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Police will be held more accountable under new N.J. reforms
Updated Dec 05, 2019; Posted Dec 05, 2019
12.04.2019 Newark, NJ - Law Enforcement Policy Changes Presser
By S.P. Sullivan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Blake Nelson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
After decades of lax oversight, New Jersey's top law enforcement officials are looking to set new standards for police accountability in the Garden State.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced on Wednesday a series of rule changes for how police and prosecutors do business, from how they track use of force to how internal affairs probes are handled.
The reforms follow a series of news media investigations revealing troubling blind spots in New Jersey's oversight of law enforcement as well as high-profile prosecutions of cops accused of beating and robbing suspects around the state.
Flanked by more than 20 police chiefs, county prosecutors and other law enforcement officials, Grewal said the five directives and three letters to police leaders released Wednesday amounted to "the most significant restructuring of policing practices, certainly during my tenure as attorney general, and perhaps in the history of the office."
They include a new public database of police use of force rates, increased public access to videos of violent encounters and more robust internal affairs requirements, among other changes. The attorney general also directed county prosecutors, whom he oversees, to develop clear policies for the timely disclosure of evidence to criminal defendants, including information about cops with credibility problems.
The attorney general said the vast majority of New Jersey's more than 36,000 police officers do their jobs honorably and that some of the reforms, including reinvestment in the state Police Training Commission, were intended to help them perform even better.
"We are devoting all these resources today, and all these guidelines, to find that one bad apple," he said. "And also, importantly, to prevent someone from becoming that next bad apple, by investing in training on the front end."
State authorities dubbed the package of reforms the "Excellence in Policing" initiative.
Richard Rivera, a former West New York police officer who has examined use of force and internal affairs policies at departments around the state, lauded the announced reforms. But he said New Jersey has been behind the curve amid a national movement toward policing reform and has acted only when problems bubble to the surface.
"New Jersey is usually the last to offer anything progressive," he said, pointing out that the state was slow to adopt Tasers, has few civilian oversight boards and is one of the few states in the U.S. that does not require licensing for police.
Rev. Charles Boyer, whose group Salvation and Social Justice held a series of public hearings on police use of force around the state this year, also praised the reforms. At his public hearings, residents in minority-majority cities like Newark, Paterson, Pleasantville and Burlington complained of over-policing and excessive force.
"There wasn't this strong 'F the police' sentiment," he said. "Obviously there was tension, there was anger, I don't want to underplay that. But it was far more, 'How are people being made accountable? How do we get justice?"
Boyer said his group supported the attorney general's overhaul but would continue to push for legislation to address issues such as community oversight boards and body cameras, noting that unlike laws, attorney general directives can easily be repealed.
"When there's a new sheriff in town it can be very, very different," he said.
NEW USE OF FORCE PORTAL
When a police officer in Millville was using force against suspects during arrests at a rate higher than any other cop in New Jersey, nobody knew, because authorities weren't keeping track.
That officer, Joseph Dixon, pleaded guilty last month to assaulting two women during separate arrests. His use of force record was flagged in The Force Report, an NJ Advance Media investigation that found major disparities in how police officers use force and who they use it against, as well as paltry oversight and no standard reporting practices.
The investigation included a statewide database of every reported instance of police use of force, which the news organization built by compiling and analyzing more than 70,000 pages of forms collected from more than 500 individual police departments.
After its publication, state authorities acknowledged an historic failure by the state to track police use of force and pledged to make their own database.
Grewal announced Wednesday that six towns – Bridgeton, Dover, Linden, Millville, Paterson, and South Brunswick – will report uses of force directly to the attorney general using a secure online portal as part of a pilot program before the state requires all departments to use the electronic reporting system.
In an interview, Grewal said the six towns were selected because they represented a "cross-section" of New Jersey's different police departments. The list also includes "departments that, frankly, have had issues," Grewal said.
Seven of Paterson's police officers have been charged so far in an FBI corruption probe that found officers used excessive force, were shaking down suspects for money and other wrongdoing. Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said Wednesday that the "trust of the community we serve is vital to our effectiveness.
"This new electronic reporting system—like the other initiatives being announced—will help us strengthen that trust."
Jody Farabella, the police chief in Millville, where Dixon was charged with assaulting suspects, declined to comment on his former officer, but said he hoped the pilot program would make force reporting more consistent statewide.
"I'm all for it," he said.
The attorney general said Wednesday that his office was also convening a panel to rewrite the state's use of force policy, which has not been updated in nearly two decades.
PROSECUTORS MUST PONY UP EVIDENCE
Across the Hudson River in New York, "bad cop" lists maintained by local district attorneys offices have drawn scrutiny from the media, and some of those lists have been made public.
Here in New Jersey, an Asbury Park Press investigation found county prosecutors across the state had a patchwork of policies for disclosing the wrongdoing of police officers to the people they arrest.
In response, Grewal on Wednesday ordered all county prosecutors to "establish policies and procedures" for disclosing exculpatory evidence to defendants, including cops with credibility problems.
But the AG's directive only requires the counties to develop a policy, and Grewal said "how they track this is up to them." The attorney general added that he believes "lists are not the best tool" to disclose potential credibility issues for state witnesses to judges and defense attorneys because they lack the necessary context.
POLICE SHOOTINGS, INTERNAL AFFAIRS PROBES
A pair of directives signed by the attorney general Wednesday will revamp how authorities probe police shootings and set standards for internal affairs investigations.
Many of the changes were done in compliance with a bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this year, over Grewal's objections, that put his office in charge of all fatal shootings.
The "independent prosecutor directive" outlines a 10-step process for investigating police shootings and deaths in custody and requires the release of video evidence in most violent encounters within 20 days if requested by the media or members of the public.
The internal affairs directive requires a standardized citizen complaint form in several languages that police departments must make readily available and a stricter 45-day timeline for most internal affairs inquiries.
It also requires county prosecutors to more closely watch the internal affairs functions of local police departments, including "random reviews" and investigating patterns of bad behavior at specific departments.
The internal affairs directive also allows police departments to share information about officers with checkered pasts if those officers seek employment at another department, and creates a mechanism to share similar information with civilian review boards.
EARLY WARNING, OR EARLY INTERVENTION?
Grewal said he would overhaul the system meant to track potentially problematic cops.
Last year, he mandated that all police department establish an "early warning system." An officer was flagged if they were regularly absent or accused of domestic violence, among other behavior. But cops who frequently used force against suspects weren't automatically reviewed, an omission criticized by experts.
Many cops also viewed being flagged as punishment, Grewal said, even though the system was meant to head off issues before they became serious problems.
Thomas Eicher, the head of Grewal's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, said the goal was to flag and fix behavior long before it become a major problem.
"The effort to move from an early warning 'gotcha' system to an early intervention 'help you' system is so vital," Eicher said.
Grewal said a proposal for a new system would be ready in a year.
POLICE TRAINING OVERHAUL
Every school that trains officers in New Jersey is overseen by the state's Police Training Commission.
Yet only six people work for that group. That's hardly enough to keep up with paperwork, according to Grewal's office, much less effectively monitor training.
In the short term, Grewal said members of his staff will help the commission, likely five to ten people. He pledged to ask lawmakers for more money, although he said he didn't currently have a specific dollar amount.
He also promised to publicly release two reports the commission will create next year, including one that will consider licensing officers.
"New Jersey licenses the practitioners of many different professions, from accountants to veterinarians and cosmetologists to plumbers," Grewal acknowledged in a letter to the commission released Wednesday.
"Yet we are one of only a handful of states that do not license the police officers we authorize to carry weapons and deploy deadly force."
The letter asks the commission "to prepare a report on the pros and cons of licensure."
MUNICIPAL PROSECUTORS UNDER SCRUTINY
Grewal's office also flagged a troubling lack of oversight for municipal prosecutors in the state.
You face a municipal prosecutor if you're in court for driving under the influence, "disorderly conduct" or other low-level offenses, but officials currently don't track who they are. Municipal prosecutors are also not bound by the same ethics rules that guide county prosecutors.
Grewal ordered his office to begin registering municipal prosecutors, as a first step to developing more rules on what they're allowed to do.
"Certainly, a baseline code of ethics needs to exist," Grewal said.
The change comes on the heels of a troubling report released last year by the state judiciary, which found that some towns abused the law to squeeze money out of poor residents. Another report from the city of Linden recently found that a state senator often failed to show up for court when he worked as a municipal prosecutor.
Grewal declined to comment on that specific case.
CORRUPTION OFFICE CODIFIED
A corruption office created just over a year ago to root out bad cops and crooked officials was reorganized, although much of the staff remains the same.
The Office of Public Integrity and Accountability will continue to oversee police shooting investigations, which are no longer handled by local prosecutors. It also reviews potentially wrongful convictions, cold cases and civil rights violations. Investigators from that office were the ones to look into former Millville Officer Joseph Dixon.
Grewal said investigations into other cops who frequently used force were still underway, but he declined to say how many, or how far along they were.
The office will still be led by Eicher, the former head of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark.
S.P. Sullivan may be reached at ssullivan@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
Blake Nelson can be reached at bnelson@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BCunninghamN.


