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The winters are coming to an end. You will have to start using the ACs in the next couple of months. People who do not have ACs and wishing to buy one for their homes will have a tough task in choosing between the split ACs and the window ACs.
Every person has his / her opinion. It can be conflicting and confusing at times. This article will help you make the choice between split and window ACs.
An air conditioner is a long term investment. Usually, one does not change air conditioners for at least ten years. This makes it all the more important to take the right decision while buying your AC unit. An air conditioner can consume a lot of electricity if you do not make the right choice.
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Energy efficiency
You determine the return on your investment based on the energy efficiency ratio (EER). What does EER represent? In very simple terms, EER is the amount of cooling provided by the air conditioner on consumption of one watt of electricity. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency rates these air conditioners based on their EER. An AC unit with a higher EER gets a higher rating. Thus, a 5-star AC provides higher cooling in terms of consumption of electricity.
You have both split as well as window AC units with 5-star rating in the market. Hence, both of them are equally efficient. However, split ACs have more models with 5-star rating in comparison to the window ACs. Hence, you have a wider choice of you go for the split ACs. Secondly, the split AC makes less sound in comparison. There are 2 units in a split AC thereby making it more complicated to install.
Factors affecting efficiency of AC
Various factors affect the efficiency of an AC. One should be aware of them to make the right choice. Choosing the right tonnage is of utmost importance. The tonnage depends on the amount of heat it can displace. This, in turn depends on the following factors.
Room size – Larger the room, the larger is the amount of heat to be displaced. Hence, you require a higher tonnage for the bigger rooms.
Room population – More the number of people in the room, greater is the heat generated. Hence, an AC has to work harder to displace the heat.
Room congestion – A highly congested room requires an AC of higher tonnage because every item in the room gets cooled by the AC unit.
Electrical appliances – Greater the number of electrical appliances, higher is the emission of heat. This results in installing an AC of higher tonnage.
Number of windows – If there are more windows in the room, there will be more flow of heat from the outside. This requires the AC to work harder. Insulating the windows is an important factor.
Position of the room – The wall facing the sun becomes hot. This can increase the cooling load on the AC necessitating the installation of an AC with a higher tonnage.
BTU Concept
The cooling capacity of the AC is represented in BTU/hr. The amount of heat coming inside the room is represented in British Thermal Unit (BTU). All the above-mentioned factors contribute to the BTU. The higher the BTU/hr figure, the higher is the capacity of the AC to remove the heat from the room. It reflects on the efficiency of the AC.
If the heat coming inside the room is more than the cooling capacity of the AC, it will result in the AC working for a longer time thereby increasing electricity consumption. This is a clear case of an undersized AC.
On the other hand, an oversized AC can cool the room faster, but is ineffective in removing the humidity. This AC will run in shorter cycles than the optimum figure. This can also result in reducing the efficiency of the AC.
Therefore, choosing the right tonnage is of utmost importance. An inverter AC can also be useful under the circumstances as it can adjust to the size and cooling requirements of the room. Now, inverter AC unit are only available in the Split AC mode.
Which one is better? Split or Window1 A Split AC is more efficient than the window AC of similar tonnage 2 Installation wise, Split ACs are comparatively tougher because it involves two units.
Looks wise, split AC units are more aesthetic in comparison. 3As far as ventilation is concerned, the split AC units are more convenient because they are situated in a properly ventilated space. 4Split AC units make less noise when compared to window ACs. 5Price wise, split AC units are more expensive when compared to window ACs of equal tonnage. However, you save money in the long run because they have to work less in comparison thereby saving electricity. 6You have the option of going for a split AC of a lower tonnage for a perfectly sized room.
Consider the above points while purchasing an AC. Making a smart choice is always better. It can differ from situation to situation. You should weigh in all these factors before making your choice, split or window.

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I live in Evernote. Evernote is mission-critical to my business. Here's how they should have handled this situation: Send out an email to their 45M users before they configure the client to pop up a "change password" message. Maybe not everyone will have read that email before they use Evernote but at least Evernote will have made an attempt at warning them. The client message should say that the user needs to change their Evernote account password. It should not display the email address associated with their Evernote account with the wording "Your password seems to have changed...". That message is completely inaccurate and confusing to the ordinary user.
(Archived) Two major complaints about fonts
RobertF57 posted a topic in General Discussion ArchiveAs a software developer, I have two major complaints about Evernote that relates to its fonts. #1. I wish you would include the Courier font in the font pulldown menu on the Mac version of Evernote. I keep an enormous number of code snippets in Evernote and I like to have them in Courier. I always have to select an entire note, do Cmd+T, and then scroll down and select the Courier font for a note that contains snippets. #2. I wish we could set the default font for individual notes. Again, I can change the font for all of the text in a code snippet note to Courier but when I enter additional text, the font always reverts back to Arial and I have to go through the process outlined in #1 above. This is very annoying.
mac (Archived) HELP: Is there a new autocompletion feature?
RobertF57 replied to RobertF57's topic in Mac ArchivesWhatever this feature is called, I wish there was a way to turn it on in Preferences. It's really annoying to constantly have things popping up as you type. I really don't like it.
mac (Archived) HOWTO: Bringing some color back to Lion...
RobertF57 replied to heather's topic in Mac ArchivesAgain, could the folks at Evernote perhaps link to a page that show a screenshot of the new color option described above? One respondent uploaded a jpg but it isn't clear how we can access it to view it. Thanks.
mac (Archived) HELP: Problem with bullets
RobertF57 posted a topic in Mac ArchivesI'm running EN 3.1.2 under OS X 10.7.4. Recently I've noticed a change in how Evernote handles a bulleted list which is rather awkward. If have a bulleted list that is two levels deep and have created a list item at the second level, if I wanted the next item to be on the first level, I used to be able to hit "Return" and then "Shift" + "Tab" and EN would create a new bulleted list item on that first level. Now, though, when I try to do this, hitting Return once creates a new bulleted list item at the same level but then hitting "Shift + Tab" just outdents without creating a bullet. I've found that I now have to hit "Shift" + "Command" three times to create a new bulleted list item at the first level. Was this an intentional change? It's rather awkward. Doing just "Shift + Tab" was a lot easier and more intuitive. Thanks.
mac (Archived) HELP: Is there a new autocompletion feature?
RobertF57 posted a topic in Mac ArchivesI just upgraded to OS X 10.7 yesterday and am currently using EN 3.1.2. Since the upgrade, I've noticed that when I'm typing in a note, occasionally a word or a list of words with a small "x" at the end will pop-up. I've not seen this feature before. Is this some type of new auto-completion feature? If so, can I select the word that pops up from the keyboard (good) or do I need to click on it with my mouse (bad)? For what it's worth, it seems to pop up just slowly enough that I've already typed past it by the time I see it so I'm not sure how useful it will be. By the way, I didn't see it mentioned in the Mac User Guide or in the Knowledge Base which is why I'm asking here. Thanks.
mac (Archived) 3.1.2 doesn't remember keychain permission
RobertF57 replied to RobertF57's topic in Mac ArchivesARRGGGGGG. Although I may be mistaken, I thought someone, maybe from Evernote, recommended deleting and re-installing Evernote to fix the problem. Well, I just did and that did not solve the problem. What's even worse is that all of my notes that I had in Courier 14-pt are now in Couries 13-pt which I do not want. I'm also experiencing problems with bulleting. (Note: I just found that I needed to change the default font in Preferences) Evernote is reeeeallly starting to piss me off and I'm looking around for alternatives. When you come to rely so heavily on an application, it has to be more stable than this.
mac (Archived) 3.1.2 doesn't remember keychain permission
RobertF57 replied to RobertF57's topic in Mac ArchivesIs anyone at Evernote looking at this problem? It would be nice to get some acknowledgement from the developers that it is, indeed, a bug and that they will address it.
mac (Archived) 3.1.2 doesn't remember keychain permission
RobertF57 posted a topic in Mac ArchivesThis morning I allowed Evernote for Mac to upgrade itself to the latest release, v. 3.1.2. Ever since the upgrade, each time I start Evernote, I get the pop-up window, "Evernote wants to use your confidential information... in your keychain." message even if I click the "Always Allow" button. Is this a bug? Thanks.
windows Small but useful feature that I accidentally discovered on EN
RobertF57 replied to idoc's topic in Windows ArchiveTo C6REW, if you save your file to Dropbox, you'll be able to access that file from your note no matter which computer you're on so long as your computer is connected to your dropbox. As an aside to make Mac OS X users, when you create your note, drag-and-drop the file into the note to create a link to the file.
Is it possible, and do you perhaps have any plans, to modify Evernote so that we can assign the same name to two or more sub-notebooks that each reside in different parent notebooks? For example: Project 1 Assets (<-- sub-notebook within Project 1 notebook) Emails Graphics Project 2 Assets Emails Graphics I use Evernote to manage projects and, from an organizational perspective, it would be very helpful if I could use the same notebook structure across all my projects. Currently, Evernote does not allow this. Thanks!
mac (Archived) TextExpander Snippets Only Work Sometimes
RobertF57 replied to RobertF57's topic in Mac ArchivesI doubt that's causing this problem as I'm running version of TextExpander, 3.3.4.
mac (Archived) TextExpander Snippets Only Work Sometimes
RobertF57 posted a topic in Mac ArchivesI've just begun using TextExpander for the Mac today. I've noticed that when I'm typing a note in Mac Evernote and I insert a snippet abbreviation, sometimes the abbreviation will expand into the desired text and sometimes it won't. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this inconsistent behavior with TextExpander when using Evernote? Thanks.


