tradition and where you're from and breaking free from it without losing the familiarity and beauty that can be found in the asthetic of it.
We consider many of your works among the best examples of a renewal of blues in the last decades. Are there artists you appreciate, throughout the history of rock, for similar operations?
I think nobody has done it better than the Rolling Stones (in the 60s and 70s) or Bob Dylan. They are easy choices but I think they are the best as far as putting their own spin and feel on traditional American music. .
Piero Scaruffi wrote in its (a href="http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/redredme.html>article "Red Red Meat music used to be the quintessence of spontaneity: Califone's music is as artificial as it gets, all processing and reprocessing of sonic ideas".
It depends on the song. on the first Califone records we did alot of looping and editing of improvised ideas to build the songs. On "Roomsound" most of that stuff started out with very spontanious performances of the songs played live with just drums and guitar or piano and built up from there. The rule still is anything goes.
The last Califone release is called "Deceleration One". It's a live recording of a show we did last November. Half of it is improvised music to film loops and the other half is a soundtrack to the mascot (a puppet animation film from 1933). That's all spontaneity.
I like both extremes - leaving a moment pure (if it's the right moment) and squeezing any life out of a sound and making it something completely different than what it started out to be. Sometimes doing both within the same piece of music can work well.
How much of your current music can be reproduced live? Is there a lot of post-processing work? Or the electronic effects are added in "real-time" while recording?
We dont use any electronic processing for live shows anymore. We try to treat the studio and the show as 2 competely different mediums.
It is more fun for us to play with humans in a live setting. In the studio some things are more fun to play with machines.
In the American rock, in the last years, we are seeing more and more bands going back to use "old-fashioned" sounds. I am referring for example to the whole alt.country movement, Joe Henry, but also to a lot of folk music that is inspired by the '60s/'70s.
Do you see this as something that cyclically happens in music and in the people's taste? Or not? Do you like this kind of music?
It seems like it's all constantly moving. I don't know where it's going and i try not to pay attention. Some things get better with age and some things get worse. I don't know.
Related to the previous question: do you Truckstop Records? What do you think about their music?
I love Truckstop. Joe Ferguson is next door right now working on a record in our studio. Last September i went on tour in Europe for a few weeks playing in the Boxhead Ensemble with Michael Krassner, Scott Tuma, Fred Lonberg-Holm, David Currey and Jim White. iIt was one of the best musical experiences i have ever had. I learned a lot from playing with those guys.
How was Perishable Records born?
We started Perishable to release the first RRM singles and album back in the early 90s. We stopped putting out records after we started working with Sub Pop and started up again when we released the Loftus record in 1998. it is a lot of work but we love the records that we put out and plan on doing this for as long as we can.
Do you often see each other with the other members of Perishable and of your bands?
I don't get out much anymore. I see them when they come here to use the studio or hang out. Occasionally i will go see a show if someone is playing.
I have seen the Clava Studio page on the Perishable website. How did it started? Does it work on a regular basis? Is this 100% related to Perishable?
Clava is owned by Ben massarella. It's a fully operational studio and has been very busy lately. It is in 2 converted garages right next to the Perishable office. I love it there. It feels like home to me.


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Intelligence Community, IC (Wspólnota Wywiadów) – federacja 18 rządowych agencji wywiadowczych w Stanach Zjednoczonych, utworzona rozkazem nr 12333 prezydenta Ronalda Reagana, który wszedł w życie 4 grudnia 1981.

Historia
Do utworzenia Intelligence Community (IC) już istniały różne agencje wywiadu należące do różnych departamentów. One tworzyły się postępowo w różnych dziesięcioleciach (głównie w XX wieku) i tworzyły odrębne byty.

Podczas II wojny światowej prezydent Franklin Roosevelt stworzył Koordynatora Wywiadu (Coordinator of Intelligence (COI)) w celu centralizacji wywiadu wojskowego. Kiedy stanowisko prezydenta objął Harry S. Truman COI przestał istnieć. W zamian zostało powołane stanowisko Dyrektora Wywiadu Centralnego (DCI), który miał koordynować działań IC. Dana instytucja nie była skuteczna.

Na mocy rozporządzenia wykonawczego nr 12333 w całości modernizowana i skuteczna IC została wprowadzona w życie 4 grudnia 1981 r. przez prezydenta Ronalda Reagana. Miało ono na celu rozszerzenie uprawnień i obowiązków amerykańskich agencji wywiadowczych, a także udzielenie informacji i współpracy z zarządami CIA.

W zarządzeniu wykonawczym nr 12333 zostało ustanowiono sześć głównych celów IC:

 Zbieranie informacji potrzebnych prezydentowi, Radzie Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, sekretarzowi stanu, sekretarzowi obrony i innym urzędnikom władzy wykonawczej do wykonywania ich obowiązków i zadań;
 Produkcja i rozpowszechnianie informacji wywiadowczych;
 Gromadzenie informacji dotyczących i prowadzenia działań mających na celu ochronę przed działaniami wywiadowczymi skierowanymi przeciwko USA, międzynarodową działalnością terrorystyczną i / lub narkotykową oraz innymi wrogimi działaniami skierowanymi przeciwko USA przez zagraniczne mocarstwa, organizacje, osoby i ich agentów;
 Działania specjalne (definiowane jako działania prowadzone w celu wspierania celów polityki zagranicznej USA za granicą, które są planowane i realizowane w taki sposób, aby "rola rządu Stanów Zjednoczonych nie była widoczna lub uznana publicznie" oraz funkcje wspierające takie działania, ale które nie są mające na celu wpływanie na procesy polityczne, opinię publiczną, politykę ub media w Stanach Zjednoczonych i nie obejmują działań dyplomatycznych, gromadzenia i tworzenia informacji wywiadowczych lub powiązanych funkcji wspierających);
 Czynności administracyjne i pomocnicze w Stanach Zjednoczonych i za granicą niezbędne do wykonywania czynności uprawnionych oraz
 Inne działania wywiadowcze, które prezydent może od czasu do czasu kierować.

Z czasem do Wspólnoty Wywiadów dołączały się agencje wywiadowcze. Ostatnia agencją, która się dołączyła do IC była Agencja Wywiadu, Obserwacji i Rozpoznania Sił Kosmicznych (Space Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise or Space Delta 7).

Budżet
Budżet Wspólnoty Wywiadów finansuje 18 agencji oraz przebiega według roku podatkowego. Zanim rządowe pieniądze zostaną wydane na wywiad, fundusze muszą najpierw zostać zatwierdzone przez komisje zarówno w Izbie Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych, jak i w Senacie. Budżet Wspólnoty Wywiadu funkcjonuje w ramach dwóch oddzielnych programów: Narodowego Programu Wywiadowczego (NIP) oraz Programu Wywiadu Wojskowego (MIP).

 Narodowy Program Wywiadowczy – NIP (The National Intelligence Program), wcześniej znany jako Krajowy Program Wywiadu Zagranicznego, uregulowany jest ustawą o bezpieczeństwie narodowym z 1947 roku (the National Security Act of 1947). Jest to program finansujący działania IC w sześciu departamentach federalnych, Centralnej Agencji Wywiadowczej (CIA) i Biurze Dyrektora Wywiadu Narodowego. Krajowy program wywiadowczy obejmuje wszystkie programy, projekty i działania wspólnoty wywiadowczej, a także wszelkie inne programy IC wyznaczone wspólnie przez: Dyrektora Krajowego Wywiadu i kierownika wydziału lub agencji, czy też Dyrektora Krajowego Wywiadu i Prezydenta. Funkcjonowanie NIP jest istotne pod względem bezpieczeństwa obywateli amerykańskich, jak i zabezpieczenia gospodarki czy infrastruktury Stanów Zjednoczonych. Każdego roku przyjmowany jest budżet, który zasila Narodowy Program Wywiadowczy, jednak szczegóły pozostają utajnione. W roku 2021 środki z budżetu na rok fiskalny 2020 obejmowały 62,7 mld USD na Narodowy Program Wywiadu.
 Program Wywiadu Wojskowego – The Military Intelligence Program (MIP) poświęcony jest działalności wywiadowczej prowadzonej przez departamenty i agencje wojskowe Departamentu Obrony, które wspierają taktyczne operacje wojskowe USA. Dodatkowo, inne departamenty i agencje mogą również angażować się w działania związane wywiadem na własne potrzeby misyjne. Środki z budżetu na rok fiskalny 2020 wynosiły 23,1 mld USD na Program Wywiadu Wojskowego.