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Charlotte Vere selected for Brighton Pavilion
I have just heard that Charlotte Vere has been selected from the field of six at tonight's Open Primary meeting to fight Brighton Pavilion at the general election.
According to her biography on the Brighton Conservatives' website:
"Charlotte is a successful social entrepreneur and businesswoman. As CEO of Big White Wall, she led a team which developed therapy for depression using the internet. Big White Wall won the 2009 Guardian Award for Innovation in Community Engagement. Charlotte is a key campaigner for Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative candidate in Richmond Park, and she has a passion for the environment. She is married with two children.If selected, Charlotte will ensure that Brighton remains a wonderful place to live for all, by seeking a fair balance between the needs of residents and the demands of visitors. She has pledged to act as local champion for all businesses including conferencing and hospitality, tourism and retail."
Thursday update: The Brighton Argus reports that after the first four candidates were eliminated there had to be two final ballots after the first brought a dead heat between Charlotte Vere and Mary Weale. And the BBC have a short video clip of Charlotte after her victory.
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Colby Mehmen will make his marathon debut at Sunday's BMW Dallas Marathon. He hopes to earn an Olympic trials qualifying standard and capture his hometown marathon title in the process.
"I think they go hand in hand," Mehmen said of needing a sub-2-hour, 19-minute finish. "I'm probably going to have to hit the standard to win it."
Mehmen, 24, has spent the last five months living and working in Boulder, Colo., training at altitude to put himself in position to contend. He's been living in his camper van and working at the Boulder Running Co. He considers two-time defending champion Keith Pierce the favorite.
"He has so much experience," Mehmen said. "He's the seasoned veteran. Speed doesn't always translate into the marathon. I might have it in the shorter races, but the marathon is a whole different game."
Pierce would love a three-peat, something he accomplished at The Cowtown in 2007-09, but he's also a realist. This is career marathon No. 20, and he turns 39 in April.
"Nothing can replace the feeling of winning," Pierce said. "But I know there are a lot of young guys. If I could go out and be in the top five, I would be really happy. Qualifying for the trials and things like that are behind me."
This year, Pierce said his training has been spotty. He has poured more time and energy into his McKinney Boyd cross country and track programs, leaving less time for his own training. Both his boys and girls teams qualified for the regional meet, and three individuals advanced to state.
"It was a good season," said Pierce, who also teaches classes at Boyd. "That probably took away from my own training, but I'm looking forward to building a program. That requires more energy."
So does being a dad to soon-to-be 8-year-old triplets.
As Pierce contemplates winding down his competitive career, Mehmen, one of the founders of the local training group Nomad Running, is ramping his up. He's dreamed about racing the Dallas Marathon ever since he watched it on television as a 9- or 10-year-old, he said.
"I thought, man, it would be really cool one day to go and win that," he said. "I ran my first half with my dad when I was 11 years old. I have slowly progressed and always wanted to win it."
Mehmen grew up in Princeton, Texas, and began running Plano Pacers races as a 9-year-old. He qualified for the state cross country meet twice while running at Princeton High. At Stephen F. Austin, he was an NCAA regional qualifier in the 10K on the track.
Speed has propelled Mehmen in his shorter-distance efforts. He learned quickly that marathon training is "a totally different sport." He bumped up his weekly mileage to as high as 130 miles. He averaged 115 miles a week at altitude during this training block. He also focused on lifting weights, consuming 5,000 calories and sleeping 10 hours as part of his daily regime.
"It's really hard to balance everything with work, food and training," he said. "But if you don't balance it, you notice it immediately the next day. You have to learn to have good balance in your life."
Mehmen plans to latch on to some half marathoners and hopefully get a bit a protection from the wind before the half marathoners split off.
"I'm going to go out hard and hang on," he said. "I know it's a long race, but I'm used to racing out in front. That's my race plan."
The chilly forecast won't deter him. Mehmen's time in Colorado has helped him acclimate to the cold, windy conditions expected on Sunday.
"It's been close to single digits in Colorado," Mehmen said. "I hear there's going to be a 20-degree wind chill. I'm training in that every day so I should be prepared for race day."
When: Today: 10K at 8:30 a.m.; 5K at 8:45 a.m.; 2-mile walk at 9 a.m.; kids races at 10 a.m. Sunday: full, half and ultra marathon and marathon relay at 8:30 a.m.
Where: Dallas City Hall Plaza, downtown Dallas.
TV: Prerace coverage Sunday, 8-9 a.m., Ch. 8.
Forecast: Today will be in the low 40s with rain and strong winds making it feel like the mid-30s. Sunday will be in the low 40s and dry with a wind chill in the low 30s.
Marathon course records: Men: 2:12:04, Moses Kororia, 2006. Women: 2:29:55, Svetlana Ponomarenko, 2006.
Half marathon course records: Men: 1:02:58, Valenite Orare, 2006. Women: 1:11:32, Olara Nuta, 2008.
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Complex flows of cold gas are shedding light on stellar nurseries
Astronomers have observed flows of cold gas feeding the formation of stars in a multiple-protostar system
Flows of cold gas falling onto two of three protostars in a stellar nursery about 450 light years away have been spotted by RIKEN astronomers1. This discovery provides valuable insights into how stars form in these nurseries.
Stars often have several siblings, being birthed in clouds of dust and gas that cradle multiple protostars. Such multiple-protostellar systems hold a special fascination for Nadia Murillo Mejias of the RIKEN Star and Planet Formation Laboratory. "Multiple stars are responsible for some of the most interesting phenomena in the Universe—everything from binary black holes to mergers that cause gravitational waves to cataclysmic variable stars," she says.
But despite their importance, there is still much we don't know about multiple-protostellar systems. For example, it is unclear whether gas from the cloud flows fairly evenly onto developing protostars or whether some receive much more than others. This question is important since an uneven distribution of material would influence the evolution of multiple-protostellar systems.
Now, Murillo Mejias and co-workers have found strong evidence that the gas flows unevenly onto protostars in such systems. Specifically, they discovered that cold gas—just 10 to 30 degrees Celsius above absolute zero—is flowing onto a pair of protostars in the three-protostar system but not onto the third one.
Figure 1: An artist's impression of the birth a new star, depicting a swirling cloud of interstellar dust and gas falling into a protostar. RIKEN astronomers have observed flows of cold gas feeding a pair of developing protostars in a three-protostar system. © JULIAN BAUM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Despite the protostellar system having been extensively studied in the past, this was the first time that such gas flows have been observed. "It was really interesting to see these extended structures of cold gas," remarks Murillo Mejias. "I mean their size is incredible; they're just these giant bridges of material."
The team was able to observe them because they looked over a wider range of frequency bands than previously. But there was still an element of serendipity involved in the discovery. "The bandwidth we observed at included the spectral lines of two key molecules in the structures," explains Murillo Mejias. "And so it was a bit out of luck that we got to see them."
The elongated gas flows exhibited intriguing, onion-like structures. "We observed the gas flows for several molecules, and it turns out they're not tracing the exact same structure—they're offset from each other, like rings in an onion," says Murillo Mejias. The team isn't sure what's giving rise to this internal structure. "It's really interesting. It could be a chemical effect or something else," she says. "I think it's opening another door to find out what's happening there."
The team is now performing more observations on the multiple-protostellar system on a larger scale and they want to see if other systems have similar gas flows.
Nadia M. Murillo Mejias and her co-workers have observed a cold flow of gas onto a pair of protostars in a three-protostar system. © 2023 RIKEN
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Planet formation may start earlier than previously thought
Early protostar already has a warped disk
1. Murillo, N. M., van Dishoeck, E. F., Hacar, A., Harsono, D. & Jørgensen, J. K. A cold accretion flow onto one component of a multiple protostellar system. Astronomy and Astrophysics 658 A53 (2022). doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141250
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In 1991 archeological excavations unearthed artifacts establishing Snake Warrior's Island as the site of the home of Chief Chitto Tustenugee, or "Snake Warrior," and his tribe, who inhabited the area in the early 1800s. In December 1991, upon learning of its likely sale to residential developers, The Trust for Public Land acted quickly to negotiate an option to purchase the property and later transfered ownership to the state. In 2004, Broward County opened Snake Warrior's Island as a natural area and visitors can tour the sensitive wetlands via a walkway and fish in the lake as the Seminoles did hundreds of years ago.
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Q: Automatically adjust size of NSTableView I have an NSTableView, which should resize it's frame when a row is added.
I would make 2 properties, maxHeight and minHeight, and if any rows are being added or removed, I would resize the table view to fit it's content, if it doesn't cross the limit.
Like the Safari Download Panel (10.7 or later).
Has anyone an idea how to do this?
I would want to handle this in a subclass. So no messing with the resizing in the delegate class.
I would at least need to know which method is being called when the table view is being reloaded. reloadTable only invokes the real reloading method, so no success there.

