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It had been snowing all day and raining all evening when the doors opened at Output on Friday night right after 10 p.m. for Skrillex's appearance, so I felt ready for anything. Not that anyone was expecting too many surprises — a lot of hard, hiccuping beats and jackhammer bass, trap and dubstep and Dutch house, the lingua franca of mainstream nightlife the last few years — in short, what people mean by "EDM."
Output is a club in Brooklyn, open one year, and the hub of Williamsburg's increasingly robust dance-music presence. Their schedule is a who's-who of the international DJ scene, either via the club's own bookings or through external promoters such as Bryan Kasenic of The Bunker, which throws its parties regularly at Output; Q-Tip has a regular DJ gig there as well. Its no-photo policy and lack of promotional interviews, as well as its talent buys, clearly mark it as a destination spot, as does its Funktion-One sound system, widely (though not unanimously) considered the best in the biz.
I have deeply mixed feelings about Output. The staff is very friendly, which is refreshing, and the music is loud and clear from all angles. There are lights and speakers throughout the rectangular venue, so even the upstairs, where soft benches line the two long sides, can and do function as dance floors, and the crowds tend toward the friendly as well. But it's been assembled so carefully it feels antiseptic. It's a tough place to feel truly at home in. There's no grit, no sense that something unexpected might occur. There's been a lot of overstatement in the passel of memorials for the recently shuttered DIY venue 285 Kent, but it's easy to see why someone might have loved that hole. It's harder to imagine anyone loving — not liking, loving — Output.
That isn't nearly the case with its side venue, the Panther Room, where the second floor is way higher than the dance floor, like a lodge in the Pacific Northwest; it has a dozen times the character of the main room. It was partly because I'd first understood that Skrillex was playing the Panther Room that I wanted to see him there; the other was more purely voyeuristic, not to mention journalistic. It helps that I like Skrillex as a producer and DJ — his edition of BBC Radio 1's Essential Mixwas one of my favorite sets of last year. But in the end, I'm glad I saw him in the main room, because the smaller venue would have been unbearable. It was difficult enough at times to move through a space four times the Panther Room's size.
The Output appearance was part of what Skrillex's people, and thus the media, referred to as a "Brooklyn takeover," meaning he was playing in a number of venues during Fashion Week — some secret parties, some not. (Output wasn't one of the secret shows.) Often, this sort of event blitz lays the groundwork for a big upcoming album or its like, but for Skrillex, moves like these are the norm. He likes to hit-and-run, dropping in on each of the first two Holy Ship! EDM cruises unannounced and making a cameo during Alvin Risk's set on the first weekend of last year's Ultra Music Festival. (The two released a single together, "Try It Out," this winter.)
It's also, in a way, a demonstration of legitimacy. Yes, Skrillex can get hundreds of people to show up at a random warehouse with little notice; hell, Skrillex could sell out Madison Square Garden if he wanted to. But these hit-and-runs display him as a gigging DJ who likes to throw parties, and keeping things relatively low-key means he can mess around more than when he's sitting in a hydraulic contraption cuing literal fireworks to go off. Legitimacy is the bulwark Output upholds, so seeing Skrillex there made far more sense than imagining the club booking, say, the cake-throwing Steve Aoki.
The night began with Tommie Sunshine, who played his first raves when Skrillex was five years old. He opened with some vintage sounding garage — whose pulsing, on-beat keyboard parts have a sensuous punch to them that, on that big system, revealed themselves as precursors to the body-centricity of wobbly dubstep bass, riffs traveling through the body as well as the ear. Sunshine spent an hour traveling through a lot of earlier house and garage before shifting gears, subtly but surely, to the EDM present, dot-connecting to new tracks like the Morse-code riffing "Gecko," by Oliver Heldens, to the Disco Fries' "Philtrum," whose lockstep laser-bass drops had some enthusiastic dudes getting their Riverdance on upstairs around a quarter to midnight.
This is a good time to mention that this was, point blank, the nicest crowd I've been in for a long time — absolutely no attitude, everyone focused on the music and their friends, politeness the rule. Everyone seemed to genuinely be enjoying herself. I had wondered about this going in — a den of vanguard dance music hosting the most paradigmatic artist of the new dance mainstream; who would win the tug of war? The answer is no one, because no tug of war existed. Some people dressed up more than others, but in the main there was almost no flash, by which I mean neon. These were adults, not the younger kids you see at many of the big festivals (or, I'm told, the warehouse events Skrillex played elsewhere in Brooklyn). You could barely move on the dance floor, but elsewhere there was little of the harried jostling for position that usually accompanies a big show in a small space like this one — especially during Fashion Week.
Moreover, they were adults with jobs and lives outside the club. Often, what separates EDM fans from the folks who usually go to Output — Pitchfork writer Tim Finney once suggested the term "dahnce," pronounced with a Euro or Aussie tinge, to differentiate the hipster-leaning stuff from the mainstream — is class. At Skrillex there was a noticeable thinning out around two a.m., halfway into his set. (It filled back up in a hurry, rest assured.) These were, in the main, ordinary people who liked this guy so much they were willing to stand out in the freezing rain for (at least) an hour to make sure they got in to see him. They came for a good time, and they got it.
