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So even Mark Jaccard, whose dedication knowledge and hard headedness is itself undeniable, holds out hope, albeit a small hope, for that oxymoron; clean coal. If we could burn coal yet capture the CO2 , well then ,we could burn coal. If only.
Many environmentalists such as Jessy Tolkan in the United States of Energy Action Coalition, consider that clean coal is pure fiction It would be nice but we don't have the time to waste wishing and hoping or to continue to build coal plants. It has been touted for years and its just not happening .
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was a proud exponent of geo sequestration as a climate solution, but like the emperors clothes, there was nothing there, [yet] The Carbon catcher machine that took his fancy as 'the mobile carbon catcher' was largely discredited by scientists.It required too much energy to capture the CO2.
Al Gore considers clean coal to be 'like healthy cigarettes' It may exist at a theoretical level but not at a real level. If sequestering CO2 is a possibility, it is far from reality. It falls into the "if only" category.
The working title of Mark Jaccard's latest book is 'Deluding ourselves to Disaster ' It is aptly named. That is what we are all doing in various ways, myself included as I continue to hope for world peace and zero emissions, while going on with life as though we were not in an emergency. What explains this paradox.?
Psychiatrist, and thanatologist, [one who studies the science of death] Elizabeth Kubler -Ross listened as most of her colleagues before her had failed to do, to the words of the dying. She identified five stages in coping for individuals, confronting their own mammoth personal disaster of, terminal illness. These were; denial ,anger, bargaining, despair and acceptance. These stages were not seen by Kubler-Ross as linear or universal. When denial becomes untenable, but facing the horror is unbearable, bargaining permits us to wrestle with the gods. Our fate is therefore not sealed . We could beat the odds. We may defy fate. Bargaining may hold the dreaded monster of despair at bay. It works for us because daily we operate on a split screen concerning death and loss. Any moment we could ourselves suffer death, or the deaths of loved ones. But we continue on, seemingly oblivious to this, as though time were never ending, and death can never find us.
Has there ever been anything so devastating ,in the history of mankind as the encroaching destruction of the habitability of our only home? Past generations may have feared many possible apocalypses, but the destruction of our climate by the heating of the planet at our own hands,is almost impossible to psychically encompass. So we avoid we distract and if we know the truth we may bargain. God will not let his creation die, if I put my faith in him. Technology will find an answer, so we must invest in geo engineering. Science can be often be wrong., lets wait and see. Lots of science gets disproved every day. If we all do our bit and act locally it will make a big difference.
It's impossible that the earth will change so much. It won't happen in my lifetime, I hope. We need a strong economy to adapt to climate change so we need to keep burning coal.
Bargaining in this situation, is the act of trying to do a deal when the odds are stacked against you. But the climate is saying no deal, its coal or the planet. Your money [for coal] or your life.
James Baldwin black activist and novelist who died in 1987,famously declared
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To most people, listening to music by Wagner or Beethoven gives them an esthetic experience, sometimes even solace, peace of mind and honey for the soul. Not so for the drug addicts loitering at the Hovedbangården (Main railway station) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
One of the Hovedbangården side entrances, in the direction of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, used for years to be a haven for loitering gangs of drug addicts and their large menacing dogs. The photo-booth was used as a sanitary convenience. Ordinary passengers were reluctant to use the Vesterbro entrance and gave it a wide berth.
Canned classics
Enter Meterion Music, a Danish specialist on canned music for shopping-malls. Meterion concocted tapes with "heavier classics", as Benny Rinaldo, director of Meterion Music, puts it. The classical music selection was then played at the Vesterbro entrance - a little louder than usual, by some 3-4 dB, and the frequency of repetition was also somewhat higher.
The result was astounding - the drug-gangs simply disappeared into thin air. Nor have they reappeared in other parts of the Hovedbangården, which are so far free of classical music. These areas are probably too open for police inspection. When police arrived, it was easier for the drug crowd to flee from a secluded side entrance, than from the open main hall of the station. The rather loud music also makes it difficult to conduct the continuous conversations necessary for making drug deals. And - most importantly - drug-addicts are "not a target group for classical music", as director Rinaldo euphemistically states. Ordinary passengers, who pass through the Vesterbro entrance during just 40 seconds on the average, seem not to be disturbed at all by the "heavy classics" blaring from the loudspeakers above.
Expert analysis needed
What are these "heavy classics" that so deeply disgust the drug addicts? On this Meterion director Rinaldo is more vague. He mumbles something about "non-copyrighted stuff", and after some digging in his papers comes up with a few examples: Wagner, Beethoven, Dvorak, Brahms (compositions unspecified), and the Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. Maybe a more expert analysis of the classical repertoire could sharpen the musical sword against drugs even more.
Classical music as a weapon in the drug war is not entirely unique to Copenhagen. Similar strategies have reportedly been successfully tried in Hamburg, Germany and Zürich, Switzerland.
Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, November 26, 2002
Personal interview with Benny Rinaldo, Meterion Music, Copenhagen.
