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The recent Four Corners episode on global warming, Climate of Change, reminded me of physicist Wolfgang Pauli. He described a paper as so bad "it was not even wrong." The ABC's presenter was Stephanie March, a veteran ABC reporter and foreign correspondent in India and North America. I'll first discuss the background of March's main guest on the program, Dr Bill Hare, then run through some of the Four Corners content.
Dr Hare scored ten appearances — 620 words out of the 8100 — during 45 minutes, plus the final words on the episode. So who's Dr Bill Hare? Just "the best climate lobbyist in the world", as cited by Murdoch University.
For starters, and unmentioned by Four Corners, his main 16-year career (1992-2008) was as climate policy director and spokesman for Greenpeace International. To the Greenpeace fanatics, he was a "legend" in global climate politics,[1] penning fiery Greenpeace polemics such as warning the top 100 US companies to reject President Bush's climate policies within a week or "face the consequences" globally. He also accused Australia of behaving like "an international selfish brat". In 2002, he helped Greenpeace and similar groups start the Exxon Secrets website, described as "a chronicle of ExxonMobil's efforts to corrupt the debate on global warming." Greenpeace managed to dredge up $US30.9 million in donations by the company to alleged sceptic groups over 16 years, i.e. $US2m a year. The renewables industry currently involves investments of $US1.5 trillion a year.
As a Greenpeace activist, he didn't seem to fit the specs for the supposedly science-neutral, objective work of the IPCC authors ("humourless people in white coats" was how then PM Kevin Rudd described them). Well, whatever. Greenpeace boss Hare was author/reviewer and/or writer for the IPCC reports of 1995, 2001 and 2007, helping draft the latter's key Summary for Policymakers. For the 2013 report he wore his hat from Potsdam's Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
To add some spice, the IPCC crowd are the "gold standard" for science, as the ex-IPCC chair and now accused sex-crimes perpetrator Rajendra Pachauri used to say. The Guardian also refers to "Dr Bill Hare" as a "top climate scientist". So let's check. On his bio at his Climate Analytics business website, he's described as "Dr (h.c.) Bill Hare". The coy "h.c." stands for "honoris causa", and refers to an honorary doctorate awarded in 2008 from his alma mater Murdoch University in WA. At his Linked In entry he lists a matriculation and leaving certificate from Kent Street Senior High, Perth, a Murdoch Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Physics (Double Major), and an Honors Degree in Physics (1979-82). His B.Sc (Hons) is also cited at his Potsdam site.
For his Climate Analytics a year ago, he co-authored a paper called "Western Australia's Gas Gamble". He describes himself there as "Dr Bill Hare".
The UK Carbon Brief warmist information website refers to "Dr Bill Hare" as "bill-hare-hero". There seems no end to his talents. In the book, The Winning of the Climate War by UK green-energy businessman Jeremy Leggett,[2] he gets a paean as a world-respected economics whizz:
Dr Bill Hare, an old colleague at Greenpeace, is the single most talented technical expert I have met in all my quarter century of climate campaigning. This is because he is both an accomplished atmospheric physicist and also expert enough in economics to engage the world authorities at that strange discipline and earn their respect…
The ABC's Laura Tingle, like Stephanie March, doesn't distinguish between honorary and earned Ph.Ds, interviewing Hare on 7.30 last October as "senior scientist Dr Bill Hare". I suppose, going by the ABC's "Dr Bill Hare" precedent, we should be more deferential to "Dr Kerry O'Brien", "Dr Phillip Adams" and "Dr Robyn Williams", not to mention other floppy-hat wearers such as the disgraced "Dr Rolf Harris", cartoonist "Dr Michael Leunig" and purported comedian "Dr Yahoo Serious" (Newcastle University, 1996).
Of course, one can be a great modern scientist without a Ph.D. ticket. Physicist/mathematician Freeman Dyson, with his Max Planck Medal, Enrico Fermi Award and showers of honorary doctorates, never earned a Ph.D. But Dyson has never described himself as Dr (h.c.) Freeman Dyson, let alone Dr Freeman Dyson.
Come to think of it, why was this Four Corners episode also a 97 per cent male bastion? Five anonymous women accounted for just 100 words out of 8100, plus March cited a thirty-word quote to trash-talk Coalition environment minister Melissa Price. Of twenty-seven named interviewees, Price was the only female. Hasn't March heard of female climateers Dr Lesley Hughes, Dr Joelle Gergis or the Climate Council's silver-tongued Amanda McKenzie? So much for ABC diversity policy.[3]
March was astute not to invite the intrepid Judith Sloan, whose smarts, if not edited out, would have punctured the entire episode. The other sceptic on the program, The Australian's Chris Kenny, was allowed a total ten words and seven seconds. (That's what I call tight editing). He managed to point out, just, that nothing Australia does will alter the global climate.
Returning now to Bill Hare B.Sc. (Hons), he transitioned in 2009 from Greenpeace to set up and run his non-profit Climate Analytics, which started with funding from the German federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Safety. The same department also funded Hare's global warming "PREVENT" lobbying unit at his Climate Analytics and PIK.
Hare is half of a double act with wife Dr Ursula Fuentes-Hutfilter (Ph.D atmospheric science, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich). She has been a key player for decades within the German Government's climate negotiations and now-faltering energy-transition to renewables. They met at the Kyoto IPCC meeting in 1997. Her main job has been with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. She was an author/reviewer for the fifth IPCC report. Currently, they are both adjunct professors[4] at Murdoch University, where she works on Asia-Pacific energy transformation policy. Hare maintains his links as visiting scientist with Potsdam (PIK).
Dr. Fuentes-Hutfilter is also leading a project under the Australian-German Energy Transition Research Hub, which aims to have sixty researchers. It is backed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Education Ministry, plus Melbourne University and ANU, PIK and several other institutions. The Hub's goals are energy market changes, low-carbon investment policies, negative emission technology and new trade and exports. "The global shift to a net-zero emissions economy presents genuine opportunities for Australia and Germany," it claims.
One can see how entrenched the Potsdam (PIK) group now is in the Australian energy scene. PIK has its share of warming revolutionaries. Its loopy founder/director Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber in 2011 was boasting about his "plan for a transformation of society" and "a new basis of our coexistence". He advocated $US135 billion per year climate funding from the West to developing countries, compared with Paris's modest current prescription of only $US100 billion p.a. His deputy Ottmar Edenhofer a little earlier got a bit too frank and said that climate policy "has almost nothing to do any more with environmental protection" and "we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy." An economist, Edenhofer says his master plan for 75% renewables globally by 2050 would only cost "a mere twelve thousand billion dollars by 2030".[5]
As for the content of the Four Corners program, it's great if you still believe the planet faces by 2100 an existential crisis of scorchiness caused by human-caused CO2. A problem, however, is that in the past 20 years, global temperatures have barely risen[6] while CO2 emissions since 1998 (110b tonnes) were equivalent to nearly a third of all the human-caused CO2 emissions ever. Please explain.
The past 40 years' warming rate, as measured by satellite, is equivalent to only 1.34degC per century.[7] And the supposed "proof" of CO2 causation derives from comparisons of unvalidated crude climate models run with and without the purported CO2 impact. Reporter Stephanie March also seems oblivious that the all-important feedback effects from rising CO2 are lately estimated at about 1.7 times rather than the IPCC's range of up to 4.5 times and the 31 CMIP5 models' average of 3.1. If confirmed, the low CO2 sensitivity would scuttle the whole warming scare.
March built her program around how Australia should meet its (voluntary) Paris pledges to cut emissions. She trots out with a straight face a plan for our 26 million belching cattle to live on low-methane seaweed. In her innocence, she refers to CO2 throughout as "pollution". Fact: Added CO2 has greened the planet to an area extent of 2.5 Australias and contributed to unparalleled and on-going agricultural productivity which continues to outpace population growth.
March's talking head Professor Frank Jotzo (ANU) fretted that "the international community" will look down their noses at us if we don't meet our Paris pledges, or get there only via Kyoto credits. Let me see: China, responsible for about 30 per cent of global emissions, intends to keep raising them to 2030. India pledged nothing about its emission levels, only 'emissions intensity'. Trump has pulled the US out of Paris while the US actually cuts emissions by switching to fracked gas. France relies on nuclear. German and British households are suffering hugely (a la South Australia) from their crazed energy policies and prices.[8] So who's going to censure us? The Maldives? Gabon?[9] And even if all Paris signatories delivered on their toughest emission pledges costing multi-trillions, what would that do to global temperatures by 2100? According to Bjorn Lomborg, who used the IPCC's own formulae, the temperature difference would be around 0.05 to 0.17degC cooler. Great!
Much of the episode involved renewable energy investors demanding more secure government targets, incentives and subsidies, i.e. risk-free profit. Climate virtue and bags of money make a heady mix. Steph March also badgered working-class guys at Oberon NSW about their V8 utes. (Why not badger greenies in Double Bay about their SUVs?). But bricklayer Brett was not easily patronised:
March: Do you see yourself ever buying an electric car?
Brett: No, no way in the world
March: Why not?
Brett: I couldn't do it. I like me fuel. It would be weird. I'd have to have long hair and a man bun. I'll pass.
Unmentioned by March was any estimate of the cost of Australia's renewables "transition". Former government scientist Dr Brian Fisher puts the Coalition's plan for a 27 per cent emissions cut at a total $293 billion by 2030, and Labor's 45 per cent cut at $1.2 trillion. Also unmentioned by March was the West's Paris pledge to a half-trillion handout to the Third World from 2020-25. Such a disclosure would have switched the audience to more realistic shows like Married at First Sight.
Forcing people to buy electric cars, stuffing cows with seaweed, making Tathra NSW (pop. 1700) 100% renewable-powered by 2030, electric buses humming around Canberra (pop, 350,000), warming increasing extreme weather[10]…Four Corners went the full stupid on April Fools Day.
UPDATE: Four Corners' Sally Neighbour responds to Tony Thomas:
Thank you for your email regarding the recent Four Corners program on climate policy. I apologise for the delay in responding.
Sally Neighbour
Tony Thomas's new book, The West: An insider's tale – A romping reporter in Perth's innocent '60s is available from Boffins Books, Perth, the Royal WA Historical Society (Nedlands) and online here . Hat-tip Dennis Ambler for his unpublished research on Hare.
[1] Before Greenpeace he was a member of the Campaign Against Nuclear Energy, set up by Friends of the Earth, and a research director for Australian Conservation Foundation.
[2] Crux Publishing, 2018
[3] Four Corners also gave Dr John Hewson a slot. I understand it is compulsory to feature Hewson on all ABC programs.
[4] Fuentes is 'adjunct associate professor'
[5] Such views were no barrier to his role from 2008 to 2015 as co-chair of IPCC Working Group III "Mitigation of Climate Change".
[6] Notwithstanding two large temperature spikes from natural El Nino warmings
[7] Temperatures have fallen by 0.5degC in the past three years
[8] Last year 5 million Germans were in strife with power bills, with 344,000 households cut off. Germany gets nearly a third of power from wind and sun.
[9] The only countries with national plans matching their Paris pledges are Algeria, Canada, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, FYR Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Singapore and Tonga.
[10] The IPCC says the opposite