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We are still obsessed with our pre-season draft prep, with terms like sleepers, busts, and breakouts – and rightfully so. We are still in early April with just one week in the books, and I think the search for breakouts is just as important now as it was when we drafted.
There were a few lonely voices singing Max Kepler's praises this offseason. I was about two years too early and had gotten out of the Uber, if you will, last year. But, I'm picking him up or trading for him wherever I can in 2019.
Kepler showed signs of maturity in his plate discipline during 2018. This is the first thing I look for when projecting a player's ceiling. Kepler walked at an 11.6% clip last year, up 3% form 2017, and struck out just 15.7% of the time. Even if those figures look more like 10.5% BB and 18% K, 2019 will continue to provide better results. Unbelievably, Kepler had just a .224 BABIP in 2018. This number should at least be in the .270s which puts his batting average floor at .250 along with a .330 OBP with likely 20 HR and about 6 steals.
Those numbers aren't eye-catching. However, Kepler is leading off in an above average offense and playing in a division that does not have strong pitching outside of Cleveland. Plate discipline certainly will lead to more opportunities to score runs at the top of the order, but the change from 2018 that has me most excited has to do with his FB%. Kepler traded a 5% GB decrease for an increase in fly balls by nearly 7% last year. He had an unlucky 9.9% HR/FB rate that suppressed his power numbers. Everything else largely stayed the same except for an encouraging improvement in hard hit percentage. Continuing to hit the ball hard in the air, cutting down on strikeouts, continuing to take walks, and experiencing some positive BABIP regression could put together a monster year for Kepler as a number 3 OF in your lineup.
I don't have too much concern for platoon splits either. Kepler actually fared better against lefties in 2018, and there aren't any right-handed OF options for the Twins that will push him for playing time. By the way, after an 0-8 start to 2019 against tough Indians Starters:
Max Kepler through 9/26
- .346
- 6 Ks
- 5 Runs
Here are some hitters I would drop for Kepler in the right league context:
- Brandon Nimmo
- Jesse Winker
- Joc Pederson
- Brett Gardner
- Jake Bauers
- Randall Grichuk
- Adam Eaton
If you are in a 3 OF category league, you might still have a shot at snagging the German standout. The rest of you may have to pay slightly more, but considering the fact Kepler is available in approximately 45% of Yahoo and ESPN leagues, you could get OF3 production for the price of a waiver claim. That's a small price to pay, and one you'll regret not ponying up for when September rolls around.
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A top Department of Buildings inspector overrode a subordinate's worries that the crane on East 91st Street was unsafe before its fatal collapse, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
Investigators want to know why the high-ranking inspector, Michael Carbone, let the Kodiak crane operate despite the subordinate's worry that the equipment, manufactured nearly 20 years ago, was too old and had undergone too much significant repair work, one source said.
The lower-ranking inspector wanted to bar the crane from the project. But Carbone overruled the employee's fears, and said that the crane was safe to operate, said the source.
It was unclear whether Carbone made his decision when the crane was in its yard, or as it was being assembled on East 91st Street.
Investigators can't say Carbone was wrong to let the building's contractors put the aged crane to work – based on what he knew about the crane, his decision may have been correct, say sources.
But after two deadly crane collapses, and the arrests of two inspectors accused of falsifying reports and taking bribes, probers are leaving no stone unturned.
Department of Buildings officials would not comment on Carbone's actions, since the question is "related to matters that are under investigation" by the agency and law enforcement. Carbone could not be reached for comment.
In 2005, Carbone was promoted to the post of the city's chief crane inspector. Recently, he was named chief inspector of the DOB Emergency Response Team.
Investigators are now focusing on defective bolts and welds in the crane's turntable. The bolts snapped in the May 30 collapse, which killed two crew workers.
But those weren't the only problems with the crane, which belonged to New York Crane & Equipment Corp. of Brooklyn.
Records show that on April 23, a buildings inspector issued a partial stop-work order on the crane after finding two mechanical defects.
One was a problem with a device on the crane that keeps its vertical boom from falling if it swings too low. Another was leaky grease seal on drums around which the crane's cables were wound. The order was rescinded on May 21, nine days before the accident.


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Word play: Gas industry protests use of 'F word', but its PR machine takes advantage of focus on 'fracking'January 27, 2012 by Ken Ward Jr.
In this Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, Gillie Waddington of Enfield, N.Y., raises a fist during rally against hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. President Barack Obama the f- word during his recent State of the Union speech nor did he mention the technology used to get it, known commonly as fracking. That's because the word has become a lightning rod. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Well, The Associated Press spent 888 words toying with whether the use of one word — 'fracking' was appropriate when the media covers the continuing controversies over natural gas drilling. The thrust of the story is that industry is upset with the phrase, and blamed environmental activists for the media's continued use of it:
The word is "fracking" — as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used by the oil and gas industry to free oil and gas from rock.
It's not in the dictionary, the industry hates it, and President Barack Obama didn't use it in his State of the Union speech — even as he praised federal subsidies for it.
The word sounds nasty, and environmental advocates have been able to use it to generate opposition — and revulsion — to what they say is a nasty process that threatens water supplies.
"It obviously calls to mind other less socially polite terms, and folks have been able to take advantage of that," said Kate Sinding, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council who works on drilling issues.
One of the chants at an anti-drilling rally in Albany earlier this month was "No fracking way!"
Industry executives argue that the word is deliberately misspelled by environmental activists and that it has become a slur that should not be used by media outlets that strive for objectivity.
"It's a co-opted word and a co-opted spelling used to make it look as offensive as people can try to make it look," said Michael Kehs, vice president for Strategic Affairs at Chesapeake Energy, the nation's second-largest natural gas producer.
This is the kind of story that New York AP writers love — it will get a lot of play, ending up on front pages all around the country, just as it did here at the Gazette. But the story reminded me of a discussion a while back here on this blog in which our old buddy Bill Howley, author of The Power Line blog, about whether the right spelling is "fracking" or "fracing" and — more importantly — whether use of the phrase was leading to some fundamental misunderstandings about the potential dangers of the larger natural gas drilling and production process. Take a minute and go back to read the comments section of the previous post, Report ties 'fracking' to W.Va. well contamination and you'll see what I'm talking about.
You see, environmental groups do love the word "fracking." It makes for great signs and slogans and chants. From a public relations standpoint for them, it's almost perfect. But the industry's huge and growing PR machine, despite their protestations in this AP story, well, they like it to — because it's allowed them to deflect the real issues about potential drinking water contamination into an almost absurd game of word play. Environmental groups have turned "fracking" into short-hand for the entire gas drilling and production process, and in some ways that's given the industry a big advantage.
The main talking point for industry and its political friends regarding potential drinking water contamination from natural gas drilling and production has become this:
There are no documented cases of ground water contamination from hydraulic fracturing.
Friends, family and people effected by well water problems surround Craig Sautner as he speaks outside his home on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 in Dimock, Pa. prior to a water delivery provided by The Enviromental Protection Agency. Under the authority of the Superfund law the EPA is delivering water to four homes and testing water at 61 homes in the Marcellus Shale gas drilling area in Susquehanna County. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Michael J. Mullen)
Now, maybe that's true. Maybe it's not. Regardless, the turn of phrase — making fracking and hydraulic fracturing the whole focus — has allowed questions about drinking water contamination to be unfairly dismissed by industry, its PR machine, lawmakers and even some regulators. And there is plenty of evidence that other parts of the process — particularly poorly done well casing jobs — has and can continue to lead to drinking water contamination. An expert panel appointed by the Obama administration explained it this way:
One of the commonly perceived risks from hydraulic fracturing is the possibility of leakage of fracturing fluid through fractures into drinking water. Regulators and geophysical experts agree that the likelihood of properly injected fracturing fluid reaching drinking water through fractures is remote where there is a large depth separation between drinking water sources and the producing zone. In the great majority of regions where shale gas is being produced, such separation exists and there are few, if any, documented examples of such migration. An improperly executed fracturing fluid injection can, of course, lead to surface spills and leakage into surrounding shallow drinking water formations. Similarly, a well with poorly cemented casing could potentially leak, regardless of whether the well has been hydraulically fractured.
Bill Howley probably explained it better in comments on this blog:
Casing failure is a real and continuing problem for the gas industry. Failed casings and cement jobs have been destroying water wells in West Virginia for over one hundred years, at well pressures far below those used in the 1987 Parsons incident. Sloppy and dangerous cementing caused the Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.
There is extensive evidence, the Duke study being the latest, of contamination of water wells because of failed casing and cement work on Marcellus wells. This is a proven problem that needs to be dealt with now.
Searching for some holy grail that will prove direct migration of fracing fluids from gas formations to aquifers is a distraction from the real and immediate problem — sloppy and dangerous casing work. This problem has been with the gas industry from the beginning. The Marcellus drilling is different only because the fracing pressures are so much higher and because of the massive amounts of water injected into wells.
Getting caught up in whether "fracking" is the right word just takes time, energy, and newsprint away from focusing on the very real questions about the shale-gas drilling boom, including not only water pollution, but the long-term sustainability of this industry in terms of gas supply and global warming.