A: I did something similar a while back and I did it on the controller, not on a subclass (sorry if it's not what you're looking for). Basically I wrote a method that computed the height of the tableview by adding the height of all the rows. And every time I added or removed a row from the table I'd call that method. Here is something to get you started:
- (void)adjustTableSize
{
    NSInteger minHeight = ...
    NSInteger maxHeight = ...

    NSInteger tViewHeight = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < [tableView numberOfRows]; i++) {
        NSView* v = [tableView viewAtColumn: 0 row: i makeIfNecessary: YES]; // Note that this is for view-based tableviews
        tViewHeight += v.frame.size.height;
    }

    NSInteger result = MIN(MAX(tViewHeight, minHeight), maxHeight);

    // Do something with result here
}

If you really want it on a subclass it should possible, but it might be a pain to work out how...
EDIT:
If you don't mind working with undocummented APIs, here's a simpler version:
- (void)adjustTableSize
{
    NSInteger minHeight = ...
    NSInteger maxHeight = ...
    NSInteger result = MIN(MAX([tableView _minimumFrameSize].height, minHeight), maxHeight);

    // Do something with result here
}

Since this is undocummented I can't promise it'll work, but from my testing so far it does. And it might be faster than creating views just to get their height, specially if you have lots of rows.

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In the past few days, social media has erupted in criticism for famous sneaker and shortwear company Nike.
The reason: the American national anthem.
This week, Nike announced that the new face of its latest ad campaign is none other than Colin Kaepernick, the football player who became a celebrity activist after kneeling for the nationl anthem to protest police brutality and systemic racism in the American justice system.
Conservatives in the United States conflate the national anthem with patriotism itself. Indeed, the anthem and flag are fetish objects for the disciples of Donald Trump.
So in response to Nike's announcement, many took to social media to express their disdain to the brand and call for a boycott. Many even burned their Nike products in protest."
Trump today weighed in on Nike's decision. On Twitter, he claimed that Nike is getting "absolutely killed with anger and boycotts.
Well today, Nike released the full television advertisement featuring Kaepernick and dozens of other athletes.
The video highlights some of the greatest athletes of all time, many of whom, including Serena Williams and LeBron James, are people of colour.
The ad is a genius business move. Nike knew that Kaepernick would provoke both intense support and opposition. Both camps would express their perspectives on social media, resulting in massive publicity for the company.
The ad is hardly a demostration of disrespect for American values, as haters have suggested. Instead, it celebrates one of the greatest advents of the American republic: free speech.


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Nicolás Maduro: Corruption and Chaos in Venezuela
The former regime of Nicolás Maduro has consistently violated and abused the human rights and dignity of the country's citizens, plundered its natural resources, and driven a once-prosperous nation into economic ruin with Maduro's authoritarian rule and ruinous economic policies.
Maduro's thugs have reportedly engaged in killings and physical abuse, detained political opponents, and severely interfered with the exercise of freedom of expression, all in a brutal effort to retain power.
MADURO'S CORRUPTION & INCOMPETENCE:
On July 25, 2019, the United States sanctioned Maduro's three stepsons (Walter, Yosser, and Yoswal Flores), and seven other individuals, as well as 13 entities, involved in a complex network of bribery and money laundering that has been stealing from the people of Venezuela through a for-fee food distribution program known as the CLAP.
Maduro and his associates have been responsible for the theft and embezzlement of billions of dollars from the Venezuelan people over many years. Regime insiders have also been involved in drug smuggling, and the illicit removal of gold from the Venezuelan Central bank.
Maduro has financed himself by "cranking up the central bank printing presses. That has ballooned the supply of the national currency, the bolivar, which has lost more than 99 percent of its value since 2013 and is virtually worthless." (Bloomberg Businessweek, March 9, 2019)
The bolivar's accumulated inflation 2014-2018 was more than twenty-two million, according to the Central Bank of Venezuela. As a result of Maduro's actions, the people of Venezuela can no longer afford to live in their own country.
Similarly, Venezuela's infrastructure has begun to collapse under Maduro. For example, the electrical system has rapidly deteriorated since March, resulting in nation-wide blackouts and the increasing rationing of electricity in many states. In 2016, Maduro declared approximately 12 percent of the country to be a part of an "Orinoco Mining Arc" and awarded himself broad authorities to oversee the exploitation of resources for personal gain. Maduro ejected foreign companies from Venezuela and replaced employees with untrained workers who operate under the leadership of senior Venezuelan military officers.
VENEZUELA'S MADURO-MADE CRISIS:
Economic Decline: The International Monetary Fund estimated that the cumulative decline of the Venezuelan economy since 2013 will surpass 60 percent and is among the deepest five-year contractions the world has seen over the last half century.
Decreased Supply of Food & Medicine: By 2016 – the year before the United States sanctioned former President Maduro – food imports in the country had fallen 71 percent since 2013. Imports of medicines and medical equipment fell by 68 percent 2013-2016. (Brookings Institute/Harvard research)
Decreased Access to Food: In December 2018, only 55 percent of Venezuelans ate three meals a day. (Delphos, a Venezuelan pollster)Bread consumption in Venezuela decreased by 50 percent and in 2019, only eight ships carrying wheat arrived to Venezuela, according to the President of the Venezuelan Federation of Bakers.
