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LGBTQ celebration LoveLoud 'flying under its own wings' in third year, says founder Dan Reynolds
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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vagabon opens the Loveloud Festival, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vagabon opens the Loveloud Festival, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grace Vanderwaal performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grace Vanderwaal performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Glenn performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fans cheer as Tyler Glenn performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skylar Schlueter, Seatte, WA, reacts after catching Tyler Glenn's sun glasses, after he tossed them into the crowd during his performance at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd reacts as Tyler Glenn takes the stage, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) dancers perform at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) dancers perform at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grace Vanderwaal performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) dancers perform at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) dancers perform at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grace Vanderwaal performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grace Vanderwaal performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Steve Young tosses footballs in to the crowd with the assistance of his wife Barb, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Glenn performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A.W. performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A.W. performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Glenn performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A.W. performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Steve Young tosses footballs in to the crowd with the assistance of his wife Barb, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Glenn performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd cheers as Imagine Dragons play at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Founder Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Day Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Imagine Dragons play the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Day Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Apple CEO Tim Cook says a few words at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Apple CEO Tim Cook says a few words at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Day Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds jumps into the crowd as he performs with Image Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Barb Young introduces Tim Cook, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julianne Hough performs a dance at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julianne Hough performs a dance at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Imagine Dragons play the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Image Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd reacts as Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Imagine Dragons performs at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd reacts as Image Dragons play the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd reacts as Dan Reynolds performs with Imagine Dragons, at the Loveloud Festival at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018.
During the first two years of organizing the LoveLoud Festival, founder Dan Reynolds knew he could count on one thing.
"Whether it was a big failure or not, I could at least convince my band to do it," Reynolds, lead singer of arena-rock superstars Imagine Dragons, said in a recent phone interview.
In its third year, LoveLoud — billed as a celebration for LGBTQ youth, set for Saturday at Usana Amphitheatre in West Valley City — is growing and evolving beyond that.
"It's flying under its own wings this year," Reynolds said. "This isn't an Imagine Dragons show. This is about our LGBTQ youth, and it's about celebrating them."
LoveLoud "is a concert, but it's also part pep rally, but it's also part telethon — there's nothing like LoveLoud," added Tegan Quin, whose band, the Canadian indie-pop duo Tegan & Sara, performed at last year's festival and is returning for this year's show.
Reynolds and Tegan & Sara are two of the eight music acts slated for the marathon show, which starts at 2:30 p.m. and runs into the night. (A portion of the show will be aired live, starting at 6 p.m. Mountain time, on AT&T Audience Network, channel 239 on DirecTV, and streaming on DirecTV Now, WatchTV and the DirecTV app.)
The festival aims to raise more than $1 million for groups that help LGBTQ youth, including The Trevor Project, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, Tegan and Sara Foundation, and Encircle. AT&T, the event's title sponsor, will donate a dollar to the LoveLoud Foundation (up to $200,000) every time someone on Saturday and Sunday uses the hashtag #TurnUpTheLove on Twitter.
Last year's festival faced criticism from some patrons, particularly over a lack of access to gender-inclusive restrooms at Rice-Eccles Stadium. This year, LoveLoud has enlisted the help of Gender Spectrum, a nonprofit group that advocates for LGBTQ youth, to give sensitivity training to festival volunteers.
The festival is also teaming with the autism-acceptance nonprofit KultureCity to provide a mobile "sensory room," a reprieve for fans who feel overwhelmed by the noise and clamor of a rock show.
"Every year, all we can do is learn how to be better. And that's our goal," Reynolds said. "We want this to be safe, and we want this to be all-inclusive."
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Onstage, Reynolds said, "we really focused on diversifying the lineup." He credits Quin — who is lesbian, like her twin sister Sara, and calls herself "the mayor of LGBTQ artist town" — for helping draw more LGBTQ talent to the bill.
One example is the electro-pop singer Daya, known for the hits "Hide Away" and "Sit Still, Look Pretty," who came out as bisexual in 2018. Another is Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, the side project of Grace, whose songs for her punk band Against Me! chronicled her transition as a transgender woman. And rapper-singer Kristine Flaherty, who records as K.Flay, has been dating musician Miya Folick (one of the festival's guest speakers) for about a year.
The big headliner is pop icon Kesha, known both for dance hits like "Tik Tok" and empowerment ballads like "Praying" (a song inspired by her experiences as an abuse survivor).
(Jordan Strauss | Invision/AP file photo) Pop star Kesha will be the headline act at the third LoveLoud Festival, set for Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Usana Amphitheatre in West Valley City.
"She brings the party," Reynolds said. "She is so wonderful as a human being. She's one of my friends, IRL, I guess people say, in real life. I love her. But also what she stands for, what she's been through, is fitting for this. She's also been a fierce ally for many years."
Other performers are the alt-rock bands AJR and PVRIS. (DJ/producer Martin Garrix dropped out of the show after breaking his ankle while performing in Las Vegas in May.)
Hosting the festival is Kelan Allen, a YouTube personality and contributor to "Ellen."
A highlight of the speakers' roster is Matt Easton, the Brigham Young University political science valedictorian who earned national headlines when he came out during his graduation speech in May. BYU Cougarettes and alumni, led by Charlie Bird, the former BYU mascot "Cosmo," will perform a dance routine.
Reynolds praised the way Utahns have shown support for Easton. "Utah is unfairly represented in the press, as this super-conservative, just Mormon, state, and that's just not true," said Reynolds, who attended BYU and whose band came up through the Provo club scene. "Salt Lake City is one of the most diverse, artistic communities in the nation. This speaks to the people of Utah in a really rad way."
Other speakers include Emmy-winning screenwriter Lena Waithe, Neon Trees lead singer Tyler Glenn, country singers Ty Herndon and Brandon Stansell, and Parkland shooting survivor and gun-safety activist Emma González.
Quin called the vibe at last year's LoveLoud "magical," and wanted to get more deeply involved — so she joined the festival's board.
"I'm standing in the audience, and I'm watching this event happening, and there's families and people talking, and there's so much love," Quin said. "I was like, 'What in the hell is happening?' I kept texting Sara: 'I've joined a cult. I'm never leaving.'"
Reynolds founded LoveLoud in 2017, in part to reconcile his support for his teen LGBTQ fans with the policies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he is a member. (The origins of the festival were chronicled in the documentary "Believer," which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and debuted on HBO last June.)
In April, church leaders reversed its 2015 policy that barred children of LGBTQ parents from being baptized and receiving blessings.
"It's certainly a baby step. ... I think there's a long way to go," Reynolds said.
Anti-LGBTQ doctrines in many churches — which are often blamed for depression and high suicide rates among LGBTQ youth — run counter to those churches' messages, Reynolds said.
"Our leaders are not speaking up and standing for the very thing that is at the core of a lot of these orthodox religions' teaching, which is unconditional love," he said.
"This isn't a Mormon problem, this isn't a Utah problem," Quin said. "This is about LGBTQ youth and religion and family and community, and igniting a conversation that's really important about unconditional love.
"To love someone is to accept and celebrate who they are," Reynolds said. "Real love is not 'I love you, but…' That's the important thing."
Getting to LoveLoud
LoveLoud Festival Powered by AT&T is a celebration of LGBTQ youth featuring music and guest speakers, now in its third year.
Where • Usana Amphitheatre, 5150 Upper Ridge Road, West Valley City.