Odtajnienie budżetu
Jedno z zaleceń Komisji z 11 września dotyczyło odtajnienia budżetu Wspólnoty Wywiadowczej. Zalecenie to zostało wprowadzone w 2007 r. Ustawa ta nakładała na Dyrektora Wywiadu Narodowego obowiązek ujawnienia "łącznej kwoty środków przyznanych przez Kongres na Narodowy Program Wywiadowczy w terminie 30 dni od zakończenia roku podatkowego". Wniosek budżetowy Krajowego Programu Wywiadu został po raz pierwszy ujawniony publicznie w lutym 2011 r. Zaktualizowana łączna kwota środków na rok 2020 wnioskowanych w ramach NIP wynosiła 62,8 mld USD, natomiast cały budżet Wspólnoty Wywiadu wynosił 85.8 bilionów dolarów.

Dowództwo i struktura IC
Dyrektor Wywiadu Narodowego (The Director of National Intelligence, DNI) jest szefem Wspólnoty Wywiadów. Nadzoruje on oraz kieruje wszystkimi sprawami Wspólnoty. Jednocześnie pełni funkcję głównego doradcy Prezydenta, Rady Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego i Rady Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego ds. wywiadowczych. DNI jest powoływany przez Prezydenta USA za zgodą Senatu. Po inauguracji nowego prezydenta USA Joe Bidena stanowisko Dyrektora Wywiadu Narodowego objęła Avril Haines. Jest ona pierwszą kobietą, która objęła to stanowisko.

Urząd DNI został powołany na mocy ustawy o reformie wywiadu i zapobieganiu terroryzmowi z 2004 roku (IRTPA). IRTPA obciąża Dyrektora Wspólnoty Wywiadów następującymi rolami: szef IC, główny doradca Prezydenta ds. wywiadowczych.

Członkowie Wspólnoty Wywiadów
Wspólnota Wywiadów wlicza w sobie 18 agencji wywiadowczy Stanów Zjednoczonych:

 Biuro Dyrektora Wywiadu Krajowego (Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI) – dowództwo Wspólnoty Wywiadowczej. Nadzoruje wszystkie agencje wywiadowcze oraz odpowiedzialny za wdrażanie Narodowego Programu Wywiadowczego.
 Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego (National Security Agency, NSA) – zajmuje się wywiadem elektronicznym, naukowym i technicznym, cyberwywiadem, kontrwywiadem wojskowym oraz ochroną sieci łączności elektronicznej agencji rządowych USA. Jest to największa agencja wywiadowcza w USA pod względem liczebności personelu wojskowego i pracowników cywilnych oraz wielkości budżetu.
 Agencja Wywiadowcza Departamentu Obrony (Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA) – jest główną instytucją organizacyjną i kierowniczą zagranicznego wywiadu wojskowego. Dostarcza informacje wywiadowcze dla decydentów i planistów sił obronnych i dla IC, w celu wsparcia amerykańskiego planowania i operacji wojskowych oraz handlu bronią.
 Agencja Wywiadu, Obserwacji i Rozpoznania Sił Kosmicznych (Space Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise or Space Delta 7) – oddział Sił Kosmicznych Stanów Zjednoczonych odpowiedzialny za wywiad, obserwację i rozpoznanie. Zapewnia informacje wywiadowcze dla operacji w domenie kosmicznej, w tym wykrywania, charakteryzowania i namierzania przeciwnika w przestrzeni kosmicznej.
 Biuro ds. Terroryzmu i Wywiadu Finansowego (Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, TFI) – jednostka Departamentu Skarbu USA, której zadaniem jest zbieranie informacji i przygotowywanie ekspertyz dotyczących zagadnień gospodarczych, monetarnych i finansowych, badanie sytuacji gospodarczej krajów zagranicznych oraz ostrzeganie o wydarzeniach i trendach w sektorze finansowym, które mogą mieć wpływ na interesy bezpieczeństwa USA.
 Biuro Wywiadu Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego (Office of National Security Intelligence) – część Amerykańskiej Agencji ds. Walki z Narkotykami (DEA). Pomaga we wszczynaniu nowych dochodzeń w sprawie głównych kartelów narkotykowych, opracowuje informacje, które prowadzą do konfiskat i aresztowań oraz gromadzi informacje o trendach w nielegalnym handlu narkotykami.
 Biuro Wywiadu i Analizy (Office of Intelligence and Analysis, I&A) – jest agencją Departamentu Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego USA. Odpowiedzialna za rozwój służb wywiadowczych w interesie Ministerstwa jako całości poprzez gromadzenie, analizowanie i rozpowszechnianie danych w całym Ministerstwie.
 Biuro Wywiadu i Badań (Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR) – biuro do spraw wywiadu, analiz i prognoz politycznych Departamentu Stanu USA. INR koncentruje się na analizie wydarzeń zagranicznych, mediów i opinii publicznej, organizowaniu konferencji oraz analizie zagadnień humanitarnych. Jest jednym z najmniejszych biur IC.
 Biuro Wywiadu Marynarki Wojennej (Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI) – założona w 1882 roku Agencja wywiadu wojskowego Marynarki Wojennej USA. Jest to najstarsza agencja wywiadowcza Stanów Zjednoczonych mająca na celu: raportowanie na temat rozwoju i działalności flot innych państw; ochrona zasobów i interesów morskich USA; monitorowanie i przeciwdziałanie zagrożeniom morskim oraz badanie globalnego środowiska morskiego.
 Biuro Wywiadu i Kontrwywiadu (Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, OICI) – wydział analityczny Departamentu Energii USA. Zadaniem jest analiza informacji dotyczącej energii atomowej i technologii jądrowej, a także opracowywanie środków ochrony informacji dotyczących projektów jądrowych USA.
 Centralna Agencja Wywiadowcza (Central Intelligence Agency, CIA) – jedna z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych agencji IC. Formalnie założona w 1947 roku. Podstawową funkcją jest pozyskiwanie i przetwarzanie informacji o zagranicznych rządach, korporacjach i osobach oraz przekazywanie tych informacji odpowiednim organom władzy.
 Dwadzieścia Piąte Siły Powietrzne (25th Air Force or Air Forces Cyber) – organ Sił Powietrznych Stanów Zjednoczonych (USAF). Odpowiedzialny za gromadzenie i analizę danych wywiadowczych, obserwację, rozpoznanie, cyberwojnę i działania związane z bronią elektroniczną.
 Krajowa agencja wywiadu geoprzestrzennego (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA) – agencja rządowa, której zadaniem jest dostarczanie użytkownikom wojskowym, rządowym i cywilnym rozpoznanie obiektów w terenie oraz informacje kartograficzne.
 Narodowe Biuro Rozpoznania (National Reconnaissance Office, NRO) – jedna z agencji Departamentu Obrony Stanów Zjednoczonych, zajmująca się rozpoznaniem strategicznym. Jedna z najtajniejszych agencji wywiadu USA, która została utworzona w sierpniu 1960 r.
 Oddział Wywiadu (Intelligence Branch, IB) – oddział Federalnego Biura Śledczego (FBI), zajmuje się wszystkimi funkcjami wywiadowczymi, w tym polityką wymiany informacji i analizą danych wywiadowczych dla celów bezpieczeństwa narodowego, wewnętrznego i egzekwowania prawa.
 Wywiad Armii Stanów Zjednoczonych (Military Intelligence Corps) – agencja sił lądowych armii Stanów Zjednoczonych. Dostarcza wojsku Stanów Zjednoczonych aktualne, odpowiednie i dokładne dane. Wspiera elektronicznie działania wojska na poziomie taktycznym, operacyjnym i strategicznym.
 Wywiad piechoty morskiej (Marine Corps Intelligence, MCI) – agencja wywiadowcza, która aktywnie wspiera działania piechoty morskiej w różnym zakresie. Dążąc do dostarczenia właściwej informacji dowódcom.
 Wywiad straży przybrzeżnej (Coast Guard Intelligence, CGI) – jednostka wywiadu wojskowego Departamentu Bezpieczeństwa Krajowego Stanów Zjednoczonych. Odpowiada za gromadzenie informacji o granicach morskich, wybrzeżach, portach i wodach śródlądowych USA. Głównym zadaniem jest zwalczanie nielegalnej emigracji, przemytu narkotyków oraz terroryzmu morskiego.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Jones Daniel B., Why efforts to centralize the us intelligence community fail, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 2005.
 Office of the Director of National Intelligence, U.S. National Intelligence, An Overwiev 2013, https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/USNI%202013%20Overview_web.pdf
 Office of the Director of National Intelligence Website, https://www.dni.gov/index.php
 Oficjalna strona Intelligence Comunity, https://www.intelligence.gov/
 Polmar Norman and Allen Thomas B.: Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage, 1997.