Decreased Hospital Services: In November 2018, 76 percent of hospitals surveyed had deficiencies in laboratory testing, 70 percent saw lapses in radiology services, 67 percent suffered electricity shortages, and 70 percent were experiencing water shortages. (Doctors for Health)
Increased Infant Deaths: In 2016, infant deaths increased more than 30 percent while maternal deaths rose nearly 66 percent. (The former Maduro regime's Ministry of Health)
MADURO'S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES & VIOLATIONS:
The former Maduro regime reportedly engaged in widespread, arbitrary detentions, and physical abuse, as well as repression to silence dissent and enforce social controls.
Maduro has increasingly relied on the Special Action Force of the National Police (FAES) that he created in 2017 to carry out illegal raids and extrajudicial killings.
The FAES, comprised of 1,300 officers, stands accused of killing more than 100 people in low-income neighborhoods June-December 2018. (NGO Provea report of January 26, 2019)
On April 5, 2019, human rights NGO PROVEA announced the discovery of several clandestine detention centers, including three allegedly run by colectivos, police, state security forces, and intelligence agencies, where the former regime extralegally detained and abused Venezuelan citizens.
In July 2019, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concluded that Maduro's security and intelligence apparatus use widespread and arbitrary repression of civil society and the democratic opposition. For example, the July 5 UN OHCHR report noted at least 7,523 instances of extrajudicial killings.
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1) Converting internet sites censorship bodies to shield the honour of political leaders. If anybody speaks negatively of a political leader in a social-network, the social-network may be needed to eliminate the information within two days. If its just isn't eliminated, the business may be co-liable for that articles and must pay the hurt politician. To put it differently, social support systems can be long-term representative of surveillance and censorship of its own customers.
2) Deliver to prison for two years folks who just break the terms use of a website. Input in to an internet site or program and dismissed any provision of this enormous file that everybody else clicks without so much as having read: prison for you personally for a couple of years.
3) Redirect 10% of the Fistel funds, which aim to enhance the quality of telecom in Brazilian to fund law enforcement. Telecom which can be currently high-priced and of inferior in Brazilian may be worse. The funds which can be gathered to track the quality of access to the internet, telecom and additional services will be redirected to finance law enforcement. Needless to say, this financing is significant. But for the individuals have previously compensated our taxes. There isn't any need to divert vital assets with this.
4) Delegating responsibility to the national authorities for any offense committed utilizing a pc or cellular telephone. To put it differently, a boy or a woman that down-load a songs from your Net might obtain the visit of a national authorities representative. Somebody who composes some thing which is regarded defamatory or libelous against a political leader in internet sites might need to provide answers to the Government Police. To put it differently, a few million Brazilians who do these tasks daily may be tracked as well as detained by national authorities on suspicion of giving birth to perpetrated offenses by computer-use, also if they've been reduced attacking possible offenses.
5) Need Web suppliers to automatically disclose who's behind each ipaddress on the community, telling the authorities the title, association and house tackle of the individual with no need for prior judicial purchase. People try to bypass this kind of surveillance by using www.melhorvpn.com or other services which hide IPs. To put it differently, everybody else may be assumed responsible in the Brazilian Web and may be continuously tracked. If you criticized a political leader online, it's going to be possible to understand your identification and the Government Police may be called to work against you.
6) Create downright censorship online. The expenses amends the Marco Municipal, which forbids censorship, producing a fresh post that'll discover obstructing connection suppliers access to web software for customers to suppress solutions which might be regarded prohibited. To put it differently, any website may be clogged of Brazilian Web. Recall WhatsApp congestion? This WOn't be anything near to what might occur. Any program, web site or support might be obstructed and censored immediately by web suppliers and Brazilians is going to be deprived of access it with no protection, changing the lifestyles of an incredible number of individuals.
The CPI study suggesting these modifications starts with the unique of the Deputy Eduardo Cunha, the present leader of the Residence of Representatives. The CPI was chaired by Mrs Mariana Carvalho (PSDB RO) as well as the writing prepared by Mister Espiridio Amim (PP- Colorado ) and Associates Sandro A Lex (PSD PR), Rafael Motta (PSB-Registered Nurse), Daniel Coelho (PSDB- PE) and Rodrigo Martins (PSB PI).
What many unbelievable on the CPI research study of cyber crimes is how the web is observed merely like a damnable lair and much less a supply of jobs, creation, improvement, and a vital device for future years of Brazilian.
To put it differently, they have been criminalizing web and setting the community under the rigorous get a grip on of the condition. This can be precisely the same route obtained by states for example Saudi Arabic, Iran, Bulgaria, Democratic People's Republic Of Korea and Russia.
It's unlucky that Brazilian, at that moment the liberty of appearance and the Web are vital tools, have your web CPI endangered by the motivation of cyber crimes. Needless to say, offenses perpetrated on the web must be struggled. But this ought to be done respecting fundamental privileges. What we're seeing today just isn't an effort to fight computer crime, but instead an effort to command the net, that has bothered tainted politicians in Brazilian.
Should you not need the web to be censored, reveal this info and talk facing the CPI of Cyber-Crime and the eight charges it suggests to command the net. Censorship never more.


