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In this July 13, 2007 file photo, a worker with the Pebble Mine project test drills in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska. An EPA report indicates a large-scale copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region could have devastating effects on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and adversely affect Alaska Natives, whose culture is built around salmon.(AP Photo/Al Grillo,File) |
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A government report indicates a large-scale copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region could have devastating effects on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and adversely affect Alaska Natives, whose culture is built around salmon.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released its final assessment of the impact of mining in the Bristol Bay region. Its findings are similar to those of an earlier draft report, concluding that, depending on the size of the mine, up to 94 miles of streams would be destroyed in the mere build-out of the project, including losses of between 5 and 22 miles of streams known to provide salmon spawning and rearing habitat. Up to 5,350 acres of wetlands, ponds and lakes also would be lost due to the mine footprint.
The report concludes that "large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed poses significant near- and long-term risk to salmon, wildlife and Native Alaska cultures," EPA regional administrator Dennis McLerran said in a conference call with reporters.
The battle over the proposed Pebble Mine has been waged for years and extended beyond Alaska's borders, with environmental activists like actor Robert Redford opposing development. Multinational jewelers have said they won't use minerals mined from the Alaska prospect, and pension fund managers from California and New York City last year asked London-based Rio Tinto, a shareholder of mine owner Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., to divest, a request Rio Tinto said it planned to consider.
EPA has said its goal was to get the science right. McLerran said the report doesn't recommend any policy or regulatory decisions and will serve as the scientific foundation for the agency's response to the tribes and others who petitioned EPA in 2010 to use its authority under the Clean Water Act to protect Bristol Bay. He said no timeline for a response had been set.
The report also found that polluted water from the mine site could get into streams through runoff or uncollected leachate, even with the use of modern mining practices. It noted culvert blockages or other failures could impede fish passage and failure of a tailings dam, where mining waste is stored, could be catastrophic though the probability of such a failure was considered quite low.
Supporters of the EPA process hoped it would lead the agency to block or limit the project, action they urged again Wednesday; opponents saw it as an example of government overreach and feared it would lead to a pre-emptive veto.
Jason Metrokin, president and CEO of Bristol Bay Native Corp., said the corporation supports "responsible development where it can be done without causing unacceptable risks to the people, cultures and fishing economy of our region. The proposed Pebble mine is not such a project."
John Shively, the chief executive of the Pebble Limited Partnership, which was created to design, permit and run the mine, called the report rushed and flawed, saying EPA did not take the time or commit the financial resources to fully assess such a large area. In a statement, he said the report is "a poorly conceived and poorly executed study, and it cannot serve as the scientific basis for any decisions concerning Pebble."
Some see the mine as a way to provide jobs, but others fear it will disrupt or devastate a way of life. A citizens' initiative scheduled to appear on the August primary ballot would require legislative approval for any large-scale mine in the region.
The Bristol Bay watershed produces about 46 percent of the world's wild sockeye salmon, and salmon are key to the way of life for two groups of Alaska Natives in the region, Yup'ik Eskimos and the Dena'ina. The report said the response of Native cultures to any mining impacts was unclear, though it could involve more than the need to compensate for lost food and include some degree of cultural disruption.
Jeff Frithsen, a senior scientist and special projects coordinator with EPA, said the Pebble deposit is a low-grade ore deposit, and over 99 percent of the ore taken from the ground will end up as waste. He said the deposit's location is at the headwaters of two of the watersheds that make up half the Bristol Bay watershed and produce half its sockeye salmon.
He said the existence of a large-scale mining operation there would affect fish habitat and any accidents would add to that. He said any loss of habitat can affect the overall diversity of the fishery habitat in the watershed.
"Changes in the portfolio of streams within the Bristol Bay watershed can reduce the overall reliability and increase the variability of the fishery over time," he said.
Asked whether EPA believed a mine could co-exist with fish, McLerran said the assessment spoke for itself.
