Democrat Annette Taddeo has won Tuesday's state Senate District 40 special election, narrowly defeating Republican former state Rep. Jose Felix Diaz in the hotly contested and expensive race that was closely watched by both state and national parties.
SD 40 wound up being more of a nail-biter than anyone first expected, as Republicans entered Election Day with only a slim 500 early-vote lead. But Hurricane Irma and its after-effects helped the off-year race stay a low-turnout affair.
In the end, Diaz took just 47.2 percent of the vote; Taddeo received almost 51 percent. Christian "He-Man" Schlaerth, with no party affiliation, received just under 2 percent.
"This is a victory for the residents of Senate District 40. The voters wanted a champion in Tallahassee who will fight for higher paying jobs, affordable healthcare and fully funded public schools and I am honored and humbled that they have placed their faith and trust in me," Taddeo said in an election night statement.
"I pledge to work everyday for the families of my community and not the special interests. I would like to thank my opponent for running in a hard-fought race. Our campaign saw a strong coalition come together … who unified behind a winning plan. I'm beyond thankful for all the work and their efforts and the the thousands of volunteers who committed their time, energy and resources.
Turnout was expected to be much lower than the pre-Irma estimates of 45,000-55,000. Later, working models predicted the number to be around 32-39,000, with larger Election Day turnout seemingly favoring Taddeo. Nevertheless, preliminary turnout numbers put the final number at 47,500 or 14 percent.
The Senate seat was vacated five months ago by former Sen. Frank Artiles, a Cuban-American Republican who resigned in the midst of this spring's Legislative Session after a profanity-laced and racially charged outburst at a private club near the Capitol.
Diaz, who resigned his state House seat to run for the Senate and is known almost universally as "Pepi," spent much of Saturday outside an early voting site in Southwest Miami with Cuban-born retired Major League Baseball pitcher Camilo Pascual. Taddeo joined black pastors and churchgoers Sunday for a "Souls to the Polls" barbecue as a DJ blared tunes at near-deafening levels in the background.
The competitive matchup in Senate District 40, which voted overwhelmingly for Democrat Hillary Clinton in last year's presidential race but also elected the Republican Artiles, is viewed by many as a harbinger of how Democrats might fare in upcoming elections.
But Hurricane Irma, which made landfall in the Keys and Southwest Florida little more than two weeks ago, threw a monkey-wrench into the contest, temporarily putting campaign activities on hold after the massive storm knocked out power, internet, cable and mail delivery to much of the district.
Florida Democrats asked Gov. Rick Scott to postpone the election for two weeks. He refused, saying the Miami-Dade elections supervisor had decided the election should take place as scheduled.
Hispanics make up 69 percent of the district's voting-age population, whites another 20 percent and blacks make up about 7 percent, according to the latest Census data. The swing district, redrawn as a result of a redistricting process that took effect with last year's election, is almost evenly split between Republicans, Democrats and independents, with Democrats having a slight voter-registration edge.
The race for the open seat has a whopping tab estimated at $2 million, including spending by the candidates and political committees affiliated with the Senate hopefuls.
Democrats had viewed the seat as an opportunity bolster their limited numbers in the state Legislature. The Party registration is about 36 percent Democrat, 35 percent are Republican, and 29 percent are independents or third-party voters. The district is 68 percent Hispanic, 18 percent non-Hispanic white and 8 percent black.


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The GPMC had another strong showing at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this year. Several of our members are PVGP volunteers, we had canopies set up at the American Car Show on Saturday, July 21, and we had two patron parking spaces on Sunday, July 22, overlooking a curve on the racetrack. The Mulkeys and Barkers set up canopies and snacks for members to enjoy the races, then took a lap around the race course in the Patron Parking Parade.


ADR at CRT, Party of 16, and the elusive "Group Dining"
Discussion in 'Disney Dining Reservations' started by kstruchen, Jul 30, 2018.
Hi all! I am the planner for my family's trip in February 2019. There are 16 of us, and I know ADRs might be tricky so I've been researching as much as possible on how to best go about it. The only ADR that is really important to me is getting CRT for my niece's birthday. We check in on Saturday, her birthday is Sunday so we're going to MK that day and *hopefully* CRT. So I'll be trying for CRT at 180+1. I've read that calling for a large party reservation is the best plan. And even talking to "Group Dining". How does one talk to Group Dining? Is there a special number to call? Does the CM at the dining number have to transfer you? I just called Dining to discuss this and the CM was not helpful at all. She basically told me this is going to be hard, start looking at other alternatives. It's not a huge deal if we have to split up into a couple different tables/reservations. But the CM was even doubtful about this possibility.
Any advice?? Thank you in advance!
Try calling the dining reservation line and ask to speak with group dining to see what can be arranged.
Getting CRT for 16 at 180+1 is going to be difficult because other on site visitors who arrive before you will have the advantage of their 180 + 10. Even though it would be great to have it on her birthday, you will have a better chance if you are flexible about which meal and if are willing to consider other days on your vacation. It is not a large restaurant so it is good that you are willing to be split up. At best you'll be at adjacent or nearby tables.
Unless you have the dining plan, CRT requires full payment at the time of the booking. Also, everyone, even infants need to be included on the reservation although anyone two or younger will not be charged.


