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| Cilan
デント Dent
|"Triple Trouble!"
Artwork from Black and White
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Striaton City
|Chili, Cress (brothers)
|Trainer class
| Gym LeaderBW
Pokémon TrainerB2W2
| Black and White
Black 2 and White 2, Masters
|Leader of
|Striaton Gym
|Trio Badge
|Specializes in
|Grass types
|Anime counterpart
|Counterpart debut
|Triple Leaders, Team Threats!
Cilan (Japanese: デント Dent) is one of the three Gym Leaders of Striaton City's Gym, known officially as the Striaton Gym. He specializes in Grass-type Pokémon and will battle the player if they chose Oshawott as their starter Pokémon. He gives the Trio Badge to Trainers who defeat him.
In the games
Cilan appears in Pokémon Black and White as the Gym Leader of Striaton City's Gym, alongside Chili and Cress. This Gym is the first to be challenged by the player. Cilan battles the player if Oshawott is the chosen starter Pokémon. Trainers who defeat Cilan will receive the Trio Badge, along with TM83 (Work Up).
During the two years between Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Cilan, along with his brothers, retired from being Gym Leaders to train.
Pokémon Black and White
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Tag Battle
Cilan can either be partnered with the player, or be one of his or her opponents.
Pokémon World Tournament
Cilan uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. He will always lead with his signature Pokémon, Simisage.
Unova Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
Pokémon Black and White
Outside of the Gym
- "Yes? Yes, I am a Gym Leader of this town. You are...? Right. You want to challenge the Gym. In that case... What was the first Pokémon you chose? <Starter>... I see. It's weak against <type>-type Pokémon. I think you need to prepare to face that type. I'll be waiting for you inside."
- Entering the Gym
- Cilan: "Welcome to the Striaton City Pokémon Gym."
- Chili: "I'm Chili! I light things up with Fire-type Pokémon!"
- Cress: "I'm a Water-type specialist, and my name is Cress. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
- Cilan: "And my name is Cilan. I like Grass-type Pokémon."
- Cilan: "Um, you see... As for why the three of us, um, are all here is, well, er..."
- Chili: "Oh,enough! Listen up! The three of us will decide whom you'll battle! It'll be based on the type of the first Pokémon you chose!"
- Cress: "That is indeed the case. And the partner you first chose was <type> type, it seems."
- If the player's starter Pokémon is Snivy or Tepig
- "...Uh hm. I always seem to lose the timing of... of the dance. Like that. True enough, I did want to... want to have a Pokémon battle with you."
- If the player's starter Pokémon is Oshawott
- "Nothing personal... No hard feelings... Me and my Grass-type Pokémon will...um... We're gonna battle come what may."
- Before battle
- "So, um, if you're OK with me, I'll, um, put everything I've got into being, er, you know, your opponent."
- During battle (the first non-KO HP loss)
- "Ah! My Pokémon!"
- After sending his last Pokémon
- "Huh? Could it be? Could I have only one Pokémon left?"
- Being defeated
- "Er... Is it over now?"
- After being defeated
- "...What a surprise You...are very strong. Seems like not even Chili or Cress could beat you.."
- After the battle (regardless of starter Pokémon)
- "Gym Badges are a proof of a Trainer's abilities. If you have one Badge, Pokémon, including traded Pokémon up to Lv. 20, will obey you without question. We also want you to have this. TM83 contains Work Up. If you use Work Up, the Pokémon's Attack and Sp. Atk go up! By the way, TMs can be used as many times as you want."
- "In the Unova region, we are still novice Gym Leaders. Which means the other Gym Leaders are much stronger than we are. We'll need to work hard and improve."
- Post-game
- "In the Unova region, um, we are still novice Gym Leaders. Which means, well, that other Gym Leaders are much stronger than we are. Going...slow...and steady...is OK, so... we compete with one and get, um, stronger and stronger."
Badge Case
- The fundamentals of Pokémon battling are type matchups! They're important!
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Memory Link - A Triple Team
- Striaton Restaurant - Present
- (to player) "Welcome to Striaton Restaurant! This place used to be a Pokémon Gym, but a lot has happened..."
- (After speaking to the other brothers) "Well, why don't I tell you what happened..."
- Striaton Trainers' School - Flashback
- "Chili, are you listening to me? We have to study hard and become full-fledged Gym Leaders as soon as possible..."
- "You think so? But it isn't that big of a deal. We may not have made it in time, but Team Plasma is still gone."
- "Come on, you two... Don't you think it's a bit strange to get recognition and respect as Gym Leaders just for beating bad guys?"
- "I mean... They were overwhelmingly strong."
- (to Cress) "You're right. Chili. Cress. I think as long as the three of us act like the Gym Leaders we are now, nothing will ever change.'"
- "All right. Let's resign as Gym Leaders and start our training over from the ground up. Then, I'm sure one of us will become a Trainer everyone recognizes as great."
- End of flashback (if initiated by Cilan)
- "Because of that day, we can truly aim for the top!"
- Before battle (first round)
- "Nothing personal... No hard feelings... Me and my Grass-type Pokémon, um... We're gonna battle, come what may."
- Before battle (second round)
- "So, um, if you're OK with me, I'll, um, put everything I've got into being, er, you know, your opponent."
- Before battle (final round)
- "Nothing personal... No hard feelings... Me and my Grass-type Pokémon, um... We're gonna battle, come what may. I'm looking forward to battling with you."
- Being defeated
- "Huh? Is it over?"
- If the player is defeated
- "Huh? Did I win?"
- After being defeated
- "What a surprise... You are very strong, aren't you? I guess my brothers wouldn't have been able to defeat you either..."
- After winning
- "I guess...I suppose I won, because I've been competing with my brothers Chili and Cress, and we all were able to get tougher."
- In the lobby, after the tournament
- "Well...I'm just glad I was able to bring out the delectable charm of Grass-type Pokémon. I lost, though... Well, more importantly, congratulations!"
Striaton City - Striaton Restaurant
- Asking to team up
- (first visit)"Um. My name is Cilan. I like Grass-type Pokémon. We were Gym Leaders, but in order to improve ourselves further, we are working at this Restaurant and spending every day with Pokémon. How about it? Would you team up with me and take part in a Double Battle?"