When • Saturday, June 29, starting at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets • Starting at $29, at smithstix.com.
On TV • A live broadcast starts at 6 p.m. Mountain time, on AT&T Audience Network, channel 239 on DirecTV. It also will be streaming on DirecTV Now, WatchTV and the DirecTV app.


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I'm no longer sure that we should remove it.
If a new i18n release breaks the API again, Rails 2.3.11 will load it anyway.
Isn't it the same kind of issue with Rails 2.3.11 not supporting RubyGems > 1.6 ?
What would you think of adding Bundler support (#5638) to add some dependencies check at startup such as rack, rubyGems, i18n, etc., maybe that would also prevent some support issues to be posted ?
Budnler support is adressed for next major, so can this get closed in favour for #5638 ?
No, rubygems is not a gem.
As Rails 2.3.14 dependency is still '>= 0.4.1', I hope that i18n won't break the API in the future.


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New measurements confirm extra heating from our carbon dioxide
Posted on 23 March 2015 by MarkR
New measurements from Alaska and Oklahoma have confirmed that recent increases in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air, caused mostly by burning coal, oil and gas, are indeed heating up Earth's surface by making the greenhouse effect stronger (Feldman et al., 2015).
This was already beyond all reasonable doubt: satellites (Harries et al., 2001), computer simulations tested with measurements from planes (Tjemkes et al., 2004) and other ground experiments (Evans & Puckrin, 2006, Philipona et al., 2004) confirmed that more CO2 is making us hotter. This new study is still important though. Unlike satellites, these measurements were taken from Earth's surface. And unlike the previous surface measurements, this experiment combines a decade-long experiment with the right instruments to be able to untangle the causes of heating.
Rather like a tuning fork humming to the right note, greenhouse gases like CO2 respond to specific frequencies of light. The Earth glows constantly in the infrared (a bunch of colours we can't see) and greenhouse gases respond. They absorb very specific fractions of some frequencies and then recycle the energy they absorbed, sending some of it back down to Earth to warm us up.
In this study, instruments called spectrometers were pointed at the sky to watch this recycled infrared. They split light into its different frequencies (or colours, if you prefer) like a rainbow or a prism does. The brightness of each frequency is measured, the whole spectrum is put back together and patterns in the spectrum tell us what's going on.
The scientists used their measurements to test a computer model of the physics of how light moves in the atmosphere (LBLRTM, available here). It needs to know things like temperature, humidity and the presence of other gases in the air, and these were provided by a combination of weather balloons and some other sources. Measurements and simulations were only done when the sky was clear of clouds to make comparison easier. For the frequencies where CO2 is most active, the computer model predicted the spectrum to within a few tenths of a percent in most cases, so it's reliable.
Figure 1 The top is what a spectrum looks like, with the radiance (think "brightness") at each different frequency (reported here as wavenumber). The left shaded red bit is mostly from CO2, and can be separated from the effect of other things like water vapour. The bottom shows, in red, the difference between the computer simulation and the measurements over March 2001. Differences in the CO2 region are mostly less than 0.5 units, out of total measurements of up to 140 units.
Some older studies that managed to measure over a longer period of time used instruments that weren't able to split up the atmosphere's spectrum: they could tell that more heat was coming down, but they couldn't directly measure the cause. Big, quick changes can happen because of changes in the air's temperature or the amount of water vapour, for example. These new measurements can tell the difference.
In the next step, the team calculated the amount of CO2-caused heating. They ran the impressively-accurate computer model LBLRTM with the observed changes in atmospheric temperature and everything else except for CO2. It was fixed at the starting level. Outside of the CO2 bands, the model matched the observations, but inside the CO2 bands the observations were different. This difference is due to the extra heat being sent down by CO2, and the team used this to calculate the growth in heating from CO2.
Figure 2 As measured at the North Slope Alaska (NSA) measurement site, the growth in CO2 heating effect is shown in red, and in grey the concentration of CO2 estimated to be in the bottom 2 km of the atmosphere is shown. The CO2 heating effect is in Watts per square metre, and the amount of CO2 in parts per million.
From 2000–2010, the CO2 we added to the atmosphere (22 parts per million) added another 0.2 Watts per square metre (W m-2) of heating to the surface. It was even possible to see the yearly cycle of plant growth: spring growth sucks up CO2 and reduces its heating effect, before the plants lose leaves for winter and the CO2 and its heating effect returns.
The extra heating reported here is not directly comparable with the effect known as radiative forcing, which is used to help project climate change. However, it confirms the calculations that have been used to work out these values.
We already knew that the greenhouse effect was real and that we're making it stronger. This new study uses some truly impressive measurements, and reports that they match the predictions of physics excellently. The computer models that apply these physics have been rigorously tested in the past and they are an amazing achievement.
I would interpret this study as being worth a sigh of relief: physics works great at calculating CO2's heating effect so we can move on to other problems. It's unlikely to change the opinions of those who deny the greenhouse effect though. Measurements showing that it exists and is getting stronger have been around for years, and evidence has failed to convince them so far, so there's no reason to think this will be any different.
PhilippeChantreau at 01:47 AM on 24 March, 2015
Now prepare for the onslaught of flat-earthing pseudo physics that some will undoubtedly launch following these results...
KR at 01:56 AM on 24 March, 2015
Yep. The denialati were yelping about this paper last month (archived link). With the usual nonsense references to Salby, volcanos, "it's the sun", 2nd law of thermodynamics, etc...
jja at 05:16 AM on 24 March, 2015
Interestingly, this quote from the abstract:
This (CO2 component warming) is approximately ten per cent of the trend in downwelling longwave radiation5, 6, 7
And that the overall increase in the rates of warming being experienced by the planet (also called the Top of Atmosphere energy inbalance, or TOA) is growing at a much more rapid rate. This is especially true when one considers that the emissions of Chinese aerosols during this same period increased by over 400%
uncletimrob at 05:51 AM on 24 March, 2015
Thank you. One of my interests is amateur radio and I've been working with a fellow ham on IR cloudbounce communication. This is a nice lok at IR from another perspective. A very interesting article.
Theo168 at 14:07 PM on 24 March, 2015
It's about time basic radiative forcing was validated 'in the wild'
Question - why doesn't the paper not compare measurement with theory? My back of envelope calc predicted 0.29 W/m2 vs measured 0.2W/m2.
5.35*ln(389.85/369.52) = 0.29 W/m2
Kevin C at 18:30 PM on 24 March, 2015
Theo: I haven't looked into this, but the two obvious differences between this observation and a radiative forcing are that:
Radiative forcing us a top of atmosphere flux difference, whereas this is at the surface.
Radiative forcing is a global mean, where as these are local values.
But there may be other differences.
you have an error of selection bias and improper time scales
The .2 value is a decadal average. You used a random start and end date instead of the annual average value and an 11 year time period.
Use the values from 2000 to 2010 and the points from the solid blue median line in the graphic.
Joel_Huberman at 03:05 AM on 25 March, 2015
Thanks for an excellent summary of an important new contribution.
I felt that one of the sentences in the article, "The extra heating reported here is not directly comparable with the effect known as radiative forcing, which is used to help project climate change," deserved further clarification. I think that this graph, taken from the IPCC AR5 WG1 final report (page 181) helps to explain the difference between the extra heating measured by Feldman et al. and the total radiative forcing used to project climate change:
Notice that the radiation "imbalance" (0.6 W/m2; lower left corner of the figure) is the very small difference between total incoming radiation and total outgoing radiation at the top of the atmosphere (TOA). This imbalance represents the "radiative forcing, which is used to help project climate change," and it is determined by interplay between many factors.