SPRAVATO™ (esketamine) CIII Nasal Spray is indicated, in conjunction with an oral antidepressant (AD), for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in adults.
SPRAVATO™ is not approved as an anesthetic agent. The safety and effectiveness of SPRAVATO™ as an anesthetic agent have not been established.
Risk for sedation and dissociation after administration. Monitor patients for at least two hours after administration (5.1, 5.2).
Potential for abuse and misuse. Consider the risks and benefits of using SPRAVATO™ prior to use in patients at higher risk of abuse. Monitor for signs and symptoms of abuse and misuse (5.3).
SPRAVATO™ is only available through a restricted program called the SPRAVATO™ REMS (5.4).
Increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in pediatric and young adult patients taking antidepressants. Closely monitor all antidepressant-treated patients for clinical worsening and emergence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. SPRAVATO™ is not approved for use in pediatric patients (5.5).
Sedation: In clinical trials, 49% to 61% of SPRAVATO™-treated patients developed sedation and 0.3% of SPRAVATO™-treated patients experienced loss of consciousness.
Because of the possibility of delayed or prolonged sedation, patients must be monitored by a healthcare provider for at least 2 hours at each treatment session, followed by an assessment to determine when the patient is considered clinically stable and ready to leave the healthcare setting.
Closely monitor for sedation with concomitant use of SPRAVATO™ with CNS depressants [see Drug Interaction (7.1)].
SPRAVATO™ is available only through a restricted program under a REMS.
Dissociation: The most common psychological effects of SPRAVATO™ were dissociative or perceptual changes (including distortion of time, space and illusions), derealization and depersonalization (61% to 75% of SPRAVATO™-treated patients developed dissociative or perceptual changes). Given its potential to induce dissociative effects, carefully assess patients with psychosis before administering SPRAVATO™; treatment should be initiated only if the benefit outweighs the risk.
Because of the risks of dissociation, patients must be monitored by a healthcare provider for at least 2 hours at each treatment session, followed by an assessment to determine when the patient is considered clinically stable and ready to leave the healthcare setting.
Abuse and Misuse: SPRAVATO™ contains esketamine, a Schedule III controlled substance (CIII), and may be subject to abuse and diversion. Assess each patient's risk for abuse or misuse prior to prescribing and monitor all patients for the development of these behaviors or conditions, including drug-seeking behavior, while on therapy. Individuals with a history of drug abuse or dependence are at greater risk; therefore, use careful consideration prior to treatment of individuals with a history of substance use disorder and monitor for signs of abuse or dependence.
SPRAVATO™ Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS): SPRAVATO™ is available only through a restricted program called the SPRAVATO™ REMS because of the risks of serious adverse outcomes from sedation, dissociation, and abuse and misuse.
Further information, including a list of certified pharmacies, is available at www.SPRAVATOrems.com or 1-855-382-6022.
Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults: In pooled analyses of placebo-controlled trials of antidepressant drugs (SSRIs and other antidepressant classes) that included adult and pediatric patients, the incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in patients age 24 years and younger was greater than in placebo-treated patients. SPRAVATO™ is not approved in pediatric (<18 years of age) patients.
There was considerable variation in risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among drugs, but there was an increased risk identified in young patients for most drugs studied.
Monitor all antidepressant-treated patients for clinical worsening and emergence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, especially during the initial few months of drug therapy and at times of dosage changes. Counsel family members or caregivers of patients to monitor for changes in behavior and to alert the healthcare provider. Consider changing the therapeutic regimen, including possibly discontinuing SPRAVATO™ and/or the concomitant oral antidepressant, in patients whose depression is persistently worse, or who are experiencing emergent suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
Increase in Blood Pressure: SPRAVATO™ causes increases in systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure (BP) at all recommended dosages. Increases in BP peak approximately 40 minutes after SPRAVATO™ administration and last approximately 4 hours.
Approximately 8% to 17% of SPRAVATO™-treated patients experienced an increase of more than 40 mmHg in systolic BP and/or 25 mmHg in diastolic BP in the first 1.5 hours after administration at least once during the first 4 weeks of treatment. A substantial increase in blood pressure could occur after any dose administered even if smaller blood pressure effects were observed with previous administrations. SPRAVATO™ is contraindicated in patients for whom an increase in BP or intracranial pressure poses a serious risk (e.g., aneurysmal vascular disease, arteriovenous malformation, history of intracerebral hemorrhage). Before prescribing, patients with other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions should be carefully assessed to determine whether the potential benefits of SPRAVATO™ outweigh its risk.
Assess BP prior to administration of SPRAVATO™. In patients whose BP is elevated prior to SPRAVATO™ administration (as a general guide: >140/90 mmHg), a decision to delay SPRAVATO™ therapy should be taken into account to balance the benefit and risk in individual patients.
BP should be monitored for at least 2 hours after SPRAVATO™ administration. Measure blood pressure around 40 minutes post-dose and subsequently as clinically warranted until values decline. If BP remains high, promptly seek assistance from practitioners experienced in BP management. Refer patients experiencing symptoms of a hypertensive crisis (e.g., chest pain, shortness of breath) or hypertensive encephalopathy (e.g., sudden severe headache, visual disturbances, seizures, diminished consciousness or focal neurological deficits) immediately for emergency care.
Closely monitor blood pressure with concomitant use of SPRAVATO™ with psychostimulants or monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) [see Drug Interactions (7.2, 7.3)].
In patients with history of hypertensive encephalopathy, more intensive monitoring, including more frequent blood pressure and symptom assessment, is warranted because these patients are at increased risk for developing encephalopathy with even small increases in blood pressure.
Short-Term Cognitive Impairment: In a study in healthy volunteers, a single dose of SPRAVATO™ caused cognitive performance decline 40 minutes post-dose. SPRAVATO™-treated subjects required a greater effort to complete the cognitive tests at 40 minutes post-dose. Cognitive performance and mental effort were comparable between SPRAVATO™ and placebo at 2 hours post-dose. Sleepiness was comparable after 4 hours post-dose.
Long-Term Cognitive Impairment: Long-term cognitive and memory impairment have been reported with repeated ketamine misuse or abuse. No adverse effects of SPRAVATO™ nasal spray on cognitive functioning were observed in a one-year open-label safety study; however, the long-term cognitive effects of SPRAVATO™ have not been evaluated beyond one year.
Impaired Ability to Drive and Operate Machinery: Before SPRAVATO™ administration, instruct patients not to engage in potentially hazardous activities requiring complete mental alertness and motor coordination, such as driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery, until the next day following a restful sleep. Patients will need to arrange transportation home following treatment with SPRAVATO™.
Ulcerative or Interstitial Cystitis: Cases of ulcerative or interstitial cystitis have been reported in individuals with long-term off-label use or misuse/abuse of ketamine. In clinical studies with SPRAVATO™ nasal spray, there was a higher rate of lower urinary tract symptoms (pollakiuria, dysuria, micturition urgency, nocturia, and cystitis) in SPRAVATO™-treated patients than in placebo-treated patients. No cases of esketamine-related interstitial cystitis were observed in any of the studies, which involved treatment for up to a year.
Monitor for urinary tract and bladder symptoms during the course of treatment with SPRAVATO™ and refer to an appropriate healthcare provider as clinically warranted.
Embryo-fetal Toxicity: SPRAVATO™ may cause fetal harm when administered to pregnant women. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to an infant exposed to SPRAVATO™ in utero. Advise women of reproductive potential to consider pregnancy planning and prevention.
CNS depressants (e.g., benzodiazepines, opioids, alcohol): Concomitant use may increase sedation. Closely monitor for sedation with concomitant use of CNS depressants.
Psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamines, methylphenidate, modafinil, armodafinil): Concomitant use may increase blood pressure. Closely monitor blood pressure with concomitant use of psychostimulants.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs): Concomitant use may increase blood pressure. Closely monitor blood pressure with concomitant use of MAOIs.
Pregnancy: SPRAVATO™ is not recommended during pregnancy. SPRAVATO™ may cause fetal harm when administered to pregnant women. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to an infant exposed to SPRAVATO™ in utero. There are risks to the mother associated with untreated depression in pregnancy. If a woman becomes pregnant while being treated with SPRAVATO™, treatment with SPRAVATO™ should be discontinued and the patient should be counseled about the potential risk to the fetus.
Pregnancy Exposure Registry: There is a pregnancy exposure registry that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to antidepressants, including SPRAVATO™, during pregnancy. Healthcare providers are encouraged to register patients by contacting the National Pregnancy Registry for Antidepressants at 1-844-405-6185 or online at https://womensmentalhealth.org/clinical-and-research-programs/pregnancyregistry/antidepressants/.
Lactation: SPRAVATO™ is present in human milk. Because of the potential for neurotoxicity, advise patients that breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment with SPRAVATO™.
Females and Males of Reproductive Potential: SPRAVATO™ may cause embryo-fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Consider pregnancy planning and prevention for females of reproductive potential during treatment with SPRAVATO™.
Pediatric Use: The safety and effectiveness of SPRAVATO™ in pediatric patients have not been established.
Geriatric Use: Of the total number of patients in Phase 3 clinical studies exposed to SPRAVATO™, 12% were 65 years of age and older, and 2% were 75 years of age and older. No overall differences in the safety profile were observed between patients 65 years of age and older and patients younger than 65 years of age.
The mean esketamine Cmax and AUC values were higher in elderly patients compared with younger adult patients.
The treatment of TRD in geriatric patients was evaluated in a 4-week, randomized, double-blind study comparing flexibly-dosed intranasal SPRAVATO™ plus a newly initiated oral antidepressant compared to intranasal placebo plus a newly initiated oral antidepressant in patients ≥65 years of age. At the end of four weeks, there was no statistically significant difference between groups on the primary efficacy endpoint of change from baseline to Week 4 on the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS).
Hepatic Impairment: SPRAVATO™-treated patients with moderate hepatic impairment may need to be monitored for adverse reactions for a longer period of time.
SPRAVATO™ has not been studied in patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh class C). Use in this population is not recommended.
Controlled Substance: SPRAVATO™ contains esketamine hydrochloride, the (S)-enantiomer of ketamine and a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act.
Abuse: Individuals with a history of drug abuse or dependence may be at greater risk for abuse and misuse of SPRAVATO™. Abuse is the intentional, non-therapeutic use of a drug, even once, for its psychological or physiological effects. Misuse is the intentional use, for therapeutic purposes, of a drug by an individual in a way other than prescribed by a healthcare provider or for whom it was not prescribed. Careful consideration is advised prior to use of individuals with a history of substance use disorder, including alcohol.
SPRAVATO™ may produce a variety of symptoms including anxiety, dysphoria, disorientation, insomnia, flashback, hallucinations, and feelings of floating, detachment and to be "spaced out." Monitoring for signs of abuse and misuse is recommended.
The most common adverse reactions with SPRAVATO™ plus oral AD (incidence ≥5% and at least twice that of placebo nasal spray plus oral AD) were dissociation, dizziness, nausea, sedation, vertigo, hypoesthesia, anxiety, lethargy, blood pressure increased, vomiting, and feeling drunk.
Please see full Prescribing Information, including Boxed WARNINGS, and Medication Guide for SPRAVATO™.