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Jerome Jayaratne to be appointed interim coach for New Zealand series
Sri Lanka after all will have an interim coach for the upcoming series against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka Cricket's Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jerome Jayaratne will be appointed as the interim coach for the New Zealand series today.
"We have scheduled a meeting of SLC officials today. We will terminate Chandika Hathurusingha's contract with us and appoint Jerome Jayaratne as interim coach for the New Zealand series," said SLC secretary Mohan de Silva yesterday.
The SLC had last week obtained permission from Sports Minister Harin Fernando for the current support staff headed by Chandika Hathurusingha to continue till the end of the New Zealand series giving time for SLC and Hathurusingha to reach an amicable settlement and for SLC to find a suitable successor for the role of head coach.
However it is learnt that talks with SLC and Hathurusingha has not gone off cordially as expected. SLC had wanted Hathurusingha to walk out gracefully thus safeguarding his reputation as a coach.
"But he has not been amenable at all even for discussions that's why we have decided to terminate his services," said De Silva. Hathurusingha was contracted with SLC for three years from December 20, 2017 and his contract expires in December, 2020.
Following Sri Lanka's poor performance in the recently concluded World Cup in England, the Sports Minister issued a directive to Sri Lanka Cricket requesting the entire support staff including Hathurusingha to resign from their respective posts after the Bangladesh ODI series.
But SLC got permission from the Sports Minister to extend the terms of the support staff till the end of the New Zealand series.
SLC contracted Hathurusingha 'pinching' him from Bangladesh hoping he could do wonders with the national team. In their haste to have him contracted the previous SLC committee went to the extent of handing him wide powers including a princely sum as salary making him the most expensive coach SLC has ever had in their history.
SLC even went to the extent of making him a member of the national selection committee thereby causing a conflict of interest which led to discord within the national team between players and the coach.
When the SLC elections were delayed by court order and the administration was run by a competent authority appointed by the former Sports Minister, Hathurusingha simply ran cricket to his own whims and fancy favouring certain players despite their constant failures and thereby creating rifts within the team. This had an adverse effect on team performances and Sri Lanka cricket almost reached its nadir barely qualifying for the 2019 World Cup.
SLC managed to clip his wings to some extent when the newly elected committee removed him from the selection panel and also appointed chief selector Ashantha de Mel to manage the team for the World Cup as well as the Bangladesh series.
The continuous run of defeats and the failure to qualify for a semi-final place in the World Cup was the last straw. During his tenure as coach Hathurusingha has failed to contribute anything significant to uplift the Sri Lanka team even though in their last outing they beat Bangladesh 3-0.
Jayaratne finds himself in a familiar role as interim coach. He held that position for the home series against West Indies in 2015 and a tour to New Zealand and did a pretty decent job.
Former captain Angelo Mathews credited Sri Lanka's resurgence against West Indies partly to the work of interim coach Jayaratne.
"As a coach Jerome's really gelling with the guys. He's very lighthearted but he's very focused with the guys. He's specialised in batting and he's working hard with the batters. All in all he's a very good coach and a human being so we'd like to have him around," said Mathews.
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using System;
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namespace EventStore.ClientAPI.Exceptions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Exception thrown when a user is not authorised to carry out
    /// an operation.
    /// </summary>
    public class AccessDeniedException : EventStoreConnectionException
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a new <see cref="AccessDeniedException" />.
        /// </summary>
        public AccessDeniedException(): base("Access denied")
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a new <see cref="AccessDeniedException" />.
        /// </summary>
        public AccessDeniedException(string message) : base(message)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a new <see cref="AccessDeniedException" />.
        /// </summary>
        public AccessDeniedException(string message, Exception innerException) : base(message, innerException)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a new <see cref="AccessDeniedException" />.
        /// </summary>
        protected AccessDeniedException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
        {
        }
    }
}


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Expect to see a five-year freeze in the Huntingdonshire part of your Council Tax bill.
Huntingdonshire District Council has promised there will be no increase in its share of the tax next year – and is adamant it can continue to operate for a further four years without inflicting pain in the pockets of residents.
And it has plans to be able to deliver its services without reliance on central government handouts through grants and the new homes bonus.
Instead HDC will continue a multi-million pound investment in commercial activities with the aim of providing a healthy return to fund services.
The council's executive leader Councillor Jason Ablewhite said that HDC will spend £30million – some of it borrowed at cheap interest rates – buying commercial property, as well as continuing to save money sharing more services and getting its leisure centres turning a profit.
But he said the council was only in a position to be able to freeze Council Tax and look at investing money because it had managed to get ahead with delivering efficiency savings demanded by Westminster following the banking crisis.
In terms of HDC Council Tax bills, a Band D property could remain at £133.18 until 2019/20.
Cost-cutting measures at HDC have seen some senior staff leave, large numbers of workers have their wages cut and services shared with neighbouring councils – with more plans to share services being discussed with South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge city councils.
One service currently off the list of potential targets for large scale cuts are the leisure centres. HDC's Facing the Future document, which long-listed hundreds of potential ideas for saving money, included the possibility of closing the smaller centres – in Sawtry and Ramsey.
But that idea was long dead before it ever saw any light, said Cllr Ablewhite. In two years' time, he added, the five-strong leisure centre business will start making a profit with the larger centres at St Neots, Huntingdon and St Ives subsidising the smaller two venues.
However, Mike Shellens, a Liberal Democrat councillor at HDC, questioned whether the budgets had been balanced and told The Hunts Post HDC's reserves were still being used.
"Clearly Council Tax is an important factor in many household budgets but the majority [of the bill is raised] by the county council, so the effect will be limited but welcome," he added.
"Yes, there have been savings but you cannot infinitely do things more efficiently.
Cllr Shellens did welcome HDC's plans to invest in new accommodation for homeless families but was concerned about the investment in commercial property – an area susceptible to "boom and bust", he said.