- (subsequent visits)"How about it? Would you like to team up with me and take part in a Double Battle?"
- No: "…Ah, hmm. I must've timed… my invitation poorly… True enough, I did want to… to have a Pokémon battle with you."
- Yes: "OK. If you're fine with me, I will put everything I have into being your partner in battle!"
- Before battle
- "OK… So, um, I'm Cilan, I like Grass-type Pokémon, and this is my partner here!"
- After battle (victorious)
- (on stage)"OK… So, um, I'm Cilan, I like Grass-type Pokémon, and this is my partner here!"
- (main area)"…What a surprise. You…are very strong. Would you team up with me again sometime? There's still much I want to learn."
- If loses to the player
- "…Huh. Looks like my timing was, um, off?"
- After battle (loses to the player)
- "During the battle I was so taken with your fighting style, I almost lost the timing for giving my Pokémon directions! Next time, I would like to team up with you."
National Gymquirer
- Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"
- Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name Cafélover! Thank yooou! 'Recently, I saw Striaton Gym's three Gym Leaders, and they were all out of order! Like, Chili was Cilan, and Cilan was Cress!' Hmmm. Well, I'm not saying you're crazy, but...are you sure they weren't just standing in front of a mirror? 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"
| Sprite from
Black and White
| Sprite
from Black 2
and White 2
| Overworld
sprite from
Generation V
| Back sprite
from Black 2
and White 2
| VS sprite from
Black and White
In the anime
In the main series
- Main article: Cilan (anime)
Cilan is Ash Ketchum's former traveling partner in the Best Wishes series. He was one of the Gym Leaders of the Striaton Gym, as well as a Pokémon Connoisseur, but he decided to travel with Ash and Iris so that he could experience different people, places, and Pokémon to increase his skill as a Connoisseur, instead of being confined to Striaton City. He navigates the group to their various locations, as well as cooks the meals.
In the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
Cilan briefly appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with his brothers Chili and Cress.
In the manga
In the Pocket Monsters BW manga
In Pocket Monsters BW, Cilan appears along with his brothers Chili and Cress. They are seen in PMBW02, where Red and his Pokémon visit a restaurant owned by the three brothers. Clefairy tries to instigate a fight between the brothers, but fails on many occasions.
This listing is for Cilan's Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters BW manga.
Pansage is the only known Pokémon of Cilan's. It was sent out while he, Chili and Cress were battling Red's Clefairy. Unfortunately, Clefairy takes the attacks the elemental monkeys were using and makes himself some green tea.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Cilan, along with brothers Chili and Cress, are the triplet Gym Leaders of the Striaton Gym. Although they each got their Gym Leader job individually, they were assigned to one Gym. It is later revealed that they were given the shared job to help teach newer Trainers about type advantages. Due to the type they each specialize in, it was the perfect job for them.
Cilan and his brothers are first seen in Black's imagination as he sets out on his journey to beat the Pokémon League. Cilan later appears in person at the Striaton Gym with his brothers. With the help of his Pansage, Cilan serves tea to Black to signal the start of their Gym battle against the challenger. Although only Black challenged the Gym, the brothers allow his friends, Cheren and Bianca to challenge it as well. After Black, Cheren, and Bianca clear the Gym challenge, they face the Striaton triplets in a battle. Due to the type advantage their Pokémon have over their opponents, Cilan and his brothers prove to be powerful Trainers. Despite the clear advantage they had over their opponents, Cilan and his brothers are defeated when Black has his Tep use Pansage's fallen leaves to revive his teammates, allowing them to win the battle 3 to 2. Having lost the battle, Cilan presents the challengers with the Trio Badge. Sometime later, Cilan and his brothers prepare to head out to an unknown location.
The brothers later confront the Shadow Triad near the P2 Laboratory. They reveal that even though they weren't at Nacrene City during the Dark Stone incident, they were assigned to follow their enemies if the other Gym Leaders were defeated. The Shadow Triad prove to be very powerful foes, and even after evolving their Pokémon, Cilan and his brothers still weren't strong enough to defeat them. Suddenly, the Gym Leaders are saved by Keldeo, who had been watching the battle with its mentors. Believing that the Striaton Gym Leaders to be the better humans, Keldeo attacks the Shadow Triad. Before it can continue, the Shadow Triad attack Keldeo and trap it. Keldeo's mentors, Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion jump down to save it by attacking the Shadow Triad along with Cilan, Cress and Chili.
He, like his brothers, tends to move his arms in a certain position. In Cilan's case, they are kept held behind his back.
Simisage is Cilan's only known Pokémon which first appeared as a Pansage. Along with being his main Pokémon, Simisage assists Cilan and his brothers in the kitchen by mixing herbs for tea. It, as a Pansage, was used in the battle against Black, Cheren, and Bianca and defeats Bianca's Oshawott by shattering its scalchop and smashing it into a wall. Despite being powerful, Pansage was defeated when Tep uses its previously dropped leaves to revive itself, Oshawott, and Snivy, which allowed them to win the battle.
Later, it was used to battle the Shadow Triad in a Triple Battle. Although the battle was tough, Pansage was given a Leaf Stone, enabling it to evolve into a Simisage to become stronger.
|A Nickname for Tepig
In the TCG
- Main article: Cilan (Next Destinies 86)
Cilan was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). First released in the Japanese Hail Blizzard expansion, it was later reprinted as a BW-P Promotional card before debuting in English in the Next Destinies expansion, with all three prints featuring an illustration based on the Yusuke Ohmura artwork of the character. Cilan allows the player to take three basic Energy cards from their Deck and add them to their hand, after showing them to their opponent.
- His Japanese Leader title, shared with Chili and Cress, is トライアル トライアングル.
|デント Dent
|From dent corn, similar to Pod and Corn's names. May also refer to trident. Also from 田 den, "field".
|From cilantro.
|From racine (root), arachide (peanut) or possibly rachis.
|From Maiskolben (corncob). Related to his brother's name, Maik (Chili) and Colin (Cress).
|From spiga, ear of corn, and spaghetti.
|From millo, maize or from tomillo (thyme).
|덴트 Dent
|Transliteration of his Japanese name.