While EPA initiated the review process in response to concerns about the impact of the proposed Pebble Mine on fisheries, the report wasn't meant to be about a single project.
EPA said the report looks at possible impacts of reasonably foreseeable mining activities in the region. The agency said it drew on a preliminary plan published by Northern Dynasty and consulted with mining experts on reasonable scenarios.
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said in a statement the report was little more than a pretext for an EPA veto of the state's permitting process. "As my record demonstrates, I will not trade one resource for another, and every permitting application — when filed — deserves scientific and public scrutiny based on facts, not hypotheticals."
The Pebble Partnership has called the mine deposit one of the largest of its kind in the world, with the potential of producing 80.6 billion pounds of copper, 107.4 million ounces of gold and 5.6 billion pounds of molybdenum over decades.
While EPA focused on the effects of one mine, the report said several mines could be developed in the watersheds studied, each of which would pose risks similar to those highlighted.
To read the assessment: http://www2.epa.gov/bristolbay


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Spotify plans to make mobile access to its music service free, The Wall Street Journal reports. Now a source confirms with TechCrunch that the free mobile tier will launch December 11th at a press event in New York. We've also learned users won't get unlimited on-demand access, but will be less restricted if they listen to playlists or collections they've previously created.
Spotify sent out invites for the December 11th event on December 3rd, but didn't say what would be launched. It simply noted "We're having a media event. Like to come? There will be donuts." But now we've confirmed that unveiling limited free mobile access is a big part of the show.
Until now, Spotify has only allowed premium subscribers paying $10 a month to stream music from mobile devices. Free, ad-supported access was available on desktop and laptop computers, and for $5 a month users could remove the ads from those devices but not listen on mobile.
But those rules were put in place years ago when smartphone penetration was lower, high-speed wireless networks were less common, and there were fewer competitors. Now the world is going mobile, and shutting users out of listening on the go unless they pay over $100 a year seems restrictive. It could also endanger Spotify's ability to grow its paying subscriber base beyond the six million customers it has today (out of 20 million total users).
Presumably, the idea before was that you'd get a taste of Spotify for free on the web, and that would tempt you to buy mobile access. However, now many people hardly use traditional computers, especially in developing markets where people never owned them and skipped straight to mobile. With no way to try out Spotify on mobile, the company had no way to upsell them to paid plans.
Meanwhile, Spotify's advertising infrastructure has matured over the year. It may be able to more efficiently sell its audio ads, making them a more viable way of earning money or at least breaking even from ad-supported listeners. That means it may be more cost-effective to support free mobile users now than before.
Finally, the last year has seen Google launch a streaming music service while Apple launched iTunes Radio. It still faces competition from startups like Rdio, Slacker, and Deezer. And new music streaming services from Beats and YouTube are slated for next year, making music a crowded market. Spotify can't risk going into the new year without a free mobile option.
As for how that option will work, The Wall Street Journal's Hannah Karp reports Spotify has spent a year quibbling with major record labels Sony, Universal, and Warner about how much control free users would get over what they listen to on mobile. The WSJ says Spotify has successfully struck a deal with the labels but users will only be able to play a limited number of songs on demand. After that, it says they'll be restricted to listening to Spotify's Pandora-like radio service that's based on their tastes and input.
A source gave TechCrunch more details on the restrictions, saying that users may have more freedom to listen to their previously compiled playlists or starred collection of songs. The reasoning may be that Spotify sees these subsequent plays of songs users have already shown interest in as less valuable than on-demand access to what they've never listened to before. Reserving infinite search-and-listen capabilities for premium customers ensures people don't get the milk if they don't buy the cow.
When the free tier launches, these limits may not be especially easy to understand, our source says. That could confuse users, leading to poor user experiences where people think they should be able to listen to something but they can't. They'll blame Spotify, but sadly, they should really be blaming the labels, as they're the ones too stingy to realize a simple user experience creates the delight that keeps users coming back, and maybe even opening their wallets.