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Tuesday's abbreviated session for hearing the conclusion of the arguments made on the president's behalf by his team of public and private-sector lawyers produced no bombshells or even minor revelations. It did reflect an apparent decision by Team Trump to shift from their initial "he never did anything wrong!" posture to "So what if he did?" Continuing Alan Dershowitz's argument from yesterday, the president's attorneys mostly relied on the claim that nothing even alleged in the House record rose to the level of impeachable offenses, as evidenced by the absence of bipartisan support for the whole exercise. Jay Sekulow pounded this point home, per the Washington Post:
"The bar for impeachment cannot be set this low," he said. "Danger, danger, danger. These articles must be rejected. The Constitution requires it. Justice demands it."
Earlier, Sekulow argued that the abuse of power charge "fails constitutionally."
"The president has constitutional authority to engage, conduct foreign policy and foreign affairs," he said. "It is our position, legally, the president at all times acted with perfect legal authority, inquired of matters in our national interest."
In other words, even if Trump's infamous call to Vlodymyr Zelensky wasn't "perfect," his constitutional right to conduct it as he saw fit actually was.
This apparent strategic shift was almost certainly in response to the threat of new testimony (or barring that, eventual revelations) from John Bolton. Even if he establishes that Trump was trying to influence Zelensky to "do him a favor" involving a "quid-pro-quo," Trump's defenders are making it clear it's just not enough to justify his removal from office. The effort to get as far away from discussion of the facts of the president's conduct was evidenced by the argument's conclusion, which consisted of video of today's House and Senate Democrats arguing against the impeachment and removal from office of Bill Clinton as excessively lowering the standard for this dramatic act.
It's unclear whether the president will be happy with this less-than-total defense or if anyone will suddenly decide Trump is a victim of partisanship thanks to two-decades-old tapes of Democrats fighting for Clinton. But it does provide a good fallback position in case Bolton testifies or his book leaks into the public domain.
The continuing drama over Democrats' efforts to secure four Republican votes to issue a subpoena to Bolton continued without much if any news. Writing at Intelligencer, Ben Jacobs thinks the momentum for the potential breakthrough has stalled:
Though the national security adviser's account still dominated the news cycle, North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, a close Trump ally, banked on the frenetic pace of contemporary politics to blow the story over by Monday. "It's the reality of Washington, D.C.," he said. "We're on a 24- and 48-hour news cycle and candidly there's a lot of news each and every day. To suggest that we put a lot of emphasis on one report from the New York Times would be to ignore history where we have not only news that breaks every day, but allegations that break every day that seem blockbuster at the time they are made, but yet, when they are vetted, don't pass muster." It remains to be seen if the reporting on Bolton's book will "pass muster," but the bet seems to be that it will fade into the ether regardless.
There was another Bolton idea floating around today, from Senate Republicans, as Politico reported:
[O]ne last-minute proposal from Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) — backed Tuesday by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — [was] to obtain and review a copy of the book in a classified setting. Schumer quickly rejected the proposal as "absurd," saying a book should not need to be kept in a secure facility and calling it an effort to deflect from Democrats' demand to call witnesses.
Tuesday's quick adjournment gave Democratic presidential candidates a providential opportunity to get themselves to Iowa, if they can secure transportation. But it also gave Republicans the change to gather, compare notes, count noses, and decide if they're sure they have the votes to deny witnesses and end the trial with the expected dispatch. The next two days will be absorbed with the slow ritual of senators posing questions to the contending attorneys by written note (coordinated by the party leaders, and alternating in sequence), the practice set out in the standing Senate rules and also followed in the Clinton trial, as Adam Keiper recalls:
Each side in the Clinton impeachment trial presented its case over three days. Then, on January 21 and 22, 1999, the House managers and the Clinton defense team took questions from the senators. These questions were handwritten on slips of paper that were hand-delivered to Chief Justice Rehnquist, who then read them aloud.
Although it seemed like the questions might really have been coming from the senators, in fact, much of the questioning was scripted.
Assuming the Senate can dispose of the planned 16 hours of questions in two days, then the big vote on witnesses will occur Friday. In theory, if the vote goes Republicans' way, the verdict on Trump's removal (which everyone understands will acquit him) could happen on Saturday, and then Trump can strut his triumphant stuff at Tuesday's scheduled State of the Union Address, even as Democrats mull the results of the Iowa Caucuses and their consequences for the contest to identify a 46th president.


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LEWISBURG, WV (WOAY) – At least 800 people and 200 vehicles lining the streets of Lewisburg Monday night.
The reason? The city did not hang up American flags over the Fourth of July weekend. It didn't go unnoticed.
"I jumped on Facebook, created an event and got the word out to the rest of the community about what we were doing," said Lewisburg Resident and Parade Organizer Mac Brackenrich. "We did that throughout the day."
The city issuing this since removed statement on Facebook in response to displeasure from its residents:
The City would like to apologize to all Veterans, Active Military and their families for not having the American Flag displayed throughout the City during the 4th of July weekend.