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Port of Rotterdam Aims to Lead in Energy Transition
The Port of Rotterdam Authority wants to develop the port into the place where the energy transition takes shape. The authority is making efforts to develop initiatives that could contribute to the transition to a CO2 neutral economy.
The Port Authority believes that to be CO2 neutral by 2050, the Netherlands needs a wide range of different technologies and measures.
"The Netherlands is faced with the challenge of making the economy and society virtually CO2 neutral within 30 years," said Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. The sooner we take this on the better."
The port of Rotterdam, like other ports around the world, includes a cluster of companies that make, store and use fossil fuels and chemical products. "These companies emit a lot of CO2," notes Castelein, "but also have a lot of knowledge about energy, energy-intensive production processes, and CO2 reduction. This makes the Port of Rotterdam exceptionally well-positioned to be an international leader in the development and large scale application of technologies to reduce industrial CO2 emissions virtually to zero."
The Port of Rotterdam Authority intends to play a pioneering role and make the port an inspiring example for the global energy transition. "The knife cuts both ways," said Castelein. "We are fighting climate change while making sure that Rotterdam's port and industrial complex will continue to be a strong contributor to Dutch prosperity and employment after 2050."
A good deal of research and experimentation is still needed to determine the optimal path to a CO2 neutral economy by 2050. "We will be working all out to find that route," said Castelein. "We are confident that the Rotterdam industrial complex has a strong starting position. And we think that forging ad hoc coalitions for concrete projects is the best way to make progress."
The Port Authority wants to help companies implement ways to reduce CO2 and/or introduce new, climate-neutral industry as much as possible. "We want maximum sharing of experience because this helps to accelerate the transition," said Castelein. "Precisely because there is already so much energy-intensive industry here, this is the most logical place for companies to set up and scale up pilot projects. This will make the port a leader in the transition from fossil fuel based industry to clean fossil, renewable and circular. We can be both a field lab and flagship at once."


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Renters in New Mexico who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are still protected under the New Mexico Supreme Court's stay on evictions, said a court official.
Barry Massey, public information officer for the Administrative Office of the Courts, told NM Political Report that the state supreme court's stay has no set time limit to it and will continue until the justices decide to end it.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new order Tuesday that would stay evictions for most renters impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic until Oct. 3. Maria Griego, economic equity director for the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, said through email that the CDC eviction moratorium would cover areas heavily impacted by the virus, which amounts to about 90 percent of the U.S. population.
But, the New Mexico Supreme Court's stay, issued last year, covers all of New Mexico.
Massey said it is important that renters who cannot pay their rent take action and provide information to the court to document that they cannot pay their rent.
"Otherwise, the tenant could get a default judgment and that could allow the eviction to move forward," Massey said.
The court's stay also covers individuals who rent a mobile home.
Tenants will still have to pay the unpaid portion of their rent after the court's stay is lifted.
There is state and federal assistance for those who cannot pay rent or utilities. More information about that can be found at RentHelpNM.org.


