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Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis conducts student information session
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing will conduct a free information session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, for students interested in the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degree programs.
Participants will join current faculty, staff and current students to learn firsthand about the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programs. Information about the school's innovative graduate programs, the distinctive curriculum and the admission process will be provided.
Additionally, prospective students can learn more about the generous financial support provided to all admitted fall 2013 students.
Applications open October 2012 for Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Degree Programs. A step-by-step guide to apply for each degree is available on the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing website in the How-to-Apply section at nursing.ucdavis.edu.
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing plans to accept eight doctoral students and 25 master's degree students for fall 2013 admission. Applications received by Jan. 15, 2013, are considered for priority review with acceptances announced in March. The final UC Davis application deadline is May 31, 2013, with acceptances announced mid-July. All admission slots are expected to fill during the priority review period and applications received between Jan. 15 and May 31 are reviewed on a space-available basis only.
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The Bowes Museum welcomes visitors with disabilities and our staff do everything practical and reasonable to provide visitors with a positive experience. However, access to and around the building can be complicated as the Museum was constructed in the 19th century and is Grade I listed. It has a range of accessible services including wheelchair access to most areas.
Disabled visitors are encouraged to contact the Museum in advance whenever possible to ensure that staff and, if required, resources such as lifts and wheelchairs, are available. If you are visiting the Museum today and need immediate advice, please ring 01833 690606.
The Bowes Museum is situated in the historic market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham. (Please note: the Museum is not situated in the nearby village of Bowes).
4 accessible parking bays are located directly behind the museum building towards the eastern rear corner of the building and within 15 metres of the accessible entrance.
Visitors may be dropped off on the terrace immediately outside the main entrance; however the Museum asks that the entrance and the perimeter road are not blocked in order to allow for access by emergency services vehicles.
From the A1 take the A66 westbound at Scotch Corner interchange ( just south of Darlington). After approximately 11 miles, and just after Greta Bridge, signs will indicate a right turn towards the town of Barnard Castle. Follow this road for approximately 3 miles, crossing the River Tees via Abbey Bridge, to reach Barnard Castle. As you approach Barnard Castle, signs will indicate The Bowes Museum on the right hand side of the road.
From the M6 follow the A66 eastbound from Penrith via Brough and Bowes. At Bowes follow the A67 into Barnard Castle (about 4 miles) and cross the River Tees via the County Bridge. Continue along this road and up the steep bank towards the round stone Market Cross.Turn right at the cross into Newgate and the museum is about 400m along this road and on your left.
If travelling south via the A68, stay on this road until you reach West Auckland where you should take the A688 towards Barnard Castle. On arrival in Barnard Castle take the 2nd exit from the mini roundabout near the petrol station and follow this road through the centre of Barnard Castle, past the cobbled market place, until you reach the round stone Market Cross. Turn left here into Newgate and the museum is about 400m along this road and on your left.
If travelling from Durham via Bishop Auckland take the A688 from Bishop Auckland towards West Auckland and continue on this road to Barnard Castle. On arrival in Barnard Castle take the 2nd exit from the mini roundabout near the petrol station and follow this road through the centre of Barnard Castle, past the cobbled market place, until you reach the round stone Market Cross. Turn left here into Newgate and the museum is about 400m along this road and on your left.
If travelling from Darlington take the A67 via Gainford. On arrival in Barnard Castle take the first exit from the mini roundabout near the petrol station and follow this road through the centre of Barnard Castle, past the cobbled market place, until you reach the round stone Market Cross. Turn left here into Newgate and the museum is about 400m along this road and on your left.
The nearest Rail Station is Darlington on the East Coast Mainline from London King's Cross. Please see details in section on Public Transport.
Help in planning your visit can be found at www.theaa.com, which has a route planner. The Museum's postcode is DL12 8NP to assist with this and satellite navigation systems.
Ample, free visitor parking is provided for on site within about 50 metres of the Museum.
Barnard Castle is on the route of the W2W cross-country cyle route and many scenic walks. The Museum has bike racks.
Public transport travel information can be obtained by contacting Traveline on 0871 200 2233 or can be planned online at www.travelinenortheast.info.
The nearest railway station to The Bowes Museum is Darlington (17 miles). Situated on the East Coast Main Line, the station is approximately 2.5 hours by train from London, or 35 minutes from Newcastle.
Bus services run regularly to Barnard Castle from Darlington. Arriva services 75 & 76 leave for Barnard Castle from stand M in Tubwell Row at half hourly intervals and Compass Royston service 70 leaves from stand H, also in Tubwell Row. Tubwell Row is a 10 minute walk from the rail station. Taxis are available at the rail station.
Bishop Auckland rail station is 16 miles from Barnard Castle. To travel from Bishop Auckland by bus, Arriva service 8 leaves from Bondgate in Bishop Auckland at 2 hourly intervals.
To travel from Richmond in North Yorkshire, Hodgson's service 79 leaves Richmond market place at 2 hourly intervals.
The Barnard Castle terminus for all these services is in Galgate.
The nearest airport is Durham Tees Valley (previously known as Teesside). Arriva service 12 leaves the airport for Darlington at 20 minutes past and 47minutes past the hour.
The region's main airport is Newcastle. It has metro links into Newcastle city centre with ongoing rail links to Darlington from Newcastle Central Station.
There is a terrace laid with gravel at the front of the building. To avoid the gravel visitors can take a York stone path which runs around the perimeter of the terrace and across to the Museum's entrance. Four broad steps then take you up to the main doors.
An alternative accessible entrance is located at the East end of the building for those with mobility issues, fitted with an intercom system that links to reception. Once reception is aware, a member of staff will direct you into the building and the front desk.
Large Print information (18 point) is available from the Reception desk.
Gallery plans (free) and Museum guidebooks (£4.99) can be obtained from the Reception desk.
The Museum has two different sized wheelchairs available for use. They can be found in the main entrance area. It is recommended that you book in advance to ensure availability.
Attendant staff are available to assist the visitor in any way they can.
The Museum is served by a grand staircase to both public gallery levels. It has handrails to both sides. A lift is available for those who prefer to use it.
The floors of most of the galleries are constructed of wood, laid in a herringbone pattern, and are part of the Museum's heritage listing. Due to the age of the building, the floors do move a little when walked upon.
On the first floor, there are areas of flooring constructed of small, multi-coloured 'terrazzo' marble chips. Carpet is also used in small areas.
Many of the galleries have rope or elastic cord barriers at about 30 cm high from the floor around the displays to help protect the collections.
On the ground floor, there is level access to the Reception Desk, The Streatlam Galleries, Shop and Café Bowes.
There is seating provided throughout the public galleries.
Lighting levels can vary in different parts of the building and at different times of the year. Due to the sensitive nature of some objects in the collection they must only be displayed in very low levels of light, which can be an issue for visually impaired visitors. Some rooms allow daylight to enter, the strength of which can vary depending on the month of the year (the Museum is South-facing).
The Museum has fully accessible public toilets on the ground and first floors. Pictograms are used to identify the toilets.
The Museum is set in beautiful grounds. In some areas there are gravel pathways and steps which may present an access issue. The Museum has tried to make alternative access where possible. There are park benches at regular intervals throughout most of the grounds.
'Bags of Fun' (£5 refundable deposit) containing games and an Orienteering Trail (free of charge) are available from reception during opening hours. The Museum has a picnic area to the East side of the Museum in front of the tennis court. Access to this area is obtained by small steps.
The Museum grounds contain tennis courts maintained by Barnard Castle Tennis Club. These courts can be booked and paid for at the Museum reception.
The Museum can be booked for functions and corporate events of various sizes which can be catered for on request. Contact email@example.com to make your initial enquiry.
There are several routes or pathways throughout the attraction suitable for visitors with limited mobility and for wheelchair users.
There is an audible fire alarm system throughout the building, and audio and visual fire alarms in The Streatlam Galleries on the Ground Floor.
Glass doors are marked with indicator strips to increase their visibility.
Large Print labels are made available in the Painting Galleries.