This was due to a scheduling error. We truly apologize and we appreciate our Veterans and Active Military for all their services.
Mayor Beverly White
Barry Bruce, a Lewisburg resident of 31 years, was out of town visiting his daughter for the holiday. When he heard about the "Show your Flag" rally on Monday evening at the Lewisburg Wal Mart, he wasn't going to miss it, even after just getting back in town that afternoon.
"I was all for it," Bruce said. "I said, 'that's a great idea.' Because there's really a lack of response by anybody why we didn't have flags up."
Brackenrich was one of the main organizers of Monday's rally. He didn't expect a turnout that big, but hopes that it won't go unnoticed.
"I feel the impact on the community is greater to show support and pride throughout the community towards our local government," Brackenrich said.
American flags are hanging up around the city as of Monday. That doesn't change how Bruce feels about the lack of flags over the weekend, but he's confident that that won't happen again going forward.
"I think the message got across," Bruce said. "I hope we move on, but with clarity that we're a nation."
WOAY reached out to Lewisburg Mayor Beverly White for an on-camera or written statement. No response has been received.


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Wednesday, November 17
PPV (AUS), 3:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Takeshi Inoue. That's 7 pm in Australia. There appears to be no legal way to watch this in the United States or United Kingdom. If there's a (legal) way to watch live in the U.S., I'll be here for live coverage. If there isn't, I won't. I was hoping there would at least be a FITE PPV feed, but to this point nothing, and the fight is three days away. Not expecting anything, but we'll see! It's not anything special on paper as a matchup for Tszyu, but Inoue is tough as hell if nothing else. You may remember him losing every round to Jaime Munguia nearly three years ago in Houston. Bad Left Hook may have live coverage.
DAZN and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Quigley press conference.
ESPN2 and Social Media, 5:00 pm ET, Crawford vs Porter press conference.
Thursday, November 18
DAZN and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Quigley weigh-in.
ESPN App and Social Media, 4:30 pm ET, Crawford vs Porter undercard press conference.
Friday, November 19
ESPNews and Social Media, 5:00 pm ET, Crawford vs Porter weigh-in. We'll be here and have a stream and all that for you. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage.
DAZN, 7:00 pm ET, Demetrius Andrade vs Jason Quigley, Julio Cesar Martinez vs McWilliams Arroyo, Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs Jose Velasquez, Kali Reis vs Jessica Camara. A stacked card in terms of all the fights being relevant and for world titles. Matchroom once again had to go fishing for someone who would actually get in the ring and fight Andrade. I like Martinez-Arroyo a lot, and Reis-Camara will be for two titles at 140, with the winner agreed to fully unify against Chantelle Cameron in 2022. Akhmadaliev was originally meant to face mandatory challenger Ronny Rios, another fight I really liked on paper, but Rios is out with COVID. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage.
Saturday, November 20
Sky Sports Main Event (UK), 3:00 pm ET, Richard Riakporhe vs Olanrewaju Durodola. Actually a pretty good and I think dangerous fight for Riakporhe to take. Durodola is 41 years old but can still punch like hell, and he's got a load of experience. He's also a little chinny, but Riakporhe will have to be careful, too. Or just knock him right out, who knows? The show also features Florian Marku, the pro debut of Caroline Dubois, and Hosea Burton vs Dan Azziz for the vacant British title at 175 lbs.
ESPN+ and ESPN2, 7:00 pm ET, Crawford-Porter Prelims.
FITE PPV, 7:30 pm ET, Exhibition: Marco Antonio Barrera vs Daniel Ponce De Leon. Being extra super duper clear, this is an exhibition, and nobody's trying to pretend otherwise. There will be real pro fights on the card, too, but nothing that's likely to steal anyone away from Crawford-Porter.
ESPN+ PPV, 9:00 pm ET, Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter. A great main event for Crawford's WBO title at 147, and the best opponent on paper that Crawford has had in his career, the most respected and proven man he's faced to date. The undercard will feature an IBF middleweight eliminator between Esquiva Falcao and Patrice Volny, plus Janibek Alimkhanuly vs Hassan N'Dam and Raymond Muratalla vs Steven Ortiz. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage.


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We are delighted to find that our local children's nursery is making use of The Heath and taking good care of it.
Leann Banks, Deputy Manager of Poppies Day Nursery, told us about their Forest School: "With its many magical places to explore, The Heath is a giant outdoor classroom for Poppies children. Spending much of their time there has clearly inspired a love of nature."
She explained how this led to the idea of a group litter pick: "The children noticed recently that other users had dropped litter in some of their favourite spots. They felt that it looked horrible, the animals could be hurt, and the trees could be damaged."
So they borrowed a set of litter picking equipment from Knutsford Town Council and on Thursday morning the children, accompanied by parents, collected nine bags of rubbish.
Leann said, "Poppies little Wombles had great eyes for spotting rubbish and the litter pickers challenged their fine motor skills. The children were excited to join in and super delighted with the results. They could be Knutsford's youngest litter pickers."