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FIFRA at 40: The Need for Felonies for Pesticide Crimes
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In 1996, Congress abandoned a seven-year effort by consecutive Republican and Democratic administrations to increase FIFRA's misdemeanor penalties for criminal violations to the felony levels provided under the other major federal environmental laws. More than 20 years later, this disparity remains, despite a series of incidents and criminal prosecutions that demonstrate the inability of misdemeanor penalties to effectively deter pesticide crimes. This Article provides an overview of the FIFRA criminal provisions, reviews the previous failed attempts to amend FIFRA to increase its criminal penalties, describes cases that EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice have prosecuted since the failure of those legislative attempts, and discusses the consequent need today for stronger FIFRA criminal penalty provisions.
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In 1986, the Chernobyl accident was the largest in the history of non-radioactive, released radioactive substances. Reactor 4 Graphic Operator against the wind and irritation, which are now being applied to the sharp wave in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and Europe. While some are now living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant because the animals live near the accident, we can study the effects of radiation, and we can recover. There are many catastrophic pets and not born of wild animals. A few years ago, as a result of the accident, scientists focused on wildlife and livestock exploration to learn more about the Chernobyl tragedies. Although Chernobyl disaster cannot be compared to the effects of the atomic bomb because the iospopes remove migrations and cancer that spread the record, those that make nuclear weapons, accidents and bombs. The effects of the accident must be explored to help people understand the long-term and serious effects of nuclear emissions. Moreover, by understanding that the Chernobyl influence will help people react to other accidents at nuclear power stations.
This was narrated by a third person who has experienced the real Chernobyl diaries. And she started like this, how the animal radiation illness happens. We are in the woods for the Chernobyl factory when the dogs come to see us. It's small, with yellow eyes and yellow eyes. Igor, our guide, drops anchor and hits his hand at the turn. They go from the snow to fight and fall asleep. Igor grabbed a stick and threw the trees into the dog's eyes. Disrupted, animals persecuted and a small group mobilized. But the dog came back and stayed on Igor's legs. He threw it again. Dog returned to her. I'm just relaxing Igor, who is gone, knows the dog, some of the snow, trying to catch and warm up. Igor says, "So?" "He was killed. Or not alone. There are approximately 300 animals in the 2600 square kilometer area. They lived between moose and rabbit, hare and wolf and found a home here. Although Mongolian horses and Belarusian bears have recently been introduced to the area while other animals have arrived at opportunists, dogs are local.
Prior to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, Pripyat was not allowed to bring pets or ensure its safety. Chernobyl Prayer, the devastating oral history of the period, "Holling dogs, trying to get on buses, Mongrels, Alsatian. They have been running the buses for many years. At the door, it is clear that families with broken hearts. "Don't kill our head!" She is a good dog. There was no pain! Life is not easy for Chernobyl strays. Without adequate shelter, they do not have to endure strong Ukrainian winter, but they often increase the radiation on the skin and have a fewer lifespan. Some people live six years later.
Recently the Chernobyl tree was registered under a new "sarcophagus", designed and made by a team of experts, and cooperation with dogs is possible. In the Chernobyl forest, I am looking for yellow-yellow and do not look at the wild beast and in a spectacular act and collaboration.
Wildlife is free near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, the heaviest nuclear accident in the world. In 1986, the area expanded throughout the region. Studies have shown that many European gray dogs and other large animals live in an area outside Chernobyl of about 1,000 square kilometers in Rhode Island, which shows that people can evacuate and stop living. People are clear, but animals do not affect the radiation and their health, and they are an active and controversial area of research. There are still many questions about the extent to which radiation causes mutations in many species and if they can spread outside the area. In recent experiments, the researchers studied 13 wolves based on the color that could measure the animal radiation and found that the animals suddenly did not enter the radiation when traveling in heavily polluted areas. However, a study published in the European Journal of Wildlife Studies has observed a young man traveling from this area 250 miles east, east of Belarus, Ukraine, and later in Russia. According to Geo News explorer Jim Besley, a geographer at the University of Georgia in the United States, this is the first large-scale migration from genocide. Beyzlin says young men who are known to travel long journeys are not surprising. Nevertheless, Bessles said that it testifies to the importance of the number of animals in Chernobyl. We know that in the Chernobyl exclusion area the sheep population is higher, said Michael Buren, animal movement and ecological research at the University of Missouri. At a certain level, only a lot can be included so that the young animals are spread.
One of the deepest moments of HBO's new ministry takes place on a sunny day after the expulsion of Chernobyl, a banned area in Ukraine. Just a few hours ago, the nucleus of the nuclear reactor opened at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, releasing the plumes of radioactive material into the air. The quiet environment (the buses have taken buses here and sent them to nearby villages), but the "Surfeit" influences the accident. A young civilian recruited for the service, where he receives his first mission: to join the other two liquidators to film patrol dogs on patrol in the region. Of all the atrocities described in the series – fatal helicopter accident, newborn death, human detachment due to acute radiation syndrome – the killing of animals is probably the most visceral. Those forced to evacuate were told that they would be allowed to return to their homes. When the bus stopped, they were not able to bring their pets to their owners. Some owners left notes asking the liquidator to keep the animals. Successfully escaping dogs continue to breed in the wild. After centuries of addition, hundreds of offspring visited a restricted area. And the development of natural selection, dogs are usually large and strong breeds. Many of them have much more evidence to start at a wedding or acupuncture.
Reduce the kind of mind like Yoda, hang on top position, hair is usually white, black, brown. Some people live up to the age of 6 because of strong predators and winter conditions. Cork described dogs as "male" and "not afraid", while factory workers did not give them scrap metal or use animals as pets. According to Corkhill, workers often have a dog. "Once they enter the reactor, it is not a risk factor every day."
I hope this simple article may educate you on how the Chernobyl animals were affected and how they are adopted by the USA people. If you come across with an affected animal please be kind o that even that needs your support to get relief from its sufferings. If you have any doubts please write to us. Happy readings!