We'll be at the December 11th event covering exactly how things shake out.

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yesterday we went car shopping. after driving the sixth test car, in which we were quite interested, the salesperson made us a very tempting offer. we did the rational thing and retired for a family powwow to a nearby fast food place. after briefly going through the pros and cons of another car that was quite attractive, the decision to accept the offer came fast and unanimous.
then we finalized the deal, and the question of warranty insurance came up. my husband left the decision up to me. it had gotten dark outside, i was getting tired from a day of car shopping, and suddenly that decision, which was much less important, and involved much less money, suddenly began to wear on me. after 30 minutes of back and forth, we finally came to a decision on that one, too.
afterwards we went to an east indian restaurant. i hadn't been to one for a while and chose to eat a bit more than i had planned.
(hold on, i'm going somewhere with this :))
before i went to bed, i realized that i hadn't done any exercise yet. what to do, what to do? go for a
walk, use the stationary bike, or dance downstairs in my studio? argh! i hadn't been outside enough and the stationary bike would be really easy, and my studio is beautiful! then i decided to just quickly draw a tarot card and drew the fool. pretty clear image: the fool is on a hike. so i went for a walk.
what i found really interesting was that each step underscored what we know about decision making:
the first step, when we decided to buy the car, was very much carried out along the lines of rational decision making. we gathered all the information, didn't get swayed by cute arguments ("it has heated seats and adjustable cup holders!") and didn't act without reflection.
and then decision fatigue started to set in. i started getting tired, my glucose level went down, and things started to slow down.
by the time i reached the east indian restaurant and one of my favourites, palak paneer (spicy spinach with fresh cheese curds), was particularly well cooked, ego depletion was in full force – all my rational "muscle" was used up, and my food choice was made by that little gremlin inside of me jumping up and down, slobbering with anticipation of devouring yet another tasty morsel.
it was the last situation that i found perhaps the most interesting. typically i consider myself a happy and vigorous decision maker (note to self: ask family how delusional i am with that assessment.) and yet, here i was like a deer in the headlight – quick, tell me with way to go! it looks like indecision is not as well researched as decision . but there was another level to it: i knew at some level that i did not want to choose any of the options. but because a) i want to see myself as someone who engages in at least moderate exercise and b) the option of not doing anything was VERY tempting, i could not add that forth option. instead i head to tell myself that "i don't know what to do." i knew EXACTLY what i wanted to do, which was nothing! having removed my favourite option, the next best thing i came up with is to shift the burden of decision to someone/something else. i wonder how often that happens?
by the way, the walk was lovely. the moon, still almost full, poured a magical light over the neighbourhood full of sparkling christmas lights.


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What is Shelter-in-Place?
In a situation where a serious hazardous chemical spill has quickly caused a toxic atmosphere, it may be more dangerous to go through those toxic vapors or to attempt to outrun them than to stay in an existing structure.Shelter-in-Place means to get to the inside of a building and remain there during a chemical emergency rather than attempting to evacuate the area. Shelter-in-Place is a viable option for protection against exposure to potentially dangerous airborne chemicals during an emergency.
How Do You Establish This?
- Close all doors to the outside and close and lock all windows (windows sometimes seal better when locked.)
- Ventilation systems should be turned off so no outside air is drawn into the structure.
- Turn off all heating systems and all air-conditioners and switch inlets to the "closed" position.
- Seal any gaps around window type air-conditioners with tape and plastic sheeting, wax paper, or aluminum wrap.
- Turn off all the exhaust fans in kitchens, bathrooms and attics, and cover the openings with plastic wrap or plastic sheeting.
- Close all fireplace dampers and seal with plastic if possible.
- Close as many internal doors as possible in the structure you are in.
- Pick a room on the highest level of the structure, as most of the chemicals that are of concern are heavier than air and will settle in the basement.
