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UK Government: "we must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis"
Government idiocy
United Kingdom (UK) solar and wind energy, renewable energy concept with windmills – renewable energy against global warming – industrial illustration, 3D illustration
Carbon taxes and more working from home, to disincentivize travel.
Reducing UK emissions Progress Report to Parliament
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives. Its effects are far-reaching – its implications profound. Our 2019 report to Parliament urged Government to act on climate. "Now, do it" was our call. Twelve months on that remains our emphatic message, but with a new determination: we must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis. We say to the Government: "act courageously – it's there for the taking".
This report provides important new advice to Government on framing a recovery from Covid-19 that both accelerates the transition to Net Zero and strengthens our resilience to the impacts of climate change, whilst driving new economic activity. It builds on the six key principles for a resilient recovery which we outlined in our letter to the Prime Minister in May. We are pleased to see these principles guiding the growing momentum for a green recovery.
The review, and the response to the pandemic provide an opportunity to strengthen incentives to reduce emissions when considering fiscal changes. Many sectors do not currently bear the full costs of emitting greenhouse gases. Carbon pricing can be used, alongside other policies, to incentivise emissions reductions across the economy. Similarly, changes in tax policy can aid the transition to net-zero emissions. Revenue could be raised by setting or raising carbon prices (or other taxes, such as VAT) for these sectors. Low global oil prices and improved energy efficiency provide an opportunity to offset changes in relative prices without raising consumer bills.
b) Decarbonising transport: getting there sooner and other transport priorities – recommendations for DfT, supported by HMT and BEIS
The COVID-19 pandemic is already changing how people travel, and provides an opportunity to encourage sustainable behaviours such as working-from-home and active travel (e.g. walking and cycling). Some cities are already redesigning streets to encourage walking and cycling instead of car use. Without Government support in these areas there is a risk of lower use of public transport and increased use of cars, in the short-term.
The Government is currently consulting on bringing forward its 'Road to Zero' ambition to phase-out the sale of petrol and diesel cars. Our assessment is that the date should be brought forward to 2032 at the latest, as currently planned in Scotland. In the near-term, purchase subsidies should be maintained and planning for a transition to fiscally neutral incentives should begin now, for example through Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) that is more highly differentiated by CO2. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure will also require targeted support to continue.
Separately, a comprehensive framework for decarbonising HGVs, covering financial incentives, regulation and infrastructure is needed for the 2020s and should be planned for now.
Source: https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-uk-emissions-2020-progress-report-to-parliament/
I suspect if the UK government seriously attempts to impose these policies they will end up with yellow vest riots.
There are vast areas outside London where internet performance makes working from home a struggle. In my opinion the UK government has been breaking promises to upgrade internet performance for decades, so I don't see why the cash strapped, resource constrained future will be any different.
As for cycling and walking, this might be fine if you live in central London, where there are plenty of late night cafes to break the journey, but outside the Westminster bubble things are very different.
There are a lot of lonely long poor quality roads on the outskirts of cities and in the countryside, which in winter become dangerous slush and ice covered death traps, risky even for automobile drivers, let alone pedestrians or cyclists.
The thought of cycling or walking for miles in such conditions on a regular basis is absurd.
Another giant of science has passed
Now crystal clear: the left is weaponizing science for its benefit
The problem with WFH is that it will hollow out our cities. The services that supplied office workers will disappear and the demand for commercial property could slump resulting in loss of investment in places like London. The UK will degenerate into a 3rd world country sacrificed on the alter of climate change.
"The problem with WFH is that it will hollow out our cities. "
Why is that a problem?
What's so great about cities?
What we're about to see is the productive people moving out of the cities and leaving them to the welfare class. Which is what usually happens as a society becomes too corrupt to survive.
Reply to MarkG
This is the first time I have seen Simon express even the tiniest bit of sympathy for the wealthy.
Joel Snider
Reply to MarkW
Different guy?
Harry Passfield
Too cynical.
Russ Wood
The 'hollowing out' of city centres has been a Science Fiction trope off-and-on for maybe 60 years. the usual thing is that the 'inner city plebs' are pacified with government issued 'tranks' and with lots 'an lots of televised sport – the more violent, the better.
Typical socialist, other people have to suffer so that they can maintain their lifestyle.
Simon likes cities, so the rest of you blokes must be forced to work in the cities.
I seem to remember him describing himself as wealthy – 'made a ton of money on the free-market.'
Matt_S
Moving wealth from cities to the country is not going to make Britain a third world country.
Chaamjamal
"The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives. Its effects are far-reaching – its implications profound"
None more profound than atmospheric CO2 rising unabated right through the profound lockdown, the profound air travel collapse, and the profound crash in oil prices.
https://tambonthongchai.com/2020/05/18/12479/
Carbon Bigfoot
Reply to Chaamjamal
I would have to say that the WuWHOFlu has seriously damaged, or increasingly damaged the minds of UK politicians and institutionalized educators and Enviro-wackos.
Reply to Carbon Bigfoot
I was eating with some french friends a couple of days ago. One noted that computer models had been found to be totally inadequate and did not correspond to reality. They could not be relied upon.
I replied: this is what I've been trying to explain to you for the last ten years about climate. You have now been able to see it in real time in the last 3 months.
He said, ah, I see what you mean.
COVID-19 may well end up being a defining moment in tackling the "climate crisis".
ALLAN MACRAE
Recently posted:
wattsupwiththat.com/2020/06/15/farmers-fear-the-european-green-deal/#comment-3022602
Notice how the global warming cabal have linked the climate crisis AND the Covid-19 flu? How child prodigies like Greta and academics in non-technical fields have spouted DRIVEL like "to tackle Covid-19 we also have to tackle climate change"? Remember this point!
We've demonstrated many times that alleged dangerous human-made global warming/climate change is not only false, it is fraudulent!
THE CATASTROPHIC ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING (CAGW) AND THE HUMANMADE CLIMATE CHANGE CRISES ARE PROVED FALSE
By Allan M.R. MacRae, B.A.Sc.(Eng.), M.Eng., January 10, 2020
thsresearch.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-catastrophic-anthropogenic-global-warming-cagw-and-the-humanmade-climate-change-crises-are-proved-false.pdf
There is a similar high probability that the Covid-19 full-Gulag Lockdown is also a scam. We have experienced many flu epidemics that were more dangerous than Covis-19, with NO lockdowns. Why this flu? Why now? Read my post below for details on Covid-19.
Also, why are Antifa and BLM suddenly exploding onto the scene, trashing downtowns and terrorizing people, allegedly based on the police killing of career criminal George Floyd, who violently abused women? Much better people than Floyd die every day, and nobody cares.
All these scams are related, concocted by the Marxist Dems, and have nothing to do with the climate, the mild Covid-19 flu or USA police violence. These are Democrat planned political events by paid demonstrators, intended to derail the investigations into the attempted coup-d'état of Trump via the Russia scam and the false FBI charges against Lt.-Gen. Flynn, and to steal the election so the treasonous acts of the Obama regime remain hidden.
It's all a smokescreen to hide the criminal activity of the Dems – Try to focus on the big picture good people – It's not all that complicated.
PLANDEMIC OR SCAMDEMIC?
IMPORTANT: Everyone should watch this video AND re-post it.
https://youtu.be/X6pzXrEBqR0
The full-Gulag lockdown was completely unnecessary and that was obvious by early-mid-March. I wrote then:
wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/21/to-save-our-economy-roll-out-antibody-testing-alongside-the-active-virus-testing/#comment-2943724
[excerpt- posted 21Mar2020]
LET'S CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH, SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE ABOVE CONCLUSIONS:
Isolate people over sixty-five and those with poor immune systems and return to business-as-usual for people under sixty-five.
This will allow "herd immunity" to develop much sooner and older people will thus be more protected AND THE ECONOMY WON'T CRASH.
rosebyanyothernameblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/end-the-american-lockdown/comment-page-1/#comment-12253
This full-lockdown scenario is especially hurting service sector businesses and their minimum-wage employees – young people are telling me they are "financially under the bus". The young are being destroyed to protect us over-65's. A far better solution is to get them back to work and let us oldies keep our distance, and get "herd immunity" established ASAP – in months not years. Then we will all be safe again.
Why did New York have so many deaths from Covid-19? Because New York Governor Cuomo ordered state nursing homes to take in 4,500 patients with Covid-19, the Associated Press reported. These patients infected other nursing home residents, resulting in many more deaths. Cuomo issued the order to nursing homes and other assisted living centers on March 25, 2020 according to AP. He did not reverse that policy until May 11.
Now Democratic Governors are delaying the lifting of the lockdown, to further harm the economy in hopes of defeating Trump in November.
The violent riots over the unfortunate death of career criminal George Floyd were the next act in this saga. Floyd was not a great role model – he had a long criminal record, which included holding a pregnant woman hostage by pointing a shotgun at her belly, but he was all they had – so a false narrative was constructed of what a great guy he was and how all blacks were faced with such horrific police brutality.
Unfortunately, the data did not support that false narrative – in 2019, 1004 individuals were shot and killed by USA police, but only 56 of them were unarmed, and only 15 of those were black (A whole 1.5%!).
washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police-shootings-2019/
It will soon become clear that Antifa are the paid and programmed violent shock troops of the Marxist Democratic Party, and this entire charade was choreographed by the Dems to try to steal the Fall 2020 election.
Reply to ALLAN MACRAE
Once again, I appreciate your discernment, Allan.
People need to watch Millie Weaver's undercover investigation to see for themselves how Antifa and the climate cultists are connected to the Democratic Party.
Reply to Sommer
Thank you Sommer – Millie is great!
wattsupwiththat.com/2019/06/08/ross-mckitrick-this-scientist-proved-climate-change-isnt-causing-extreme-weather-so-politicians-attacked/#comment-2718916
Ever wonder why extremists attack honest scientists who oppose global warming and climate change hysteria? Ever wonder why extremists refuse to debate the science?
It is because global warming and climate change alarmism was never about the science – it was always a smokescreen for the political objectives of the extreme left.
The book "1984", written by George Orwell in 1949, foresaw a time "when most of the world population have become victims of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and public manipulation"(wiki).
Well here is the REAL "1984", an interview that year with ex-KGB officer and Soviet defector Yuri Bezmenov, who describes the slow, long-term "ideological subversion" of Western societies. Note Bezmenov's discussion of ideological subversion. It's all about manipulating the "Useful Idiots" – the leftists in the West.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3EZCVj2XA&feature=youtu.be
One commenter on the video wrote: "this is f***ing crazy, almost everything predicted by this guy is already happening."
AOC / KGB.
As I wrote recently:
"The Green movement is really a smokescreen for the old Marxists – and they are the great killers of our age." – March 11, 2019
Best, Allan
Roger Surf
" why are Antifa and BLM suddenly exploding onto the scene"
I believe that this is a symptom of a Marxist take over of the US Government and its people.
1. Look at the insanity of the Democrat party. Except if they are spear heading a Marxist take over its starts to make sense.
2. Who is financing Antifa and BLM? Check the website of BLM and you will see what sort of financing they are getting!
However both these organisations and others are there only until their communistic financiers what them to be.
However they are useful for scaring the normal population into silence.
3. Look at the Judiciary! Why for instance do top judges suddenly hand down irrational but Marxist decisions? Emmet Sullivan springs to mind.
4. The deep state which is even deeper than Donald Trump realized is really running the show.
5. Democratic Congress are simply ignoring ignoring real issues and are trying to usurp the election results or maybe worse.
Can Trump rely on the US Armed forces to snuff out the current rioting and unrest?
And so it goes on. If Donald Trump either loses the election or somehow doesn't make it to November I believe we have a successful Marxist Coup on our hands – Just imagine the power of the US forces and installations if that happens?
Reply to Roger Surf
Yes Roger – I agree, malheuresement. Welcome to North Korea.
Europe is already finished – So is Canada; maybe Alberta can be saved – But if the USA goes Marxist-Democrat in the Fall, it is the end of free societies all over the world.
wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/17/california-energy-policies-are-fueling-the-housing-crisis-and-homelessness/#comment-2896389
I agree Petit Barde – the proponents of the CAGW scam are totalitarians and many are Malthusians.
Regards, Allan
WHAT THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS REALLY ABOUT — AND IT'S NOT THE CLIMATE
By Allan M.R. MacRae, B.A.Sc., M.Eng., July 19, 2019
wattsupwiththat.com/2019/07/20/what-the-green-new-deal-is-really-about-and-its-not-the-climate/
Radical greens have used wildly exaggerated scary stories of runaway global warming and climate change to stampede the gullible, in order to achieve their political objectives.
The absolute lunacy of the Green New Deal and its delusional acolytes is now clear – global warming alarmism and green energy nonsense was never about the climate – it was always a false narrative, a smokescreen for the totalitarian objectives of the extreme left. Once the left controls our energy supply, they control everything in our society – it will be "One Man, One Vote, Once!" – the end of freedom.
THE LIBERALS' COVERT GREEN PLAN FOR CANADA – POVERTY AND DICTATORSHIP
by Allan M.R. MacRae, B.A.Sc., M.Eng., October 1, 2019
wattsupwiththat.com/2019/10/01/the-liberals-covert-green-plan-for-canada-poverty-and-dictatorship/
A highly credible gentleman wrote me as follows, concerning his recent conversation with an Ottawa insider.
The insider, he said, had been working on an advisory group to the Trudeau government. The group was not formed to discuss policy for the 5 year horizon that governments are usually interested in but to develop policies for the further future, 20 to 40 years out. The implication was that the group had concluded that the present economic model was flawed and had to be replaced. "Unregulated consumerism was unsustainable and people would have to learn to make do with less. The government would have to have more control over people to enforce their austerity and the wealth of developed nations would have to be redistributed to help undeveloped nations."
Tom Abbott
Yes, he, and we, can.
Loydo
Reply to Tom Abbott
What chance does Trump have against the lizard people? Unless of course he is one.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/
Robert Kernodle
There was never a true pandemic in 2019. Rather, a panicdemic is what has happened:
https://hubpages.com/health/All-Cause-Mortality-Implies-2019-Virus-Crisis-Was-Hysteria-Crisis
Now people are trying to use the panicdemic in their favor. Researchers can now write grants to investigate better filtration technology and face-mask design. Manufactures of those filters and masks can now boost production with anticipated higher sales and resultant profit. Lawyers can accept more clients filing lawsuits for damages from lockdowns, consumer bias, etc.
It's a money-making time of opportunity, so let's not waste it, scumbags.
"Road to Zero" is an appropriate title for this economy wrecking proposal.
There is no climate crisis.
The idea that this will be embraced by the community is a fantasy.
Post CoVid-19, there are no trillions for what SR15 demands, "unprecedented changes in our lifestyle, energy and transport systems,"effectively a global economic and social revolution.
Reply to Herbert
That's just what I was thinking when I read "Road to Zero".
They are so sure of themselves, yet they couldn't prove that CO2 is a threat if their lives depended on it, and they couldn't find anyone in the world that could prove it, either. They have failed the basics and are completely oblivious to the fact.
Idiocracy. Mass Delusion.
Many human beings are easily led and misled. The majority of humans may not be misled by this Human-caused climate change narrative, but the political class in the Western Nations certainly is, even the United States. Trump is the only thing standing in the way of the U.S. going the same delusional way as the rest of the Western Democracies. Trump is the only realists of the bunch.
The data manipulation of the Climategate Charlatans has had widespred negative impacts on human life. They are Crimes Against Humanity. One of these days there will be a reckoning.
"Many sectors do not currently bear the full costs of emitting greenhouse gases."
The Parliament should declare an eternal summer. Also good for bicycles.
nicholas tesdorf
The UK government is keen to direct public attention focused on its mis-handling of the covid-19 crisis toward reclaiming public interest in the fake 'Global Warming/Climate Change' scare which lacks public credibility. Unfortunately for the government people's common sense allows them to discriminate between a real crisis and a fake crisis where nothing has happened in 40 years.
Bloke no longer down the pub
Reply to nicholas tesdorf
The Committee on Climate Change is a cross party Parliamentary group, not a Government committee. Unfortunately for the UK, there are very few MPs, of any party ,willing to point out the errors in the CCC's claims.
Adam Gallon
Much has been made about the number of days, that the UK's gone without the need for coal to generate electricity. Not a whisper that on the 17th & 18th of June, we needed some, as gas had maxed out, whilst wind dropped to virtually nothing & a nuclear station had been taken offline, to make way for wind, as the curtailment payments for that, would be less than those for taking wind offline.
That's when demand is markedly reduced, due to it being summer & reduced industrial & commercial demand from lockdown.
John Doran
Carbon Dioxide, CO2, an entirely beneficial trace gas is demonised & the ignorant call it "Carbon".
This is stupidity
There are calls for zero "Carbon" emissions.
This is nonsense: animals produce 20 times the CO2 man produces; ~57% of the CO2 in our atmosphere is produced from the warm Pacific ocean. Shutting down the entirety of human industry will make hardly a dent in the CO2 in our atmosphere.
This is stupidity on steroids.
Dr. Tim Ball showed in his 2016 handbook for the layman that the motives of the monsters pushing this fraud are threefold:
A vast depopulation.
De-industrialisation.
A World Totalitarian Govt.
Book: Human Caused Global Warming The Biggest Deception In History