Assistance dogs are welcomed to the Museum. A water bowl can be made available from Reception. Dogs on leads are welcome in the grounds.
We have attempted to follow all relevant web accessibility and usability standards and employed external auditors to check the site for potential accessibility and usability issues. This has included testing on a range of browsers and evaluations against W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0. However, we are aware that it is impossible to successfully predict all potential issues. Consequently if you come across any part of our site which could be improved for accessibility, usability or clarity please do e-mail us. We recognise that this is particularly important for those using assistive technologies and screen readers. Your feedback is invaluable to help us improve this site.
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Legendary Wars by Liv Games is one of those games that is a long time in the making. The game has come a long way since its conception in a garage, the development team toiled for months, but in the end, the wait for the consumer will be most definitely worth it. A castle defense hybrid that brings in RPG elements to the lane tower defense style made infamous by Plants vs Zombies, throw in some real-time strategy for good measure and Legendary Wars will hook you from the start.
Once you pick up your jaw from the popping graphics, you will find a very polished game. After you send your miner to collect gems for you to buy troops you are in business. To make things interesting and different, the miner somehow has access to different colored gems in every world. It's a little touch, but one that shows the creativeness of the developers. It reaps polish and charm. And it is those little touches that has this game standing head and shoulders above the crowd.
Goals of each level are different, whether you need to just sit and defend the onslaught of enemies that include everything from zombies to vampires and everything in between, storm the enemy castle, or even protect one leader or another from harm. Mixed in with these levels are short quests that amount to a running with a purpose mini-game. Make your way through these levels by jumping obstacles, slaying enemies, tag teaming with your allies and more. They serve as an excellent change of pace. Another way Liv Games attempts to keep the game constantly fresh and new.
Be sure to visit the armory in between levels to upgrade your units, upgrade your castle and when the time comes, equip your heroes with armor. Lots goes on in the well planned and laid out armory so be sure to explore every nook and cranny. Use your hard earned gems here and if you find yourself outmatched, replay a level to earn more coins (at a reduced rate from your first playthrough however).
Impressive are the types of allies you will have access to as you move along in the game. One of my favorite moments was having my unicorn spew rainbows to defeat bats and vampires. But you will also collect wizards and more. Though I have not finished the first playthrough, I am told there are surprises to be found on a second and third time around, making this game have an incredible amount of content.
The time that it has taken Liv Games to perfect this game is evident. Almost a year in the making, the development team is still open to improvements and tweaks. Listening to the feedback from testers they have recently implemented many changes even at this late stage to create the perfect experience for the user. Never is a question too inconsequential for them to take the time to return an email promptly. Very impressive is this endeavor. And if the care and love that is being shown during development is any indication of the maintenance after release, the game will continue to grow and blossom.
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So as you may know, I was a big fan of the new ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's this 27" 1440p 120Hz+ beast with Displayport and GSYNC and etc. It is absolutely beautiful, as you can see:
Now the problem is two-fold. One is that it's a TN display. I consider that a tradeoff. You get lower image quality, for a faster and more fluid panel. And it's a native 8-bit panel, instead of the traditional 6-bit TN's. This one fact I can try to overlook. However...the main issue, is that the monitor is being released with a heavy Matte panel. So you go from an IPS or PLS glossy display currently, with rich vibrant colours, to a matte TN display.
That's a complete no-go for me. So I posed a question to Asus. The first thing they replied with is general marketing BS:
"Based on the feedback of ownser of IPS/PLS and TN panels we have produced the majority of users have not had negative feedback about the Polarizer used ( and generally are not even aware of it ). "
Now...you'd think that he's saying people like us have barely even noticed the matte polarizer used. But he doesn't mention users of Glossy displays. He only mentions IPS/PLS/TN users. They may have surveyed only people who have Matte displays. Either way I still don't buy it.
He then goes on to compare the difference between Matte and Glossy displays with PWM lighting preference, as you can see here:
"All in all this something specific to users and does not have a consistently present level of feedback across the majority of users. This similar to how many users are not bothered by PWM flicker but there are some users very sensitive to it. As a whole feedback on the current type of AG Polarizers has been solid with minimal negative feedback."
When I mentioned that the screen being both TN and having a Matte Anti-Glare filter will discourage many people who have purchased the various current gen 1440p overclockable displays from moving over. He replied:
" From a volume perspective that quantity of user transitioning form those other monitors is very small and not representative of the majority of the market."
That response seems odd to me as currently, those users (us), happen to be the majority of the $500+ 1440p gaming monitor market. Which is who they are obviously targeting with this monitor. Your average joe blow doesn't spend $800 on a monitor. And people who do spend $800 on a monitor, often have a lot of money invested in their computers. We are enthusiasts. And we care about things like glossy displays.
So at this point I make a recommendation to at least do a limited run of Glossy displays that would be available only through a limited number of channels. He gives me a rather odd response regarding it:
"As to your recommendation of running concurrent models this is complicated as it requires double the investment in the initial design and development and validation. As such it is not a realistic approach. As of now the SWIFT will come with AG Polarizer that i feel confident the majority of users / gamers will be satisfied with. "
I have no idea how they run their business and how they handle development. But we've been dealing with monitors in the same housing, using both glossy and matte ag coatings with no issue. That should be the only difference in the builds. However, they don't seem to see it that way.
So in conclusion...as excited as I was for this display...I am going to have to pass. From what I understand, Nvidia will be designing a displayport gsync board for our LG panels. So there should be an option to upgrade our displays in the future. I had been ready to proclaim the ROG Swift monitor the new king of gaming displays. But due to its price point, and rather severe reduction in image quality due to the use of a TN panel, and a heavy Anti-Glare coating, it will have to remain a "Don't Buy" in my books so long as plans for a GSYNC board for our monitors don't get scrapped.
Thank you, Asus, for making a Niche product (due to the price) while ignoring what the majority of people who have been buying these types of displays at this price point want.


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Spectacular Photos Reveal Newly Protected Great Bear Rainforest (PHOTOS)
In a world often filled with saddening news in relation to the state of our environment, I'm happy to share a positive announcement about a temperate rain forest in British Columbia, Canada.
The stunning Great Bear Rainforest of B.C. is approximately 6.4 million hectares in size, runs along the Pacific coast of the Canadian province, and is home to dozens of animals — including cougars, wolves, and the kermode bear (a unique subspecies of the black bear).
Thanks to new legislation passed earlier this week, 85% of the rainforest is now protected from logging. Both Conservationists and First Nations people have been fighting for the protection of this rainforest for over 20 years, so it's great to see at least 85% of it come into place.
Like all natural environments, the Great Bear Rainforest is absolutely stunning, and to help celebrate its preservation, National Geographic released a series of photos from within the depths of the gorgeous land. Here are some of the images from their gallery; to view the full gallery click here.
This success story is another living example of the power in persistence and collective action. We may often feel powerless to create the world we wish to live in, but just as the Conservationists and First Nations people effected real change with Great Bear, we too can achieve whatever we put our minds and hearts towards.
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UFOs Spotted Off The Irish Coast By Airline Pilots – Here Are The Details
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Multiple pilots recently reported a fast travelling UFO that seemed to have taken corrective measured and made maneuvers at very high speeds.
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There thousands of reports of radar trackings which exist, and multiple events that've occurred involving commercial pilots. What is going on in our skies?
A pilot flying from Montreal, Canada to Heathrow airport in the UK spotted "a very bright light" that had come up along the left side of their aircraft before it "rapidly veered to the north." This is a common characteristic of UFOs that have been spotted by both airline and military pilots since the dawn of human aviation. The older our civilization gets, the more time we spend in the air and the higher we climb, the more reports of strange objects seem to arise.
She wondered what it could be, but said it did not seem to be heading for a collision. When I read this, I thought of Ex-Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer's comments stating that these objects often performed evasive maneuvers when in the vicinity of our aircraft. Unfortunately, he stated that as the jets scrambled to look closer at the UFOs, they were ordered to "shoot first, and ask questions later." Add that to Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell's statement that, "yes, there has been crashed craft, and bodies recovered," and we can deduce that the protocol, in the military at least, is to try and shoot these things down. That doesn't seem like a very intelligent approach.