- Select a room in the building that is comfortable and easy to seal off. The room should, if possible, provide access to water, toilet facilities, and have adequate room for people and pets to sit.
- If the vapor begins to bother you place a wet cloth over your nose and mouth. For a higher degree of protection, go into the bathroom, close the door and turn on the shower in a strong spray to "wash" the air. Seal any opening to the outside of the bathroom as best you can.
- Make sure you have a battery-powered radio and a flashlight in case the power goes out.
- Once in the room, seal windows, air vents, and exhaust fans with plastic sheeting and duct tape.
- In some homes, light switches and electrical outlets on outside walls are sources of air infiltration and should also be sealed with duct tape and plastic.
- Seal around the door with duct tape. If the space under the door is too big to seal with tape, try stuffing a damp towel under the door.
- Continue to listen to the radio or TV for emergency information and updates on the incident. Don't call 9-1-1 unless you have an emergency like a fire or a serious injury.
- Keep your phone available in case someone needs to contact you.


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Janitor, red version; Pete Fowler & Sony Creative Products Japan, 2002.
Red Janitor mini figure created by Pete Fowler, produced in collaboration with Sony Creative Products Japan. Three-inch tall vinyl; one of four colorways released in 2002. The Monsterism Volume 2.0 mini series features red and green variants. Yellow and pink figures are included with Monsterism Volume 2.5.
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Hi Friends,
I am a new mem in java programming. Now I am doing a project using jsp + servlet relay + dao + ms access + tomcat. The project requires me to create a mock test, such as: there are around 20 questions in one test; each question will have 4 answers - 1 correct and 3 incorrect -; after finish the test, will count the mark. If there are anyone of you know the algorithm or code, please teach me something bcoz my project is countdowned .
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Kuassa's EVE-AT Bundle comprises two EQ plugins (VST/AU) - AT1 and AT4, also available individually for £32 each - inspired by the classic Neve 1081 and 1084 hardware units respectively. Neve EQs are renowned for their musicality and particular curve shapes, and the 1081 and 1084 differ enough in terms of design and sound to fully justify Kuassa's decision to emulate both.
The 1081 is a powerful 6-band EQ with stepped high- and low-pass filters, and four main EQ bands with stepped centre frequency settings. Two central peaking bands (low mid and high mid) are flanked by low and high shelves. The former sport broad and narrow Q width options, while the latter offer a choice between shelf and peak behaviours.
EVE-AT1 matches all the EQ settings and notched frequencies of the original 1081 but does away with the dual concentric knobs and esoteric layout in favour of the now-established spread of low to high bands from left to right.
Neve's 1084 is an enhanced version of their earlier and much revered 1073, differing in the addition of a low-pass filter and a more flexible 3-band EQ. Again, the EVE-AT4 uses more contemporary controls and layout. Rounding things off in both are phase (well, polarity) invert and output trim (+/-20dB) controls.
Finally, it's worth noting that these plugins only address the EQ sections of their hardware inspirations and not the mic preamps, which aren't emulated in any way.
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As expected, each of these two EQs has its own sound and behaviour. The AT4 is the more characterful, its strengths being broad 'brushstroke' usage - adding sheen to acoustic guitars and vocals, for example - and general bass boosting.
In fact, it makes for a great mix buss EQ if you're just after a bit of sweetening. Factor in the filters and more precise jobs become viable, though total precision is hampered by the limited choice of frequencies.
As noted, the AT1 offers much more flexibility, with wider crossover between frequency bands and many more frequency settings. This makes it a much more useful EQ in general, and we found that between the low shelf, low-mid peak and high-pass filter, we could easily shape the lows in kick drums, snares and basses, or scoop and cut undesirable frequencies from keyboards, guitars and acoustic instruments like strings and pianos.
The same sort of correctional functionality is also possible in the highs and high mids, and the curve shapes remain pretty smooth even at narrow bandwidth settings. However, there's no doubt that the curves are less musical and more functional than those of the AT4.