That good time had two clear parts. Skrillex came on after the unfortunately named Bro Safari, whose trap-dubstep-etc. mélange was a lot more fully amalgamated than the headliner's first hour (not to mention the more self-conscious variants on the same template a few months ago at the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival). The first half of Skrillex's set was full of new material that leaned on rough house beats far more than dubstep ones, and including plenty of quick cameos from obvious touchstones: the Prodigy's 1996 "Firestarter," (I think) Switch's 2005 "A Bit Patchy," Bingo Players' 2011 "Cry (Just a Little)," and, from last year, A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky's "Shabba" (which also popped up during Sunshine's set) and Green Velvet's "Bigger Than Prince" — all reliable thrills, anchoring a set with a lot of change-ups, little of it holding still for more than a minute or so.
None of it cohered like the Essential Mix or hit-you-like-a-kiss the way his Electric Zoo set in 2012 did; clearly it's a work in progress. That's the advantage of doing small shows for the diehards — you can figure things out in real time for a real crowd. The other advantage, especially for the diehards, is that the second half of Skrillex's set was far more brutish and bass-heavy — filled with his big hits ("Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," "Bangarang," his remix of Nero's "Promises"), the way Neil Young might throw in "Heart of Gold" after six or seven previously unheard songs, a reward for letting the headliner stretch out.
It was a needed energy boost. The rivet-gun bass lines' return certainly seemed to relieve some of the audience, including one guy on the second floor whose air-beatdown aggro dance looked like he'd learned it from the fight scene of an old Fleischer Brothers Popeyeshort. They also made it plain how uneven the Skrillex corpus is: "Bangarang," yes now and forever (especially following TWRK's "Badinga!" like it did Thursday); his Doors "collabo," not so much. The latter anchored the set's most cartoony stretch, full of bass lines woolly and willful as finger paintings. When they tightened up, those dubstep clichés breathed and gained force, like straightening a frame on a wall and bringing a room into focus.
Not that a regular-sized club with a super-sized headliner can be called "unfocused," precisely — even with Skrillex getting on the mike too many times, an energy-diffuser in this context. (None of these folks needed his instruction to scream when the bass lines dropped.) But in a space that can feel too streamlined for its own good, Skrillex's rambunctiousness was a tonic — just as it was an up to see someone who could remain an aloof pop phenomenon get his hands dirty for people willing to do the same for him. In the best possible way, they deserve each other.
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Dr. Kate Hersov was a Pediatrician with a problem that would take some Super Heroes to solve. She was working in New Zealand with children who had difficult health situations and no way to explain what they needed to know – on their level. She was very frustrated that she didn't have any information to give her young patients. A moment of inspiration came when she was explaining a patient's cancer diagnosis to an 11-year old's parents when the patient called out the adults for not having information for him. So Dr. Hersov became a "Doctor-preneur" and the MediKidz Super Heroes were born.
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So Kevin Costner was getting a massage at a hotel in Scotland. According to the masseuse, who later filed a claim of unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination, here's a highlight:
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These rapid advances by the Taliban are forcing President Biden to change plans. Instead of wrapping up a withdrawal, the Pentagon is now sending 3,000 troops back into Afghanistan to evacuate American diplomats and other civilians. NPR's national security correspondent Greg Myre is following the story from Washington, D.C. He's with us now. Good morning, Greg.
GREG MYRE, BYLINE: Hi, Noel.
KING: What is the plan, the mission, for these 3,000 troops?
MYRE: So these troops are going to be made up of three infantry battalions, Army and Marines. And they're supposed to start arriving in Kabul today or tomorrow. They'll be based at the airport in the capital. And their job will be to provide security for U.S. diplomats at the embassy, to get them to the airport and help them fly out of the country safely. And we should note, the U.S. embassy and the airport are just a few miles apart in the capital. Now, a second part of this mission will be to help with the evacuation of Afghan interpreters who've worked with the U.S. military over the past two decades and are now applying for visas to come to the U.S.
KING: Greg, are the people being evacuated? The U.S. diplomats and the Afghan interpreters, are they in immediate danger?
MYRE: Not immediate danger. And for the moment, the Afghan government still controls Kabul. And the U.S. was planning to keep a sizeable staff at the embassy to help support the Afghan government. And until the past few days, the thinking was it was safe for now in Kabul. And the U.S. could keep operating in the capital, supporting the government financially and politically. But this Taliban surge has been so rapid, defying all predictions, that President Biden and the Pentagon decided to act immediately. And this is a clear signal they think Kabul is at risk. And, of course, it just adds to the sense that the Afghan government and the military is starting to disintegrate and fueling the notion that a Taliban takeover is all but inevitable.
KING: And so is it conceivable that these U.S. troops will end up fighting against the Taliban?
MYRE: Well, that's not the intention. The Pentagon says these troops will be armed to defend themselves if attacked. But the mission is not to fight. Here's Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
JOHN KIRBY: I want to stress that these forces are being deployed to support the orderly and safe reduction of civilian personnel. This is a temporary mission with a narrow focus.
MYRE: But they are making all sorts of contingency plans. In addition to these troops, another 3,500 are going from the 82nd Airborne in North Carolina to Kuwait. So they'll be nearby just in case the situation gets even worse. Now, all of this evacuation mission is supposed to be completed by the end of this month. And that's also the goal for the broader U.S. pullout from Afghanistan.
KING: But the U.S. can't be entirely gone from Afghanistan by the end of this month.
MYRE: That's right, Noel. So the plan for the State Department says is that we'll keep - it will keep the embassy open but with a very small team. And the military is also planning to keep about 650 troops to guard the embassy and the airport in Kabul. But with these conditions literally changing by the day, even the hour, these plans may have to be revised as well.
KING: So at this point, what options - diplomatic or military - does the U.S. really have?