It is gratifying to know that The Heath is benefitting our local children. It is a perfect space for them to learn about nature.
Thanks to Poppies for sharing their photos with us.
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You may recognize this food from my restaurant play post a couple months ago. The food was printed from Filth Wizardry. My kids used our first set until it literally fell to shreds, so we made a second set this week, laminating it this time. I don't have a laminator, but I bought a roll of laminate that works well for small projects like this. I've seen other bloggers use clear packing tape to produce a similar effect.
Both kids love their new laminated food. The food is pretty small, so we store it in an old yogurt container. Emma uses it with her play kitchen as well as with the restaurant play mat!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.


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In 2020, Friends of Loch Etive (FoLE) joined the team as Hope Spot champions.
Friends of Loch Etive is a Scottish charity, set up in 2014 to protect the wildlife and environment of Loch Etive, and the surrounding area, for the benefit of the Etive community and visitors to the loch.
FoLE has over three hundred members, made up of a mixture of those living near Loch Etive and the many regular visitors to Etive.
FoLE's trustees and members cherish the natural beauty and character of Loch Etive and set out to promote and encourage not only the conservation of the loch and its wildlife, to keep Loch Etive as a special place to live near and visit, but also its sensitive management in order to provide truly sustainable employment and other opportunities for the local community.


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Jose Mourinho claims he couldn't care less if Chelsea sign Alvaro Morata.
The Blues are closing in on a £75m deal for the Real Madrid striker after he was linked with a move to Old Trafford.
Mourinho insists he is more than content with having Romelu Lukaku lead his strike force, along with Marcus Rashford, and isn't concerned one of his title rivals are set to sign Morata.
He said: "I'm not interested in what Chelsea does, really.
"With Chelsea it was obvious they were going to sign a striker after the situation with the manager and Diego (Costa).
"We needed a striker, so yes, we needed one even with Zlatan in his best conditions, we needed one to give cover, give options.
"Him (Ibrahimovic) and Marcus was not enough, especially after the injury.
"But we got a big player, a player that I can't compare with what he was a few years ago, because he worked with me for a few months and his development was very good."
The United manager has also admitted he's having to change his plans to contend with the crazy transfer market this summer.
It appears he was discussing failed move for Inter Milan's Ivan Perisic, who has jetted off to the Far East for their pre-season preparations.
He added: "The problem is we have four players [Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ashley Young, Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo] that cannot play football now.
"So it looks like our group is big but it is not because they can't even train and the time for their recovery is really long.
"Look at Marcos, no chance before December as an example, so our squad is not so big.
"Everybody knows because I told, very objective, I would like four players, I asked for four players.
"And I'm ready to go from four to three because the market is difficult, some clubs think the market is different from others.
"We are not a club that is not ready to buy and buy and buy non-stop, we are not a club that is ready to pay what the clubs want us to pay so I'm ready to go from four to three.
"And maybe three gives us a better balance for the squad and the team, and better conditions to compete."
Mourinho will reportedly keep tabs on Everton contract rebel Ross Barkley this summer.
The England international was touted as one of his country's brightest prospects after breaking on to the Goodison Park scene in 2013.
But he's faced accusations that he's not kicked on over the last couple of years.
Everton want to keep hold of academy product Barkley as they look to enter a new period of success funded by Farhad Moshiri's millions.
However, the 24-year-old has so far proven unwilling to extend his Toffees stay - despite the offer of a fresh deal worth an initial £110,000 a week.
Barkley is now in the final 12 months of his current Everton contract and has been linked with a move away from Merseyside.
And the Mirror report Mourinho has his eye on the midfielder as he looks to bolster his Red Devils squad.
The newspaper reckon United, like Tottenham and Chelsea, have no interest in meeting Everton's £50m asking price.


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05/03 Matthew 6:5-6
"And now about prayer. When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father secretly. Then your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.
It's important that we understand after all of our study, all of our work the bottom line is that we are to pray. Pray to the Lord Jesus. He wants to spend time with you and your prayer connects you to Him. Pray that is the most important thing. Spend time with Jesus talking with Him about the needs of those you are traveling through life with and your own needs. We need the Lord therefore spend time with Jesus and He will spend time with you.


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Passing the ball might be relatively tough for beginning soccer players. To show them, begin by utilizing targets which can be stationary. Once they can kick the ball and have it go directly to the target, they are prepared to maneuver on to shifting targets and gamers that transfer at different speeds.

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Ease That Stress Away With These Helpful Methods - 07 Feb 2019 17:59

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Congress leader shot dead in MP; village sarpanch among 12 booked
The armed assailants, nearly a dozen, fired at 50-year-old Kailash Singh outside his home in village Ruhera in Datia and fled.
A local Congress leader was shot dead and his son critically injured by assailants at a village in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Monday.
Police suspect political rivalry led to the fatal attack on Kailash Singh Sunday night.
The armed assailants, nearly a dozen, fired at the 50-year-old politician outside his home in village Ruhera under Deepar Police Station area and fled, said Mayank Awasthi, district superintendent of police.
