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ONE ™ Aeolus
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ONE ™ Aeolus is a science fiction action game with adventure elements. This is a first-person shooter with a deep plot and an open world.
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Title: ONE ™ Aeolus
Genre: Action, Adventure, Early Access
Developer: DiverFar Inc.
Publisher: DiverFar Inc.
Franchise: ONE ™
Release Date: Coming soon
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Why Early Access?
"Now our main task is to provide an opportunity to try out the product as it is. Thanks to early access, we will be able to work with our community to improve the project and be the first to learn about the shortcomings and bugs in the game, as well as to fix them in a timely manner."
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
"Our team plans to exit early access within a year after the release. First, we will collect feedback from players who will help us understand in which direction it is better to develop the project, and find a common language with our community."
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
"At this stage, we already have an idea about the full version of the game. Gradually, with the release of the game, we will fill the game with content: add new game mechanics, weapons, opponents, transport and much more. The development of the game will also depend on the wishes and recommendations of our gaming community."
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
"The game is currently in Beta. An entertaining prologue is already ready, which will be available for passing in early access. The prologue will help you understand and feel the main features of the game. Fascinating gameplay, visual component, pleasant musical accompaniment-in a word, the atmosphere of the game will help you get into a deep plot, and the QTE mechanics in interactive dialogues and cut scenes will partially influence the game world and some of your decisions will have their consequences. It will be possible to plunge into a full-fledged journey on Mars already in the full release."
Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
"We are going to gradually increase the price by adding new content and features, so after leaving early access, the price will differ from the starting one. Players who join during the early access period to the game will significantly save on the cost of the game and will later have unique and exclusive content as a thank you for the support in the development at the early stages."
How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
"We will collect all the feedback coming from the gaming community. We will take all this information into account when developing and supporting the game in future updates. You can leave your comments and share your ideas in the game's community center or in all our social media groups. Perhaps it is your idea that we are implementing in ONE ™ Aeolus."
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ONE ™ Aeolus is a science fiction action game with adventure elements. This is a first-person shooter with a deep plot and an open world. The plot unfolds in 2035 when members of the «AVALON» rescue mission of the «A.M.B.R.A.C.» research company sent to Mars, in order to find out the mysterious reason for the disappearance of the first group of colonists and scientists. The protagonist of the game is Bryan O'Callahan - a young astronaut who wakes up on a ship after a long sleep in hibernation and realizes that the ship is completely empty, and the rest of the crew disappeared without a trace.
OS: Windows 10 / 11
Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
Graphics: GTX 1050Ti 4GB / GTX 1660 Super or Radeon RX 590
Additional Notes: SSD recommended
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Houston (PTI): Researchers have identified a gene variant that suppresses the desire to drink alcohol, an advance that could lead to development of drugs to regulate alcohol consumption.
The findings are based on the largest genome-wide association meta-analysis and replication study to date, mapping and comparing the genetics of over 105,000 light and heavy social drinkers, researchers said.
"The study identified a variation in the beta-Klotho gene linked to the regulation of social alcohol consumption. The less frequent variant – seen in approximately 40 per cent of the people in this study – is associated with a decreased desire to drink alcohol," said Dr David Mangelsdorf, from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre in the US.
"Excessive alcohol consumption is a major public health problem worldwide, causing more than 3 million deaths per year," said Steven Kliewer, a Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Researchers worked on beta-Klotho and the liver hormone fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) that binds to the beta-Klotho-FGF21 receptor complex.
They conducted experiments in mice to better understand the role of beta-Klotho in alcohol drinking behaviour.
The beta-Klotho gene directs the production of the beta-Klotho protein that forms part of a receptor complex in the brain.
The study could lead to development of drugs to regulate alcohol consumption – possibly even in those with drinking problems, researchers said.
A shift from heavy to moderate social drinking could have major public health benefits, such as reduced cardiovascular disease risk, they said.
The study compared the genetics of light and heavy social drinkers of European ancestry participating in nearly four dozen other large population studies worldwide.
In addition to providing samples for genetic analysis, the participants answered questionnaires on their weekly drinking habits.
Heavy drinking was defined as more than 21 drinks per week for men and over 14 drinks per week for women. Light drinking was considered to be 14 drinks or less per week for men and seven drinks or less per week for women.
The beta-Klotho gene codes for the protein beta-Klotho, which forms a receptor complex in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) with classic receptors for FGF21, a hormone produced in the liver.
"The gene in the current study seems to work via a feedback circuit that goes from the liver, which processes alcohol, to the brain, where beta-Klotho and classic FGF21 receptors form a cellular machine, or receptor complex, which binds to the liver hormone FGF21 to signal the response to alcohol," Mangelsdorf said.
The less common gene variant identified in this study is related to a decreased desire for alcohol. So, people who have this variant tend to drink less than those without it, he said.