MYRE: Well, not many. And they're certainly not good. The U.S. really lost its leverage when - with the withdrawal of 2,50o over the past couple months. There have been talks this week between the U.S., the Taliban and other countries in Qatar. But the Taliban have no real incentive to negotiate. They have all the momentum right now. And there's no indication that this is going to lead to any kind of breakthrough. And there are real dangers on the horizon here. The Taliban can certainly seek revenge against Afghans who supported the Americans, we're - could be looking at a regional refugee crisis. We're also seeing a lot - already seeing a lot of Afghans displaced internally. And in short, this is just a huge hit for a very poor country that's been at war for more than 40 years.
KING: NPR's Greg Myre. Thank you, Greg.
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Proposals to place the internet under the control of a UN technical body could restrict political freedoms and harm civil society, the TUC is warning today (Monday).
The TUC has joined a global campaign - co-ordinated by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - against plans to regulate the internet that are being put forward by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and due to be discussed in Dubai next month.
ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow will launch Stop the Net Grab later today at a press conference in London,alongside Paul Twomey, the ex-head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the body which co-ordinates the allocation of internet addresses worldwide. Joining them via a video link from California will be Dr Vint Cerf who was one of the people behind the invention of the internet in the 1970s.
The ITU is a UN body, set up initially to regulate telegrams, and later telephones and faxes. A coalition of countries including China, Russia and Iran is now seeking to give the ITU and ultimately individual governments, the power to control internet use, regulating not just the network infrastructure, but the internet uses people and organisations are allowed to make.
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The ITU has publicised its plans for regulation, but the actual details and positions of member countries remain secret ahead of the December meeting. Unlike many other UN conferences, civil society has no access to the process, not even as observers, and virtually no public consultation has taken place. Participation is limited to governments, with observation limited to corporates paying high registration fees.
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Brendan Barber added: 'These decisions will have a huge impact on freedoms and the everyday use of the internet that people take for granted, and most people would be shocked to know that something so major could be happening amongst such secrecy.
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Current resurrector works via USB interface thus no JTAG connection is required. You may need to install RIFF BOX DCC Loader USB Interface USB driver if you run this for the first time. Drivers are located in JTAG Manager directory (Drivers folder).
In order to connect, device must be detected by system as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader communication port. To force device into this mode (that is if your device is dead but there is still no USB activity when you connect it to PC with USB cable) use testpoint to disable the eMMC memory – for this shortcut specified point on the schematics to the GND during power-on stage.
Resurrector will reflash radio's boot zones and will re-write PDA's SPL to 1.30.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = 'PH4430000'.
There is option to reflash BOOT and RECOVERY zones.
To resurrect HTC EvoDesign4G via USB Cable:
- If required, use testpoint to force HS-USB QDLoader mode: for this de-power board, shortcut specified point in the schematics to GND with the help of a needle, insert USB cable into PC, wait while phone enumerates as HS-USB QDLoader and then remove the needle;
- Make sure USB cable is attached to the board and is connected to PC;
- Make sure HTC EvoDesign4G via USB is selected in the list of models;
- Click Resurrect button;
- Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
- Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;
Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.
To enter download mode:
- Disconnect PC cable;
- Insert battery;
- Hold 'Volume Down' key and press 'Power ON' button.


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Well, I finally made it to Momofuku Ssäm Bar. It was my birthday and with many Rhones, steins, and Jagers well consumed we decided it was time to throw ourselves into the hands of David Chang and his partners in crime. Eight of us strolled in on our ankles around midnight, proudly wielding a white truffle (a birthday present from Asam and Seraph), presented it to David, and asked him to feed the eight of us until we could safely assume the edges would be dulled of what otherwise promised to be hangovers as sharp as the cutting edge of the awesome Masamoto knife Wife gave me earlier in the night.
I was way too well served to fairly critique the meal, but I feel safe declaring that based on how fun this food was drunk it is probably quite good sober. Here are pictures, some shot at particularly jaunty angles, of what it looked like. Over the course of the meal there was heat, sweetness, sourness, unctuousness, lightness and depth, a lot of dishes were consumed running quite a spectrum of flavors and textures.
Of the two oysters, I preferred the one with the red in the dressing. I woke up wishing I could eat another couple pounds of the roasted pork shoulder in bibb lettuce leaves with pureed kimchee. The lightly pickled vegetables were great, the mushrooms my favorite for their distinct ginger zing. Dishes like veal head terrine, fried cauliflower salad, and anything involving apples and bacon start at good and can only be made better. I remember these as better. The truffle played in two dishes, a roasted poussin that was near perfect, and a dish with wide gauged chewy, gummy Asian noodles with a poached egg that besides being first-rate was exactly the unique type of experience I look for. The hamachi was the first truly original uncooked fish appetizer I have encountered in a long time of eating uncooked fish appetizers. As for the pork buns, well they are possibly the greatest après-Jager food there is.
Barron Point Oysters (WA) – w/ preserved lemon
Caraquet Oysters (Canada) – w/ cucumber, melon
Cured Hamachi-horseradish, edamame
Seasonal Pickles
Steamed Buns-pork belly, hoisin, cucumber
Grilled Spanish Mackerel-salted plum, pickled daikon, ponzu
Warm Veal Head Terrine
Winesap & Northern Spy Apple Salad – Benton's bacon, lychee, peanuts
Fried Cauliflower–pickled chilies, delfino, mint, fish sauce
Mutsu & Macoun Apple Salad – crispy pork jowl, arugula, soy bean sauce
Roasted Poussin – acorn squash, crispy onions (and our truffle)
Noodles, poached egg, and our truffle
Col. Bill Newsom's Country Ham (Princeton, Kentucky)
Edward's Wigwam Smoked Ham (Surry, Virginia)
Finchville Farms Country Ham (Finchville,Kentucky)
Bo Ssäm-Berkshire butt (except I swear when it was presented it was called a shoulder, whichever it was it was great), dozen oysters, kimchi, rice, bibb lettuce.