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SpaceX Launches All-Civilian Crew On Inspiration4 Mission
Wednesday, September 15th 2021, 8:50 pm
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -
An all-civilian crew streaked into space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday on the first privately funded, non-government trip to orbit, a historic three-day flight devoted to raising $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Strapped in along with billionaire Jared Isaacman, who chartered the mission, were Chris Sembroski, an "everyday" aerospace engineer; Sian Proctor, an artist-educator who will become only the fourth black woman to fly in space; and Hayley Arceneaux, a St. Jude cancer survivor who now works at the hospital.
Blastoff from the iconic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center came on time at 8:02 p.m. EDT, kicking off a 12-minute climb to a 360-mile-high orbit 100 miles above the International Space Station. It's the highest anyone will have flown since the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.
From that lofty perch, Isaacman and his Inspiration4 crewmates will enjoy unrivaled 360-degree views of Earth and deep space through a clear, custom-built dome, or cupola, in the nose of the capsule, which has replaced the docking mechanism used for NASA flights to the space station.
The sky-lighting ascent went smoothly, with the first stage — making its third flight — powering the rocket out of the dense lower atmosphere. The booster's nine engines shut down two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the stage fell away and the flight continued on the power of the upper stage's single vacuum-rated engine.
"Inspiration4 is go for launch," Isaacman radioed flight controllers moments before liftoff. "Punch it, SpaceX!"
And punch it they did. The Falcon 9's first stage engines ignited on time at 8:02 p.m. EDT, lighting up the early evening sky as the booster thundered away from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center atop 1.7 million pounds of thrust.
The sky-lighting ascent went smoothly with the first stage, making its third flight, powering the rocket out of the dense lower atmosphere. The booster's nine engines shut down two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the stage fell away and the flight continued on the power of the upper stage's single vacuum-rated engine.
The first stage, meanwhile, flipped around and flew itself back to a pinpoint landing on an off-shore drone ship, chalking up SpaceX's 92nd successful booster recovery, it's 69th at sea.
By that point, nine-and-a-half minutes after launch, the second stage and the Crew Dragon capsule were safely in the planned preliminary orbit. Two rocket firings were required to circularize the orbit at an altitude of 357 miles, 100 miles above the International Space Station.
That's higher than anyone has flown since the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.
From that lofty perch, Isaacman and his Inspiration4 crewmates will enjoy unrivaled 360-degree views of Earth and deep space through a clear, custom-built dome, or cupola, in the nose of the capsule that has replaced the docking mechanism used for NASA flights to the space station.
"We gave you a great ride to orbit," Bill Gerstenmeier, NASA's former chief of space operations and now a senior SpaceX manager, radioed the crew after spacecraft separation. "Enjoy your time on orbit, and we look forward to you flying again with SpaceX."
Isaacman said the flight carried the crew "right to the doorstep of an exciting and unexplored frontier where few have come before and many are about to follow. The door's opening now. And it's pretty incredible."
Asked before launch if anyone in the crew had any trepidation about riding a rocket to space, Isaacman said SpaceX founder Elon Musk gave the crew "his assurances that the entire leadership team is solely focused on this mission and is very confident. And that obviously inspires a lot of confidence for us as well. But no jitters, excited to get going."
Added Arceneaux: "Any jitters are the good kind."
Shortly after Wednesday's launch, former first lady Michelle Obama tweeted her congratulations to those onboard, writing, "I'm thinking of all the young people who'll be looking up to this crew and dreaming big thanks to them."
While billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos made headlines earlier this summer when they spent a few minutes in weightlessness during up-and-down sub-orbital flights, the Inspiration4 crew will spend three days orbiting the Earth before returning to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean Saturday night.
Isaacman said the flight marked an "inspiring" first step toward opening up the high frontier to civilian use.
"We set out from the start to deliver a very inspiring message, certainly what can be done up in space and the possibilities there, but also what we can accomplish here on Earth," he said.
That included "the largest fundraising effort in the history of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, acknowledging the real responsibilities we have here on Earth in order to earn the right to make progress up in space," he said. "And I feel like we're well on our way to achieving that objective."
The crew plans an in-flight event with patients at St. Jude and will carry out a battery of medical tests and experiments throughout the mission, including use of an ultrasound device to help measure headward fluid shifts caused by the onset of weightlessness.
Fluid shifts, interactions with the neuro-vestibular, or balance, system and other reactions trigger space motion sickness in about half the astronauts who fly in space, an uncomfortable malady that typically fades away after two to three days as the body adapts to the new environment.
"Space sickness is one of the interesting things that this mission is going to explore, just like all the NASA missions that have gone before," said Todd Ericson, a former Air Force test pilot who is helping manage the Inspiration4 mission for Isaacman.
"Each person reacts differently," he said. "Fighter pilots get as sick as non fighter pilots and vice versa. The medical team at SpaceX has a lot of experience in this area ... they've got a regimen in place to minimize that and then treat it if it actually gets severe."
CBS News An all-civilian crew streaked into space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday on the first privately funded, non-government trip to orbit, a historic three-day flight devoted to raising $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.


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Georg Matthias Bose (n. 22 septembrie 1710 la Leipzig - d. 17 septembrie 1761 la Magdeburg) a fost un fizician și astronom german, cunoscut în special pentru cercetările din domeniul electricității statice.

Biografie
S-a născut la Leipzig ca fiu al unui comerciant.
La 17 ani obține titlul de Magister Artium.
În 1738 începe studiile universitare, mai întâi în orașul natal, apoi la Wittenberg, urmând cursuri de fizică, astronomie, electricitate.

A fost profesor de filozofie naturală la Academia din Wittenberg.

În 1760, în timpul războiului cu Prusia, Bose a fost răpit la Magdeburg, unde în anul următor încetează din viață.

Contribuții științifice
Principalele sale preocupări au fost matematica și fizica.

A fost primul care a utilizat sistematic mașina electrostatică pe care Francis Hauksbee a inventat-o în 1709.
Bose i-a adus unele îmbunătățiri adăugându-i o bară metalică amplasată lângă sfera care se electriza prin frecare, bară care era izolată față de pământ.
Când acest conductor metalic era atins, se producea o scânteie.

Bose efectuează tot felul de experimente și demonstrații publice cu acest generator electric.
Unul din acestea, cu nuanțe ilare era de tipul următor: O doamnă care atingea firul metalic ascuns săruta o persoană din cadrul audienței, moment în care între cei doi se producea descărcare însoțită de senzația de șoc pentru subiectul respectiv.

Scrieri

 1733: Dissertatio de l'Elipsi terrae
 1738: Schediasma literarium, quo contenta Elementorum Euclidis anunciat, et simul de variis editionibus post Fabricium monuella disserit
 1744: Die Electricitat nach ihrer Entdeckung und Fortgang, mit poetischer Feder entworffen, unde descrie, într-un mod literar, experimentele sale privind electrizarea corpului uman
 Lipsia Ptolemaco ignota et tabula Pentigeriama.

Legături externe
  Biography of Georg Mathias Bose

Nașteri în 1710
Decese în 1761
Fizicieni germani
Astronomi germani
Fizicieni din secolul al XVIII-lea
Astronomi din secolul al XVIII-lea
Oameni de știință germani din secolul al XVIII-lea


Dr. Thompson received both his Bachelor's and dental degrees from The University of California at San Francisco and has been providing outstanding dentistry for over 20 years. Dr Thompson ensures that he is up-to-date on the newest developments in dentistry through numerous continuing education courses, including those in conscious sedation, infectious disease, cosmetic dentistry and infection control.
He has worked and trained extensively to build a practice that exceeds your expectations of trusted, personalized dental care by consistently providing his patients with only the best that modern dentistry has to offer by ensuring his team is trained and informed on the latest advances and available techniques, as well. Dr. Thompson is active in the dental community as a member of the American Dental Association, the Arizona State Dental Association, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation.


Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in adults in the United States for the past 80 years. About 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes occur every year in the U.S. and more than 800,000 people die from cardiovascular disease every year—that's one in every three deaths. Because heart disease usually has no outward signs, the condition is often discovered too late, with devastating consequences. Over 60 percent of heart disease deaths occur suddenly as a first symptom of the disease.
The most common type of heart disease is clogged arteries caused by plaque buildup. Plaque formation brings about hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis. A combination of cholesterol deposits and calcium crystals, arterial plaque narrows arteries over time, impairing blood flow, and can lead to an aneurysm, when blood vessel bulges rupture and cause internal bleeding.
Plaque deposits usually require inflammation. One indicator of these deposits is a routine blood test called C-reactive protein, which measures the level of inflammation and can alert your doctor to your potential risk. Another simple, life-saving test is the carotid ultrasound, which detects plaque obstruc-tions in the arteries that supply blood to the brain. If you have plaque in your carotid arteries, you likely may have it in your coronary arteries too. Factors that put people at higher risk for arterial plaque include diabetes, insulin resistance, high LDL cholesterol, stress, obesity, inflammation and high blood pressure.
The coronary arteries feed your heart muscle with blood. The blood vessels in your neck and head keep your brain supplied with essential nutrients and get rid of toxins and waste. It's the plumbing in your body, not unlike that in your house, that can be the source of problems, and when the pressure in the pipes increases because of plaque deposits, clogging or faulty pressure regulation, a pipe may leak or even burst, leading to unimaginable damage. Check your blood pressure regularly. Systolic, the higher number, is the pressure in your arteries when your heart pumps, and diastolic, the lower number, is the pressure when your heart relaxes. Try to maintain resting systolic readings below 130 and diastolic readings below 85. The best ways to keep your blood pressure numbers low? Maintain weight wellness and eat a low-sodium diet. Studies show regular meditation can help reduce blood pressure and maintain healthy numbers. Try my Happy Heart, Healthy Heart Meditation CD, which is designed to support cardiovascular health. Check out our meditation and Chi Gong classes. And when you're at one of our offices, ask to have your blood pressure taken.
Plaque consists mainly of cholesterol deposits and calcium crystals. The bad type of cholesterol, LDL or low-density lipoprotein, especially the little particles, come from saturated fats found in all animal products, including meats and dairy foods. Some plant oils like coconut, palm and cocoa butter, can raise LDL cholesterol. Studies published in 2014 led by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., showed a substantial percent-age of subjects following a plant-based diet, with no animal products or saturated fats, who experienced a complete reversal of their heart disease. Chinese medicine has long advocated this way of eating for general health and well-being. The landmark China Study, indeed confirmed the benefits of a plant-based diet in lowering risks for heart disease, stroke and cancer. A plant-based diet consists of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes and seeds, without refined carbohydrates or sugar. We suggest trying it for three months and then deciding if you want to continue, based on your cholesterol and other test results. Then modify your eating plan if you wish. Ask your practitioner for our Heart Health Menu Plan and explore our new, convenient, plant-based, organic meal delivery service.
Several herbs and nutrients have been found to increase oxygenation and blood circulation. These include Co-Q10, an antioxidant observed to help muscle repair; L-arginine, an amino acid found to increase nitric oxide that dilates blood vessels; and red rice yeast, discovered to naturally lower cholesterol. Always check with your doctor before starting to take any herbs or supplements. Next time you're in the office, ask your practitioner to check your blood oxygen level with an oximeter.
Here's to Your Happy Heart, Healthy Heart!
Nutrition Corner With Soeon Park, L.Ac.


It's that time of year again folks. With the Eurovision Song Contest just over three months away in Stockholm, we see Sweden warm up this Saturday in its search for the artist and song to represent them on home ground. Melodifestivalen is back and it all kicks off in Göteborg.
Nearly as old as Eurovision itself, Melodifestivalen enters its 56th year searching for Sweden's song. For the 15th year in a row the contest will be split into four heats, a second chance 'Andra Chansen' round and the final on 12 March.
Each heat contains seven acts. Once all seven acts have performed, the voting lines open. Then two acts from each heat are eliminated with a further round of voting. The act that has gained the most votes is announced and goes directly to the final.
Those acts that placed fourth and fifth in each heat go through to the Andra Chansen round. Lastly, the second place act from each heat is announced and also heads straight to the final.
The second chance round is the week before the final. The Andra Chansen round has adopted a duel style, which pits one song against another. The winner of each duel goes through to the final.
In total, four acts will join the eight heat finalists. The final has a split voting system with a jury and the public vote having a total of 473 points each to share between the acts.
Like Eurovision there is an international jury of a handful of countries who give 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 then 10 and 12 points – which adds up to 473. Then the tele-voting is announced. Acts are awarded a share of the remaining 473 points based on their share of the tele-votes.
Since 2000, Melodifestivalen has been Sweden's most popular television show with almost half the population tuning into the final. Not only that but it is taken seriously – artists and songwriters return year after year in pursuit of the title.
Among the artists who enter, a set number must be first-timers. Anna Book was disqualified just two days before her heat because she had entered a song she had used in Moldova's selection in 2014 but under a different name.
All songs are revealed on the night of the heats and can't be previously published. It's a winning formula, having produced six acts which have gone on to win the Eurovision song contest and 18 acts that placed in the top five. These are acts such as Sanna Nielsen, Eric Saade, Måns Zelmörlow, Loreen Abba, Carola and Charlotte Perrelli.
If you haven't seen it, why not give it a go, especially if you're a fan of Eurovision. It has all the wind machines and big dresses of the main event.
You can watch it live on Saturdays at 7pm (GMT) on SVTPlay, which is now available on Chromecast/appstores.


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Stockton celebrates Mexican Independence Day
By Michael Weber
Esther Madrigal tosses her dress in her traditional folklore dance performance
Stockton celebrated its second annual Mexican Independence Day Celebration for the Latin community on Sept. 16.
Comerciantes Unidos, along with the Downtown Stockton Alliance and the Mexican Heritage Center hosted the event in downtown Stockton.
On stage a large Mexican flag hung between speakers playing music and banners of several Mexican icons suspended over the stage.
People enjoyed live music, singers and dancers. Esther Madrigal performed traditional folkloric dances in a black dress with purple flowers surrounding a mural of Guadalajara City. A mariachi band played guitar and trumpets.
The Stockton City Council presented certificates of recognition to the three groups thanking them for "[enriching] the lives of Stocktonians through presentation of history and culture."
At the end of the celebration, a color guard performed the Mexican national anthem and presented the Mexican and American flags. A woman from the Consulate General of Mexico from Sacramento chants,"Viva Mexico! Viva!"
President of Comerciantes Unidos, Max Beas, said his group is proud to host the event to show the strength of their community.
One of the sponsors of the event, the Mexican Heritage Center, displayed some of the Mexican culture at their booth. They had jewelry, figurines, plants and pictures.
President of the Mexican Heritage Center, Gracie Madrid, says the center display monthly exhibits promoting Mexican art and culture. The center celebrates exhibits by local artists, Cesar Chavez, the Day of the Dead, the Adelitas Awards and more.
"Mexicans enrich Stockton," said Gerardo Serrano, main event spokesperson.
According to Serrano, Mexican Independence Day is an important event in Stockton celebrating the culture the Latino community brings to the city.
How did Mexican culture make its way to Stockton? It started with the fight for independence from Spain.
When asked about what Mexican Independence Day Means, Serrano said Spain ruled over Mexico and made people slaves. Mexico then declared independence and became a democratic nation with its own constitution.
September 16, 1810 marks the day of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gave his battle cry, "Cry of Dolores."
"Although many mistakenly attribute the Cinco de Mayo holiday as the celebration of Mexican independence, Sept. 16 was the day the enthusiastic Indian and mestizo congregation of Hidalgo's small Dolores parish church took up arms and began their fight for freedom against Spain," according to the U.S. Library of Congress.
When Mexico won the war, it began a new history. Latinos occupied what we know today as California.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 104,172 people in Stockton who identified as Mexican. Out of a total 291,707, the group holds the largest demographic in the area.