An easy weekend must-read.
A feudal future of Lords & just enough serfs to service them.
Dr. Tim names, among others, George Soros & the Rockefellers as chief among the multi-billionaires pushing this fraud.
JD.
To quit Private Frazer, we're doomed
We haven't got a 'climate'' Trump
Ron Long
Good posting, Eric, and I am horrified to see my genetic source spiraling into a delusional status. For instance, "carbon pricing" in England against a surge in coal-fired electricity generating plants in China? Who is the winner in that deal? The addition of bike paths has led to more bike-vehicle interactions of the negative sort, and the loser always seems to be the biker. Work from home? I'm a geologist and the saying in my business is "if you want to know the truth you must go to the field and see it". This even applies to offshore black gold geologists as they need to visit type sections to understand what the geophysics and sequence stratigraphy are trying to tell them. Covid-19 is added to BLM riots in the USA, then blended with Climate Change into one Grand Unified Theory about how only Socialism can save us. Huh? I should pour something in my morning coffee to help me through the day. Stay sane and safe.
Reply to Ron Long
I'm pretty sure geology will be on the banned list, extractive industries bad you know. The handful of greens who are math literate avoid the question of where they will source the insane quantities of refined materials needed for solar panels and wind turbines if there are no extractive industries.
Richard (the cynical one)
But Ron, there's no need for geologists in the glorious carbon adverse feudal utopia that is being birthed. It will be sunny days, simple homespun sackcloth, no need for bathing, who needs any medical intervention, grow your own barley utter chaotic bliss!
Krudd Gillard of the Commondebt of Australia
Don't worry, won't be long before everyone is calling it Santa Covid. (Do you believe in Santa?)
Here is a scene from the near future:
Picture a small house, snow flakes drift down, it's Yule. Pasted on the front door, we see an impending eviction notice. The camera moves inside. There is no food on the table, all possessions have been sold, the house is bare. On a broken couch what could be three small children huddle under a thin blanket, there are sounds of whimpering. Husband Joe pulls on his threadbare coat against the winter chill and says, "…Honey, I'm just going to have to go out and find some work somehow. We can't go on like this…"
His loving wife draws closer to his forlorn figure and says, "Oh Darling, you haven't eaten for days, you are so brave. But what about COVID-19?"
He tenderly embraces her and looks into her moistening eyes as the violins swell in the background and he says,
"F* COVID-19"
And that's how it's going to go, folks. The sooner we get there the better because that's when we will move on from Orwell's flu.
Chaswarnertoo
Dear Ecomentalists, FOAD!
Serge Wright
Aside from their being no climate crisis, the UK is not even remotely contributing to rising CO2. As noted in the BP energy report flagged here yesterday, CO2 emissions have only risen in developing countries since the late 1970s. The developed world has been a non-contributor to rising CO2 for 40 years and is now only responsible 1/3 of global emissions.
All of which raises the question as to why the developing countries that make up 65% of emissions and are the only group of countries that have been increasing emissions for 40 years, are all exempt from binding cuts and penalties under the climate agreements and therefore continue onward and upwards ?. Of course all readers here know the answer to this question, but it's never discussed in any MSM run climate change discussion. The very notion that further reducing the small emissions of the UK can make any difference to global CO2 , of which the developing countries add several times the UK's contribution to the global emissions total each year, is a joke. The worse part of this sick joke is that the entire CC alarmist community knows exactly where the emissions growth is coming from, but deliberately obfuscates the truth for political gain, and all the while supported by indoctrinated politicians intent on helping destory the free world.
Cycling and walking to work, doesn't it rain nearly every other day in Britain?
Soggy brits with footrot, excellent.
StephenP
Reply to DPP
Back in 1963 in my gap year I bicycled 9 miles to a job in a chemistry lab.
Apart from the wind always seeming to blow in your face and the winter weather being mostly rain or snow or both, one arrived at work needing a shower and fresh set of clothes.
The past months since lockdown have been mostly dry and sunny, with only light winds most of the time.
If the weather had been like the previous two months then I think there would not have been much incentive to walk or cycle to work.
Meanwhile if the CCC want the UK to transfer to electric vehicles, then the government needs to build up strategic stocks of lithium, cobalt, copper, neodymium etc, as stated in a letter from the Natural History Museum to the CCC, the amounts needed will command most of the world's production for some significant time. ( Buy now before prices go through the roof!)
Patrick MJD
Boris has caved. Goodbye Boris in 2024, or sooner. Trouble is he has an 80 seat majority and can do what he pleases. I found out recently that another Tory, Heath, abrogated political power of the UK to the EU in 1971/2, so it was a done deal even before 1973 and 1975.
Phil Rae
Presumably this is John Gummer aka Lord Debben's "Committee for Climate Change" who are making this ludicrous recommendation.
Follow the money……….there are several reported conflicts of interest between the committee members' investments and sensible energy policy for the beleaguered UK.
Steve Richards
Reply to Phil Rae
The smell of corruption is strong in this committee.
Neil Catto
The big problem in the UK is, there is no political party, apart from UKIP (who don't have any chance of being elected) who have any different proposals. They are all green-washed. The so called conservative government who want to adopt these draconian ideas are de facto socialists.
The facts are, the UK has had no increase or decrease outside natural variation in temperature, pressure, dew point, RH, wind speed, sunshine, rainfall or rainfall duration for 22 years. The relationship between that well known gas CO2 has a slightly negative correlation with temperature. https://www.weather-research.com/weather-and-climate
Why do these people want to destory my country, and why are the MSM promoting this nonsense?
Reply to Neil Catto
I did a lot of door knocking in the UK. The UK people don't give up easily, that iron headed determination which built the British empire is still there. But the problem with determination is when a determined person is utterly, irredeemably wrong about something, determination can be a curse; they don't know when to stop digging.
Field Marshall Montgomery used to classify his officers as being enthusiastic or lazy, clever or idiotic.
He said the best officers were the clever, lazy ones, and the most dangerous were the enthusiastic idiots.
Joseph Zorzin
Reply to StephenP
Unlike Patton who wanted his officers to be like mad dogs.
I am intrigued! May I ask for what party or cause?
Redge
True of older generations but the UK gimme generation are too indoctrinated to even understand there are different views
Those people and the MSM are one and the same. They have the same politics and the same destructive goals.
The MSM are not neutral arbiters, they have a leftwing political agenda. That applies to the MSM in all the Western Democracies. They are all in the Leftwing tank. They all serve as propaganda organs for the Left.
The Left would be nothing without their Propaganda Organ. It's what they use to brainwash people into believing in the False Reality the Left promotes.
"destory" — dehistory is nearer the mark!
David Lilley
Your analysis is spot on. At the ballot box we can choose from mauve socialists (blue + red), scarlet socialists (red + red ) and orange socialists (yellow + red). And they all genuflect before the greens.
The problem is that most people in the UK get their knowledge about climate change from the media and from school.
They are unaware of the case against the CO2 hypothesis.
So they believe that there isn't a case.
Which means that they don't have to listen to climate den1ers.
So they remain unaware of the case.
When some prominent figure says that climate change is real and happening now, the impression is given that this didn't used to be the case – that the climate used to be stable before man started putting CO2 into the atmosphere. No prominent figure corrects this impression and places the current changes into correct historical context . So, for the average "Joe", it's only necessary to demonstrate that the climate is changing for the debate to be won by the establishment. Anyone on the other side of the debate must believe that the climate isn't changing and, as this is demonstrably wrong, they can be dismissed as climate den1ers. It's difficult to see how to break this roadblock to understanding, especially as the alarmists have an iron grip on the education system.
Malcolm Chapman
I comment from the UK. From a UK perspective, it seems to me that the most immediate practical problem is how we get rid of this foolish and vested 'Committee on Climate Change'. It represents a shocking breach of democratic process. There are those within the current Conservative Government who have the sense to know that 'climate change' is a scam, and I still hope that there may be some with the courage and wit to do something about it. Boris Johnson was once editor of one of my regular weekly reads, the 'Spectator', which is one of the few important publications in the UK that has taken a fairly consistently skeptical line on the climate scam. Other previous editors of the paper have been either robustly skeptical (see for example Nigel Lawson, now the most public face of the Global Warming Policy Forum, and Charles Moore), or at least agnostic; the current editor, Frazer Nelson, has written frequently on the subject. I seem to remember that even Boris, in his pre-prime-ministerial days, was a skeptic. My hope is that as the climateers over-reach themselves further and further, it will become a political and electoral relief to call out their stupidity. Surely Dominic Cummings must know that the green stuff, at least as it concerns the climate, is, as the previous prime minister David Cameron had it, 'crap'
Vincent Causey
Sit back and munch your popcorn. Oh, and it will be hell for the poor people of the UK, but at least they can console themselves that they are paying an indulgence to make up for all that "white privilege".
Wolf at the door
"It's there for the taking" – their money " it's there for the taking"-Higher taxes,more control,thou shalt, thou shalt not, "it's there for the taking"
Just Jenn
I want all of these people that believe the world would be better by restricting travel and shoot them back in time to say the Middle Ages. Lets see if they can survive 24 hours in any century besides the 19th or 20th century. Send them back to any time up to Victorian and see if they can survive what they are proposing.
The way forward is not by looking backward.
Walking and biking are great, not going to say they aren't, but as a means of predominant travel in today's world? I want to see them lug 2 gallons of milk 20 blocks in the summer and winter or try to ride their bike with enough groceries to feed kids for a week and see how far they'd get.
This is nothing more than the privileged mind running amok. Absolute rubbish! Just because they enjoy fast internet, grocery delivery (oh that would go bye bye too without cars), and other amenities of a modern world does not mean that everyone has that advantage.
We don't even need to build a time machine—just send them to a place where all their "free" energy ideas are pushed onto people that have no electricity, no cars, and still have to haul their water every single day–and worry about it being clean.
Jeff Alberts
Reply to Just Jenn
Just send them to North Korea. That's worse than the Dark Ages.
Reply to Jeff Alberts
Or to rural parts of South Africa, where in 26 years the ANC government has still failed to supply clean water. Mind you, they DO have cellphones – but where to charge them?
The control freak left never lets any good disaster go to waste
Obama advisor Rahm Emanuel said, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste." The corollary to this is, "We need to create some more serious crisis to abuse our opponents."
Thus, global warming lies, Russian collusion lies, Covid 19 lies, ect., ect.
Reply to Chris Jones
You think Conservative Lord Deben and engineer Baroness Brown are the "control freak left"?
Where does Ghengis Khan fit on your spectrum?
Graham3
We're in the middle of another Stanford experiment.
"Armed police check holiday let". (BBC regions/cornwall).
Right-Handed Shark
If you're in the UK and you haven't already, sign the petition at:
I would also recommend you email your MP expressing your concerns about committing economic suicide in pursuit of unicorns. I did so a couple of months ago and referenced a few articles here and at the GWPF, he replied saying he would read them "with interest". I've not heard anything from him since, but at least I have let my views be known and he can't claim that he's not aware of differing opinions on "the science".
Reply to Right-Handed Shark
Signed!
Carbon500
Thanks RHS – petition duly signed.
tonyb
There are millions of Brits just waiting for the chance to cycle 40 miles to work, up and down hills in the cold, wet and dark. Millions of them. Probably tens of millions just itching to make the sacrifice for a climate we have so little impact on as our co2 emissions anyway are trifling.
I think they need to be speaking to China
Reply to tonyb
The problem is in a way millions of Britons do think they want this, otherwise they wouldn't keep voting for politicians who push for it.
The problem is, like in Australia, it does not matter who you vote for the path is set.
Reply to Patrick MJD
Exactly-All the parties merely offer clothes that are the same shade of green
They want it for everyone else. Most people believe that an exception will be made for them.
Which party could they vote for which doesn't support this nonsense and has any chance of winning an election?
Here is the Political Science lesson for today. The Committee on Climate Change are not the UK Government. They are not even part of the Government. The Government consists of the Prime Ministers and all the ministers he appoints (via the Queen). It is otherwise known as the Executive. Parliament is the Legislature. In the UK the members of the Government must be members of the Parliament (Commons or Lords) but the Executive is not the same thing as the Parliament, let alone a Committee of Parliament. Furthermore, the CCC is not even a Committee of either House of Parliament. It is far from being the UK Government.
Reply to Alba
The Committee on Climate Change is a statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. This is the legislation which obliges the UK to commit economic suicide by, amongst other things, wrecking the energy generation capability of the country.
The government is bound by the Climate Change Act to achieve certain stated emissions reduction targets and the Committee on Climate Change advises them how to do it and monitors progress. The Committee is very much more than a lobby group. It is difficult to see how the government could ignore their advice. Of course, the ideal solution would be to repeal the Climate Change Act. Instead, we are more likely to see the Pigs (Flying Backwards in Formation) Regulations 2020.
Seizing the opportunity in South Australia-
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/markets/big-tesla-battery-expansion-set-to-go-online-within-weeks-boosting-power-output-by-50-per-cent/ar-BB15Xfyn
The first battery cost AUD $90 million and taxpayers are chipping in $23 million to double it despite us being told what a ripper return the first lot got us?
As they say-
"We're learning not only technically how it works, but financially how it works so in the future the people making these investments will get an understanding of whether they can make enough money to make the investment worthwhile," [how much graft the pals need to make it completely risk free]
No worries if you're getting handouts like that and here's how it works-
"By combining a battery with a wind farm, when the price in the market is very low because there's a lot of supply and not a lot of demand, rather than keeping the price very low what you could do is store some of the electricity for when the price is higher."
You can see the fallacy of composition that comprehensive wind and batteries couldn't all cream off the top like that but the secret is to hop in for your chop early providing FCAS. Nothing like getting paid handsomely to dig holes and fill them in again.
Translation: "Here's something we can shamelessly exploit."
It doesn't matter if you don't have internet access. Thanks to the so called "renewable" energy, you won't be able to afford the electricity needed to run your computer. If there is any available electricity in the first place.
So do we start calling UK residents crash test dummies of the new green society?
Where Newton stood on the shoulder of giants, climate "scientists" stand on the piles of COVID dead.
This quote from H.L. Mencken has probably already been repeated many times. But in light of this post about the U.K. govt's plans to address the climate alarmist narrative, the quote bears repeating yet again:
"..The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary…"
Adamsson
With Brainless Boris in charge nothing is too stupid or too ridiculous
Sorry to say that mental virus has spread across the pond. And China wins again while watching the fallout from a great distance.
So, to sum up, they want to take the would-be recovery, beat, thrash, and torture it, then tie rocks to it and sink it in the ocean.
Good plan.
"we must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis"
Yes, and how is a country which does 1% of global emissions going to do that?
Reply to michel
By sacrificing their children to Moloch, obviously.
"A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind" ― Robert Oxton Bolton
pigs_in_space
The sort of thing I am reading here, is why I left the UK in the firstplace.
Watching my suspicions being acted out, makes me have some sort of wry satisfaction I was right all along, but unable or unwilling to watch the train crash without whincing.
I can see it starting to happen in my own back yard as well.
I honestly thought with USSR memories too fresh in minds, they might be cured of this illness, but sadly apart from Poland and one or two others…..well they even forced us to adopt the EURO and close Ignalina…
Stargrazzer
WFH was a novelty, but many I speak to are now sick of it, for some it has affected their mental & physical health for the worse, team bonding varies but again novelty has now disappeared; if companies start using it to save office running costs it may well unknowingly (at first) affect their long-term business performance.
Also it depends on motivation, those who live further away from place of work obviously & initially see a benefit to save a few hours travel, some admit they sleep more, but the end up groggy & performance has dwindled. Personally prefer a half-way house, go into office occasionally at least once a week, or for important team reviews/meetings, or as I originally suggested a few years ago to local UK MP before this Covid-19 scenario occurred divide week so surnames beginning A-E Mondays, F to J Tuesdays, K to O Wednesdays, P to T Thursdays, U to Z Fridays WFH (or now flip to go in office)?
Certainly for my job most can be done at Home for now, but contacting colleagues is harder & some don't reply to email chasers, when we could have walked up to their desk & asked a question, pointed to the screen, I've had many I.T./laptop issues and many I talk to are now working longer hours & not at all saving time; HR I suspect are totally unaware of this, and could be a proverbial ticking time-bomb.
The company I work for did a survey, but that was to determine who can WFH (not who wants to).
All this is NOT to save CO2 emissions (the good output of FF burning) but to reduce real pollution and road congestion.
As with all generalisations they don't work for all situations, just an idea for discussion or pondering….
The Conversation: Restoring UK Marshes and Peat Bogs will Slow Climate Change
Did Climate Change Cause World Heritage Listed Fraser Island to Burn?
Coal Government idiocy nuclear power
German Renewable Energy Insanity: Shutting Down a 5 Year Old Coal Plant, No Plan to Fill the Energy Gap
Coronavirus Government idiocy
State Security, Your Papers Please? UK to introduce "Freedom Passes" for Coronavirus