Out of curiosity, we compared the AT1 to Universal Audio's excellent Neve 1081. In many respects they were similar, but the low-pass filters were gentler on the UA. Not a bad showing at all for the Kuassa version, then, given the enormous price difference!
So far, so good, but are there any downers? Well, the gain knobs have no value display at all - a readout in dB would be useful for reference.
It'd also be good if the transformer-based input and output stages were modelled too, as these contribute significantly to the sound of the originals. Ultimately, while the AT1 and AT4 aren't the most powerful or flexible EQ plugins, they're well designed and nicely priced.


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The African Union Human Rights Memorial Project (AUHRM) aims to preserve the memory of mass atrocities, in recognition of past suffering and in the interests of future peace and security. The African Union (AU) established in its constitutive act a commitment to continental cooperation on the basis of human rights principles, constitutionalism, and the responsibility to intervene in the case of crimes against humanity or genocide. The AUHRM will reflect a series of grave crimes committed against Africans, including the appalling case of genocide in Rwanda. Read More...
AUHRM will be a dynamic site and will evolve in partnership with a network of groups and associations dedicated to the remembrance of atrocities in Africa. The project is still at an early stage and welcomes ideas and comments from potential partners interested in informing the development of the site and extending its reach across the continent. Please contact us at: JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING .
"The site of the construction has its own significance, as it is the former central prison, known as "Alem Bekagn", which was the location of the 1936 Graziani Massacre, the execution of sixty ministers in the Government of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, and the imprisonment, torture and execution of thousands of Ethiopians during the days of the Derg Regime, especially the Red Terror atrocities of 1977-78 and thereafter. The site is therefore of historic significance for Ethiopia and we see it as our responsibility to honor the memory of the victims of such heinous acts at the Headquarters of the African Union."
H.E Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner
The Unveiling Ceremony
"The Memorial places especial emphasis upon those innocent victims of abuses executed or sponsored by African states and leaders such as the Rwandan genocide, the slaughter in cold blood of the senior officials of Emperor Haile Sellassie's government and the tens of thousands of youth wantonly slain during the Red Terror – two of the many grave crimes against human rights committed here by the military regime. Though there are no doubt the dirty hands of others in these infamous deeds in Ethiopia and Rwanda, what is being singled out for particular attention are serious crimes for which, above all, we ourselves are to blame. This is one reason why it is important that African states and governments collectively resolved to honor the memory of those lost, innocent African lives. What is being recognized at this site today is a deep moral fact about ourselves that no emergent generation of Africans can ever afford to forget."
Professor Andreas Eshete, Chairman, Interim Board of the AU Human Rights Memorial


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A Canadian class action against opioid makers will start the process of getting certified in a hearing next month, a key test on how courts here will handle a case that is making waves in the U.S.
The upcoming hearing in Quebec comes after this week's news that Purdue Pharma, the company behind OxyContin, will plead guilty to federal criminal charges in the U.S.
While the company's pleas won't directly play into Canadian litigation, lawyers are hopeful that the company's admissions will help bolster their cases.
Purdue's Canadian entities are also among the 34 parties in a proposed class action lawsuit in Quebec. Mark Meland, a lawyer at Fishman Flanz Meland Paquin LLP in Montreal who is working on the case, said preliminary hearings begin in November in preparation for an official certification decision early next year. Certification is when a judge greenlights a class action case to go forward in court.
"While the guilty plea in the U.S. does not have a direct impact on the Quebec proceedings, the admissions made by Purdue US of its role in a conspiracy to mislead the public about the risks of using opioids are consistent with the allegations made in the Quebec class action proceedings, and gives credence to the allegations that similar activities would have taken place in Quebec and Canada," said Meland.
Purdue's guilty pleas in the U.S. are part of a settlement of more than $8 billion and include charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and violating federal anti-kickback laws.
Under the U.S. agreement, Purdue will become a public benefit company, meaning it will be governed by a trust that has to balance the trust's interests against those of the American public and public health, U.S. officials said.