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Q: JMSCC0008: This connection is closed while calling JMSTemplate.send method I am  facing an intermittent issue in an application where we used to connect to IBM MQ and we have two queues one for sending the reply and another one is to listen message from MQ ,listening message seems not having any issue but while sending the reply it seems the connection gets closed sometimes and thus resulting in below error in logs
 JMSCC0008: This connection is closed.; nested exception is com.ibm.msg.client.jms.DetailedIllegalStateException: JMSCC0008: This connection is closed.
An application called a method that must not be used after the connection is closed.
Ensure that the connection is not closed before calling the method.
org.springframework.jms.IllegalStateException: JMSCC0008: This connection is closed.; nested exception is com.ibm.msg.client.jms.DetailedIllegalStateException: JMSCC0008: This connection is closed.
An application called a method that must not be used after the connection is closed.
Ensure that the connection is not closed before calling the method.

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One of the most exciting moments thus far is Site Announcement (or site revealing as I like to call it). What is it? Well it is the awesome moment when you discover where you will be living and teaching for the next two years of your life. Kind of a big deal. They call us one by one to tell us where we are going to be going, sitting there waiting and waiting was a tad bit stressful. I knew very well that I wanted to be in Java Barat (West Java). Finally my name was called out, I walked to the front of the gym to grab my packet and discover where I was heading. Your girl got JAVA BARAT! I read the name of my region, the simple packet of information contained, a map with my location, a photo of my host family(one grandmother), a photo and general information about my school, some contact information, and other quick descriptions of my area. This packet stated REGION: GARUT. Garut, what is that? Do you eat it with rice? Well it turns out that Garut is the name of my province! Right underneath the city of Bandung, about a 2hr 30min ride south. Of course I quickly googled Garut, and well based on Google I was beyond excited. It was a small city, I was supposed to be in the outskirt village areas of this city named, Sucinaraja that is located in between mountains and stratovolcanoes. Google said that there are also hot springs and beautiful views on hiking trails and retreat areas. Well lets do this! When do I leave? Well right after site announcement it was time to rush home because well I would leave the next day for a site visit to my future home for 4 days. 14 hour train ride plus 3 hour bus ride…here I come.
You see that little dot in Garut, well that is the Ibukota (Capital of Garut) and I am a 20 minute drive to the city center. Pretty sick huh? Wish me luck for this journey! Will let you all know how it turns out.