Along US 25 in Waynesboro, Ga, Maranatha Community Church felt it was a good idea to post this sign. The message seems to be that God is never mad at anyone for any reason. The sign is clearly visible from the highway although best visible to northbound traffic. It is a permanently constructed, not easily changed sign, obviously constructed to last for a long time. For me this sign symbolizes for us the weakness and collapse of the evangelical church.
Examining it in the light of scripture, you can find that this sign is just flat contrary to scripture. If you look at Rom 1:18 it says "For the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteous of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness". Later in this chapter we learn that this refers all people who are not Christians. Thus we learn that God IS mad at all people for all sort of reasons. So this sign is a false teaching and a deceptive and false prophecy.
Now you could say, well, we're just talking to Christians here. After all, Christians are not under the wrath of God (1 Th. 5:9). If that is so, then the sign should have been qualified so as not to be misleading. It should say "God is not mad at CHRISTIANS …" but that is not how it is written. It is also not placed so only Christians would see it. We therefore have to conclude that the intended audience is everyone passing by on US25.
If the objective, then, is to encourage "seekers" to enter the church with the idea of then giving them the true gospel, wouldn't that be a bait and switch? If you are going to ultimately present them the gospel of sin, condemnation, Christ's sacrifice and repent and faith, this would seem to start off in a deceptive direction which would make you look like a liar and turn people off immediately.
Now I know nothing about Maranatha Community Church, but it would seem that the sign is an actual expression of their belief and that they want to encourage unbelievers to come to their church with the promise of inclusion and acceptance of them no matter what their state or mode of life. The call might be "we don't care what you are or what you do, we offer you the peace and acceptance of Christ. Come join with us! We don't care if you an LGBTQ or if you are mafia hit person or a drug abuser, come join with us and received the acceptance of Christ!" If true, this would be a denial of the Gospel which calls for people to die to themselves and become slaves of Christ. The people who would compose such an assembly while they call themselves a church would in fact be an effective denier of Christ and thus an anti-Christian assembly.
This is what Schaeffer spoke of in Death in the City. Church, knowing the truth, have turned away from it. They propose externally focused religion, rejection of the Word of God, toleration for specific sins, and adoption of the world's practices as the way to go rather than following the Word of God. In so doing the ministers trample God's vineyard, scatter the sheep, distort and misuse God's word. This not only leads God's people astray, it also creates the wrong impression of God and His requirements in the hearts of people. This results in a diluted/destroyed witness and a lack of influence on society. As more and more assembly's adopt this kind of teaching, the churches are weakened and polluted and the world receives more and more reason not to pay attention to it.
Schaeffer's solution is to preach the true gospel, live the true Gospel and to call out those who are distorting the Word and misleading the people. Again, not knowing anything about Maranatha Community Church but that sign and what it means, we call on them to either correct that sign to represent a true statement or to take the sign down altogether. We further indicate to all people on the authority of the Word of God, that that sign does not represent what God would have us to know about Him and our relationship to Him.
A fitting parody most likely to be found this coming Lord's Day. While I am not "unpatriotic" I find it less than distasteful to impute patriotism or nationalism in place of the worship of the Most High God and the hearing of His word. Sadly, many people have never considered it, but this year especially, it seems fitting to make a note that most of the world's so-called christians are more concerned with the perpetuity of the United States than the eternal Kingdom of Christ. A patriotic service is when a congregation has a Lord's day celebration that centers on America and is devoid the word of God or worse, uses the bible in a twisted application as if it were taking about America.
I could speak for days on this issue as a biblical error and show that scripture actually prohibits such idolatry, but for today I will give a few reasons I believe patriotic services happen in the name of "worship" and the theological consequences of it.
It puts a government (creation) above God (creator) in worship. Paul is careful to show that part of God's judgment is to give people what they love as an idol over Himself thus revealing His judgement and wrath against them. (Romans 1) There is no place for patriotism among the people of God during a time of corporate worship. It is idolatry and there is no other argument to be made. Stop putting temporal things in place of Jesus Christ and His eternal glory.
It is boring beyond all measure. The difference in seeing water flow down the drain of a tub in comparison to the majesty of Yosemite or the Grand Canyon. There is no comparison and why would one want to trade the visible majesty of the most glorious Crown of the cosmos for the young and fading glory of a man-made democracy?
It may lead people to thinking that God cares anything about countries. He doesn't. God cares about people, not non-personal governments. As a matter of biblical truth, God established governments in the same manner He established the ceremonial laws: to show something larger and to show their non-permanence in order to reveal HIS sufficiency.
It will create division among the body which is satanic. Some people don't feel the same about America. Maybe a governmental agency has hurt them or done them wrong. Maybe some people have a sense of pride that God has rid them of that will be rekindled. Maybe there are Christians who are not Americans so that it has absolutely no relevance at all to them. Period. Division among the body of Christ is evil, and making much of something not Christ is evil.
It divides the eternal unity of the church by proclaiming a nation against all other nations (makes the book of Ephesians obsolete). Paul argues that ALL nations have ceased at the cross of Christ and he teaches that the wisdom of God is that HE (God) has created ONE people out of many.
It fails to understand proper end-times where AMERICA has no place except where Babylon is resting; the lake of fire. See, governments of men are over in eternity. There is no purpose for them because Christ has finished the battle, there is no reason for governance, no need for punishment, no need for boundaries because all are holy.
It may be a sign of a lazy shepherd who would rather do something "themed" than expositional. How easy it is to rant and rave about the problems, even moral ones, that plague the country and that the "country" must be in prayer in order to be healed by God. Well, God will never heal lands, He will heal HIS people from sin, others He will justly destroy in just anger.
It may be opportunity to please man. Yep, believe it or not, many red blooded American patriots would rather don a flag than carry a cross and many pastors know this and love to get the support of the tear-stained hard nose who loves his country. I pray it isn't you, if so, take this Sunday to resign your ministry. It would do the gospel well.
It is guaranteed to get response. If your preaching the scriptures doesn't get an AMEN, then celebrating America will. How amazing it is that people will amen what they love, except Christ, when presented with the opportunity.
It brings people to worship other gods. Yep. In some sense, rights, liberties, power, etc. are other gods. I can honestly say that sometimes it seems that Christians are not willing to give up their freedom for the sake of the gospel. We should take more time to read Philippians.
It belittles the mission of the church. Thankfully the church has not been set to the task of a fool and isn't called to make morality the central theme of its mission. Biblically speaking it isn't even in the top ten. Yes we are to affirm what is good and holy and speak out against that which is not, but in reality, there is so much blindness and wicked affection for dying things among the church that many are unable to see the log in their own eyes.
It argues that MEMORIALS are important when they are supposed to REMIND of God and POINT us to Christ. As a historical scholar of the American church, I cannot find one legitimate example of such that could be used in place of Christ. Memorials are to bring glory to God, like the stones in the Jordan, it wasn't for the Jews to celebrate their journey, but God's doing. It was to point to Christ. Where is patriotism pointing to Christ when all the New Testament details people losing ALL THEY HAD in following Christ.
It establishes a superiority over other nations when MANY other nations are much more GOSPEL CENTERED than America. America is not greater than other nations and from a biblical worldview, this is a slap in the face of Christ.
It creates barriers to the true gospel power in the life of a community by putting the emphasis on something that is temporal, endangered (by God), polarizing, and patriotism NEEDS no voice OVER CHRIST.
It may wrongly make parallels that are unbiblical. For instance, some people invoke scriptural promises made to Israel and apply them to the USA. This is a grave error and more so that people forget that in all nations there are only TWO peoples: those who are the church in Christ and everyone else. Nations cannot be saved, governments cannot find salvation, only the church finds salvation, so let's stop confusing the matter.
It displaces the object of true joy with a fading one. Many people find their hope and joy in America and her future and in turn, some of them find themselves disgruntled at the pace of where things are with the government. This isn't worship and actually is the result of idolatry. Christ is sufficient and is cause for eternal joy.
It aspires glory to a "past" instead of learning to glory in Christ at the present time and forever more. Much of what is experienced in these types of services is about what America "used" to be or "should" be or really "stands for." Well, stand for Christ and lose your life or lose eternal life.