Singh died, while his son Kuldeep, who was with him during the shoot-out, suffered gunshot injuries and was referred to Gwalior for treatment, he added.
Singh was the district vice-president of farmer wing of the Congress.
Awasthi said it seems old political rivalry between Singh and his opponents, which surfaced during the last village panchayat elections, resulted in the assault.
Police have booked 12 people, including village sarpanch Janak Singh for the attack and slapped murder and attempt to murder charges on them, the SP said.
Further investigations are underway, Awasthi said, adding police teams have raided several places in search of the absconding accused.
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Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 128
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Tobroco-Giant expands compact wheel loader line
The Giant G3500-series is designed to meet customer demands for a loader with a narrow wheelbase that can lift and transport heavy loads
Developed as a reliable and compact piece of machinery, the Giant G3500 has now debuted in North America. The brand-new articulating loader from Tobroco-Giant offers contractors, farmers, fertilizer companies, rental companies, and government entities the flexibility they need to get the job done.
The Giant G3500-series delivers substantial power and lift capacity on a compact footprint to meet customer demands for an agile loader with narrow wheelbase that can lift and transport heavy loads. The Giant G3500-series loader distinguishes itself by showcasing high tipping loads compared to its own weight. Depending on tire selection, the loader has a width ranging from 53" (134 cm) and 65" (165 cm) and overall height of 90" (228 cm). With this narrow footprint, low or restricted passages are no problem, and the machine's versatility promotes applications for indoor or outdoor utilization.
To achieve performance while ensuring fuel efficient operation, the Giant G3500-series is powered by a Kubota 48.5 kW/66 HP diesel engine. The engine is equipped with a catalytic converter (DOC), soot filter (DPF), and is Final Tier 4 (Stage V) emissions compliant.
Whether transporting large payloads or performing rugged activities, the hydrostatic 4-wheel-drive with automotive control (Bosch Rexroth) and 100% switchable differential lock on both 14-ton axles prevents the machine from losing grip - even on loose soil, snow, etc. A driving speed of 18.5 mp/h (30 km/h) is achieved through a 2-speed gearbox allowing customers to travel safely and efficiently from one site to another or while transporting payloads.
Multi-purpose machine
A wide range of attachments transforms the G3500-series into a multi-purpose machine. Fork attachments will transport complete pallets while the G3500 X-TRA retains versatility by being capable of interchanging to sweeper or snow blade attachments to keep the worksite clean and safe. By capitalizing on proper attachment selection, it is possible to utilize the G3500-series in all working conditions year round.
Operator comfort
The spacious cab of the new G3500-series was redesigned for more functionality and a new, modern look. Customer demands, including great visibility and efficiency, were met by providing operators a comfortable and safe working environment for all day operation. New features include air conditioning, a fully adjustable steering column, and luxury air suspended seat. All necessary information (oil temperature, regeneration, etc.) can be monitored from a centralized LCD display while operating the integrated joystick controls. The compact loader is standard equipped with a certified ROPS/FOPS safety roof, which can be extended to a full-option cabin.
Easy maintenance and the right back-up
Maintaining the G3500-series is simplified with strategically placed service access points that are easy to reach. Filters, hydraulic systems, and engine components can be freely accessed via the easy-to-open bonnet, tilting cab, or other service panels. This translates into reduced downtime by promoting daily checks and maintenance that can be carried out quickly and in a safe manner.


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John Reid is Founder, President and lead designer of JMReid Group, a global behavior change organization specializing in leadership, development, sales effectiveness and skill enhancement. John is unique in the training development space, having spent much of his career within industry. After John survived three bouts of cancer, he decided to pursue his passion for learning and development. John pursued this passion with a belief that people could get better and wanted to get better, but it was often the manner of which traditional training is designed and delivered that made this desire for growth difficult. As the lead designer for JMReid Group, John shifts the design emphasis from models and intellectual property to a learning experience that is relevant to the learner's real world, taps into participants wisdom and is engaging and sustainable.
John has built a reputation for providing cutting-edge, client-focused solutions that deliver business results. He spearheaded the design of a breakthrough program on building relationships, leveraging both neuro and social science. He also created and implemented a learning strategy for a major pharmaceutical company, as well as designed and delivered a comprehensive sales effectiveness program for a leading packaging firm.
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This blog post is a brief introduction to Unicode and how it is handled in JavaScript.
The first Unicode draft proposal was published in 1988. Work continued afterwards and the working group expanded. The Unicode Consortium was incorporated on January 3, 1991:
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit corporation devoted to developing, maintaining, and promoting software internationalization standards and data, particularly the Unicode Standard [...]The first volume of the Unicode 1.0 standard was published in October 1991, the second one in June 1992.