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|天桐 Tiāntóng
|Rough transcription of his Japanese name. 桐 is also a name for several unrelated species of trees, such as Paulownia (泡桐), tung tree (油桐), and Chinese parasol tree (梧桐).
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|天桐 Tintung
|Same as Mandarin name.
|Transliteration of his Japanese name.
Related articles
|Gym Leaders of the Unova region
|Non-player characters in the core series games
|This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.


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Video shows aging Moose Lake school
Scott Anderson, Director of Technology at Moose Lake Community Schools, presented information about how Facebook is being used to show a video and build a network of comments about the proposed school bond referendum to the Moose Lake School Board on Monday, April 8.
As well as showing the video that has been created, Anderson demonstrated to the board how the information about the number of likes and viewings on Facebook can be accessed, and how the people that view the page can be shown by gender, where they live and other categories.
Open houses to give tours of the school have been set for April 23 and 25. The architect, financial advisor and other key personnel will be on hand to answer questions. Tours of the school will take place every half hour.
A new service is that if the person brings in the parcel number of their property, information about the tax impact for their property will be available.
Superintendent Robert Indihar reported that he would be going to the state capitol the following day to help push passage of the $20 million request for replacement of the Moose Lake school, due to the school's vulnerability to flooding. The school is working in conjunction with Rushford-Peterson School District, which is also seeking $20 million in funding for the school's replacement.
It was said that, although funding for the two schools was not included on the Governor's List of projects that may be funded, there was still hope that the requests of the two school districts would be granted.
Go to Moose Lake Community School on Facebook or the school's website at http://www.mooselake.k12, mn.us to watch the video and for more information about the open houses.
Bus leasing
Transportation Supervisor Jeff Olson and Randy Johnson, sales representative for Hoglund Bus and Truck Company, presented information to the board about the bus leasing program.
Olson said that the cost of bus repairs have dropped greatly since the school district has been leasing the buses. The school district is in its second year of a three-year contract for leasing 11 out of the 12 buses.
When the school district owned its buses, repair costs averaged $50,000 a year on the fleet of old buses. Since the leasing program started, the repair costs dropped substantially to $6,424 the first year. Many of the parts are covered under a warranty, added Olson.
In the past, the older buses had problems passing state inspections. The new leased buses pass all inspections. The parts inventory is smaller since all of the buses are the same model.
Johnson gave numbers to the board about how the leasing costs would increase over time.
The company had purchased the old buses from the school district, and the leasing costs have been lower as that equity is being used. Currently, the school district is paying $45,968 a year to lease 11 buses. The school district owns one handicap bus that was purchased just prior to the beginning of the leasing program.
However, the leasing costs would increase to $138,955 per year for 11 buses on the next three-year lease. That compares to the school district purchasing one and a half buses per year at the estimated cost of $81,000 per bus. Each of the 11 leased buses on the next contract would be new.
A former teacher and substitute bus driver, Andy Nygren, pointed out that having all of the buses in the fleet the same was a safety issue. He reported that substitute drivers do not have to search for the right button, the controls are the in the same place on all of the leased buses.
Olson added that he doesn't have to keep a large parts inventory for many different kinds of buses, as he used to in the past.
Board Member Julie Peterson said that the state troopers that the board members spoke to at the school board convention were thrilled that the buses for the Moose Lake School District had no problems passing inspections anymore. It had been a big problem in the past.
Student-Centered Scheduling
High School Principal Billie Jo Steen and Social Studies teacher Lee Stephenson spoke to the board about Student-Centered Scheduling.
It is not certain how well the traditional seven class periods are working, and teachers could relate better to students if they saw only 90 per day instead of the 120 that they see now.
Longer class periods would allow for more time for instructors to increase meaning and motivation for the students and allow time for hands-on activities.
Brain research has shown that students are overwhelmed and are under stress with the current teaching methods.
"As a counselor, I saw kids that had more trouble academically," said Steen. "We want to find out how to make the classes more kid friendly."
The students wouldn't have as much homework if the new scheduling is implemented.
However, the teachers will have to be trained about teaching for the new scheduling and they will have to spend more time preparing.
Costs have yet to be determined. More information will be presented later.
The new scheduling, if approved, would not begin until the 2015-2016 school year.
Other business
Supt. Indihar announced that the school had to purchase flood insurance at the cost of $2,300, being that the school had accepted Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to repair damages to the school caused by the flood last June.
The company that previously held the school district's property and liability insurance dropped the policy due to the claims after the flood and that the wiring in the school had not been updated.
Supt. Indihar said that the wiring, which still uses fuses, was one of the items on the deferred maintenance list.
The Summer Literacy Program was well attended last summer, and the state has provided funding for the program this summer. The program is available to students in grades K-3 to help bring their reading skills up to a certain level by the third grade.
The regular meeting of the school board has been set for Monday, April 15, at 6 p.m. in room 115 at the school.


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Microsoft launched the fifth IE10 platform preview last week as part of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The next major version of Microsoft's Web browser is a big step forward that will bring a wide range of modern features, advanced rendering capabilities, and greatly improved support for Web standards. After years of complacency and lagging behind other browsers, Internet Explorer is becoming highly competitive.
As Microsoft explained this week in a blog entry about the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the operating system uses the same HTML rendering engine in both the Internet Explorer Web browser and as part of the Metro application runtime. Microsoft hopes to ensure that its HTML rendering engine is capable of supporting rich application-like user experiences.
In a second blog entry, Microsoft outlined some of the major new features that were introduced in the latest IE10 platform preview build. These include JavaScript typed arrays, cross-origin resource sharing, support for the latest WebSockets API, and Web Worker thread pooling. Microsoft says that it has also worked to improve performance in areas like animated CSS transformations.
Microsoft has also launched an IE10 "test drive" demo site to show off some of the advanced capabilities of the browser. One of the demos is a pong-style brick breaker game with smooth animations.
HTML5 bullets
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview was one of the biggest events this past week, but there were plenty of other noteworthy items to round out our HTML5 bullet list:
- WebKit gained support for the JavaScript vibration API, a feature that could be useful in mobile Web applications.