It sometimes assumes that certain political leanings are more Godly than another and supposes that different view points on matters of civil or economic issues are not "Christian" at the cost of concerning the church with what is actually taught in scripture, thus making everyone disobedient.
It produces fellowship around the wrong motive and dream. And at times it produces "enemies" between brethren because of dissenting views about country and politics.
It assumes that the darkness of the world is a threat to the American Way and not Eternal Life. It thwarts by action and affection, the sovereignty of God over all men.
It distorts the prayers of the Saints who pray for a way of life rather than eternal life for others. This mistakenly puts the church in torment as they linger over a desire for God to "do something" and for people in government to "repent" when they do not belong to Christ in the first place.
So there. Now you have a taste of what a very polarizing opinion on a matter of little importance actually looks like. Sadly something like this could cause more harm than good, but I pray it will be received the way it sounds, concerned and greatly grieved over the loss of sublime interest in the church.
What should the body of Christ do in America on Independence Day? The same thing the church in China would do or in Uganda: hear the word, pray, worship in song and prayer, celebrate Christ, engage in life together intimacy, care for the needs of each other and long for the day when they see their Savior. (among other things.) Just as all Christians are to VALUE governments (countries), they are also to PRAY for governments but never celebrate them over Christ.
As Americans we have a duty to live as citizens of HEAVEN as we traverse this temporary existence in the US. And in doing so we are to stand out from the world in which we live and VOTE as though we are not voting, engage in politics as though they are NOT VITAL and make sure our legacies are eternal in nature. We should be THANKFUL that God has used good and evil to create a very awesome nation with laws the provide us the opportunity to worship freely and EXERCISE those rights as we are able. WE are to exercise our rights in order to express our disdain against injustice, prejudice, evil, immorality and all things that are sanctioned by our government but all the while realize that these things are not ETERNAL and so we rest in peace and hope, not in this nation, but in Kingdom of Christ in which we stand, forever.
What should we do if our fellowship is planning such things? Pray and stay away. I am not saying that a mention of patriotism is prohibited, I am saying that when it replaces Christ it is wicked and evil and may be evidence that the leadership of the church should strongly consider what is vital to the life of the church before God removes what little light there is to shine in darkness.
How do I know? I've done it myself.
God surely had some words through the mouth of Amos and I have found a few chills this early morning considering how close I have come to being the just recipient of God's holy justice. Let the prophet's words ring true in your hearts today as you pause and consider the gravity of sin and the glory of salvation. And on the other hand, let us all take the morn to posture ourselves in examination and consider that God has truly given us a heart for Him thus proven by our hearts for others including our enemies and most certainly those "outside the gate" who are rejected by all — just as our Savior was and is.
The Goodness Of God endureth continually" (Ps. 52:1). The goodness of God respects the perfection of His nature: "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5). There is such an absolute perfection in God's nature and being that nothing is wanting to it or defective in it; nothing can be added to it to make it better.
God is summurn bonum, the chiefest good.
The original Saxon meaning of our English word God is "The Good." God is not only the greatest of all beings, but the best. All the goodness there is in any creature has been imparted from the Creator, but God's goodness is underived, for it is the essence of His eternal nature. As God is infinite in power from all eternity, before there was any display thereof, or any act of omnipotence put forth; so He was eternally good before there was any communication of His bounty, or any creature to whom it might be imparted or exercised. Thus, the first manifestation of this divine perfection was in giving being to all things. "Thou art good, and doest good" (Ps. 119:68). God has in Himself an infinite and inexhaustible treasure of all blessedness enough to fill all things.
All that emanates from God—His decrees, His creation, His laws, His providences—cannot be otherwise than good: as it is written. "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Gen. 1:31). Thus, the goodness of God is seen, first, in creation. The more closely the creature is studied, the more the beneficence of his Creator becomes apparent. Take the highest of God's earthly creatures, man. Abundant reason he has to say with the Psalmist, "I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well" (Ps. 139:14). Everything about the structure of our bodies attests to the goodness of their Maker. How suited the hands to perform their allotted work! How good of the Lord to appoint sleep to refresh a wearied body! How benevolent His provision to give the eyes lids and brows for their protection! So we might continue indefinitely.
Nor is the goodness of the Creator confined to man, it is exercised toward all His creatures. "The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing" (Ps. 145:15-16). Whole volumes might be written, and have been, to amplify this fact. Whether it is the birds of the air, the beasts of the forest, or the fish in the sea, abundant provision has been made to supply their every need. God "giveth food to all flesh, for his mercy endureth forever" (Ps. 136:25). Truly, "The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD" (Ps. 33:5).
The goodness of God is seen in the variety of natural pleasures which He has provided for His creatures. God might have been pleased to satisfy your hunger without the food being pleasing to our palates—how His benevolence appears in the varied flavors He has given to meats, vegetables, and fruits! God has not only given us senses, but also that which gratifies them; this too reveals His goodness. The earth might have been as fertile as it is without being so delightfully variegated. Our physical lives could have been sustained without beautiful flowers to regale our eyes, and exhale sweet perfumes. We might have walked the fields without our ears being saluted by the music of the birds. Whence then, this loveliness, this charm, so freely diffused over the face of nature? Verily, "His tender mercies are over all his works" (Ps. 145:9).
The goodness of God is seen in that when man transgressed the law of His Creator a dispensation of unmixed wrath did not at once commence. God might well have deprived His fallen creatures of every blessing, every comfort, every pleasure. Instead, He ushered in a regime of a mixed nature, of mercy and judgment. This is very wonderful if it be duly considered; and the more thoroughly that regime is examined the more it will appear that "mercy rejoiceth against judgment" (James 2:13). Notwithstanding all the evils which attend our fallen state, the balance of good greatly preponderates. With comparatively rare exceptions, men and women experience a far greater number of days of health than they do of sickness and pain. There is much more creature-happiness than creature-misery in the world. Even our sorrows admit of considerable alleviation, and God has given to the human mind a pliability which adapts itself to circumstances and makes the most of them.
Nor can the benevolence of God be justly called into question because there is suffering and sorrow in the world. If man sins against the goodness of God, if he despises "the riches of His goodness and forbearance and longsuffering," and after the hardness and impenitency of his heart treasurest up unto himself wrath against the day of wrath (Rom. 2:5-6), who is to blame but himself? Would God be "good" if He did not punish those who ill-use His blessings, abuse His benevolence, and trample His mercies beneath their feet? It will be no reflection upon God's goodness, but rather the brightest exemplification of it, when He will rid the earth of those who have broken His laws, defied His authority, mocked His messengers, scorned His Son, and persecuted those for whom He died.
The goodness of God appeared most illustriously when He sent forth His Son "made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons" (Gal. 4:4-5). It was then that a multitude of the heavenly host praised their Maker and said, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2:14). Yes, in the Gospel the "grace (Gr., benevolence or goodness) of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men" (Titus 2:11). Nor can God's benignity be called into question because He has not made every sinful creature a subject of His redemptive grace. He did not do so with the fallen angels. Had God left all to perish it had been no reflection on His goodness. To any who challenge this statement we remind him of our Lord's sovereign prerogative: "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?" (Matthew 20:15).
"O that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men" (Ps. 107:8). Gratitude is the return justly required from the objects of His beneficence; yet is it often withheld from our great Benefactor simply because His goodness is so constant and so abundant. It is lightly esteemed because it is exercised toward us in the common course of events. It is not felt because we daily experience it. "Despisest thou the riches of his goodness?" (Rom. 2:4). His goodness is despised when it is not improved as a means to lead men to repentance, but, on the contrary, serves to harden them from supposing that God entirely overlooks their sin.
The goodness of God is the life of the believer's trust. It is this excellency in God which most appeals to our hearts. Because His goodness endureth forever, we ought never to be discouraged: "The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him" (Nah. 1:7).
When others behave badly to us, it should only stir us up the more heartily to give thanks unto the Lord, because He is good; and when we ourselves are conscious that we are far from being good, we should only the more reverently bless Him that He is good. We must never tolerate an instant's unbelief as to the goodness of the Lord: whatever else may be questioned, this is absolutely certain, that Jehovah is good; His dispensations may vary, but His nature is always the same. (C. H. Spurgeon).