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Is Parker's unfit to manage AA?
Thread: Is Parker's unfit to manage AA?
Is Parker unfit to manage AA?
US crude prices have crashed more than 40% since hitting four-year highs above $76 a barrel in October. Brent crude, is now trading near its lowest level since August 2017.
The flight plan to Bankrupt an airline.
What's next...concessions from APA to save the airline?
Last edited by NoOtPilot; 12-26-2018 at 10:53 AM.
Yeap, rebuild the wheel.just to break same way, same spot as before.
Apart from fuel prices, high labor costs are also weighing on the company's earnings. With airline employees agitating over low pay scales, labor deals are very much in vogue in the industry.
Pilots at American Airlines are planning to amend the existing contract (inked in 2015) before it becomes due for renewal in early 2020. To this end, the union (APA) has asked the company to commence negotiations in January 2019 for a fresh contract including an improved pay structure.
However, additional costs from it might affect the company's earnings.
DP is fit to lead a conga line at a frat house kegger. Maybe a group lushes in a rousing rendition of Louie Louie, but that's the maximum. This isn't America West and his parlor tricks aren't working. How the board hasn't replaced him astounds me. Lure Richard Anderson over from Amtrak and have him fix this place. He did wonders at Delta before he left.
Last edited by FlowbackMountain; 12-28-2018 at 09:10 AM.
Somebody once told me that Dougie was married to the daughter of Frank Lorenzo. While I don't know the veracity of that statement, it sure would seem to explain some things.
Unfit at the present time? Yes.
Good debrief about a typical AA flight. Good thing the paychecks keep coming. I seem to be at "the other" table during the Animal House fraternity rush party.
Now those are facts.....unlike the fluff the company stooge spills all the time.
Been saying this ad nauseum for months, if not years now. Parker and his "team leaders" are tone deaf and have blinders on. The employees are just going through the motions and have zero motivation and believe they are being taken advantage of and disregarded.
Wave bye-bye to Delta, United and Southwest at the very least. They've left the building.
Did everyone notice your bonus money was reduced from 300 max per quarter to 275 max. Penny pinching nickle and dime operation.
Everyone gets paid more except here because we have flow to the next b.k. filing.
It is actually $225 not $275. Sorry to bring you down even more, guess it is the envoy way.
Thanks for the correction. I feel better now.
The agenda is clear, is just a matter of time. Tic-Toc.
Word around the campfire is an increasing number of training/checking events are being cancelled due to lack of check airman and Sim P's. Considering the number of pilots AA will need to not just hire, but train in the coming years, it's easy to see this as yet another red flag (in addition to the plethora of other red flags) that will be a component in the unraveling of AA. It's increasingly looking like no one is in the pilot's seat at this airline.
Did Omni get profit sharing with the new TA?
Your point is what, did aa get profit sharing with their last contract should be a better question, answer no.
While technically correct, you're still incorrect. I believe APA got profit sharing outside their Section 6 along with a 6-8% pay bump. Give credit where it's due. Otherwise you lose creditability. There are some good things happening around here (AAG). Yes Envoy is stagnant in the contract improvements. But until new bodies stop showing up, that will continue.


When I first heard this line it was a real light bulb moment for me and it has resonated with me ever since. At that time I was actively chasing happiness even though I did not think I even knew what happiness was or what it felt like. Was it an amount of money in the bank, a certain lifestyle, or status? I couldn't even tell you what it was I was chasing. But this line said it all to me really.
Shortly afterward I was walking my dogs in the local woods, it was a glorious morning and Spring was in the air, I looked up at the sun and I felt truly blessed to be alive, to be with my dogs walking in abundant nature. To be honest, I was so happy I almost cried. And it was then that I thought of this line from the film….about the moments. I was experiencing bliss right then, in that moment, and I recognised it. Instead of thinking of the future; what might be, or the past; what had been – I was just caught in that moment. I now use that memory as an anchor, a well known neuro linguistic programming tool – so that when I am down I put myself back in that moment, I imagine seeing myself walking through the woods as if watching a film, and I feel bliss again.
Previous to this revelation, of course there were times in my life when I had been happy, but they were all 'moments', and I was expecting more. Yet these moments make up your life. I was looking for something external to make me happy, but happiness is internal; created within. Now when I am happy I sit and dwell in it, hell I bathe in the glory of being happy in that moment. I also remind myself that it can be fleeting, which gives it so much more power, and by giving it power, it is enhanced and lasts even longer. Sounds crazy but its true. Its one of those laws, and it absolutely works.
I have to pay the mortgage so need a job paying x amount so cannot possibly give it all up and do what I really want to do.
I am too fat to be beautiful.
I am not clever enough to be thought of highly.
I am not worth it.
Good stuff doesn't happen to people like me and on and on and on.
I lived in that prison for years; not even recognising the moments. I have wasted half my expected life doing stuff I didn't like doing. Well stuff that! I only have one life in this realm. So for the next half, I am off 'moment' catching.
'And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking.
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death' – Time by Pink Floyd.
7 Life Lessons You Can Learn From Trees.
A Big Lot of Love on a Little Bit of Rope.


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Media|Mainstream News Outlets Start Linking to Other Sites
Mainstream News Outlets Start Linking to Other Sites
By Brian Stelter
"Thou shalt not link to outside sites" — a long-held commandment of many newsrooms — is eroding.
Embracing the hyperlink ethos of the Web to a degree not seen before, news organizations are becoming more comfortable linking to competitors — acting in effect like aggregators. The Washington Post recently introduced a political Web site that recommends rival sites. This week NBC will begin introducing Web sites for its local TV stations with links to local newspapers, radio stations, online videos and other sources. And The New York Times will soon offer its online readers an alternative home page with links to competitors.
These experiments exemplify "link journalism," an idea that is gaining traction in other newsrooms across the country. "It is a fundamentally different mindset" for journalists, said Scott Karp, chief of the Web-based newswire Publish2, who coined the term.
For years, newspapers, television station Web sites and magazines have hesitated about linking to outside Web sites because, the logic goes, they want to keep the users on their own site. More internal page views and longer time-spent-viewing can equate to larger advertising revenue for Web sites.
Mr. Karp argues that Google, the leading search engine, is a direct rebuttal to that logic. "It's all about sending people away, and it does such a good job of it that people keep coming back for more," he said.
NBC hopes to benefit from the same user behavior. Beginning with its Chicago affiliate, WMAQ, on Monday, the company will turn its TV station Web sites into full-fledged city guides. John P. Wallace, the president of NBC's local media division, said the partnerships with content providers and the links to third-party sites will "tap into our communities much deeper than we have been able to historically."
"It's a change in mindset," he said. "We're looking at the fragmented local market and saying, 'We're going to provide a destination where you can come and search across different segments.' "
Brian Buchwald, the division's senior vice president for local digital media and multiplatform, said the move amounts to an acknowledgment that local television stations must do more online than merely regurgitate their newscasts online. "We need to be a lot more than just TV stations if we're going to be relevant," he said.
NBC's local media operation has hired about 55 people to create original content and filter the Web. A test version of the Chicago site last week linked to The Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, TMZ and the local blog Chicagoist. The sites do not distinguish between the articles written by their own staff members and the links to outside sites.
"If we can provide them great content, that's wonderful. If it comes from somebody else, that's fine, too," Mr. Buchwald said.
As simple as that sounds, it represents an attitude shift. While linking to other sources is not a new occurrence by any means, it can still seem misguided to journalists who work vigorously to break a story ahead of other news outlets.
Mr. Karp believes the use of blogs by news organizations has helped newsroom managers accept that filtering the Web for visitors is a valuable editorial function. For bloggers, linking to original reporting, primary sources and discussions about stories is a form of etiquette, assigning credit to others who have written about a topic.
Jeff Jarvis, a prominent blogger who directs the Graduate School of Journalism's new-media program at the City University of New York, has said that the culture of linking was creating a "new architecture of news."
"Link unto others' good stuff as you would have them link unto your good stuff," he proposed in June. His "Golden Rule of Links" for journalists, naturally, earned at least 25 links from other bloggers.
Newsrooms seem more open than ever to that view. The New York Times is developing a version of the home page "that will contain links to other news sites and blogs alongside the articles we publish," The Times's chief technology officer, Marc Frons, told Web readers in July. That feature, called Times Extra, will be published using a technology called Blogrunner that the Times acquired in 2005.
Other Web sites are aggregating links manually: ProPublica, the nonprofit newsroom venture led by Paul Steiger, the former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, has dedicated a section of its site to "Breaking on the Web," a collection of links to the investigative reporting of others.
Last month The Washington Post added "Political Browser," a professed source of "what's good on the Web," to its site. The page freely links to competitors with features like "Required Reading," summing up articles in newspapers and magazines, and "Staff Picks," a list of articles that Post employees are reading. Lest its own newspaper be forgotten, a "Best of the Post" section links to its own articles.

