Imagine using your brain ten times more efficiently!
How much more could you do? How much easier would life be?
This web site is dedicated to the idea that every human can use the other 90% of their brain's potential by rising above the lower self and transferring identity & authority to the highest self.
This lets us maximize the usefulness of our individual gifts, find meaning and minimize suffering. Living without purpose reduces mental efficiency. When we fight with ourselves - we lose, but the more efficiently we use our brain, the better we feel. Long term happiness and inner peace requires learning new attitudes & actions.
Our mature nature is one of gentle discipline, calm confidence and strong, balanced, resilient love. The challenge for each one of us is to grow into it.
How well can a Web site help a person learn to do this?
You are welcome to share the location of this site (www.HighestSelf.com) with anyone you care about.
There is no commercial or financial motive here, no pop-ups & nothing to buy.
What you will find is, a set of ideas which can help you in your process of change.
Your feedback, comments and suggestions help me make this more understandable. Just visiting makes me smile too.
Thank you, Rustin Berlow, M.D.
...& we think things should be different.
and with the outside world.
& more of a burden.
and not the way we think they should be.
How do we know what is good and bad?
by asking - what will lead to Long Term Happiness?
"good" meant what others thought we should do.
lead to long term happiness.
We each have a limited time here. The more time we waste, the less life we enjoy.
The more energy we expend randomly, the less is left for directed effort.
What Can we control & what Can't we control?
but can we control what we feel?
Our emotions, in the moment, are often sensitive to what happens to us, to things we cannot predict or control.
Our first thoughts, in the moment, are often an automatic reaction to what we perceive and feel.
We CAN influence what we feel and think in the future.
We can educate our emotions (long term) by listening without obeying, hearing our emotions & 1st thoughts without allowing them to dictate our Second Thoughts & Actions.
instead of our reflexes, that we can choose our path of growth.
good habits, long ago, this is what the word Virtue meant, (before it acquired the judgemental connotation).
imagine our self undergoing a transformation.
for the process of personal change.
list of actions which bring us measurably closer to our goal.
Understand who we are & where we are going!
4) our spirit, & listening self, & self which is aware of our feelings and thoughts, & puts it all together, this is the highest self.
These selves all coexist, sometimes peacefully, usually not.
The more conflict, the less efficiency, the more suffering.
asking "why", "this is good" and "this is bad"
commenting on the experience and never stopping.
It is the thoughts, it is your mind that you are listening to.
It is the Highest Self that is listening.
that we are thinking about our thinking.
Maximizing the usefulness of our time & energy requires that we Accept what we cannot change so that we can save our resources to be ready for what we CAN change.
WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR BEST! FIRST CUT OFF WASTE - ACCEPT WHAT WE CANNOT CHANGE!
We need to learn how to Accept our Feelings & First Thoughts.
Choosing our Second Thoughts & Actions.
My feelings are what they are.
helps me to learn Acceptance.
I've been through worse & Ill get through this.
I can sit still with this feeling, there's no need to act.
This (feeling) does not surprise me.
This is an opportunity to remain calm, grow & learn.
My thoughts are what they are.
Every thought has a beginning, middle and an end.
I have had worse thoughts before, and I will get through these.
so I don't keep explaining, I don't keep blaming.
Calm, Serenity & Peace of Mind are more useful.
instead of trying to answer the "why?".
especially if I'm the one saying it.
the part of me that is aware - is the REAL me.
I am not controlled by my feelings or thoughts anymore.
I ACCEPT my feelings & thoughts.
The part of me that hears, accepts and chooses - is the highest me.
I Am Me, I am not ___________________ (your feeling here), I am me.
I am the ears (of my mind).
Gratitude & Forgiveness are gates to Acceptance.
not for their sake, for my own.
I do not waste energy by continuing to judge it.
choosing my attitudes & actions.
the suffering arising from avoiding change and the frustration of stagnation.
I welcome any discomfort or pain that will lead to growth.
to feel one way and act another or to think one thing and do another.
By knowing the meaning of discomfort or pain, it becomes a sacrifice.
I am willing to make whatever sacrifice needed to grow.
How do we learn acceptance? Is it the same as admitting defeat? Is it the same as approving of something instead of fighting?
Yes & no. We can learn acceptance by understanding it carefully, by motivating ourselves and by working towards halfway goals: Forgiveness, Gratitude, Submission, Patience, Humility, knowing when the best something is nothing (Wei Wu) and letting go of the outcome (Karma Yoga) doing things for the sake of doing them.
Forgiveness is acceptance of something we think is not good, or not right.
It allows us to move beyond resentment.
Gratitude is acceptance of something we do think is good, or right.
It allows us to appreciate what we have.
Both of these involve judgement of things that are outside of us. Judgement and acceptance. In the end we simplify this to just - acceptance.
Submission is acceptance of authority and in some sense, the authority of reality & truth. We each have a tendency to think we are the ultimate or highest authority, but we are not. We each tend to think that the way we understand things is the way things are, but it is not.
It is overwhelming to think that we are responsible for everything, and it is arrogant. Humility, eventually, is welcomed as a relief. It allows us to have a more realistic idea about how we see things. It allows us to distinguish between our perceptions (our reality) and the way things are (truth). Some things are real, but not true (2 + 5 = 17).
listen for the "yes, but not... because..."
instead of fighting it. It is your choice.
NOT FOR THEIR SAKE BUT FOR MINE! """
See it, say it, commit to it and say it again.
It feels so good to let all of that stuff go!
it takes work, so lets start now.
"Thank you for everything - inside and out!
even for things I don't know about"
Thanksgiving is not just a day in November anymore.
of every dern thing that we would miss if it went away!
When we stop, and thank the Universe (or whatever) for everything we have been given, we start to open up to how much we have and how grateful we can be for it.
We deserve nothing, yet we are given so much.
We did not choose to be born, yet we are afraid to die.
We were fed and kept, yet we are only beginning to understand.
We are nothing, yet we can love so much.
We Only Win - By Giving In!
The Arabic word for Submission is "Islam". It derives from the same root as Salaam or peace. The idea is wholeness, integrity or completeness. We often think, in our individualistic perspective, that strength is the thing that gets us through difficulties. We think that our problems can be solved by self discipline and "toughing it out" or grinning and bearing it".
Eventually we learn that this is not always true.
Many of the most important contexts in life require more wisdom than strength, more equanimity than persistence.
Before we are forced to Surrender, we dread it, abhor it, think that it means the end of our self as we know it (it is, but in a good way). After Surrender, we smile a relaxed smile, we relax and lean back, feeling the warmth of a spiritual blanket on a cold day. At some point we admit that we are powerless over something, we come to believe there is something bigger than we are and we realize that we can only be happy by dedicating our will and our life to something bigger than our self. In the new context we find ourself in, things can seem very contradictory but the truth is, that in life, we only win by giving in!
Waiting can be hard. It takes commitment, time and effort to learn how to wait patiently. Waiting patiently means accepting the feeling of restlessness but acting in a calm fashion.
"How calm can I be as I do this, even if i do not feel calm"
At first, it seems impossible, then difficult but do-able, eventually it gets easier and easier.
The other way of understanding patience is that it is the opposite, or replacing habit which can free us from irritability and frustration. Patience can prevent anger.
Patience helps us to endure pain without suffering from it. Patience permits provocation without injuring response.
The same things that would have been experienced as annoyance can be tolerated with equanimity.


The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued today its final recommendation statement on screening for chronic kidney disease. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please click here. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation statement in plain language is also available on this Web page. The final recommendation can also be found in the August 28 online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Internet Citation: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement for Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. August 2012.


Meade's Polaris Telescopes are perfect for amateur astronomers who wish to discover the night sky. Polaris Telescopes come with all the necessary equipment and feature an equatorial mount that allows for easy tracking of celestial objects. This telescope comes with AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software on DVD. This bonus DVD will help you learn the night sky and displays more than 10,000 celestial objects including planets, stars, galaxies and nebulae.
The Polaris Series offers six (6) different apertures including: 70mm, 80mm & 90mm Refractors as well as 114mm, 127mm & 130mm Reflectors. Each Polaris Telescope features a stable equatorial mount with slow motion controls that makes it easy to track celestial objects as they move across the night sky.
Comes with three (3) eyepieces that provide low, medium, and high powered magnification for viewing a wide range of objects. Also includes a red-dot viewfinder to help locate objects you want to observe.
You'll never forget about your first time looking through a telescope and seeing the details of the Moon. With Meade's Polaris, you'll create even more memories of a lifetime.