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Extremism in the Defense of Big Fossil…
Oregon state senator @BrianBoquistGOP said if R's walk out to stop a vote on Cap and Trade and @OregonGovBrown sends state police to bring him back, they should be single and well armed. Your take? pic.twitter.com/Fcu8NXXl8h
— Pat Dooris (@PatDooris) June 19, 2019
..is apparently no vice.
The message that the Fossil dominated Trump administration is sending to congress is that we, the instruments of the wealthy and powerful, are not subject to your puny laws and constitution.
In Oregon, a legislator takes it up another notch.
The current chaos in global politics is a direct outgrowth of the fossil fuel industry seeking to prolong its destructive reign of greed, from Texas to Moscow.
Guardian:
Oregon is poised to become the second US state after California to impose a cap and trade program aimed at reducing industrial carbon emissions.
But ahead of a vote on the legislation Thursday, all 12 Republican state senators fled the capitol in a bid to delay the process. Several claimed to have left the state, beyond the reach of state troopers dispatched by the governor in order to get the legislative session back on track.
Senate Republican leader Herman Baertschiger Jr wrote in a statement that the walk-out was "exactly how we should be doing our job". In a speech on the Senate floor, a visibly frustrated Senate president Peter Courtney begged his colleagues to return. "This is the saddest day of my legislative life," he said.
If passed into law, the clean energy jobs bill would place a cap on emissions from power, transportation and other industries in the state, and establish a system to auction and trade them.
The program would begin in 2021, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 45% of 1990 carbon levels by 2035, and 20% of 1990 levels by 2050.
Oregon Live:
Tensions were already smoldering in the Oregon Senate Wednesday, when Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, poured gasoline on the situation, suggesting he would shoot and potentially kill any state trooper sent to haul him unwillingly back to the Capitol.
After Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr. said Tuesday that his caucus was "prepared to take actions" to prevent passage of a major climate change bill, Gov. Brown announced on Wednesday that she was ready to answer Republican stonewalling by calling lawmakers back for a special session.
Brown hinted that she would be willing to send state troopers to round up Republicans if they walk out in the final days of the regular legislative session, saying in a statement that she is "in close communication with Oregon State Police." That's an option Democratic senators and the governor did not use earlier this year, when Senate Republicans first brought the Senate to a standstill by walking out and preventing the necessary quorum.
The governor's hint that she would consider sending troopers in the event of a second walkout triggered an aggressive response from Boquist, which was captured by a KGW news team at the Capitol.
"This is what I told the superintendent," Boquist said, referring to OSP Superintendent Travis Hampton. "Send bachelors and come heavily armed. I'm not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It's just that simple."
A spokeswoman for the Oregon State Police did not respond to an inquiry Wednesday afternoon about whether the agency is investigating Boquist's threat. Baertschiger's spokeswoman also did not respond to a request for comment. Senate President Peter Courtney's spokeswoman said she might have a comment, but had not responded by 6 p.m.
In an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday afternoon, Boquist stuck with his earlier statement and rejected a reporter's characterization of his threat to troopers as "thinly veiled."
"Nothing thinly veiled," Boquist wrote. "I have been in political coup attempts. I have been held hostage overseas. I have been jailed politically overseas … Not going to be arrested as a political prisoner in Oregon period."
As Willamette Week has reported, Boquist is a U.S. Army veteran whose businesses include military training and an international operation that journalists described in the 1990s as a paramilitary force of armed American and Russian ex-military officers.
Boquist contends that state troopers only have the power to enforce criminal violations and arrest warrants, not to compel absent lawmakers to return to the Capitol during a legislative session.
In recent emails with Boquist, legislative lawyers have provided copies of their earlier legal opinions that the Legislature has the ability under the state Constitution to have a sergeant at arms or — with the governor's approval – the Oregon State Police arrest absent members in order to compel their attendance at the Capitol.
Here's @OregonGovBrown's statement directing state police to find Oregon's missing Senate Republicans pic.twitter.com/2dT1C86ly5
— Ben Storrow (@bstorrow) June 20, 2019
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Don Osborn Says:
"Boquist … businesses include military training and an international operation that journalists described in the 1990s as a paramilitary force of armed American and Russian ex-military officers".
Kinda says it all right there. This is the best the Repubs can get??
that did jump out at me.
Apparently—-and a bit of googling of Boquist reveals comments that some people think he looks (and perhaps acts) like a certain German of old, particularly if he worked on his moustache. Putsch time in Oregon?
"Senate Republican leader Herman Baertschiger Jr wrote in a statement that the walk-out was "exactly how we should be doing our job"" I wish he would elaborate. To me, they can vote 'yea' or 'nay'. If they do neither they aren't representing their constituents. More specifically, on this bill, a 'yea' vote is a Democrat, a 'nay' vote is a Republican, and a 'nobody-gets-to-vote' vote is an Anarchist. Nobody sent Republicans to Congress to act like Anarchists. Next I suppose they'll be torching the state capitol.
the goal here is rule by a nutsy minority, on behalf of fossil fuel oligarchs. What they can't dominate by force they'll gum up with actions like this.
Not clear on what the rule is that allows them to stop the process by not taking part, but hopefully voters will know what to do in 2020
Brent Jensen-Schmidt Says:
The rule is that a minimum quorum of 'legislators is required to be in the vote to
validate the 'vote'. Prevents a small group secretly ( suddenly or otherwise) gathering a temporary majority. Obviously not designed for this, disgusting. The USA is not the only country with self serving politicians. Make one feel better or worse?
My take?
Bullies bluster. OTOH, a whole lotta death by cop would make the voting go faster.
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Studying for an MA in Education in the late-'00s opened Mark's mind to his passions and possibilities within teaching. He tells us about inspirational lecturers, the joys of a quiet campus and playing walking football at an international level...
Why did you choose to study a Master's in Education at Bath?
Dr Jack Whitehead was a lecturer in the Department of Education at Bath at the time, and he started running a professional development course at the school where I was teaching in Salisbury. He was a very inspiring educational leader and persuaded several of us to enroll for master's degrees at Bath based on the ideas of living educational theory that he had developed. I wanted to explore how I could improve my practice as a teacher. In doing so, I was hopeful of taking on more responsibility within my school.
Can you tell us about your experience of studying here?
We used to meet on Saturday mornings in the Department of Education – the campus was nice and quiet on a weekend morning! We were all undertaking our own living theory research, and a fundamental part of the methodology is to share ideas as they emerge and subject them to critical scrutiny from peers.
There were many memorable moments as we shared our educational journeys. It was through Jack Whitehead and the University of Bath that I recognised my ability to become a better educator and the importance for me of embodying my values as a global citizen.
Describe your career journey since graduating. What is a typical day like in your current role?
I graduated from Bath with my master's degree in Education in 2007. I went on to complete a PhD at Bath Spa University in 2012. Following this, I became Deputy Headteacher at my school with responsibility for teaching and learning, and professional development. I am now retired from teaching and I tutor online.
How did your studies help to develop you professionally?
I went on to lead groups of other teachers who wanted to improve their practice, and several of them also enrolled for a master's at Bath. Jack Whitehead and I co-wrote a book called International Educational Development and Learning through Sustainable Partnerships: Living Global Citizenship, about an international partnership that I established between my school in Salisbury and a black township school in South Africa.
I continue to live out my values through chairing Salisbury Democracy Alliance, which runs regular Democracy Cafés to debate political ideas in the city and beyond.
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I played football semi-professionally in my twenties and thirties, but it is only in my sixties that I have reached the pinnacle of my football career! I play in midfield for the England over-60s team at walking football. I now have four international caps, having played against Ireland and Wales twice. At 63, I have many years ahead of me to earn more caps and continue to enjoy the 'beautiful game'.
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Immerse yourself in the University of Bath experience! Take the opportunity to discover what your passionately held values are as an educator and find ways of living those out in your personal and professional life.
Network with fellow graduates on Bath Connection
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A Orange Box é uma compilação de video games para Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 e PlayStation 3. As versões para Xbox 360 e Windows foram desenvolvidas e publicadas pela Valve Corporation e lançadas em 10 de Outubro de 2007, ambas com uma versão em caixa para venda e uma versão apenas para Windows de download digital através do sistema da Valve, Steam. A versão para PlayStation 3 foi produzida pela Eletronic Arts e lançada em 11 de Dezembro de 2007 na América do Norte e na Europa. Valve também lançou a trilha sonora, contendo as músicas dos jogos da compilação.