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Google has launched a project to use artificial intelligence to create compelling art and music, offering a reminder of how technology is rapidly changing what it means to be a musician, and what makes us distinctly human.
Google's Project Magenta, announced Wednesday, aims to push the state of the art in machine intelligence that's used to generate music and art.
Source: Google's computers are creating songs. Making music may never be the same. – The Washington Post


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Many men with low-risk, localized prostate cancers can safely choose active surveillance or "watchful waiting" instead of undergoing immediate treatment and have better quality of life while reducing health care costs, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Writing in the June 18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the authors said their statistical models showed that "observation is a reasonable and, in some situations, cost-saving alternative to initial treatment" for the estimated 70 percent of men whose cancer is classified as low-risk at diagnosis.
The researchers, led by Julia Hayes, MD, a medical oncologist in the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber, said their findings support observation - active surveillance and watchful waiting - as a reasonable and underused option for men with low-risk disease.
"About 70 percent of men in this country have low-risk prostate cancer, and it's estimated that 60 percent of them are treated unnecessarily" with various forms of radiation or having the disease removed with radical prostatectomy surgery, said Hayes, who is also a senior scientist at MGH's Institute for Technology Assessment. A clinical trial called PIVOT reported that such men had about the same small risk of death over a 12-year period whether they underwent radical prostatectomy or simply observation.
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The Iowa DOT's message boards on the state's interstates and highways are displaying a message geared toward the New Year's holiday.
This week's digital message on Iowa DOT message boards is this: "Drinking and driving impairs your 2020 vision." The DOT changes the message every Monday, so this week's sentence about drunk driving will be on display on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Past messages this month have encouraged drivers to buckle up and to pay attention to the road. Many of the messages rhyme, like the one that read: Happy Festivus! Slow it down for the rest of us."
During emergencies and bad weather, the message boards flip to advisories about hazard driving conditions or detours. In Iowa's largest cities, the message boards display the estimated driving time through congested areas.


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The Dangers of Sitting
Here's what happens to your body and how to combat the damage.
What poor posture really does to your body.
And how to combat the effects.
So much of our lives these days are spent in front of a screen—you're looking at a screen right now! So it's not surprising that so many of us are often caught hunched over a phone or slouching over a computer monitor. We know it's not good for us. We see ourselves in photos or feel the strain in our necks and know we should be better about standing or sitting up straight. Yet the majority of us never do anything to actually improve it. But you might be surprised to know just how bad slouching is for you—it goes way beyond making you look bad.
While it might feel natural now to slump into a slouching position, it isn't a normal alignment for the body and can cause our muscles (along with our bones) to work harder. Slight creaks in the neck or lower back discomfort can be common effects that are often overlooked, but can result in more permanent pain. When we slouch, our heads come forward, which forces the shoulders to come forward. "This leads to jaw pains and headaches, and to shoulder and back pains," says Chicago-based chiropractic physician Dr. Richard Arrandt. "Additionally, if the mechanics of your spine are not aligning properly, it can affect your rib cage, which can damage your heart and lungs."
Combat the negative effects of slouching by routinely stretching out your chest, shoulders and upper back with a simple doorway stretch. Personal trainer William Richards shows you how to get the most out of the stretch.
Like Dr. Arrandt mentioned above, if we hunch too much, our lung capacity is impacted and inhibited. This means the other tissues in our bodies can't get as much oxygen which can lead to shortness of breath and cloudy thinking. You'll feel fatigued and have less motivation to get things accomplished throughout the day.
To ensure you're sitting with proper posture at work, pull your chair closer to your desk and adjust your computer screen such that the middle of the screen is at eye level.
"We've become a nation of professional sitters," says Janice Novak, author of Posture, Get it Straight. "But when you are slouched over, your internal organs have nowhere to go but down and out--you immediately look fatter." The solution, according to Novak, is simple. Get up and move. "When we stand as opposed to sit, we burn 20% more calories and strengthen our muscles, boost metabolism and increase bone density."
If you keep catching yourself slouching, try setting an alarm on your phone to remind you every hour to sit up straighter. This will help you form a healthy habit.
A Harvard University study showed that when people who adopted powerful postures (open shoulders and straight spines) had a 20% increase in testosterone levels and a 25% decrease in cortisol levels—but people who slouched had a 10% decrease in testosterone and a 15% increase in cortisol. Sitting in a slouching position only makes the problem worse, according to Carol Krucoff, a yoga teacher and founder of Healing Moves. "Shallow chest breathing strains the lungs, which must move faster to ensure adequate oxygen flow, and taxes the heart, which is forced to speed up to provide enough blood for oxygen transport," she says. "The result is a vicious cycle, where stress prompts shallow breathing, which in turn creates more stress." Her solution is to use everyday cues (i.e. a ringing phone or a stoplight) to take relaxed abdominal breaths to combat stress.
Here's how to make sure you're breathing properly to relax your body: Rest your hand below your belly button; you should feel your belly expand as you inhale.
Slouching over causes our intestines to fold up, making it physically difficult for our body to naturally digest and move things along.