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The "My Hot Lunch" program is a brand new system that was implemented for the school year of 2018-2019. Benefits did come from this, but there were downsides to it. One of the benefits of the program is that parents now know what their kid is eating. In the old system, the parent could have given the scholar money and hope they get something good for them. The kid could end up getting a brownie and a soda. That's not a great lunch that growing children need. However, with the new program, it shows the options of food for the child, the parent sees these options and helps choose so the kid can get the best food for them. Another profit from the new system is the late child doesn't get shafted. If someone was in the arts building and had to get lunch from the auditorium, food would run out. The student could get to the line late and have fewer options than earlier kids. The new arrangement always has the food the kid ordered. If the student even forgot to grab it during lunch, the office would call them up and make them eat it.
Although a lot of good comes from this new program, there are losses to it. For instance, it's really expensive. Two dollars for a slice of pizza is a little ridiculous but the prices for some of the food in the Hot Lunch program is truly crazy. The portion sizes of the food is tiny to go along with the huge price. It's a lot more money than buying it from the restaurant. Another downside is that with the new system, forgetful kids suffer. If a scholar forgets lunch, they have the vending machines and that's it. There's not even filling food in there. Cereal bars, granola bars, candy, and chips isn't the best food to fuel students up for the rest of a school day. With the old way, they could at least go get a slice of pizza from the auditorium.
So, the question becomes, should the old way be brought back or should we keep the new way? The best solution is to modify both and bring them both back. Find a way to make the My Hot Lunches cheaper and add some food with protein and health benefits. The gas station sandwiches last a long time and are better than nothing. So is there a perfect way for Heritage Academy to do lunches? Probably not, but modifications can make lunches pretty good.


We have received a lot of questions lately about conspiracies and conspiracy theories. Here is one – not from the desert, unfortunately – but from Noble County in Oklahoma.
Have a great day and contact us if you have a conspiracy theory that you would like to share.


Lancia Beta Dashboard binnacle: How can I improve the illumination?
Lancia Beta Forum > Technical stuff > Electrical > Lancia Beta Dashboard binnacle: How can I improve the illumination?
I am sure someone out there will know how I can improve and increase the brightness of the dash binnacle, as mine is woefull, and I would like to know what is going on at night etc!
If I were to remove steering wheel and binnacle, is it possible to uprate the bulb wattage and how please?
Re: Lancia Beta Dashboard binnacle: How can I improve the illumination?
The clocks from the late cars had much brighter lights, all you have to do is swap your odometer over.
Then you get to see what's going on!


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GERMANY: Staff of Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, a Gambian Testify in Bai Lowe Trial
Written by LamToro News on June 22, 2022
One Mr. D'Angelo, a staff of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Germany and a Gambian identified as Bakary Sanyang, have on Monday testified in the Bai Lowe trial in Germany. Mr. D'Angelo was the officer who conducted the second hearing of Bai Lowe's asylum procedure and had informed the court of the information he gathered from the suspect in his asylum case.
For Bakary Sanyang, he informed the court that he was the one who welcomed Bai Lowe in Germany and assisted him to settle down, as a result of which, he discussed a lot about his involvement in the activities of the Junglers.
The trial of a former member of ex-President Jammeh's hit squad continues in Celle, Germany. Bai Lowe is accused of being a member of the hit squad, known as the Junglers, between 2003 and 2006 and has participated in the assassination of opponents of former President Yahya Jammeh, including a journalist of the AFP news agency, Deyda Hydara.
The suspect, identified as Bai Lowe, is accused of crimes against humanity, murder, and attempted murder, including the 2004 killing of longstanding AFP correspondent Deyda Hydara, who was also co-founder of The Pont Newspaper in The Gambia.
Bai Lowe who was arrested in Hanover in March 2021, appeared in court on Monday in the nearby town of Celle as witnesses testified at the court. One of the witnesses who testified on Monday was Mr. D'Angelo.
Mr. D'Angelo worked for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees and conducted the second hearing in Bai Lowe's asylum procedure.
The goal of the second hearing was to establish whether there was a sufficient need for protection in order to grant asylum. Mr. D'Angelo used the protocol from the hearing to prepare his testimony.
He recalls that Bai Lowe was in the military as a soldier and that Bai Lowe told him he signed up voluntarily in 2003. He showed Mr. D'Angelo some military certificates and he was a member of the Patrol Team. His function was to be the driver.
He also recalls some of the issues he discussed with Mr. Lowe during his Asylum interview including his time in the army, the patrol team, the people he worked with in the team, and his subsequent imprisonment among other things.
The other witness who testified on Monday was Bakary Sanyang, a Gambian based in Hannover, Germany, and a friend to Mr. Lowe. He explained their time together in Germany and issues they had previously discussed in relation to the work of the Junglers and activities in which Bai Lowe had participated during his time with the hit squad. He discussed how he helped him settle in Germany and his involvement in the killings of Deyda Hydara, Dawda Nyassi, Haruna Jammeh, Massy Jammeh, and Daba Marena as well as the attempted murder of Lawyer Ousman Sillah, among other torture crimes by the Junglers. Sanyang also explained his previous discussions with the accused on the members of the hit squad headed by Tumbul Tamba.
This, the witness said included Sanna Manjang, Malick Jatta, Modou Jarju alias Rambo, Nfansu Nyabally, Alieu Jeng, Kawsu Camara, Bora Colley, Pa Sanneh, Nuha Badjie, Solo Bojang, Michael Correa, Saikouba Jarjue and Saul Badjie, among others.
The trial is "the first to prosecute human rights violations committed in The Gambia during the Jammeh era on the basis of universal jurisdiction" which allows a foreign country to prosecute crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide, regardless of where they were committed.
The Junglers unit was used by the then-president of Gambia to carry out illegal killing orders, among other things" with the aim of "intimidating the Gambian population and suppressing the opposition," according to federal prosecutors.
SOURCE: GRTS Website.. News written by Alhagie Mbaye of GRTS. Additional reporting by LTN.
Mr. Mbaye covered the trial in Germany.
Bai Lowe Deyda Hydara Gambia Germany Junglers kill rights trial violation
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Эскадренные миноносцы типа S-152 — тип эскадренных миноносцев, состоявший на вооружении Военно-морского флота Германии в период Первой мировой войны. Всего было заложено 6 эсминцев этого типа (все по мобилизационной программе 1917 года), но не один из них не был достроен. Разобраны в состоянии 40 — 50 % готовности. Все корабли исключены из списков флота 9 ноября 1919 года. Проданы в 1920 году и впоследствии разобраны в Киле.

Энергетическая установка
На кораблях типа в качестве ГЭУ была установлена паротурбинная ЭУ мощностью 22 000 л. с., состоящая из 2 турбин фирмы «Шихау» и 3 военно-морских нефтяных котлов (в том числе 2 двухсторонних). Запас топлива составлял 324 тонны нефти.

Вооружение
Миноносцы вооружались 4х1 105-мм орудиями. Торпедное вооружение эсминцев состояло из 6 600-мм торпедных аппаратов и 24 мин заграждения.

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Эскадренные миноносцы Германии
Эскадренные миноносцы по типам
Эскадренные миноносцы с паротурбинной энергетической установкой
Эскадренные миноносцы Первой мировой войны
Нереализованные проекты эскадренных миноносцев

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In honour of World Down Syndrome Day yesterday, this was posted on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RuthAnneforOakville/) with overwhelming response. Please watch and let's work together to get rid of the "R-Word"!
My daughter, Mairi, was frustrated with students in her Grade 9 class who continually used the "R" word to tease each other.
Here's to my son Matt rockin' that 21st chromosome!!