A compilação contém cinco jogos, todos feitos no motor da Valve, Source. Dois dos jogos incluídos, Half-Life 2 e sua primeira expansão, Episode One, foram previamente lançadas como produtos separados. Três novos jogos também estão na compilação: Half-Life 2: Episode Two; o jogo de puzzle Portal; e Team Fortress 2, o jogo de múltiplos jogadores que é sequência da modificação de Half-Life, Team Fortress. A Valve planejou lançar um produto separado contendo apenas os novos jogos, chamado "The Black Box", mas foi cancelado.

A Orange Box foi aclamada pela crítica e Portal foi reconhecido como a surpresa favorita do pacote. A versão de PlayStation do jogo apresentou vários problemas técnicos não presentes nas outras versões, que foram consertados mais tarde com pacotes.

Vendeu mais de três milhões de cópias até Novembro de 2008.

A Orange Box
A compilação apresenta cinco jogos completos em apenas um pacote: Half-Life 2 e suas duas continuações, Episode One e Episode Two; Portal; e Team Fortress 2. Todos esses jogos usam do motor Source da Valve.

Através da plataforma Steam para a versão Windows, os jogos podem coletar e reportar dados do jogo, como onde o personagem do jogador morreu, o tempo da missão, e vitórias totais em modos multiplayer. Estes dados são compilados para gerarem estatísticas para Episode One, Episode Two, e Team Fortress 2.

Apesar de Half-Life 2 ter a maior proporção de Achievements, existem 99 espalhados pelos cinco jogos, excedendo o limite de 50 que a Microsoft mantém em seus jogos de Xbox 360. Tais Achievements incluem matar certo número de monstros, achar armas escondidas, e outras tarefas específicas para cada jogo.

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 é um jogo de tiro em primeira pessoa de ficção científica e uma sequência de Half-Life. Permanece similar no estilo ao original, e introduz novos conceitos à série como desafios baseados em física e trechos jogados dentro de veículos. O jogo se passa na cidade ficcional City 17 e as áreas ao redor. Gordon Freeman, o protagonista, é colocado em um ambiente de conflito entre a raça alienígenas Combine assasins e humanos após os acontecimentos do primeiro jogo. Ele se encontra com vários aliados, como antigos colegas da Black Mesa, os antigos inimigos Vortigaunts, agora aliados, e humanos escravizados pela raça alienígena.
Half-Life 2 recebeu aclamação da crítica, incluindo 35 prêmios Game of the Year, quando foi originalmente lançado para Windows em 2004.

Half-Life 2: Episode One

Half-Life 2: Episode One dá continuidade aos eventos de Half-Life 2. O jogo faz adições ao anterior, adicionando jogabilidade cooperativa com personagens não jogáveis como Alyx Vance, cujas habilidades complementam as de Freeman e o ajudam através do jogo. É ambientado logo após o término do jogo anterior.
O jogo foi originalmente lançado em 2006 para Windows como jogo separado e foi bem-recebido, embora criticado por duração curta e falta de novidades.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Episode Two se fez disponível como parte da Orange Box e foca em grandes ambientes, viagem, e jogabilidade menos linear. No jogo, Gordon Freeman e outros personagens da série saem de City 17 e da selva ao redor. O jogo foi bem-dito por seus novos ambientes.

Portal

Portal é um jogo de puzzle em primeira pessoa, lançado junto a Orange Box. O jogo consiste primariamente em uma série de puzzles e desafios que são resolvidos através da criação de portais que os jogadores e objetos podem atravessar para chegar ao outro ponto. O sistema de portais e a física incomum que ele cria são a ênfase do jogo. Portal foi a surpresa favorita da Orange Box, recebendo vários prêmios Game of the Year.

Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 é um jogo de tiro em primeira pessoa, com multiplayer baseado em times, e foi primeiramente lançado como parte da Orange Box. O jogo é uma sequência a modificação de Half-Life, Team Fortress. Se foca em dois times competitivos que atacam um ao outro para completar diversos objetivos, incluindo capturar pontos de comando ou capturando a bandeira. Jogadores podem jogar como uma das nove classes disponíveis, cada uma com seus fortes e fracos. Ao contrário da maioria dos jogos Source, Team Fortress 2 apresenta um visual cartunesco e não realista. O jogo foi bem recebido pelos críticos e consumidores, e foi particularmente elogiado por sua direção artística.

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Cuevas de San Clemente es un municipio y villa española, código INE-009, en el partido judicial de Lerma, comarca de Arlanza, provincia de Burgos, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León.

Es la localidad natal del famoso artista, pionero de la abstracción expresionista en España, Modesto Ciruelos.

Geografía
Dista 27 km de la capital, por la carretera N-234. Tiene un área de 13,26 km².

Naturaleza
El 11 % de su término (141.83 Hectáreas) queda afectado por la ZEPA Sabinares del Arlanza, donde destacan las siguientes especies: Buitre Leonado (Gyps fulvus); y Alimoche (Neophron percnopterus).

Demografía

Patrimonio

Iglesia parroquial: imitación a románico, con restos góticos y pila bautismal del s. XII.
Casa Consistorial
Fuente de San Clemente

Cultura

Fiestas
29 de septiembre - San Miguel Arcángel

Gastronomía

Lo más destacado de la gastronomía de la zona son las alubias rojas, la caza, las setas en temporada y el asado de cordero. También cuenta con un mesón especializado en jamón y embutido ibérico.

Instalaciones deportivas
Pista polideportiva descubierta para frontón, fútbol sala y baloncesto. Bolera.

Véase también
Cubillo del Campo
Cubillo del César
Mecerreyes
Quintanilla de las Viñas

Enlaces externos

 Ayuntamiento de Cuevas de San Clemente

Municipios de la provincia de Burgos
Arlanza
Localidades de la provincia de Burgos


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General elections were held in Chile on 21 November 2021, including presidential, parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect the President of the Republic to serve a four-year term, 27 of 50 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress, all 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress, and all 302 members of the regional boards to serve a three-year term. Following an electoral reform in 2015, the Senate increased its membership from 38 to 43 in 2017 and grew to its full size of 50 seats after this election.  This election cycle was characterized as being the most polarized in modern Chilean history and a departure from political normality in Chile, being held against the backdrop of the 2019 protests, the writing of a new constitution, and the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Continuing from the results of the elections that took place on 15 and 16 May 2021 for the positions of mayors, governors and members of the Constitutional Convention, the dominant center-left and center-right coalitions that had ruled the country since the end of the military dictatorship experienced a significant drop in support,  particularly in the presidential election.

For the parliamentary election, the center-right coalition Chile Podemos Más kept its position as the largest bloc in both chambers and even increased their number of senators, despite losing more than 10 percentage points from the previous election. In the left wing, the new coalition Apruebo Dignidad had important gains at the expense of the center-left New Social Pact (NPS), becoming the second largest bloc in the Chamber of Deputies. However, NPS kept more seats in the Senate. New parties, such as the far-right Republican Party and the populist Party of the People, also gained several seats. Consequently, the newly elected Congress was split evenly between the combined left and right, with the non-aligned congresspeople holding the balance of power.

Seven candidates ran for the presidency. The candidates for the traditional centrist coalitions finished in fourth and fifth place, while two candidates from newly formed parties and coalitions, José Antonio Kast and Gabriel Boric, qualified for the second round after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. Before the 2021 Presidential election, Chile's political system had repeatedly bounced between centre-right and centre-left control, with little structural movement occurring between presidents. Voters in this election desired change and thus chose to reject the traditional political parties and move candidates of new parties forward. José Antonio Kast, of the far-right Republican Party, ran a campaign on populist and Christian conservative values with a strong "law and order" message, drawing comparisons with former US president Donald Trump and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. In stark contrast, Gabriel Boric, a member of the Social Convergence party and the candidate of the left-wing  coalition, campaigned on a progressive message reflecting the ideas behind the 2019 protests. He pushed for broadening the social safety net, higher taxes on the wealthy, combating climate change, social justice, and change to the current privatized pension system. Boric also supported the ongoing writing of a new Chilean constitution, while Kast repeatedly said he would interfere to stop its ratification if elected.