This topic goes far beyond witness testimony from some very credible people; there is electrooptical data and physical evidence that has been associated with this phenomenon as well. These objects are not only seen by pilots, they're also tracked on radar.
Glowing Orbs Over Ireland
At least three pilots were involved in witnessing glowing orbs that were spotted near Shannon, Ireland at "astronomical" speeds, according to the Guardian:
Other aircraft flying in the area reported the same thing. A pilot, flying a Virgin Airlines plane from Orlando to Manchester described the sight as a "meteor or another object making some kind of re-entry," adding it seemed to be "multiple objects following the same sort of trajectory – very bright from where we were." Another pilot also weighed in, saying: "Glad I'm not the only one." A spokesman for the Irish Aviation Authority told the Irish Times it was investigating the incident and would file a report. "This report will be investigated under the normal confidential occurrence investigation process."
There were multiple objects reports here, and meteors do not veer off at astronomical speeds. The pilots reported seeing one object become multiple objects, which is common in UFO lore. I've been studying the subject for more than a decade, so it didn't surprise me. Identifying this as a 'meteor' may comfort some people reading about this incident in the mainstream, because it fits within their current perception. But more and more people are having to face the fact that these incidents clearly do not fit within the mainstream paradigm of reality, and we really need to go through the discomfort of breaking this paradigm in our own minds if we hope to arrive at the truth of what is going on.
Other Incidents
There are many corroborating incidents out there of even more 'jaw-dropping' proportions, from the perspective of the pilots involved. With regards to commercial aviation, perhaps the most well-documented incident is the one that took place at O'Hare international airport. It caused a shutdown of the entire airport, similar to an incident that took place in China a few years ago.
Here's a quote from December 16th, 1978, issued by the Chilean Air Force with regards to a UFO encounter, similar to what the Pentagon released. Again, keep in mind, this is something that's happened thousands of times over the past few decades, and perhaps thousands of times every single year:
"Two pilots on a training mission, each flying an F5 fighter aircraft, tracked the object on their airborne radar. It gave a return equal to ten or more aircraft carriers-except this object was in the air, not floating on the water. Each pilot assumed his radar equipment was faulty until he learned that the other pilot was also getting the same return. Not only this, but ground radar from a nearby airport also picked up the object and confirmed its huge size. The pilots also saw the object with their own eyes. One pilot later said that at a distance of twenty miles, it looked "like a plantain banana swathed in smoke." The pilots were frightened, having no missiles or weapons. As they approached the massive object, which had been motionless all this while, it took off at an unimaginable speed. All at once, it vanished from the three radar screens."(1)(2)
This document from the CIA, relays several pieces of information, with the part about these UFOs highlighted in brackets, which suggests special attention was being paid to it. It goes to show just how interested they were in it, and how important this topic is within the intelligence community:
"ANTARCTIC FLYING SAUCERS" – A group of red, green, and yellow flying saucers has been seen flying over Deception Island for two hours by Argentine, Chilean and British bases (military) in Antarctica. The flying saucers were also seen flying in formation over the South Orkney islands in quick circles."
We've written a number of articles about numerous UFO sightings. The point is, it's happening, but for decades we've been brushing a lot of these sightings off as natural phenomena, if we even hear about them. There are millions of pages of documents and thousands of examples like the ones above. They've been studying it for years under the guise of "national security," a term now used to classify everything, but more and more we are learning that this is done to protect the interests of the global elite as well as allow them to basically do whatever they please, with justification.
The "Anchorage" Incident is a well known UFO event involving a veteran Japanese airline pilot who saw three UFOs following his 747 aircraft carrier for over 400 miles. One of the objects was much larger than the 747, while the other two were smaller. The crewmen of JAL Flight 1628 reported seeing flashing lights trailing their jet to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). FAA officials confirmed the conclusions drawn from the controller who handled Flight 1628 on his radar. His conclusion was that the aircraft were unidentified. Air Force officials at the Alaska Air Command also said their radar picked up something near the JAL plane. The United States Air Force scrambled a jet to get a closer look at the object. This incident occurred in 1986.
Below is an interview with retired FA Senior Division Chief, John Callahan. Check out his testimony below given to Dr. Steven Greer. He was directly involved with this incident, it is amazing to hear his story and the events that transpired because of it.
The Takeaway
The disclosure of the existence of UFOs has been confirmed around the world by multiple nations. Secrecy dominates our world, and important information about the nature of our reality is being kept from us. Not only that, but our own money is being taken from us to finance this continued secrecy. I recently wrote an article about a Michigan State University economist who headed up a group that found trillions of unaccounted-for dollars missing from housing & D.O.D. that were funnelled into black budget projects. You can read that here.
The implications of these revelations are huge and would result in huge changes in all areas of humanity. But one reason why secrecy has been so rampant is that powerful controlling forces don't want us to look closer and think critically about the nature of our reality, and about who we really are. The extraterrestrial hypothesis provides a valid explanation for some of the questions we are now asking, and it's getting more difficult to ignore the evidence for intelligent visitation like we used to. The sooner we are able to handle and process the evidence coming before us and its implications, the sooner we will live from a deeper understanding of ourselves and the nature of our universe.
Sources not linked within the article:
(1) Huneeus, J, Antonio, "A Chilean Overview," MUFON UFO Journal, 6/86; Huneeus, J. Antonio, "A Historical Survey of UFO Cases in Chilie," MUFON 1987 International Symposium Proceedings (MUFON, 1987.)
(2) Department of Defense JCS Message Center, Subject: B6/BAF Has a Close Encounter of the First Kind. Date: 20 May 86. Subject: Numerous Unidentified Objects Were Cited in the Skies over Brazil. But BAF Fighters Were Unable to Intercept Them. Berliner, Don, The UFO Briefing Document, p. 121-127. Huneeus, J. Antonio, "UFO Alert in Brazil," MUFON UFO Journal, 11/86. Andrus, Walt, "UFOs Over Brazil," MUFON UFO Journal, 9/86. Smith, Dr Willy, "The Brazillian Incident," International UFO Reporter, 7-8/86. Smith, Dr. Willy, "More on Brazilian OVNIs," MUFON UFO Journal, 9/86.
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Serious Errors Found In Widely Cited Global Warming Study
In Brief
- The Facts:
A study claiming that the Earth's oceans have retained 60% more heat than previously thought over the last 25 years, suggesting global warming was much worse than previously believed, has turned out to be false.
- Reflect On:
Many scientists within the field have been quite outspoken about the politicization of climate science, and how it's a serious problem. We see it in all fields, like the medical field, for example. Ridicule has been used to suppress discussion.
There is a troubling trend among internet readers, and that's the fact that billions of people area reading titles of an article and having a bad reaction before reading the actual article and examining the sources. The bad reaction usually comes when evidence is presented which strongly goes against the widely accepted belief held by the majority of people. This type of evidence is often ridiculed by the mainstream media, which is why the majority of people believe what they do in the first place.
We have been subjected to massive amounts of 'mind-persuasion' on various topics. Today, when evidence goes against the grain, especially when it threatens many political and financial interests, false evidence is manufactured in order to counter the actual evidence. This has happened in all areas that touch humanity. I refer to it as the politicization of science, in this case, climate science. We've seen this everywhere, especially with medical science.
"The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. . . . Science has taken a turn towards darkness." – Dr. Richard Horton, Editor in Chief of The Lancet (source)
Now, just to be clear, this article is NOT debating climate change. Drastic and unexpected climate change and natural disasters are rampant right now on our planet, for multiple reasons. It's clearly a problem that needs to be fixed and could have been fixed/mitigated decades ago, yet we still seem stuck. Revolutionary technologies have been in existence for a long time, from solar, to wind, to vortex-induced vibrations and over-unity energy technology. Many of them have been subjected to patent suppression and secrecy, for "natural security" purposes. Meanwhile, it's this national security apparatus that have created a breakaway civilization, one that's become highly technologically advanced. They use these technologies, not for the benefit of humanity, but it seems more so, for their own purposes and the enslavement of humanity.