The "Green Economy" – Can the current growth system be the basis ? | No place like home.
The current economies of western industrialised society are moribund and unable to provide the basis for the transition to the Green Economy without massive structural change.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has recently published it's annual World Economic and Social Survey 2011 (WESS) entitled ;"The Great Green Technological Transformation" – signed off by Ban Ki Moon. The report indicates a pathway to the "green economy".
Xinhua's comments came as China's central bank said it would continue to diversify its foreign currency investments, signalling growing concerns in Beijing over the US debt crisis and economic downturn.
As we survey the wreckage of the 2008 global financial crisis and the complete lack of remedial action to avert a similar crisis, we are also faced with the imminent dilemma of not only the necessary transition to a green economy, but the advent of a reversal of green initiatives by a rampant neo liberal faction that bases itself on climate change denial.
We're not looking at some modest cuts here and there – Congress is considering spending bills that could completely decimate government's ability to regulate clean air and water, while turning clean energy programs into an afterthought.
Ban Ki Moon's frustration at the complete lack of direction within the UNFCCC, and attempts to formulate a regulatory process whereby the countries of the General Assembly would voluntarily agree to mandatory emissions reductions aimed at averting catastrophic climate change, forced him to re-orient the debate back to the basic formulation of the enabling document, Agenda 21, and Sustainable Development.
This document was the product of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and set out the environmental and social agenda for the 21st century. It compromised 2 sections; protection of the earth's atmosphere, and delivering those who were suffering abject poverty an equitable standard of living.
The bi-products of Agenda 21 were the UNFCCC and the Millennium Development Goals, neither are achieving their goals as we approach the 20th anniversary of the global commitment to fulfil these "promises". We are given the "spin" that "progress is being made but we must do better".
It is this papers position that if the "truth" be known, we are further away from the lofty goals of Agenda 21 now, than we were in 1992, having just witnessed the most greed inspired decade of self -indulgence, environmental degradation and waste that the planet has ever experienced. It has also been the hottest decade for temperatures ever recorded.
Each "age" adds something to the collective, but now we are collectively at a standstill, to the point where the sum of our "individual choices" has produced an economic, social and environmental disaster, bordering on collapse.
Only 10 years into the new millennium, we are faced with the potential societal collapse across the triple bottom line on an unprecedented scale, and now must regularly face a return to the collapse of the global financial system. The same financial system that many authors see as the "growth machine" that is the only vehicle that can make a transition to the green economy possible.
The recent farcical negotiations on the U.S. debt ceiling have proved the undoing, within many circles, of America's status as a "superpower", it is divided, has more per capita debt than Greece and no signs of a united determination to alter the greed or hubris of the richest 10%.
70% of the U.S. growth economy is dependent upon retail sales, in the country that has near terminal unemployment and a disappearing middle class, and bears witness to the practice of growth rate "revisionism" after the fact, which gives little or no optimism within its borders to foster the necessary confidence that the American people are being told the truth.
The European economy, the biggest economy in the world is, on the other hand, being forced through hoops and over hurdles to get loans that will see a prolonging of its "flat" economic growth. The problem there, being that the chronic debt that engulfs Europe, is further compounded by high unemployment, increasing debt levels and an endless regime of austerity.
Currently this "double dipping" left over from 2008, is forecast to take 10 years to overcome. This means that western industrialised society is not in a position to provide the stimulus to generate the Green Economy.
The major omission from Ban Ki Moon's WESS is the failure to consider the man in the street. WESS lays out the stark objective of "finding" $15-20 trillion to replace the current energy infrastructure in western society. This equates to "only" 2% of world GDP per year, but is this in a "good" year or a "bad" year?
His "success stories", of the rapid transformation of Portugal's renewable energy sector are in tatters as austerity measures rip the guts out of further advances, The newly elected Conservative government's axing of the proposed fast train service between Lisbon and Madrid being the latest casualty. The Montreal Protocol is a sham, taking 24 years to ban a substance that has caused, (and will cause until the year 2050) untold damage to the atmosphere. It was only in 2010 that ozone depleting chemicals were banned globally, and are they still being used as refrigerants in India and China ?
The capitalist growth cycle is a voracious closed loop. Investment provides jobs which provide income for the man in the street to afford to buy goods which provide profits which are then re-invested to cause more environmental degradation to provide more jobs.
This cycle is now broken, and perhaps just in time.
The 2008 GFC broke that cycle. Until the damn wall broke, "consumers" had been fed an endless line of "Ponzi" credit based upon the escalation of the value of their homes. They felt rich to the point where household savings in the U.K. dropped into negative. As long as they were being told that this endless caravanserai would last forever the consumer maintained their part of the bargain and fed the capitalist cycle.
The housing default crisis put an end to that and proved that property bubbles were no cause for confidence in exponential growth, particularly in personal wealth. The individual is always at the bottom of the food chain, and is currently being positioned as the last person holding the parcel. In response to that, people have saved what money they have, which is why the economic growth model is currently broken.
The massive corporate and financial debts incurred by the banking system are being amortized amongst the millions, in what is now accepted as the socialising of loss. This is proving to be a flawed system response as it maintains the break in the consumer cycle and is a fundamental mistake being made by conservative governments worldwide who look to the same penalised people to regenerate their broken system by buying "stuff".
It is impossible to see the population of Europe and America being "duped" twice. The citizens of many countries have taken to the streets to demonstrate their disgust at being made to pay the penalty for recklessness by others higher up the income ladder. So the question has to be asked will society ever return to the pre 2008 halcyon days of growth and hedonism?
There are 39.5 years left, as the science tells us, for the world population to make a 50% cut in global carbon emissions, to maintain temperature increases within the 2 degree limit above pre industrial times, the atmospheric carbon content target is set at 450ppm. In western industrial society this equates to minimum 75% emissions cuts in European countries, and 90-100% cuts in high polluting countries such as America and Australia.
Current "offers on the table" fall way short of that target, opening a pathway to temperature increases of up to 4 degrees above pre industrial levels with an atmospheric carbon content of anything up to 650 ppm. A change in climate that no scientific commentator would state can support life as we know it.
That is at current population levels, however, there are projections that the global population will reach 9 billion people by 2050. This additional population is forecast to present in the "developing world" where climate change impacts and food security concerns are highest, prompting the WESS to project that another "true green" revolution in food production is also necessary.
The WESS states that the transition to a Green Economy has to happen within a 30 – 40 year time span. A global energy transition, even without an agricultural revolution within 30 to 40 years, is unprecedented in world history. The report clearly states that this must be driven by government and government regulation.
In making this "demand", the report is severely lacking in tackling the real issue that pertains to the current attitude of the man/woman in the street, and similarly the attitude of corporate America, the generator of still unbelievable returns from the fossil fuel industry. It is only through these eyes that a sustainable future can be seen. The WESS also pays scant regard to alternatives to the existing growth paradigm and spends too little time discussing the very tangible limits to growth.
This issue has inspired writers who see this as an immediate problem (Prof Tim Jackson – Prosperity without Growth. new economics foundation) and inspired a "degrowth" movement in Europe. Non of the aforementioned would deny the technological benefits of growth to date, but the benefits of "novelty growth" (Jackson) must be called into question, and a system of growth based upon benefits to wellbeing introduced.
Having said all this we know that in the last 4 years global GDP has been at an average of 4%. A very "healthy" economic outcome generated by the growth in developing countries (the BRICS) nations and "tiger" economies, with the leader of course being China. China has also assisted some western countries such as Australia to avoid the worst outcomes of 2008 by importing the resources which Australia and others currently have in abundance.
An interesting aside to this is that the export bonanza has also allowed Australia to be in the sound financial position to introduce a carbon tax. Recent economic results however have given testimony to the "2 tier" economy that Australia now has, where although employment is at historical lows of 4%+, it is only through resource exports that the economy is profitable. The "service" economy that makes up a large part of the financial system is in decline as in other parts of western society. Australia suffered the same "disease" as the majority of western countries of "outsourcing" its manufacturing base to China and other parts of Asia.
Consequently it is the "BRICS" and "tiger" economies that are now driving global growth.
This is proving to be beneficial to another aspect of Agenda 21, – the Millennium Development Goals. The WESS stresses the need for global growth to encompass the developing world to alleviate embedded poverty. This is happening. It cites the 600 million in China who have been lifted from the $1.25 per day "income bracket". However, the veracity of these claims cannot be justified in terms of the relativity with western levels of income at this stage.
China now struggles with inflation and massive environmental problems and the way it deals with this is crucial. After having captured the majority of global manufacturing China will have a massive impact on how the Green Economy evolves. There is no doubt that the pace of growth in China has completely disarmed the regulatory process to the point where the poorest are now prematurely suffering the unethical or downside of growth patterns.
Notwithstanding this, China is now outpacing the west in the race to the Green Economy even though it is still classified as a "developing country" albeit with the highest national emissions generation in the world.
We are now left with a 2 tier "global" economy, where the east is the factory and the west is the service/financial sector, albeit presently failed. Many reports have been written in western journals detailing how the Green Economy can be the saviour of the western world but this is delusionary at best given the parlous state of debt levels already in existence and the necessity to "find" $15 – 20 trillion dollars to replace the west's existing energy infrastructure.
The WESS is, along with its cursory discussion on limits to growth, also silent on the appearance of this new Green Economy which it is advocating by the year 2050.
What it does say on the "Green economy" is that a massive "technology transfer" to the developing world is necessary, and it is hard to see the required elevation in welfare within the developing world being maintained without massive education and job creation being a focal point of their development .
It is this papers argument that the developing world must maintain the bulk of global GDP growth. This is "inferred" in WESS but not specifically stated, it can only be through development within this sector that the necessary impetus can be attained for the Green Economy, and go anywhere near to fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals.
It is now time for the western world to bite the bullet, the dubious prospect of the masses returning to "the good old days" are fading with every unemployment reading, with every retail sales report, and with every GDP revision. It is now necessary to change the structure of society, successfully.
We are now witnessing the transformation of the "greatest financial crisis since the great depression" to the "greatest financial crisis" period. The remnants of western society are hopelessly equipped to deal with a financial system that no one has any confidence in. Those that caused the financial crisis are now advocating more of the same to get us out of the crisis, isn't this Einsteins definition of madness?
The system does not have to crash before we accept it is beyond repair, what needs to be overcome is the right wing mantra of small government, government spending reductions and less taxation.
A regulatory system for the global financial sector MUST be introduced as it is the only "profitable" sector in the western economy. Ross Gelbspan has long advocated a quarter of a cent tax on each financial transaction as a way of delivering a green transition.
The false mantra that jobs, jobs, jobs, are the salvation of society must be tempered. Any "Green Economy" must impose limits to growth, which also means a corresponding limit to employment. The natural answer to this is re training and job sharing, as advocated by Jackson. (Prosperity without Growth).
Spain's socialist heir apparent Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has openly said there will be no more building booms in Spain, what is offered is training programmes to re- educate workers, hopefully in the Green Economy. Spain cannot rely on tourism and bullfighting to pull its economy out of the ruin, fortunately it is more advanced than many countries in the transition to renewable energy.
The world must scale down its expectations, it is no surprise that the only reduction in global emissions occurred during the global financial crisis, to induce this as an environmental panacea is wrong, but it gives a hint of the necessary transformation to a Green Economy. Whilst it may be economically blasphemous for pundits to advocate a Steady State Economy, the stability that this infers is exactly what is necessary at present in western industrialised society, as opposed to the roller coaster of (ir)rational economics.
In the interests of humanity, western society is "obliged" to acknowledge its historical part in the looming environmental crisis, we are obliged to scale down our expectations of financial prosperity having already attained a standard of living that is proving dangerous to our wellbeing. The speed and scale of the developing world's transformation will bring its own realisation that the path it has embarked upon is flawed, just look at how the west messed it up. Human beings have the same urges, it doesn't matter where they live.
It is now time to stop the exponential growth and concentrate on things that matter as human beings, think about the stability that a Steady State Economy implies, and work toward implementing the Green Economy with what we can salvage from our prosperity to date.
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On Wednesday 21st January Mr Taylor and 14 Year 5 children enjoyed an exciting day out at Newcastle University. We worked together with Hadrian Park to discover the world of coding and programming. Once at the university the children worked in pairs, attempting to complete a difficult set of challenges created by a university lecturer!
We found it quite tricky at first but by working together and debugging our programmes we all managed to complete the challenges. We can't wait to try out more coding and programming on our iPads!