A large portion of the total heat radiation leaving the Earth's surface is returned to the Earth as "thermal, down surface" radiation (342 W/m2) by greenhouse gases and clouds (large orange downward arrow at lower right). Downward radiation from CO2 (as measured by Feldlman et al.) forms a significant component of that 342 W/m2, but downward radiation from water vapor and clouds is the major component according to my understanding. Downward radiation from CO2 is just one of the many factors affecting the final imbalance of 0.6 W/m2.
Pblackmar at 04:04 AM on 25 March, 2015
Fig 2 appears to be linear. Can a 100 yr projection be made to reduce impacts of internal variability forcing and accurately estimate temp increase given a consistent increase in CO2? Thx
Tom Curtis at 04:09 AM on 25 March, 2015
Joel_Huberman @8, not quite right.
The energy imbalance at the top of atmosphere is composed of the change in radiative forcing minus the change in outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) due to the increased surface temperature. The total radiative forcing relative to 1750 in 2011 was 2.2 W/m^2, as shown by the IPCC AR5:
It follows that the OLR to space has increased 1.6 W/m^2. (Note, the imbalance at the TOA equals the imbalance at the surface to a very close approximation. If it did not, the atmosphere would heat, or cool very rapidly. The difference between that shown for the surface and TOA in your figure is entirely due to different rounding conventions.)
The radiative forcing, itself is the change in the downward energy balance at the tropopause after the stratosphere has reached radiative equilibrium (full IPCC AR5 definition at bottom of post). For convenience, we normally just refer to the Top of Atmosphere (TOA) rather than at the tropopause. That is reasonable because both are close approximations of each other.
Finally, the measured change discussed in the OP is in the "thermal down surface" shown in your diagram, as you correctly state. In the band of CO2 absorption, that change will have been due to increased CO2 concentration, increased H2O concentration and increased temperature. They appear to have determined the CO2 only contribution by comparision with a radiative transfer model (which unlike GCMs, are fully deterministic, and are very accurate). That change is small relative to the change in radiative forcing at the TOA, a fact which is well known. In fact, it is so well known that from time to time a denier will graph the expected changes at the bottom of the atmosphere as "proof" that radiative forcing from CO2 is much less than that expected by the IPCC - a proof that they are totally dishonest or hopelessly ignorant on the subject they purport to teach to others.
IPCC AR5 definition of Radiative Forcing (from WG1, Annex III)
"Radiative forcing Radiative forcing is the change in the net, downward
minus upward, radiative flux (expressed in W m–2) at the tropopause
or top of atmosphere due to a change in an external driver of climate
change, such as, for example, a change in the concentration of carbon dioxide
or the output of the Sun. Sometimes internal drivers are still treated as
forcings even though they result from the alteration in climate, for example
aerosol or greenhouse gas changes in paleoclimates. The traditional radiative
forcing is computed with all tropospheric properties held fixed at their
unperturbed values, and after allowing for stratospheric temperatures, if
perturbed, to readjust to radiative-dynamical equilibrium. Radiative forcing
is called instantaneous if no change in stratospheric temperature is
accounted for. The radiative forcing once rapid adjustments are accounted
for is termed the effective radiative forcing. For the purposes of this report,
radiative forcing is further defined as the change relative to the year 1750
and, unless otherwise noted, refers to a global and annual average value.
Radiative forcing is not to be confused with cloud radiative forcing, which
describes an unrelated measure of the impact of clouds on the radiative
flux at the top of the atmosphere."
Pblackmar @9, temperature increase at the surface due to radiative forcing is not a simple function of changes in back radiation (ie, the changes measured in this paper). That is because radiation is not the only energy transfer between the surface and atmosphere. Consequently, increases in back radiation may be matched by increases or decreases in convection, and or evapotranspiration. Rather, both changes in temperature, back radiation, convection and evapo-transpiration will occur to reestablish the change of temperature with altitude in the troposphere which enables an energy balance at the tropopause. Consequently the approach you mention will not reliably forecast future temperature changes.
Tom Curtis @10,11. Thanks for your excellent explanations. Clearly I had much to learn about how radiative forcings are calculated. May I ask you another question to test my new understanding?
Consider the first sentence of the IPCC definition of radiative forcing--"Radiative forcing is the change in the net, downward minus upward, radiative flux (expressed in W m–2) at the tropopause or top of atmosphere due to a change in an external driver of climate change, such as, for example, a change in the concentration of carbon dioxide or the output of the Sun." Based on the full definition and on your explanation, it now seems to me that the reason the measurements by Feldman et al. of changes in downward radiation due to changes in CO2 concentration do not correspond to radiative forcings is that these CO2-radiation changes may have induced other changes--changes in water vapor concentration or in cloud abundance, for example--which will also have effects on both upward and downward radiative fluxes at the TOA. Consequently, the net effect of a change in CO2 concentration will be composed of both a direct effect on CO2-radiation (downward and upward) plus indirect effects on other downward and upward heat transfer mechanisms. Feldman et al. measured a direct effect, but radiative forcing is the net effect. Is my current interpretation correct?
the 0.6 value of TOA is derived from Hansen and Sato (2010) and corresponds with an average value whose mid-point correltes with 2007. Recent NODC ocean heat content analysis shows that the TOA today is significantly higher and at ~1.0 Watts per meter squared in 2013.
It is plausible that, with significant reductions in SE asian aerosol emissions, we are currently at 1.2 Watts per meter squared and facing a significant rate of increase in coming years.
see: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,1183.0.html
Joel_Huberman @12, the definition, with my emphasis is:
"Radiative forcing is the change in the net, downward minus upward, radiative flux (expressed in W m–2) at the tropopause or top of atmosphere due to a change in an external driver of climate change, such as, for example, a change in the concentration of carbon dioxide or the output of the Sun."
Feldman et al measure the change at the bottom of the atmosphere, which they call the "surface radiative forcing". "Surface radiative forcing" and "radiative forcing" are not the same thing. For what it is worth, the change in downward flux at the surface due to a change in CO2, and absent any feedbacks, is about four fifths of the change in radiative forcing (as calculated by the IPCC approximation).
As you note, "surface radiative forcing" also differs from radiative forcing in allowing considerable atmospheric adjustment increase in CO2. That adjustment includes an increase in temperature and, importantly, an increase in H2O content. H2O absorption bands have considerable overlap with the main CO2 absorption bands. That is largely inconsequential for radiative forcing, for CO2 only decreases in concentration very slowly with altitude, whereas H2O is virtually absent above 3 km (except where there are very strong updrafts). Consequently, at the tropopause, the effect of H2O absorption in those bands is very small. In contrast, at the surface much of the effect of CO2 would occure regardless because of the presence of H2O. Further, the increase in temperature will increase the downward flux from all radiative components of the atmosphere including CO2.
It turns out the "surface radiative forcing" Feldman et al calculate is approximately equal to the radiative forcing as calculated for the TOA using the IPCC's approximate formula. As the change in net TOA flux allowing adjustments is considerably less than that, there must be some other difference in the surface energy budget making up the difference. To the extent that Feldman et al's results are respresentative of the global average, that difference will be made up by increased convection or evapo-transpiration, or heat flow from another region (or some combination of the three).