- Programmer Jeff Atwood recently wrote a blog post advocating universal adoption of SSL encryption on websites where users are logged in. In his blog post, he looks at some of the performance and security implications.
- We took a look at Firefox's new HTML inspector in our report about Firefox 10 last month. That feature is just the start of the browser's new built-in developer tool suite. Web developer Andi Smith has published a detailed overview of other features that are coming soon. You can also see a video tour on YouTube.
- An open source software project called Guacamole is developing an HTML5 remote desktop client that can run entirely within a Web browser without requiring any browser plugins. It currently supports VNC and aims to offer near-native performance.
- Ben Galbraith did a deep dive into how Netflix uses HTML5 to build its application user experiences.
Crumbs from the cookie jar
In case you missed it, here's the biggest developing story that we reported about the open Web this week:
Mozilla and Telefónica announced that they partnered to develop the Boot2Gecko project into a complete mobile operating system that will be deployed later this year on hardware. Be sure to check out our extensive coverage of the platform.


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CALGARY - Less than a week after Ottawa waved through CNOOC Ltd.'s $15.1-billion takeover of Nexen Inc., a different Chinese state-owned company is plowing another $2.2 billion into the Canadian oilpatch.
Natural gas giant Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) and PetroChina subsidiary Phoenix Duvernay Gas announced Thursday they have reached a deal to work together in the Duvernay, a promising shale natural gas formation in west-central Alberta.
Phoenix will end up owning just shy of half of the 180,000 hectares Encana has in the Duvernay, which means the deal won't be subject to the same federal review as the Nexen deal.
In announcing the Nexen (TSX:NXY) decision — as well as a green light for Malaysian state-owned firm Petronas' takeover of natural gas producer Progress Energy Resources Corp. (TSX:PRQ) — Prime Minister Stephen Harper stressed that those types of deals would not be the norm.
"I think Prime Minister Harper was clear that Canadian was still welcoming foreign investment," said Geoff Hill, a partner at Deloitte's Calgary officer.
"Where he was also clear was that control and complete ownership, especially by state-owned enterprises, would be much more difficult."
Encana estimates there are nine billion oil-equivalent barrels initially in place on its Duvernay lands, which are rich in valuable natural gas liquids. It will remain operator of the project.
"Phoenix's investment demonstrates the tremendous value that Encana has created in this early-life, liquids-rich play and enables us to accelerate the pace at which the full production potential of our Duvernay lands can be achieved," Encana CEO Randy Eresman said in a release.
Barry Munro, Canadian oil and gas leader with Ernst & Young, says PetroChina's investment "validates that this Duvernay play, while it's at its early stages, would certainly look like it's a material natural gas play, because people are voting with their money."
PetroChina has already paid $1.18 billion to Encana, with the remainder being stretched over the next four years. The two companies plan to invest about $4 billion in the project over that time.
"This joint venture will build a foundation for the successful development of the Duvernay play and help to diversify our business portfolio," said Phoenix CEO Zhiming Li.
"Encana is our ideal long-term partner for the development of our future natural gas business."
Encana and PetroChina have a history: an earlier $5.4-billion joint-venture deal for Encana's lands in the Montney region fell apart in mid-2011 after they failed to see eye-to-eye on how that project would operate.
The company has made inking joint ventures a major part of its strategy, especially in a persistently low natural gas price environment.
"Generally I think it's a positive way to develop the Canadian industry. It gives us access to significant pools of capital with a long-term view," said Munro.
"From an Encana shareholder perspective, I think it allows the company to develop its significant asset base, perhaps at a pace more quickly than it ever would do with its own financial resources."
Encana shares rose two per cent, or 41 cents, to close at $20.85 Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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OROVILLE >> Butte County has redesigned it web page and is in the process of expanding its web presence in social media as well in communicating with the press, the public, and county staff.
In April of 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved the launch of a program to greatly expand the county's use of the Internet to reach out to the citizenry.
This week Casey Hatcher, the county's program development manager, told the board, "While much progress has been made over the past two years implementing the plan, there is still work to be done to enhance communication with employees, improve coordination with the media, and increase public access to county information, programs, and services."
Hatcher said the basic question, was "How do we change the way we communicate with the public?"
The original county website gave the public with a large number of web links without "context" that made it clear what those links offered, according to Hatcher.
She said the goal is to provide more information, more clearly and with easier access.
Part of that has been the renovation of the county's website at www.buttecounty.net.
Beyond obtaining information, the new approach will provide a conduit where the public can express their concerns and thoughts directly to county leaders.
Currently, anyone can open the supervisors' agenda online at the county website and read the staff reports and other material related to each agenda item.
In the near future, according to Hatcher, the public will be able to post comments and opinions on the county website about the individual agenda items.
She also said the county is planning to develop a way so citizens can report problems like illegal dumping by the side of the road or serious potholes instantly.
Hatcher said the idea is a person could use a cellphone to shoot a picture of the trash or pothole and transmit it to the county.
The image would make it clear what the problem is and a GPS connection would pinpoint precisely where the problem is located.
All of this is part of the 2014-15 communication strategy, and it will be some time before these ideas and many others are in place.
The supervisors approved the proposal unanimously.
Contact reporter Roger H. Aylworth 896-7762.


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Swiss pleas: Banks warn U.S. clients
Swiss banks are quietly warning wealthy U.S. clients with secret accounts to come clean with the tax man in the next two weeks — or risk jail time, according to several letters obtained by POLITICO.
The letters come ahead of a New Year's Eve deadline the U.S. government set for about 300 Swiss banks to take deals protecting them from prosecution. In exchange for confessing and shelling out mountains of Americans' account information, they'll get immunity. It is a new twist to the traditional bank-client relationship.
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"The banks have every incentive right now to shove their American clients into compliance in order to reduce the penalties," said tax attorney Jeff Neiman, who prosecuted Swiss banking giant UBS for the U.S. government.
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The effort is part of a U.S. crackdown on American tax evaders and the banks that help them, which ramped up when Swiss banking giant UBS admitted as much with a $780 million settlement in 2009. The Justice Department is currently probing 14 major Swiss financial institutions — including Credit Suisse, Julius Baer and the Swiss arm of HSBC — for shielding U.S. tax cheats.