In Canada, provincial officials have pushed for victims here to be similarly compensated by Purdue and other pharmaceutical companies.
There is the Quebec case, which has its preliminary hearingnext month. A separate British Columbia lawsuit was launched in August 2018 on behalf of all provincial, territorial and federal governments to recover government health care and other costs of opioid-related illnesses.
Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia have agreed to join the suit against 40 manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors of opioids in Canada. Manitoba lawmakers this month put forth a bill to join British Columbia's suit.
Reidar Mogerman, one of the lead lawyers for the British Columbia-based class action, said that the case is in the process of scheduling its own certification hearing, but he expects the process to be lengthy and hard-fought, as the defendants have raised numerous grounds of opposition.
"The fact that there has been a criminal guilty plea by one of the central opioid manufacturers …. lends weight and will assist in our case," said Mogerman of the Purdue announcement.
"It also shows that something really bad has happened in the opioid industry. And it needs to be rectified. It needs to be shown under the spotlight of a court case, because it tells you that this huge crisis that we have may well have been caused by unlawful conduct that needs to be prosecuted or pursued."
U.S. officials said Purdue is admitting that it impeded the Drug Enforcement Administration by falsely representing that it had maintained an effective program to avoid drug diversion and by reporting misleading information to the agency to boost the company's manufacturing quotas.
Purdue is also admitting to violating federal anti-kickback laws by paying doctors, through a speaking program, to induce them to write more prescriptions for the company's opioids and for using electronic health records software to influence the prescription of pain medication.
"Purdue deeply regrets and accepts responsibility for the misconduct detailed by the Department of Justice in the agreed statement of facts," Steve Miller, who became chairman of the company's board in 2018, said in a statement.
Purdue's U.S. agreement, which will be detailed in a bankruptcy court filing in U.S. federal court, comes amid an ongoing criminal investigation into the company's owners and executives, including the Sackler family.
The bankruptcy has been recognized in the U.S. and Canadian provinces have made claims in that case, Mogerman said. This week's pleas will impact how claims on the bankruptcy case play out, he said.
Canadian federal public prosecutors have not pursued a parallel criminal investigation to the U.S., Mogerman said. But he said there will be impacts from the U.S. investigation on the civil case, the class action.
"It is further proof that the claims have merit. We say that very similar, if not identical conduct, occurred in Canada. We say that conduct was unlawful. And we say it gave rise to harms that we can collect on in lawsuits," said Mogerman.
"If a party admits to doing something similar in the United States, and admits that that conduct was criminal, and obviously makes our case, easier to prosecute in Canada. It doesn't have a direct application in Canada, but it is an admission to facts that are important and relevant in Canada."
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Ignorance of the Bible isn't just a problem in our culture. It's a problem in the church, and it's scandalous.
Many public schools have undergone a political and ideological transformation. Should Christian parents send their children to the public schools?
Attendance at a wedding is not a neutral act.
The homosexual rights movement has adopted the language of "civil rights" as its own. Do these claims have any legitimacy?
When does a boy become a man? The answer goes far beyond biology and chronological age.
How should Christians respond to the issue of homosexuality?
The expanded online interview with Al Mohler discussing why teens are leaving the church.
An interview with Al Molher about what the church can do to stop the mass exodus of young adults.
These and many other amazing facts spill off the 96 pages of the October–December 2009 issue of Answers magazine.
Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.


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BUFFY: Does it ever get easy?
GILES: You mean life?
BUFFY: Yeah. Does it get easy?
GILES: What do you want me to say?
BUFFY: Lie to me.
GILES: Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
BUFFY: Liar.
-- Joss Whedon, "Lie to Me"
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode 2.07)
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"There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it. But you do not stand alone."