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What will it cost to prevent violence against women and girls in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia.
Torres-Rueda S., Ferrari G., Orangi S., Hitimana R., Daviaud E., Tawiah T., Prah RKD., Karmaliani R., Kapapa E., Barasa E., Jewkes R., Vassall A.
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a global problem with profound consequences. Although there is a growing body of evidence on the effectiveness of VAWG prevention interventions, economic data are scarce. We carried out a cross-country study to examine the costs of VAWG prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries. We collected primary cost data on six different pilot VAWG prevention interventions in six countries: Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia. The interventions varied in their delivery platforms, target populations, settings and theories of change. We adopted a micro-costing methodology. We calculated total costs and a number of unit costs common across interventions (e.g. cost per beneficiary reached). We used the pilot-level cost data to model the expected total costs and unit costs of five interventions scaled up to the national level. Total costs of the pilots varied between ∼US $208 000 in a small group intervention in South Africa to US $2 788 000 in a couples and community-based intervention in Rwanda. Staff costs were the largest cost input across all interventions; consequently, total costs were sensitive to staff time use and salaries. The cost per beneficiary reached in the pilots ranged from ∼US $4 in a community-based intervention in Ghana to US $1324 for one-to-one counselling in Zambia. When scaled up to the national level, total costs ranged from US $32 million in Ghana to US $168 million in Pakistan. Cost per beneficiary reached at scale decreased for all interventions compared to the pilots, except for school-based interventions due to differences in student density per school between the pilot and the national average. The costs of delivering VAWG prevention vary greatly due to differences in the geographical reach, number of intervention components and the complexity of adapting the intervention to the country. Cost-effectiveness analyses are necessary to determine the value for money of interventions.
10.1093/heapol/czaa024
Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK.


Headline inflation at 6.6% in December against 6.1% y/y in 2011, making 2012 the second best year in terms of inflation in over 20 years.
Food inflation is 4.4% for 2012, tobacco up 21.2%. 6% crops failure due to drought in 2012 is taking the blame. Non-food inflation was 5.6% and services inflation at 5.4%.
Meat and poultry led food inflation (+8.3%), brad and eggs prices up 6.2%.
All good news for Irish exporters as food represents a strong component of our exports to Russia (see latest data here).
Central Bank raised inflation target for 2013 from 2012-set 4.5-5.5% for 2013 to 5-6% set on December 29th. 2012 target set in December 2011 was 5-6% range.
2012 capital outflow stood at $56.8bn – the fourth highest yearly outflow since collapse of the USSR, with $9.4 billion outflows in Q4 2012, up on Q3 outflows of $7.6bn and Q2 outflows of $6.4bn, but down on massive $33.3bn outflows in Q1 2012.
Net outflows were now recorded every year since 2007.
Net outflows in non-banking sectors of economy amounted to $80.4bn in 2012.
I do expect moderating capital outflows from Russia in 2013 and still expect strong capex in Russia. Ruble valuations are likely to remain strong despite the Central Bank interventions. At any rate, the CB is likely to moderate interventions in the currency markets as it moves to inflation targeting by 2015 from current FX targets.
In 2012, OFZs returned 1.12% against 0.38% for Brazil, 1.36% for India and 0.03% for China.


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Egyptologist Sarah Parcak, winner of the $1 million TED Prize, envisions dramatic discoveries fueled by technology. "The future of archeology is just unbelievable," she says.
Pioneer in Satellite Archaeology Wins Million-Dollar Prize
Egyptologist and National Geographic explorer Sarah Parcak uses high-flying cameras to reveal lost cities and save ancient treasures from looters.
By Tom Clynes,
Sarah Parcak credits the Tooth Fairy for sparking her first dreams of working as an archeologist in Egypt. "When I was a little girl in Maine in the 1980s and I lost my first tooth, the next morning I found an amazing book about the history of Egypt under my pillow."
Nowadays the pioneering Egyptologist often looks toward the sky to locate treasures buried underground. Parcak, winner of the 2016 TED Prize, which was announced today, has pioneered the use of satellite imaging systems to map, quantify, and protect humanity's past. These electronic eyes in the sky are helping archaeologists discover an invisible world of lost tombs, temples, and pyramids—even an entire Egyptian city buried for 3,000 years.
"We knew from ancient writings that there was a place called Tanis," says Parcak, who founded and directs the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. "But we probably wouldn't have noticed it from the ground, even if we walked right over it."
Parcak analyzed infrared and laser-generated images captured from 700 miles above the Earth to detect the buried remains of buildings, which affect the overlying soils, vegetation, and water. Because ancient Egyptians built most structures out of mud bricks, which are much denser than the soil that surrounds them, Parcak and her team could see the shapes of houses, temples, and tombs.
In a 2009 satellite image (top) of el Hibeh, Egypt, few looting holes are seen. A image made in 2012 (bottom) shows many looting holes.
Satellite image courtesy of Sarah Parcak
"We were able to create a map that looks like something you'd pull out and use today to find your way around a town," says Parcak, a National Geographic Explorer. "There's a detailed network of streets and houses, and you can even see the class divisions. There's a poor part of town with small houses and a wealthy neighborhood near the palace with big villas and shops and the best breeze."
New Revelations Are Rewriting History
The burgeoning field of space archaeology is allowing researchers to map and model everything from buried Mayan ruins in Central America to hidden structures along Central Asia's Silk Road. Using images captured by satellites, archaeologists can more precisely target their excavations and surveys.
"The time and cost savings are enormous," says Parcak, who analyzed satellite imagery in advance of recent fieldwork in Egypt. "I found about 70 sites in three weeks. It would have taken me at least three years if I'd approached it as a traditional foot survey."
With each new batch of images, it becomes increasingly clear that archaeologists have vastly underestimated the size and scale of past human settlements. "What we're finding is that everywhere you look there are sites," says Parcak. "Massive sites are turning out to be many times bigger and more complex than we ever imagined." Parcak estimates that less than 1 percent of ancient Egypt has been discovered and excavated.
Tracking Looters from Space
Satellite images have also revealed the accelerating scale of looting at sites around the world—particularly in Egypt, where civil order broke down during the revolution in 2011. According to Parcak, images made from space can be used to track the destruction of archeological sites and could be part of a coordinated effort to reverse the tide of looting and illegal antiquities trafficking.
Satellite photos made in 2010 (top) and 2013 (bottom) document an upsurge in looting at the ancient site of South Dashur in Egypt. In the more recent image, the landscape is peppered with holes dug by looters.
Recently she led a pilot project to identify, track, and monitor looting at two archaeological sites south of Cairo. "We can tell from the pictures where people are digging, and even the time period of a tomb that's been looted," says Parcak. "Then we can alert law enforcement agencies to watch out for antiquities from that time that may come up for sale."
Parcak says she'd eventually like to replicate the project at other sites around the world, allowing the archaeological community and other concerned people to report looting incidents through crowdsourcing sites.
"It's an enormous and incredibly ambitious idea—to make the entire world aware and engaged in the problem," says archaeologist Chris Thornton, senior director of the Cultural Heritage Initiative at the National Geographic Society, which supports Parcak's research. "But Sarah doesn't think small; she only thinks in huge bright colors and big brush strokes."
Answering Big Questions
While putting the latest aerospace technology to work in archeology's race against looters, urban sprawl, and changing climate, Parcak looks forward to using emerging data to answer some of the field's oldest and biggest questions: Why did the Pyramid Age end, and why did ancient Egypt collapse? Why did the course of Nile River change over time? How did humans shape landscapes, and how did landscapes shape us?
"There are all sorts of fascinating questions technology can help us answer," Parcak says. "I hope my work contributes to an understanding of how we survive and thrive or fail during crises—whether they're environmental, social, or economic."
The $1 million TED Prize—awarded annually to a leader with a fresh, bold vision for sparking global change—is intended to fund a world-changing "dream project," which Parcak will reveal early next year at the 2016 TED Conference.
In the meantime, the technology Parcak uses is improving "at an astonishing rate," she says. Later this month, she and her team will get their first look at images from a new satellite camera so powerful it can depict objects less than one foot in size. "It's not like we're zooming in from space and looking at potsherds, but talk to me in 10 years. The future of archeology is just unbelievable."
Of course any discoveries made by these high-flying cameras will still need to be confirmed by archeologists working on the ground with trowels and sifting screens. The notion that there will always be a place for old-fashioned digging and discovery is one that Parcak finds comforting.
"After teaching and working in the lab most of the year, I really need to get out in the field," she says. "If my dirt-to-blood ratio gets below a certain threshold, I go completely bonkers."