The government gave a larger set of Swiss banks until Dec. 31 to sign up for non-prosecution deals, after paying a penalty of up to 50 percent of the secret assets.
POLITICO has seen three letters from Swiss banks to U.S. clients, two that were redacted, urging them to fess up.
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"Your account information may be subject to a treaty request from the United States to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, which may result in your account information being turned over to the DOJ or IRS," warned one by Cornèr Bank, sent to an American client and obtained by POLITICO. "A disclosure … can be used by US authorities for law enforcement actions, including … criminal proceedings."
Switzerland's oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co., went belly up because of the Justice investigation.
Lawyers said they had seen as many as a dozen letters from a recent batch, including correspondence from Rahn & Bodmer Co. and Royal Bank of Canada (Suisse). Neither bank responded to requests for comment.
The pressure is leading Swiss banks not yet under investigation to consider the non-prosecution deals.
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And many of their clients are heeding the banks' warnings to turn themselves in, according to lawyers for these wealthy individuals.
"There is a new wave right now because of this program aimed at Swiss banks coming in and identifying clients and identifying accounts," said Caplin & Drysdale's Scott Michel, who is getting three to four such inquiries each day — about the same number he usually received every couple of weeks for the past year.
Another strand of the tax crackdown story is taking place in Florida, where a UBS executive sought by prosecutors for nearly five years — recently caught in Italy — came before a U.S. judge on Monday.
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When Tani Cantil-Sakauye became California's chief justice nearly three years ago, she inherited a nasty judicial squabble from her polarizing predecessor, Ron George.
George had persuaded the Legislature to have the state assume financial and operational control of what had been a locally managed court system, thus making him the boss of an immense state agency.
Many local judges resented what they saw as George's autocratic style of governance through a State Judicial Council and an Administrative Office of the Courts that he controlled, dubbing him "King George."
Resentments flared into open political warfare with the creation of the anti-George Alliance of California Judges, and the infighting intensified when a chronic state budget crisis squeezed the courts.
The rebels accused George and the court bureaucracy of protecting themselves from pain while squandering billions of dollars on an inoperable "case management" system.
Former state Sen. (and Judge) Larry Stirling, who co-sponsored legislation to unify the courts, wrote recently, "Chief Justice George completely misrepresented the purpose and intent of unification and used his misrepresentations for only one reason, to hijack the state court system."
Cantil-Sakauye declared that she wanted to close the rift with a more collaborative and transparent approach. The inoperable computer system was abandoned and the court system's chief administrator under George also retired.
However, with a continuing financial squeeze, the judicial war has continued.
The rebels say that Cantil-Sakauye, despite declaring that "I believe in complete transparency," has not made any fundamental changes.
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill requiring more judicial transparency at her request. Last week, the Judicial Council unveiled a new policy on open meetings – but it contained many exceptions and drew sharp criticism not only from rebel judges but also from publications that specialize in covering the judiciary.
In the midst of this turmoil, former Chief Justice George's memoirs were published, touching off still another firestorm.
In the book, he acknowledged that he once threatened the California Judges Association with "war" if it sought legislation to have members of the Judicial Council elected rather than appointed by him.
That generated articles in the judicial press once again raising the issue of what one called "George's strong-arm approach to running California's judiciary."
George, answering questions at a book-signing event, laughed off criticism.
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As demonstrated by the new flap over transparency, however, the friction his reign fostered is still very much alive.


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Hi teachers,
I've scanned some of the resume writing book at bookstore,I've noticed most of them use "work experience" or "project experience" as the heading,following a list of employment.However,some use "work experiences" just made me so confused. which one is correct or wrong?
In cover letter,assuming you have experience working for more than 1 employers,should I use
"I have more than 6 years experience in the textile industry,including two years as phone order representative." ? or
"I have..... experiences....." ?
any one could help?
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(1) North American English: work experience
(2) Note the apostrophe: "6 years' experience in the textile industry, including two years' experience as a phone-order representative."
Is the apostrophe absolutely necessary after "years"? Is it a rule the that the years possess the experience?Originally Posted by Casiopea
Abso-aphostrophe-lutely!Originally Posted by X Mode
It goes by the term, genitive of measure: For expressions of time and measurement, possession is shown with an apostrophe -s.
You know you're dealing with a genitive of measure if you can (a) replace the apostrophe with the preposition 'of' and (b) rephrase it by using a periphrastic construct:Originally Posted by Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage
(a) six years' experience => six years of experience (replaced)
(b) six years' experience => experience of six years (rephrased)
Periphrastic constructs are rather awkward, though, not to mention they seem a tad bit too 'formal' for some speakers, so some speakers tend to use an attributive+noun-like construct, which, on the plus-side of things, makes it easier to read (that is, X of Y becomes a Y's X. Phonetically, A wise X),
(c) experience of six years => six years' experience (possessive noun)
but on the downside of things, it turns the measure word (i.e., years) into what appears to be an attributive adjective, and that's probably the reason we see speakers omitting the apostrophe in their writing. The erroneous assumption being that 'years' is an attributive adjective, and since adjectives do not take possessive -'s or -', the apostrophe, then, isn't added, when it should be added:
(d) six years experience.
What kind of experience?
Six years.
(e) six years' experience.
What's the measure of experience?
Six years.
You know you're dealing with a possessive noun, and not an attributive noun, if you can insert an adjective after the apostrophe:
six year's experience => six years' typing experience
Cf. a six year typing experience (Attributive Adjectives)
In short, in terms of grammar, the noun years' doesn't possess the noun experience: It describes its measure. In terms of writing, the apostrophe is necessary because it carries meaning; it's meaningful:
My brother has years' experience. (years of)
My bother has years experience. (years, kind)
In terms of speech, the apostrophe that lacks phonetic representation, that is, you can't hear it, and if speakers base their writing on what they hear, and not on what they see, or read, the apostrophe won't find its way into their prose:
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You're welcome.
However, I think "six years" could be seen as a "noun used as an adjective". The "six years" describes the experience. What would you say about that?