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Lectors At Mass
Scripture Readings
In the readings, the table of God's word is laid for the faithful and the riches of the Bible are opened to them. Hence, the arrangement of the biblical readings must be observed, whereby the unity of each Testament and of the history of salvation is demonstrated; nor is it permitted that the readings and responsorial psalm, which contain the word of God, are substituted by other, non-biblical texts (57).
In the celebration of the Mass with a congregation, the readings are always given from the ambo (58).
By tradition, the office of reading the Scriptures is a ministerial, not a presidential function. The readings should be delivered by a lector, the Gospel being proclaimed by the deacon or by a priest other than the celebrant. If, however, a deacon or other priest is not present, the priest celebrant proclaims the Gospel. Further, if a suitable lector is not present, then the priest celebrant also delivers the other readings. After each reading, whoever does the reading proclaims the acclamation. Responding to it, the gathered people honor the word of God which they have received with faith and grateful hearts (59).
The lector is instituted to proclaim the readings from Sacred Scripture, with the exception of the gospel reading. He may also announce the intentions for the General Intercessions and, in the absence of the psalmist, sing or read the psalm between the readings. In the celebration of the Eucharist, the lector has specific duties which he alone ought to perform, even though ordained ministers may be present (99).
In the absence of an instituted lector, other lay people may be designated to proclaim the readings from the Sacred Scriptures. Such designated lectors must be truly qualified and carefully prepared for this office, so that the faithful will develop a warm and lively love for Sacred Scripture from listening to the reading from the sacred texts (101).
Liturgy of the Word
After the opening prayer, all sit. The priest may, in a very few words, introduce the faithful to the liturgy of the word. Then the lector goes to the ambo and proclaims the first reading from the Lectionary already placed there before Mass; all sit and listen. At the end, the lector makes the acclamation, The Word of the Lord, with all responding, Thanks be to God.
Then a brief period of silence may be observed as appropriate, so that all may meditate on what they have heard (128).
The psalmist or the lector sings or recites the psalm verse and, as a rule, the congregation makes the response (129).
If there is a second reading before the Gospel, the lector proclaims it from the ambo with all listening and making the acclamation at the end, as above (128). Then, as the occasion allows, a brief period of silence may be observed (130).
Functions of the Lector
Introductory Rites
In the procession to the altar, when no deacon is present, the lector, wearing the appropriate vesture, (2)may carry the Book of the Gospels elevated slightly. In that case, the lector walks in front of the priest, otherwise with the other ministers (194).
Upon reaching the altar, the lector makes a profound bow with the others.(3) If the lector is carrying theBook of the Gospels, the lector goes to the altar and places the Book of the Gospels on it. Then, the lector takes up a position in the sanctuary with the other ministers (195).
At the ambo the lector proclaims the readings that precede the gospel reading. If there is no psalmist, the lector may also sing or recite the responsorial psalm after the first reading (196).
After the priest gives the introduction to the General Intercessions, the lector may announce the intentions from the ambo when no deacon is present (197).
If there is no opening liturgical song or communion song and the antiphons in the Missal are not said by the faithful, the lector may recite them at the appropriate time (198).
Liturgy of the Eucharist
At the conclusion of the Mass, the lector does not process with the Book of the Gospels. The Lectionary is never carried in procession. The lector may join in the procession at the end of Mass in the same order as in the procession to the altar.
All subsequent citations are from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, unless otherwise noted.
GIRM, no. 339: …lectors, and other lay ministers may wear the alb or other suitable vesture or other appropriate and dignified clothing.
Ibid., no. 274. If, however, the tabernacle with the Most Blessed Sacrament is present in the sanctuary, the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers genuflect when they approach the altar and when they depart from it, but not during the celebration of Mass itself.