Today, I will introduce you a easy way to create VR contents that I want to recommend to those that are afraid they are not good at art.
What we are going to do is, to use free 3D models and STYLY, and create a VR scene.
First, let's find and download free nice 3D models from a site called "BLEND SWAP".
BLEND SWAP is a site that was made to share 3D models created by the 3D modelling software Blender.
You will probably be surprised by the quality of the models in the site.
We can even use these models by free, so there is no reason not to.
In this tutorial, I am going to create a StarWars sky battle scene in STYLY, with the help of BLEND SWAP.
You can try out the sample scene at the STYLY GALLERY.
First, sign up for a member at BLEND SWAP, and download a 3D model.
Let's download a skyscape with stars too.
The .blend file you downloaded is accessible from [My Models & Upload].
I uploaded all three models.
Next, I will explain the steps I took to create the scene.
The cockpit is a bit poor in details, but that is it for this article.
Trying to create a VR scene from scratch is very hard if you have not decided on what you want to create.
But if you first try to create a scene from your favorite movie or manga, it's not that hard, and is very fun!
I hope you try out creating your favourite scene with STYLY!


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Gov. Pritzker announces plan to legalize marijuana statewide by January 2020
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, alongside other lawmakers and stakeholders, announces a major step forward to legalize cannabis, at Black United Fund of Illinois, on Saturday May 4, 2019. The bill also looks to expunge thousands of class-4 felony marijuana convictions.
Andrea Michelson, Digital Managing Editor
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a proposed law Saturday that would legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois by the beginning of next year.
The proposed legislation would allow adults over the age of 21 to buy cannabis from licensed dispensaries and legalize possession of up to 30 grams of the plant for Illinois residents. The bill also has measures in place that would promote social equity, such as a low-interest loan program for prospective business owners and the expungement of some low-level drug convictions.
"This bill advances equity by providing resources and second chances to people and communities that have been harmed by policies such as the failed 'war on drugs,'" Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton told the Associated Press.
Pritzker and other lawmakers who worked on the measure have estimated that it would expunge 800,000 misdemeanor and Class 4 felony marijuana convictions.
The low-interest loan program outlined in the measure would allocate $20 million to cover some costs of opening a cannabis business for "social equity applicants" — people who have lived in communities with high rates of poverty and marijuana-related arrests or those who have been arrested or convicted of expungeable offenses.
"This fund of roughly $20 million will help applicants who wouldn't otherwise have a shot at opening these businesses," Pritzker told the AP. "That means that new up and coming entrepreneurs could start businesses in Illinois and create good jobs."
Additionally, 25 percent of state revenue from legal cannabis would go into a new Restoring Our Communities fund, to be distributed as grants to communities who "have suffered the most because of discriminatory drug policies." Another 35 percent would go to a general state revenue fund and 20 percent would go to a fund designated to support local mental health and substance abuse services.
Other terms of the bill outline possession limits for alternative forms of cannabis — 5 grams of cannabis concentrate or 500 milligrams of THC contained in a cannabis-infused product or edible — as well a five plants per household limit for craft growers.
Pritzker announced the bill at the Black United Fund of Illinois alongside fellow Democratic lawmakers. They said the bill will be introduced to the majority-Democrat state legislature on May 6.
Twitter: @amichelson18
J.B. Pritzker
Juliana Stratton
WE ARE SAATH Northwestern focuses on mental health in the South Asian community


So, are you a Forget Everything And Run OR Face Everything And Rise kind of person? Me, I'm a little in the middle - as many of us probably are.
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Disorganization all around us creates more stumbling blocks to getting started and finishing tasks at hand so that we can move on to the things that put a smile on our faces and make life what it should be - enjoyable!
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Cynthia May Pearce was born in the 2nd quarter of 1909, Swindon, Wiltshire England.
Church of the Holy Cross, Chiseldon, Baptism Register 1909, Baptism No. 689, 13th June 1909, Cynthia May Pearce, daughter of William and Annie Maria Pearce.
At the time of the taking of the 1911 Census of England and Wales, William Pearce (Police Constable), his wife Annie and daughter Cynthia were residing at the Malmesbury Police Station, Wiltshire, England.
William Pearce (Police Constable), Wife Annie and daughter Cynthia were residing at Police Station Malmisbury, Wiltshire, England at the time of the taking of the Census.
The Pearce family address is listed as 195 Redbourne Road on Cynthia's Enrollment at Jennings Street School, Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
Cynthia May Pearce was enrolled at the Jennings Street School, Swindon Wiltshire, England on 21st September 1914, till 6 November 1914 (Left Town) Admission No. 1394. Her previous school was listed as 3.5 yrs at Brinkworth.
Cynthia May Pearce enrolled at Jennings Street School Swindon, Admission Number 1394, on 21 Sep 1914.
Cynthia May Pearce was employed as a Clerk with the Great Western Railway, Swindon C.M.E's Office, Engine Statistics office from 26th January 1927 until leaving on 12 Mar 1932.
Cynthia May Pearce was employed by the Great Western Railway, Swindon, engine Statistics Office as a Clerk from 25 Jan 1927 until 12 Mar 1932.
Cynthia May Smith died and her death was registered in the 2nd Quarter of 1991 at Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.
[S346] England and Wales Births 1837 - 2006, Find My Past (Reliability: 3), 1909.
[S392] National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914, findmypast (Reliability: 3), 21 Sep 1914.
See attached National School Admission Register for Cynthia May Pearce.
[S464] Wiltshire Baptisms 1530-1917, findmypast, 87 (Reliability: 3), 13 Jun 1909.
See attached 1911census of England and Wales document.
[S392] National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914, findmypast, Archive Ref F8/600/263/7/6/1 (Reliability: 3), 1914.
See attached National School Admission Register - Swindon, Jennings Street School, Wiltshire, England, Cynthia May Pearce.
[S380] The National Archives of Great Britain, 28 (Reliability: 3), 25 Jan 1927.
Cynthia May Pearce was employ in the Engine Statistic Office of the GWR Swindon from 25 Jan 1927 until 12 mar 1932 see attached employment record.
[S397] England and Wales Deaths 1837 - 2007, Vol 23, Page 1850 (Reliability: 3), 1991.
Cynthia May Smith (n. Pearce) died 1991 and her death was registered 2nd Quarter 1991 at Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Vol 23, page 1850.
[S520] Haycombe, Cemetery Crematorium Records, Somerset, England, Haycombe Cemetery and Crematorium, Whiteway Road, Bath, Somerset, England, Cremation No. 73012/30May1991, 30 May 1991.