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Back in 2015, it was predicted that self-driving cars would be in circulation by this year. Companies such as Toyota and Honda had also declared in 2016 that self-driving cars would be in production by 2020. So, what changed? Apart from the current pandemic, what's stopping self-driving cars from being a thing?
Despite best efforts from leading car manufacturers, fully autonomous self-driving cars are still only in their trial phases around the world. However, eager customers can purchase vehicles that predict the need for an emergency stop, or cars such as those in the Tesla range which can drive on autopilot and keep you in your lane. Below are some of the most asked questions regarding the future of self-driving cars.
How do self-driving cars work?
The simple answer is: by utilising cameras and various sensors. The idea is that by doing this, the car can predict when a potential threat will occur and can break/adjust the steering accordingly – all while driving the car automatically with built-in navigation and computer driving technology. However, it seems that teaching AI all the rules of the road is proving more difficult than we originally thought (hence the testing stage).
What will change when self-driving cars hit the road?
With so many investors involved in self-driving technology, it's easy to assume that a lot will change on our roads once self-driving cars are released. Taxi services may become fully automated in light of Covid-19, and a lot more people with disabilities will be able to travel in a safe environment. Infrastructure might also change to allow for automated road safety for learning AI systems.
Will self-driving cars be good for the environment?
This is still argued today. Many professionals claim that self-driving cars will reduce trips and route time (especially if the infrastructure is developed). It's also thought that cars powered by AI will use less fuel, brake accordingly and drive the car in a more efficient way than humans ever could.
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Ruminations on California Marriage Equality
Rev. Meg Riley
When I came out in 1977, there was this really old lesbian couple, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyons, who had been together forever. Or so it seemed then. More than thirty years later, I'm close to their "really old" age, and they are legally married in California after 55 years together.
Sometimes justice takes a while. Del is now 87 and Phyllis is 84. And yet the interviews say that they are happy, not bitter, that after 55 years together they will have the same rights as heterosexual couples can get in Vegas after knowing each other two hours. It's that positive outlook and their love for each other that's kept them going all this time.
I wept this morning when I logged onto the computer and saw their elderly forms being joined in holy matrimony. Images like that are what we'll be promoting through UU information sources as well; happy couples together at last as legal entities. They remind me that it is love, indeed, at the heart of every longterm commitment.
People asked me after Massachusetts, and they'll ask me again now I'm sure, if my partner and I are considering marriage. My answer is probably not. Kendrick and I met in 1979, and it was pretty much love at first sight. We basically ruined each other for anyone else and assume that this is it for life. We had a commitment ceremony in 1991 at Arlington Street Church in Boston, and since we live in Minnesota it would not tangibly change our lives to go back and do it again, this time legally.
Frankly, now that I'm 'really old,' my desire for marriage equality is not particularly about romance. It's much more basic and economic. I want the federal benefits that California and Massachusetts can't offer even their own residents, much less me! Kendrick has a chronic illness. Last year she had to quit work early in the year. She earned only $3700 all year and my work supported our family. Unfortunately $3700 is $200 more than the $3500 cap by which I could claim an 'unrelated person' as a dependent on my taxes, so I could not. Nor could I deduct about $11,000 of her medical bills. It was as if I had just stood on the corner and thrown that money at a passing stranger.
Likewise, she is ineligible for SSI, the social security benefits which she could get if she were single, because I am supporting her. Yet, should I die tomorrow, she would not receive a cent of my survivor benefits because we are legally single.
The news about California will be about weddings, and celebration, and fun. That's as it should be. But as our country's economy continues to fail, same gender couples will bear an extra burden. The survival of our long term relationships are no more about tuxedos and gowns and cakes than anyone else's. I am acutely aware as I write this that I am a very privileged lesbian—I work for a place that could not be more supportive with both tangible and intangible measures, I have a graduate degree and white privilege—three things that mitigate against the economic suffering which others know from far more dire circumstances than I do. I am not meaning to whine here!
But my feelings are mixed. Even through my tears of happiness for them, I'm aware of the tangible tax, healthcare, and other benefits that Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon and other same sex couples still cannot offer to each other, even if their marriage is now legal in California. The journey ahead is still long, and Kendrick and I may be in our eighties before we know full equality. May our love and positive outlook sustain us, as it has so many others.
And, Phyllis and Del, Mazel Tov!!!!!!!
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Sat., Oct 09 6:45 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 6 (D2) Siena College
(SECHL) 3 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
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Sun., Oct 10 3:00 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 3 (D3) Albany State University 9 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
Fri., Oct 15 8:10 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 5 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 6 (D2) Montclair State University
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Sat., Oct 16 8:50 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 8 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 2 (D2) Lafayette College
(SECHL) 1 (D2) Westfield State College
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Fri., Oct 29 8:10 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 10 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
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Mon., Nov 01 8:10 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 3 (D2) Bryant University
(NECHA) 3 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
Fri., Nov 05 9:15 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 5 (D2) Pennsylvania State University
(SECHL) 1 0 Yes box
Sat., Nov 06 5:15 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 12 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 1 (D2) La Salle University
(DVCHC) 1 0 No box
Sun., Nov 07 5:30 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 4 (D2) New York University
Fri., Nov 12 8:10 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 4 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 3 (D2) Pennsylvania State University
(SECHL) 3 (D3) SUNY - New Paltz 1 0 No box
Fri., Nov 19 8:10 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 10 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
Sat., Nov 20 9:30 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 1 (D2) Montclair State University
(MACHA) 2 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
Fri., Dec 03 9:15 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) William Paterson University
Fri., Dec 03 10:00 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) William Paterson University
Fri., Dec 10 8:10 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 0 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 10 (D2) Stony Brook University
Sat., Dec 11 8:00 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) Western Connecticut State University
Fri., Jan 07 9:15 pm Marist Division 2 (Northeast) 0 (D2) Marist College
Sat., Jan 08 8:50 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) (D2) La Salle University
(DVCHC) 0 No box
Sat., Jan 15 8:10 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 4 (D2) Stony Brook University
Tue., Jan 18 7:30 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fri., Jan 28 8:40 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 4 (D2) Bryant University
Sat., Jan 29 9:00 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 7 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 2 (D3) Hofstra University 1 0 No box
Fri., Feb 04 8:40 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 4 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 5 (D2) Siena College
Sat., Feb 05 8:50 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 13 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 0 (D3) Albany State University 1 0 No box
Fri., Feb 11 9:15 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) (D2) Marist College
(SECHL) (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 0 No box
Fri., Feb 11 8:00 pm N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 4 (D2) New York University
Sat., Feb 12 8:50 am N/A Division 2 (Northeast) 2 (D2) Central Connecticut State University
(SECHL) 2 (D2) William Paterson University
Fri., Feb 18 9:00 pm Super East Playoffs Division 2 (Northeast) 5 (D2) New York University
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Major drainage and damp relief works along with structural repairs.
Installation of water bore hole and filtration plant.
Re-roofing using Delabole rag slate, lead and zinc.
Masonry conservation included re-pointing external stone walls, repairs to brickwork, re rendering external walls and internal lime plastering.
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im MB sghette its like spaghettie but without the "pa". im new to all this so take it easy on me please. plus the area where the computer in my house is, is curuntly being redecorated/remodeled so the computer and internet are off, which means i probably wont be able to post on here three times a week. i was at the town library when i posted this by the way.