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Sony Might Be Making a Ghostbusters Sequel With Dudes
Channing Tatum attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif.
By Nolan Feeney
Well, ladies can't have all the fun. Following the news of Paul Feig's female-fronted Ghostbusters reboot, Sony Pictures is showing its commitment to diversity with another next-generation installment, this time aimed at the incredibly underserved niche market known as… dudes.
"We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment," the original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, who's helping seer Sony's Ghostworks production company with original 'buster Dan Aykroyd, told Deadline. "Paul Feig's film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. He's got four of the funniest women in the world… the second film has a wonderful idea that builds on that."
The Feig film stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.
Reitman is assembling the behind-the-scenes, which may include Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Anthony and Joe Russo, as well as Channing Tatum and his producing partners—which means Tatum may also end up starring in the series as one of the supernatural exterminators. So let the dream casting begin—again.
Joker's Rise to Oscar Dominance Is Not an Underdog Story—But That Narrative Sure Helped Get It There
Greta Gerwig Didn't Get a Best Director Nod. But the Radical Triumph of Little Women Will Outlive the Oscars
13 Sequels That Were Almost As Good As (Or Better Than) the Originals
The Godfather: Part II The Godfather Part II starred Al Pacino as mobster Michael Corleone and Robert De Niro as his father, Vito, in the 1974 Oscar-winning sequel to The Godfather.
Toy Story 2 In Pixar's 1999 follow-up to Toy Story, Woody, a cowboy doll voiced by Tom Hanks, is stolen – and his ragtag crew of fellow toy friends vow to get him home safely.
Pixar/Disney
The Dark Knight In Christopher Nolan's 2008 sequel to Batman Begins, Christian Bale returns as Batman, this time joined by Heath Ledger as the ultra-creepy villain known as The Joker.
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey In the 1991 follow-up to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the titular slackers (played by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) return with a new and even more excellent adventure.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day In the second, more elaborate installment of the Terminator action movie franchise, Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the Terminator, who must take on a newer, more advanced cyborg.
Aliens In James Cameron's sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Sigourney weaver returns as Lt. Ellen Ripley, who takes on even more extraterrestrials — this time, backed by a team of space marines.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back In the second installment of the Star Wars franchise, released in 1980, the Galactic Empire, led by Darth Vader, pursues Luke Skywalker and the rest of the Rebel Alliance.
Lucasfilm/Disney
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, released in 2003, features the final battle for Middle Earth.
D2: The Mighty Ducks The 1994 sequel to the original Mighty Ducks, the ragtag team of young hockey players – the Ducks – are reunited by Coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez.)
Back to the Future Part III In 1990, the final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy brought Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) back to the big screen for one last time-travelling adventure.
Superman II Christopher Reeve returns as Superman in this 1980 sequel, as he continues to battle villains and fall deeper in love with reporter Lois Lane.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan In the second Star Trek film, released in 1982, Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) returns to take on his old nemesis Khan Noonien Singh.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York This 1992 sequel once again follows youngster Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) as he faces off against two criminals — but instead of his home in suburban Chicago, this time he's in the Big Apple.
Write to Nolan Feeney at nolan.feeney@time.com.