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Florida First Grade Teachers Turn Students' Desks Into Miniature Jeeps
"The playfulness will help them cope."
By Meghan Overdeep
Credit: St. Barnabas Episcopal School
This article originally appeared on SouthernLiving.com.
With America's classrooms profoundly altered by the coronavirus pandemic, two Florida teachers have gone out of their way to make sure their students find joy, not fear, in their surroundings.
Patricia Dovi and Kim Martin, first grade teachers who share adjoining classrooms at St. Barnabas Episcopal School in DeLand, spent a week transforming their students' desks into little Jeeps. The women turned trifold sneeze guards into windshields and side windows, and added construction paper tires, headlights, and even little license plates.
RELATED: Teachers Kick Off School Year With a Cover of Popular TikTok Track and It Is Epic
The desks are the only place where students are permitted to remove their face masks. Martin told CNN that their goal was to create a space for kids to feel comfortable while following health guidelines.
"Our school gave us plexiglass tri-folds, which we felt would overwhelm our little ones. So, we took the design and turned them into little Jeeps," she explained. "We had a little meet-the-teacher session and we gave them keys to their car and told them just like in a motor vehicle, you have to stay in your car at all times and wear a mask when you get out in case you come across hazardous conditions. So, we're playing on this vehicle concept to turn social distancing fun and more kid friendly."
Dovi and Martin said that they got the idea from a kindergarten teacher in Texas, who posted a photo on Instagram showing her classroom desks transformed into Jeeps.
RELATED: Parents Are Petitioning Their School Districts for Better COVID-19 School Safety Plans
When their students return on Wednesday, there will be no more group projects or close play, but the teachers said they are ready.
"All of us have some sort of anxiety about going back to school. It's going to look 100% different than it's looked in my 20 years of teaching," Martin said. "But our goal is making our kids happy. The playfulness will help them cope."


Afghan art has spanned many centuries. One of the most significant periods is the Gandharan art made between the 1st and 7th centuries developing out of Greco-Buddhist art. With the arrival of Islam, modern Afghanistan was for long periods part of Persian states, and its art was often an important part of Persian art and Islamic art in general.
Since the 1900s, the nation began to use Western techniques in art. Afghanistan's art in many media was originally almost entirely done by men, although women were greatly involved in other media, but recently women are entering the arts programs at Kabul University. Art is largely centered at the National Museum of Afghanistan, the National Gallery of Afghanistan and the National Archives of Afghanistan in Kabul. There are a number of art schools in the country. The Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA) in Kabul provides young people an opportunity to learn contemporary painting..
A collection of over 20,600 gold ornaments, some of them dating back to the Bronze Age, was discovered in Afghanistan in the late 1970s. Known as the Bactrian Hoard, these coins, necklaces and other pieces of jewelry were found in burial mounts in Sheberghan in Jowzjan Province. They have been displayed in museums in the US and Europe.


Could be an issue to bring up.
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Project funded by the InterDisciplinary Research Development Fund, University of Lethbridge.
New Media Intersections is an interdisciplinary research project that explores where traditional artistic practice and emerging technologies overlap. Through video interviews with new media luminaries the project provides a window into how artists work across disciplinary lines.
My primary contributions include the logo design and designing the website for the Intersections videos.
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OK Golf is a golfing video game. It was released by Okidokico Entertainment Inc on IOS on February 9, 2017. It was released on Android by Playdigious  on May 9, 2017.

Gameplay
The player plays the game by dragging the ball back to make a shot. If the player drags back for longer the player's shot more powerful. The game is level based with various courses, each with nine holes each.

Reception
OK Golf received mixed reviews. Gamezebo gave the game a rating of 3 out of 5 stars praising the game's "strong 3D graphics that allow you a clear picture of the hole and its topography" and that it "plays enough like mini-golf to appeal to a general audience" while criticizing the game's "lack of ability to choose your own club will likely infuriate golf fans", the "manipulation of the gameplay surface can be quite sticky (really needs autorotate capabilities)" and  "the pars are less than realistic (misses the mark on following the rules of golf)". Touch Arcade gave the game 3.5 out of 5 stars saying "it does exactly what it says on the tin cup".

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2017 video games
Android (operating system) games
IOS games
Golf video games
Video games developed in Canada
Playdigious games