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metallic & pink, what more does a girl want?
Do you love glitter, sparkles and shiny things as much as I do? I got so exited when I found this metallic skirt, in pink even! For me it's a new shape, I normally don't wear straight skirts. Once I tried it on I felt so good in it, it's actually very comfortable, especially with a snug hoodie on top which is perfect for this cold weather.
I've been searching cute skirts for a while now and normally I'd go for a skater skirt but recently I can't find the right one so I decided to explore other options. You've seen me before in a tutu like skirt so this time around I decided to try the fashionable pleated skirt. The skirt was just hanging there on its own, in my size so I tried it on and I noticed it actually looked good. I know it might sound negative, but normally such a skirt doesn't fit me. The waist would be way too wide or the pleats on the hips would stand open all the way.
That hoodie was such a good choice, because it's so comfortabel and soft, I want to wear it every day! I love the golden zips, it's from a firm brushed fleece, which I love about it. I've also worn it on a paar of jeans by the way. Though I really love this combo. Underneath I'm wearing the top which I surprisingly got for Yoek last week. It has a snake design print on it in the shape of a heart, which of course I matched perfectly with my purse. The skirt is metallic pink and I'm wearing a size UK18. The waist could be smaller, but I need this on the hips. Sneakers would fit the skirt as well, but you know me, I love my heels so I'm wearing with ankle boots.
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Q: Detect contour of part of circle with possible out of image center I try to find circles and part-circles contours and have a problem with detection of circles where center is out of the image
gray = cv.cvtColor(src, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
gray = cv.blur(gray, (3,3))
gray = cv.Canny(gray, threshold1=75, threshold2=100)

After this I use HoughCircle function
circles = cv.HoughCircles(gray, cv.HOUGH_GRADIENT, 1, rows / 8,
                      param1=100, param2=30,
                      minRadius=50, maxRadius=700)

But contour that I want to find isn't in circles array, cause its center is out of the image.
How I can to detect this part of circle? Increase image size or smth like that?
UPD. I added borders to image:
  top = int(0.25 * src.shape[0])  # shape[0] = rows
  bottom = top
  left = int(0.25 * src.shape[1])  # shape[1] = cols
  right = left
  src = cv.copyMakeBorder(src, top, bottom, left, right,
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But after this contour is not full:

UPD.2 Image with part of circle:


This quote from Connie, a survivor we interviewed for Mount Carmel Crime & Trauma Assistance Program 20 year anniversary video, stuck with me while producing this video. Everyone we interviewed in this video has incredible courage, kindness and compassion. I'm truly inspired. Thank you Mount Carmel for the privilege to produce this video.


Anarchic skate punk is a very specific genre of music that I have probably made up in my own head after I went through my own "punk phase". Even if it is a make believe subgenre all within my own mind it still remains relevant and necessary, especially during times of social and political turmoil.
Art is at its best when the world is in chaos, and yes punkrock is art.
Even after the rebellion is [mostly] gone it still is liberating to listen to nofx. Fat Mike, the anti-rockstar's rockstar, continues to make rebellion ok again for the aging gen-X demographic.
The following songs are my recommended and mandatory listens if you have not heard any nofx.