It was my birthday so I am sure if you ask Wife, Thursday, Bear, Soho, Octopus, Code, or O'Groom you may get a better feel for nuance and subtlety. But as far as my old drunk self goes this place hit me like a happy hammer, and I'll be back.


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TROY, Ala. — Zac Thomas and Appalachian State came out fast, built and maintained a big lead and then headed home.
That's where they'll remain next weekend.
Thomas passed for 326 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a fifth score to lead No. 22 Appalachian State to a 48-13 romp over Troy on Friday night in the regular-season finale.
The win assured the Mountaineers (11-1, 7-1 Sun Belt Conference, No. 25 CFP) of hosting the league title game against Louisiana next Saturday.
"I think it's a culmination of what we've worked for," Appalachian State coach Eli Drinkwitz said. "That's why you put in the blood, sweat and tears so that you can have something special at your home place. Obviously we hope it's cold as crap and snowing."
The Mountaineers did just fine in Alabama's milder weather.
Thomas, Darrynton Evans, Thomas Hennigan and others all delivered big plays for Appalachian State, which reached the end zone on each of its first five possessions against the Trojans (5-7, 3-5).
Thomas was 28-of-34 passing with his final attempt a 25-yard scoring strike to Evans to start the fourth quarter. The Trussville, Alabama native had a 12-yard touchdown run.
Evans also scored on runs of 52 and 9 yards and gained 82 yards. Hennigan gained 140 yards on 11 catches and Malik Williams caught two short touchdown passes.
Appalachian State led 34-13 at halftime. The Mountaineers had two apparent touchdown passes negated by penalties on the final drive before the half, which ended with an interception, but didn't punt until well into the third quarter.
It didn't take long to realize the championship game would be played in Boone.
"I think it's remarkable," Thomas said. "I think any time you can get a bigtime game like that in front of your home crowd, it does measures not only for you as a player but your fans."
The Trojans needed to win to become bowl eligible but fell behind 20-3 in the first 10 minutes.
Kaleb Barker passed for 281 yards with an interception, going 24 of 41. But the Trojans had just nine rushing yards entering the fourth and finished with 35.
"We had a few good opportunities on offense, but we just couldn't get it in the end zone," first-year Troy coach Chip Lindsey said. "Overall, we just didn't get it done. We're disappointed in how our season went."
For Appalachian State, Thomas didn't miss a beat despite the loss of leading receiver Corey Sutton to a torn ACL in the last game against Texas State.
"He hit some deep balls early and after that there was just no stopping him," Hennigan said.
Appalachian State: Matched its own Sun Belt record of 11 wins in a season after going 11-2 in both 2015 and 2018. Went unbeaten on the road (6-0) for the first time since 1995. Converted its first 10 third-down tries.
Troy: Closed the regular season with blowout losses to the Sun Belt's two best teams, but this one was at least a better showing than the 53-3 loss to Louisiana. Fell to 2-22 against Top 25 teams.
Appalachian State defensive back Desmond Franklin bobbled and dropped a likely pick-six on one play near the goal line. On the next play he got another chance, scooping the ball out of the air after it was knocked from a receiver's grasp and returning it 20 yards to set up a touchdown. Drinkwitz was happy with the outcome.
"But I'm going to be all over him for ball security, that was awful," he said.
The Mountaineers' Chandler Staton had made a Sun Belt-record 148 consecutive PATs before missing his first attempt of the game.
Appalachian State hosts Louisiana on Dec. 7 in the Sun Belt championship game.
Troy's three-year bowl streak ends, and the Trojans must replace the senior Barker next season.


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With the apparent collapse last week of U.S. Senate consideration of a meaningful climate policy, it is important to reflect on what could be a very serious long-term casualty of these acrimonious climate policy debates, namely the demonizing of cap-and-trade and the related tarnishing of market-based approaches to environmental protection.
In an op-ed which appeared on July 27th in The Boston Globe (click here for link to the original op-ed), Richard Schmalensee and I commented on this unfortunate outcome of U.S. political debates and described the irony that the attack on cap-and-trade – and carbon-pricing, more broadly – has been led by conservatives, who should take pride as the creators of these cost-effective policy innovations in three Republican administrations.
Rather than summarize (or expand on) our op-ed, I simply re-produce it below as it was published by The Boston Globe, with some hyperlinks added for interested readers.
By the way, for anyone who is not familiar with Dick Schmalensee, let me note that he is the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management at MIT, where he served as the Dean of the Sloan School of Management from 1998 to 2007. Also, he served as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the George H. W. Bush administration from 1989 to 1991.
The Power of Cap-and-Trade
by Richard Schmalensee and Robert Stavins
The Boston Globe, July 27, 2010
LAST WEEK, the Senate abandoned its latest attempt to pass climate legislation that would limit carbon dioxide emissions, putting off any action until the fall at the soonest. In the process, conservative Republicans dubbed the cap-and-trade system "cap-and-tax.'' Regardless of what they think about climate change, however, they should resist demonizing market-based approaches to environmental protection and reverting to pre-1980s thinking that saddled business and consumers with needless costs.