UTF-16 is a format with 16 bit code units that needs one to two units to represent a code point. BMP code points can be represented by single code units. Higher code points are 20 bit, after subtracting 0x10000 (the range of the BMP). These bits are encoded as two code units:
function toUTF16(codePoint) { var TEN_BITS = 0b1111111111; function u(codeUnit) { return '\\u'+codeUnit.toString(16).toUpperCase(); } if (codePoint <= 0xFFFF) { return u(codePoint); } codePoint -= 0x10000; // Shift right to get to most significant 10 bits var leadSurrogate = 0xD800 + (codePoint >> 10); // Mask to get least significant 10 bits var tailSurrogate = 0xDC00 + (codePoint & TEN_BITS); return u(leadSurrogate) + u(tailSurrogate); }
UCS-2, a deprecated format, uses 16 bit code units to represent (only!) the code points of the BMP. When the range of Unicode code points expanded beyond 16 bits, UTF-16 replaced UCS-2.
UTF-8. UTF-8 has 8 bit code units. It builds a bridge between the legacy ASCII encoding and Unicode. ASCII only has 128 characters, whose numbers are the same as the first 128 Unicode code points. UTF-8 is backwards compatible, because all ASCII characters are valid code units. In other words, a single code unit in the range 0–127 encodes a single code point in the same range. Such code units are marked by their highest bit being zero. If, on the other hand, the highest bit is one then more units will follow, to provide the additional bits for the higher code points. That leads to the following encoding scheme:
UTF-8 has become the most popular Unicode format. Initially, due to its backwards compatibility with ASCII. Later, due to its broad support across operating systems, programming environments and applications.
ECMAScript source text is represented as a sequence of characters in the Unicode character encoding, version 3.0 or later. [...] ECMAScript source text is assumed to be a sequence of 16-bit code units for the purposes of this specification. [...] If an actual source text is encoded in a form other than 16-bit code units it must be processed as if it was first converted to UTF-16.In identifiers, string literals and regular expression literals, any code unit can also be expressed via a Unicode escape sequence \uHHHH, where HHHH are four hexadecimal digits. For example:
> var f\u006F\u006F = 'abc'; > foo 'abc' > var λ = 123; > \u03BB 123That means that you can use Unicode characters in literals and variable names, without leaving the ASCII range in the source code.
In string literals, an additional kind of escape is available: hex escape sequences with two-digit hexadecimal numbers that represent code units in the range 0x00–0xFF. For example:
> '\xF6' === 'ö' true > '\xF6' === '\u00F6' true
<!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> ...It is highly recommended to always specify an encoding. If you don't, a locale-specific default encoding is used. That is, people will see the file differently in different countries. Only the lowest 7 bit are relatively stable across locales.
uglifyjs -b beautify=false,ascii-only=true test.jsThe file test.js looks like this:
var σ = 'Köln';The output of UglifyJS looks like this:
var \u03c3="K\xf6ln";Negative example: For a while, the library D3.js was published in UTF-8. That caused an error when it was loaded from a page whose encoding was not UTF-8, because the code contained statements such as
var π = Math.PI, ε = 1e-6;The identifiers π and ε were not decoded correctly and not recognized as valid variable names. Additionally, some string literals with code points beyond 7 bit weren't decoded correctly, either. As a work-around, the code could be loaded by adding the appropriate charset attribute to the script tag:
<script charset="utf-8" src="d3.js"></script>
When a String contains actual textual data, each element is considered to be a single UTF-16 code unit.Escape sequences. As mentioned before, you can use Unicode escape sequences and hex escape sequences in string literals. For example, you can produce the character "ö" by combining an "o" with a diaeresis (code point 0x0308):
> console.log('o\u0308') öThis works in command lines, such as web browser consoles and the Node.js REPL in a terminal. You can also insert this kind of string into the DOM of a web page.
Refering to astral plane characters via escapes. There are many nice Unicode symbol tables on the web. Take a look at Tim Whitlock's "Emoji Unicode Tables" and be amazed by how many symbols there are in modern Unicode fonts. None of the symbols in the table are images, they are all font glyphs. Let's assume you want to display a character via JavaScript that is in an astral plane. For example, a cow (code point 0x1F404):
🐄You can either copy the character and paste it directly into your Unicode-encoded JavaScript source:
var str = '🐄';JavaScript engines will decode the source (which is most often in UTF-8) and create a string with two UTF-16 code units. Alternatively, you can compute the two code units yourself and use Unicode escape sequences. There are web apps that perform this computation:
> toUTF16(0x1F404) '\\uD83D\\uDC04'The UTF-16 surrogate pair (0xD83D, 0xDC04) does indeed encode the cow:
> console.log('\uD83D\uDC04') 🐄
Counting characters. If a string contains a surrogate pair (two code units encoding a single code point) then the length property doesn't count characters, any more. It counts code units:
> var str = '🐄'; > str === '\uD83D\uDC04' true > str.length 2This can be fixed via libraries, such as Mathias Bynens' Punycode.js, which is bundled with Node.js:
> var puny = require('punycode'); > puny.ucs2.decode(str).length 1
Unicode normalization. If you want to search in strings or compare them then you need to normalize, e.g. via the library unorm (by Bjarke Walling).