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One day, he was begging outside a beautiful home, when the door was opened by none other than Li Wa herself. Astounded at the sight of her former patron in rags and dire straits, she felt crushing guilt at her role in his downfall. She took him in, and with her own savings, clothed him and fed him, and urged him to resume his studies for the imperial exams, buying him all the books he needed. A year later, he sat for the exams and won first place, and was appointed the highest magistrate in the land. He asked Li Wa to go with him to his father's house to beg forgiveness. When his father saw him, he was overjoyed, for he thought he was dead. And when he heard how Li Wa had given his son his second chance, he readily gave his consent for their marriage.


Root Simple has a large, virtual dust bin full of news and notions not quite worthy of a full blog post. I thought I'd sweep a few of them into a brief missive.
In the great greywater vs. graywater debate I neglected to note a somewhat irrelevant factoid: Sherwin-Williams sells a paint color named after the actor/monologist Spalding Gray. When will Werner Herzog get a paint color?
I couldn't find my library's online Oxford English Dictionary access. Then I did some digging and discovered it. For those of you in Los Angeles you can access the OED with your library card number here.
While you're on the LA Library's website, take a look at their scanned collection of vintage menus, including the Brown Derby and Cocoanut Grove.
The part of Los Angeles we live in or on the border of (the border region is disputed) is Silver Lake. Silver Lake is two words my brothers and sisters. If I downed a matcha latte for every time I've seen "Silverlake" I'd be a wealthy, if green tinted man. FYI, Silver Lake is named after Herman Silver, a water commissioner and city councilman from the early 1900s. Perhaps we should rename our lake and community after Spalding Gray. Welcome to Gray Lake! But then, I suppose, we'd have the grey vs. gray problem.
While we're on the topic of local news, the band Yacht, in their latest video, has included the beloved "happy foot/sad foot" characters from the rotating podiatrist's sign that defines and delineates us from greater Silver Lake.
This is why we have the internets.
Technology, such as air conditioning, has a way of flattening the ups and downs of our life's experiences. We trade seasonal heat and cold for a bland, indoor sameness. Prior to the late 1950s, when air conditioning appeared in homes and apartments, builders used to have to consider regional differences. After air conditioning you could build any house anywhere. You could replace walls with sheets of glass, overhanging roofs with modernist boxes.
Particularly in hot, humid climates houses often had a screened porch or balcony on which to sleep on a sweltering night. The early 20th century was probably the zenith of the screened sleeping porch.
Taft's sleeping porch. Photo: Library of Congress.
President Taft even installed one on the roof of the White House in 1910.
The early 20th century's sleeping porch movement also had a bit an anti-modernity vibe. To mitigate the pollution and psychic toll caused by 19th century industrialization, sleeping porch evangelists recommended dozing outside in fresh air. Entrepreneurs marketed a number of solutions, in addition to sleeping porches, such as sheds, tents and the gadget I want to focus on in this post, the convertible indoor/outdoor bed.
It is built half inside and half outside, forming a handsome davenport in the room, and an ornamental balcony outside. Can be used as a full size indoor bed or by a very simple operation converted into an outdoor bed. Can be aired all day and yet be concealed.
It's a space saving mashup of the fold-up Murphy bed with the screened porch. It also reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's alcove bed and the built-in ironing board in our kitchen. There's a lot to say in favor of reviving the California Fresh Air Bed Company. I can say from personal experience, living in a house built in 1920, that space is at a premium. And, particularly in the late summer and early fall here in Southern California, it would be nice to be able to get some cool, fresh air at night. The downside would be all the light pollution: the overabundance of street lights, billboards, porch lights etc.
A related and, perhaps, more harebrained outdoor sleeping arrangement was the window cage for your baby.
These days child protective services would stop by if you stuck your kid in a cage out the window.
The idea lives on, but only for cats, in the form of the Cat Solarium and in many homebrew kitty window solutions.
But enough about cats, what we really need is to bring back the California Fresh Air Bed Company's clever indoor/outdoor bed. As many consider downsizing to smaller houses, space and energy saving furniture such as this make more sense than the oversized sofa sectionals that plague our modern mega-houses.
I mentioned last week that episodic TV, YouTube videos and a recliner are an important part of Kelly's open heart surgery recovery process. Our breeches are still deep in that Jas. Townsend and Son 18th century YouTube cooking hole, where we're learning about cleaning pots with brick dust and how to make Norfolk dumplings on the go.
Australian reader Jampotts reminded me of another wildly popular YouTuber who just goes by the handle "Primitive Technology." The anonymous creator of the these wordless videos, shot in northern extreme of Queensland, Australia uses a "show me don't tell me" philosophy of film making that I greatly admire. No long, babbling intros!
He has a blog that describes the content of his videos in more detail.
People like John Townsend and the Primitive Technology guy are the good side of the internet, producing quality work that's a lot better than mainstream television. If you have a favorite YouTube channel let us know about it in the comments.
Image: Wikipedia, Genevieve Clark using a candlestick phone.
The most common service call for telephone technicians back in the 1920s was to muffle the obnoxious sound of the ringer. Why were those bells so loud? The phone company didn't make money until you lifted the receiver. It was in their interest for you to answer the phone.
Now you can have the genuine, ear splitting sound of a 1920s era telephone ringer box on your shiny new iPhone or Android device. I recorded the sound of my Western Electric 534A ringer box and turned it into a ringtone that you can download here for $1.29 in the iTunes store. I also uploaded a free version that you can download here as an mp3. If you download the free version you can turn that audio file into a ringtone using these directions.
If the ringtone proves popular I'll make a Western Electric 500 version and, perhaps, turn the sound of hungry cats into a ringtone that is sure to disrupt your next meeting.