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BCN3D introduces autocalibration for its AM machines
BCN3D, Barcelona, Spain, has introduced a new method of autocalibration for its Additive Manufacturing machines. The new electronics system controls a piezoelectric sensor, mounted on the buildhead between the hotend and x-axis, which detects pressure to accurately measure the exact distance between the nozzle tip and the build surface.
According to the company, one of the best usages for this sensor is mesh mapping (measuring the flatness of the build surface). To carry this out, the toolhead moves along nine points, distributed across the build plate, in order to configure the most accurate Z alignment.
Autocalibration also carries out another process in an effort to ensure the perfect XY alignment for BCN3D's dual extrusion system; at the back of the build plate, a square perimeter is used to calculate the perfect offsets between the two toolheads, eradicating any risk of crossover in a dual build.
These automatic processes collectively mean build set-up time may be reduced from forty to six minutes – a reduction of 85%. By removing human criteria, the possibility of errors and build failures are said to be reduced and BCN3D guarantees a correct first layer adhesion with each use.
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Get involved / Join us
Is the BBC impartial on Jeremy Corbyn?
JVL Introduction
Momentum has got it bang to rights on this one. We urge people to add their names to this letter to the BBC for breaching its own impartiality guidelines by employing former Sun Journalist John Ware, a man who has publicly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour left repeatedly, to direct tonight's Panorama documentary.
Tonight's Panorama on Labour and anti-semitism claims to be a fair and objective look at the situation in Labour. But the evidence suggests that it's going to be another anti-Corbyn hatchet job
Sign the open letter and demand an explanation from the BBC
Add your name – no more Panorama bias
As a public broadcaster the BBC has a duty to be impartial. Yet it has employed the former Sun journalist and Corbyn critic John Ware to direct tonight's documentary. His greatest hits include:
The widely criticised 2015 Panorama documentary that made false claims about Jeremy Corbyn.
A documentary described by the Muslim Council of Britain as "an anti-muslim witch hunt" and in the Guardian as "McCarthyite".
Another documentary about British muslims that the BBC had to apologise for and pay compensation.
A film about the 'hard left' running local schools which was criticised in the BBCs own magazine for abandoning "any attempt at a reasoned, detached, analytic or investigative programme".
It's clear John Ware has an anti-Labour agenda and he should not have been employed to direct a 'fair and impartial' documentary about Labour.
But together, we can defend Jeremy and put pressure on the BBC. Sign the open letter here and make sure you tune in and watch the programme tonight at 9pm.
Team Momentum
Here is the text of the open letter
Dear Tony Hall (Director General of the BBC),
Tonight, the BBC will air what they claim is a fair and impartial documentary about anti-semitism and the Labour Party. However all of the evidence so far points to the documentary being a biased hatchet job.
The BBC chose to employ the former Sun Journalist John Ware, a man who has publicly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour left repeatedly, to direct the documentary.
This is the man who was also behind the 2015 Panorama documentary which attracted widespread criticism for making false claims about Jeremy Corbyn and excluded an entire interview with Diane Abbott because, in her words, it didn't fit the narrative.
Ware also directed a documentary described by the Muslim Council of Britain as "an anti-Muslim witch hunt" and The Guardian as "McCarthyite". In another documentary, he falsely implied the head of a pro-Palestinian charity was using it as a front for terrorism and the BBC was forced to pay damages to the individual and publicly apologise on Ware's behalf.
In fact, Ware has a long track-record of opposition to the left in Labour. In the 1980s he presented a documentary on a Labour council accusing the "hard left" of taking over local schools, which at the time was criticised in the BBCs own magazine for abandoning "any attempt at a reasoned, detached, analytic or investigative programme".
It is clear John Ware cannot be trusted to direct a "fair and impartial" documentary on Labour and Jeremy Corbyn. Already, there are reports that the majority of interviewees in tonight's documentary are ex-Labour staffers – the very people who purged thousands of Labour members to stop them voting for Jeremy, resisted implementing Shami Chakrabarti's recommendations and may have delayed action on antisemitism to undermine Jeremy's leadership.
They have no credibility on this subject and have a clear political agenda against Jeremy Corbyn.
The BBC guidelines state that "impartiality lies at the heart of public service and is the core of the BBC's commitment to its audiences." It is obvious that employing a man with an anti-Labour agenda to direct a documentary about Labour is in breach of these guidelines.
We are writing to you to demand an explanation as to why John Ware was hired, and that you hold a review into how documentary content about Labour is produced, ensuring that future documentaries adhere to BBC guidelines as well as basic journalistic standards.
Bob McGill says:
10th July 2019 at 11:44
The BBC is loosing the last remnants of its impartiality. The more people I talk to the more I realise it is not just a view held by me. Sad but true, there are few if any real journalists left in the organisation.
Using antisematism as a weapon to discredit people is wrong. It make the legitimate fight against antisematism and racism in general more difficult.
Dave thawley says:
Thanks . It's about time momentum spoke the truth like this instead of propagating the smear like they have in the past.
Robert wilson says:
The total bias by the BBC is so blatent that it beggars belief. I can no longer sit idly by and watch this continue. I am organising a boycott the licence fee programme and have had 1845 people agree to it on its first day. Hopefully groups like momentum can help spread the worf
Annie Doubledee says:
The BBC seem to have a real issue with impartiality. Which is the cornerstone of democracy…
Many of our friends and colleagues will stop paying for our licence if some rebalance is not aired.
Marion Durkin says:
The BBC is a Tory Mouthpiece. It shows time and time again that they are Anti Labour.
Would like all investigations to be shown we're he gets his evidence and I do not mean word of mouth
Pat McGuirk says:
The BBC has become a totally biased company only interested in maintaining the neoliberal status quo. That's why I no longer watch it and I will not watch any live streamed programmes. I refuse to give a license fee to this Tory company.
I Agree with this letter, the BBC has a responsibility to all licence payers and the wider public to ensure all programming is impartial and balance.
Johnny Patterson says:
This is pure gutter BBC "journalism"….
RICHARD EVANS says:
I have come to totally mistrust the BBC news output and prefer to get my information from independent sources.
Gordon White says:
BBC now riddled with Conservative and establishment appointees. It's news and current affairs coverage is shallow and partisan. This programme is
no surprise.
Mary Thorpe says:
The BBC are anti Corbyn and Labour, they are so very biased toward Corbyn in particular, that if a tree fell down in an empty wood , they would blame Corbyn………………………………….In fact so biased against Corbyn are the BBC, that they have on numerous occasions , blamed him for the Bretix shambles…They have vilified him over the Antisemitism, but not one word do they say about the Islamophobic and racism that is very much alive in the Tory Party…….. All of teh devastation this shameful Tory party have created i the misery they have in the past 9 years, nothing , said about that, but hey , we will vilify Corbyn.. What is even worse is that 'we' the Licence payer , are paying them to have huge wages , and vilify the most decent man in politics Jeremy Corbyn,, Shameful, shocking BBC bias
I agree with very word about how biased the BBC are toward Jeremy Corbyn…. If a tree fell down in a wood with nobody there , the BBC would blame Corbyn….. The only decent man in politics and teh vilify him… Shameful, shocking , biased BBC and we are paying their huge wages .
Peter Mcdonald says:
This will be a hatchet job from the start, it's sole purpose is discredit Jeremy and the Labour Party.
Phil Horgan says:
We need an impartial BBC. Since 2010 we have not had one. The people aren't stupid, they can see what the BBC are up to with their anti Corbyn bias. There will be a reckoning when Mr Corbyn becomes PM.
different frank says:
John Bartlett says:
I think we all know by now that the BBC is a propaganda arm of the government.
Barbara Sturrock says:
I think some of your interviewers are just not knowledgeable enough or are unaware of their own biases .The multifaceted subject of AS and the continuing ridiculous onslaught of one good man have not been handled well. The ability to see the bigger picture must be difficult in a day to day situation. But the people at the top either have an agenda or its too much for them also. Im fairly new to following politics but not to unfairness .eg You have often allowed guests on light journo programs to repeat propaganda statements over n over . Plus Ms Kuenssberg OMG ..I stopped watching..felt vitriolic and imbalanced. Im just so disappointed in the Beebs British political reporting. Food banks, benefit Deaths ,Working poor- and all we get is the latest smear of the opposition leader without seemingly due diligence being carried out . Something is wrong when the opposition leader of a CONSENSUS party is so ridiculed . While the elitist government have and are doing so much wrong. All people have some biases but money and power are more likely to be the driving force for devision …..Who is behind it ? Please redress your lack of impartiality .
Ewan Carmichael says:
I used to check with the BBC IF I read something on the internet to see if it was true. These days I check on the internet to see if what's said on the BBC is true.
Carole Alexander says:
I have already complained several times to the BBC about it's biased reporting on antISemitism in Labour and received unsatisfactory responses. The BBC often gives a platform to Margaret Hodge, Tom Watson, the Jewish Labour Movement (of which Margaret Hodge is a prominent member) and the Campaign Against AntiSemitism, all of whom are opposed to Jeremy Corbyn and allege that antiSemitism is rampant in the Labour Party but do not give a platform on the main news channels to the Jewish Voice for Labour and the many others who believe that many of these claims are false. In the recent controversy over the suspension of Chris Williamson, not only was He misquoted but the general public were given no idea as to the widespread support he received or that almost 28k people had signed a petition of no confidence in Tom Watson who had sent out a letter to every Labour MP asking them to complain about Williamson's reinstatement. The BBC appears to have decided its position on the basis of anecdotal evidence from only one side of the debate.
I was not filled with confidence that to tonight's Panorama programme would be impartial and evidence based when I learned that John Ware, described in a Guardian article in 2006 as "a notorious pro-Israeli Islamophobe" was to be the reporter. I expect the highest standard from the BBC and on most other subjects I usually get it. Monday's Panorama on No Deal Brexit: Are We Ready? I hope the BBC will address its failings when it comes to reporting on Jeremy Corbyn and antiSemitism in the Labour Party.
An absolute disgrace, we Demand a right of reply, if the BBC really believes in its own guidelines of impartiality then another documentary must be made in order to counter any accusation of Anti semitism in our party or your own guidelines are a joke.
Gary Jakings says:
The way the BBC is used by the right wing propaganda machine is disgraceful.
Alastair Smith says:
I totally agree with the letter above. While harping on about anti semitism in the labour party in the main stream media there is a lot of hot air and NO evidence being presented
Where is the unbiased reporting on the atrocities and crimes of the Tory party….DWP and austerity and the war on the homeless and the hatchet job on on religious intolerance when the Tories have repeatedly supported islamaphobia…to name but a few…..shameful. I travel internationally and used to be proud of the quality of the bbc. Sad times indeed! I am hoping this is a fair program but not optimistic at all.
Alan Spence says:
When was the last time you heard a positive story about Corbyn on BBC television or radio? When? Hasn't been one.
If the BBC is so keen to stop A/S, why has it failed to put pressure on the Tories to hold an internal investigation into racism, A/S and now A/M. It was Corbyn who instigated the Chakrabarti Report and now, three years on, not a peep out of the Fake Maggie!!
Given the appalling treatment of the Windrush Children and the the growing concerns of Tory Muslims, are they getting off 'Scot – free'
No chance of a "We are British Muslims documentary" any time soon. Utter hypocrisy!!!
Susan Mellor says:
The BBC needs to change and stop all this bias towards Jeremy Corbyn….. If they have proof of Antisemitism, they need to prove it….. Not just repeating Blairite members of the Labour party – They know who they are!!! I don't believe anything from the Beeb anymore…
Lynn Hay says:
Gone are the days when I used to extol the virtues of the BBC and defend the corporation in the face of any criticism. I no longer believe it to have any virtues and the criticism I hear, I consider to be justified.
Tracy Marchant says:
Accusing the BBC of bias let's The Corporation off the hook to lightly. They've proved time and again to be the Tories propaganda tool and mouthpiece for our corrupt government.
Anne Belworthy says:
I despair of what the BBC has become.
Catherine Hutchinson says:
Completely agree. John Ware's 2015 hatchet job on Corbyn was propaganda pure and simple. Why must we have more propaganda?
Iris Johnston says:
The BBC has been respected all over the world previously but more and more the obvious attacks on the Labour Party are destroying its reputation for impartiality and fair reporting.
Dear BBC you have a duty to be fair, however you have broken that trust. And just deliver day by day all the conservative propaganda you can lay your dirty hands on. You have taken the TV licence away from pensioners and given very large increases to overly inept actors. We the people must put you unpricibuled people out of you jobs as soon as posibul. You are as greedy as your conservative paymasters. I detest your boses for the disgusting people you are.
Jean Jones says:
BOYCOTT THE TOXIC TORY BBC . ERASE THE BBC CHANNEL FROM YOUR CHANNEL LIST . THEY AINT WORTH £154. 00 A YEAR
Paul obrien says:
Its for this reason why i refuse to watch any political debate on any BBC political programme, to be so aggressively biased without any shame whatsoever is astounding.
Unfortunately i have paid my yearly licence fee but i can assure you i wont be getting another one in its current shamefully biased state.
Dennis nichols says:
This man cant be fair with his views.
Janet Bain-Littlefair says:
I expect that if there is going to be a programme about the Labour Party and anti-semitism, or any subject, that it be fair and balanced, and from what John Ware has done in the past, and the amount of times he's had to rebuke his previous views/opinions/accusations, I feel that the BBC is spitting out anti-Labour/Corbyn bias, and this should go against what the ethos of the BBC should be. I hope that I am proved wrong after I watch it this evening. Thanks.