Line terminators influence matching and do have a Unicode definition. A line terminator is either one of four characters:
Code unit | Name | Character escape sequence |
\u000A | Line feed | \n |
\u000D | Carriage return | \r |
\u2028 | Line separator | |
\u2029 | Paragraph separator |
The following regular expression constructs support Unicode:
> /^\s$/.test('\uFEFF') true
> /\bb/.test('über') true
([\0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFF]|[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF])The above pattern works like this:
([BMP code point]|[lead surrogate][tail surrogate])As all of these ranges are disjoint, the pattern will correctly match code units in well-formed UTF-16 strings.
XRegExp is a regular expression library that has an official addon for matching Unicode categories, scripts, blocks and properties via one of the following three constructs:
\p{...} \P{...} \p{^...}For example, \p{Letter} matches letters in various alphabets.


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Hindu Asian Indian immigrant women and domestic violence: a mixed methods studyPallatino, Chelsea L. (2017) Hindu Asian Indian immigrant women and domestic violence: a mixed methods study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)
AbstractDomestic violence is a highly prevalent and underreported global health issue of public health significance. Dimensions of domestic violence include physical, sexual, mental, psychological and emotional abuse. Internationally, 33% of women are estimated to have a lifetime experience of physical and/or sexual violence, although rates vary by country and by personal situation of the victim. It is estimated that immigrant women are at higher risk for abuse than the general population; however, few studies have been conducted with Asian Indian immigrant women. This study used mixed methods to explore and measure how Asian Indian immigrant women's definitions, experiences and help-seeking behaviors related to domestic violence differ for Indian women in India and Asian Indian immigrant women in the United States (U.S.). Share
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- Roomy interior for wallet, books, cosmetics, keys and water bottle with one inner zippered pocket.
- Soft adjustable shoulder straps rest easy on your shoulder with a top handle for easy carrying.
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A profile of the virus that causes COVID-19, its behavior, its transmission and how tests for it can inform public health policies, were provided by a panel of experts during a media briefing that drew queries from journalists.
The "COVID-19: Infection, Spread and Testing" briefing was hosted by SciLine, a service based at the American Association for the Advancement of Science that connects journalists with scientists, their research and other fact-based evidence to enrich news coverage of timely scientific topics.
The briefing was one of a series that SciLine has been hosting to provide scientific expertise to journalists in response to growing questions they are confronting about the implications of and the science behind the COVID-19 pandemic.
Held on April 10, the briefing featured Vineet Menachery, an expert in microbiology and immunology who fielded questions about viral infections; Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist, who discussed the spread of COVID-19 and the need for testing to help rein in the disease's dangers; and Jana Broadhurst, a clinical laboratory director and professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, who focused on the importance of testing to shape public health policies.
Asked whether COVID-19 will evolve in a way that could reduce someone's immunity in a year's time or whether a weaker viral load might deliver less protection to patients, Menachery, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, said COVID-19, like other coronaviruses, is more stable than other types of viruses.
"I would not expect that in a year's time you would have so many changes that the immunity you generate now would not protect you a year from now," said Menachery. "The question there will be is how long your immunity lasts and how effective it is long-term."
Nuzzo, an associate professor in two departments at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said she has considered whether the country "could have avoided at least the level and extent of social distancing that we are now having to do, to play kind of catch-up in part because we weren't testing, in part because we weren't doing these case-based interventions from the outset," in a response when asked whether alternative preparations by the United States could have avoided social distancing.
Broadhurst, director for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit Clinical Laboratory, pointed to two types of COVID-19 testing being pursued, one that detects the virus directly by studying the virus's genetic material, known as RNA, and a second, known as serology testing, that detects antibodies that the body dispatches to fight the virus.
While neither type of test is foolproof, she said, the tests are necessary. "The test results that we can provide have an important impact on public health policy both on a local and regional and national scale," said Broadhurst. "But also, that public health policy impacts the test results that we're able to provide. And that has to do, again, with who we test, how we test and how we allocate resources."
The briefing series, organized by SciLine team member Mohamed Yakub and moderated by SciLine Director Rick Weiss, has assembled experts able to describe and expand on particular scientific facets and the societal implications being wreaked by COVID-19, a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The series began with a pair of media briefings intended to assist journalists, particularly those lacking science backgrounds, at a time when they were facing a pressing need to inform an eager public about an unknown and dangerous pandemic. "Covering Covid-19" opened the series on March 19, and "Social Isolation, Mental Health, and COVID-19" followed on March 30.
"The demand from reporters seeking interviews with scientists and access to credible scientific information about COVID-19 is a bit overwhelming, but ultimately very gratifying," Weiss said. "Especially given the wide range of journalists now detailed to the COVID-19 beat — not just science and health reporters but also local and general assignment reporters, business reporters, even sports reporters — it's more important than ever that we and others make the facts available in clear, concise, and useful ways."