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>BJPsych International
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BJPsych International
Mental health services and policy
Medical workforce and psychiatric education
Mental disorders in Paraguay
Mental health of prisoners
Mental health of children and adolescents
Mental health in the republic of Paraguay
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 June 2021
Anne Aboaja [Opens in a new window] ,
Alina Wahab ,
Yang Yang Cao ,
Marcelo O'Higgins and
Julio Torales [Opens in a new window]
Anne Aboaja
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Forensic Service, Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Alina Wahab
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, UK
Yang Yang Cao
Medical Student, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing, University of Glasgow, UK
Marcelo O'Higgins
Resident in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, National University of Asunción, Paraguay
Julio Torales
Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, National University of Asunción, Paraguay, email jtorales@med.una.py
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Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America. It is a democratic low-middle-income nation, and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare is responsible for its healthcare system. Mental health services receive just 1–2% of healthcare budgets, and there are only 1.6 psychiatrists per 100 000 inhabitants. There are insufficient resources to adequately assess and treat mental disorders in high-risk populations such as children, adolescents and prisoners. Despite several improvements to mental health policies within the past two decades, the nation still lacks a Mental Health Act and specific policies required to optimise the mental health of the population.
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The Republic of Paraguay, one of two landlocked nations in central South America, shares borders with three middle-income countries: Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.1 It has over 7 million inhabitants, most of whom speak Spanish and/or Guaraní.2 Almost half of the nation lives in the capital, Asunción.1
Following independence from Spain in 1811, the subsequent War of the Triple Alliance, the Chaco War and a military dictatorship that ended in 1989, Paraguay is now a democratic middle-income nation.1 Indigenous, colonial and African influences have led to a unique culture reflected in a multi-ethnic population,1 predominantly identified as 'mestizo' (or mixed).3 Despite this diversity, 90% of Paraguayans describe themselves as belonging to the Roman Catholic religion.1 Compared with other South American countries, Paraguay has relatively high income inequality. Despite an increase toward affluence in recent years, over a third of the population still experience poverty, particularly those living in rural areas.1
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare is responsible for Paraguay's universal healthcare system, with delivery occurring primarily in family healthcare units.2 Along with the Institute of Social Welfare, they serve 95% of the population.2 Less than 7% of the national budget is spent on healthcare.1 Although mental health inequality in Paraguay has been described briefly in the literature with respect to the right to health,Reference Torales, Villalba-Arias, Ruiz-Díaz, Chávez and Riego4 there is an absence of a concise description of the current mental health profile. This paper aims to provide an evidence-based overview of the mental health system (policies, services and workforce) and the mental health needs of the general population and two subpopulations that experience mental health inequity.
Mental health services in Paraguay receive just 1.84% of the overall healthcare budget,3 which is lower than the median values of 2.5% globally and 11.8% for the World Health Organization's Americas region.5 Consequently, substantial healthcare shortages remain an issue, particularly in rural and marginalised urban areas,2 and free access to psychotropic medication is not available to all those with mental disorders that require medication.3
Mental health services are concentrated in Greater Asunción, where the specialist Psychiatric Hospital is located.3 This leaves a service provision gap for the population living outside of this region, in more rural areas. Nationally, outside of general hospitals there are two hospitals dedicated to mental healthcare, providing 5.11 beds per 100 000 population.6 Even when combined with psychiatric beds available in forensic, general hospital and residential care settings, the total number of in-patient mental healthcare beds per capita (6.82)6 remains significantly below the global median of 16.4.5 It is therefore not surprising that in-patient bed occupancy rates above 110% have been reported.3
Despite policy promotion of community-based care,Reference Domingues, da Silva, Nogueira and Neri7 relative financial investment remains focused on hospital-based care. However, most mental healthcare is accessed outside of hospitals. The median number of visits to adult out-patient and community (non-hospital) facilities per capita is 1661,6 which is higher than the median visit rate for low-income countries (220), but comparable to the median rate for upper-middle-income countries (1993) and much lower than the median for high-income countries (7966).5
In the past three decades, key milestones achieved in the development of Paraguay's mental health policy include the following:
• In 1990, Paraguay signed the Declaration of Caracas, signifying a shift in Latin American psychiatry from institutionalisation to community care.
• In 2002, the Ministry developed its first national policy, which has been criticised for lack of detail and little societal input.
• In 2011, a more detailed national policy was created in line with suggestions from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This includes an emphasis on universal community-based care.
• In 2013, a pathway for mental healthcare was developed, integrating primary care and community mental health teams.Reference Domingues, da Silva, Nogueira and Neri7
To date, major obstacles include the lack of a Mental Health Act, the absence of a suicide policy6 and lack of detailed policy on the rehabilitation those who use psychoactive drugs.Reference Domingues, da Silva, Nogueira and Neri7
Human resources, including psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists and social workers, are predominantly skewed in distribution toward facilities in Asunción and psychiatric hospitals.3 As of 2018, there were a recorded 114 psychiatrists and 327 psychologists working for the Paraguayan population of 7 million. Paraguay's rate of 1.6 psychiatrists per 100 000 is lower than the median of 2.02 for upper-middle-income countries and 11.87 for high-income countries.5
Because of financial constraints, psychiatric trainees on Paraguay's two residence programmes face obstacles, such as limited training tools and time for psychotherapy supervision.Reference Torales and González8 Resource limitation has resulted in community research being neglected in favour of urban-based hospital research. However, research exchange programmes have begun to fill this gap.Reference Torales and González8
Nevertheless, the education division of the Latin American Psychiatry Association is unifying the region's residency programmes with basic curricular requirements.Reference Torales and González8 In 2020, Paraguay began developing a unified psychiatric residency curriculum as part of a wider plan to establish a mental health law. The programme includes 3–4 years of training, opportunities for supervised scholarly projects, an oral examination and options to serve underserved areas.Reference Torales and González8
There are no large epidemiological studies of the prevalence of mental disorders in the general population, but the burden of mental disorders has been reported.9 As is widely reported across the region of the Americas, mental and neurological illnesses, substance use and suicide (MNSS) are the most prominent causes of disability in Paraguay, measured in years living with disability. In Paraguay, 35.6% of all disability is caused by MNSS, placing Paraguay alongside Brazil and Chile in having the highest burden of MNSS in the region.9
Specifically, depressive disorders account for 9.4% of all disability (years living with disability) in Paraguay, which is the highest in the region. On average, among all countries in the Americas, 4.7% of disability arises from anxiety disorders. However, the burden in Paraguay is 6.8%, which regionally is surpassed only by Brazil (7.5%). In Paraguay, disability attributed to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is comparable to that reported in other countries in the Americas, whereas the country has the region's lowest level of disability owing to alcohol use. The contribution of personality disorders to disability in Paraguay is not known.9 The suicide mortality rate of 9.5 per 100 0006 is lower than the global rate of 10.5 per 100 000.5
As of 2017, there were 18 prisons in Paraguay, housing prisoners who were pre-trial, post-trial and on remand. In 2015, 6.5% of the total prison population was female.Reference Walmsley10 Overcrowding remains a serious issue. The occupancy level of 143.1% in 2017 (based on the official capacity of 9511) increased to 176.7% in 2019. Meanwhile, 77.3% of the total prison population were pre-trial or on remand, a decrease from 92.7% in 1999.Reference Walmsley10
Nationwide, there are 45 forensic mental health beds in specialised prison in-patient units for inmates with a mental disorder. The minimum length of stay in these prison-based facilities is at least 1 year, and 54% of all forensic in-patients are discharged within 4 years; 38% of patients are discharged after 5–10 years from these forensic facilities, and 8% are there for >10 years.3
The prison healthcare budget is small and insufficient to meet the cost of psychotropic medication needed by prisoners. For this reason, access to medicines is extremely limited in prisons, and medical prescribers often seek medication donations from external organisations or rely on complimentary samples.Reference Varela and Villagra11 Addressing the paucity of prison mental health research would give an indication of the current level of health inequity and equality within the prisoner population compared with the general population, and offer direction for improving prisoner mental health.
Each year, approximately nine children or adolescents are admitted to in-patient mental health services. In contrast to adult mental health services, for children and adolescents there are almost as many in-patient facilities (three) as there are out-patient facilities (four).6 The paucity of community-based services for younger people creates a geographical barrier to accessing timely mental healthcare and adhering to treatment.
It is estimated that approximately 20% of children and adolescents attending a psychiatric clinic present with at least one developmental disorder. Alarmingly, almost a third of attendees were not attending school, reflecting possible gaps in the education system,Reference Fariña, Caballero, Morán, Silvero, Suárez and Weberhofer12 as well as a lack of mental health resources. Among young people with a comorbid mental illness, the mean age at onset of illegal substance misuse is 11.4 years, and typically the substance of choice is marijuana. The early age at which young people commence substance misuse has been linked to a range of adverse health and social outcomes, and the issue has been raised as a national public health concern.Reference Torales, González, Castaldelli-Maia, Waisman and Ventriglio13
The absence of a specific mental health plan or strategy for children and adolescents has been repeatedly highlighted.6,Reference Fariña, Caballero, Morán, Silvero, Suárez and Weberhofer12,Reference Torales, González, Castaldelli-Maia, Waisman and Ventriglio13 It is believed that the development of policies for the younger population has the potential to not only reduce barriers improving community-based services and increasing the mental health workforce trained to provide age-appropriate care, but also enable mental health promotion and prevention to be effectively embedded,Reference Fariña, Caballero, Morán, Silvero, Suárez and Weberhofer12 and reduce mental health inequity between younger people and adults.
In the past 30 years, Paraguay has advanced toward deinstitutionalised, integrated and rights-based mental healthcare. However underinvestment in mental health and high poverty rates contribute not only to overall service provision and treatment gaps, especially in community settings and among prisoners and younger people, but also to a deficit in the medical workforce, notable for the income level of the country. The importance of addressing substance misuse in Paraguay is reflected in the recent attention given to these areas in psychiatric training and research.
This overview has revealed a lack of research describing the prevalence of mental disorders in the general population. Large epidemiological studies are therefore needed, to inform and evaluate further mental healthcare development. In addition, research into the effectiveness of existing prison mental health services would provide understanding of prison pathways and unmet treatment needs for this growing population.
Coordinated efforts between governmental departments, such as health, justice and education, are required to ensure a holistic approach to mental healthcare capable of addressing predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors associated with the onset of mental disorder during childhood and adolescence. This is important, given the known links between mental disorder, substance misuse and offending across the lifespan.
Finally, the introduction of mental health legislation that includes prisoners and mental health policies for children and suicide is the next key milestone for Paraguay in reducing mental health inequalities within the country, regionally and globally. However, such changes are likely to be most effective in achieving equitable mental healthcare if supported by sufficient funding from the national budget.
The authors are grateful to Dr Deepak Tokas, a consultant forensic psychiatrist with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, UK, for providing valuable peer-review comments on the pre-submission draft of the paper.
A.A. conceived the idea for the paper, undertook the literature search, interpreted and summarised data, wrote two sections of the manuscript and revised the manuscript. A.W. undertook the literature search, interpreted and summarised data, and wrote and revised three sections of the manuscript. Y.Y.C. undertook the literature search, interpreted and summarised data, and wrote and revised two sections of the manuscript. M.O. undertook the literature search and revised the manuscript. J.T. undertook the literature search, wrote the abstract, interpreted data and revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final draft of the manuscript and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
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We are Family  ist ein Bollywoodfilm, basierend auf Chris Columbus' Seite an Seite mit Susan Sarandon und Julia Roberts. Diese Hauptrollen werden in der Neuverfilmung von Kajol und Kareena Kapoor gespielt. Gedreht wurde überwiegend in Australien.