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Orient Planet report shows GCC may benefit from BREXIT
Orient Planet's recent report suggests that Brexit may strengthen bilateral trade ties between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United Kingdom.
This will also lead to increased foreign investment in the region.
In the report, 'UK's EU Referendum: Why 'Brexit' Matters to the GCC', it is indicated that the vote's positive impact has become obvious in the strategies taken by the UAE and Bahrain this last year.
The report added that such bilateral trade agreements "would double the volume of trade exchange between the UAE and Britain by 2020, in addition to the agreement between the two nations to avoid double taxation during the current year."
Britain is the fifth largest economy in the world and is attempting to compensate for actual losses in the domestic market resulting from the exit from the European Union.
To do that, the United Kingdom is seeking to strengthen its presence in non-European markets.
However, the report speculates that investment relations between the GCC and the United Kingdom rely on the strength of individual relationships with the UK.
The report also highlighted the many possibilities and prospects for even stronger ties between both parties.
That will ensure that bilateral trade ties would not be affected by the withdrawal process.
Especially in the wake of the recent non-productive efforts to reach a free trade agreement between the Gulf states and the United Kingdom.
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I love technology. Learning new programs to use in a classroom is one of the things I miss in retirement. I do however have some issues with technology in the classroom.
You can call it an app, I call it a game. That's not all bad because good learning games are great for reinforcement. My problem with most apps is that there is too much fluff. In a lot of them the "story" that take the child though the game over shadows the skill. There's a reason teachers teach and reteach. There's a purpose for drilling a skill. The more you practice and use a skill the more likely you will remember it.
When I was teaching we had several math apps on the classroom iPads. I found them lacking content and too heavy on graphics. They always left me longing for "Funnels and Buckets".
For those of you not familiar with Funnels and Buckets it is a DOS math game from the 1980's. You choose the problems, you choose the sound effects, you choose the speed. The object of the game is to zap the math facts falling from the sky before they fill the buckets. Start simple, start slow. Learn the facts.
Sadly, it's no longer available. Why do I miss it? I have two children who are really smart in math. They practiced and practiced their math facts using Funnels and Buckets. They got really fast and didn't get let the buckets get filled. They knew their facts. Knowing the basic math facts makes math easier. Fewer errors, more correct answers….it's simple math.
A simple game, lacking graphics, teaching basic facts.
Oh, Funnels and Buckets how I wish you were still around for the children that need you……… but there are still flashcards. They're a little boring compared to Funnels and Buckets but using them every day with an adult will get results too.
Funnels and Buckets, come back!
Hello app developers, are you listening?
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Debates Day 2 - Wednesday 17 May 1995
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DEBATES - Wednesday 17 May 1995 most ambitious alcohol reform initiatives, my department deserves recognition for its preparedness to tackle difficult problems with some unorthodox measures. However, while much progress has been made, much remains to be done. An area of particular need is the incidence of public drinking, public drunkenness and resultant unacceptable antisocial behaviour which can be observed all too frequently in most Territory communities, cities and towns. Many Territorians have come to tolerate, but not accept, a gradual decline in the standards of community behaviour as public consumption of alcohol and antisocial behaviour have become commonplace in too many areas in the Territory. I want to assure Territorians that this government will not allow antisocial behaviour, such as public brawling, swearing, urinating, fornicating and verbal abuse, and the litter that results from public drinking, to become an accepted part of the Territory lifestyle. Nor will this government stand by while those people caught in the circle of binge drinking and other forms of excessive alcohol abuse continue to suffer serious injury, personal suffering and, tragically, premature death. Public drunkenness produces a cycle of violence and personal injury resulting in unacceptable social and economic costs to our health and law-and-order services. Thus, the broader community pays twice - first, in having to tolerate unacceptable levels of antisocial behaviour; and, secondly, in meeting the very high financial cost of medical services and police resources. This statement includes details of a new initiative to address antisocial behaviour in the community and is designed to meet specific community concerns. The new program, for the first time, will target directly increasing levels of alcohol-related antisocial behaviour and the personal suffering of those caught in the web of this serious social problem. In terms of alcohol-related antisocial behaviour, the community has had enough of those small groups of drinkers who repeatedly flout the law. In this context, we are not talking about people enjoying a quiet barbecue with friends or those picnicking in public places. We are talking about those who act irresponsibly and without self-control. This offensive behaviour transgresses all reasonable community standards - standards adhered to by most Territorians and which they in turn expect others to meet. Similarly, visitors to the Territory, both domestic and international, should not be expected to tolerate behaviour that is threatening, intimidating or downright offensive. This is particularly so when a good public image is absolutely essential to continued growth in our tourism industry. I believe there is an expectation that the bounds of acceptable behaviour should be re-established in our community. As we all can attest, this is a problem which has generated a great deal of community interest and concern, and I am sure all members have had meetings with constituents about this matter. In discussing this issue with town councils, it has become apparent that the local government jurisdictions have devoted a great deal of effort to attempting to combat this problem. While their effort is to be commended, it is clear that councils lack sufficient resources, the specialist expertise and clear statutory authority to act in an effective manner. The police too have played an effective role, but they are often diverted from these problems to more important police work which rightly demands a higher priority. In many respects, we are dealing with delinquent behaviour rather than criminality and therefore, police should not be expected to carry the prime responsibility. Urban-based Aboriginal organisations, such as Tangentyere Council, Kalano Community Association, Julalikari Council, Arremte Council, the Aboriginal Development Foundation and 3215