Ken Keable says:
The trailers about tonight's programme clearly show that it will be a hatchet job on the Labour Party. I fully expect it to continue confusing antisemitism with anti-Zionism.
Neville Harrison says:
I am outraged !. The biased broadcasting Co. BBC. have since the time of Jeremy Corbyn's democratic election as Labour leader, spit out vitriol on an almost daily basis, with deliberate attempts by Kuenesberg, and other Tory loving commentators, to undermine his leadership, and demonise him. They have attacked Jeremy without proof or foundation, yet consistantly praise the worst government in history, totally ignoring their numerous attrocious, inhuman attacks on the disabled and poorest members of Society. I thoroughly believe there is a deliberate conspiracy at work to assist in the removal of Corbyn, to allow the continuation of the Thatcherite policies, of inequality, cruelty, greed and complete dis-regard for any other element of Society, save the richest minority. I am fully aware that the leader of program political content is screwed to favour the Tories. One person in charge of political direction of programs, is a relative of Cameron, whilst others, are ex- tories, for example the person who chooses audiences for Question time. The result of this bias ensures that there is a constant parade of biased participants with an anti Corbyn agenda, mainly Blairites. Your latest choice of director John Ware, who is from the rag "the Sun" newspaper, is obviously anti Corbyn, as is his paymaster Rupert Murdoch.
Patrick Glenn says:
You have betrayed your duty to be impartial on this and other subjects.
Prof. Nira Yuval-Davis says:
I fully support the letter. This documentary is just one of many of the BBC misconstructions of antisemitism, Corbyn and Labour.
Martin Webster says:
Very biased
Liberty says:
I am absolutely SICKENED and REVOLTED by the horrific hatchet job by the BBC on our great socialist party and it's leader. It led with its smear story on its bulletins and was promoting the gutter dwelling pathetic panorama and even their newsreader looked embarrassed having to read the made up cobblers. The Gen SecretaryJenny Formby sent some emails and Jeremy was copied into them and they interviewed some miserable looking disgruntled ex employees who said basically in their nasty little minds everyone in Labour is racist withouting having any evidence. They didn't even mention that Jackie Walker is JEWISH when they attacked Jackie for being a RACIST. Don't let the facts get in the way of the story you BBC idiots. BTW where is the story about making poor pensioners pay for your ridiculous billions of pounds license fee. WHY CAN'T THEY MAKE TV'S WITHOUT THE BBC ON THEM? BOYCOTT THE BLOODY BIASED CLOWNS
S H says:
THE BBC SHOULD BE BLOODY ASHAMED AT AIRING THIS SICK SMEAR SHOW AGAINST OUR PARTY. Well done all at JVL for protecting us during this insane witch hunt phase in our history. These are very dark and dangerous times for all of us from ethnic minorities, different religions, genders, anti austerity, socialists , justice and peace campaigners. Stay strong comrades during these troubled times and attacks by the Israeli apartheid regime appeasers who are throwing everything plus the kitchen sink at us. We will just throw it back at them and toss the TRUTH too so they actually know what it looks like. Boycott the BBC and it's stupid licence fee too. I never watch the bloody rubbish.
Elizabeth Smith says:
I fully agree with this letter. It is so important to have balanced investigations and non-biased journalism. There is so much information being fed to us by the media in many forms it is hard to know who to trust.
Steven barber says:
Shameful from bbc
And not honest
Jim McNeill says:
First, bring down Corbyn…then start a war with Iraq 🙁
Andrew McKay says:
The BBC has negated any right to be funded by the tax payer. They are corrupt and biased. No more that a propaganda arm of the tory party
Reg Lewis says:
Over the last few years I have come to realise that the BBC have an agenda of reporting news (with regards to the political issues of the Uk and Jeremy Corbyn in particular) that is distinctly anti Corbyn and pro the conservative narrative and which is undoubtedly biased against the governments opposition when it should be reporting the news in an unbiased and fair manner. I personally am disgusted and disappointed in the reporting of the BBC with their one-sided stance and stopped watching BBC news as well as several of their other programs in protest. I will continue with my small protest and continue to air my views on social media as I encourage others to do likewise. Furthermore, I feel that the lisence fee that I pay into a company that is meant to be neutral in its delivery of the service that I pay for is in breach of its commitment to the people that are responsible for its very existence.
Mary Fahey says:
It's an absolute disgrace and SUCH a disappointment the way the BBC has become the mouthpiece of the Conservative party and right wing media pundits. It needs overhauling and democratising which is what JC and the Labour Party intend to achieve. That's why the hostility and rampant bias roll on JC4PM
Robin Horan says:
I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments expressed in this letter/email.
Sandra King says:
Have watched this programme and am totally and utterly disgusted at the BBC. They are openly biased against Jeremy Corbyn, they should never be allowed to get away with this. They have said that some Palestinian supporters have become racist against the Jews – what utter Trollop! This has made me totally hate this reporter and the BBC . Get your act together BBC and stop this targeting of Jeremy Corbyn. Maybe you could now investigate The Tory party and their very obvious Islamaphobia!!!
June Pope says:
Why allow the editor of the disgraced Sun newspaper to have such a role on your flagship news documentary programme. I don't watch Question Time because of the bias from the chairperson, Panorama is now on my do not watch list from the BBC.
Rodney Nicholls says:
Very dangerous when the BBC allows this sort of blatant propaganda
Alison Pring says:
Tonight the BBC used it's power to brainwash the nation with it's biased reporting. It needs to take some of the blame for the mood in this country, the undercurrent of anger, racism and division. Oh how the mighty have fallen and we can see through your political cowardly bias, stand up to those who are bullying you and speak the truth as trusted journalists.
Mary Arigho says:
Appalling put up job that failed to even mention well-known Jewish names who are supporters of Corbyn. There was no context to the unknown young people interviewed -who knows what axes they have to grind? No balance at all. It felt wrong all the way through.
Mary Davies says:
Brilliant, informative, factual letter.
Colin Medley says:
I believe tonights extremley biased program on antiseminism in the labour party puts shame on the BBC and am formly complaining and need an open appolegy
Ruth Cameron says:
It is becoming ever more difficult and upsetting to hear and see how the BBC supports and promotes the neo liberal status quo with pseudo objectivity that is actually anti JC and socialism.
Elaine Mills says:
This certainly was not an impartial programme. I'm very disappointed in Panorama and the BBC!
It has become apparent to me over the past few years, that the BBC have cultivated a specific agenda with regards to reporting the 'political news' in the UK, and in particular when reporting on the Labour Party and it's leader Jeremy Corbyn. The BBC is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, anti Jeremy Corbyn, while being pro the Conservative party. It is distinctly 'against ' Her Magesty's opposition party while favouring this conservative government who have, time and time again, caused hardship and suffering towards it's less fortunate UK citizens. The reporting of the news, which is funded by the lisence fee that we all pay, should be unbiased and fair. It is anything but.
Personally I am disgusted and disappointed with this one-sided form of reporting that has now become so commonplace in the BBC, that I have decided to stop watching most of it's programs, the NEWS in particular. I will continue with my small protest while continuing to air my views on social media about this affront by the BBC and encourage others to do likewise. The BBC is in breach of it's remit and responsibility to the people of this country, the people who are responsible for it's continued existence and the people it is there to serve in a fair and unbiased way.
oneill meredith says:
I PAY YOUR WAGES TO REPRESENT ME AND OTHER BRITONS NOT TO SHOW BIAS FOR ONE SIDE THAT REPRESENT A SMALL SECTION OF OUR COUNTRY
George.solomou says:
Bias report
I don't think JC should have shared the platform with that man shouting for "Jihad"; he reminded me very much of those speeches by Hitler. Bad company Jeremy!
Rachel Edge says:
Statistically Biased Reporting from the BBC. Unfair representation of the Population.
David Armstrong says:
The BBC under your stewardship has lost all integrity honesty and impartiality you have become the states propaganda outlet and you only employ lying gutter journalists and Tory party members
Mark Prowen says:
I am concerned that one of the people shown in Panorama was also previously filmed sitting with Joan Ryan MP who was discussing a £1M bribe with an Israeli Embassy employee.
isobel mcmillan says:
It was a sick making, unsubstantiated low level 'journalism' with the nasty objective of undermining the Corbyn project. Unfortunately, I don't expect much better from the BBC these days.
peter coshall says:
Disgusted that my licence fee is being used to finance pro Conservative pro Zionist propaganda directed by a person of proven political bias !
Roger Kindell says:
This programme was biased, factually inaccurate and politically motivated in the possible run-up to a General Election. The Reporter John Ware is a journalist who is known to be anti-Corbyn and anti-Labour and has a history of negative reporting around Islamaphobia. All involved in this production should be challenged about their intentions.
Ed Hulse says:
I am VERY worried by this. The whole timing is being orchestrated with the very high liklihood of a GE before very long.
I am NOT a member of the Labour Party but have been minded to because of the clear political integrity that he maintains compared to the majority of our politicians.
I tuned in to see the evidence that this program might bring to bear because I'm still open minded – I want to see whether I am being manipulated in thinking that he is high principled.
And yes – I am being manipulated. The BBC are doing the manipulating. I still can see no more than smear tactics and poorly reasoned re-hashing of what was mis-represented the first time around.
But don't be fooled into thinking that a lot of people won't buy into this without seeing the bigger picture.
I am 63 years old and have watched current affairs unfold since reading the papers I was delivering at age 10.
I have never been so convinced that our political future is now frighteningly and imminently bleak.
Where the Brexit slogan was "Taking Back Control" – I am convinced that in fact we the population of the UK have finally LOST control to the manipulators. I can't see how we might ever get it back.
Edwina Taylor says:
BBC should be axed. Not fit for purpose and plenty of other channels to watch, we need to be told the truth. Lies lies and more lies.
Isabel Cupido says:
I did not watch this programme because I knwe it was just going to be another stick to hit the labour party and Jeremy Corbyn with…Ware should never have been allowed in by the BBC but there again with our rightwing media..what's new!
Why should I pay a licence fee for this bised reporting, the BBC should take a good look at who they represent and its certainly is one eyed when it comes the left of the Labour party. Shame on John Ware for this programe.
John Davidson says:
John Pilger stated that the myth of BBC impartiality is just that. A myth. He cited the coverage of the Miners Strike of 84/5 as evidence as nd also the coverage of the General Strike of 1926.
Totally biased reporting with the aim of destroying the good name of a man who has always stood against any form of anti semitism or racism. Shame on the BBC using only biased interviews with people who undoubtedly had an axe to grind. Didn't find those interviewed believable.
Robert Naether says:
The BBC has totally lost it's way , it has to be better then this
Heather Stip says:
It would be a wonderful thing for our state broadcaster to be completely unbiased. Sadly, this is not the case when it comes to Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party.
Shaun Hague says:
I was sickened to the pit of my stomach by the Blatant bias of the Panorama programme. I have already written to the BBC complaints department to air my views on this exercise in defamation.
Janet Woods says:
A completely biased programme with zero evidence to back up the claims.
Gerard Doherty says:
Your attack on Jeremy Corbyn is disgusting. The BBC should be closed completely and you should be out ASAP.
David Brown says:
It is time that a so called public broadcaster stop its blatent right wing propaganda. Our licence fee is basically a subscription to the Tory, Ukip and Brexit parties!
The BBC are shameless as are all mainstream news channels.Clearlt Corbyn haters Objective my arse as Jim Royal might say no more license fee from me.I also wish Hodge had put as much energy into child protection when she was council leader as she does into her vitriol against Corbyn.
Paul Brooks says:
This programme had no direct facts and could not back up the statements that were offered on it. It was not a balanced argument.
RICHARD TREVAN says:
ban this man from the BBC
Linda Harris says:
I will never forget this act of bias by the BBC who have destroyed my trust in them
Michael Slater says:
This was a poor programme, with very little, if anything, that could be called investigation and only half-hearted, pathetic attempts at balance. This was not the kind of journalism we should expect from the BBC. A sad day for all of us.
alnazir thobani says:
Yes this is a witch-hunt against Corbyn and Labour Party.
Why is nothing done about Islamaphobia in the Tory party!!
Austin Walsh says:
Why is the BBC doing this ? The mind can't help wondering . General election on the way but only if a safe result can be gauranteed . How many million watch panorama ?
Paul Goodhall says:
I wonder if the Corbynistas who are calling BBC Journalist John Ware a "scum" are old enough to remember when he uncovered evidence that led the District Auditor and then the High Court to accuse The Conservative Leader of Westminster Council Dame Shirley Porter of "gerrymandering", by attempting to rig the Westminster City Council's elections. She was was found guilty of wilful misconduct and ordered to repay £36.1m
Paul Adamson says:
An attempt to influence the outcome of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission inquiry
Sarah Barratt says:
I will not buy another TV licence or watch TV until this bias against Labour ceases.
Tinka Gordon says:
shockingly poor reportage – brutally biased and vulgar
Peter Coe says:
This is nothing new, the BBC have form with their anti left bias. How many people remember the miner's strike, when the state broadcaster, 'ironically in 1984', doctored the footage in order to make it appear that the miners, and not the police were the perpetrators of violence.
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Mount Deardorff ist ein  hoher und markanter Berggipfel im westantarktischen Marie-Byrd-Land. Er ragt aus einem massigen Gebirgszug zwischen den Kopfenden des Moffett- und des Steagall-Gletschers im Königin-Maud-Gebirge auf.