Despite narrowly trailing behind Kast in the first round, Gabriel Boric emerged as the winner of the second round with 55.87% of the vote. This margin was larger than what was predicted by pre-election polls. Kast conceded defeat shortly after the polls closed. At the age of 35, Gabriel Boric became the youngest president ever elected in Chile and also set a record for receiving the highest number of votes in Chilean history. The turnout in the second round increased to 55.7%, which was the highest since voting became voluntary in Chile in 2013. On 11 March 2022 all the newly elected authorities, including president-elect Boric, took office.

Electoral system

The President is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held.

In the National Congress, the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected from 28 multi-member constituencies with between three and eight seats by open list proportional representation. Seats are allocated by the d'Hondt method. The 50 members of the Senate are elected for eight-year terms, with around half of the Senators renewed at each general election. Senators are elected from 16 multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats based on the regions. The 2021 elections will see 27 members elected, representing the regions of Antofagasta, Biobío, Coquimbo, O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Los Ríos, Magallanes and Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Presidential candidates

Summary of candidates
Below is the list of candidacies for president accepted by the Electoral Service on 27 August 2021. Boric's and Sichel's candidacies were automatically accepted after they were proclaimed the winner of their respective primaries by the Election Court.

Apruebo Dignidad

The  coalition decided its presidential candidate in the publicly-funded primaries held nationwide on 18 July 2021, won by lawmaker Gabriel Boric with 60% of the vote.

On 17 March 2021, Boric's party, Social Convergence, proclaimed him as its presidential candidate. The Commons Party's leadership also announced on 17 March 2021 that it would propose Boric as its presidential candidate in a meeting of the party's leadership the following Saturday. On 23 March 2021, Democratic Revolution, the coalition's largest party, proclaimed Boric as its presidential candidate. On 29 May 2021, the Common Force movement gave its support to Boric, after he beat Marcelo Díaz in a plebiscite held on May 27–28. On 17 August 2021, the Acción Humanista movement proclaimed him as its candidate.

Defeated in primary

Daniel Jadue (PC): Jadue is the mayor of Recoleta and a member of the Communist Party of Chile. He studied sociology at the University of Chile, and also studied total quality management at the Catholic University of the North. He appeared as the candidate with the most support in several opinion polls.

Dropped out

Marcelo Díaz (Unir): In November 2020 the Unir Movement presented the deputy and former spokesman as pre-candidate. On 18 May 2021 he dropped out of the race and lent his support to Boric.
Jaime Mulet (FRVS): The current president of the FRVS and deputy was proclaimed as his party's presidential candidate in September 2020. In May 2021, he received the support of the Christian Left movement. On 8 July 2021, the FRVS chose to support the candidacy of Daniel Jadue.

Chile Podemos Más

The  center-right coalition (previously ) participated in the publicly-funded primaries held nationwide on 18 July 2021. Former minister Sebastián Sichel beat the other three candidates by 49% of the vote.

Sichel was minister of Social Development and president of BancoEstado during the second administration of President Sebastián Piñera. He participated as an independent candidate in the  primary, supported by former PDC supporters and other centrist political movements.

Defeated in primary

Ignacio Briones (Evópoli): Briones is a university professor and economist who served as minister of Finance between 2019 and 2021. He was unanimously proclaimed by the Political Evolution party as their presidential candidate on 30 January 2021. He describes himself as a social liberal and seeks to promote liberal policies, although he is against abortion.
Mario Desbordes (RN): Desbordes became minister of Defense in July 2020. Before that, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was also president of his party between 2018 and 2020 and secretary-general between 2010 and 2018. During the first administration of President Sebastián Piñera, he had a stint as undersecretary of Investigations. He was proclaimed by the PRI party as their candidate on 29 December 2020. On 23 January 2021 his own party, RN, chose him as their contender for the  primary race after winning nearly 73% of the vote of the General Council.
Joaquín Lavín (UDI): Lavín studied economics at the University of Chicago. He was a presidential candidate in the 1999 and 2005 elections. He was also an economic appraiser of the neoliberal policies of Chile's military dictatorship. As mayor of Las Condes he actively promoted social housing programs for the poor and social integration with the rest of the cities, as well as enlarged use of technology in law enforcement and moderate social policies. He appeared as the candidate with the most support in most opinion polls.

Did not run

Evelyn Matthei (UDI): Matthei is a right-wing politician. She studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 1993 she was the target of a scheme by Sebastián Piñera to prevent her from becoming a candidate for the presidency that year. She was a senator and candidate in Chile's presidential elections in 2013, losing to Michelle Bachelet, the Socialist candidate. She dropped out of the race on 17 May 2021, a day after being re-elected as mayor of Providencia.

New Social Pact

The New Social Pact center-left coalition (formerly Constituent Unity) held a primary on 21 August 2021, which was won by Christian Democrat Senator Yasna Provoste by over 60% of the vote, with a turnout of around 150,000. They failed to reach an agreement to participate in the national publicly-funded primaries held on 18 July 2021. Both Paula Narváez and Carlos Maldonado —the other primary candidates— had urged the need for a primary to define a sole coalition candidate. Provoste said on 30 May 2021 that she is available to compete if her party deems it necessary. On 23 July 2021 she officially launched her candidacy during a ceremony in her native city of Vallenar, in northern Chile. She was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as its candidate on 17 August 2021.

Defeated in primary
Carlos Maldonado (PR): The former minister of Justice and current president of the Radical Party was proclaimed as presidential candidate on 23 December 2020. On 20 May 2021 he announced he would go straight to the November election. On July 3, 2021, he backtracked on his decision and declared himself available to compete in a possible coalition primary.
Paula Narváez (PS): The former minister was proclaimed by the Socialist Party's Central Committee as its presidential candidate on 28 January 2021 in a unanimous vote. Her candidacy emerged after a December 2020 Change.org petition made by female members of the PS asking Narváez to become the party's candidate was signed by former president Michelle Bachelet. In January 2021 both senator José Miguel Insulza and PS president Álvaro Elizalde dropped out of the race. On 5 June 2021 the PPD officially proclaimed her as its candidate.

Dropped out

Heraldo Muñoz (PPD): The current president of the PPD and former minister of Foreign Affairs became the PPD candidate after beating former minister of Interior and spokesperson Francisco Vidal and former deputy for District 39 and ambassador Jorge Tarud by 54% of the vote in a primary held on 31 January 2021. On 19 May 2021 he dropped out of the race and lent his support to Narváez.
Ximena Rincón (PDC): The current senator was proclaimed as the Christian Democratic Party's candidate for president after she beat former mayor and minister Alberto Undurraga in a primary held on 24 January 2021. She won by 57% of the vote. She officially dropped out of the race on 2 June 2021.
Pablo Vidal (independent politician): The deputy quit the Democratic Revolution party in December 2020 and founded the New Deal () political platform. On 13 April 2021, he was proclaimed as presidential candidate by the Liberal Party and New Deal. On 19 May 2021 he dropped out of the race and lent his support to Narváez.

Christian Social Front

In May 2021, José Antonio Kast discarded the idea of making a presidential primary together with . Then, on 6 August 2021, the Christian Conservative Party together with the Republican Party and other independents registered with the Chilean Electoral Service the pact Christian Social Front for the parliamentary elections of November. Kast officially registered his candidacy before the Electoral Service on 19 August 2021.

Other candidates

Eduardo Artés (UP): The current president of the UP was confirmed by his party as its presidential candidate in June 2021.
Marco Enríquez-Ominami (PRO): In February 2021, his party asked the three-time presidential candidate to be once again their contender for the November 2021 election. On 23 July PRO's president, Camilo Lagos, said they would either participate in a primary or present a candidate directly to the November election. If their preferred choice, Enríquez-Ominami, was unable to run due legal restrictions, he stated that they would support senator Alejandro Guillier as their candidate. On 26 July 2021 the PRO declared they would not participate in the Constituent Unity primary to take place on 21 August 2021. On 4 September 2021 a regional electoral tribunal (TER) ordered his name to be removed from the electoral roll, thus disqualifying him from seeking office. However, he appealed successfully to the Election Certification Board (Tricel).
Franco Parisi (PDG): Parisi is an economist who ran for president in 2013, gaining 10% of the vote. He registered his candidacy for president on 23 August 2021.