In fact, market-based policies should be embraced, not condemned by Republicans (as well as Democrats). After all, these policies were innovations developed by conservatives in the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations (and once strongly condemned by liberals).
In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan's Environmental Protection Agency successfully put in place a cap-and-trade system to phase out leaded gasoline. The result was a more rapid elimination of leaded gasoline from the marketplace than anyone had anticipated, and at a savings of some $250 million per year, compared with a conventional no-trade, command-and-control approach.
In June 1989, President George H. W. Bush proposed the use of a cap-and-trade system to cut by half sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants and consequent acid rain. An initially resistant Democratic Congress overwhelmingly endorsed the proposal. The landmark Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 passed the Senate 89 to 10 and the House 401 to 25. That cap-and-trade system has cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 50 percent, and has saved electricity companies — and hence shareholders and ratepayers — some $1 billion per year compared with a conventional, non-market approach.
In 2005, George W. Bush's EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule, aimed at achieving the largest reduction in air pollution in more than a decade, including reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by a further 70 percent from their 2003 levels. Cap-and-trade was again the policy instrument of choice in order to keep costs down and achieve the rapid reductions at minimum economic pain. (The rule was later invalidated by the courts, and is now being reformulated.)
To reject this legacy and embrace the failed 1970s policies of one-size-fits-all regulatory mandates would signify unilateral surrender of principled support for markets. If some conservatives oppose energy or climate policies because of disagreement about the threat of climate change or the costs of those policies, so be it. But in the process of debating risks and costs, there should be no tarnishing of market-based policy instruments. Such a scorched-earth approach will come back to haunt when future environmental policies will not be able to use the power of the marketplace to reduce business costs.
Virtually all economists agree on a market-based approach to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Some favor carbon taxes combined with revenue-neutral cuts in distortionary taxes, whereas others support cap-and-trade mechanisms — or "cap-and-dividend,'' with revenues from auctioned allowances refunded directly to citizens.
Conventional approaches advanced as "painless alternatives'' — a plethora of standards, special-interest technology subsidies, and tax breaks — won't do the job, and will be unnecessarily expensive. While we are struggling to revitalize the economy, we simply cannot afford to turn our backs on markets and impose unnecessary costs on businesses and consumers.
A price on carbon is the least costly way to provide meaningful incentives for technology innovation and diffusion, reduce emissions from fossil fuels, and drive energy efficiency. In the long run, it can reduce our use of oil and drive our transportation system toward alternative energy sources.
Market-based approaches to environmental protection – including cap-and-trade – should be lauded, not condemned, by political leaders, no matter what their party affiliation. Demonizing cap-and-trade in the short term will turn out to be a mistake with serious long-term consequences for the economy, for business, and for consumers.


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Homeowner spending on remodeling is expected to see healthy growth through 2025, according to a recent report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Demographically based projections suggest that older owners will account for the majority of spending gains over the coming years as they adapt their homes to changing accessibility needs. Although slower to move into homeownership than previous generations, millennials are poised to enter the remodeling market in greater force by buying up older, more affordable homes in need of renovations.
The residential remodeling market includes spending on improvements and repairs by both homeowners and rental property owners, and reached an all-time high of $340 billion in 2015, surpassing the prior peak in 2007. Spending by owners on improvements is expected to increase 2% per year on average through 2025 after adjusting for inflation, just below the pace of growth posted over the past two decades, and about on par with expected growth in the broader economy.
The large baby-boom generation has led home improvement spending for the past twenty years, and its influence shows no signs of waning. Older homeowners will continue to dominate the remodeling market, as they make investments to age in place safely and comfortably. Expenditures by homeowners age 55 and over are expected to grow by nearly 33% by 2025, accounting for more than three-quarters of total gains over the decade. The share of market spending by homeowners age 55 and over is projected to reach 56% by 2025, up from only 31% in 2005.
Gen-Xers are now in their prime remodeling years, and while some are still recovering from home equity losses after the housing crash, many in this generation will undertake discretionary projects deferred during the downturn. And as younger households move into homeownership, they will supplement the already thriving improvement market.
"With national house prices rising sufficiently to help owners rebuild home equity lost during the downturn, and with both household incomes and existing home sales on the rise, we expect to see continued growth in the home improvement market," said Kermit Baker, director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Even though increasing house prices are encouraging homeowners to reinvest in their homes, they also are raising housing affordability concerns among younger buyers. Climbing mortgage interest rates and rising house prices not only make homeownership more difficult for younger households, but leave those who are able to buy with fewer resources to make improvements and repairs. And while high rents may provide an incentive to buy homes, they also make it difficult for first-time buyers to save for a downpayment.
Some demographic trends are also presenting challenges to a healthier remodeling market outlook. A disproportionate share of growth over the coming decade will be among older owners, minority owners, and households without young children; groups that traditionally spend less on home improvements.
"Despite these challenges, the remodeling industry should see numerous growth opportunities over the next decade," said Chris Herbert, managing director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies. "Strong demand for rental housing has opened up that segment to a new wave of capital investment, and the shortage of affordable housing in much of the country makes the stock of older homes an attractive option for buyers willing to in invest in upgrades."
Finally, as a new generation of homeowners enters the remodeling market, specialty niches focused on energy-efficiency, environmental sustainability, and healthy homes are likely to see significant growth. Home automation—encompassing everything from entertainment systems to home energy management, lighting, appliance control, and security—is also emerging as a strong growth market, particularly among younger households.