That response is a lot longer than needed as, except for specifying the difference in location (which you probably understood but thought too obvious to need stating), your understanding was correct. I just took the opportunity to flesh out some more of my thoughts on the topic :)
@tom 14
It turns out the "surface radiative forcing" Feldman et al calculate is approximately equal to the radiative forcing as calculated for the TOA using the IPCC's approximate formula.
I have reviewed the paper and supplemental information and have not found an absolute value for surface radiative forcing that is equal or approximate to TOA values. Do you have a value or quote from the paper that justifies your statement? What is the Feldman total surface radiative forcing in their series at 2007?
The references show that the total longwave downwelling trend is 2.1 watts per meter per decade increase.
jja @15, eyeballing figure 2, CO2 concentrations at North Slope Alaska have grown from 369-385 ppmv, for a calculated increase of 0.227 W/m^2 of forcing, which is approximately the same as the 0.2 W/m^2 increase in surface radiative forcing shown on the trend line (blue).
However, as you challenged the value, I looked at global annual average increases in CO2 from 2000-2010 (368.85-388.57 ppmv) for a global increase of forcing of 0.279 W/m^2. Further, the calculated forcing for the annual average increase for Alert, Alaska (data), is 0.277 W/m^2 . These are not approximately 0.2. Further, the standard formula for radiative forcing of CO2 applies only to global values, and not necessarilly for regional values. Consequently I withdraw my claim.
I will note that using Modtran and the Alert values with the standard cirrus model, there is a 0.09 W/m^2 TOA difference in radiative flux for the sub-arctic summer and winter. On that basis, the standard formula radically over estimates TOA radiative forcing of CO2 in the sub-arctic (including Alaska). Of course, the modtran model at UChicago is obsolete, and I did not set up the model properly to get the change in radiative flux at the tropopause, after the stratosphere had adjusted nor to get all sky values, so the modtran estimate of forcing is very approximate.
the 0.2 watts per meter squared increase per decade is a good fit for the TOA analysis using Nuccitelli et al 2012 with Durack 2014 reanalysis. However this is a decadal rate of change, not an absolute value.
The absolute value was estimated by Hansen and Sato (2010) using Levitus et. al (2009) data at 0.6 watts per meter squared, corresponding to a median date of 2007.
However, recent NODC 0-2000 meter OHC analysis shows that the lower bound of current TOA radiation imbalance is 1.0 Watts per meter squared. This is a least bound as the rate of TOA is currently increasing and increasing at an increasing rate!
it was your use of the term TOA that threw me off. I have not seen a good analysis of TOA time series except for the one that I have done as an amateur compilation.
Tom Curtis at 13:07 PM on 26 March, 2015
jja @17, Feldman et al measured the surface radiative forcing of CO2. The total surface radiative forcing will have been larger than that. Therefore, for comparison I compared it with the radiative forcing of CO2. The net TOA energy flux that you discuss includes the total forcing since 1750 from all sources, minus the increase in net upward energy flux due to increases in GMST including feedbacks on that temperature increase.
MarkR at 05:37 AM on 28 March, 2015
Theo @5:
Quick answer is: they did compare measurements to theory and found the model did excellently, see Figure 1 in the paper.
Your equation is an approximation from Myhre et al. (1998). It's for net change in flux at the tropopause after allowing the stratosphere to adjust, and averaged over 3 different atmospheres (tropical, northern and southern).
This experiment has measurements from two land surface locations, both Northern Hemisphere, only clear-sky and including changes in temperature and water vapour.
Since CO2 and water vapour have some absorption band overlap, then they each steal some heating from the other. So if you increase CO2 without increasing water vapour (like in Myhre et al) then the calculated CO2 effect should be bigger than the case where water vapour increases (like in this experiment). That's just one reason why we should be careful with the comparison.
Both Myhre et al. and this study use line-by-line models that are astonishingly accurate (e.g. Tjemkes et al., 2003). These new measurements gives us even more confidence that these models can be used to estimate radiative forcing.
We'd already checked these models "in the wild", and satellite measurements also back up expected changes (e.g. Harries et al., 2001). This new study seems to be built on a top quality experiment, but we already had enough experimental evidence to be very confident in the radiative transfer models used to calculate radiative forcing.
jja @17:
Is this the sort of thing you've been looking for? We now have estimates of the TOA imbalance in each decade.
MarkR @20 Allen et. al. 2014 is included in the graphic. The error bars make it practically worthless compared to hansen and sato 2010, though it does give a higher mean value as shown on the graphic above.
citizenschallenge at 13:17 PM on 29 March, 2015
MarkR,
I'm hoping you can help clarify something for me. Jim Steele makes a novel suggestion regarding Heat Waves. It seems wrong on a number of levels, but I sure can't put it together into words. I'm hoping you can help, here's the quote:
"every heat wave get's trumpeted as global warming, but the heat waves usually occur under very dry conditions. Dry conditions allow the earth and air to heat up much more quickly. And when you get this high pressure settle in, it allows for greater solar insolation, that heats the land more quickly and that high pressure dome stops convection that would carry away that heat, much like rolling up the windows in your car, watching your car heat up.
And because water vapor makes up 80% of the greenhouse gases or even more, the heat waves are actually happening when there's a drop in the concentration of greenhouse gases."
Composer99 at 23:41 PM on 30 March, 2015
citizenschallenge:
I don't have a cite, but to the best of my knowledge:
(1) A heat wave does not require the absence of atmospheric water vapour, or indeed of water stored in soil, etc.. IMO your interlocutor needs to provide a cite to support the claim "heat waves usually occur under very dry conditions". (Obviously not a veteran of Ottawa, Ontario heat waves, then.)
(2) Atmospheric water vapour is geographically and temporally highly variable (e.g. there is less of it in, say, desert regions, or in polar regions during the winter, than, say the wet tropics).
I can't say I know much about heat wave formation, but I'm rather doubting the person you are quoting does, either.
Manwichstick at 01:01 AM on 31 March, 2015
RE: citizenschallenge #22
Please correct me if I'm wrong: It is my understanding that heat waves (high pressure domes) are a consequence of wind patterns (or lack there of), primarily. So both the start of a heat wave, and its ultimate conclusion, are at the hands of a much larger-scale planetary wind/ocean currents.
The idea that "local" humidity effects the duration/severity of heat waves seems a bit like a "forest for the trees" type of error - to me. It makes sense that local humidity is important - but not really THAT important.
If any one can clarify...
michael sweet at 01:51 AM on 31 March, 2015
Citizenschallenge,
As I understand it Jim Steele has it almost backwards. AGW causes dry places to get dryer. Heat waves are worse when there is little surface water to evaporate and cool the atmosphere. In places like California, they have had little rain. When they have a heat wave, it is much hotter than it would have been because there is no water to evaporate to cool the weather off.
AGW's twin effects of altering rainfall and making it hotter causes heat waves to be even more distructive. California has had its fourth dry rainy season. It has been record hot there for months. Expect this summer to be even hotter and have a worse fire season (another of the effects of AGW). They pray El Nino will bail them out but no luck so far on that.
bjchip at 09:28 AM on 30 March, 2019
Link to Tjemkes et.al 2004 is broken.


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Ginger – Zingiber Officinale!