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Lawrence F. Katz, Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University, delivered the Murphy Institute's Yates lecture at 4:00 pm on Thursday, March 5, at Tulane University's Rogers Memorial Chapel. The topic of the lecture was "Understanding Long Run Changes in US Wage Inequality."
Lawrence F. Katz is the Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on issues in labor economics and the economics of social problems. He is the author (with Claudia Goldin) of The Race between Education and Technology (Harvard University Press, 2008), a history of U.S. economic inequality and the roles of technological change and the pace of educational advance in affecting the wage structure.
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5 reasons parents worry about crowded teeth
1. Mild vs. moderate vs. severe crowding
If you are like most parents, you are hoping that any crowding you see in your child's mouth is mild.
But is it already severe?
(Or is it totally fine?)
Match the illustrations below with your child's teeth to find out now.
(Parents in South Brunswick, NJ who are concerned about their child's crowding will want to visit us for a complimentary consultation.)
The next trouble with crowding is stuck teeth …
2. Stuck teeth
When kids see an X-ray of an impacted tooth, they tell us that it looks "stuck".
And they are right!
What kids don't know is that their stuck teeth can cause problems with jaw pain and damage the surrounding teeth.
An adult front tooth is blocked from coming in. Note that the stuck tooth overlaps and damages the neighboring adult tooth.
So if one tooth is stuck, it's probably going to affect the tooth beside it, too.
That's a problem because the adult teeth naturally erupt in a particular sequence and at certain ages.
And impacted teeth interfere with nature.
A note on impacted teeth
The main risk of a "stuck" tooth is that the tooth will torpedo sideways into a neighboring tooth and weaken the roots of the neighboring teeth.
So instead of a problem of one "stuck" tooth, you end up with a stuck tooth and having to remove the weakened adult teeth on either side.
That means there would be gaps where teeth are missing.
The most common reason for stuck teeth is that there is some physical barrier that is blocking it from coming in.
That "road block" could be a traffic jam of teeth caused by crowding. Or it could be an extra tooth in the way. Or it could be because of a strong baby tooth that won't wiggle loose.
(We wouldn't know until we study an X-ray.)
The next trouble with crowding is blocked out teeth …
3. Blocked out teeth
Even if crowded teeth avoid impaction, letting them come in the wrong place can have lifelong consequences.
A tooth becomes "blocked out" when it is crowded out of position.
Here's an example:
Adult teeth that don't have room to fit come in out of place.
So instead of the tooth lining up with the rest, the deflection causes the tooth to appear like it is poking out towards lips and cheeks or falling inwards towards the tongue.
The problem with that is that there isn't enough gum to hold the blocked out tooth.
Plus it lacks support from the U-shaped bone of the jaws.
In severe cases, the lack of bone support can lead to the loosening and loss of the adult tooth.
A note on gingival recession
You have probably seen gingival recession before.
It's when the gum erodes away, and the sensitive root of the tooth gets exposed.
They make special toothpaste to help with the sensitivity, and there are special surgical procedures that help, but it's better if recession can be avoided altogether.
Gum recession happens when the tooth is not supported by the bone.
The next trouble with crowding is "bad" teeth …
4. "Bad" teeth
Most parents want their child to have a nice smile.
Crowded teeth can get in the way of that by making the teeth look jumbled.
Crowded teeth interfere with a nice smile.
If you are like most parents, the health problems (e.g. stuck teeth, blocked out teeth, gum disease, etc.) are enough of a reason for most parents to get crowding checked.
The socially advantageous benefits of straighter teeth are just a bonus.
And enhancing appearance of the teeth is worth talking about because it can affect your child's academics, social relationships, and career:
Greater academic potential. (Ritts,V., Patterson, M. L., & Tubbs, M. E. (1992). Expectations, impressions, and judgments of physically attractive students: A review. Review of Educational Research, 62, 413–426.)
More persuasive communicators. (Chaiken, S. (1979). Communicator physical attractiveness and persuasion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 1387–1397.)
More likely to receive help from strangers. (Benson, P. L., Karabenick, S. A., & Lerner, R. M. (1976). Pretty pleases: The effects of physical attractiveness, race, and sex on receiving help. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 12, 409–415.)
More lenient punishment if found guilty of a crime. (Mazzella, R., & Feingold, A. (1994). The effects of physical attractiveness, race, socioeconomic status and gender of defendants and victims on judgments of mock jurors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 1315–1344.)
More socially competent. (Eagly, A. H., Ashmore, R. D., Makhijani, M. G., & Longo, L. C. (1991). A meta-analytic review of research on the physical attractiveness stereotype. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 109–128.)
Preferred by voters in political elections. (Budesheim, T. L., & DePaola, S. J. (1994). Beauty or the beast? The effects of appearance, personality, and issue information on evaluations of political candidates. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 339–348.)
More likely to be hired. (Hosoda, M., Stone-Romero, E. F., & Coats, G. (2003). The effects of physical attractiveness on job-related outcomes: A meta-analysis of experimental studies. Personnel Psychology, 56, 431–462.)
More likely to be promoted. (Hosoda, M., Stone-Romero, E. F., & Coats, G. (2003). The effects of physical attractiveness on job-related outcomes: A meta-analysis of experimental studies. Personnel Psychology, 56, 431–462.)
Better performance evaluations. (Hosoda, M., Stone-Romero, E. F., & Coats, G. (2003). The effects of physical attractiveness on job-related outcomes: A meta-analysis of experimental studies. Personnel Psychology, 56, 431–462.)
Receive higher incomes. (Frieze, I. H., Olson, J. E., & Russell, J. (1991). Attractiveness and income for men and women in management. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21, 1039–1057. Hamermesh, D. S., & Biddle, J. E. (1994). Beauty and the labor market. American Economic Review, 84, 1174–1194.)
Even "bad" teeth have the potential to straighten into a nice smile with a little help.
And that brings us to the last trouble parents have with crowding: finding out if your child needs braces …
5. Braces
If you are like most parents, you want to get a checkup for your child's crowding, but you have questions about braces.
Get your child's smile back on the path towards a lifetime of health at Smile Logic Orthodontics in South Brunswick, NJ.
When we meet for your complimentary braces consultation, you will find out if your child needs braces, how long they'll have to wear them, and exactly what the investment would be if they are needed.
For any portion of treatment your insurance does not cover, there is zero-interest, in-house financing available.


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2023 Part B SPP/APR General Instructions
A. State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR)
Authority: The requirements for the State performance plan and annual performance report are found in the regulations at 34 CFR §§300.601 and 300.602(b)(2).
Question A-1: Are States required to report their determinations (meets requirements, needs assistance, needs intervention, or needs substantial intervention) of each LEA's performance in their APRs submitted to OSEP?
Answer: No. A State is not required to report in the State's APR the determinations the State made about each LEA.
Question A-2: What years are covered by the SPP submitted in December 2005?
Answer: For the SPP submitted in December 2005, States must annually report on performance for the academic years 2005-2006 through 2010-2011. The first APR, due February 1, 2007, was for the 2005-2006 year. Therefore, the six years began with the data for the 2005-2006 year. Under this schedule, the last APR under this SPP will be for the 2010-2011 academic year and will be due February 1, 2012.
Question A-3: OSEP published a guidance document, entitled Part B SPP/APR Related Requirements, which contains a detailed list of statutory and regulatory requirements related to each indicator. Are States required to monitor the requirements related to each indicator included in this document for every year that an LEA fails to meet a target in the SPP?
Answer: No. The "Related Requirements" guidance document, which OSEP distributes to Chief State School Officers, State Directors of Special Education, and State Data Managers, with the Part B SPP/APR materials, includes a list of the Part B monitoring priorities and indicators and the requirements from statutes (Part B of the IDEA and the General Educations Provisions Act) and regulations that are related to each priority and indicator. The purpose of this document is to inform States of the statutory and regulatory requirements related to each indicator that will be reviewed by OSEP as part of Focused Monitoring. That is, if OSEP determines that it will do Focused Monitoring in a State because that State is low performing or in noncompliance with a specific indicator, OSEP will review the related requirements for that indicator as part of the Focused Monitoring. OSEP encourages States to examine their general supervision systems to determine how they address the related requirements, but States are not required to do so.
Question A-4: If a State changes or updates its SPP, must the State resubmit the entire document or just those portions that have changed?
Answer: The decision to resubmit the entire SPP or just those portions that have been changed or updated is left to the State.
Question A-5: Where should a State report on correction of noncompliance identified by OSEP in its response to the State's SPP/APR?
Answer: States should report on the correction of any noncompliance identified by OSEP in the same section of the APR for which noncompliance was originally identified in the prior year's SPP/APR response table. For example, if, in its Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2006 APR, OSEP identified noncompliance for Indicator B-12, Early Childhood Transition, the State would report on correction of noncompliance related to early childhood transition in the APR section for Indicator B-12 in its FFY 2007 APR. In addition, the State should provide data in Indicator B-15 in its FFY 2007 APR on the status of timely correction of noncompliance identified in the FFY 2006 APR for Indicator B-15.
Question A-6: When the Department changes an indicator, or the measurement for an indicator, such as Indicator B-7 Preschool Early Childhood Outcomes, is it permissible for a State to change the baseline and targets for that indicator in its SPP?
Answer: Yes. It is permissible for a State to change baseline and targets for an SPP indicator when the Department changes an indicator or measurement, unless the target is for a compliance indicator. Targets for compliance indicators are always 100 percent. Any State that considers revising a baseline or target should involve stakeholders in the process and include a justification for the change in the APR.
Resource: SPP/APR Online Sumission Module