All that being said, climate change is, in my opinion, the result of multiple factors that go beyond human beings. These include natural cycles Earth has gone through before in it's past, the activity of our sun, etc…
Again, I am not denying climate change, I am not even denying anthropomorphic climate change. I'm simply pointing towards the politicization of science. Something fishy is happening.
In fact, approximately more than thirty thousand scientists have all signed a petition regarding the political agenda of global warming. The scientific consensus, which includes over 9,000 scientists with Ph.D.s, is the real scientific consensus. There is no real source for the "97" percent of scientists agreeing, that's false information.
Warmer Oceans?
Princeton scientist Laure Resplandy (pictured above) and researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently published a study claiming that the Earth's oceans have retained 60% more heat than previously thought over the last 25 years, suggesting global warming was much worse than previously believed. The reported was beamed out by multiple establishment mouthpieces, including the Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, Reuters and others.
Independent scientist Nic Lewis found the study had "apparently serious (but surely inadvertent) errors in the underlying calculations." Lewis' findings were quickly corroborated by another researcher. The post appeared on the website of Judith A. Curry, an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has been one of the many outspoken scientists in the field the "tribal nature" of parts of the climate-science community, and what she sees as stonewalling over the release of data and its analysis for independent review.
Lewis corrected the math area, and found that the paper's rate of ocean warming "is about average compared with other estimates they showed, and below the average for 1993-2016." Roger Pike Jr., a Professor at the University of Colorado, tweet his work and replicated the data. Key phrase: "It's a big error at the core of the paper's findings."
It seems that the majority of climate scientists all support this type of fraudulent data, and the problem of political interests taking over what the science is actually saying.
Lewis found the study's authors, led by Princeton University scientist Laure Resplandy, erred in calculating the linear trend of estimated ocean warming between 1991 and 2016. Lewis has also criticized climate model predictions, which generally over-predict warming. Resplandy and her colleagues estimated ocean heat by measuring the volume of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere. The results: the oceans took up 60 percent more heat than previously thought. The study only sent alarm bells ringing, especially in the wake of the United Nations' latest climate
Laure Resplandy, the author of the widely distributed and cited study, has recently replied, acknowledging the error. Although the reply comes from an establishment mouthpiece, one that ridicules any questioning of anthropomorphic climate change via carbon output.
Below is a brief interview with Curry.
The Politicization Of Climate Science
Again, we need to be looking at deforestation, the lack of disclosure of new energy technologies, and the lack of implementation of new ones. We need to be looking at the destruction of our Earth and the poisoning of our water and soil, more so than we do our carbon output. But carbon is very heavily focused on.
The politicization of climate science is something that's vouched for by the majority of actual climate scientists.
It's hard to talk about because I am a proponent of clean energy technologies, and they are a must. Our industries and our usage of pollution services, like the automobile industry, is a toxic and environmental health hazard. But the global elite are very smart, they are using climate change, and global warming, to basically cause climate hysteria for political and financial gains.
The "97 percent" tagline is often used to demonize those who question anthropogenic induced climate change, and the mainstream media will do their best to make those who question it, no matter their background, credentials, or credibility, look foolish.
Ivar Giaever, a Norwegian-American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973, compares current climate science to pseudoscience.
Dr. Richard Lindzen, among many others, refers to this type of narrative as hysteria and argues that climate scientists raising this issue have been demonized. He's one of the world's top experts in the field and lead author of "Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks," Chapter 7 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Third Assessment Report on climate change.
He is a dynamical meteorologist with interests in the broad topics of climate, planetary waves, monsoon meteorology, planetary atmospheres, and hydrodynamic instability. He has made major contributions to the development of the current theory for the Hadley Circulation and pioneered the study of how ozone photochemistry, radiative transfer, and dynamics interact with each other. He is also the Emeritus Sloan Professor of Meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A slide from one of his lectures below states:
Global warming is about politics and power rather than science. In science, there is an attempt to clarify; in global warming, language is misused in order to confuse and mislead the public. The misuse of language extends to the misuse of models. For advocated of policies allegedly addressing global warming, the role of models is not to predict but rather to justify the claim that catastrophe is possible. As they understand, proving something to be impossible is itself almost impossible.
I am using him as one of many examples. pointed out how policymakers were heavily involved with the IPCC and their publications. He is one of many to do so. Here's a video in which he did try to bring awareness to what climate scientists REALLY believe. It's quite contrary to the climate hysteria we see that's constantly beamed. Right now it's happening with forests fires, which have been happening for hundreds of millions of years.
Why No Mention of Climate Engineering?
What about climate engineering? Geoengineering is the manipulation of the atmosphere through artificial means.
The US Air Force has the capability to manipulate climate either for testing purposes or for outright military-intelligence use. These capabilities extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts, and earthquakes.
Weather modification will become a part of domestic and international security and could be done unilaterally… It could have offensive and defensive applications and even be used for deterrence purposes. The ability to generate precipitation, fog, and storms on earth or to modify space weather, … and the production of artificial weather all are a part of an integrated set of technologies which can provide substantial increase in US, or degraded capability in an adversary, to achieve global awareness, reach, and power. (Air University of the US Air Force, AF 2025 Final Report, http://www.au.af.mil/au/2025/ . Emphasis added)
We've covered this topic in depth in multiple articles, and right now, geoengineering is being proposed as a solution to climate change, or what scientists above mentioned as 'climate hysteria.' The weather today is largely manufactured and owned, it's changed and manipulated for various reasons. It's hard to tell what's actually going on. Here's a clip of Ex-Cia director voicing his support for geoengineering…
Climate hysteria can be created, as much as terrorism can in order to create the war on terrorism…
The Takeaway
You could literally write a book on how the majority of reputable scientists within the field of Climate Science, and the ones actually involved with the IPCC, are all concerned about these things. As many of these scientists have pointed out, at a certain point, the final drafts and publications are taken over and written by politicians and policymakers.
There is a big problem here, and the elite who seem to be behind this type of thing, have been using their tools for years (mass media, education, etc..) to drill this idea in the people's heads. Climate initiatives are being supported like war was with mass propaganda, our hearts and care for Mother Earth are being taken advantage of and capitalized on. Those who question the official narrative of global climate change are often the ones who care about Earth the most. This is one of the reasons it is so important for the awakening community to strive for the truth, and then to bring out that truth widely. The future of our planet hangs in the balance.
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CNN Takes Trump To Court: Is He Winning The War Against Fake News?
In Brief
- The Facts:
A heated exchange between Donald Trump and CNN reporter Jim Acosta at a White House Press Briefing has led to Acosta losing his press pass, accusations of video doctoring, and a lawsuit claiming White House violations of the 1st and 5th amendments.
- Reflect On:
Does this battle represent a flashpoint in the larger battle between the Alliance and the Deep State? If so, what is our role in this?
Once a model of journalistic integrity and governmental decorum, the White House press conference seems to have devolved into a verbal street brawl of mutual disrespect between President Donald Trump and Mainstream Media. But at a deeper level, it has become Ground Zero for the battle for our collective perception of reality.
The notion that Mainstream Media is in the business of 'framing' a perception of events to suit a particular agenda is something that the public is beginning to awaken to in larger numbers. Now this is not to say that the President does not frame a perception of events as well. We have long known that all politicians do this. The difference is that President Trump does it to look good, be popular, and ultimately to be able to do what he believes are positive things for American citizens. The agenda behind the Mainstream Media is the destruction of American sovereignty and the implementation of a global power structure of enslavement. If we look at the 'Acosta Incident' through this lens, then an understanding of exactly why this is happening at this time comes into focus.