Monday, August 31, 2009
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Quote of the Day
To return to the enlightened bishops and theologians, it would be nice if they'd put a bit more effort into combating the anti-scientific nonsense that they deplore. All too many preachers, while agreeing that evolution is true and Adam and Eve never existed, will then blithely go into the pulpit and make some moral or theological point about Adam and Eve in their sermons without once mentioning that, of course, Adam and Eve never actually existed! If challenged, they will protest that they intended a purely "symbolic" meaning, perhaps something to do with "original sin", or the virtues of innocence. They may add witheringly that, obviously, nobody would be so foolish as to take their words literally. But do their congregations know that? How is the person in the pew, or on the prayer-mat, supposed to know which bits of scripture to take literally, which symbolically? Is it really so easy for an uneducated churchgoer to guess? In all too many cases the answer is clearly no, and anybody could be forgiven for feeling confused.
-- Richard Dawkins, published excerpt from The Greatest Show on Earth (via)
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Quote of the Day: The World-in-Law
(The "fairy fruit" mentioned in the passage below is key in the fantasy novel these paragraphs are from, and is ultimately complex and elusive; but to understand this quote all you need do is to think of it as an illegal hallucinogenic, euphemistically referred to in legal contexts as "silk".)
"What was the Law invented for? What are you driving at, Nat? I suppose it was invented to prevent rapine, and robbery, and murder, and all that sort of thing."
"But you remember what my father said about the Law being man's substitute for fairy fruit? Fairy things are all of them supposed to be shadowy cheats -- delusion. But man can't live without delusion, so he creates for himself another form of delusion -- the world-in-law, subject to no other law but the will of man, where man juggles with facts to his heart's content, and says, 'If I choose I shall make a man old enough to be my father my son, and if I choose I shall turn fruit into silk and black into white, for this is the world I have made myself, and here I am master.' And he creates a monster to inhabit it -- the man-in-law, who is like a mechanical toy and always behaves exactly as he is expected to behave, and is no more like you and me than are the fairies."
- Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist (1926), Chapter 17
Sunday, August 02, 2009
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"Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything"
Via Gerry Canavan, who notes, "Not from The Onion..."
Alas, it turns out the theory doesn't work.
Too bad!
Via Gerry Canavan, who notes, "Not from The Onion..."
Alas, it turns out the theory doesn't work.
Too bad!
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Malibu to be declared a World Surfing Reserve
Legendary California surf break the first in global network of World Surfing Reserves
July 22, 2010 - Save The Waves Coalition, in partnership with National Surfing Reserves Australia and the International Surfing Association, is proud to announce the forthcoming dedication of iconic Malibu Surfrider Beach as the first World Surfing Reserve.
The enshrinement ceremony for the Malibu World Surfing Reserve will be held at Surfrider Beach on October 9th. There will be a paddle-out celebration, daytime media event, and evening fundraiser to celebrate this special occasion. The October 9th event will also mark the commencement of a stewardship and preservation plan for Malibu aimed at building general awareness around the importance of protecting the world's greatest, most cherished surf spots.
Malibu is California's definitive pointbreak and one of the world's first 'perfect waves'. Following World War II, Malibu helped established directions in technology, surfing style, and the image of the sport that are still followed today. It remains a transcendent name: included in more than 75 surfing films, representative of a Southern California lifestyle, and represented by name on any number of products and businesses.
A Local Stewardship Council, made up of community members intimately familiar with and dedicated to surfing at Malibu, will be responsible for implementing the stewardship plan to protect Malibu's environmental, cultural, social and economic benefits. Confirmed members of this Council include local surfing legends Allen Sarlo, Andy Lyon, and Steven Lippman, as well as community members Bill Parr and Michael Blum. Honorable Mayor of Malibu Jefferson Wagner, also known as Zuma Jay, has also voiced his enthusiastic support of the initiative. More stewards will be announced soon.