SciLine also plans to hold a "COVID-19: Immunity and Contact Tracing" briefing on April 24 during which experts will discuss what's known about the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and the dynamics of herd immunity, and the daunting challenge of tracking the silent spread of COVID-19. Going forward, upcoming briefings also are expected to examine disparities the pandemic is exacerbating on underserved communities, and another unpacking the results economists are gleaning from statistical models of future economic and employment trends.


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I have to admit that it's a bit nerdy of me to return from holiday – not really! I was doing an intensive course in Spanish – and direct readers to Diacritics, a blog I discovered through Mr Verb.
The latest posting by John Stokes asks the question: 'Why are humans smart? Language and LEGOs'. The piece is based on work by Elizabeth Spelke, who argues, not unreasonably, that what distinguishes humans from animals is language.
What is particularly fascinating about the line of argument, which, I add, is as yet unproven, is the link between our ability to connect different aspects of core knowledge and the development of language in humans in endlessly interesting ways.
LEGO comes into it by way of analogy. Try to combine bumpless LEGO blocks into more and more complex structures and they soon collapse. Add the bumps and corresponding dips and almost infinite complexity becomes possible. So, Spelke argues, it is with language: 'language capacity… allows the most basic building blocks of cognitive ability to communicate and interact'.
When did all of this happen? Apparently, in evolutionary terms, relatively recently – a mere thirty thousand years ago! But, it happened very fast and here the analogy turns towards computer technology. Drawing on the work of Chomsky et al, John suggests that all it might have taken for humans to make that great evolutionary leap was the critical 'upgrade' of a 'cognitive connector' that enabled the core knowledge systems to combine – one small step… one giant leap … and all that.
All rather speculative but no less interesting for that – much like the kind of short article one might find in the New Scientist! The posting and the website are well worth a visit.


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Millard Fillmore
U.S. President
Date Of Birth:
7 January 1800
Date Of Death:
8 March 1874
Place Of Birth:
Cayuga County, New York
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President of the United States, 1850-53
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, assuming office upon the death of President Zachary Taylor in 1850. Fillmore came from poor, uneducated beginnings to become a New York lawyer, and in 1833 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After serving in congress, Fillmore, a Whig, was chosen as Zachary Taylor's vice president. When Taylor died in office, Fillmore became the president. Fillmore's attempts to compromise on the slavery issue left him with few fans on either side, and his stay in the White House was brief. In the election of 1852 Fillmore failed to get the nomination at the Whig convention (the candidate from the Democratic Party, Franklin Pierce, went on to win the election) and was not re-elected. In the election of 1856 Fillmore ran for president as a candidate of the Know-Nothing Party, but carried only Maryland.
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Millard Fillmore married his schoolteacher, Abigail Powers, in 1826; she died a month after he left office and in 1858 he married a wealthy widow, Mrs. Caroline C. McIntosh… After President Lincoln's assassination, a mob, unforgiving of Fillmore's sympathy for the South, surrounded his house and draped it in black cloth, then splashed ink on it.
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Living the techie life we have today requires a lot of energy to power up our techie gadgets like our mobile phones, MP# players, digital cameras, PDAs, and the list goes on and on. Providing you with a sustainable source or electrical power for your small gadgets is the portable solar and wind charger by Kinesis called K3. The charger is hailed by Kinesis as 3-in-1 tribrid as it can collect energy from the sun, win, and from an AC wall outlet. With the chargers ability of resourcing energy from nature, there will be no way for us to run out of energy. It also gives us the chance to help save the environment through our own little special way.
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Do you ever outgrow bubbles? I think not! I still love them myself. 😉 Get your kids outside more by mixing up a simple solution of super bubbles and send them on their way to have some outside summer fun! Mix and enjoy lots of super bubbles! 1 Cup Warm Water 2 TB liquid dish soap 1 TB glycerin 1 tsp. white sugar Summer Related articles on the web… Melon Bubbles Recipe Get Grilling! Three Summer Recipes Fresh Deep-dish Apple Pie Recipe Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere: Fun Bubble Activities for Preschoolers ]]>
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Well, every Mother's Day I feel like it's my birthday. Since my birthday is immediately after the Christmas holidays and New Year's celebration, I look forward to feeling a little extra special on Mother's Day. Each year I go eat a Braum's hamburger and a butter pecan shake. 🙂 Yum! So today I'm sharing 5 Mother's Day gift ideas for those who like DIY projects! I created a board on Pinterest for "Mother's Day Craft Ideas" — I'll add to it as I find more! I've started off pinning a few ideas from the projects listed below. 1. Homemade Bird Houses for Bird Loving Moms Check out all these Bird…
20 Simple Ways to Communicate with Your Child
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. ~ Psalms 127:3 (KJV) Each child is a gift from our Heavenly Father above. Treating them as a real person helps them feel that they have true value…and of course, good communication helps to establish a good relationship with them. Here's 20 Simple Ways to Communicate with Your Child 1. Listen to them when they talk – Actively hear what they have to say when they are talking. 2. Ask about their day at school – When they get in the car, ask what they did, how they felt and what is going…