Handlung
Maya ist eine perfekte und liebevolle Mutter. Nie lässt sie ihren drei Kindern, Aleya, Ankush und Anjali, ihre Sorgen spüren. Mit ihrer fröhlichen Art versprüht sie das Gefühl einer sehr glücklichen Familie, doch ihre Scheidung mit Ehemann Aman hat sie nie wirklich verkraftet. Spätestens als Aman mit Shreya, einer Modedesignerin, auf Anjalis Geburtstagsfeier auftaucht, zerbricht Mayas Traumwelt.

Shreya fällt es auch schwer, denn als Karrierefrau hatte sie nie die Zeit sich mit Kindern zu beschäftigen. Auch machen es ihr die drei anfangs nicht gerade leicht, dennoch versucht sie gut mit ihnen auszukommen.

Nun stellt ein schockierendes Geständnis die Familie auf eine harte Probe: Maya ist krebskrank. Dies veranlasst Aman dazu, wieder in das Haus einzuziehen, um Maya moralisch zu unterstützen. Aber Maya sieht auch ein, dass für ihre Kinder eine Erzieherin unentbehrlich ist. Und so lädt sie Shreya in ihr Haus ein, die das Angebot dankend annimmt.

Mit der Zeit entwickelt sich jedoch zwischen Shreya und Maya ein Konkurrenzkampf und so kommt es zum Streit. Daraufhin verlässt Shreya das Haus. Schließlich kommt es auch mit Aman zu einer verbalen Auseinandersetzung, worauf sich Mayas Gesundheitszustand verschlechtert und sie ins Krankenhaus muss.

Zum Lichterfest (Diwali) darf sie ihre Familie zu Hause besuchen, die für sie auch eine kleine Überraschung vorbereitet hat. In einer Dia-Show werden die schönsten Familienerinnerungen aufgerufen. Zuletzt macht Shreya ein letztes Familienbild. Bevor sie jedoch den Auslöser drückt, bittet Maya sie, an ihrer Seite zu stehen, und so wird Shreya endlich als Familienmitglied akzeptiert.

Einige Jahre später übergibt Shreya Mayas Schmuck an Aleya zu ihrer Hochzeit – so wie Maya es sich gewünscht hatte.

Musik

 Dil Khol Ke Let's Rock  ist die indische Version von Elvis Presleys Jailhouse Rock. Außerdem sind auf dem Soundtrack noch vier weitere Bonustracks zu hören u. a. aus My Name Is Khan, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna und Kal Ho Naa Ho.

Synchronisation
Die deutsche Synchronisation entstand nach einem Dialogbuch von Nadine Geist unter ihrer Dialogregie im Auftrag der Berliner Synchron AG Wenzel Lüdecke.

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 Gegen Ende der Dreharbeiten war Kajol bereits schwanger, deshalb mussten die Tanzschritte in  Dil Khol Ke Let's Rock  geändert werden.
 Dies ist nach Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham erst der zweite gemeinsame Film von Kareena Kapoor und Kajol.
 Kareena Kapoor bekam für ihre Rolle den Filmfare Award/Beste Nebendarstellerin