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Star Wars and Star Trek in the Age of Reboots
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Extrapolation (2017), 58, (2-3), 153–180.
I thought you would find this interesting: Extrapolation, Volume 58, Issue 2-3 Hokey Religions Canavan, Gerry Editors: Andrew M Butler; Benjamin J. Robertson; Isiah Lavender III; John Rieder; Gerry Canavan; Rachel Haywood Extrapolation (2017), 58, (2-3), 153–180.
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Disney's recent "decanonization" of the decades-old Star Wars "Expanded Universe" in preparation for the release of The Force Awakens once again raises the question of the triangular relationship between the corporate ownership of intellectual property, the mainstream audience to whom the blockbuster films are addressed, and the much smaller hardcore fanbase whose loyalty sustains a franchise during its lean years. Considering fandom investment in the processes of world-building and continuity construction across the landscape of SF media forms, this article will focus specifically on two key franchises in mainstream SF, each in its own way paradigmatic of the "merely" science fictional, and each of which has recently undertaken a radical revision of its "expanded universe": Star Wars and Star Trek. A concluding discussion extends these observations to other two franchises: Superman comics and the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
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But weather forecasting on the Red Planet is likely to be even trickier than on Earth Mars has the same three-part pattern of atmospheric conditions as Earth, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and McGill University.
This includes weather, which changes day-to-day due to constant fluctuations in the atmosphere; climate, which varies over decades and a third regime called macroweather, which describes the relatively stable regime between weather and climate.
The results published in Geophysical Research Letters today also show that the sun plays a major role in determining macroweather.
The research promises to advance scientists' understanding of the dynamics of Earth's own atmosphere - and could provide insights into the weather of Venus, Saturn's moon Titan, and possibly the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
By taking into account how the sun heats Mars, as well as the thickness of the planet's atmosphere, the scientists predicted that Martian temperature and wind would fluctuate similarly to Earth's - but that the transition from weather to macroweather would take place over 1.8 Martian days (about two Earth days), compared with a week to 10 days on Earth.
The scientists chose to study Mars for its wealth of data with which to test their theory that a transitional "macroweather" regime exists on other planets. They used information collected from Viking - a Mars lander mission during the 1970s and 1980s - and more recent data from a satellite orbiting Mars.
We're going to have a very hard time predicting the weather on Mars beyond two days given what we have found in weather records there, which could prove tricky for the European lander and rover!
"Our analysis of the data from Mars confirmed this prediction quite accurately," said Shaun Lovejoy, a physics professor at McGill University in Montreal and lead author of the paper. "This adds to evidence, from studies of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, that the sun plays a central role in shaping the transition from short-term weather fluctuations to macroweather."
The findings also indicate that weather on Mars can be predicted with some skill up to only two days in advance, compared to Earth's 10 days.
Co-author Professor Jan-Peter Muller from the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, said: "We're going to have a very hard time predicting the weather on Mars beyond two days given what we have found in weather records there, which could prove tricky for the European lander and rover!"


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Anna Vogelzang's "Mercy" — Exclusive Song Premiere
By Acoustic Nation published 27 October 14
Here's a stunner from Anna Vogelzang called "Mercy" from her new EP release Driftless due out November 11.
Her lovely poignant lyrics delivered with her distinctive vocal style draw the listener into her wistful musings. Her driving strum pushes the song along…it has somewhere to go!
She shares, "I wrote this song while driving through first a gorgeous day, and then a snowstormy night in Iowa (through the Driftless region). I had to write a song based on the prompt "Found" that week. it was a few days before my dad's birthday, and part of they hymn Amazing Grace popped into my head as I was driving. Part of 'Mercy' touches on the landscape around me during the drive, but the gut of it is about family, how close we can be while so physically far away. How nostalgic we can be for the places we come from, and yet how distant we can be when we get on the phone to check in with family.
"This is a homesick song, and a song to honor my dad, a song about traveling mercies I've been fortunate enough to endure, and a song where I acknowledge the shift of what 'home' is for me — from where I grew up, to this new place I've carved out for myself as an adult. This song got so lush and sparkly in the studio, it blew me away. I'm thrilled with how guttural and yet beautiful this song feels."
Driftless is the follow up to 2012's celebrated Canary in a Coal Mine.
Vogelzang has been making songs since 2000, playing them in public since 2003, and driving them around the country since 2007. Her melody-driven, multi-instrumental folk-pop ballads have been met with warm reviews and landed her at festivals, conferences, and on bills with some of her heroes, including Sara Bareilles, Gillian Welch, Mirah, Anais Mitchell, Laura Gibson, Wye Oak, Steve Poltz, Amanda Palmer, and many more.
Vogelzang is currently touring in support of the Driftless EP, a home-spun, steadfast collection of gritty new-folk songs, many of which were written in 2014 as part of the song-a-week project RealWomenRealSongs. In 2015, she will return to the studio to work with prouducer Todd Sickafoose on her fifth LP. Vogelzang plays the banjo, ukuleles, guitar, and kalimba on stage,
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In 1999, the rivalry between Steve Austin and Vince McMahon was at its apex, with McMahon getting physically involved with Stone Cold more and more frequently. WWE had wrested control of the Monday Night Wars from WCW on the back of this rivalry, and as the Rumble loomed on the horizon McMahon made it clear that there was no chance in hell of Austin walking out the winner. Now, booking a whole Royal Rumble match around one story isn't a terrible idea by any means; the nature of the match means that lesser stories will advance after all. The problem with the 1999 edition of the Royal Rumble was that the hour long story was dependant one a non-wrestler who was in no condition to perform for that length of time and a top star who was showing more and more strain under the weight of his serious injuries. The way it played out was an utter shambles. Austin was beaten down and taken out of the match early (not eliminated however), giving McMahon the chance to avoid getting involved at all. This meant that until it inevitably came down to those two, everyone was merely treading water. Nothing happened - nothing of note anyway - and Austin and McMahon were the final two. McMahon won via distraction, mercifully ending the worst Royal Rumble in history, but none of this ultimately mattered anyway, as Austin still got the WrestleMania title shot. Nonsensical, boring and forgettable, this was everything a Royal Rumble shouldn't be.


Bosch Blue has added the GSA 18V-32 Professional Cordless Sabre Saw to its range of 18-volt power tools, saying the new model delivers the same amount of power as its corded counterpart.
The ergonomically designed Cordless Sabre Saw is designed for a broad range of cutting applications from metal and pipes to wood and drywalls.
Described by Bosch as one of the most compact, high-performance tools in its class, the $369 (RRP) GSA 18V-32 Sabre Saw is driven by a powerful brushless EC motor that allows for fast cutting progress and long runtime.
"For maximum productivity, the Cordless Sabre Saw also features a high stroke rate of up to 2,500 strokes per minute and a best-in-class stroke length of 32mm, resulting in super-fast cuts," the company says.
"This optimised stroke speed can be adjusted with the tool's variable speed trigger, meaning no jumping, or slipping during cut initiation," it adds.
"The Sabre Saw also comes equipped with an orbital action feature allowing for faster cutting progress in various types of materials."
Other features of the new saw are an internal counterbalance anti-vibration system, a multi-grip handle, enhanced ergonomics and an extra-long switch.
On the safety side, Bosch says the saw blade is easy to release and change even when hot or broken due to the unit's one-hand SDS shank system.
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