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"I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball managed to make her way into peoples hearts and it seems that she remained there still after all these years. Find out what helped Lucille Ball become the style icon she was and still is today.
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Lucille Ball, the American comedian actress remained in peoples hearts through her lovely fun personality, quality movies and beautiful style. The "I Love Lucy" sitcom superstar managed to become a style icon and a source of inspiration for women worldwide.
Because a classic will never go out of style, Lucille Ball will remain a timeless style icon for women worldwide. In a time where elegant attire was among the top choices, Lucille Ball exuded elegance and style. A diva of those times, Lucille Ball enchanted everyone with her good looks, fashion as well as bubbly personality.
With lovely pencil skirts, gorgeous glam dresses and lovely pant and skirt suits created Lucille's favorite attire. A woman who adored being elegant as every woman should be, Lucille Ball managed to be very feminine in her outfits even though they were not at all revealing.
This 1940's diva filled peoples hearts with joy through her appearances, one of the reasons people still enjoy watching her movies.
A woman with an incredibly powerful and pleasant personality, Lucille Ball will remain in history as a style icon of the past.
Because her career lasted for decades, Lucille Ball adapted her fashion style to the present, always being trendy, stylish and elegant at the same time.
Maintaining such an important status that of a stile icon over years and years is very difficult but it seems that Lucille Ball managed to do so effortlessly. A woman who knew what femininity was all about, Lucille Ball always looked fabulous and took the time she needed to perfect her style.
Since vintage fashion styles are making a comeback, Lucille Ball's fashion style can act as a great source of inspiration for women around the world.
A diva of the past and present, Lucille Ball will always be remembered dearly for what she represented.


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The ecological-
To serve as a center for education and environmental awareness, we act as activists for the environment and the community, both in community activities and in public relations. Club divers are aware divers who understand the implications of unconscious behavior in the marine environment. Is to produce marine ambassadors, who will help disseminate knowledge about the state of the sea and the environment today. And how each person can help and together, we will all make real change.
We were the first Ecological Diving Club in the Land of Israel. This change came after we realized that we can influence and raise awareness among a large number of divers and friends who come to enjoy and dive with us.
Our club was an ecological business, and as part of being such a business, we are working to influence other businesses that take environmental responsibility. We offer each business that is our business environmental model to help guide the entry stage into this world.
We were a center that combines people of nature and nature, who act out of true love for everything around us. As soon as your foot is in the club, you'll feel it right away.
Our environmental activities -
Want to know what is happening at sea today?
Coral reefs account for less than 0.2 percent of the oceans, but directly and indirectly support 25 percent of marine animals. 100 million people depend on them directly, and are home to between 1-9 million different species. The coral reef in Eilat is among the northern tropical reefs of the world thanks to unique geographical conditions.
Greenhouse effect and rising sea surface temperature. As the population grows, the need to produce more food, means of transportation and construction increases. The rise in these needs is exacting a heavy price from the oceans. Energy production in the form of burning fuels releases carbon dioxide. Concentration of carbon in the atmosphere increases, so that heat and radiation from the Earth are released less into space (a effect known as the greenhouse effect). Therefore, the surface temperatures of the Earth and the oceans rise. In addition, carbon dioxide dissolves in ocean water and makes it more acidic. Hot and acidic sea causes tremendous damage to coral reefs in most parts of the world.
Coral bleaching. Coral bleaching is a process in which due to stress, such as high water temperatures and pollution, the coral emits the cooperative algae that live within it and produce 90% of its total food. If the stress is prolonged, the coral may starve to death. This process is called "coral bleaching" because after the coral algae releases it loses its color, which is usually the color of the cooperative algae that live within it. Coral reefs that once spread over vast areas underwent a massive whitewash that did not recover from it.
A sea of plastic. Plastic is a material first created 150 years ago and is now an integral part of every household economy, from kitchen and packaging containers to its presence as tiny plastic particles in cosmetics. However, plastic is not a natural substance that is consumed in short periods of time, so the disposable plastic industry causes tremendous damage. Every year 300 million tons of plastic are produced, half of which is disposable. More than 8 million tons of plastic drift into the sea each year. More than 90% of the plastic produced is not recycled. The times of waste disposal of plastic and plastics in particular are long and unimaginable - a biodegradable plastic bottle in 450 years; Thin plastic bag between 10-20 years; A disposable diaper within 450 years and a light drink in 200 years. Marine waste drifts along regular currents in the oceans until converging currents, creating huge debris islands in their dimensions - the plastic island lying between the coasts of California and Hawaii is three times the size of France. The presence of plastic in the sea should bother many, as the plastic climbs up the pyramid of food to our table. Table salt is a product of sea water, and recently these salts have been found to have microscopic plastic evidence.
Fishing over. In the past, oceans were thought to be an endless source of food, and indeed, the scale of fishing in the world was enormous. Fishing in massive masses was made possible by the use of Michmoret fishing vessels, which are based on towing a huge net behind the boat and the fish in the water column and even on the bottom. However, the Michmorans cause huge destruction of habitats and waste, since many fish that are not edible are also hunted for nothing. In recent years there has been a decline in the extent of fishing in Israel because there are fewer fish, while at the same time the industry has begun to worsen in order to rehabilitate the fish population.
Species extinction. The changing temperatures of the oceans, suffocation from various types of garbage, overfishing and destruction of habitats cause the rapid extinction of marine species.
What can you do?
Garbage collection and plastic in particular. Garbage disposal will reduce the amount of plastic in the sea. There are huge projects to reduce the plastic islands of various countries that are gaining momentum and are currently in use. You have been taken out of the garbage by diving, provided it is not a home or a platform for attachment to marine creatures.
Use a sunscreen less harmful to corals or wearing long sleeves and a hat. Sunscreen is an important preparation that protects our skin against skin cancer and aging and accelerated skin. However, the vast majority of Israeli defense products contain substances that severely damage the coral reef. These substances are similar in composition to the substances that elmog produces naturally, but the artificial substances in their high concentration cause hormonal changes in the coral, so that it does not develop properly. Enough concentration of a drop in an Olympic pool to damage the coral. Therefore, you should avoid protective agents containing the following substances: Benzophenone-3, Octinoxate, and Homosalate. A protective cream containing Zinc / Titanium Oxide is less harmful to corals if it is labeled Non-Nano. In general, the best and most healthy protection for corals is long sleeves and a hat.
Eating less fish and selecting fish from marine agriculture instead. Avoiding seabirds will reduce the need to use Michmoretans. Aquaculture fish are grown in specialized ponds and therefore less harmful to the environment in terms of overfishing.
Reducing the use of plastic as much as possible and recycling it. Use disposable bags and put the vegetables you buy in the supermarket together in the same bag. A disposable bottle reduces the use of disposable cups. Cosmetic products that contain plastic granules (toothpastes, peeling soaps) can be replaced with those containing granules of natural origin, such as shredded fruits. Recycled plastic and paper to reduce waste production from new raw materials.
Ecologically friendly diving. Be sure to secure the tubular tubes and dive with your hands close to the body to avoid entanglement, injury or breakage in delicate marine animals. Avoid hovering the sand by maintaining a balanced body position, and hovering the sand can clog the coral mouths and help too much the fish who feed on the creatures hiding in the sand to find their prey and thereby harm the ecological balance Avoid stones or seashells from the sea,
Dive with us. Join us for a variety of information activities for the club: guided dives including cleaning, "ecological diving" specialization and information classes in any specialization or club certification. Support for our community will help us spread the word to make a positive and green change in the Gulf of Eilat.


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Government takes POA to court to force prison officers back to work after assault
POA leaders today appear in court as the government attempts to force prison officers to return to work in dangerous working conditions.
A prison officer was last week hospitalised after being strangled unconscious at HMP Lindholme while, in a separate incident, another officer was punched in the throat. The POA says these assaults breach their members' rights under health & safety legislation.