Erstmals kartiert wurde der Berg bei der Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930) anhand von Vermessungen und Luftaufnahmen. Das Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names benannte ihn 1967 nach dem US-amerikanischen Strahlenforscher John Evan Deardorff (* 1941), der 1964 auf der McMurdo-Station tätig war.

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Trevor's Travels: Carson City shines as…
Trevor's Travels: Carson City shines as Nevada's hidden gem
Nevada's state legislature meets in this building, a short walk from the state capitol in Carson City. (Photo by Trevor Summons)
By Trevor Summons | trevorsummons@hotmail.com |
PUBLISHED: November 9, 2018 at 2:07 p.m. | UPDATED: November 9, 2018 at 2:07 p.m.
If you stopped average people on the street and asked them what the state capital of Nevada is, there's a good chance many would say Las Vegas.
Well, that glittering shmaltzy place in the south of the state would seem to be the obvious choice. If not, then perhaps Reno, which used to be the biggest little city in the west but today it has become quite a big city in its own right, given the expansion of people — many of them from California.
Reno also used to be the place where unhappy couples would run to acquire quickie divorces when the sugar had come of their rapid marriages down south in Vegas. I'm not sure if the same practice exists these days.
But the fact is that the state capital of Nevada is Carson City, and with its surroundings of big-box stores and car showrooms, it looks like many other places in the west. The real downtown area is a place of quiet charm and leafy elegance.
The Paul Laxalt State Building was constructed in the late 1880s and at one time was home to the Post Office, Weather Bureau and U.S. District Court.
Children have fun playing in the water on a quiet Sunday morning in Carson City.
The attorney general's office building in Carson City. (Photos by Trevor Summons)
From quite a distance away, the silver dome of the state building is visible and there is a second one too, although I couldn't quite make out its use.
I arrived on a Sunday, and although I had been through there a few times I decided to take a closer look. Sometime back in the distant past, there was a rush to register companies in Carson City as there were some quite advantageous tax benefits. My own company did some of that but I never could quite work out if it was useful. That wasn't my side of the business.
Today, at least on a Sunday, Carson City is a rather nice place with a small precinct with lots of children playing in and around the water fountain, while older relatives looked on from the terraces of an old hotel as they sipped lattes.
The office of the state attorney general seemed to be by far the biggest. In fact, it consumes three entire buildings so obviously there's a lot of lawyering going on, or perhaps they're sifting through my old firm's lowered tax reports.
The name of the city was given in recognition of the famous Kit Carson, who is labeled a "mountain man."
The term showed that Carson left his home in Taos, New Mexico, and lived a primitive life in the Rockies trapping beavers, which were used to make coats and also hats for men. He had to keep the pelts in storage until the jamboree where he would sell them and buy enough provisions to last him through another trapping season.
It was literally a hand-to-mouth existence.
When he wasn't hunting animals, he developed a reputation as an Indian fighter and it is said that his clothes of once frozen deerskins helped ward off Indian weapons.
Carson wasn't a healthy man and died of an aneurysm at age 58. He is buried in Taos alongside his third wife.
As to his links to the city that bears his name, I couldn't find anything specific.
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There is a walking tour that has his name on it with some 40 places of interest that you can download onto your smartphone. Maps are available at the visitor's bureau.
Carson City is a nice place, but like so many governmental sites, there are few permanent residents in the center, which somehow makes the place seem rather soulless, particularly on the weekends.
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Merry Christmas John and Ben and Chupa and all the creatures of the desert!
Mr. Wepls you're really brave to go off grid in Texas with everything dying in this anti Weather I'm just trying to opt out of the madness so one question please Do you know if/and where there are tiny home prepper homestead communities in Texas maybe near Granberry or off the river?
Merry Christmas John, Ben & Chupa!
When we lived in Phoenix back in the 70s all the decorations on the light poles through out town were Saguaro cactus. I like it as much in your house!
Very nice John Merry Christmas to you and all your desert family.
Mr. Wipple, the toilet paper commercial from way back!
Zole, I remember that there was one but do not remember the content. What gets me is if someone tests me to see if I have gone over the hill and they make so many mistakes. Sometimes I wonder about their minds.
Somewhat Zole. I just remember that there was one but do not remember the content. Oh, yes, I just looked at it on utube. I remember. I did not watch much t.v. then - too busy.
Squeezibly soft. I think it kind of annoyed me because I don't know if I could always afford that.
I bought Northern toilet paper when I went to Northern MI U. (It was a personal joke). I thought I was English and U. Was run by Sweedes. How odd. Because I recently learned with DNA that I am barely English and I am a Sweede. Crazy life.