Okay, "noun phrase" - six years
Oh, I agree. It's definitely a noun phrase, but it takes an apostrophe when it modifies a measure word:Originally Posted by X Mode
six years' experience.
six years ago
six years from now
six years until my contract is up
Still, you wouldn't say "six years" could be a noun phrase used as an adjective?Originally Posted by Casiopea
I understand the pattern: "a good night's sleep"
However, there is something about the apostrophe after "six years" that seems unnecessary to me. mm...... I've checked Google, and it seems to go either way. I guess this is one of those details that I just was not aware of up unitl now. Still, I'm not so sure of that apostrophe and whether it really is necessary.
one year's experience - If it is spoken, I think it sounds strange. I think "one year of experience" is far more likely.
Do you get my drift here?
I understand what you're saying, but I had not been aware of that punctuation detail up unitl now.


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What kind of comforter do you prefer? Would you rather have a quilt or would a duvet cover better suit your daily bed making needs? High thread count cotton is soft and usually, machine washable. Quilt comforters are a great piece and warm if you live in a cold climate. Also, consider a cozy fleece blanket on top of a quilt for extra warmth. You not only want something that supports your love of hockey but bedding that helps your body temperature.
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If your goal is to find bedding sets with shams, a bedskirt, and pillowcase, don't limit your pillow options to what you bag has to offer. A pillow is a favorite among accessories and for good reason. You can jazz up basic quilts with an individual pillow or two containing a hockey theme and voila, you have a quilt or bedspread that screams hockey.
Quilts are popular and can be a great option if you want a basic bedspread with accessories. Find a quilt in the color scheme of your son's favorite hockey franchise and accessorize around it. Quilts are a great staple for many years, so if you're looking to invest in a good quality bedspread, quilts are a great option for your son's bedding, even if he tires of ice hockey.


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Nyko Technologies WingT, a wireless classic controller for the Wii, is hitting stores today. The Wing features gobs of buttons and up to 10-feet of wireless connectivity via a dongle you plug into the botton of your Wii Remote. The Wing also lets you use rechargeable AAA batteries which can be charged through the Wing's mini USB port. "The Wing is a great example of what we at Nyko aim to do: improve the gamer's experience with a quality made product", said Chris Arbogast, Director of Marketing at Nyko Technologies. "There have been very few options for classic gaming control designed specifically for the Wii until now, and the Wing provides a comfortable and affordable wireless alternative that fans of Virtual Console games will enjoy using." The controller sells for $30.
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The estate planning landscape has been marked by change and uncertainty in recent years. Under 2001 tax reform, the Federal estate tax became progressively generous in the run-up to 2010, when it was phased out completely for a single year. Under the 2010 Tax Relief Act, the Federal estate tax was reinstated in 2011. Furthermore, The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 made permanent most of the tax cuts passed between 2001 and 2010 and extended other temporary tax provisions. In 2018, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increases the individual estate/GST/Gift exemption amount by double to $11,180,000, $22,360,000 for married couples and registered domestic partners. Although, this exemption level will be cut in half (adjusted for chained CPI indexing) after December 31, 2025.
|Parameters of the Estate, Gift and GST Taxes Under Current Law (2018)
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****Generation Skipping Transfer Tax
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The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the Act) allows portability of a decedent's unused estate exemption to the decedent's surviving spouse. Portability has been made permanent for 2013 and beyond under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA).
In addition, portability applies to the unused exemption of the surviving spouse's most recent deceased spouse. Thus, beginning after 2010, a surviving spouse could use his/her exemption (assume $11,180,000) plus the unused exemption of his/her most recent deceased spouse, for a possible total of $22,360,000. Utilizing the exemption amount during life generally tends to be better than waiting until death if the estate exceeds the prevailing exemption amount.
Reunification of the Estate and Gift Tax Regimes
The estate and gift tax exemption and tax rates will be the same. Thus, for 2017 the estate and gift tax exemptions will be $5.49 million; and the maximum estate and gift tax rate will be 40%.
Income tax planning has become a primary tax planning goal for wealthy individuals when it comes to estate planning. This is the case for estates that are both below and above the prevailing estate/GST/Gift tax exemption amounts. In some states, the combined federal and state effective income tax rate exceed the estate tax rate of 40%.
Currently, the basis of inherited property is generally "stepped up" to its fair market value as of the decedent's death. Thus, if you inherit property and later sell it, you do not have to pay income tax on any appreciation that occurred before you inherited the property. Some property - tax- deferred money in retirement plans and individual retirement accounts, for example - will not be eligible for the step-up. This property will pass to heirs and beneficiaries with a "carryover" basis equal to the lesser of (1) the decedent's adjusted basis in the property or (2) the property's fair market value on the date of death.
For example, let's say your father dies in 2018 and you inherit closely held stock from him that he bought for $5 a share. The stock is worth $500 a share upon his death. Under the step-up in basis rules, if you sell the stock immediately, there would be no capital gains tax because of the basis step-up for property included in an estate. Lincoln Financial Advisors and its representatives do not offer legal or tax advice. This information should not be construed as legal or tax advice. You may want to consult a legal or tax advisor regarding this information as it relates to your personal circumstances.


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Cars themselves are gender neutral, but the culture that customizes them, maintains them, and worships them is predominantly male. What can gearheads (both men and women) do now to bring more women into car culture?
Simply enough, if you're working on your car and you want to invite some friends over for a day of wrenching, don't assume that you shouldn't call someone just because they're a woman. You can always be more inclusive. What other specific things can people do to get more women interested and involved in cars?
(QOTD is your chance to address the day's most pressing automotive questions and to experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits, and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good Question of the Day, send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)
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Archive - May 3, 2012 - News / NCAA Daily
Two Players Added To USA Men's National Team Finalists Roster
Butler To Join Atlantic-10 in 2013-14
The Butler Bulldogs will be leaving the Horizon League after this season to join the Atlantic-10 conference. Coach Brad Stevens and the Bulldogs gained significant national fame for their success as a Cinderella in the NCAA Tournament. Butler made two consecutive NCAA Finals in 2010 and 2011, losing to Duke and Connecticut respectively. 2011-12 was a down year for Butler, finishing 22-15 and losing in the semi-finals of the CBI to Pittsburgh.