"The WSR program, inspired by UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, helps the surfing community to identify and preserve surfing heritage through their important surfbreaks. Malibu makes any short list of the world's most famous beaches, and remains a reference point for much of what we think of as style in or out of the water," stated Michael Blum, President of the Malibu Surfing Association and a member of the Malibu World Surfing Reserve Local Stewardship Council.
Ross Mirkarimi, a California Coastal Commissioner, political leader and early advocate for World Surfing Reserves, announced: "Earlier this year, California took a leadership role to protect iconic surf spots through the California Coastal Commission's adoption of an important resolution supporting World Surfing Reserves. I am delighted to see this program move forward as it will benefit not only surfers but also the greater coastal community."
This designation of Malibu is the first in a series of World Surfing Reserves planned for the iconic surfing coastlines of Australia, Hawaii and numerous other areas worldwide. World Surfing Reserves are nominated through a selection process and currently there are dozens of proposed WSRs covering nearly every continent on the planet.
World Surfing Reserves are produced through a partnership of Save The Waves, National Surfing Reserves Australia, the International Surfing Association (ISA) and Stanford University's Center for Responsible Travel (CREST). For more information, please visit: worldsurfingreserves.org
- http://www.surfingreserves.org
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Certificate in Criminal Justice
Students who complete departmental requirements for a major in criminal justice and earn either a B.S. or B.F.A. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences or a bachelor's degree from another Indiana University Bloomington school are eligible for the certificate.
Students pursuing the certificate may substitute a course in statistical methods from another department of the College of Arts and Sciences, but in that case no course from the list of Optional Courses Approved for the Major and Certificate may count toward the certificate. Students who are interested in pursuing this option (i.e., an alternative statistics course) must first verify its eligibility with the Department of Criminal Justice.
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(Dandolo palace – hotel Monaco & Gran Canal)
The life of Casanova, a magnificent fresco of the cosmopolitan and libertine life of the XVIII century performed in the Ridotto hall, the first public gaming room in the world and favorite place of Casanova in the Carnival time.
The music theatre show, written and directed by Fabio Momo is taken from the "Memoires of Giacomo Casanova de Saintgal, written by himself" and performed by singers, dancers acrobats and a live orchestra in the unique costumes of the Atelier Tiepolo.
After the dinner: historical group dances and waltzes directed by a Dance Master.
Dress Code: historical costume.
During the Carnival time you can find the Atelier Tiepolo with the most refine costumes and an impeccable service of tailoring and make-up, in the Hotel Danieli.
To book and find more information about the party and the costumes, please visit www.meetingeurope.com .


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MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police arrested nearly 500 people, including eight Israeli nationals, who they say were involved in an online investment fraud that victimised people overseas, including in Australia and South Africa, police said Thursday.
In one of the Philippines' biggest anti-cybercrime busts in years, police chief Oscar Albayalde said 474 Filipino employees and the Israelis were taken into custody following the raid on three buildings in Clark Freeport, a former U.S. Air Force base north of Manila, where the alleged online fraud was committed.
The suspects lured victims into investing in foreign stocks in a purportedly flourishing London-based company then took their money through an online app after obtaining their bank account and credit card details, said Chief Superintendent Marni Marcos, who heads the national police Anti-Cybercrime Group.
The Israeli men were arrested "while in the act of managing, operating and manning the three target buildings" while the Filipinos were caught communicating and doing online transactions with foreign clients from Europe, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Russia, Albayalde said in a statement.
Police video shows officers with assault rifles, backed by special forces units, barging into a vast office and repeatedly yelling "Hands up!" while ordering some of the suspects not to touch their computers. Some of the Israelis could be seen being led away in handcuffs.
Police seized evidence from the computers showing they were "engaged in a fraudulent online trading activity that involves millions of U.S. dollars victimizing other foreign nationals all over the world," Albayalde said. State prosecutors were assessing criminal complaints against the suspects.
Some foreign victims traveled to the Philippines and reported to the police details of the alleged fraud after obtaining information from some disgruntled syndicate members, Marcos told reporters.


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