Looking ahead, there are several opportunities for further growth in the remodeling industry. The retiring baby boom generation is already boosting demand for accessibility improvements that will enable owners to remain safely in their homes as they age. Additionally, growing environmental awareness holds out promise that sustainable home improvements and energy-efficienct upgrades will continue to be among the fastest growing market segments.
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Billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce after 27 years of marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates – the couple who are worth $124bn and known across the globe for their philanthropy – have announced their divorce.
The couple were married for 27 years and first met when Melinda joined Bill's Microsoft firm.
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Hide AdOn April 3, in a joint statement on Twitter, the couple announced their divorce.
Bill and Melinda, who have three children together, said they "no longer believe we grow together."
They said: "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage."
Bill, 65, was the former CEO of Microsoft and made his wealth after co-creating the largest computer softwear company, in 1975.
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Their statement added: "Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives.
"We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives.
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On Instagram, Bill and Melinda's eldest daughter and medical student, Jennifer, 24, said: "It's been a challenging stretch of time for our whole family.
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2013/14 | Great changes and new name: Diatec Trentino |
2013/14 was a season strongly influenced by the departure of Kaziyski, Juantorena, Raphael, Stokr, Djuric, Bari and Stoytchev, coach of the many victories, and by the exit of Itas Assicurazioni as main sponsor. After the first thirteen seasons as sponsor of the team and associating its brand to Trentino and Italian volleyball, the insurance company decided to dedicate its time to the youth sector. The team's new name is now "Diatec Trentino", and is assisted by President Mosna's group and the local Trentino marketing company which is now title sponsor. A new era began for the team in which the vice-coach Roberto Serniotti actually became the main coach and the role of captain was assigned to Birarelli. American setter Donald Suxho was responsible for the team that included three strong foreign players, like the Bulgarian opposite Tsvetan Sokolov, Portuguese Ferreira and the Argentinian Solé, but also especially young Italians like Filippo Lanza, Michele Fedrizzi and Antonio Da Paola who are the fruitful results of the great deal of work put into the youth sector over the years. In 2013 Trento placed itself third in the Club world cup (in the photo the team on the podium) played in Brazil but only after having won yet another trophy: on 9th October captain Birarelli, central player of the Italian national team, lifted the first trophy of the new era when the team won the Italian Supercup at the PalaTrento stadium defeating Macerata. In January 2014 the club strengthened its organizational structure even more including the position of general manager. This position was assigned to Bruno Da Re, historical manager of Italian volleyball, who had just concluded a long experience in Modena after winning against Treviso. A fantastic victory against Modena at the end of January lead Diatec Trentino to the final four of the Italian cup where it was defeated in the semi-finals by Piacenza that won the cup. As regards the Champions League, only various injuries and the Russian team Belgorod (considered the strongest team in the world) could have eliminated Trento from the quarter finals. The season finale wasn't very lucky: the team was defeated by Modena at the quarter finals of the championship playoff and was invited to participate in the Club World cup in 2014 (played in May at Belo Horizonte) but was defeated in the first rounds. |


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Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala dies on California's death row
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A prolific serial torture-slayer dubbed "The Dating Game Killer" died Saturday while awaiting execution in California, authorities said. Rodney James Alcala was 77.
He died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, prison officials said in a statement.
Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five slayings in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl, though authorities estimate he may have killed up to 130 people across the country.
Alcala received an additional 25 years to life in 2013 after pleading guilty to two homicides in New York.
The penalty phase of the People vs. Alcala trial begins at a Santa Ana, CA courtroom. Rodney Alcala was found guilty and convicted of murder, torture, kidnapping, and rape last week of five California women. Alcala is now facing the possibility of th
He was charged again in 2016 after DNA evidence connected him to the 1977 death of a 28-year-old woman whose remains were found in a remote area of southwest Wyoming. But a prosecutor said Alcala was too ill to face trial in the death of the woman, who was six months pregnant when she died.
California's death row is in San Quentin State Prison near San Francisco, but for years Alcala had been housed more than 200 miles away at a prison in Corcoran where he could receive medical care around the clock.
Prosecutors said Alcala stalked women like prey and took earrings as trophies from some of his victims.
"You're talking about a guy who is hunting through Southern California looking for people to kill because he enjoys it," Orange County, California, prosecutor Matt Murphy said during his trial.
Norco. July 27, 2004 Photo of Robin Christine (Cq) adorns a shelf at her mother Marianne Connelly's home in Norco. In 1979, when Robin was 12, she was kidnapped on her way to a ballet lesson and murdered. Her accused killer, Rodney James Alcala,
Investigators say his true victim count may never be known.
Earrings helped put him on death row, though Gov. Gavin Newsom has imposed a moratorium on executions so long as he is governor.
The mother of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe testified at his murder trial that a pair of gold ball earrings found in a jewelry pouch in Alcala's storage locker belonged to her daughter.
But Alcala claimed that the earrings were his and that a video clip from his 1978 appearance on "The Dating Game" shows him wearing the studs nearly a year before Samsoe died. He denied the slayings and cited inconsistencies in witness' accounts and descriptions.
Timeline of Alcala's murder spree. The penalty phase of the People vs. Alcala trial begins at a Santa Ana, CA courtroom. Rodney Alcala was found guilty and convicted of murder, torture, kidnapping, and rape last week of five California women. Alcala
California prosecutors said Alcala also took earrings from at least two of his adult victims as trophies.
Two of the four women were posed nude after their deaths, one was raped with a claw hammer and all were repeatedly strangled and resuscitated to prolong their agony, prosecutors said.