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RF Art Manos #18
Fort Wayne Warriors (CHI) CL
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
BNN Index | CL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
RF ART MANOS #18 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
16 33 7 1 0 1 3 6 15 .212 .333 .333 0 -0.4
07/30/1926 @ MIN Win, 4-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/28/1926 @ STP Loss, 6-12 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
07/27/1926 @ STP Win, 7-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/25/1926 KCP Loss, 5-7 4 1 3 3 1 0 1 0
07/22/1926 STP Win, 12-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/16/1926 @ HOU Win, 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/03/1926 @ KCP Win, 13-5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/23/1926 MIL Win, 10-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Born in: Norman, OK
Local Popularity: Insignificant
National Pop.: Insignificant
Contract: Major League Contract
Salary: $1,408
Signed Through: 1926 Season
Major Service: 6 Years, 112 Days
Pro Service: 11 Years
Drafted: 1914, 1st Pick in Round 2
DIXIE LEAGUE 1926 BATTING STATS
Overall 3 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 .385 .385 .692 1.077 .473 .308 189
EBH
SB%
RC/27
Overall 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0.0 3.5 11.68 .2
Versus Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
April 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
Last Year 341 104 17 6 1 51 43 22 18 6 6 1 .305 .343 .399 .742
Career 358 111 18 6 2 55 44 23 20 6 6 1 .310 .348 .411 .759
Home 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
Grass 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
Day 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Night 8 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .875 1.375
As Starter 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
Close/Late 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
Inning 1-3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Inning 4-6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Inning 7-9 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
0 Outs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1 Outs 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
2 Outs 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Scoring Position 5 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.200 1.600
Bases Empty 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000
Runner on 1st & 3rd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
First Pitch 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 0-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Full Count 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Behind in Count 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Ahead in Count 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 5th 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
Low Leverage 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Medium Leverage 7 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .429 .429 1.000 1.429
High Leverage 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
CENTURY LEAGUE 1926 BATTING STATS
Overall 16 33 7 1 0 1 3 2 6 15 .212 .333 .333 .667 .262 .121 53
Overall 8 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 1 0.0 3.6 3.62 -0.4
Versus Left 9 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 .444 .500 .778 1.278
Versus Right 24 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 11 0 0 0 .125 .276 .167 .443
May 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
June 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
July 24 7 1 0 1 3 1 4 8 0 0 0 .292 .393 .458 .851
Last Year 160 33 7 1 3 13 17 7 42 0 0 0 .206 .240 .319 .558
2 Years Ago 563 170 27 5 11 70 91 43 57 5 8 8 .302 .357 .426 .783
Career 1222 366 59 13 27 154 185 99 166 11 10 10 .300 .354 .435 .789
Home 11 3 0 0 1 3 2 1 6 0 0 0 .273 .333 .545 .879
Road 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 0 .182 .333 .227 .561
Grass 33 7 1 0 1 3 2 6 15 0 0 0 .212 .333 .333 .667
Night 31 7 1 0 1 3 2 4 14 0 0 0 .226 .314 .355 .669
As Starter 26 7 1 0 1 3 1 5 11 0 0 0 .269 .387 .423 .810
As Reliever / Substitution 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Pinch Hitting 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 .167 .444 .167 .611
Inning 7-9 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 .063 .211 .063 .273
0 Outs 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 .364 .500 .455 .955
Scoring Position 6 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 .167 .545 .667 1.212
Bases Empty 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 .217 .250 .217 .467
Runner on 2nd 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Runner on 3rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Runner on 1st & 3rd 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Bases Loaded 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes 22 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 15 0 0 0 .136 .208 .273 .481
Count 1-2 13 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 .154 .154 .385 .538
Behind in Count 16 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 .188 .188 .375 .563
Ahead in Count 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .800 .667 1.467
Batting Leadoff 4 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 2.250
Batting 3rd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Batting 8th 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 .182 .333 .227 .561
Low Leverage 21 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0 0 .095 .174 .095 .269
Medium Leverage 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .500 .556 .625 1.181
High Leverage 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 .333 .667 1.333 2.000
CAREER BATTING STATS
1916 Chicago - FABL 22 76 184 57 5 4 0 16 17 8 0 0 6 6 8 .310 .339 .380 .719 128 130 2.4
1917 Chicago - FABL 23 135 540 137 19 8 0 49 48 24 4 4 20 15 23 .254 .288 .319 .607 91 95 5.9
1919 Chicago - FABL 25 104 425 122 23 4 4 39 47 15 1 2 26 18 14 .287 .312 .388 .700 113 117 3.5
1920 Chicago - FABL 26 128 481 138 22 10 3 44 50 22 0 2 25 14 16 .287 .317 .393 .710 103 105 2.4
1922 Chicago - FABL 28 80 333 88 16 5 2 24 55 20 2 2 11 9 8 .264 .308 .360 .668 77 82 1.2
1923 Chicago - FABL 29 56 223 61 11 2 0 19 25 19 1 1 4 6 8 .274 .332 .341 .673 80 85 0.4
Total FABL
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
1912 Boston College - COL 18 50 203 74 20 3 7 42 39 21 1 2 9 10 9 .365 .423 .596 1.019 171 177 0.0
1913 Boston College - COL 19 50 201 64 12 0 10 32 38 15 1 2 24 13 5 .318 .365 .527 .893 136 137 0.0
1914 Boston College - COL 20 50 200 65 14 2 8 36 38 15 3 1 19 15 9 .325 .379 .535 .914 144 143 0.0
1915 Cedar Rapids - A 21 103 338 108 16 6 16 65 66 33 0 2 31 8 7 .320 .378 .544 .922 133 138 0.0
1916 Cedar Rapids - A 22 23 100 31 2 2 5 17 18 6 1 0 5 2 3 .310 .355 .520 .875 131 134 0.0
1916 Memphis - AA 22 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 191 216 0.0
1916 Fort Wayne - AAA 22 13 52 29 2 1 0 7 8 4 1 1 1 5 2 .558 .586 .635 1.221 233 243 0.0
1922 Fort Wayne - AAA 28 34 135 38 8 2 3 23 17 11 1 2 16 5 2 .281 .336 .437 .773 112 113 0.0
1923 Fort Wayne - AAA 29 70 279 89 14 4 9 38 50 28 0 3 35 19 7 .319 .377 .495 .872 138 131 0.0
1924 Fort Wayne - AAA 30 139 563 170 27 5 11 70 91 43 8 5 57 38 10 .302 .357 .426 .783 116 118 0.0
1925 Memphis - AA 31 89 341 104 17 6 1 51 43 22 1 6 18 4 2 .305 .343 .399 .742 100 101 0.0
1925 Fort Wayne - AAA 31 43 160 33 7 1 3 13 17 7 0 0 42 2 3 .206 .240 .319 .558 52 52 0.0
1926 Memphis - AA 32 3 13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077 173 189 0.0
1926 Fort Wayne - AAA 32 16 33 7 1 0 1 3 2 6 0 0 15 0 1 .212 .333 .333 .667 73 53 0.0
Total DIX
Total CL
Total NCAA
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
1917 Chicago - FABL 23 6 19 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 .158 .261 .158 .419 0 0 0.0
1916 Chicago - MLB CF 14 13 38 1 0 39 0 1.000 120.0 2.92 +0.2 1.006
1916 Chicago - MLB RF 59 35 98 2 0 101 1 .990 334.0 2.69 +11.2 1.136
1917 Chicago - MLB RF 135 134 383 16 4 413 14 .966 1257.2 2.86 +44.7 1.145
1918 Chicago - MLB CF 77 75 265 12 2 285 8 .972 701.2 3.55 +10.1 1.041
1918 Chicago - MLB RF 44 44 105 7 1 118 6 .949 395.0 2.55 +10.2 1.116
1919 Chicago - MLB CF 12 9 41 1 0 43 1 .977 87.1 4.33 +0.4 1.011
1920 Chicago - MLB CF 3 2 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 20.0 5.40 +0.1 1.010
1920 Chicago - MLB RF 125 125 302 20 3 328 6 .982 1108.0 2.62 +13.6 1.061
1921 Chicago - MLB CF 9 4 13 1 0 16 2 .875 52.1 2.41 +0.1 1.014
1921 Chicago - MLB RF 119 113 294 9 3 312 9 .971 1010.1 2.70 +12.7 1.064
1922 Chicago - MLB CF 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.0 1.009
1923 Chicago - MLB CF 3 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 23.0 2.35 -1.4 .771
1923 Chicago - MLB RF 54 54 166 7 2 178 5 .972 479.1 3.25 +6.7 1.058
1925 Fort Wayne - AAA CF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 27.0 1.00 -1.3 .635
1925 Memphis - AA CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.13 -0.7 .502
1925 Fort Wayne - AAA RF 39 36 48 4 0 53 1 .981 312.2 1.50 +1.1 1.037
1925 Memphis - AA RF 88 88 178 6 2 188 4 .979 757.2 2.19 +1.0 1.009
1926 Fort Wayne - AAA RF 13 8 8 3 0 11 0 1.000 74.0 1.34 -1.1 .887
1926 Memphis - AA RF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 27.0 1.00 +0.0 1.014
+128.4
12/05/1911 Joined the Boston College Eagles.
01/01/1912 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
05/18/1914 Goes 5-5 against the Bucknell Bison, with 1 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R.
12/05/1914 Released by the Boston College Eagles.
12/05/1914 Drafted in the 1914 first-year player draft by the Chicago Chiefs (Round 2, Pick 1, 17th overall pick).
04/14/1915 Named the #29 prospect in the FABL
05/11/1916 Goes 5-5 against the Kansas City Packers, with 1 RBI and 0 R.
05/15/1916 Wins the CL CL Player of the Week Award.
10/16/1917 Wins the 1917 World Championship Series with the Chicago Chiefs.
08/25/1918 Goes 6-9 against the Washington Eagles, with 2 2B, 1 RBI and 1 R.
08/21/1919 Goes 5-6 against the Boston Minutemen, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 1 R.
08/28/1920 Goes 0-5 against the Philadelphia Keystones, ending his hitting streak at 21 games.
08/11/1922 Goes 0-4 against the Milwaukee Falcons, ending his hitting streak at 23 games.
05/21/1923 Injured (Sprained wrist), day-to-day for 2-3 weeks.
07/16/1923 Injured (Bruised shoulder), day-to-day for 4 days.
09/09/1924 Wins the 1924 Championship with the Fort Wayne Cannons!
06/14/1925 Goes 5-5 against the Mobile Commodores, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 1 R.
08/13/1925 Injured (Mild hip strain), day-to-day for 6 days.
03/22/1926 Injured (Cold), day-to-day for 3 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
1918 .073 10
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Trade-war threat presents opportunities for energy investments
The looming threat of a global trade war could create a unique speed bump for the rallying master limited partnership fund category, but the next move in navigating the slippery energy sector depends on your outlook for oil prices. Mutual funds...
How one adviser is getting ahead of the hot IPO market
The raft of high-profile initial public stock offerings this year has one financial adviser jockeying to get ahead of the trend by launching a fund that invests in companies before they go public. James Gambaccini, managing partner at Acorn...
The growth of factor-based investing
The steady migration of investor assets out of actively managed mutual funds and into passively managed exchange-traded funds is fueling the growth of factor-based investing, an old idea that has taken on new appeal for financial advisers and...
Consolidation alters RPA space
As consolidation in the retirement plan adviser space continues to heat up, financial advisers who have carved out a niche pairing retirement plan sponsors with plan providers could begin to see radically altered business dynamics. During a...
Grim milestone for active management
The month of May is about to usher in a significant milestone for actively managed mutual funds, and not a favorable one. The trends suggest passive U.S. equity fund assets will gain a majority of market share for the first time ever over actively-managed...
Is it time to sell your RIA? One industry expert says yes
InvestmentNews senior columnist Jeff Benjamin and multimedia director Matt Ackermann talk consolidation and other adviser trends being discussed at the Excell conference.
Bob Oros of HighTower calls protocol exit 'form over substance'
HighTower Advisors put an exclamation point on its move away from recruiting breakaway brokers this week by officially exiting the broker protocol. "It's a little bit of form over substance," said Bob Oros, chief executive of the $50 billion...
New bill links 401(k) matches to student loan payments
A bill that includes a provision to make it easier for companies to contribute to the retirement accounts of employees who are paying down student debt was reintroduced in the Senate this week. Among other changes, such as stepping up the age...
Kyle Weaver of Fidelity pursues deep value in secular themes
Kyle Weaver doesn't describe his investing style as aggressive, but he does adhere strictly to a three- to seven-year time horizon when picking stocks for the more than $6 billion he manages across three portfolios at Fidelity Investments. Mr....
Benjamin F. Edwards expands its recruiting net with a corporate RIA
After a decade of building Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. into a 300-rep independent broker-dealer with $25 billion of assets under management, the firm's focus is now expanding to the independent advisory space. The St. Louis-based broker-dealer...
Small-cap stocks bear the brunt of trade dispute
As the United States and China roll out tariff hikes in an escalating trade war, smaller-company stocks are taking the biggest hit. Contrary to the general belief that smaller companies are more immune to global politics and macroeconomics,...
Softer side of wealth management will prevail in the future
The future of financial planning is leaning toward the softer side of wealth management, according to a panel of industry executives speaking Thursday at the Carson Excell conference in Chicago. "The kinds of people who are great at developing...
Mohamed El-Erian puts Democratic tax proposals in perspective
With nearly two dozen Democratic candidates now running for president, many of the contenders are trying to stand out from the crowd by proposing various forms of tax hikes on the wealthy and tax breaks for those who aren't yet wealthy. For...
The longest bull market in history can't shake the skeptics
With the S&P 500 Index up more than 16% from the start of the year, the current bull market is officially the longest on record. But the latest mutual fund flow data suggest retail investors might be getting tired of the run. This year through...
Advisers put fundamentals ahead of sell-in-May warning
Historically speaking, there's a strong case for following the Wall Street adage to sell in May and go away until late fall. But there are exceptions to every rule, and that isn't even technically a rule. While most financial advisers tend to...
Asset managers preparing to launch nontransparent ETFs
Financial advisers would be wise to start boning up on the ins and outs of nontransparent exchange-traded funds, because they might be coming soon to a platform near you. For years, asset managers have been trying to quietly nudge the concept...
Choppy stock market leads to fewer wirehouse reps fleeing the coop
The stock market correction at the end of last year is being credited with putting a damper on breakaway broker activity during the first three months of this year. The latest data from Echelon Partners show that just 94 advisers exited the...
Hot IPO market has some advisers seeing red
With 2019 shaping up to be one of the hottest years for initial public stock offerings since the late 1990s, financial advisers are often finding themselves in the position of disappointing clients who want their blessing to invest in the latest...
Focus on taxes, compensation turns into tech-industry niche
Rebecca Conner has found her niche in the financial planning space. Ms. Conner, founder of SeedSafe Financial in Seattle, is developing a bustling enterprise by blending her accounting background with her proximity to the tech industry and focusing...
A near-record quarter for RIA acquisitions
The total of 31 acquisitions of registered investment advisers that occurred during the first quarter is just one shy of the record and signals more good news for those advisers looking to sell their firms. "I would call it a blockbuster quarter,"...
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