NBA Announces 2012 Draft Early Entry Candidates
The official list of early entry candidates for this upcoming NBA Draft has been released by the league as of May 3, 2012. The list includes 49 college players and 17 international players, bringing the grand total to 66 early entrants. The deadline for early entry declaration was April 29, while the deadling for withdrawal from the draft is 5 pm on June 18.


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Signet Jewelers to Acquire Rival Zale
Deal Expands Signet's Presence in North America Jewelry Market
Middle-market jeweler Zale Corp. survived a disastrous move to cater to more upscale shoppers, pressure from an activist investor and a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission only to end up in the arms of a suitor it had rejected more than seven years ago.
Signet Jewelers Ltd., which tried to buy Zale in 2006, said Wednesday it had agreed to acquire the company for $21 a share in cash. The deal values Zale at $1 billion or, including debt, at $1.4 billion....


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LinkedIn Tries to Push Into Facebook's Turf
LinkedIn shares are up 6.8 percent while other social networks tanked. Social media expert Jay Oatway tells the WSJ's Deborah Kan how this professional-networking website came out on top.
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Last week I wrote about finding a new rhythm for weeknight meals now that my husband and I have our first child. In response, a few people (who may or may not be psychic) wrote in the comments section that they like to whip up big batches of things like rice, beans and simply cooked vegetables each weekend, and then incorporate these staples into various different dishes throughout the week. Little did they know that was the very topic I'd planned to tackle for my next column.I've always loved the idea of cooking ahead for the week, although I haven't necessarily been great at it in practice. Having a baby has now made it a vital part of the eating well equation. I've found that by making just two or three simple things over the weekend, I'm able to coast through much of the week, dipping into our pantry and freezer here and there and supplementing with produce from the farmers market.Here's what I made two weekends ago, and how it carried us through last week:Saturday: I roasted two small chickens using just salt, pepper and olive oil. I also cooked a pound of semi-pearled farro and made this lemon vinaigrette, which has been my default salad dressing lately -- the whole thing took me about an hour, and we had a delicious dinner of roast chicken, farro sautéed with shallots and olive oil, and a big green salad.Sunday: In the morning, I plucked the leftover chicken from the bones and threw the carcasses into a big pot with a few carrots and half an onion; I simmered this for most of the day, adding more water as it cooked, to make a simple, rich stock. I cooled the stock, put it in the fridge, and we met Jonathan's aunt for an early dinner at our favorite Argentinian steak place in Jackson Heights. Monday: For dinner, we had leftover steak with chimichurri (you can make your own using this great recipe), farro moistened with some of the chicken stock, and steamed haricots verts drizzled with a little more chimichurri.Tuesday: Dinner this evening was defrosted sweet and sour brisket, with a side of farro risotto that I prepared using some of the homemade chicken stock and made extra creamy by folding in a dollop mascarpone. Wednesday: Jonathan worked late, so I had a solo dinner of salad and cheese with a cool, crisp glass of rosé. (Jonathan doesn't like cheese, but this meal is pretty much my idea of heaven.)Thursday: After I had drinks with Amanda and our friend Sarah Shatz, Jonathan and I had a late dinner of leftover chicken and this simple farro salad: 2 cups of cooked farro tossed with 2 tablespoons chopped scallions, 1 tablespoon chopped green olives, 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped preserved lemon and lemon vinaigrette to taste (watch the video below to see how it's made).Friday: After a long week and a sudden drop in temperature, I was ready for comfort food in the form of chicken soup: I added sliced carrot and celery to the chicken stock and then cut what was left of the chicken into chunks, adding it to the pot along with the few remaining spoonfuls of farro. A little lemon juice and a few grinds of ground black pepper finished it off. We ate the soup with a baguette retrieved from the freezer and crisped in the oven, slathered with good salted butter.
Farro Salad with Scallions, Green Olives and Preserved Lemon
Now that I've shared my dinner diary for the week, it's your turn! What are your favorite make-ahead staples, and how do you stretch them to last throughout the week?
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United Airlines is introducing a new, eco-friendly coffee cup to its United Club beverage service beginning this month and on United flights beginning mid-March. The insulating InCycle® cup, manufactured by Washington-based technology company MicroGREEN, is fully recyclable and made from up to 50 percent recycled materials. The InCycle cup will replace the non-recyclable Styrofoam hot beverage cups the airline currently uses.
Through MicroGREEN's technology, four and a half InCycle® cups are made from a single recycled water bottle in a waterless, additive-free recycling process. The cup is also insulated, which further reduces waste by eliminating the need for a sleeve.
"At United, we are constantly working to improve the sustainability of our products and reduce our waste at the same time," said Angela Foster-Rice, United's managing director of global environmental affairs and sustainability. "This new cup is not only aligned with our overall Eco-Skies SM commitment to the environment, it is another way our customers can feel good about flying with us."
United is also reviewing its operational recycling efforts to find ways to reduce waste and to increase recycling within its system. This includes a re-design of United's inflight recycling policy and procedures to simplify the process for flight attendants, generate increased recycling volumes and minimize waste.
Over the past six years, United recycled 23.5 million pounds of aluminum cans, paper and plastic from waste generated on board aircraft and in its facilities. The new cup will be added to United's recycling stream, reducing the total amount of waste sent to landfills.
Beyond recycling and improving the sustainability of its products, United has demonstrated leadership in the environment by establishing ambitious, leading-edge initiatives and programs. United's recent achievements include:
- United in 2013 was recognized as the Eco-Aviation Gold Airline of the Year by Air Transport World.
- The company in 2013 reduced CO2 emissions by more than 811,643 metric tons and reduced fuel consumption by 95 million gallons through fuel efficiency initiatives, exceeding its goal of reducing fuel consumption by 85 million gallons.
- The airline increased orders for new Boeing and Airbus aircraft that are 15 to 20 percent more fuel efficient than those they'll replace, and now has more than 260 of these new, fuel efficient aircraft on order.
- United is a leader in the advancement and use of alternative fuels, making history in commercial aviation with its partnership with AltAir Fuels to bring commercial-scale, cost-competitive renewable jet fuel to its Los Angeles hub later this year.