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climate scientists are glasses wearing geeks who were dorks when they were kids and
Climate-Debate.com > Discussion Forum > Climate debate in general > climate scientists are glasses wearing geeks who were dorks when they were kids and
climate scientists are glasses wearing geeks who were dorks when they were kids and29-12-2015 03:03
Tai Hai Chen
(1085) they were bullied in school because they were geeky and anti social and never got layed. Is this why climate scientists want to take out their vengeance on society?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/is-shading-the-earth-from-the-sun-a-solution-to-climate-change-1.3382102
Tim the plumber
(1319) Appart from being a troll do you have a real point here?
Tai Hai Chen wrote:
they were bullied in school because they were geeky and anti social and never got layed.
The problem with your assertion is that nerdy geeks actually exist whereas "climate" scientists do not.
There is no such thing as a scientist of a religious deity.
That's correct. Climate science is a fake science.
they were bullied in school because they were geeky and anti social and never got layed. Is this why climate scientists want to take out their vengeance on society?
That's either: a poor joke (it's not even funny, just poor)
simplistic thinking, if you're serious about it.
Barts wrote: That's either: a poor joke (it's not even funny, just poor) simplistic thinking, if you're serious about it.
Don't pout just because he's got you pegged. You don't have to be a loser forever. What has happened is in the past.
If you think that being a Global Warming worshipper will transform you into a somebody, you are mistaken. To get out of your rut, you're going to have to put in some cognitive effort and actually learn.
The first step in your journey involves you ditching your WACKY Global Warming religion and ceasing to be a gullible leftist dupe.
You do know you're the one whose opinions are considered WACKY by the world don't you?
Just as an aside, tell me something, please: what do you think about 9/11? Who were the authors? How about the moon landing? Was it real or made up by leftist dupes to advance an agenda?
(1085) Personally, I do not respect climate scientists. They are political scientists. They are not natural scientists. They do not do experiments. They only do models, all of which are badly wrong.
Personally, I do not respect climate scientists. They are political scientists. They are not natural scientists. They do not do experiments. They only do models, all of which are badly wrong.
You're so wrong that I begin to question myself if you're just throwing stuff into the air to see if it sticks. Climate Science has got nothing to do with political science, whatever that is. It's an Earth science, dude. Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatology
Climatology (...) or climate science is the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time.[1] This modern field of study is regarded as a branch of the atmospheric sciences and a subfield of physical geography, which is one of the Earth sciences.
Barts wrote: You do know you're the one whose opinions are considered WACKY by the world don't you?
The single most pronounced tell-tale sign of a WACKY, fanatical religious devotee is the delusion that s/he somehow speaks for countless unnamed others or for some higher deity. I notice that you believe you speak for "the world." I bet that belief affords you some comfort.
I cite science. I know you call it "wacky" but you consider it your greatest threat and you EVADE it at all costs. When you do, you rush to the comfort of your religion where your clergy tells you exactly what you want to hear.
Barts wrote:Just as an aside, tell me something, please: what do you think about 9/11? Who were the authors? How about the moon landing? Was it real or made up by leftist dupes to advance an agenda?
Just as an aside, tell me something please: do you believe that "climate" is punishing humanity with extreme weather for its sins of homosexuality? Do you believe that Global Warming will bring about the end of the world? Does "climate" change in mysterious ways?
Barts wrote:Climate Science has got nothing to do with political science, whatever that is.
"climate" science is a religious (political) interest group. It has nothing to do with actual science. A direct parallel would be Jerry Fallwell's "Megachurch".
Barts wrote: It's an Earth science, dude. Here:
You cited Wikipedia. Your argument is summarily dismissed.
Hint: you need to cite authoritative sources.
Hint: maybe your problem all along is that you get your (mis)information from Wikipedia.
Tai Hai chen, you are once again completely correct.
"climate models" are shams. Those who program the computers infuse violations of physics into the relationships and formulae of their programs to ensure the programs render the desired, predetermined results.
"climate models" are shining examples of proving what is already assumed, and they assume Global Warming to be true, and they assume "greenhouse effect" to be true, and the computer programs tell them exactly what they are programmed to say.
How likely is it that you will ever be shown the "science" that is behind the model?
It's not really a delusion, it's the reality. I don't claim to speak for countless unnamed others, but to replicate what the World says, or in other words, the people that are heard by the world: for some reason I'm able to quote from Wikipedia, scientific papers or renowned scientists to support my case. You can't make a proper quote, and if by chance you make some, I'm betting you'll quote from a "blog" or people whose opinions are meaningless for the World scientific bodies, encyclopedias, knowledge-gatherers, policy-makers, renowned journalists, etc, etc..
I cite science.
Where? I haven't seen you cite anything so far. I have seen your pall link to "youtube videos" (hehehe), but I wouldn't go so far to say youtuber = scientist.
I know you call it "wacky" but you consider it your greatest threat and you EVADE it at all costs. When you do, you rush to the comfort of your religion where your clergy tells you exactly what you want to hear.
I don't call it "wacky science", because I don't call it science at all. I'd say it's an opinion by someone that is not currently connected with reality: the some way some people think the moon landings were hoaxes, the earth is flat, etc, etc: opinions by people that for some reason need outlandish explanations for the stuff they can't understand.
At this time and age, don't think so.
Duly noted you failed to answer my curiosity, pall.
That's your belief. It's not based on reality from what I can tell, it seems engraved with conspiratorial thinking, what I imagine is the point of view you take to interpret the world.
From what I can see, it's made by scientists, published in scientific journals, reviewed by peers, based on evidence, applying the scientific method, according to the scientific paradigms: all the hallmarks of proper science.
Lol, that easy?
I think it's ok to quote from an encyclopedia to quote definitions.
The way I see it, it's authoritative enough, for the purposes of this conversation and establishing a definition, climatology and what kind of science it is. Please quote from somewhere else. I'm betting you can't even find a nutty blog saying climate science is not an Earth science.
Holding pattern..
It's appropriate enough. Based on proper sources, easy to access and easy to link.
Barts wrote: That's your belief. It's not based on reality from what I can tell,
We have established that you cannot "tell" reality from religious dogma.
Please explain how your religion claims that "greenhouse gas" causes a "greenhouse effect" that increases temperature.
Barts wrote: From what I can see, it's made by scientists, published in scientific journals, reviewed by peers, based on evidence, applying the scientific method, according to the scientific paradigms: all the hallmarks of proper science.
So you think that if a political leftist writes an article for a magazine, that was proofread by another wacko leftist, ...that the world now has science?
Do you believe that the scientific method painstakingly collects supporting evidence of given hypotheses?
Who is the final approval authority for science? When does research get the green light to become "science"?
Barts wrote: I think it's ok to quote from an encyclopedia to quote definitions.
Didn't your teachers ever tell you to not do that? There's a reason for it.
Wikipedia is not an authoritative source. In fact, it is a completely biased radical leftist propaganda source. Everything you read on Wikipedia about Global Warming, for example, is going to be wrong. You can certainly use Wikipedia to point you to citable authoritative sources, but you can't cite Wikipedia itself. Anything you read in Wikipedia could have been written moments prior by some confused wacko leftist, and everything is "quality checked" by some other confused wacko leftist. Yes, it's entirely political.
However, since you consider Wikipedia to be akin to a church hymnal, telling you to quote other sources will be like telling a Christian to not quote the Bible.
I'm just telling you up front that if you quote the Bible or if you quote Wikipedia, it doesn't matter, it will be summarily dismissed.
No, we haven't
Already done that. The wikipedia explanation seems to be the easiest way to put it in order to be understand. Can't do more than that, sorry.
Not "political leftists", that's your prejudice talking.
Not magazines, scientific journals. There's an important distinction
Not "proofread", peer-reviewed.
Yep, that's the scientific process, as we know it today
I wouldn't use that language. It puts hypotheses to the painstaking test, collecting evidence in the process, forming consensus between peers, finally turning them into fact, that's how I would put it.
I don't think there's a "final approval": you see, this denounces your prejudice, the confusion you make between science and religion; no wonder you have difficulties in distinguishing them.
If the research obeys to the process exposed above, it's always "science".
Wikipedia is not an authoritative source. In fact, it is a completely biased radical leftist propaganda source.
I don't agree. It follows editorial policies of sourcing its material in authoritative sources
Everything you read on Wikipedia about Global Warming, for example, is going to be wrong.
Again, you're making baseless claims without justification. You might as well have written we never went to the moon, it's the same kind of nonsense.
You can certainly use Wikipedia to point you to citable authoritative sources, but you can't cite Wikipedia itself.
That's nonsense. If you ackowledge they use authoritative sources, why would you question its content? What follows is that its content is also authoritative since its sources are. You need to improve your logical capabilities.
Anything you read in Wikipedia could have been written moments prior by some confused wacko leftist, and everything is "quality checked" by some other confused wacko leftist. Yes, it's entirely political.
Again, conspiratorial thinking. Would you please answer my questions from before? I'm genuinely curious to know your views about the moon landing and 9/11.
In my view, Wikipedia is good enough for the purposes of a forum discussion
Not political, it follows rules and adequate policies:
Search for "Wikipedia Policies and guidelines", all the nonsense prejudices you have will dissipate, friend.
You could argue that those policies, the same kind serious newspapers follow are leftish and I would agree, but only because that's the left values: truth and justice above all
However, since you consider Wikipedia to be akin to a church hymnal
, telling you to quote other sources will be like telling a Christian to not quote the Bible.
I just did. You just ignored them, maybe because... you wouldn't be able to reply with your pre-formatted mode of thinking, I guess
That's your problem, not mine. I can't force you to be truthful, honest or just. That's a moral choice you'll have to do on your own.
Barts wrote:Already done that. The wikipedia explanation seems to be the easiest way to put it in order to be understand. Can't do more than that, sorry.
Then your best is not good enough. I am well aware of what is in Wikipedia and it's wrong.
Barts wrote: Not magazines, scientific journals. There's an important distinction
You dodged the question. If a leftist wacko writes an article for a magazine, you think that's science.
Barts wrote: Not "proofread", peer-reviewed.
As far as you are concerned, that's all it needs to be. I'll give you a hint, your understanding of what science and the scientific method are is laughable. the reason I asked you the questions below was to get you to provide the predictable answers of a scientifically illiterate religious devotee.
Look, I'm not interested in taking away your faith. It's just that you have this ridiculous penchant for trying to tell others that your cooky religion is "science" while admitting, and demonstrating, that you don't even understand the most fundamental basics.
How many people are you going to call "confused" for refusing to fall for the same scam that sucked you in? Others are happy to leave you and your science denial in peace.
Barts wrote: I wouldn't use that language. [The scientific method] puts hypotheses to the painstaking test, collecting evidence in the process, forming consensus between peers, finally turning them into fact, that's how I would put it.
I thought as much. You're so confused you really should just be quietly observing, listening (reading) and trying to learn. All you're doing is preaching a dying religion that has little time remaining.
First, the scientific method does nothing to collect evidence to support any theory or hypothesis. Evidence is that which indicates something might be true. The scientific method simply takes falsifiable models and tries to prove them false, and it does so by cherry-picking those measurements/data/values/observations that are most likely to effectively falsify and build experiments around them. The scientific method cares nothing for "supporting evidence" that indicates a model might be true.
Religions, on the other hand, are all about finding "supporting evidence" to keep the faithful believing...which is why "supporting evidence" is always so important to Global Warming believers. Hey, the Shroud of Turin is all the evidence you need to know that Jesus is your savior, and last week's mild heat wave is more evidence that Global Warming is real and active in our lives, yes?
Secondly, science is based on the inherent truth of falsifiable models and not on any quantity of subjective opinion. Consensus never plays any role in science whatsoever. Consensus, however, is the bread and butter of religion and politics, which is why it is so crucial to the Global Warming religion. It is why warmizombies all feel the need to pretend to speak for countless unnamed others (and to claim to speak for science when they admit to not knowing a laboratory from a labrador retriever) and why the best their retorts ever get is to claim that an army of unnamed invisible scientists disagree (none of whom ever seem to be present to be cross-examined).
Thirdly, no peer review is required for science. If the pizza boy has an epiphany on his way to a delivery and scribbles the falsifiable model right on the lid of a pizza box, takes a pic with his iPhone and posts it on Facebook without getting anyone's input, the rest of the world is free scrutinize it, test it, discuss it and most importantly the rest of the world is free to use it to predict nature. No one owns science. No one's permission is required for science to be published. No peer review is required. No publishing in any journal is needed. No one gets any sort of veto.
Fourthly, no falsifiable model ever becomes a fact. Ever. At best we accept the current body of science as true only because we haven't been able to show any of it false, but any part of it could potentially be falsifisfied tomorrow. As Einstein said no amount of experiments could prove any of his theories true but just one could render any one of them false.
In short, your brief description of your perception of the scientific method encapsulated so many egregious errors in your underlying understanding of science that there isn't any way anything that is based on that misunderstanding could really have a chance at being correct. But you know this and admit as much. You just believe what your clergy tells you to believe. What gets me is why you can be so easily convinced that WACKY religious dogma is somehow science. I realize that no one likes to think of him/herself as gullible but you apparently are.
Barts wrote: If the research obeys to the process exposed above, it's always "science".
Thank you. Like I said, if a leftist wacko publishes a proof-read article in a magazine then he has followed the "process" and is always "science." I got it. That's a beautiful belief that you have. Mystical. Wonderful. Oh, would such an article be called a "text" in your denomination?
Barts wrote: I don't agree. It follows editorial policies of sourcing its material in authoritative sources
Sometimes, but not always, and never when it comes to contentiously political topics like Global Warming. I'm not going to repeat my story here but I used to be a Wikipedia contributor and Wikipedia will not tolerate adherence to their own stated policies if it means altering one word of the radical leftist party line.
So, no. If you cite Wikipedia, expect summary dismissal. I'm not saying you can't cite Wikipedia. I'm just advising you of what to expect when you do.
Then just provide better sources, dude.. I've been waiting all night and you haven't provided a single source..
No I don't. What gave you that idea? You're again making stuff up about what other posters say, you shouldn't do that if you have interest your posts gaining respect.
As far as you are concerned, that's all it needs to be. I'll give you a hint, your understanding of what science and the scientific method are is laughable.
yet you can't point out where my understanding fails..
the reason I asked you the questions below was to get you to provide the predictable answers of a scientifically illiterate religious devotee.
Nope, haven't admitted that, I've explained the basics more than once: the blanket theory is very straightfoward and easy to grasp.
I'm not sure I called you confused for accepting or not accepting whatever. I called you confused because you confused religion with science. Again, you're talking nonsense (and you're confused again)