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Directions: Apply directly to underarms only. Do not apply to broken skin. If rash develops, discontinue use. Precautions: Avoid contact with eyes and mouth. Keep out of reach of children except under adult supervision. Discontinue use if signs of irritation develop.
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Prosecutors in New York have reportedly ordered President Donald Trump's inauguration committee handy over paperwork associated to donors and funds, a number of information organizations reported Monday.
In line with ABC, which first reported the information, a lawyer working with the committee acquired a subpoena Monday from federal prosecutors searching for paperwork associated to the group's donors, occasion attendees, perks, contracts and distributors, amongst different issues.
Prosecutors are also on the lookout for any unlawful overseas contributions and whether or not committee workers members have been conscious of such illegality, The New York Instances reported. Federal legislation prohibits overseas donations to federal campaigns, political motion committees and inaugural funds.
The Trump inaugural fund raised $107 million. The committee was chaired by Trump's longtime pal Thomas Barrack, who the Instances stated shouldn't be talked about within the subpoena.
A committee spokesman instructed the Instances the group remains to be reviewing the subpoena however plans to cooperate with the investigation, which prosecutors opened final yr amid scrutiny over the committee.
A spokesperson for the Southern District of New York didn't instantly reply to HuffPost's request for remark.
The investigation into the committee was sparked by the investigation into Michael Cohen, Trump's former private lawyer who is predicted to start his jail sentence in March after pleading responsible to marketing campaign finance-related crimes through which he implicated the president.


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In response to public demand, additional sessions of the Mental Health First Aid training are being offered. This training demonstrates the initial help given to a person showing signs of mental illness or a mental health crisis.
The eight-hour course teaches risk factors, warning signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use disorders; the effects of the illnesses and an overview of treatments; and a five-step action plan for helping someone with symptoms. Additional training sessions have been scheduled between January and June 2014. Each session is two four-hour classes. Youth courses are available for adults responding to a youth in crisis.
This training does not prepare someone to diagnose or provide treatment. It is designed to help
paraprofessionals and laypersons provide support until an individual is linked to professional resources. MHFA is not recommended for licensed mental health providers.
Registration is open until filled. Limit 20 participants per class and seats fill quickly. Visit alexandriava.gov/DCHS for class dates and registration. Attendees of the full eight-hour course will receive a three-year certification in MHFA. For more about the classes, contact Donielle Marshall at 703.746.3523 or donielle.marshall@
alexandriava.gov. To learn more about MHFA, visit mentalhealthfirstaid.org.
The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended. To request a reasonable accommodation, e-mail Maurice Tomdio atmaurice.tomdio@alexandriava.
gov or call 571.384.5244.


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Success Track - "Systems and Succession – Life beyond the business!" This program is for the business owners who want to replace themselves in their organization, or sell their business. We will show you how to put processes and systems in place to make the transition to working less hours, transferring the business to to next owner, or retiring, a seamless change.
If you have achieved success in your business, our goal is to help you to start to enjoy your LIFE more. This change can be difficult, and having an experienced team behind you can help you to meet with success in this next phase of your business.


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I'm looking at my trading screen and I see Lehman, which has been a birthday party for short term traders throwing around the July and August puts like pingpong balls, drop even further before opening. Fannie and Freddie are losing extreme amounts before the market open, after being halved over the last couple of days. My screen looks like the market is open in the US at 8 am, that's how aggressive pre-market trading is. The rest of the financials are following suit.
I have put some people on the industrial and manufacturing tract, and it is definitely time. Bank lending looks to grind to a near standstill. If and when it does, those capital intensive companies are @#$#%. You can't rasie decent money in the equity markets now, you can't borrow from banks, and those entities that have money will request that you bend over.
For the goldilocks crew that believe that there will be a shallow recession and the housing slump will end next year or the year after, I suggest you take a look at your trading screen and study previous periods of extreme credit contraction and market crashes. It 6 to 7 years to spike house prices to this level, why would it reach equilibrium (it rarely does, it usually overshoots) in a year and a half?


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Leandra Ramm is a remarkably versatile mezzo-soprano and actress with an "extraordinary voice" (Anderson Cooper 360), whose "beautiful and quite moving" (Nordstjernan Newspaper) performances have graced prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The United Nations, and Symphony Space. Ms. Ramm made her début as a soloist in Kurt Weill's The Endless Road with The American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall. Recently, she performed the title role in La Cenerentola with San Francisco Opera Guild, and appeared as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, and Bach's Magnificat conducted by Ragnar Bohlin.
This season, Ms. Ramm appears with Opera Cultura as Serafina/Spirit Woman in La Llorona and with San Francisco Opera Guild as Mama in Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire's Lucinda y la Flores de la Nochebuena, which will soon be released on Albany Records. She performs as alto soloist in Bach's Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio with San Francisco Choral Society, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Silicon Valley Philharmonic (as alto soloist), as well as sings in Solo Opera's "All that Jazz" Fourth of July Parade and "Opera in the Park".
Last season, she performed in Little Women with Island City Opera, a "Prelude to Valentine's Day" concert with San Francisco Renaissance Voices, and as the featured soloist in Mendelssohn's Psalm 13 from Drei geistliche Lieder and Schubert's Miriam's Song of Triumph with San Francisco City Chorus. She appeared as the Squirrel, White Cat, and Shepherd in L'enfant et les Sortileges with Pacific Symphony, which was broadcast on Classical KUSC's Live from Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Ms. Ramm's notable engagements include the Soul in Ordo Virtutum with San Francisco Renaissance Voices, the Rooster and Blue Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen with West Edge Opera, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera San Jose, Leila in Iolanthe at The Buxton Opera House in the UK, and Dorabella in Così fan Tutte with the Martina Arroyo Foundation. She has also appeared in several operas with the Center for Contemporary Opera — Mario and the Magician, Clarence and Anita, and Big Jim and the Small-Time Investors — and was featured in the first workshop performance of ¡Figaro! (90210) with Morningside Opera. In 2017, she appeared in the made-for-TV opera Vireo by Lisa Bielawa. Other collaborations include Cavalleria Rusticana with Chelsea Opera, Travelers (Operas by Holst) with The Little Opera Theatre of NY, and La Divina (Pasatieri) with Opera Company of Brooklyn.
As a seasoned musical theater performer, Ms. Ramm recently starred as Judy Garland in The Boy from Oz at Theatre Rhinoceros, Tanya in Mamma Mia! at Woodminster Summer Musicals, and Antonia in Man of la Mancha with the Diablo Theater Company. She has also flourished in the creation of new works, portraying Annie in Hell's Kitchen the Musical at the Hudson Guild Theater and Hester Prynne in A for Adultery, a musical adaptation of The Scarlet Letter, at the Little Times Square Theatre. Ms. Ramm also stars in her one-woman show, One Night with You, which was performed Off-Broadway at Theatre Row to a sold out audience.
Ms. Ramm regularly makes guest appearances and performs on television programs around the globe, including CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, The View, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes Australia and the BBC, as well as appearing on radio broadcasts and in magazines in Ireland, the US, and England. She has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Mirror (UK), The New York Times, and newspapers in China.
As a recording artist, Ms. Ramm has released many singles, including No Promises and One Night With You. She is on the cast albums of The Fourth Messenger and Mario and the Magician from Albany Records and proudly sings on the newly released albums by Cappella SF of Mason Gates' Mass Transmission and Timeless from Delos Records.
Ms. Ramm studied at the Manhattan School of Music and furthered her training in programs at Arizona Opera, Toledo Opera, Opera Carolina, Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera and New Jersey Opera.
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Security forces in Peru are battling a renewed campaign by leftist rebels. The Shining Path movement is suspected of being behind two recent ambushes in a mountainous region of the country that left 13 troops dead.
There have been 11 such attacks since the start of the year. The government claims the group is now motivated by drugs trafficking rather than leftist ideology. Peruvian Prime Minister Yehude Simon said: "They don't understand that violence must be part of the past of this country. Some of them must have a sick mind. They continue to kill soldiers and police officers but this is not going to defeat the army nor the police, much less democracy." Their actions are concentrated in one of the country's main coca-farming regions. The Maoist Shining Path's campaign of violence reached its peak in the 1980s. At one stage there were almost daily car bombings in the capital. But its effectiveness began to fade after the capture of its founder in 1992. Where once it could boast some 10,000 fighters among its ranks, membership is now said to have dwindled to around 500.