In the orient ginger is commonly used to enhance digestion and utilization of all other nutrients, to reduce gas, and as an overall tonic, and to improve circulation and lower cholesterol. Especially supportive of bronchial health. Repulsive to intestinal and other parasites. Phenylalkylketones (Gingerols, Shogaols, Singerone), Aromatic Oils (Zingiberone, Bisabolene, Camphene, Geranial, Linalool, Borneol) and some 400 other identified Phytonutrients. Ginger root is widely used around the world as a spice or food additive. Ginger is fried and eaten plain, and used in curry pastes and other sauces in India; it is grilled and used to flavor fish and meats or for making ginger tea in Indonesia; it is boiled or fried in Chinese cookery; used to baste chicken or eaten as pickled ginger (beni shoga) and served with sushi in Japan; and used in Jamaica to make Jamaican jerk paste. A ginger extract with carbonated water makes the popular drink we call ginger ale.
Ginger was used in the Middle Ages in Europe to flavor beer. Ginger has been used in Asia for thousands of years for relief from arthritis, rheumatism, sprains, muscular aches and pains, catarrh, congestion, coughs, sinusitis, sore throats, diarrhea, colic, cramps, indigestion, loss of appetite, motion sickness, fever, flu, chills, and infectious disease. The Lancet, a highly respected British medical journal, reported excellent results in scientific tests using ginger to treat nausea: "The powdered rhizome of Zingiber officinale has been found to be more effective than dimenhydrinate (Dramamine?) in reducing motion sickness in individuals highly susceptible to this malady (Mowrey and Clayson, The Lancet, 1982)." Other reports from medical research indicate that ginger is effective in reducing the effects of morning sickness in pregnant women. The Latin name Zingiber is derived from the Sanskrit word, shringavera, which means "shaped like a deer's antlers." The word ginger evolved in English from the Latin zingiber as "gingifer" and "gingivere."
Ginger, Zingiber officinale
Warming & Cheering
A spicy aroma that warms and fortifies the psyche. Stimulating, cheering when one is lonely and listless. Sharpens the senses. Helps with colds, flu, sore throats and runny noses. Use for digestion problems may also help feelings of nausea, hangovers and travel, sea sickness. May relieve arthritic, rheumatic, lower back pain.
Bath – 5-6 drops will warm and cheer on those dull cold winter days.
Diffuse – or inhale while traveling to alleviate travel sickness.
Massage – 10-15 drops in 60 ml of carrier oil, can be applied to stomach to soothe indigestion.
warming, strengthening, anchoring
Skin irritant. A small amount goes a long way.
Habitat: Native to S.E. Asia but cultivated in India, China, the West Indies, Nigeria and elsewhere in the tropics.
Collection: The rootstock is dug up when the leaves have dried. The remains of the stem and root fibers should be removed. Wash thoroughly and dry in the sun.
Part Used:The rootstock.
Constituents:
Volative oil, l-2% or occasionally more, containing mainly zingiberene and bisabolene, with zingiberol, zingiberenol, curcumene, camphene, citral, cineole, borneol, linalool, methylheptenone and many other minor components
Pungent principles; a mixture of phenolic compounds with carbon side chains of 7 or more carbon atoms, referred to as gingerols, gingerdiols, gingerdiones, dihydrogingerdiones and shogaols. The shogaols are produced by dehydration and degradation of the gingerols and are formed during drying and extraction. The shogaols are twice as pungent as the gingerols, which accounts for the fact that dried ginger is more pungent than fresh.
Actions: Stimulant, carminative, anti-spasmodic, rubefacient, diaphoretic, emmenagogue.
Indications: Ginger may be used as a stimulant of the peripheral circulation in cases of bad circulation, chilblains and cramps. In feverish conditions, Ginger acts as a useful diaphoretic, promoting perspiration. As a gargle it may be effective in the relief of sore throats. Externally it is the base of many fibrositis and muscle sprain treatments. Ginger has been used world-wide as an aromatic carminative and pungent appetite stimulant. In India, and in other countries with hot and humid climates, ginger is eaten daily and is a well-known remedy for digestion problems. Its wide-spread use is not only be due to flavor, but to the anti-oxidant and anti-microbial effects, necessary for preservation of food, essential in such climates.
Ellingwood describes this herb thus: This agent is mentioned in but few therapeutic works, although it occupies an important place, and should not be neglected. It is a profound and immediate stimulant, an active diaphoretic, an anodyne in gastric and intestinal pain, and a sedative to an irritated and overwrought system when there is extreme exhaustion. An infusion of the powder drunk warm produces immediate but mild emesis and active diaphoresis. Ginger is an emergency remedy. In every case in which brandy or whisky is given to produce an immediate stimulating influence, the tincture of ginger can be given with even better results. From half a teaspoonful to a teaspoonful will produce greater stimulation than half an ounce of brandy. It may be stirred into half a glass of cold water, but is much more immediate in its action if given in hot water. The tincture does not produce emesis.
The agent stimulates the stomach actively, producing a pleasing sense of warmth. It overcomes flatulence and quickly relieves flatulent colic. In atonic conditions of the stomach and intestinal tract, it stimulates the structure to renewed activity and materially assists in the restoration of normal tone. It relieves pain from any cause except inflammatory action, when this remedy must be avoided. In acute colds the entire train of symptoms may be aborted in a single night, by advising the patient to take a hot mustard foot bath at bedtime, while the body, prepared for bed, is wrapped in warm blankets. During the foot bath the patient should drink a glass or two of hot water, each of which contains half of a dram of the tincture of Ginger. Acute inflammations may be aborted by this course. In dysmenorrhoea, ovarian neuralgia and uterine pain from any cause at the menstrual epoch, this agent is reliable. If given at the beginning of an hysterical attack it will often abort the attack, and produce quiet and restful sleep.
Preparations & Dosage: Infusion: pour a cup of boiling water onto l teaspoonful of the fresh root and let it infuse for 5 minutes. Drink whenever needed. Decoction: if you are using the dried root in powdered or finely chopped form, make a decoction by putting l l/2 teaspoonfuls to a cup of water. Bring it to the boil and simmer for 5-l0 minutes. This can be drunk whenever needed. Tincture: the tincture comes in two forms, weak Tincture B.P. which should be taken in a dose of l.5-3ml three times a day and the Strong Tincture B.P. which should be taken in a dose of 0.25-0.5ml three times a day.
General Culture:
This tropical plant, needing plenty of heat and humidity, may find a temporary home in a partially shady spot of your summer garden, but pot culture is more practical for an extended growing period. The best way to start ginger is to purchase a fresh (not dried or frozen) root at a grocery store in early spring. Cut the root (rhizome) into 1- or 2-" sections but long enough to include several healthy-looking, well-developed growth buds. Let the cut ends callous over (dry out) a day or so, then plant just below the soil surface in fertile, well-drained soil. Water sparingly until top growth develops, otherwise the rhizome could rot. Once established, water heavily, fertilize monthly, and keep in a partially shaded location. Provided with adequate space, ginger can reach a height of 4′ with a 2- to 3-foot spread. Bring in before temperatures drop below 50 degrees F. Rhizomes may rot in cold wet soil. Allow several months before harvesting to allow rhizomes to reach adequate size. With care, new sections may be harvested while allowing the remainder to continue growing.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
True ginger is one of the oldest known and most widely consumed spices. In China, ginger is mentioned in the earliest of herbals. Dried ginger is first mentioned in Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, attributed to the Divine Plowman Emperor, Shen-Nong, who lived about 2,000 BC. Fresh ginger was first listed in Ming Yi Bie Lu ( Miscellaneous Records of Famous Physicians) and Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu ( Collection of Commentaries on the Classics of Materia Medica) both attributed to Tao Hong-jing, published during the dynasties of the North and South Kingdoms around the year 500 AD. Fresh ginger and dried ginger are considered two different commodities. In fact, one author of an early ben cao (Chinese herbal) felt that they were so different that they must come from two different plants!