I can't seem to point out anything you wrote that made sense, worthy of reading. Sorry about that..
First, the scientific method does nothing to collect evidence to support any theory or hypothesis.
You're talking nonsense again, friend:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on empirical or measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning
Evidence is that which indicates something might be true. The scientific method simply takes falsifiable models and tries to prove them false,
haven't said otherwise
and it does so by cherry-picking those measurements/data/values/observations that are most likely to effectively falsify and build experiments around them. The scientific method cares nothing for "supporting evidence" that indicates a model might be true.
It does care for evidence, because the goal is to refine hypothesis until they are deemed consensual among the scientists. It needs evidence for that because scientists are ethically bound to require evidence to believe in something. It's kinda the idea and what distinguishes science from other knowledge-gathering processes
Religions, on the other hand, are all about finding "supporting evidence" to keep the faithful believing...which is why "supporting evidence" is always so important to Global Warming believers.
I disagree. Religion doesn't care about evidence, it's only about explaining the world so people can cope with it. I've characterized your thinking as conspiratorial before, I'd also add it's also religious in some way, because it doesn't seem to require evidence (you've been asked before for it, and haven't replied)
Hey, the Shroud of Turin is all the evidence you need to know that Jesus is your savior, and last week's mild heat wave is more evidence that Global Warming is real and active in our lives, yes?
Not sure what you're talking about. It seems nonsense, once again.
Secondly, science is based on the inherent truth of falsifiable models and not on any quantity of subjective opinion. Consensus never plays any role in science whatsoever.
Wrong again! Boy, you're weak:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus
Scientific consensus is the collective judgment, position, and opinion of the community of scientists in a particular field of study. Consensus implies general agreement, though not necessarily unanimity.
Consensus, however, is the bread and butter of religion and politics, which is why it is so crucial to the Global Warming religion. It is why warmizombies all feel the need to pretend to speak for countless unnamed others (and to claim to speak for science when they admit to not knowing a laboratory from a labrador retriever) and why the best their retorts ever get is to claim that an army of unnamed invisible scientists disagree (none of whom ever seem to be present to be cross-examined).
I can't possibly imagine who are you refering. Again, you seem to be inventing stuff about "others" and what "others" say. Why not providing a quotation saying that, quote me, please, since I'm the one arguing?
It is required nowadays, dude. No other method has been devised so far that's able to keep nonsense outside of science, which is kinda the goal. It's a shame that the pizza boy can't create science these days, but I'm fairly confident we've advanced enough in science to be sure new scientific knowledge requires some study of previous knowledge that delivering pizza for a living just is not enough.. In other words, science doesn't lose much by requiring publication and peer reviewing as the pizza boy's opinion on something is likely not to be new or to be wrong if it's something "new".
Fourthly, no falsifiable model ever becomes a fact.
It's a fact until it's disproven by science, that's what's generally accepted.
Ever. At best we accept the current body of science as true only because we haven't been able to show any of it false, but any part of it could potentially be falsifisfied tomorrow. As Einstein said no amount of experiments could prove any of his theories true but just one could render any one of them false.
Right. So, what's your problem of my usage of fact?
In short, your brief description of your perception of the scientific method encapsulated so many egregious errors in your underlying understanding of science that there isn't any way anything that is based on that misunderstanding could really have a chance at being correct.
None that you could point out in a sensable matter. All your "objections" or attempts at objecting have been properly addressed.
But you know this and admit as much. You just believe what your clergy tells you to believe. What gets me is why you can be so easily convinced that WACKY religious dogma is somehow science. I realize that no one likes to think of him/herself as gullible but you apparently are.
Again, you're the one bringing religion into the discussion: I haven't mention religion or dogmatic methodologies once in my approach to the discussion.. You seem obsessed, for some reason, with religion..
Thank you. Like I said, if a leftist wacko publishes a proof-read article in a magazine then he has followed the "process" and is always "science."
Nope, that's not what is meant by research. You'd be correct to ackowledge the context of "research" is scientific, not "articles" nor "magazines". You're projecting, I think-
I got it. That's a beautiful belief that you have. Mystical. Wonderful. Oh, would such an article be called a "text" in your denomination?
Again, you're the one mentioning articles, whatever that means.
Sometimes, but not always, and never when it comes to contentiously political topics like Global Warming.
From my understanding, the editorial policies are strictly enforced particularly in contentious matters, or other matters that ideologues might have an interest in perverting, like Global Warming. If you had read what I suggested you'd realised that. Global Warming topics are semi-protected in wiki:
Semi-protection prevents edits from unregistered users (IP addresses), as well as edits from any account that is not autoconfirmed (is at least four days old and has at least ten edits to Wikipedia) or confirmed. This level of protection is useful when there is a significant amount of disruption or vandalism from new or unregistered users, and/or to prevent sock puppets of blocked or banned users from editing, especially when it occurs on biographies of living persons who have had a recent high level of media interest. An alternative to semi-protection is pending changes, which is sometimes favoured when an article is being vandalised regularly, but otherwise receives a low amount of editing.
which defeats your objection that topics might be vandalised from unknown users.
I'm not going to repeat my story here but I used to be a Wikipedia contributor and Wikipedia will not tolerate adherence to their own stated policies if it means altering one word of the radical leftist party line.
Ohh, poor IB.. Do repeat your story, please. Were you expeled from Wikipedia? Are you upset about it? Do you still cry yourself to sleep because of it?
I'm here for you. Open yourself.
And I dismiss your dismissal, basically because you don't provide anything stronger (you don't provide anything, only your "word", really), and you ignored scientific papers when you were presented with them in the context of the discussion.
Ceist
Personally, I don't respect scientifically illiterate turkeys who don't have a clue what they are talking about yet think they are 'experts' and try to trash science and scientists on anonymous internet forums.
This is Professor Richard B. Alley's Curriculum Vitae:
http://www.geosc.psu.edu/sites/default/files/alley_vita_long_nov15.pdf
This is Prof Alley presenting on the history of the earth's climate at the National Academy of Sciences 2015 Symposium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujkcTZZlikg
You've probably even seen ice-core graphs based on his research and didn't even know it.
What research have you done? Surfing the net looking for tabloid press articles and blogs and youtube videos by laypeople mindlessly parroting whatever you see? Even if its total junk science and totally contradicts a previous 'expert' claim you made?
You earned a place in my signature for incredibly stupid statements.
Barts wrote:
I provided science. Your scientific illiteracy does not obligate me to search the internet for basic tutorials that can bring you up to speed.
Barts wrote: No I don't. What gave you that idea?
It was your description of what you believe.
Barts wrote:yet you can't point out where my understanding fails..
Your understanding fails where science begins. You cannot express in your own words the concepts supposedly behind the words you use. It's absurd for you to demand I be more specific in critiquing your vague nonsense.
Barts wrote:I'm not sure I called you confused for accepting or not accepting whatever.
the only thing about which you are sure is what your clergy tells you to believe.
Barts wrote: You're talking nonsense again, friend:
Your denial is noted.
Barts wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
Dismissed.
Barts wrote: haven't said otherwise
Well, not clearly at least.
Barts wrote: It does care for evidence, because
No it doesn't. Go back to underlining passages in your Wikipedia.
Barts wrote: the goal is to refine hypothesis until they are deemed consensual among the scientists.
Your erroneous belief that subjective opinion and "consensus" somehow play roles in science is noted. Your confusion about terms relating to science is also noted.
Barts wrote: Not sure what you're talking about. It seems nonsense, once again.
Over your head? I'll try to sufficiently dumb it down for you next time.
Barts wrote: It is required nowadays, dude.
Your egregious misunderstanding of science is noted.
Barts wrote: Again, you're the one bringing religion into the discussion:
No, you are. You are bringing your WACKY religious beliefs that you accept purely on faith without questioning or doubting.
I bring only science that I cite and explain but which you deny because it contradicts the gibberish you claim based on your WACKY religious faith.
Ditch the religion and stop denying science and maybe you'll make progress. You and I both know, however, that that is highly unlikely.
Again, just get your Global Warming prayer rug and go back to reading Wikipedia.
Barts wrote:From my understanding, the editorial policies are strictly enforced particularly in contentious matters,
Your understanding is 180-degrees out of sync with reality. People who are very leftist politically ensure party line claims are not reworded. They lock it down, even if the statements do not align with the stated policy.
So I stopped trying and now I don't contribute.
Barts wrote: And I dismiss your dismissal,
Barts wrote: basically because you don't provide anything stronger (you don't provide anything, only your "word", really),
I haven't provided my word and I haven't asked anyone to believe anything. I simply cite science. I can always count on the scientifically illiterate like yourself to demand that I prove science is correct.
I prefer to just let you worship Global Warming in peace. Pray away.
You haven't provided anything. And you keep refusing to do so when asked to. That tells me the obvious: no rational defense to your nonsense is possible.
Nope. I specifically said "scientific journals", not "magazines". You're the one that inserted that. You're confused again. I'd never say that "what's written in magazines is science". Look, this is what I said:
Me wrote:
to which you replied:
You're a lunatic.
It's not absurd. It stands to reason that if you have an objection to proper science you'd be able to express it words, be specific about it. You can't because it's nonsense, unexpressable by logical speech.
That's irrelevant, dude. You had said I was calling you confused over you accepting or not science. That's untrue: I called you confused because you confused religion with science. And then again because you confused the reason I had called you confused
What denial??
"Dismissal" dismissed.
Well, you implied I had said otherwise, or else you hadn't written on it. Again, you're confused.
I just quoted you the definition of scientific method, where evidence is specifically mentioned as important. Here, again:
To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on empirical or measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning
Nothing to say about this, hein?
Didn't mentioned "subjective opinion", that's you inserting stuff, again. Consensus does play a role in science as confirmed by my link on "Scientific Consensus"
Why not do it now?
No replies nor arguments, just "noting". Noted, then.
No, I haven't. Just quote me mentioning religion that's not a direct reply to you bringing it up
No science you brought up yet. Zero links and quotations from you.
You seem to be repeating yourself. It's enough that your answers are senseless, do you have to repeat them every time?
"People who are very leftist politically ensure party line claims are not reworded. They lock it down, even if the statements do not align with the stated policy."
Can you be a bit more vague over those People, please?"Leftist polically" is too specific.
Oh, please, tell us more on that episode. Did you cry? Are you still upset over those evil Wikipedia bastard-editors?
I haven't provided my word and I haven't asked anyone to believe anything. I simply cite science.
I can always count on the scientifically illiterate like yourself to demand that I prove science is correct.
You can always count rational people to demand to defend your nonsense claims, specifically if you claim they are scientific: those "science" results are going to be demanded, that's true.
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MoD: Russia to Respond if its Military Threatened by Possible US Strike in Syria
After the false flag chemical weapons attack, the US planned to strike government held districts in Damascus as a "response," according to the Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Russian armed forces will respond if the lives of Russian servicemen in Syria are threatened, including in the event of a missile strike on Damascus, the Russian General Staff said.
"According to reports, after the false flag attack, the US plans to accuse the Syrian government troops of using chemical weapons, and to provide the world community with the so-called 'evidence' of the alleged mass death of civilians at the hands of the Syrian government and "Russia supporting it," the chief of the General Staff said. In retaliation, Washington, according to Gerasimov, "plans to launch a missile strike on the government-held districts of Damascus."
At the same time in Damascus, in the offices and facilities of the Ministry of Defense of Syria, there are now Russian military advisers, representatives of the Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties and military police, Gerasimov stressed.
READ MORE: Syrian Army Finds Chemical Weapons' Workshop in Eastern Ghouta
"We have reliable information about militants preparing to falsify a government chemical attack against civilians. In several districts of Eastern Ghouta, a crowd was assembled with women, children and old people, brought from other regions, who were to represent the victims of the chemical incident, " Gerasimov said.
According to Gerasimov, "White Helmets" activists and film crews had already arrived at the scene with satellite video transmitters are already in place.
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WATCH Syrian Army Cracks Down on Terrorists in Eastern Ghouta
"This has been confirmed by the discovery of a laboratory for the production of chemical weapons in the village of Aftris, which was liberated from terrorists," Gerasimov stressed."Despite constant attempts by militants to disrupt peace initiatives in Eastern Ghouta, the situation in the suburb of Damascus shows a trend toward stabilization. Since the entry into force of UN Security Council Resolution 2401 of February 24, 2018, [a total of] 145 civilians and 13 representatives of armed opposition, including 76 people overnight, have been withdrawn from Eastern Ghouta though the humanitarian corridor created by the Russian Federation," Gerasimov added.
READ MORE: Russian Servicemen in Syria Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Lives — Putin
Earlier, UN Resolution 2401, which was passed by the Security Council on February 24, urged the parties to the Syrian conflict to stop all fighting's and adhere to a humanitarian pause across the country in order to ensure the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid.
Eastern Ghouta was occupied by militants in 2012. According to the Syrian Army, there could be 10,000-12,000 militants in the area. But even after the UN resolution, the fighting has not ended.
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Ron Zacapa Centenario XO Gran Reserva Especial Solera Rum – The Bottle Haus
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Following distillation, Ron Zacapa XO Solera Gran Reserva Especial is solera-aged through a series of casks that were previously used to mature bourbon, sherry and Pedro Ximenez wine. Solera aging is a process that has generally been reserved for aging cognacs, ports and sherries. It involves filling a series of casks at different intervals over a long period of time. As rum from the oldest cask is emptied and bottled, the cask is re-filled with an equivalent amount of rum from the second-oldest cask in the solera. This cascading effect continues until the youngest cask in the solera is filled with new rum. As a result, no cask in the solera is ever fully emptied. In addition, as the younger rum cascades through the solera, its average age and complexity gradually increases over time.
Ron Zacapa XO is crafted from a marriage of rums that have been solera-aged and are up to twenty-five years old. In addition, the rum is finished in French oak barrels that were previously used to mature cognac. As a result, the rum has an intense mahogany color, along with an aroma of leather, burnt caramel, roasted nuts and orange zest. The aroma gives way to notes of tobacco, cherries, chocolate, dates and figs on the palate, and leads to a long, semi-sweet finish accented by notes of raisins, vanilla and cinnamon.
Ron Zacapa XO was named one of the Top 10 Spirits of the Year by Gayot, and was named the Best Sipping Rum by Gear Patrol. In addition, it was named one of the Ten Best Choices for National Rum Day by Forbes.