The Acosta Incident
The 'Acosta Incident' essentially involves CNN Journalist Jim Acosta asking questions to President Trump, being told by the President that he is done with Acosta and is moving on to the next reporter, and Acosta resisting attempts on the part of a young White House intern to take the microphone from him, actually using his arm to physically impede her arm from reaching over to take the microphone. Here is a full video of the incident:
As we can see in the video, the journalists (not only Acosta but the subsequent one) are spending most of their airtime building a narrative, finishing their statements with a slanted yes/no question which they already know the answer to. They try to characterize a given situation (i.e. Acosta saying that the 'caravan' is not an 'invasion') and basically trying to refute the President's characterization. There is no real attempt here to inquire, to get new information, to listen to what the President has to say. And of course the President also replies with his own narrative-building.
In a way, this has long been the dynamic in White House press conferences, but never in history have journalists tried to single-mindedly frame a narrative in such a combative way. No doubt one could look at Donald Trump's direct assault on Mainstream news as 'Fake News,' it has added much fuel to the fire. Objectively speaking, though, it would be hard to argue that Jim Acosta has not crossed a line of propriety in physically restraining a young woman from taking the microphone from him at the President's request.
Sarah Sanders' Tweet
It cannot come as a shock to the objective observer that the White House believes it had grounds to revoke Jim Acosta's press pass. In this CNN article, which denies any wrongdoing on the part of CNN or any apology for Jim Acosta, we see the narrative-building verbiage in full regalia:
CNN said in a statement that Acosta has the network's full support. The revocation of his pass "was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at today's press conference," the statement said. "In an explanation, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lied. She provided fraudulent accusations and cited an incident that never happened. This unprecedented decision is a threat to our democracy and the country deserves better."
I'm sorry–is there anybody reading this article that is buying the claim that the revocation of his pass "was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at today's press conference."? Wow, not even a MENTION of Acosta's physical contact with the intern. A tweet by White House Press Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, without audio, makes graphically clear what the White House, and, it must be said, any objective observer, would highlight as the reason his pass was revoked:
We stand by our decision to revoke this individual's hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video. pic.twitter.com/T8X1Ng912y
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
Now as we will see, the 'source' of her video, which shows 4 consecutive close-ups to drive the point home, is notable. According to this Wired article,
The video posted by Sanders appears identical to a video shared two hours earlier by Paul Joseph Watson, an editor-at-large at the right-wing media site InfoWars. Both videos were edited in the same way and had no sound. While the White House hasn't responded to inquiries about the source of the video posted by Sanders, it seems reasonable to say that the chance the two videos were created independently is extraordinarily low.
Claims The Video Was 'Doctored'
Not long after the tweet, claims that the White House was using a 'doctored' video, or that they had 'doctored' it themselves, began to pop up widely across Mainstream Media. Video experts were being called on to explain a frame-dropping or frame-pausing technique that was said to have made Acosta's wrist restraining the intern's arm look more like a 'karate chop.' Here is one of many videos up now explaining this:
And here is Infowars' Paul Joseph Watson's reaction to the claims that he doctored the video:
Even as a video editor myself, I don't know whether this video was doctored or not. Either one of the arguments above seem to have some logic, and it would take me a lot more time and effort to get to the bottom of it, time and effort I certainly don't want to spend. Why? Because it really doesn't matter.
While it would be possible that Watson would go through the trouble of doctoring a video to have a slight, barely perceptible effect of seeming more aggressive, the fact of the matter is, as Watson points out in his video,
'The media invented a giant conspiracy theory to distract from a real controversy…Sarah Sanders was right. Jim Acosta put his hands on a woman. He used his strength to overpower her, and that's clearly seen in the video. Does that mean he assaulted her? No. It doesn't. But he clearly used his hand, his wrist, and his arm to push her away…don't take my word for it, go and watch the footage yourself and come to your own conclusions.'
CNN continues to reference Sanders' tweet as 'a distorted video clip of the press conference that didn't show the complete back-and-forth. The same video had been posted by an InfoWars personality two hours earlier.' To persuade those people who don't investigate all the facts and rely on the validity of the narrative, these kinds of phrases and talking points are essential.
CNN Sues The White House
Now, it looks like the battle of narratives is headed for court. CNN has filed a lawsuit against the President and top aides for banning Acosta, believing his 1st and 5th amendment rights are being violated.
In an interview on Tuesday morning, [attorney Ted] Boutrous said CNN tried to resolve the matter privately, but the White House was not responsive so "we really had no choice but to sue." "We didn't want to have to go to court. We wanted to just report the news," he said. "Mr. Acosta wants to report the news. CNN wants to report the news."
If the full clip of Jim Acosta's tactics and line of questioning are those of a journalist who 'just wants to report the news,' I must be missing something. Of course it should come as no surprise that CNN is using all of its rhetorical devices to characterize itself as the victim here. But more and more, those speaking on behalf of the Alliance are also firing up their rhetoric to continue to pound away at the 'fake news' characterization of mainstream media, trying to reveal to the public the hidden agenda behind machinations like those of Acosta. Here is the response of Sarah Sanders and the White House to the lawsuit:
"We have been advised that CNN has filed a complaint challenging the suspension of Jim Acosta's hard pass. This is just more grandstanding from CNN, and we will vigorously defend against this lawsuit.
CNN, who has nearly 50 additional hard pass holders, and Mr. Acosta is no more or less special than any other media outlet or reporter with respect to the First Amendment. After Mr. Acosta asked the President two questions—each of which the President answered—he physically refused to surrender a White House microphone to an intern, so that other reporters might ask their questions. This was not the first time this reporter has inappropriately refused to yield to other reporters.
The White House cannot run an orderly and fair press conference when a reporter acts this way, which is neither appropriate nor professional. The First Amendment is not served when a single reporter, of more than 150 present, attempts to monopolize the floor. If there is no check on this type of behavior it impedes the ability of the President, the White House staff, and members of the media to conduct business."
This is an interesting fight in that it seems like a flash point whose outcome might indicate the relative strength of the two heavyweights, the Alliance fronted by Donald Trump, and the Deep State as mouthpieced by Mainstream Media. It's hard to know who is more up for this battle, to be honest. It will be interesting to see how this particular battle plays out.
The Takeaway
As usual, our discernment is required for sifting through these battles of conflicting narratives. The more we are able to find where the truth lies, and the more people that gain this power of discernment, the less we will have to live through the drama that is playing out in front of us. Living our lives in truth is our ultimate destination.
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- What do you do on crunchyroll? Watch anime and join conversations on the forum! Super fun forum tehe ~
- What genre best fits you? Slice of life, adventure, sci-fi
- What are you like? Like to do stuff myself without help and I enjoy eating food, haha
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- Do you go to school? Yes, my last year in High school. The school system is slightly different in Norway than the rest of the world.
- What do you aspire to do? Be with my boyfriend and support my friends
- Have you even went on any adventure? Tell me about it. Yeah this year I've went on more adventures than I've ever been in my life. Whole March I was an exchange student, I went to London with my class in April and for some week ago I went to Spain with my mum ~ Fun times!
-what do you do on crunchyroll? Ugh...whats Crunchy roll for?
-what genre best fits you? Anything with some blood, lots of explosions, a bit of fighting......., and a whole lot of romance. LOL
-what are you like? I'm like a candy bar; sweet and a little nutty.
-what's your name? (You don't need to know)
-Do you go to school? Haven't been to school in......21 years?!?!?! No f*c#*n way!
-What do you aspire to do? Ummm.....nothing really......maybe travel some or run my own business someday.
-have you even went on any adventure? tell me about it. It's called life. The most horrendous, awesome, sickening, enjoyable ride you'll ever want to get on.....and off.(insert puking smiley here)
Watching K-dramas instead of sleeping....;D
I don't really feel like answering all those questions. But I will say hello to you. I hope you enjoy your time here. There's a lot of cool people on Crunchyroll, but there's also a fair share of douche bags. It's pretty much like the rest of the world in that sense.
I hope you enjoy your time here, relax, and don't get upset over silly stuff.
Hello people. Here goes:
-what do you do on crunchyroll?
I recently used this old account of mine to watch my new favourite series, Sket Dance. I am now in LOVE with it!
-what genre best fits you?
Anything with Shounen, comedy, humor and life style in it.
-what are you like?
The Chatterbox, and uh, sometimes the Withdrawn/Lurker.