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The Compassionate Friends
Providing Grief Support After the Death of a Child
"The Compassionate Friends is about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. It takes people out of the isolation society imposes on the bereaved and lets them express their grief naturally. With the shedding of tears, healing comes. And the newly bereaved get to see people who have survived and are learning to live and love again."
–Simon Stephens, founder of The Compassionate Friends
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Colin's Hope Water Safety Quiz
How much do you really know about water safety? Colin's Hope Water Safety Quiz was designed for parents and caregivers to test water safety knowledge. Upon completion, you will earn an Official Colin's Hope Water Guardian Badge. Click on the image to test your knowledge. Your participation could help to prevent a child from drowning.
The Soleila G Estien Memorial
Swim Strong Scholarship
Through partnership with The 1650 Swim Foundation, The Soleila G. Estien Memorial Swim Strong Scholarship was established to provide financial assistance to individuals whose family does not have the financial resources to afford to pay swimming lessons.


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- Description
The Planet Wise Nursing Covers are available in high quality, 100% Cotton Designer fabrics! The cover includes a small, zippered storage bag that matches.
Features of the Planet Wise Nursing Cover:- Extra fabric on the sides for more privacy
- Neck straps that are easy to adjust, making it easy to put on and take off
- A handy pocket that is easily accessible
- 100% cotton designer fabric
- Matching storage bag included
- Approximately 28"x36" - hoop neck is approximately 18"
- Made in the USA


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Yarn Along......
8:02 AMI'm going to jump in here for a second since it's been a while since I had the time to post for Yarn along. I think about it every Wednesday and I get on at night and visit lot's of others posts but my schedule has been so crazy that I have had no time to join in......sooo I'm making a little time today to share what's been on my needles!!
I got lot's of uninterrupted knitting time this past weekend as we ventured north and over the border to pick up my daughter from Canada. I think I mentioned it last year in June when she left for a year long internship position at a Dressage Barn. She had been working hard and truly loving it there and is only home for the month of April before they want her back for show season. She is training and working some amazing horses and meeting lots of great people so the experience has been great! But this Momma is so happy to have her oldest girl home again!
The best has been our nightly knitting and talking sessions! Yes my oldest has been knitting longer then me and is usually knitting lace work that is intricate and beautiful!
Well on this trip I was able to start and finish my first pair of homespun socks!!! When I finished spinning this 3 ply I just heard it crying out to be made into socks. So I Cast on Friday night and Sunday night they were all done! I love them and they fit perfectly! My daughter named them "Border Crossing Socks". I just did a simple toe up stockinette sock with a sweet tomato heel. These are going to get a lot lot wear! And now I am digging through the fiber stash to spin for more socks.....they are a lot of fun!!! Ravelry notes
I also finished up a pair of socks for hubby that were on the needles. So it looks like I need to cast on for more socks! Ravelry notes
I am trying to work on finishing up my sweater this week and I need to get a sweater done for Hannah Grace for Easter. I also have a cowl blocking right now that I forgot to get any photos of......so hopefully I can share that next week!! I have been reading Stephanie Pearl McPhee's new book The Amazing thing about the way it goes.......such a great easy read! I have really been enjoying it!! Well happy knitting everyone...can't wait to see what's on your needles this week!!! Joining Ginny over here
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oh my the socks are beautiful and from handspun no less!!! Fantastic! Love your husband's socks as well :) You have to think of yarn along on tuesday then you will be here for wednesday :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear your daughter is enjoying adventure! I remember when you blogged about her leaving. Your hand spun socks are simply gorgeous! Great job on the spinning AND the socks.
ReplyDeleteYour socks are beautiful. Your handspun yarn is quite pretty. Enjoy having your daughter home for April. I see my only daughter less than once a month and I really miss our face to face time.
ReplyDeleteYour post makes me miss my mom! I also have been knitting longer than her but her passion for knitting is probably even further developed than mine - or at least her capability to knit is greater in her stage of life than mine! Your socks are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful socks! I made two pair. One is mine and one I got a little anxious and they were short for my toes - but just right for my mom. And I asked her this fall if she ever wore those socks and she said every time they are washed they are her first choice. Took a class and not sure I truly understand them, so that makes them a bit harder to jump into. What's your favorite method/instruction/style?? And I got my mom that book for her birthday and I still haven't given it..need to tuck in some great yarn..