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Maine Authorities Seek Missing Kayaker
Published at 10:33 pm on June 7, 2019
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Authorities in Maine are looking for a man who did not return after leaving in a kayak early Friday morning.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said 39-year-old Timothy Clauge of Nottingham, New Hampshire, launched his kayak after midnight to go fishing on Watchic Lake in Standish. He had arrived Thursday evening for a family celebration. Around 1 p.m., authorities were told Clauge had not returned.
A resident found Clauge's kayak overturned on the lake Friday.
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Wardens say the initial search was suspended late Friday, but divers were back on the lake Saturday morning.
Clauge is described as being a 6-foot, 200-pound white man with blue eyes and brown hair.
Anyone with information is asked to call 207-774-1444.


A series of cultural events are set to take place in Heraklion and in the village of Myrtia between the 18th and 22nd of July, as part of the "Travelling… Russia" Festival, organized by the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum, the Region of Crete, and the Municipality of Archanes-Asterousia.
For the third consecutive year, the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Myrtia village will organize the "Travelling" arts & literature festival, which focuses on the different places that inspired the famous Cretan writer. This year, the theme of the festival is Russia.
Kazantzakis' grave, at the highest point of the Walls of Heraklion, inscribed with his words: "I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I'm free".
Kazantzakis wasn't just a writer. He was a traveler, and a lifelong student of the world – always with a desire to learn. He visited Soviet Russia for extended periods between the years of 1925 and 1930, spending a total of two years in the country. During this period he fell in love with its people and became very interested in its history and politics, often meeting with important Russian figures.
The festival events, which will be inspired by and dedicated to the author's travel books, will include theatre performances, readings, live music and dance performances, exhibitions, games, film screenings, and more.
The festival conveniently follows the Russian Film Festival, which is planned to take place at the Bethlehem Gate Municipal Open-Air Cinema in Heraklion between the 9th and 15th of July.