Investigators said one victim's DNA was found on a rose-shaped earring in Alcala's possession, and his DNA was found in her body.
He had been sentenced to death twice before in Samsoe's murder, but both convictions were overturned. He was charged in the slayings of the four adult women more than two decades later based on new DNA and other forensic evidence.
After the verdict, authorities released more than 100 photos of young women and girls found in Alcala's possession in hopes of linking him to other unsolved murders around the country.
"There is murder and rape and then there is the unequivocal carnage of a Rodney Alcala-style murder," Bruce Barcomb, the brother of 18-year-old victim Jill Barcomb, said as Alcala was sentenced to death.


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Create or join a group to share markers with your squad.
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Yoga, Diet, & Fitness – How Do They Relate?
In today's society health and fitness is a primary concern. Obesity is growing at an alarming rate, especially within the younger population. Everywhere you turn there are offers and suggestions on how to lose weight and get fit. Many of these offer quick fixes such as pills, or specific diet regimens. While some of these may seem to work, the majority of the time they are only temporary solutions. These methods are best used to kick-start a diet, but not as a permanent solution. Usually as soon as you stop taking the pills, or following the diet regimen, any weight lost soon returns. Mind, body, and lifestyle must be in accord in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Yoga – Yoga has been practiced throughout the world for many years. Yoga teachers an individual to focus on their inner self. What a person thinks and feels affects not only how they live and interact with the world around them, but also how they look and what they put into their bodies. Yoga also has many health benefits. For instance, studies show that people with high blood pressure and high stress levels have greatly benefited from practicing Yoga.
Diet – When the mind is focused and open to change, that's when an individual is mostly likely to achieve success and maintain permanent weight loss. In order to maintain a healthy diet, it is necessary to make a lifestyle change, but nothing too drastic at first. When trying something new, start slowly and do your research. Gradual changes are much more likely to last than quick ones. Do not suddenly exclude foods that you love and are used to eating. If you do, you are setting yourself up for failure. Start by decreasing your portions. It is also important to drink at least 8 cups of water daily. If you drink a glass of water before each meal, you will find that you will eat less. Try to have small small meals and snacks throughout the day, instead of having one or two big meals a day. This will help increase your metabolism.
Fitness – Exercise is also essential to being healthy increasing your fitness level. In addition to becoming physically fit, exercise can increase self-esteem and improve your mood. During exercising the body produces endorphins. Endorphins are natural chemicals the body can produce that are associated with feelings of euphoria and peace. If you are new to exercise, it is important to start out slow. Start by walking ten minutes a day. Park your car in the parking lot furthest from the building and take the stairs instead of using an elevator when possible.
They are several different ways and techniques that can be used to achieve physical fitness, but it starts with you. Find what works best for you and stick with it. Just remember; Mind, body, and lifestyle must be in sync to consistently maintain weight loss and a healthy lifestyle.


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TS escorts are companions who are transsexuals (commonly spelled transexuals). They can be men who were originally women, or women who were originally men. The growth in popularity of this group has been one of the biggest innovations in the escort industry over the last few years.
Here at XEscorts there are usually two types of TS escort. You can have 'pre-op' or 'post-op'. Pre-op will be when the female still has her original male genitals, and post-op will be when they are taken away. Pre-op transexuals are very popular with men who want to see a woman, but who have an interest in the more male areas also.
This is one of the reasons that TS escorts are becoming so popular. They are as beautiful as any natural born woman, but they all offer something very different to what you would normally get. For many people, the escort industry is all about experimentation, and this is a perfect example of trying something that you usually wouldn't do.
TS escorts will all offer different services, and in this scenario, it is even more vital for clients to look through the favourites list on the profile to see what they do and don't do. This is due to the fact they will likely be wanting to try new things, so it will be vital that the companion matches what they are searching for.
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Fremantle Society Photographic Survey — Marine Terrace
This page is part of the Fremantle Society Photographic Survey.
This survey was undertaken in the late 1970s and early '80s by the Fremantle Society, and aimed to collect a comprehensive collection of photos of Fremantle buildings in order to assess and promote the built heritage of the city.
All photos are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
These 33 photographs of Marine Terrace appear here in the order in which they are stored in folder 13 of the physical archives (where there are four per landscape-oriented page in left-to-right, top-to-bottom order).
Permanent URL: https://freo.wiki/Special:Redirect/page/813


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This tutorial explains how to setup Zero Radiant (aka as Radiant 1.6) for mapping with Smokin' Guns. Zero Radiant is a fork of the GtkRadiant 1.4 codeline and fixes several bugs. Thus, it is a little "fresher" than version 1.4. On the downside, however, a few plugins (such as brush cleanup) are still missing. For more information see Zero Radiant Page.
ZeroRadiant is still under development and, thus, there is little support! Please also take note that most of the team is still using the "old" GtkRadiant version. It is strongly recommended that you stick to that version if you are new to mapping. We might not always be able to help you with the ZeroRadiant version if things go wrong. Check out Pardner's great tutorial for setting up the 1.4 version of Radiant.