-what's your name?
Take a wild guess.
-Do you go to school?
I'm done with that part of life.
-What do you aspire to do?
To enjoy life, and to be able to do something I enjoy for a living someday.
-have you even went on any adventure? tell me about it.
Well I've travelled a fair bit.
experimenting things~
-what do you do on crunchyroll? I post on forums alot.
-what genre best fits you? Any anime that will make you stop and think, always love them.
-what are you like? I am kind, always up for a laugh, love anime and gaming and I am just always happy!
-what's your name? James if my username hasn't given it away already!
-Do you go to school? Finished school a year ago, now its work work work!
-What do you aspire to do? Pfffft!
-have you even went on any adventure? tell me about it. Not much adventure in Ireland if im honest with you... seen 11 tractors in one day once, that about as much adventure as I'll ever get!
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what do you do on crunchyroll? I watch anime generally and reply to forum posts
-what genre best fits you? Shonen, fantasy, slice of life well really any genre as long as its an attention grabber
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Hello! My name is Jákup Viljam, i've recently joined Chruncyroll, and so far I've enjoyed every bit of it:) Its a great site!
I am 16 years of age (Born in 1996, 5 October)
I am a Anime fan, I love games, I am a critic to everything, so to say I am a spectator beside the world judging it:)
My occupations are either being between something of the likes of "History, physics, astronomy, programming" In the future I will most likely be on a path that leads me to one of those:P
I would to say that I would consider myself as a Hero type of a person, that would help someone in need, but I lack confidence to do so, so I fail at it -__- (But if you ask me, I would probably help you:) ) That's one of the reasons I wanted to join the military, or the fire department too(I haven't yet though)
I do not really play any instruments yet, but I'd like to play the piano and the guitar as it is at the moment, I do play the piano abit (but badly xD) Trying to get some motivation to start it off, that is something else that I lack, I cannot do something because of it. -__-
All that I am is a nice guy that lacks confidence and is shy, he likes to play games and watch Anime, goes to the gym once in awhile, not really much to brag about, never really gotten any huge achievement, maybe that I won a Volleyball national tournament(when i mean I won, I mean the team :P)
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-what do you do on crunchyroll? I just spam the forums and watch anime:)
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-what are you like? Nice guy:) abit of a critic, its not like I would criticize your opinion, but if it were to be utterly based on fanboisim, I would probably tell you some pointers xD (btw this might be because i'm kinda a part of the "Totalbiscuit Cult" xD
-what's your name? Jákup Viljam
-Do you go to school? Yes and no, I do go to "a" school, but its not a public school where you go to, before you go to f.x. college/university, its a side school that lets you learn about a specific thing, and what I'm learning about is... Ships Yes, I'm going for a side education, to become somewhat of a captain, this might not match what i wrote above, but this is just for fun and the money:)
-What do you aspire to do? Be like Stephan Hawkings/Einstein. Or become a great programmer, make the best game out there. And then there is history, about that I would probably become a teacher, don't really anything else, I don't really like to be a guide, but a teacher sounds fine:)
-have you even went on any adventure? tell me about it. Sadly, no :/ But I really want to go on one, but this century is the worst, what adventure can you go on? Everything is explored on the earth -.- (almost) And a adventure is your going on a quest to do something, special, which I cannot seem to figure out what to do-.-
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- Soom Rathma.
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Is the Protection of State Information Bill really undermining the Constitutional Values?
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Others say, "There is No such Secrecy Bill its Protection of state information" well it's depends on how you look at it, those opposed it are calling it secrecy bill. My biggest concern right now is that where does this concept come from because its unique to South Africa.
Is the Protection of state information Bill really undermining the Constitutional Values, such as transparency, openness, and accountability etc, if this bill goes as it at the moment or on its current form? What does this mean to News Agency?
It's clear that certain part of our government wants to undermine our democracy by giving themselves powers, instead of resolving this in the interest of majority, freedom of expression. Less look at the (Original Intention and Current Intention) Critics have said, "The secrecy bill is the biggest up front to democracy since apartheid ended in 1994." They said, "The draft is necessary replacement for apartheid hiding from the public what they need to know. " The non government organization, Businesses and society at large has called up on the government to include the public defense into the protection of state information bill, but that seems to be landed in deaf ears. Business South Africa (Busa) has said, "The need for such a clues is to allay fears and accountability exist in South African public affairs.
They went on to say, "that corruption is the serious threat to the achievement of South Africa in social economic goals and the free flow of information is an essential part of reducing corruption". Majority of South Africans feel left out with regarding this issue.
Even those who were part of drafting the plan under former president Thabo Mbeki, who where put together by the former Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils. Firstly, the preliminary plan was really to look at all state system of classified information ensuring that everything is strictly written confidentially. The idea was to have a legislation that going to be classified, lots of the information that is classified but do not necessary requires classification on our new constitutional democracy and secondly, was to minimize the criteria for classification in the future, basically it was to clean up the past open it up and then be able to put a very strictly guidelines as to what is going to be classified.
And thirdly was really to create an offense which is not quite clear now on our legal system of obliterate of spies from outside coming to the country and using individual to open information that will be harmful to the state and the society in general. So those were some of the key principle that was guiding what the draft was all about. Due to the change of the regime or administration the new group that came in took what was already being discussed in parliament went and re-wrote it in their favor.
Its was a well drafted peace of legislation and those who are pushing it so hard for the new version that has been draft by the new government to go on as it is because that was not original intention. It look like they planning to create a very serious crime, in a nutshell this mean that people who publish information that is classified will be committing a very serious crime. The government needs to put the public interest forward as its claim that its serves the public interest rather then seeing the state interest verse the public interest. The challenge is how are we going to ensure that this is going to be balance on both side?
If one looks at the bills of rights and clues on excess to information bill, " its says everyone has a right of excess to any information held by the state and any information that is held by another person. The Lobbying groups pleaded with MP's to re-think its decision on protecting state information saying that," it will effect the work of Journalist exposing wrong doing, corruption and whistle blowing. Its doesn't seems that the government want to protect the public because this bill will reduce journalist especial investigative journalist into the state of ordinary South African citizen by obliging then to hand over classified information to the police like every ordinary citizen. The bill as its set to be finalized and passed on 17 of May in the National Council of Provinces (NPC).
The biggest question is, Can the lobbying group stop this bill in parliament or in the constitution? That still remains to be seen.


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Just had a rather horrid shock when we got our AS results on Thursday - they were pretty dismal. Most of the students we expected to get A's got C's and those who we expected to get C's got E's or U's.
I'm not sure where we went wrong as I thought we had followed the exam boards advice on how to answer the questions but clearly something isn't right. We are going to ask for the papers to be remarked just incase but I have a feeling this isn't going to make for any dramatic improvements. We will also get papers back to see what they say.
Would anyone be willing to give me some advice on
- how to teach such a large content in such a short time (any schemes of work outlines etc would be very gratefully recieved)
- how to teach the skills element. What is the exam board looking for?
Obviously I want to start on the right foot with our new Yr 12's in a weeks time but I also need to give advice to our Y13's who will be doing resits in January.
Thank you a thousand time for any advice you can give me or for any resources you can pass my way. I really am very grateful .
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IT Management Slideshow: IT, Processes Fuel Productivity Gains
It's not news that times are tough, and have been for a while. Jobs are scarce, and pay is largely flat. If there's any bright spot in the business economy, a report from Deloitte finds that productivity has actually increased in these uncertain times. According to Deloitte's findings, 70 percent of the 696 midmarket executives polled in the U.S. said productivity has climbed 70 percent since the Great Recession began in December 2007. For these companies, it's all about business processes and technology-not people. Automation and the efficiencies it brings have always promised great things, and for these respondents, the vision has become reality. But while hiring en masse has not been a viable option, respondents say they're getting more from their existing workforce. Tough times can bring positive benefits for some, it appears: these executives cited better morale/teamwork, and more skilled and educated workers as a bonus in keeping their business machine running. The survey was conducted from July 19 to August 15, 2011; these findings are responses to the question, "What were the top three reasons behind the rise in productivity at your company since the onset of the recession?" Only time will tell if these ingredients will continue to drive the recipe for success. But the major gains in business process improvement and technological enhancement should make CIOs and other IT leaders feel a sense of accomplishmentâ¦for now.