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Homeowner Indicted For Fatal Shooting Of Texas Officer
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Midland, TX – The homeowner who fatally shot Midland Police Officer Nathan "Hayden" Heidelberg as he was responding to a burglary alarm at the man's residence has been indicted for manslaughter.
The property owner, Unitex Oil and Gas founder David Wilson, said he shot the 28-year-old officer because he mistakenly believed he was an intruder, the Sun Herald reported.
"David Wilson believed that his family was experiencing a home invasion and only fired his weapon to protect his family," his attorney, Brian Carney, claimed at the time. "We would like to express our deepest sympathies to Officer Heidelberg's family and the Midland Police Department for the events that led to his death."
But Midland police said that Officer Heidelberg, a five-year veteran-of-the-force, announced himself loudly from outside Wilson's front door just prior to the shooting.
The fatal incident took place at approximately 1:16 a.m. on March 5, when Officer Heidelberg and Officer Victoria Allee responded to the 3300-block of Eagle Cove for a report of a burglary alarm, the Midland Reporter-Telegram reported.
At the time, Officer Allee was working as a probationary officer, and Officer Heidelberg was her field training officer, KOSA reported.
When they arrived, the officers circled the outside of the residence on foot, and found nothing unusual, according to court documents.
That's when Officer Heidelberg realized the front door of the home was not secured, and notified dispatch, KOSA reported.
Two other officers arrived at the scene just in time to "hear [Officer] Heidelberg announce Midland Police Department," court documents read, according to the Midland Reporter-Telegram.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.
One officer asked the other three if they were alright, and everyone responded that they were, KOSA reported.
He said he then heard a noise, and saw Officer Heidelberg lying face down on the ground.
Realizing that Officer Heidelberg had been shot just above his vest, the assisting officer attempted to deliver life-saving care before the wounded officer was rushed to Midland Memorial Hospital.
Officer Heidelberg succumbed to his gunshot wound at approximately 2:20 a.m.
Wilson later told police that he thought someone was breaking into his home, so he fired in the direction of Officer Heidelberg's illuminated flashlight.
Midland Police Department (MPD) Deputy Chief Michael Hedrick said that the sudden loss of Officer Heidelberg has been a "nightmare" for his department, KOSA reported.
"Words can't describe how painful it is to lose a friend, lose a colleague, lose one of your subordinates, one of your employees,", Chief Hedrick said. "You train with these guys, you eat with these guys, you pray with these guys, you know their families. We're in mourning."
"It's very painful. It shocks it right through the bone through the core of our system," he added.
Officer Heidelberg was a five-year veteran of the MPD.
"[He] represented the best in all of us," Midland Police Chief Seth Herman said in a Facebook post. "He was courageous, selfless, ethical and professional."
"Nathan treated others with respect, regardless of their demeanor or actions. He was a tireless public servant who devoted every ounce of energy to this profession, the citizens and his fellow officers," Chief Herman continued. "We have lost not only a great officer, but a loving brother and the most positive example of what we should all aspire to be. I wish I was more like Nathan."
Wilson faces between two and 20 years in prison if he is convicted of manslaughter, Midland County District Attorney Laura Nodolf told KOSA.