The dried root is known as Gan-jiang. The fresh root is called Sheng-jiang. The fresh root is used to dispel pathogens via its ability to induce sweating. It expels cold, relieves nausea and "clear away" toxic matter. The dried root treats depleted yang, removes cold, is useful for "cold" pain of the stomach and abdomen, is useful for diarrhea due to cold deficiency, cough, rheumatism and many other uses. Experimental data developed by Chinese scientists verifies the ability of the dried root to "strengthen," the stomach while acting as a mild stomach and intestinal stimulant. It has also been shown to inhibit vomiting. Studies with fresh root showed that for the first few hours ginger tea reduced gastric secretions, followed by a longer period of stimulation.
Animal experiments have also shown analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity. Even in modern China, while an essential ingredient in almost any meal, it is also one of the most widely consumed drugs. Both fresh and dried roots are official drugs of the modern Chinese pharmacopoeia, as is a liquid extract and tincture of ginger. Ginger is used in dozens of traditional Chinese prescriptions as a "guide drug" to "mediate" the effects of potentially toxic ingredients. In fact, in modern China, Ginger is believed to be used in half of all herbal prescriptions.
The fresh or frozen rhizome is grated and used in Eastern recipes in soups, stir fry, and numerous other meat, poultry and seafood dishes. Crystallized ginger root is a popular Asian confection. The young sprouts are also edible. Dried and ground, the spice has a Western culinary tradition in baking, candies and puddings. Ginger extracts have been extensively studied for a broad range of biological activities including antibacterial, anticonvulsant, analgesic, antiulcer, gastric anti-secretory, antitumor, antifungal, antispasmodic, antiallergenic, and other activities. Gingerols have been shown to be inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis. Danish researchers at Odense University have studied the anticoagulant properties of ginger and found that it was a more potent blood-clotting agent than garlic or onion.
The same research group studied the potential use of ginger in the treatment of migraine, based on the long history of ginger use for neurological disorders by practitioners of India's traditional medicine system known as Ayurveda. The researchers proposed that ginger may exert migraine-headache-relieving and preventative activity without side effects. Other scientific studies show that gingerol, one of the primary pungent principles of ginger, helps counter liver toxicity by increasing bile secretion. Ginger has potent anti-microbial and anti-oxidant (food preservative) qualities as well. A recent study, furthering ginger's reputation as a stomachic, shows that acetone and methanol extracts of ginger strongly inhibits gastric ulceration.
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Pickup trucks have different varieties when it comes to cab types. There are regular cabs, extended cabs, crew cabs and quad cabs. In this article, we will differentiate the crew cab and quad cab types.
A crew cab pickup is the largest cab option and offers more interior space than the other cab types. It features full-sized front and rear doors which allows easier loading of bigger items. There are four doors in a crew cab, same as the quad. Pickup owners choose crew cabs when they want a significant amount of legroom and still enough cargo capacity as opposed to a regular cab. Rear rows can also have armrests to add comfort to the travel experience. There are different car manufacturers such as Dodge that distribute crew cabs.
A quad cab is a style whose name is used only by Dodge Ram. It has a larger cargo capacity but smaller interior than the crew cab. However, it has the same capacity of 6 adult passengers. It is more affordable than a crew cab. People who prioritize cargo capacity than legroom would prefer to choose a quad cab compared to other cab options.


If this is a new install then try going to your File -> Options -> All Language Pairs and add some language pairs to your setup. Once you've done that try creating a project again and see if that helps? If it doesn't drop me an email and we can take a look at this together tomorrow morning.
Thanks for the additional tips. I've tried both adding some language pairs and Windows-repairing Studio, but these solutions haven't helped either. I'll send an e-mail to Paul.


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Heads up Twitch, Facebook just hired gamer Snoopeh for its e-sports division
Josh Constine	@JoshConstine / 3 years
459,000 years. That's how long Twitch users spent watching other people play video games last year, and Facebook wants a piece of the pie.
It might sound weird, but e-sports are wildly popular, and Facebook is getting serious about owning those video views. A source tipped us off that Facebook has hired e-sports super-connector and former professional gamer Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis to build out a new team. As Facebook's new e-sports strategic partnerships manager, he'll be recruiting top game developers and players to bring their streaming content to the social network.
Upon request for statement, Ellis deferred to Facebook PR, which told me, "We can confirm that Stephen Ellis recently started working at Facebook. Stephen is joining a collaborative effort between the sports and games partnership teams to support the eSports and gaming communities using our platform."
A source tells us Ellis will be operating under Guy Cross, Facebook's head of games partnerships for North America. Ellis will work alongside Ginger Larson, who previously ran biz dev at game companies Storm8 and Digital Chocolate, and Pranay Desai, formerly of Ubisoft.
Hired in May according to his LinkedIn, Ellis seems to have already been busy. He's been traveling around the world speaking with Facebook's gaming partners. And last week, Facebook announced a major partnership with game studio Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft and new blockbuster first-person shooter Overwatch. Blizzard will build Facebook Live streaming capabilities and friend-findings into its games, starting with Overwatch.
But with Ellis working with the team, that's not going to be the last of Facebook's e-sports partnerships.
The business is huge. The average Twitch user watched 421 minutes of e-sports per month last year. Twitch had 100 million monthly users as of January 2015, and you can bet it's way bigger now after two years of support from acquirer Amazon.
In 2015, Twitch peaked at just over 2 million concurrent viewers. Imagine what Facebook could do by throwing an audience of 1.65 billion people at game streaming? It could rack up huge view counts, time on site and revenue as businesses spend ad dollars to sell games and gaming culture to the lucrative audience.
Ellis is the guy to make this happen. He's respected by gamers for his success professionally playing the world's most popular game, League of Legends, from 2010 to 2014. He captained his team Evil Geniuses to third place in the world championships. He writes on LinkedIn that during the experience, he "Developed an extensive network throughout the eSports and gaming industry."
That soon went to use as he became the VP of global biz dev for e-sports betting company Unikrn. There he established partnerships, and negotiated contracts with influencers and third-parties. He also started advising Repable, which helps e-sports stars with financial management, and Vibby, which lets gamers annotate and share their best moments. Ellis recently co-founded the Esports Player Resource Center dedicated to educating gamers about their professional opportunities.
That all seems like the perfect training to run e-sports partnerships at Facebook. Snoopeh understands what it's like to be an e-sports star, the fame they seek, how their payment deals work and what they want to share.
Stephen Ellis (second from right) celebrating with the Facebook partnerships team after its CEO Gaming Summit
Facebook's past forays into verticalized strategic partnerships have been incredibly successful. Its celebrity-focused team has gotten actors, musicians and athletes posting to Facebook and broadcasting on its new Live feature. It struck deals for Instant Articles through its news partnerships team. And it's got all sorts of businesses building experiences for Messenger.
Using the massive reach of its social network, Facebook and Ellis could lure in more game studios to build integrations with Live that give Facebook content while promoting the studio's titles. When people watch an e-sports star playing a game, they want to buy it. Combined with the platform's biographical data, it could be a powerful place for game companies to advertise.