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After hundreds of miles traveled from hospital to hospital, a Dell Rapids boy triumphantly fought cancer and is looking forward to what's next.
The floor creaked under 10-year-old Derek Gerlach's feet as he sat up in his bed.
"I don't like this part," Derek said to his mom, Donelle Gerlach.
The Dell Rapids fifth-grader was not dreading going to school but instead the waves of dizziness and nausea that came over him each morning. Donelle was concerned, but thought he might of sat up too quickly.
Her worry only grew after she came home from work one day in November 2018 and found Derek tucked away in the corner of the couch. Her energetic son would normally be playing with his yellow lab or eating a snack. His face looked pale, almost as if he was coming down with the flu. She sat down on the couch and asked him how he was feeling.
Derek could not pinpoint what was wrong, but knew he hadn't felt right for a while. Donelle and her husband, Shane Gerlach, scheduled an appointment with his pediatrician.
"I honestly thought we were going to go into the doctor, and she was going to tell us he had a sinus infection," Donelle said.
Diagnosis: Stage four brain cancer
After Derek confessed the full extent of his symptoms to the doctor, his parents saw more of a cause for concern.
Derek admitted to throwing up everyday for the past three weeks.
The doctor immediately ordered an EKG for that Friday afternoon, and CAT scan for the following Tuesday. After the CAT scan, Donelle and Derek — not too worried — were driving around Sioux Falls looking at "fancy" houses on the same side of town as the doctor. As they started to drive toward the interstate to go home, they got the call that the whole family needed to immediately return to the doctor's office. Shane left work to meet them there.
Donelle knew instantly what the black mass on the scans over Derek's brain meant.
"Immediately there's that pit in your stomach that you know this is not going to be good," said Donelle, who herself was diagnosed with breast cancer the year before.
Derek was diagnosed with stage four medullablastoma, a type of brain cancer, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
"It's going to be okay, Dad," Derek said as he reached for Shane's hand.
The next day, Derek was rushed to emergency surgery for the removal of the tumor on his brain. Unpacking their bags in the hospital room, the Gerlachs got their first taste of the sterile environment they would come to know so well in Derek's treatment journey.
'Every single moment': Fighting since day one
Derek has always been a fighter.
Born 30 days premature, he spent the first part of his life lying in a NICU bed, surrounded by tubes and warning signs.
But Derek is no quitter. Named after baseball legend Derek Jeter, he, too, was ready to make his mark on the world.
Derek surpassed doctors' expectations and went home at just 10 days old.
"From that point on, you cherish every single moment, and you don't take any of them for granted." Shane said. "When you fight for so long to have a child and then to almost lose that child, every single moment I get with him from the day he was born has been a moment I thought I would never have."
From hospital to hospital: Countless hours on the road
The rhythmic sound of cars passing on the interstate made each trip to the doctor feel like eternity.
500 miles round trip from Dell Rapids to Rochester for proton radiation.
60 miles round trip from Dell Rapids to Sioux Falls for chemo treatment.
Countless hours spent in that same sterile doctor's office environment. Countless hours spent away from home.
This was the Gerlachs new routine.
Donelle and Shane would rotate weeks staying at the Ronald McDonald House while Derek underwent proton radiation.
They are not alone. Between 250 and 500 children are diagnosed with medullablastoma each year in the United States, according to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
A break from the things he loves
Each day came with its own struggles: keeping on weight, the anxiety that comes with continual scans and tests, and neuropathy in his hands and feet that make it hard to do some of the things he loves, like riding his bike and playing piano.
Before the cancer diagnosis, Derek would hop on his blue mountain bike, decorated with scuff marks from use, and ride it for miles. The wind would blow through his bright red hair.
It took him eight years to learn how to ride a bike, and he hopes he remembers how to ride once he's able to again.
Sense of normalcy at school
Despite the medical challenges, school offers Derek a sense of normalcy.
Derek doesn't want to be treated differently, and his best friend, Ryan Baker, helps to maintain that. The two are often inseparable. When their history teacher asked the class to find a partner, Ryan and Derek immediately locked eyes and pointed their pencils at each other.
"He's been supportive throughout this year," Derek said. "He's just been there to take my mind off all this."
The support shown to Derek extends beyond his close-knit friend group.
Sixth-grade English and math teacher Kari Hettinger has seen how Derek's peers have supported him throughout his journey.
"His classmates have done a good job at recognizing that it still affects him without making it a big deal, and I think that's really important to Derek," Hettinger said. "They do a good job at not treating him like a child with cancer, but they also do a good job at letting him know that they haven't forgotten."
School isn't the only place Derek has received support. People have donated more than $30,000 to the Gerlachs through a GoFundMe page.
The end of his fight and the road ahead
"Scanxiety" — the anxiety that comes with each scan — falls over the Gerlachs as they wait for MRI results.
Every scan has come back clean since the start of Derek's journey.
Since Derek responded well to radiation and chemotherapy, the family is hopeful for the future.
Derek ended his cancer treatment journey surrounded by family and friends on December 27, 2019 at the Sanford Children's Hospital.
Grasping onto the metal chain, Derek put all his strength into ringing the bell and filling the lobby with its sound. Derek isn't sure of what's next, but he is sure that he can handle it.
Derek, now 12 years old, is looking forward to every reason for celebration. The self-proclaimed Star Wars fan is excited to visit Disney World's Galaxy's Edge during a trip he's taking with his family in early February.
It's also the small victories — getting out of bed isn't so painful anymore.
"It'll just add toward my strength and courage for the next big thing," Derek said. "Hopefully we don't have a next big thing, but if we do I'll be ready."


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Jesus holds out for us a defining way
to live: repent and believe (Mark
To repent
means to embrace a change of mind, of perspective, of direction, of purpose, in
order to keep in step with God, in order to walk with him as with a friend. It includes turning around, turning back,
when we have gone away from God, but it is much bigger than that.
To believe
means to step out, actively, with a deliberate intentionality that gives
outward expression to our new inner purpose.
This is how Jesus lived.
Jesus pioneers the life of repentance
and belief for us:
at his baptism, where he turns from
the purpose of an itinerant construction worker (carpenter = more house-builder
than furniture-maker) (absolutely the right purpose up until this point; but no
longer so, moving into the future) to the purpose of an itinerant preacher, healer
and demon-confronter;
when he calls certain others to turn
from the varied purposes of harvesting fish, or collecting tax, or participating
in the royal court, or murdering Roman soldiers, or life lived under demonic
affliction, or (after his death, resurrection, and ascension) persecuting his
own followers, to share in and extend his mission;
whenever he moves from one village,
where God has sent him, to another village, to which God is sending him now;