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Filed under: From the Soap Box | Tags: Culture, elections, Europe, France, Midterm elections, Oregon, patriotism, Politics, Trump, USA, world order
Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain
I was born in Oregon and spent most of my childhood there. We fished for crawdads in mountain creeks during the summer, took inner-tubes down small rapids, climbed the trestles for the Great Western Pacific trains, biked everywhere through the fields and pastoral lands, with the gentle mountains in the distance. We 'drag raced' down Main Street on the weekends, saved money for the state fair and Turkey Rama, picked magic mushrooms in the forests, and went to Friday night football at the high school – not necessarily because of interest in the game, but because it was a community social event. My family regularly camped and hiked at Neskowin, Canon Beach, and Newport City, and ate clam chowder at "Mo's." I remember that my bright red feet from the cold of the Pacific Ocean would not deter me from playing in it. We grew up skiing on Mount Hood, and dining at a pizza barn near Government Camp, as well as hiking at Multnomah Falls and through the Cascades. Family holidays involved traveling in our VW van with a styrofoam mattress laid out in the back for we children, staying in Motel 6's or KOA campsites. I remember that hanging our washing out to dry made it smell even lovelier after a rain, and lying on my back in order to look up at the leaves of the many ancient oak and maple trees on my family's property (though raking them in the autumn was an onerous task). Badminton and croquet over a bumpy, rooty lawn. Trading candy with my siblings after the Halloween haul on the floor of our den. Thanksgiving as the only time my father would cook things simply.
Typical to a small town girl, I moved away as soon as I graduated from high school: first to Portland, then Seattle, then London, then New York, then Los Angeles, then Berlin, then back to London, then to France. I've now lived in Europe for a third of my life, and half of my adult life. I'm formally naturalizing as a French citizen on Thanksgiving this year (not through my own design, but because that's what the Minister of Interior set as the date). I've always maintained that one place is not "better" than another place – they simply represent our different needs and desires at a given time in our life. The inherent values in Europe, of a safety net for the public, even as there are capitalistic markets, align with my personal values: healthcare for all, housing subsidies for those in need, mandatory WEEKS off of holiday, paid, per year, plus personal days, and free (or almost free) university education. Additionally, the pace of life is slower in Europe, and I appreciate this because I believe the frenetic pace of American life is debilitating and anxiety provoking for the populace.
Visiting the USA each year, keeping in close touch with my family, and assiduously reading the global news each day, means I have watched all the negative elements of my native society become exaggerated: workers not taking the minimal days off they have 'cause they can't afford to, or they're afraid they'll lose their jobs; the employment figures being misrepresented, as many people have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet; there is no time for most Americans to simply rest, 'cause they are always working, and stores and restaurants are always open, implicitly encouraging the people to consume more than they need; the cost of an emergency or a long term illness fells a person or a family who does not have adequate healthcare coverage; even as the USA has the most highly trained teachers in the world, they are paid the least and the public school system receives substantially less each year in federal funds than the penal system does; diets for most Americans are evidence of a cultural polarity – there are those that are hyper 'healthy' with diet and exercise, and those that are obese. Suffice to say, that the milieu that I want to live in is one in which there is a social safety net for those that pay their taxes (however nominal), and people are encouraged to have time to eat, think, and spend time with their families and friends.
That is NOT to say that I am not also in love with my native land, the USA. I love it and it hurts me personally when people criticize it, even as I may agree with them intellectually. For me, I think of my interesting, liberal childhood, the gorgeous and diverse nature of the land itself, its film, its music, its ingenuity in all things, and my heart fills with nostalgia, pride, and gratefulness. Even as I have lived abroad in tough times – the Reagan/Thatcher reign, the GATT Talks 1994, Bush Jr's reign, to name a few – I have always been proud to be American 'cause I believe there's a certain 'energy' to us, both good and bad. But now, to see my beloved country so divided within itself, and so alienated from the rest of the world, truly breaks my heart and makes me feel ashamed of what it happening there.
The intolerance and loathing from both sides of the aisle – the fact that there ARE just two choices in American politics – is shockingly fierce and illiberal. To observe cynical, self-serving politicians capitalize on the American people's personal fears and anxieties, encouraging tribalism, so that the people will be too busy infighting and creating scapegoats, that they will not notice what is happening to their land and their laws, is starkly shocking and sad. It's as though all the goodness of the USA – its receptivity to new ideas, its consequent ingenuity, its warmth, its diverse and gorgeous cities, natural landscapes and wildlife – are succumbing entirely to its underside – blind ambition, greed, racism, anger, violence, and ignorance. My defense of my native land in conversation here usually goes along the lines of explaining the context for the current situation (the electoral college, the Southern Strategy, Super PACs, Fox News, and an effective smear campaign against Socialism as "commie" interests, the vast swaths of land effecting perspectives), but this falls deaf on European ears. Ironically, they seem to believe MORE in the idea of personal responsibility for one's destiny socially and politically than Americans generally do, even as we are professed individualists. Even so, they will politely listen to my contextual explanations if the wine keeps flowing, then they predict that it's simply a repetition of historical dominance of given countries, the fall of the Roman Empire, so to speak, and if there is any fear here, it's that it will effect the world order 'cause there will be no one to lead in global policies that monitor corruption, extortion, human rights infringements, and the need for clean energy. Lamentably, the USA and its leaders cannot be quarantined.
For the first time in history, Europeans know what a midterm election in the USA is and are paying attention. I'm pensive and worried today 'cause I really don't know what tomorrow's vote will bring. I'm skeptical that despite all the noise, voters will NOT turn out in the droves that they need to in order to offset the gerrymandering and voter repression. I worry Trump, enabled by sociopathic ideologues like Pence, McConnell, and Ryan, will declare the results – IF they indicate congress will have a Democratic majority – as false and refuse to adhere to the vote of the citizens. My Danish husband says, "That's impossible! That would be breaking the law, no?" I don't know what to say to that. A president who has been accused of sexual harassment repeatedly, found fraudulent in his financial declarations and business endeavors, who has never revealed his tax returns publicly, who has been 'caught' telling as many as 200 lies in a single week publicly, whose administration has altered law and protocol to put two justices on the Supreme Court and push through over 50 more judges on the lower courts, and who has turned back clean air and clean water protections, food protections, and undermined national parks borders, caged children in privately profiting detention centers that refuse elected officials entry into them, and now has used the US military as an election gimmick to capitalize on his bases' fears and racism (ostensibly declaring martial law)…well, it's not inconceivable that he and the sitting GOP's will just refuse to budge, no? What will the world do then? Perhaps it will be just the excuse to invade and topple this regime. But who could do it? China, Russia and Saudi Arabia have, together, the military might to take on the USA, but why would they do that when they have so much invested in the country? Alas…
Despite my worry and misgivings, I will try to believe that America will re assert itself as a land of hope for all. As the Marquis de Lafayette wrote about the USA after the French helped the Americans to overthrow the tyranny of the English: "Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."
Filed under: From the Soap Box | Tags: Baby Balloon, Belgium, England, Finland, Global, international, London, Matrix, protests, Putin, Trump
Okay, granted I've spent the last hour-and-a-half on Twitter so I have a grim perspective as I write this at 90 words per minute. After midnight no less. However, as I have now read several gushing tweets by Americans thanking the English for their massive "support" of the USA due the anti-Trump protest in Central London (prompted by Trump's state visit), I have several questions:
Doesn't thanking the English for practicing civic action against a global pariah seem to lack a sense of irony? I mean, isn't this kind of narcissism (lite) part of what bred the climate that allowed Trump to get into the White House in the first place? Did the English protest out of a sense of empathy for the plight of America and half of its citizens or because he is damaging global principles and alliances developed over the last century in order to avert war? Could they have protested because Trump and his administration pose a global threat to their own survival? Or, perhaps they protested 'cause America influences culture, economics, values and practices everywhere, and they don't want this US administration's practices of bigotry, racism, xenophobia and avarice spreading?
I mean, if one considers all the pieces of Trump's actions, such as cozying up with the likes of Duterte, Putin, Kim Jong-un (and implicitly supporting Assad) while being disrespectful of Merkel or May, pulling the USA out of the Paris Agreement, denigrating NATO, denigrating women, imposing trade tariffs on US imports, threatening trade deals, banning citizens of seven countries, and undermining journalism, don't all these things have an impact on the rest of the world? Of course it does, or there wouldn't have been the massive protest in London. That said, why didn't the Belgians protest a few days ago? Though there was the World Cup…but then, are the Finnish protesting, too? Let us hope so, particularly as it's where Trump is meeting Putin. Though they have repeatedly been occupied by Russia throughout history, even threatened by Russia if they joined NATO, so they may be worried about making Putin angry…in which case, England certainly did represent Europe's general view that Trump is a numpty.
I'm not raising these questions because I believe there isn't empathy by many abroad for the citizens of the USA who are truly suffering due to the destructive nature of Trump and his administration. Nor do I deny that it's encouraging for many good Americans* to see their own opinions and feelings echoed by those seemingly outside of the situation (very important in this age of 'gas lighting'). I write this because I wonder if it isn't more productive to view Trump in the context of the implications of his behavior and his actions for everyone everywhere. Come to think of it, wouldn't it be more beneficial if we all started viewing political, social and economic actions throughout the globe outside the boundaries of our own personal, cultural, or geographical perspective and began, instead, to see the connections, connect-the-dots style? Or at least try to. Isn't context important? Isn't it the basis of reasonable assessment of any situation? Particularly given the growing 'interconnectedness' of the world's populace…
*Addendum: I lived in London for 13 years. Until Brexit, I considered it my adopted home and have been grateful to the city that educated me formally and personally. Now, I have lived away from the USA for 20 years continuously. However, I have never been so saddened or embarrassed (to this degree) by America till now, and the protest in London does give one a sense of affirmation, all the more important 'cause it's a noble and respected city. And I do hope that there is a massive protest in Paris against Trump's planned visit in November…this, too, would mean a lot both to thoughtful Americans and it would go a long way, too, to saying "no" to all that Trump personifies…
Filed under: From the Soap Box | Tags: Climate, collectivism, France, Macron, Politics, Trump, USA
Dear V,
OMG the Orange Man is reversing the time space continuum. We will soon be conducting inquiries and the stake burning and impaling is on the melting horizon.
I suppose I always knew this was coming, as we are seriously stupid here. We are a nation of dummies. And weak. I had a period of sobriety and ran a 10k, but then I turned on MSNBC and listened to Maddow and grew distraught. At least Macron shamed him. They won't discuss it here, but it was plain to see.
If those Catholic ass fucks overturn Roe v. Wade I will know it is time to go.