Linux Installation
It is also possible to use Zero Radiant in order map with Linux. Tequila thankfully wrote an installation for Linux since I don't know much about alternative platforms. Check out his guide here: Linux Installation of Zero Radiant
The purpose of this tutorial is to configure Zero Radiant to work with the stand-alone release of Smokin-Guns on Windows. I don't know much about other platforms so I can't really help you with Linux or so. Since most of the problems with Radiant are caused by incorrect path settings, I'll briefly write how my paths look like and what goes where and why:
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c:\Programme\Smokin' Guns -> Clean installation (not to be touched!)
c:\Programme\Smokin' Guns\Development -> Mapping "clone": mapping stuff will go here
c:\Programme\Smokin' Guns\Development\Zero Radiant -> A bunch of tools will go here
c:\Programme\Zero Radiant -> The actual Zero Radiant installation
c:\Program Files\Smokin' Guns -> Clean installation (not to be touched!)
c:\Program Files\Smokin' Guns\Development -> Mapping "clone"
c:\Program Files\Smokin' Guns\Development\Zero Radiant -> A bunch of tools will go here
c:\Program Files\Zero Radiant -> The actual Zero Radiant installation
Please note that you will have to make changes along the way if your paths differ from mine!
Main differences:
- Different Radiant version for one
- Q3Map2Toolz isn't needed (but can be used of course)
- Compilation directly from Zero Radiant with the SG version of Q3Map2
Clean SG Installation & Zero Radiant Mapping Tools
First, you will need a clean (and functional) Smokin' Guns installation. You can simply "copy" your Smokin' Guns directory and rename it. However, please be sure that it is still clean and not messed up with any additional things that might not belong there. If in doubt, get a fresh download from our mirrors and extract it to a SG development folder of your choice.
Additionally, grab the following files:
Install Zero Radiant
1. Create a temporary directory on your desktop (or anywhere else)
2. Extract the contents of GtkR-1.6-testbuild-20080901.zip into that temporary directory
3. Create a directory named Zero Radiant under C:\Programme (ENGLISH: C:\Program Files)
4. Move all contents from the \install directory in your temporary directory to c:\Programme\Zero Radiant (ENGLISH: C:\Program Files\Zero Radiant)
Install SG Zero Radiant Mapping Package.zip
1. Extract the contents of SG Zero Radiant Mapping Package.zip into the temporary directory: The package is pre-configured with two language versions (yes stupid I know) which usually have different paths. I prepared everything for two common installations (C:\Programme ...) and en (C:\Program Files ...) so that it is as easy as possible.
2. Pick the right version (de or en) and move the contents to your Zero Radiant Installation (Press yes when asked to overwrite)
3. Move the contents of "Add contents to Smokin Guns Development Folder" to "C:\Programme\Smokin' Guns Development" respectively "C:\Program Files\Smokin' Guns\Development" (Press yes when asked to overwrite)
Your installation should now look like this:
and this
Starting & Configuring Zero Radiant
Launch Zero Radiant by locating its executable (radiant.exe) in the installation folder (..\Zero Radiant). Note: you may want to create a shortcut to Zero Radiant somewhere ... Since this is the first time Radiant starts up it will prompt you to configure things:
Smokin Guns is already selected as the game of choice. Tick the box "Auto load game on startup" and press "OK". Note, that Zero Radiant will complain that a few files are missing. That can be ignored since Zero Radiant will create them now.
Thats it. Zero Radiant should now work like a charme ... To confirm that everything runs just fine do the follwoing:
Open the Test Map
You should have two test maps that installed with the sg_map_tools. Launch Zero Radiant and click open:
Select dm_test1.map and click "Open" and you should see a nicely made test map like this:
Compile Your map
The configuration files with the Zero Radiant mapping package have been edited in order to be able to compile directly from Zero Radiant with our version of Q3Map2. Thus, it is not necessary to use Q3Map2Toolz any longer. Simply compile by pressing BSP -> (test) BSP -meta, -vis, -light -fast -filter like this:
Zero Radiant will output the result of the compilation process in its console window. You can start SG and check the map when it has finished.
I recommend that you use to Q3Map2Toolz if you are not acquainted with the compilation process and its switches. However, I prefer batch scripts anyway so I shy away from it. I am currently figuring out a way to "hack" Zero Radiant so that I can start arbirary scripts with parameters directly from the menu. Check out this thread for some ideas and some useful scripts.
Thats it. So much for the little tutorial ... thanks for reading and let us know if you have any additions or questions.


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BLIA began sending rescue workers, medical teams, and supplies to help the victims of the deadly Sichuan Earthquake in 2008 immediately after the earthquake struck.
Presented below is a record of our donations and daily events from the day the earthquake struck to the end of May 2008.
While this shows our work during the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, our efforts to help rebuild destroyed communities continues to this day.
Thank you for your compassion and support!
Donations as of May 2008:
1. Changming Middle School in Jiangyou, Sichuan: RMB$12,000,000-13,000,000
2. Muyu Township Junior High School in Qingchuan County, Sichuan: RMB$10,000,000-$13,000,000
3. Qingchuan County Muyu Township Medical Center, Sichuan: RMB$7,000,000-$8,000,000
4. Rebuild a Buddhist temple in major disaster area: RMB$7,000,000
5. Mobile clinics as temporary medical care stations
Daily report to May 2008:


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Drew Barrymore is such a girls girl, isn't she? I remember she was the first actress I saw and wanted to be like. She was the perfect mix of glamorous and wild: so spontaneous and carefree. I personally think she was at her best in Mad Love (am I dating myself?) and I could watch Never Been Kissed all day every day. But what I love about her the most is her spirit – I wish I could bottle it or somehow channel it. She is also growing an empire: forget just Flower Films – she also has her own wine (Pinot Grigio no less) and just launched a beauty line, Flower Beauty, which I've only heard good things about.
Just ask my friend, Ashley. She runs the popular Drew fansite, The Drewseum. Check it out and the rest of this post!