Rejected
Diego Ancalao (independent): Ancalao is a Mapuche activist. He was proclaimed on 20 August 2021 by the List of the People, a leftist movement, after he garnered more endorsements from independent electors at the Electoral Service's online platform than the other two candidates in competition, Soledad Mella and Ingrid Conejeros, between 12 and 19 August 2021. The Electoral Service, though, rejected his candidacy on 26 August 2021 on the grounds he did not provide the required minimum number of endorsements from independent electors.
Gino Lorenzini (independent): Lorenzini is an economist and entrepreneur. He registered his candidacy for president on 23 August 2021, presenting over 42 thousand endorsements from independent electors, more than the minimum required by law. However, the Electoral Service rejected his candidacy on 26 August 2021 because the law requires independent candidates to hold their status as independent for up to a year before the election, and he was part of the Party of the People during some of that time.

Declined to be candidates
Pamela Jiles (PH): Jiles is a journalist, television personality and leftist politician. She pursues her political career as deputy for District 12 in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. She comes from a family of communists and has praised Fidel Castro. She appeared as a potential presidential candidate with the most support in just one opinion poll. After her partner lost the Santiago governor race in May 2021, she withdrew her name from consideration.
Izkia Siches (independent): Siches is a physician who has served as president of the Chilean Medical College since 2017. A self-described feminist and past member of the Communist Youth, Siches became nationally known during the COVID-19 pandemic for her criticisms of the government's handling of public health measures. Her high approval ratings during the pandemic led to speculation she would run for president, but she ultimately declined.
René Rubeska (PNC): In June 2021, the National Citizen Party had announced its intention to bring its president René Rubeska as presidential candidate. However, the party was unable to gather the necessary signatures to register his candidacy.

Debates

Endorsements
After the first round, candidates Sichel and Parisi endorsed Kast.

Boric was endorsed by Enríquez-Ominami and Provoste. Former President Michelle Bachelet returned to Chile from her role as UN Human Rights High Commissioner to formally endorse Boric.

On 9 December, parliamentarians and public figures from over 15 countries signed a statement endorsing Boric.

Opinion polls

First round
Results considering only official candidates (excluding "Other", "Don't know", "Do not vote", etc.) and general voters, excluding polls showing likely voters or non-national samples.

Second round
Results considering only official candidates (excluding "Other", "Don't know", "Do not vote", etc.) and general voters, excluding polls only with likely voters. Average of polls every 3 days.

Public transport inefficiency
On the day of the second round on 19 December, voters at bus stops in rural parts of the country, and large municipalities in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, such as Puente Alto, San Bernardo, and Maipú, waited hours for public bus services in the blazing sun to reach their polling stations, due to a shortage of public bus services available on that day.

Soon after these reports came in, local authorities and citizens in these municipalities took to social media to show Red Metropolitana de Movilidad bus terminals and parking decks full of unused city buses. This led to speculation that the incumbent government was suppressing voters by reducing bus services to prevent them from casting their votes. Apparently, most complaints of delays came from neighborhoods where Gabriel Boric had stronger levels of support.

Leading figures from Boric's campaign, such as Izkia Siches cried foul, accusing the government of trying to help Kast win the election. Boric said "the government has a responsibility" to solve the problem to allow voters to be ferried to vote with the unused buses. The elections authority Servel expressed similar concerns to Transport Minister Gloria Hutt.

The government spokesman Jaime Bellolio called the Boric campaign's claim as a "blatant lie", and denied that the government was suppressing voters, claiming that there were between 5,000 and 6,000 buses running in the Metropolitan Region. However, this was contradicted by transport authorities, which stated that only 3,000 buses were operating. The transport authority however, also stressed that the number of buses was 55 percent more than a usual Sunday and between 3 percent or 4 percent greater than on the first round of election in November.

A Transantiago bus driver claimed that only 40 percent of the bus drivers available were driving that day, despite statements from the government that they were operating buses on a normal work schedule. As a result, carpools were organized through social media, while private services like Uber and Cabify offered ride discounts for voters to travel to polling stations.

In the evening, just before polls closed, Transport Minister Gloria Hutt apologized, acknowledging the government was slow to react to the situation and blamed the delays on road work and traffic, but denied that the government was engaging in voter suppression.

Results

President
Turnout for the second round rose by 1.2 million from the first round, and from 47.3% in the first round to 55.6%, the highest level for any Chilean election since voting ceased to be compulsory in 2012.

Gabriel Boric won the election with 55.9% of the vote and is set to become the youngest president in Chile's history and youngest state leader in the world.

A post-election survey showed that despite their endorsement of Kast, 59% of Parisi's voters and 23% of Sichel's voters voted for Boric, while 82% of Yasna Provoste's supporters, 83% of Marco Enríquez-Ominami's supporters, and 92% of Eduardo Artés's supporters voted for Boric.

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Regional Boards
Note: Provisional results, including 99.97% of ballot boxes.

Aftermath

On 19 December 2021, shortly after the preliminary results of the second round were publicized, Kast conceded defeat and congratulated Boric through a tweet saying "I have just talked to Gabriel Boric and have congratulated him for his big triumph. From now on he is the president-elect of Chile and deserves all of our respect and constructive collaboration. Chile is always first". Later that day, Kast visited Boric at the latter's campaign headquarters in central Santiago. Boric thanked Kast during his victory speech, saying "we must build bridges for our compatriots to live better, because that is the people of Chile's demand".

Outgoing president Sebastián Piñera had a video call with president-elect Boric, which was broadcast live on TV and radio, complying with one of the country's electoral traditions since the transition to democracy. During their conversation, Piñera congratulated Boric and said "when we divide [our country] in wars between ourselves, things always go wrong. We all hope you make a very good government for Chile and the Chileans and I am sure you will do your best". Boric said "I am going to be the President of all Chileans, because I believe it is important to interpret everyone and agreements should be between all of the people and not inside four walls".

Boric was also congratulated by President of the Constitutional Convention, Elisa Loncón. The leader of Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco, , dismissed Boric as being together with Kast "two faces of the same coin" and warned that Boric will maintain "the colonial-format capitalist system". Llaitul pledged to continue "the path of revolutionary autonomism".

International reaction
Among international leaders who congratulated Boric are President of Argentina Alberto Fernández, Vice President Cristina Kirchner, President of Bolivia Luis Arce, President of the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia Andrónico Rodríguez, former President of Brazil Lula da Silva, President of Colombia Iván Duque, President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado, President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso, Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, President of Peru Pedro Castillo, President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro, and opposition leaders of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and Henrique Capriles. The European Union, via its High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, also congratulated Boric on his victory in the second round and pointed to "strengthening" relations with the Chilean government.

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro had a late and cold reaction to Boric's election. He pointed out that "half of the population abstained" in the election, and referred to Boric as "that Boric". Boric responded to Bolsonaro's comments by stating that "clearly we are very different". Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, who had supported Kast, had a harsher reaction, stating that Chile was set on a path similar to Maduro's Venezuela with Boric. He mentioned the –8% drop that occurred in the Santiago Stock Exchange following the election and linked Boric to the violence that erupted in Chile in 2019.