I think I will build a deck and a redwood hot tub to grow old in with my pot in the meantime.
Dear M,
Don't despair. Get active and fight it. Vote. If for no other reason than to stand up and be counted – to show that there are good Americans that are not going to normalize this horrid regime.
All nations are full of 'dummies.' The Italian Renaissance was, like, four men, no? The rest of the population was shitting, eating and fornicating – surviving, not thriving. All great movements/thoughts are never the majority. Most people are concerned with their own small lives/perspective. That's why fascists get rid of artists, teachers, etc., first. In general, the French hate Macron, btw. They are not informed about the changes he's proposing, but they see him as a "banker" who is only interested in helping the rich. They spout off about communism, socialism, the collective, but they're only concerned with themselves, not the overall health of the country – the worst kind of individualists. I fear that in a few years they'll vote the National Front in, so…I worry about the future for my son. He's only seven and with the calamity about to happen/happening – war, refugees, climactic devastation, nationalism, xenophobia, income inequality to the point of feudal systems, destruction of public education and consequent opportunity, compromised universal healthcare – what will his future be like? I'd thought to purchase a nice piece of land somewhere near a water supply, maybe in Scandinavia, and just have it for him in case he needs a place to literally camp and grow his own food, but who knows if that land will remain/be ours/his in the future? Perhaps international law will be struck in future years? I.e., you own it now and have protections, but perhaps they're scrapped in the future? (Trump's working hard on destroying alliances that ensure citizen's rights uniformly throughout the world!). And then the land will be taken by some despot…horrible prospects.
Did you ever read Lewis's "It Can't Happen Here"? It's amazingly prescient and terrifying, but also, oddly, assuring that there are writers and observers such as this who wrote about what they were seeing, the true threats to humanity, in the 1930's onward, if only we would listen…these people give one hope, I think…if for no other reason than the assurance that you are not alone. And today, the fact that there are nurses, lawyers (like you!), and observers who are going to the US border to help these poor children and their families if they can, if only to bear witness, is hopeful…
By-the-way, these people trying to strip Roe v Wade, environmental law, civil protections for natives and immigrants in the USA, are not Catholic! They're evangelicals. The Catholic Church – namely Pope Frances – has disavowed them as truly Christian or religious.
Take heart. Look for the voices and stories and people who are fighting the good fight "under the shadow of the wings of war." Get active in your community. Model the life you want to live/want others to live. If you need focus, I think the most worrying concern is the environment these days–if that goes 'tits up', there will be a whole shit storm that will make Trump look like child's play…
Filed under: From the Soap Box | Tags: Children, Education, France, Macron, Provincial, Trump, USA, Xenophobe, Xenophobia
Yet another way France and America are historically connected…
Ironic, however, how few of the French I meet everyday understand this affinity. The French (in general) view the English and the Americans as "the same thing" (the next one who says this to me directly will get the question as to whether they regard themselves to be the 'same' as the Swiss-French, given that they speak the same language, which they will most emphatically deny).
What's worse, is that an anti "Anglais" is spreading throughout France. For example, the little French boy that is my son's dear friend, told him the other day at school that he "hates the English." My son's response was to say that he isn't English, he's American. The boy responded, "They're the same thing." This did not stop the boy later that day and the next morning from coming to ours hoping to play with my son. I understand it's the influence of the grandma – she's a provincial person – but one sees how quickly the kids pick up these ignorant statements, even as they don't understand what it means (much like those who propagate these types of ideas). I joined a field trip with my son's class the other week, too, and a teacher had a 'go' at me for speaking English with a group of little boys (who are Swedish, Danish, English, and American) when it is a French speaking school. I gently admonished her not to be so parochial, that the children speak two or three languages and easily switch between them depending on their audience – "what a gift! So international!" Later, I heard her gossiping about me to a few of the other teachers, which I chose to ignore.
It also irritates me that the local, everyday French (in general) loathe Macron. Don't get me started on their flawed "logic" when they 'explain' why he's so "terrible." They also refuse to answer my question as to whether they prefer the Front National – and I do ask. Their lack of a response is an implicit response. These people remind me of Trumpsters in the USA with their bandwagon statements, hypocrisy, misinformation, and incomplete information/ideology.
It makes me so sad how the general populace of any place is ignorant of context, history, theory…so limited in critical and logical thinking and reasoning…and so naturally disposed to tribalism (lending itself to xenophobia) and aggression…
Filed under: From the Soap Box | Tags: bears, ecology, Elephants, fossil fuels, Lake Michigan, lions, oil, South Dakota, wildlife, wolves
The manifestation of all of the rotten elements of US society that have been growing over the last 50 or so years is terribly overwhelming and heart-wrenching.
The FCC ruling today is a big blow to its last semblance of democracy (and its cut to subsidies for the poor to have internet access is simply mean). The looming tax cuts for the very wealthy, including write-offs for private jets and other corporate expenditures, as well as inheritance tax avoidance is blatant avarice. Meanwhile, teachers, fire fighters, police officers lose itemized deductions, and the opportunity to own a home, put their children through university, and to receive healthcare without a lifetime of debt. The hypocrisy of the Trump regime regarding sexual assault is sickening, as is the public's preoccupation with it in the face of the larger atrocities being committed daily by this administration while the public's attention is averted. Those who are excessively wealthy and who run the government must be laughing at the stupidity of ordinary people. In a complex and insidious way, we are all complicit in what has happened.
However, all of the aforementioned doesn't matter in the long-run if there are no more forests, or natural lands, or safe drinking water, or the air can't be safely breathed. Nor does any of it matter when wildlife has been eradicated. The Trump regime had already lifted a ban on the hunting of wolves and bears (and their young), made deals with oil companies to build pipelines & drill for oil in protected territories to undermine the welfare of our planet, its animals and ourselves. Only today a pipeline spilled hundreds of thousands of oil in South Dakota and a steel corporation was discovered dumping tons of toxins into Lake Michigan.
And if this wasn't enough, the Trump regime reversed legislation that protected elephants and lions in Africa. Today, the wealthy donors to this administration received some 'payback' because they can now 'hunt' down these animals and bring "trophies" in the form of their body parts back to the US in order to display and, ostensibly, impress guests (?!). Let that sink in – the body parts of a lion or an elephant as a 'trophy' to be mounted somewhere in their house. Imagine how these elephant's babies will feel when some soul-less white man fells their mother or father or brother or sister. They will suffer fear and loss. They will grieve. They are sympathetic, smart, wise, and loving creatures that are family-oriented. They mourn for those members who die, and they remember them long after they are shot, dismembered, and carried back on an airplane by a savage.
***Addendum: Trump says the elephant ban is "on hold." Outrage, thank goodness, must have been enough. However, this administration will 'slip it in' when no one's looking, so to speak. Also, this still leaves the issue of lions as trophies & wolves being hunted down in their dens…
Filed under: From the Soap Box | Tags: Art, cinema, Culture, feminism, Film, French cinema, history, La Cinemateque Francais, misogyny, Roman Polanski, Sexism
It makes me frustrated and sad that feminist groups are protesting this retrospective of Roman Polanski's work at La Cinémathèque Française in Paris. The exhibit is not about the man and allegations of sexual misconduct against him – it is about his filmmaking, and his films are masterpieces.
As an aside, for those interested in hearing details about his 1973 rape conviction in Los Angeles, the then-girl that Polanski raped supported a 2008 documentary that claimed there was judicial misconduct in the case, which may inform one's opinion of the situation.
I am NOT defending assault or sexual harassment or sexual predators. I worked in Hollywood for ten years, and am not naive to the innuendos and injustices against women behind closed doors AND on the screen. It bothers me tremendously that I have to insert that disclaimer from the 'get go' in the hope of being listened to and not judged as a sexist or "traitor" myself. But sexism and misogyny exist in all fields and are insidious elements in every society. What I AM condemning is what seems to be a fevered frenzy at the moment. I AM condemning the lack of judiciousness on the part of the public. Allegations are 'coming out of the woodwork' about claims of hands on knees, or "inappropriate suggestions," or implicit expectations, or "gropes," from a variety of sources, which, in my opinion, undermines actual rape, assault, and battery and adds to a cacophony that is no longer really listened to, becoming, instead, part of an over-information storm akin to the environment depicted in A Brave New World. Why aren't people being more critical about the recent barrage of sexual misconduct claims against celebrities and public figures? Why aren't people considering the details, such as source, context, the current social climate (desire for celebrity status, however short lived, an age of "alternative facts" and moral perceptions entering popular "knowledge" and worse, politics, rising populism in the face of fear and a general sense of powerlessness, etc.).
Why aren't we looking to the elements that create sexism and misogyny in the first place? I won't even get into philosophical ruminations on the role of woman as "other" in society, but suggest concrete considerations: perhaps start with inequality in reproductive care, such as easy access to birth control or a safe abortion? Or inadequate financial help for single mothers? Or inequality in pay for the same work between men and women, as well as unequal opportunities to enter certain fields? Or inadequate practical support and protection for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault? Or inadequate representation of women in politics, which, perhaps, comes down to inequality in campaign financing? Or inadequate protection for women during divorce, especially from powerful or abusive husbands? Why are we, instead, focusing on the language we use, and exhibits of artwork, and 'crimes' based on hearsay propagated by social media platforms whose only interest is in identifying and categorizing the parameters of our consumer behavior?
If we protest the work of a great filmmaker based on his personal life – the details of which have not been proven without a doubt in a court of law anywhere in the world (prompting the question as to whether there is real respect for the law), then soon, we'll be pulling books from male authors that discuss a woman's body in a sexual light, of which there are many. And films that objectify women, of which there are many. And if we begin going down that road, we must eliminate classic film and literature that perpetuates stereotypes about women, men, Germans, Russians, Blacks, Jews, Mexicans, the French, the Spanish, Arabs, or the Chinese. Why not watch them, read them, study and discuss them? Deconstruct and consider the context they were created in, and by whom, and the opinions and emotions they inspire in us now and ask "why" frequently. If we start censoring art and expression – which is what this is – then we will soon have a dull, moralistic, constrained society with little imagination motivated absolutely by fear and anger and, likely, suppressed violence. And meanwhile, there will be no difference in the real and practical source of inequality for women, which is, in my opinion, economic and representative inequality. We will have undermined it all in a great, drowning, cacophony without clarity of focus.
Personally, I would not want to live in a society such as this. In what I perceive to be a very worrying time politically, socially, and environmentally, I derive strength from film and literature of the past and present – their excellence gives me hope for and in humanity. And, critically speaking, Polanski's canon of work is an example of the finest filmmaking.


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