Meanwhile, Facebook could assist the stars themselves to gain a bigger audiences that earns them sponsorships, merch sales and a cross-platform following. In exchange, they could encourage their fan bases to stream them on Facebook. That could boost Facebook's video view count, which was at 8 billion as of last November.
Stephen Ellis helping Mark Cuban play like a pro
Once upon a time, casual Zynga games like FarmVille drove huge amounts of engagement on Facebook's desktop platform that racked up ad money and 30 percent taxes on in-game payments. But with the shift to mobile controlled by Apple's iOS and Google's Android, Facebook lost its grip on game hosting.
Now as hardcore games like the League of Legends battle arenas and Call of Duty shooters hit the mainstream, and spectating has exploded, Facebook wants to muscle back in. Except this time around, instead of a few hundred million users, it has a fifth of the planet to dangle as a power-up for video game heroes and developers willing to join forces.


When it comes to transforming yourself for a day, a month, or a whole season, nothing beats a fresh dye job to completely reinvent your appearance. It's less drastic than trying a whole new cut, which could leave you feeling like a shorn sheepdog for the next half a year, testing the limits of your hat collection, and less costly than buying a whole new wardrobe. With the rise of the flashy, splashy millennials, hair colors have never had more variety, with a tint palette that will suit every style, natural hue, and face shape. Here's some of our favorite ideas to give your gleaming flaxen waxen a full makeover.
Coming in hot with shock and awe, pink has been catching on as a completely acceptable hair color. These bubblegum tones can run the gamut from hot and striking to much more muted. The trick is to get it to work with your skin tone, using lighter, ashen contrast against darker complexions and deeper, denser colors if you look a little pale.
Platinum blonde has been done to death, and the stripped down, washed-out look isn't turning any heads these days. Instead, going blonde with an added pearlescent sheen breathes new life into this old standard, giving a sense of unearthly shimmer that halos your head gloriously.
A major Instagram draw, the inspiration here is as simple as can be: the gorgeous Aurora Borealis. Using the same meandering appearance as the lights in the sky, these can be deep jade to bright blue all the way up to yellow splashes with reddish ringlets. Weaving and whimsical, this is a big move that requires total fearlessness.
Women with salt & pepper hair are getting the respect they deserve as being distinguished, rather than matronly, but younger ladies are hopping on this bandwagon as well by having contrasting blonde, gray, and black that promotes depth and complexity. It's a handy way to hide your age, skewing whichever way you choose.
It's no longer a crime to show your age, as many ladies of the limelight are letting their gray come out, but adding in gray highlights, gray frosting, and even a full slide from dark into silver is cropping up. You can start with your natural tones at the roots and then ease into gray toward the tips for an ethereal appearance that can make your skin tones pop.
Using a combination of warm and cool colors in a single style works with every skin tone and gives you a naturally beautiful look that also won't clash with any outfit. By being neutral, you refuse to limit yourself to any given segment of the color wheel and allow your body's tone to do a lot of the talking.
Red hair always has a place on the street as well as the runway, but some are turning it up a notch with more metallic sheens that hit bronze, rose gold, and can shine like a new penny. These will light you up and make any skin seem more radiant.
Seriously dark hair can be a curse as much as a blessing, but allowing it to cascade from dark to milk chocolate or milk chocolate to caramel allows a minimum of damaging dyes to be used and provide a waterfall of intrigue that frames your face – or even your body – in a way that entices the eyes.
Like a 90's throwback, exposed roots are in vogue, even for those who have inherently light hair. Beginning with a dark shade right at the scalp and moving to a shimmering platinum at the tips. Best of all, it's easy to maintain and lets your hair grow in without any awkward middling phases.
Like the Vegas strip on a clear desert night, a few streaks of neon can be all it takes to give your hair a major upgrade. With bits of strategically placed color that shouts, it allows the rest of your hair to be whisper soft, creating a slyly confident and playful appearance.
This bypasses platinum and heads straight into nearly translucent territory. Like a snow-capped peak, there's more white and less yellow in this look which requires quite a commitment if you're going to really reach for it.
Rather than trying to catch the eye with a shocking color scheme, find a subtle tone that works with your own skin color. It never goes out of style to look like you aren't trying. Just make sure to give your hair extra care so that it has the pure, unadulterated shimmer of good health.
The style that made highlights a standard among starlets has gotten out of control, which means it's time to get back to basics. A simple balayage is a quick paint that is subtly stunning and gives your stylist a lot of color control.
Think of the natural beauty inherent in an oak tree and you'll see what this hair color is all about. It creates folds of light and dark in your hair that give it texture and an earthiness rarely seen in modern dyes.
Summer fruit has inspired many of the contemporary hair coloration trends, with apricot, peach, and even squash making appearances. By blending any number of oranges, auburn, and dainty reds, it can give the pale a healthy glow and the darker complected a goddess glimmer.
These days there's no need to dig too deep or reach too far. You can simply find a color you dig and have it spread all over. This is particularly striking in curly hair that's been given a blood orange, lilac, or electric blue treatment.
Light and sassy, ladies who wear their hair up tend to favor this, as it pairs well with a professional appearance that shows you don't take yourself too seriously.
Lots of low-grade highlights struck throughout your hair provide a less highlighted, more blended appearance that seems naturally occurring. Like ombre or bayalage they primp without pomposity.
Anyone thinking about going gray may find they're better served by an ashen or dusty appearance that uses bits of blue and gray that are nice with cooler skin tones.
Strawberry blonde by way of hunter orange, this is a blaze of glory that makes Ariel's amber locks seem tame by comparison.


You've been teaching, training, and preparing them for this moment their whole lives–that moment when it's time for them to spread their wings and start their own adventures. You've known it's coming, so why is it so hard to let them go?
1. What if they don't know anyone?
This is actually a good thing! Starting a new adventure alone will help your student branch out and form new friendships. They will gain a deeper sense of self-confidence as they learn to explore without their familiar circle of friends to fall back on.
Even if your child is a bit of an introvert or has trouble connecting with others easily, you might be surprised by how quickly they make friends. Your student will bond over the shared experiences with other peers in the program and locals eager to strike up a conversation.
2. What if they have trouble navigating?
If your student has had little to no experience flying solo, you may be nervous about them traveling abroad. Will they know how to get through the airport and make their connections? What about when they arrive? Will they have to find their way through a foreign city?
A good partnering organization or study abroad program will help map this out for them and have someone ready to meet them at the airport. For your peace of mind, it's good to prepare them for the unexpected. Have your travel agent help you create a flight itinerary with few stops and plenty of time to make connections. Make sure your student travels with a physical copy of their itinerary, the address for their final destination, and any important phone numbers.
3. Can I trust the partnering organization?
Whether your child is heading out to volunteer, study, or complete an internship, it's important to carefully research your partnering organizations. Don't leave your student out of this process and do it all yourself. This is a great learning experience for them, and will help them learn to use discernment and wisdom. Look through the partnering organization's website and any printed material you can get your hands on. What is their mission statement? What will they expect of your student? If website information is limited, this doesn't necessarily mean the program is out of the question. Reach out by email and see if someone would be willing to answer your questions by phone or email. Ask if they can put you in touch with a former participant to ask about their experience.
4. What if it's hard to contact them?
Your child is normally just a text away. Sending them to a different time zone or a remote location may limit the constant communication you're used to. Think of this as an opportunity for them to unplug and fully immerse themselves in what's going on around them. If they're not initiating communication as much as you expected, it probably just means they're having a great time! Schedule a time each week to Skype or catch up by phone.