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Niagara-On-The-LakeOften cited as the prettiest town in Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake, is a popular spot for tourists to grab great shots of Niagara scenery. Niagara-on-the-lake has great shops, pretty houses along its backstreets. And of course, the Shaw Festival and Fort George. Niagara-on-the-Lake was settled by the United Empire Loyalists who came to Upper Canada so that they could remain under the British flag at the close of the American Revolution. Tourists now-a-days are especially attracted to Fort George, which still stands proudly after the War of 1812. Then there is the Historical Society Museum, the Shaw Festival with its three theatres, and for boaters, the marina. For golfers, there are plush golf courses and for shoppers, the craft shops. Tourists strolling along the main street in Niagara-on-the-Lake can check the time of day on the huge Clock Tower in the square. A drive along the Niagara River Parkway is relaxing with lots of places to stop for a picnic. Just a short way out of town, the visitor can enjoy the trees and greenery of Niagara farmland and agricultural markets. A side road here or there may just lead a person to the locations of some world-class wineries: Inniskillin, Jackson-Triggs, Hillebrand, Vincor, Peller and Reif. And a short drive away from Niagara-on-the-Lake, there are other attractions: historic Queenston Heights, the Brock Monument, the Butterfly Conservatory, the Fallsview Casino and Niagara Falls, itself. Finally, there is a plethora of choices for bed and breakfast, inns and hotels to stay for the night.
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Pholcodine 10mg/5ml. Also contains citric acid, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, glycerol, sodium benzoate (E211), saccharin sodium, liquid maltitol, ethanol, rasberry cola flavouring and purified water.
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Outdoor Sunbathing
The golden rule of UV exposure is to NEVER SUNBURN. If you want dual protection, start pre-tanning at a JCTA Member Salon at least four weeks ahead of your sunny vacation/summer season.
Know your Skin Type. To find your number go to SkinType.ca
Know the UV Index where you are. The higher it gets, the higher your risk of overexposure and sunburn. There are a number of ways to get the UV Index, most weather/news networks will list them, or you can get an App for your Phone or Tablet. They list the High for the day and sometimes give it to you hourly. It's based on UVB exposure - this is lowest in the morning, increased at solar noon, and decreased in the late afternoon. Some people suggest not going out between 10am and 2pm. However, that's the optimum time to make vitamin D naturally, which could reduce the risk of some skin cancers. Check out this video that explains when you make vitamin D.
There is a great website that can be used on any device to calculate how long you can stay out based on your Skin Type, UV Index, SPF and where you are in the world. First if you have a PreTan from a sunbed, Canadian research has shown you could handle 6 times the exposure, approximately an SPF 6. To be on the safe side use SPF 5 for your tan. This doesn't sound like a lot, but this become a multiplier of your chemical sunscreen – Dual Protection. Example 5 X SPF15 sunscreen = SPF 75 applied properly (see below). Click here for the map and you can see first how long you can stay out with just your tan and then add a sunscreen in to the mix. You'll be amazed how long you can stay out, I was, especially surprized when looking at locations in Canada. But on a tropical vacation this can be totally different.
Bring a hat and sunglasses. You need to protect your eyes.
Seek shade when you're going to be outside for a prolonged period of time, or cover up with UV protective clothing.
If you decide to use chemical sunscreens, make sure you have the right product.
- Use only a Full Broad-Spectrum SPF - don't unbalance Mother Nature.
- Make sure you apply it correctly. Apply a shot glass worth (30ml) per application, every 2 hours or after coming out of the water. The actual research says, "2 milligrams per square centimeter thick on your skin". Anyone have a tape measure?
- Research has shown that improper use can increase your risk of skin cancer:
- Chlorinated water (pool) can change the properties of the sunscreen and could be toxic. (Wang 2017)
- Not applying the right amount of sunscreen reduces the effectiveness substantially (for example, an SPF 30 when applied 1/3 to 1/2 the recommended amount would reduce the protection to approximately an SPF of 2 to 4).
- If not applied every 2 hours when outside, it could increase your risk of skin cancer, according to research. (Hanson 2006)
- Sunscreen use seems to be beneficial for lower latitudes with high UV indexes and may not be so beneficial for higher latitudes like Canada according to the latest systemic review. (Silva 2018)
By staying in the sun longer when you think you are protected, just because you are not burning, you may still be getting overexposed damage to the deep layers of your skin.


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Course profile – The IP Development for Animation masterclass will focus on practical tips, risk management and creative processes to help shape the strategy, tactics and tools that will help you get your original ideas to market.
This programme is a collaboration between Screen Skills Ireland, Animation Skillnet and Animation Ireland, with support from the BAI.
Week 1 – Getting started is better than being right
Tuesday 7th July, 5pm – Video Lecture – About the development process and risk management.
Wednesday 8th July, 5pm – Alignment Workshop – 3 steps to get everyone on the same page.
Take aways: Core themes of our concept, Northstar and Ref material to guide our choices.
Write your own 8 beat story outlining the series concept you just heard with the group.
Due 15th July
Week 2 – Don't sell me something, tell me a story.
Tuesday 14th July, 5pm – Video Lecture – Tips on prototyping and pitching your idea.
Wednesday 15th July, 5pm – ZOOM pitch – Each participant will pitch their idea for our series concept and then we will have a note and note exercise using the MIRO board.
Take aways: How to take your core themes of a concept and build them out into a story.
Storyboard your own 8 beat story outlining the series concept you just heard with the group. This can be drawn, collage or any other creative way you can think of. Keep it simple and have fun.
Due – 22nd July
Week 3 – Turning the lights on
Tuesday 21st July, 5pm – Video lecture – Presentation tips and tools for building slides.
Wednesday 22nd July, 5pm – ZOOM pitch – Each participant will pitch their idea for our series concept and then we will have a note and note exercise using the MIRO board.
Take aways: How to visualise your ideas and communicate them as early and clearly as possible.
Final PDF of presentation combining everything we have learnt.
Due – 29th July
Wednesday 29th July – ZOOM pitch – let's pitch the show we have put together during this three week course and then we will have a note and note exercise using the MIRO board to decide on the winning project.
Tech requirements – A good internet connection – ZOOM video call app – MIRO app.
About the tutor:
HEATH KENNY is a creative executive with an extensive knowledge of animation production and the dark arts of developing a project. After escaping the island of New Zealand, and a brief but industrious stop in the UK (he served as Animation Director on the Gorillaz music video "Dirty Harry," for example), Heath jumped ship to the land of stinky cheese and stripy tops, a.k.a. France. He took on the role of Co-Director for the second season of Cartoon Network's Robotboy. Heath was then promoted to VP of Creative Development at Gaumont Animation. In this role he drew on all his industry experience to provide a never-ending supply of creative solutions to even the stickiest of co-production needs. Providing a link between France and the rest of the world with clients like DreamWorks, Disney, France Television, Tf1, RAI, Teletoon Canada and Netflix. After making the decision to go it alone as the founder of You and Eye Creative in 2017, Heath has set out to create a safe place to be creative and a creative place to do business.
Now as Chief Content Officer for Canada's Mercury Filmworks he continues to prove that a French Kiwi is indeed a very rare bird.
Participant profile – This is a course for any independent content creator, creative exec managing teams that are developing IP or for a creator looking to structure their ideas for presentation.
Application Procedure
Please note that applicants must have a current, valid address in the Republic of Ireland in order to be considered for this course
To apply, please follow the instructions on the link below before Monday 29th of June at 9am:


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4 oz reduced fat cream cheese, whipped
6 cups fresh California plums, sliced
1 cup fresh basil
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Toast in a 350-degree F oven until golden brown.
Spread each slice of bread with reduced fat cream cheese.
Slice plums into thin slices. Place several slices of plum on each piece of bruschetta. Garnish with fresh basil leaf.
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Carbohydrates 14g,
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Guide to Buying a Black Powder Revolver
With a large amount of different revolvers available, from several manufacturers, it may seem daunting to the new shooter which to choose. There are many aspects which the shooter may wish to consider when in the market for a black powder revolver. Carry on reading our guide to buying a black powder revolver to understand the ins and outs of purchasing a black powder revolver in the UK.
What Kind Of Black Powder Revolvers Are Available in the UK?
The first question most often asked is Pietta or Uberti? Uberti are makers of black powder revolvers of long standing, and their reputation is well earnt. The fit and finish is invariably good, and the revolvers hold up to prolonged use, even after decades. I have heard say that Pietta are somewhat behind Uberti in terms of quality, but in my experience, this is no longer true. The fit and finish on Pietta guns is now just as good as Uberti's.
The main difference between the two manufacturers, if it can be called a difference, is that Pietta tend to produce the more unusual guns of the period, such as their Remington Buffalo, deluxe engraved models, and Le Mat's patent revolver. Uberti focus more on the historically correct guns, and their copies of the 1860 etc, are utterly faithful to the original model.
It is also important to mention the offerings produced by Euroarms and Pedersoli. Like other products from these manufacturers, the Rogers & Spencer produced by Euroarms, and the Remington 1858 produced by Pedersoli are of the highest quality, though naturally command a higher price.
Should I Get A 44 Calibre Or A 36 Calibre Black Powder Revolver?
Is .44 or .36 better? In a word, neither.
Many believe .36 is better, as there is a misconstrued belief that the lighter ball will make it fly farther and more accurately, but .44 balls are easier to load, due to their larger diameter, and grip the rifling of the barrel better. Therefore, the main difference between a .44 and a .36 is the size of the gun.
There are some cross overs, for example, the 1851 and 1860 are broadly the same size. 'Full size' guns, like the Remington 1858, are a pleasure to shoot in the larger calibre, however the smaller models, like the Colt 1862, also shoot excellently, and their robustness belies their delicate appearance.
The recoil is also similar between the two guns, as .44 models are generally heavier, they absorb the slightly greater recoil better. It is therefore hard for the shooter to tell the difference in felt recoil between .44 and .36, even with full power loads. With careful care and maintenance, either calibre is equally sturdy and satisfying to shoot.
What Variation Should I Apply For To Be Able to Buy A Black Powder Revolver?
When applying for a variation, it is important to specify both the calibre, and that it is a revolver. So, for a variation to buy a .44 Remington 1858, the variation application would read 'muzzle loading pistol, calibre 44'. This would then enable you to buy any .44 revolver (likewise with .36), useful if you know you want a black powder revolver, but not necessarily exactly which model.
Which Black Powder Revolver Should I Buy, A Colt Or Remington?
Colts are open framed revolvers, meaning the gun disassembles into 3 parts; the barrel, the frame, and the cylinder. With Remington model revolvers, the barrel and frame remain attached, and only the cylinder can be removed. Colts are therefore less robust, as delicate tolerances between the 3 parts are required for the gun to perform well.
That said, our Italian reproduction Colt revolvers are excellently built, and the tolerances out of the box cannot be faulted. The sights on the Colt revolvers are also less precise, as the rear sight is on the top of the hammer when fully cocked, therefore is in a minutely different position each time the gun is fired, whereas the Remington is fixed.
Both can be a challenge to use, though the comparative impreciseness of the Colt is made up by the sight being easier to see, with the colour contrast between the foresight brass and the hammer's steel. The Remington's fixed frame design means the gun is sturdier when fired, as the entire frame and barrel move as one piece. This does have the disadvantage of, should any tolerances develop, they are harder to remedy on a firearm with less individual parts.
Which Finish Is The Best For Black Powder Revolvers?
As our Italian reproductions are faithful copies of the original, they share the same material tolerances. The frame material is important to consider, especially if using pyrodex or similar. Brass is more malleable than steel, brass frames have been known to stretch over time, which can lead to inaccuracy after many hundreds of shots fired.
Brass framed guns, such as the Colt Navy .36, can shoot indefinitely with black powder loads, however the risk is greatly increased if black powder substitutes are used. If substitutes are all that is available, a steel framed gun would be the most sensible choice, as it is much tougher and able to withstand the greater forces of black powder substitutes better than brass framed guns.
The differences in stainless and blued finishes are largely just cosmetic, however stainless steel is still softer than the standard case-hardened steel, and this may be a consideration if the gun is to have much heavy use. Bear in mind, these guns are designed with black powder in mind, and the shooter may encounter problems when using pyrodex etc. in any gun.
I Am Shooting A Competition, Which Black Powder Revolver Is Best For Me?
Many shooting clubs hold black powder revolver competitions, and it therefore makes sense that having a gun made for the purpose will enable the shooter to compete better than a standard model.
If in-club competitions are the only aim of buying a black powder revolver, it would make sense to buy a gun such as Pietta's 1858 New Model Army Target (168-44), with adjustable, easy to read sights, there is little comparison between these modern amenities and the original fixed sights. Likewise, if you were interested in shooting 'spirit of the original' competitions, it would make sense to have a gun as close to the original as possible, for which the Pietta 1858 competition model (166a-44) would be ideal.
It is also important to consider barrel length. Both the Remington 1858 and Colt 1860 come with an 8'' barrel as standard, and arguably, a full-length barrel is ideal to get the best accuracy out of the gun. These 'target' models are also excellent for general recreational shooting, as it's unarguably more fun to hit the target more often than you miss it.
What Price Can I Expect to Pay For a Black Powder Revolver?
The most deciding factor, for most shooters, is the price.
Excellent examples can be bought second hand, as long as the buyer is circumspect and will take time to examine the gun properly. New guns, however, are not priced that much more than second hand guns, and many shooters may prefer to have a new gun that they know the history of.
With new Colt models starting at around £240, and Remingtons at £260, getting into black powder revolver shooting is not ruinously expensive. No matter what the price, the guns are equally as fun to shoot, though it is worth the extra money if you have a particular model in mind.
Ease of Loading and General Maintenance of Black Powder Revolvers
As most Colt and Remington revolvers, are loaded in the same way, loading is very similar. The only exception being the Colt 1873, or Single Action Army, as it was retroactively designed from a cartridge revolver, and must therefore be loaded on a loading stand.
Most Colts and Remingtons use a single point pivoting loading lever, which is generally fine to use, however can be tough if loading a particularly tight ball. The Colt 1860 is by far the best, as it's loading lever 'creeps', and the leverage is distributed on several points. This is however, a relatively minor consideration, and any proper fitting ball can be loaded quite comfortably by hand with any of the tools available. It is more likely to indicate a problem elsewhere if this is not possible.
Black powder revolvers, on the whole, are largely reliable. The actions are simple and easily repaired if parts break. The main problem they suffer from is fouling.
As with any black powder shooting, it is imperative to clean the chambers and barrel to prevent pitting and rust, however the action itself is often overlooked. The Remington fares better than the Colt in this regard, as Colt revolvers are open at the rear, and it is a common problem for spent shards of percussion cap and black powder debris to fall down into the action and eventually jam.
As the Remington is more enclosed, this is less of a problem, though black powder fouling will still accumulate on the moving internal parts and cause wear and blockages if not maintained. When shooting black powder, proper cleaning and maintenance is par to the course, and reproduction black powder revolvers are no different, and no more onerous, in this regard.
Reproduction Black Powder Revolvers and Historical Accuracy
One of the major draws of any black powder shooting is the connection to history.
Some shooters may prefer to be entirely historically accurate with their shooting, or may be re-enacting, and may require the kind of gun that would likely have been carried in, for example, the American Civil War.
Both Uberti and Pietta do reproductions of guns with subtle differences produced on either side of this conflict, like the Pietta Dance revolver, based on a Confederate 1851 clone, or a Uberti 1849 'Wells Fargo', modelled on Colt's first foray into the civilian market.
Historical accuracy is as important to manufacturers as it is to shooters, and we are fortunate that so many different models are produced to best represent the period.
Further Information
We hope that this guide to buying a black powder revolver was useful. However, should you have any further questions, or simply still be unsure which black powder revolver to buy, please do not hesitate to telephone or email with your queries. To do so, visit our Contact Us page.
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