For more information on United's commitment to the environment, visit www.united.com/ecoskies.
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United Airlines and United Express operate an average of more than 5,300 flights a day to more than 360 airports across six continents. In 2013, United and United Express carried more passenger traffic than any other airline in the world and operated nearly two million flights carrying 139 million customers. United is delivering a more flyer-friendly experience, offering more premium-cabin flat-bed seats and extra-legroom, economy-class seating than any airline in North America. In 2013, United became the first U.S. global carrier to offer satellite-based Wi-Fi, including on long-haul overseas routes. The airline also features DIRECTV® on more than 200 aircraft, with more live television access than any airline in the world. United operates nearly 700 mainline aircraft and, in 2014, will take delivery of 36 new Boeing aircraft and welcome the E175 aircraft to United Express. Business Traveler magazine awarded United Best Airline for North American Travel for 2013, and readers of Global Traveler magazine have voted United's MileagePlus program the Best Frequent-Flyer program for 10 consecutive years. Air Transport World named United the Eco-Aviation Airline of the Year Gold Winner in 2013. United is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 195 countries via 28 member airlines. More than 85,000 United employees reside in every U.S. state and in countries around the world. For more information, visit united.com or follow United on Twitter and Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol UAL.


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The Lincoln Water System (LWS) has suggested to Mayor Coleen J. Seng that residents be asked to comply with voluntary outdoor water conservation measures all year, not just during the summer months. The suggestion is in response to ongoing drought conditions affecting the City water supply.
"Rainfall was five inches below normal last summer in Lincoln, and the North Platte river system which supplies Lincoln with water is only about 20 percent full," said Mayor Seng. "Water consumption was down last summer due to voluntary conservation measures, cooler temperatures and timely summer rains. But to maintain an ongoing adequate supply of water, conservation measures are important." (A chart showing water usage statistics for the past three summers follow this release.)
Mayor Seng said she will direct LWS to discuss the idea with the Mayor's Water Conservation Task Force this winter and have a recommendation to her on the issue before lawn watering begins next spring. Under the voluntary outdoor water conservation measures, residents with addresses ending in even numbers are asked to water lawns on their designated days (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Those with addresses ending in odd numbers are asked to water on their designated days (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays).
Jerry Obrist, Chief Engineer for the Lincoln Water System (LWS), said several factors are monitored to determine the need for water restrictions. "Adequate river flows through the winter and early spring are essential to fill the aquifer at the beginning of each summer season," said Obrist. "The need for conservation measures for each summer season are set by reviewing river flows, rainfall, temperatures and summer weather forecasts."
The Mayor's Office established a Water Conservation Task Force in 1988, and long-term water conservation is an important element of LWS's Water Management Plan. Information on water usage, rates and conservation is available on City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov and at local nurseries.


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#1 Tree-rings01-27-2013, 01:30 AM
Tree-rings prove climate was WARMER in Roman and Medieval times than it is now - and world has been cooling for 2,000 years
Study of semi-fossilised trees gives accurate climate reading back to 138BC
World was warmer in Roman and Medieval times than it is now
How did the Romans grow grapes in northern England? Perhaps because it was warmer than we thought.
A study suggests the Britain of 2,000 years ago experienced a lengthy period of hotter summers than today.
German researchers used data from tree rings a key indicator of past climate to claim the world has been on a long-term cooling trend for two millennia until the global warming of the twentieth century.
This cooling was punctuated by a couple of warm spells.
These are the Medieval Warm Period, which is well known, but also a period during the toga-wearing Roman times when temperatures were apparently 1 deg C warmer than now.
They say the very warm period during the years 21 to 50AD has been underestimated by climate scientists.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
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Lies!!! All Lies!!!! Clearly funded by Big Tree!!!!!May the FORCE be with you!
I saw this show on one of the allegedly educational channels offered by Comcast a show about the theory that the Atlantis referred to by Plato was actually the Minoan empire, based on Crete and Thera (there's another name for the island, and it escapes me at the moment). The theory goes that when the volcano blew on Thera, it ultimately destroyed the Minoan Empire with the associated tsunami and earthquakes.
The scientists were using tree rings from trees in Central America to make this determination-the massive explosion of that particular volcano would have caused massive changes to the weather for more than a year. They never really proved the overall theory about Atlantis, but they did prove that the volcanic explosion was massive enough to effect the weather patterns for the entire planet, kind of like the way we never had much of a summer when that volcano in the Phillipines exploded in the 90s.
Santorini is the other name for Thera (or Thira).
Something interesting about tree rings and violins...spruce, willow and maple from Northern Italy were used.
A more modern theory attributes tree growth during a time of global cold temperatures during the Little Ice Age associated with unusually low solar activity of the Maunder Minimum, circa 1645 to 1750, during which cooler temperatures throughout Europe are believed to have caused stunted and slowed tree growth, resulting in unusually dense wood. Further evidence for this "Little Ice Age theory" comes from a simple examination of the dense growth rings in the wood used in Stradivari's instruments. Two researchers University of Tennessee tree-ring scientist Henri Grissino-Mayer and Lloyd Burckle, a Columbia University climatologist published in the journal Dendrochronologia their conclusions supporting the theory on increased wood density.
In 2008 Dutch researchers announced further evidence that wood density caused the claimed high quality of these instruments. After examining the violins with X-rays, the researchers found that these violins all have extremely consistent density, with relatively low variation in the apparent growth patterns of the trees that produced this wood.
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No one has ever matched the quality of violins that the houses of Cremona made in their heyday. I read a really good bio of Stradivarius a few years ago-he made instruments to the day he died.
When I went on a tour of Colonial Williamsburg as a teen, I made sure one of our stops was the violin-maker (the other I had to see was the book maker). The best american makers are hired to work there, and the guy working there that day explained to us that no matter how good he was, he would never be as good as Stradivarius or Guanuari. He said that the forests that they used were gone, and no wood since has been of the same quality. So he was right, he just didn't know why he was right in the 70s.
I miss playing the violin. I haven't been able to do so since I broke my arm a few years ago. I just can't move my bow arm the right way. I'm thinking of getting a harmonica and using it to substitute for cigarettes.
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