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Words are a risky business. They often fail at the heights of love and the depths of grief. Yet words can move mountains, and good conversation can lead to conversion of heart and habits—if we take the risk to speak truthfully and to listen with care.
Recently I took part in just such a truth-seeking conversation when I attended the 2011 Collegeville National Symposium on Lay Ecclesial Ministry (www.lemsymposium.org). The purpose of the gathering was to advance the national conversation about laity taking on professional ministerial roles, which has become increasingly common in the U.S. church since the Second Vatican Council.
Specifically, presenters and participants reflected together on the discernment of a vocation to lay ecclesial ministry and how effective leadership from the hierarchy can support and authorize people with such a vocation. We attempted to flesh out general principles laid out in "Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," the U.S. bishops' 2005 document about lay ecclesial ministry.
The 230 participants were academics and in-the-trenches ministers—men and women, clergy, laypeople and religious—of widely varying ages, backgrounds, ethnicities and theological persuasions. Despite the potential divisiveness of such diversity, there was overall agreement on the importance of lay ecclesial ministry in an age when demographic, technological and cultural changes pose tough challenges to parish life. Lay ministers, said the sociologist Nancy Ammerman of Boston University, are essential for helping the church deliver social services, build social capital, teach civic skills and, most important, foster nurturing relationships and Christian identity.
Much conversation centered around eight theological statements about lay ecclesial ministry that were presented, discussed, revised and ultimately accepted by an overwhelming majority of those present. These points affirmed lay ecclesial ministry as a genuine ministerial vocation: inspired by the Holy Spirit, rooted in baptism and discerned within the ecclesial community. Formed for and exercising distinctive leadership roles in the church, lay ecclesial ministers serve publicly in the church's name, with the authorization of their bishop, having been recognized and empowered for their ministry by a public ritual. Their presence calls the church to provide supportive structures and policies to foster their ministry.
A cynic might dismiss such a gathering as "a chase after wind" (to borrow a phrase from Qoheleth), a self-selected group of already-converted people filling a large room with a lot of talk. My impression, however, was not of wind-chasing or hot air but of truth-telling and careful listening that led to mutual inspiration and challenge. And the words of the Collegeville symposium will ripple outward: a report to the U.S. bishops, a forthcoming book of related essays, concrete action-item commitments from all 43 co-sponsoring organizations and 86 specific recommendations to advance lay ecclesial ministry. A grant program will fund further research and ministerial projects.
The ultimate proving ground of such a national symposium is, of course, the local diocese and parish. Most bishops and priests are aware of what would advance lay ecclesial ministry. Most have good will to do so, and many have supportive policies and programs in place. But for others, these concerns take a back seat to dealing with sexual abuse scandals, faltering finances, struggling schools, a shortage of priests and day-to-day ministry responsibilities.
Nonetheless, I believe that conversations like the Collegeville symposium will eventually effect substantial change (even if in fits and starts) as more bishops and priests recognize lay ministers as able partners who lighten the yoke of pastoral service. And echoing Bishop Blase Cupich's closing address to the symposium, I hope that while national conversations continue, the thousands of astoundingly patient lay ecclesial ministers will continue their daily trailblazing work to meet the needs of God's people. Their ministry led to these conversations, after all, and their ministry calls the hierarchy to listen and to lead—or else risk missing the movement of the Spirit in the signs of the times.


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China's Marlboro Country
The strange, underground world of counterfeit cigarettes.
But you won't find their activity downtown.
Ringed by thickly forested mountains, illicit cigarette factories dot the countryside, carved deeply into caves, high into the hills, and even buried beneath the earth. By one tally, some 200 operations are hidden in Yunxiao, a southwestern Fujian county about twice the area of New York City. Over the last 10 years, production of counterfeit cigarettes has soared in China, jumping eightfold since 1997 to an unprecedented 400 billion cigarettes a year—enough to supply every U.S. smoker with 460 packs a year. Once famed for its bright yellow loquat fruit, Yunxiao is the trade's heartland, the source of half of China's counterfeit production.
Slate V: Hunting Chinese cigarette pirates
Today, China's fake cigarettes—knockoff Marlboros, Newports, and Benson & Hedges—are flooding markets around the globe. They fuel a violent, multibillion-dollar black market and are even more hazardous to smokers than the real thing, yet the industry is little-known.
"Most factories are underground," a Yunxiao cigarette broker confided in hushed tones. "They're under buildings, unimaginably well-hidden, with secret doors from the basements." Even the village temple—topped with an arched red roof and twisting, frescoed spires—conceals a factory below, she said.
Cigarette counterfeiting is immensely lucrative, with profits easily rivaling those of the narcotics trade. While a pack of fake Marlboros costs 20 cents to make in China, it can fetch up to 20 times that amount in the United States. And though a drug trafficker might land a life sentence if caught, a cigarette counterfeiter usually receives a comparative slap on the wrist—a handful of years in jail or possibly a fine.
"In the last few years, pretty much every market has been targeted," said Andrew Robinson, who directs Philip Morris International's efforts to protect its brand. In 2001, Chinese manufacturers were producing eight different varieties of counterfeit Marlboros. As of last year, though, Chinese counterfeiters were manufacturing separate versions of Marlboro tailored for some 60 countries—down to the specific details of tax stamps and regional health warnings. As many as 99 percent of counterfeit cigarettes in the United States come from China.
When it comes to top-quality fakes like these, all roads lead back to Yunxiao. "Any brand or quality, Yunxiao can help you make it," said a former cigarette smuggler from Fujian. "You just need to name your price."
Villagers wary of strangers act as sentries along Yunxiao's narrow side streets and in its hotels, and outsiders are frequently tailed. Factory raids carried out by Chinese police have yielded semiautomatic rifles and met with machete-armed resistance. Every year, several state and private investigators are murdered in retaliation killings. Though Chinese authorities offer rewards of thousands of dollars for information, few residents dare to take them. "Even if you get the money," one villager said, "you won't have any life left to enjoy it in afterward."
It's hard to overstate the ubiquity of tobacco in China, home to one of the world's most elaborate and entrenched smoking cultures. Here, the introductory exchange of cigarettes is as ritualized as a handshake, and expensive brands moonlight as everything from wedding gifts to bribes—even offerings on ancestors' tombs.
As an official from the tobacco company Rothmans once put it, "Thinking about Chinese smoking statistics is like trying to think about the limits of space." Every year, China's smokers consume 2.2 trillion cigarettes. The number of counterfeits flooding the domestic market is similarly off the charts. "Each of us has come up with our own strategy to deal with it by now," confided one Beijing smoker who refuses to buy at locations where he doesn't know the owner. On trains, conductors roam the aisles, industriously hawking 75-cent keychain lights that purportedly reveal fake packs.
In China, all legal manufacture and distribution of cigarettes is state-owned and state-controlled. With cigarette sales accounting for nearly 8 percent of China's budget in 2007, the state has a strong motive to keep its supply counterfeit-free. (Officials are zealous about protecting the market, too: Until this April, officials in the central Chinese province of Hubei were required to smoke a collective 230,000 packs of regional brands a year.)
Accordingly, counterfeiters deploy a number of tricks to dodge authorities. One manufacturer built a factory that masqueraded as a military compound, complete with 20 laborers—dressed in castoff army uniforms—who would conduct faux-military drills and sing the national anthem in the yard every morning. Other cigarette-making machines have been hidden on ships, inside concrete bunkers, and even under a lake.
Back in the 1990s, Chinese counterfeits often came with misspelled health warnings, blurred lettering, and other obvious giveaways. These days, their sophistication sometimes challenges forensic investigators. In the United Kingdom—where authorities report that up to one-third of all cigarettes sold in some areas are fake, mostly from China—customs officers have deployed a trained dog to sniff out counterfeits on the streets.