5. What if they get sick or injured?
Keep calm and make sure they have a great travel insurance policy! Many travelers don't realize that their primary health care policy won't cover them when they leave the country. Protect your student by finding travel insurance that will work for their destination and the length of their trip. You'll want to find a policy that covers unforeseen accidents, illnesses, emergency and evacuation, and provides access to a 24/7 emergency call center. Not sure where to start? Fly For Good can help you find the perfect policy at a special rate for students and volunteers!
6. Can we really afford this?
A trip abroad is a big, financial investment–but it is well worth the cost. It's ok to contribute to your student's trip, but if possible, avoid covering the entire cost yourself. Your student will value their trip more if they feel some of the burden of earning and raising funds themselves. Are they traveling for volunteer or humanitarian work? In this case, it might be appropriate to send a support letter to close friends and family, giving them an opportunity to contribute. Your student might be surprised by how many people are willing to offer financial support! Here are some tips on writing a support letter along with other fundraising ideas!
Fly For Good is also a great resource to help your student save on a volunteer or study abroad trip. Our agents have access to private fares with over 36 major airlines. These fares are contracted rates exclusively for humanitarian and student travel.
7. Is this really beneficial for them?
Absolutely! Aside from the practical benefits of boosting their resume and building their network, your student will experience an incredible time of growth. Independence, self-confidence, adaptability, and creative thinking are just a few characteristics they will gain as they step out into the unknown. They will come home with a greater perspective of the world around them. They may even pick up a foreign language or make some new best friends.
Once you've done what you can to help your student prepare it's time to sit back and cheer them on. They are about to begin an amazing adventure they will never forget!


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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
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From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday as powerful articulations of an alternative consciousness profoundly at odds with mainstream American culture.
The works of Rainey, Smith, and Holiday have been largely misunderstood by critics. Overlooked, Davis shows, has been the way their candor and bravado laid the groundwork for an aesthetic that allowed for the celebration of social, moral, and sexual values outside the constraints imposed by middle-class respectability. Through meticulous transcriptions of all the extant lyrics of Rainey and Smith--published here in their entirety for the first time--Davis demonstrates how the roots of the blues extend beyond a musical tradition to serve as a conciousness-raising vehicle for American social memory. A stunning, indispensable contribution to American history, as boldly insightful as the women Davis praises, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism is a triumph.
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is distinguished professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.


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Seniors Travel | Destinations | New Zealand > Best-kept Kiwi secrets
The secret spots Kiwis like to keep to themselves
This list of secret spots will send you packing.
Leon Della Bosca
Always in the top three destinations most preferred by baby boomer travellers is New Zealand. It's a popular place and can be visited all year round, which can also make it a busy destination. So, our friends at New Zealand Tourism have put together a list of spots that most Kiwis would like to keep to themselves and are a little off the road well-travelled.
New Zealanders are a parochial lot, never happier than when telling overseas visitors about their stunning country. And yet there are some places that are so undiscovered, even the proudest Kiwi might not know them or think to tell you about them. Here are some of New Zealand's lesser-known gems.
From huge Paleolithic boulders strewn across the beach to iridescent blue lakes and limestone cliffs studded with fossils, the Waitaki region has more than its share of natural wonders. One of the best ways to see the area is under your own power – whether by bike or on foot on some of the many trails. Opened a couple of years ago, the Alps to Ocean cycleway carves a path from Aoraki/Mt Cook to Oamaru. Don't overlook the area's man-made attractions, including Victorian-era buildings carved out of local white stone in Oamaru, and the impressive Benmore Dam, one of the largest earth dams in the southern hemisphere.
The Waitaki region is in the South Island of New Zealand, east of the Southern Alps. Oamaru is about three hours' drive south of Christchurch or 90 minutes' north of Dunedin. There is an international airport in Christchurch.
Hokianga, Northland
With its white-sand beaches and perennial good looks, New Zealand's east coast can sometimes overshadow its west. And yet some of the country's best-kept secrets lie to the west. Take Hokianga, one of the most remote and undeveloped parts of the North Island. With its expansive harbour – and 150m-high sand dunes – and a pristine forest that is home of Tane Mahuta, New Zealand's largest kauri tree, Hokianga is beguiling.
Visit the 51m tree known as the "Lord of the Forest" on a twilight tour of the Waipoua Forest. With a predominantly Maori community, who have a centuries-old connection to the land, Hokianga is a perfect place to discover the history of New Zealand.
Hokianga is in the Northland region and is about three hours' drive northwest of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland.
Golden Bay, Nelson
If ever there was a place that lived up to its name it is Golden Bay, at the tip of the South Island. A long stretch of coast with fine golden sand and a flourishing artistic community, this is a place to truly get off the grid. The adjacent Abel Tasman National Park has one of the best coastal hiking trails in New Zealand, weaving through virgin bush and skirting picture-perfect beaches. Wend your way through native forest to reach Te Waikoropupu springs, New Zealand's largest freshwater springs, where you'll be amazed by some of the clearest water in the world. Or take a guided tour of Farewell Spit, New Zealand's longest sand spit, and visit a remarkable bird sanctuary where thousands of wading birds from the northern hemisphere arrive each spring.
Takaka, the main township in Golden Bay, is about one hour and 45 minutes' drive from Nelson. Nelson airport has domestic flights connecting to international flights in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.
Whakatane, Bay of Plenty
Most visitors to New Zealand have heard of the geo-thermal and cultural wonders of Rotorua. But fewer visit Whakatane, just over an hour's drive away in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. One of New Zealand's sunniest cities, Whakatane is situated on a natural harbour at the mouth of a river and has some truly beautiful beaches and a rich cultural history.
Book a tour of Mataatua and discover the story behind the Maori meeting place that travelled around the world before being rebuilt here and named The House That Came Home. But best of all, Whakatane offers easy access to White Island (Whakaari), a spectacular marine volcano just 50km off the coast. On a guided walking tour, you'll see steam rising from vents and visit an abandoned sulphur-mining factory.
Whakatane is in the eastern Bay of Plenty on the North Island. It's less than four hours' drive from New Zealand's largest city, Auckland.
The Catlins, Southland
The Catlins, well off the main highway in the south-eastern corner of the South Island, are one of the country's best-kept secrets. It's no wonder, then, that it's possible to find verdant forest and pristine waterfalls as well as abundant wildlife here. At Nugget Point you'll spot fur seals, Hooker's sea lions and yellow-eyed and little blue penguins, as well as playful Hector's dolphins. Departing from Dunedin, a tour with Back to Nature takes in all of this, plus a 180-million-year-old petrified forest that appears at low tide.
The Catlins are about 90 minutes' drive east of Invercargill and south of Dunedin. Dunedin Airport has domestic services and limited international services.
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We've been to one of the above. Kiwi tours do all of the places of interest and kiwis do not keep any to themselves. That is not factual.
Napier is a lovely city. Great climate, and has at leat 70 vineyards, most with restaurants attached. It is in Hawkes Bay Province which has swathes of farmland, another major city (Hastings) and lovely small country towns. But Napier is also famous as one of the world's Art Deco Cities of the world, I s'pose it's hardly undiscovered.
Cowboy Jim
Agree with you Digby, been there 3 times already and would not mind going again. Like the vineyards as well, producing a fine drop. Have a drink at the local RSA with the locals!
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