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Season 3 Episode 7: Murder: Live
Alison Parker and Adam Ward both worked for a local news station in the US state of Virginia. Alison was a news correspondent while Adam was her cameraman. When former colleague Vester Lee Flanagan II was fired from the station, he decided to take revenge live on air. What happened next left a nation in shock.
Season 3 Episode 6: The Chillenden Murders
This week Mark takes a deep dive in to the Chillenden Murders. In 1996, Lin Russell was walking her two daughters, Josie and Megyn, home from school in the Kent countryside on a sunny July afternoon. When a hammer-wielding maniac approached demanding money, Lin's maternal instincts kicked in, telling her daughters...
Season 3 Epsiode 5: Evelyn Foster
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This week, the bitch is back! Sorry Bethan! For one week only (until her return in a couple of months time) my gorgeous co-host is gracing us with her dulcet tones! Join Bethan as she talks us through the disturbing death of 28-year-old Evelyn Foster.
This is a case that takes us back in time - to the...
Season 3 Episode 4: The Murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins
Join me this week as I take a deep dive in to the murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins...
Born in the East End of London, Billie-Jo's early years were blighted by an alcoholic mother and an absent father. Hers was a life where love and affection were replaced with neglect and contempt.
When she was taken in by the Jenkins...
Season 3 Episode 3: Kidnap & Murder - Julie Dart & Stephanie Slater
Julie Dart was abducted and murdered by Michael Sams in 1991. Evading justice and desperate for his next fix, this serial killer in the making went on to abduct Stephanie Slater before raping her and holding her captive for eight days. Stephanie was released by Sams and whilst some might say she was the luck one, she...


(@penguinrhuk #gifted) Thank you to the kind people at Jonathan Cape for sending me the graphic novel adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I absolutely love this story and I'm so excited for the much anticipated sequel The Testaments, which should be published later this year!
Have read The Handmaid's Tale, or have you watched the TV show? I can't wait for season three to come out in June! Elizabeth Moss plays Offred so well.
The book traumatized me so much when I read it many years ago that I haven't watched the series yet, even though it's filmed where I live and I even have a friend who's a background actor in it. 🤷🏻♀ I may try rereading the book first and then give it a try.
I read it last year. It is a great novel. Quite disturbing I believe. A masterpiece.
I did not know there was a graphic novel i will have to check out!
Her name is spelled with an S, not a Z.
I haven't watched the show, but I thought the book was very good.
I am dying for the new book! Might have to read The Handmaid's Tale for the third time in preparation!
I haven't watched the show but I really want to!
I love this look for this book. Cool.
I read the book at age 18 as my freshman year book we were all going to discuss. Didn't get it at all. Re-read 2 years ago and was blown to bits. Seriously can't wait for new season of series and the sequel.
Had no idea there was a book too, is it better than the TV show? Does it follow closely or is it different?
Not for me. Full of paranoia and sicklyness. Was glad to finish it. I came, I saw and I ran.
Great selection of books! I just read a book on finances it's super short and actually really fun to read. It's a MUST read. Let's connect! Check out my post about it!
Omg there's a graphic novel?! I have to get my hands on this beauty.


Verscom Solutions, a leading next-generation solutions provider and IP services enabler for wireline and wireless carriers, today announced that QiComm, a leading provider of advanced telecommunication services, has selected Verscom Centralized Routing System: VCRS to redefine call routing performance and economics of its Carrier Voice division.
Infinera has introduced the network Efficiency Quotient (EQ). Network EQ is a framework for comparing next-generation optical transport network architectures, enabling network operators to evaluate the ripple effect of architectural decisions on the total cost of ownership (TCO).
Pacnet and Infinera announced the completion of a collaborative effort demonstrating the successful transmission of more than 3 Tb/s of capacity over 4,500 km of Pacnet's C2C network. This marks another demonstration that highlights Infinera's application to Ultra-Long Haul subsea super-channels based on Infinera's 500 Gb/s Photonic Integrated Circuit technology.
Verscom Solutions announced the appointment of telecommunications veteran Mehmet N. Balos as CEO and President. "We are pleased to welcome Mehmet, a recognized industry veteran with over 30 years of global experience," said Gokce Bilyay, Founder of Verscom group companies and predecessor to Mehmet as CEO and President.
General Motors confirmed that it is pulling its advertising from Facebook because it determined paid ads had little impact on consumers. GM had been spending about $10 million on paid advertising and $30 million on unpaid marketing on Facebook.