For the enterprising smuggler, custom-made fakes are only a few clicks away. Manufacturers openly court clients through online storefronts, touting quality guarantees and their equipment's international caliber. One Yunxiao operation, established in 1993, assures customers of its experience exporting to Asia and Africa and says it maintains its own tobacco fields in Laos. The company—which churns out 80 million cigarettes a week—promises a six-day turnaround, door-to-door delivery for certain overseas clients, and impeccable customer service.
The tone is reassuring and gently instructive. For hesitant buyers, the owners guarantee that the U.S. market in particular is a "profit business."
"We strive to build and maintain a total honesty management culture," the manufacturers say, "and will appreciate the chance to do business with you."
But for U.S. consumers, inhaling the knockoff cigarettes may do even more damage than their genuine counterparts. Lab tests show that Chinese counterfeits emit higher levels of dangerous chemicals than brand-name cigarettes: 80 percent more nicotine and 130 percent more carbon monoxide, and they contain impurities that include insect eggs and human feces.
None of that stops counterfeiters, who reap prodigious rewards from the trade. According to manufacturers in Yunxiao, state-of-the-art cigarette-making machines can set a factory back $1.5 million to $3 million. "But everyone knows that the investment can be recouped in just a few months of manufacturing," a Yunxiao cigarette broker told me.
Even area officials speak of the region's counterfeiting prowess with pride. "For a long time now, a lot of Yunxiao's cigarettes have gone to Russia," said one police officer. "The feedback from Russian customers is that they've gotten used to the fake flavor, and now they don't want the real ones anymore."
The broker says Yunxiao might change someday, but the transition could take many years. One of the manufacturers she knows invested $2.5 million to start a legitimate business elsewhere, but recently quit and returned—disappointed because "the profits could never match counterfeit."
Still, she hopes the industry will make a shift: "We locals would like to see Yunxiao start its own legal cigarette factory someday."


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UB Technology Incubator named best for life sciences
A Swedish startup has named the University at Buffalo Technology Incubator as the world's top life-sciences business incubator that is based at a university.
The University Business Incubator Index, a company based in Stockholm that serves the incubator industry, studied 150 university incubators in 22 countries and measured their performance on 50 indicators. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship in Houston was named the best overall university incubator.
UB's Technology Incubator, located in the Baird Research Park on Sweet Home Road across from the North Campus, rated well for talent retention, post-incubation relationship and other factors, according to statements from the index and UB.
The incubator, which opened in 1988, rents office and laboratory space to entrepreneurs and startups and provides mentoring, training, grant-writing assistance and access to resources and expertise, according to the university.
More than 100 companies have gone through the incubator, and 84 percent of those graduates lasted for five or more years, UB reported. Its current tenants and surviving graduates employ 500 people and have annual revenues of more than $50 million.
The best-known of its 13 current tenants may be ONY Inc., founded by Dr. Edmund A. Egan II and the late Bruce A. Holm, both UB scientists, to market Infasurf, a drug that reduces the rate of respiratory failure in premature infants.
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Hunger: the new phase of climate change in Africa
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Climate change is transforming the planet's ecosystems and threatening the well-being of current and future generations, increasing the rate of food shortage as a result of droughts, water shortage, and high temperatures globally.
Ever since the first climate talks in Geneva in 1979, there have been a series of climate talks, yet no profound solutions has been attained. This has driven world leaders and scientist into postulating false solutions to climate change which is rapidly driving the world into hunger and food shortages. The issue of food shortages and hunger has gradually given rise to a rapid bio-technological advancement which in turn has resulted to mass environment degradation, more loss of land, and has affected the livelihood of local farmers.
It was reported on the 9th of October 2012, in Rome –that
about 870 million people, or one in eight persons, were suffering
from chronic undernourishment and hunger in 2010-2012 (according
to the new UN hunger report released). The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012
(SOFI), jointly published by the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), presents
better estimates of chronic undernourishment and hunger based on
an improved methodology and data for the last two decades.
Among the vast majority of the undernourished and hungry people, 852 million people live in developing countries which is about 15 percent of their population, while 16 million people are undernourished in developed countries. With such figures, it shows that climate induced hunger is much stronger now than what it used to be. A few decades ago this was a result of an increase in the emissions from fossil fuels, gas flares, and greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
Among these undernourished and hungry people, Africa has been the only region where the number of hungry people has increased over the period- from 175 million to 239 million, with nearly 20 million added in the past four years. The prevalence of hunger which has reduced over the entire period, has risen slightly over the past three years from 22.6 percent to 22.9 percent - with nearly one in four hungry. In sub-Saharan Africa, the modest progress achieved in recent years up to 2007 was reversed, with hunger rising 2 percent per year since then. Developed regions also saw the number of the hungry rise from 13 million in 2004-2006 to 16 million in 2010-2012. This reversed a steady decrease in previous years from 20 million in 1990-1992.
All this has been a result of increase droughts, increase in temperature, monoculture and land grabbing resulting from false solutions postulated by scientistist from developed nations where pollution is on the increase due to their quest for technological advancement. This has caused more harm to the global environment than good. Food availability and access to adequate food constitute one of the most basic and essential requirements for maintaining a healthy and productive life. Presently, hunger and malnutrition comprise the major threats to human health (World Food Programme, 2009), and climate change will continue to affect all aspects of food security, especially in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, where more than 1 billion young men and women live.
Food insecurity and shortage is likely to pose a major challenge for developing countries that are vulnerable to extreme weather events and countries that have low incomes and a high incidence of hunger and poverty (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007b; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009b). Inhabitants of these regions are already at risk and will find it very difficult to overcome food production and income losses resulting from extreme weather events. This situation could mean short-term and long-term losses in food availability and access. Short-term infrastructural damage from extreme weather events of growing intensity can also make food distribution difficult.
The most affected region hit by compromised food security will be the rural areas of Africa, where more than half of the region's young people live. The greatest challenge faced within this context will arise from the impact of climate change on water resources available for agricultural utilization and domestic uses. In rural Africa, groundwater and rainfall are essential inputs for food production and are the main sources of potable water. One area currently experiencing a serious water deficit is the Sahel region where longer and more intense droughts constitute one of the most dramatic climatic changes recorded in any region. This situation is expected to worsen in the coming years, affecting more than 60 million young women and men. Outside the Sahel, groundwater supplies are expected to decrease by as much as 10 per cent, even with a 1oC increase in temperature.
Although less developed nations are likely to face a greater threat to food security, developed countries may be affected as well. In northern Australia and the southern United States, for example, food production could decline as a result of drier surface conditions too. Climate change mitigation processes has posed an additional challenge to food availability globally. Ironically, some climate change mitigation efforts have undermined food security, especially in less developed regions of the world.
The production of biofuels and other forms of bioenergy presents one of the greatest challenges in this regard. Bioenergy is the largest new source of agricultural demand in recent years, and this has important implications for food production and availability in areas where agricultural capacity is diminishing. It takes a lot more grain to power the world than to feed it. The corn equivalent of the energy used for a few minutes of driving would feed a person for an entire day, and that same person could be fed for a year with the equivalent energy burned from a full tank of ethanol in a four-wheel-drive sports utility vehicle.
REDD+ A carbon offset mechanisms is also another major challenge in this regard a process whereby indusralized Northern countries use forest, agriculture, soils, and even water as sponges for their pollution instead of reducing greenhouse gas emissons at source, which results to land grabbing in developing nations thereby reducing land space for agriculture and food production which inturn leads to foos shortage and hunger. These processes are no longer just false solutions to climate change but a new way of colonialism in order to false feed Africans in developing countries with Genetically Modified Organisms in this regard food crops manufactured in the laboratory. These climate change false solutions such as Biofuels production, bioenergy generation, REDD+ projects and GMOs should be rejected and resisted by developing nations.
Developed nations of the world should heed to the reduction of carbon emissions so as to reduced the impact of climate change glabally to "below 2 degrees Celsius" and avoid "climate change, deep cuts in global emissions which is urgently required.