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Slaton is een plaats (city) in de Amerikaanse staat Texas, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Lubbock County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 6109.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 5697, een daling van 412 (-6,7%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
14,0 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Slaton ligt op ongeveer 959 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 28 km rond Slaton.

Geboren in Slaton
 Bill Lienhard (1931-2022), basketballer
 Bobby Keys (1943-2014), saxofonist

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Taliana was baptized by Jason and confirmed by her Grandpa Taylor (Papa T). It was such a special day. I'm happy to say that I'm so happy it is finally over and done with. I prepped for it for 3 months. I made a quilt for her (pictures will be posted later - when I actually take some). It was the hardest quilt I have ever done, but loved every minute of it. I wish I had taken more photos of her special day, but we all know how hectic things get when we have get togethers, so... here are a few of the photos that document her special day.
Where has the time gone? My sweet Taliana turned 8 years old on March 5th. (yes, I am finally getting around to posting it).
I surprised Taliana and took her to California for the day. I woke her up bright and early at 4:30am and told her to get dressed. I had her outfit laid out - a skirt a made special just for her. And a matching skirt for her American Girl Doll. I told her we were going someplace special just her and I. Jason dropped us off at the airport and we boarded the plane to Los Angeles.
Once we arrived we got our rental car and headed towards The Grove. I told her we were looking for someplace to eat breakfast. However, I forgot that it takes about an hour to travel 10 miles in LA traffic. Once I found our destination spot (American Girl Place), I drove in front of the store and asked her if she would like to go in that store after breakfast. She was drawing in her notebook and just said, "okay". Then she looked up and read "American Girl Place" and started screaming! Just the reaction I was looking for. hahahah! She begged, "can we go in there, please, please, please?" The store didn't open for another hour. Thankfully it is next to Farmer's Market (yummy), so we found our parking spot and headed over to Farmer's Market for breakfast.
Then it was off the American Girl Place. We were the first ones in the store. I have to admit, I think I was a little more excited than Taliana. I wanted to buy everything I saw! I thought to myself... "why didn't I bring more money??" hahah. But then I remembered we were there for TALIANA'S special day. We walked around the store and looked at everything before Taliana started making decisions of what she wanted.
They had a little cafe in the store (this was the waiting area), but we both thought it was a bit pricey and Taliana would rather use her money to buy clothes and accesories for her doll. Is that decor so cute? I would LOVE to decorate Taliana's room like that. I know.. kind of over powering, but I still love it!
After about 3 hours in the store, we finally made our purchases and walked out. (honestly... it was hard for me to leave without buying more stuff). The store was located in an outdoor mall (similar to Gateway) so we walked around for a little bit. It was nice to just spend time with Taliana. We had great conversations and picked out stuff we would LOVE to buy when we were both rich and had ALL the money in the world. hahaha.
We couldn't leave Cali without a quick trip to the beach. We headed over to Santa Monica Pier. It was my first time, and definitely not my last. Taliana rode the rollercoaster and we both rode the Ferris Wheel. It was so beautiful to look out at the ocean high on the Ferris Wheel. We also had a great view of Malibu. Hmmm... it would be nice to have a beach house over there. hahaha.
Then we headed over to CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) for late lunch/early dinner. Yes, I know we have a CPK here, but Taliana wanted pizza and that was the easiest thing to look for. It worked out perfectly because it was at another outdoor mall. PERFECT! So, after eating we went shopping again. (window shopping, that is).
It was a perfect day! I loved spending alone time with Taliana. I think I will make this a tradition on all my kids' 8th birthday. I loved it!


International flights come into Ivato airport, 20km north of Antananarivo (Tana). The airports in Majunga (Mahajanga), Diego Suarez (Antsiranana) and Tamatave (Toamasina) also handle flights from Réunion, Mauritius and the Comoros.
Air Austral Airline serving France and Indian Ocean islands, including Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.
Air France French carrier with up to five flights a week between Paris and Antananarivo.
Air Madagascar The embattled national carrier has direct flights from France, Thailand, Guangzhou (China) and neighbouring Indian Ocean islands. The airline has had financial difficulties for some years, however, and is plagued by delays and cancellations.
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"We have spoken to the driver and he has been removed from the investigation," police spokesperson Robert Loeffel, of the Kronoberg police, told news agency TT.
The team investigating the crime had appealed for any information about the whereabouts of the red car during a press conference on Friday.
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The multi-faith, multicultural service, is held each year during Commencement weekend.
The Dartmouth Gospel Choir performing at the 2018 Baccalaureate ceremony, held in Rollins Chapel.
The Baccalaureate Service seems to have originated in the early 15th century at Oxford University in England. Each graduate was obliged to deliver an oration or sermon, in Latin, to demonstrate his worthiness to receive the degree of bachelor, signified by crowning him with laurels. This service is what we now call commencement.
In America, at religious colleges (like Dartmouth was at its founding and early years), the graduation ceremony included a church service, so that new graduates would understand both the seriousness of their new responsibilities and the true Source of all their achievements.
Today's service has evolved greatly since the days of Eleazar Wheelock. It is now a multi-faith, multicultural service in which we celebrate what we hold in common while also recognizing each tradition's beautiful particularities. It is a time of celebration and worship when we pause, as a college, to reflect and express gratitude and joy for our graduates.
Jim Kenney '69 is the Executive Director of two major interreligious organizations: Common Ground, an adult study center focusing on the world's great religious, philosophical, spiritual, and cultural traditions and their implications for every dimension of human endeavor and experience and the Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21), working with global religious communities to address the world's critical problems through cooperative partnerships with government, business, education, media, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society.
Jim was a founding trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions and served as its Global Director from 1996-2002. Until recently, Jim served as Project Coordinator for the International Interreligious Peace Council, whose members include Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, the Dalai Lama, Mairead Maguire, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many other renowned spiritual leaders committed to working together for peace, justice, and ecological sustainability.
Jim graduated from Dartmouth College in 1969 with a BA in psychology. He was a member of Delta Upsilon (later Foley House) fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet, and Paleopitus. He was also very active in the theater department and was an avid skier.
Allegra Love is an immigration attorney and director of The Sante Fe Dreamers Project in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Sante Fe Dreamers Project is a non-profit legal services organization providing free legal representation to New Mexico's immigrant community. The Project's work is centered around the belief that supporting immigrants makes our whole community stronger.
Allegra began her career at Sante Fe Public Schools in 2005 as a bilingual elementary school teacher and followed her passion for working with immigrants to law school. After graduating from the University of New Mexico School of Law, she came to work for the Adelante program of Sante Fe Public Schools, where she founded this project. She volunteers extensively, both in her community and elsewhere, for organizations like the Santa Fe Youth Commission, No More Deaths, and New Mexico Dreamers in Action (NM-DIA). Most recently, she has worked to defend Central American women and children detained on the US border. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Allegra has a BA from Dartmouth College, a JD from the University of New Mexico School of Law, and is a licensed teacher in the state of New Mexico. She loves country music and riding around in trucks.
An author and surgeon, and the first Navajo woman to be board-certified in surgery. She is a member of the Ponderosa Pine (Tsinnajinnie) and Salt (Ashi'hii' Dine') clans. Alvord earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in 1979, received her doctorate of medicine (MD) at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1985, and completed her residency in general surgery at Stanford University Hospital. She served as associate dean, student affairs, at Dartmouth Medical School from 1997-2009, Central Michigan College of Medicine (2010-2012), and the University of Arizona College of Medicine (2012-2014).