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$300,000 earmarked for Towson High site improvements
By By Jon Meoli and jmeoli@tribune.com
$300,000 has been earmarked from the Baltimore County Public Schools budget for site improvements at Towson High, an issue community members have long sought to have addressed. Among other renovations, the Cedar Avenue driveway and parking lot will be paved, and new curbs, gutters and stormwater management will be installed. (Staff photo by Elizabeth Eck)
When students arrive back at Towson High in August for another year of classes, they'll arrive at a fresh and improved parking lot off the school's Cedar Avenue entrance.
Pete Dixit, executive director of physical facilities for BCPS, said Thursday that $300,000 was earmarked from the fiscal year 2013 budget for site improvements at Towson High, an issue community members have long sought to have addressed.
The specifics of the project are still being developed, but Dixit said the Cedar Avenue driveway and parking lot will be paved, and new curbs, gutters and stormwater management will be installed. Sidewalks will be improved and made compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"All of this work — whatever we can include in that $300,000 — should be done this summer," Dixit said. "What we're not doing is Aigburth Road. We just don't have enough funds for that, so when we get funds in the future, we'll take care of that part."
Community leaders and school advocates have long fought for site improvements at the school.
"We've been pushing for this for a number of years," Councilman David Marks, who represents Towson, said. "There is a sense that Towson High School is a very old building. We've made substantial improvements to the elementary and middle schools, but we also need to focus on upgrades to the high school wherever possible."
The Towson High Sports Boosters are also raising money to improve the school's athletic fields, which are battered from overuse by recreational and high school sports.
"In the meantime, I'm happy we got this bit of funding for exterior improvements," Marks said.
Principal Charlene DiMino, who is in her first year at Towson High, said the fundraising for a new field, as well as efforts by parents to take on tasks such as repainting the school's scoreboard, is reflective of the school community's ambition and passion for Towson high.
"I think one of the most impressive things thus far, has been the diligence of the parents and community here trying to enhance the aesthetic property of the building," she said. "Ultimately, it is their and our desire to emulate the excellence that goes on within the building on the outside."
She said news of the improvements hadn't yet reached much of the school community, but she credited those who advocated for the improvements with their dedication.
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"Any improvement we can move forward with is a positive," she said. "I attribute it to the steadfast dedication to following up, making inquiries with local offices. Right now, our parents are really invested in move forward with some improvements on our facilities."
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