President of the United States Joe Biden had a phone conversation with president-elect Boric on 30 December, on which Biden congratulated Boric for his victory. In a press statement published by the White House, Biden "applauded Chile's free and fair elections as a powerful example to the region and the world", and also underscored the cooperation between Chile and the U.S. to "promote a green and equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and to address the existential threat posed by climate change". Biden also sent through the president-elect his condolences for the death of 14-year old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was killed in a police shootout at Los Angeles, California on 23 December. Boric later posted on his Twitter account about the conversation he had with President Biden, stating that "In addition to the shared joy for our respective electoral victories, we talked about common challenges such as fair trade, climate crisis and strengthening democracy. We will continue to talk."

Parliamentary results
Due to the low results in the parliamentary election, 12 political parties were dissolved by the Electoral Service: Christian Conservative Party (1 deputy), Citizens (1), Democratic Independent Regionalist Party (1), Equality Party, Green Ecological Party (2), Humanist Party (3), Progressive Party, National Citizen Party, New Time, Patriotic Union, Revolutionary Workers Party and United Centre (1). 9 deputies became independent politicians before joining the new Congress.

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Trying to predict what Apple is going to do is an exercise in total futility. Just as soon as you think you have a handle on their product and marketing strategy, they turn around to upend your assumptions. It has happened often enough that you have to realize it's all part of a plan you may never understand.
Take those "predictable" Mac OS X upgrades. With Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion, you expected to see the birth of a new feline every couple of years, give or take a few months. It was all clockwork, and your expectations had it that the earliest Apple would disclose the particulars about 10.8 would be the 2012 WWDC, or maybe later.
But Apple had other ideas, and, no, I do not believe that Mountain Lion was designed in response to the perceived potential threat of Windows 8. To me, Windows 8 is little more than the traditional Windows OS with an an ill-conceived tiled overlay. That change could have been accomplished with an add-on, and Microsoft didn't need to spend billions of dollars to make it happen. Aside from that, and the alleged porting of Windows 8 to ARM processors, I don't see much meat in Microsoft's OS plans. It seems to be little more than misdirection rather than OS innovation.
The real question is how developers are greeting Mountain Lion. For those who quickly made their wares Lion friendly, adding Mountain Lion hooks may not be so big a deal. I'm thinking in terms of compatibility with the Notification Manager, for example. A number of third-party programs use an open source tool known as Growl, which puts up similar notification banners, usually on the upper right of your Mac's display. The message is white on black, same as the Notification Manager counterparts on the iOS and, now, Mountain Lion.
For Growl to work with an app, the developer has to put in the proper hooks, but now that Apple has a system-wide tool offering a similar capability, does that mean that Growl will be "Sherlocked" into nonexistence? And if you're wondering what I mean by that, well there once was a clever third-party search app, Watson, that was beaten to death by Apple's version, known as Sherlock. Apple didn't even attempt to come up with an original name, but Watson soon went bye-bye, and Sherlock morphed into Spotlight.
I suppose the larger question will be whether Growl will be able to coexist with Mountain Lion as developers decide which direction to take, but a system-wide feature is almost always to be preferred if the Mac user is offered similar or better features. For 10.8, the Notification Manager's setup screens very much resemble their iOS counterparts, as adapted to a desktop OS.
I also have to wonder about developers that, so far, haven't really embraced Lion and are suddenly confronted with the prospect of having to catch up with yet another OS X upgrade. Perhaps they will just have to consolidate their work, and get it done in one process. But when it comes to such companies as Adobe and Microsoft, we may be looking at 10.9 before anything meaningful happens.
While Adobe's recent Creative Suite apps do work fine under Lion, at least the ones I've tried, they do not support such native features as Auto Save or Versions, and forget about Full Screen Apps. With Mountain Lion, Adobe will have to consider not just the Notification Center, but the enhanced tools for iCloud. I mean, wouldn't it be nice to be able to edit the same InDesign document on all your Macs, moving from desktop to note-book and back again, having the changes appear instantaneously. But that assumes you're online when the magic happens. Otherwise, if Mountain Lion doesn't fall back to your local network when you're offline, you might have to wait for the changes to queue up. This is one of the unanswered questions about the whole thing.
You see, Apple imagines a future in which we are all living in the cloud (and not just the part of our anatomies above the neck). This means relatively swift 24/7 connections, and that's not a certainly. In the U.S. alone, millions do not have broadband connections. Some don't want it, many more can't get it, which means they will have to keep their old fashioned analog telephone modems active all the time, and suffer from those pitifully slow connections many of you have forgotten. At least the local phone companies in those areas will be able to sell you a second line strictly for online use, if you don't already have one.
I'm also more or less certain that Gatekeeper, meant to keep you from opening a possibly malware-ridden app, is yet another subtle gesture to coerce developers to put their stuff in the Mac App Store. However, there are apps that aren't suitable now, and may never be suitable for such placement. Some of those apps tap system resources to, for example, capture both sides of a Skype conversation. Others have intense and sophisticated installers that throw files hither and yon on your hard drive. Neither would get to first base in the Mac App Store.
But if Apple were to work with developers to help them simplify those convoluted installations, and provide hooks to allow apps and the OS to talk to each other to allow recording from other apps and other functions to safely happen within a sandboxed environment, maybe it won't matter.
Meantime, Mountain Lion may be both a threat and a promise to developers as they continue to try to embrace Apple's OS future of major annual upgrades.
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"I'm also more or less certain that Gatekeeper, meant to keep you from opening a possibly malware-ridden app, is yet another subtle gesture to coerce developers to put their stuff in the Mac App Store. " Ain't gonna happen. The Store may be a more or less fine way for small time developers to market their shares (I say "more or less" because the 30% excise dings the developer and the inability to demo software ruins the old shareware model and so hurts the individual consumer). But I can't see the major developers like Adobe and MS ever being coerced into putting their products in the Store. Not only would the 30% become a huge issue (it would entail $740 for every sale of the Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection!!), but selling through the Store might make it difficult or impossible for such developers to maintain the anti-piracy security measures they are now using. Little developers have to grin and bear whatever Apple dishes out because they don't have deep enough pockets to sue Apple for monopolistic business practises. If Apple tried to buffalo the major commercial developers into selling through the Store they'd quickly discover that the big boys have big legal departments. I would also imagine that, while the Store speficially designed to vend software to individual consumers, it would be an absolutely terrible way to deliver software to the Enterprise, school districts, etc., and I can't think Apple would really want to cut itself off from such lucrative markets.
@dfs, You forget that the major software publishers also sell through traditional distributors, who, in turn, send them to the dealers they represent. That's two levels of profit, which total more than the 30% "excise" that so offends you. Adobe has already begun to release products to the Mac App Store. There are published reports that a Lion savvy version of Microsoft Office will soon be posted there as well. The trend will only expand.
This Apple is more confident that it doesn't care whether Adobe or MS want to join the party, I believe they know where they are going that is a to destination without either.
Yes it a post PC era where the future is mobile and touch.
@AdamC, Except that, as I said, Adobe and Microsoft will join the party. They earn lots of money from the Mac platform.
Personally I find the many of Apple's "Lion" and "Mountain Lion" paradigms to be steps backwards. But then again, to each their own. Looking at the direction that Lion and Mountain Lion have taken us, and seeing where Microsoft appears to be headed, Linux may be the only real computing platform left for users who know what they are doing and want to do things their way. And it is quite unfair of you to label Windwos 8 as something that could simply be an "add on pack" and yet seem to be lauding Mountain Lion as a worth major OS upgrade. Mountain Lion appears to be even more of an application add-on pack to Lion than Windows 8 is.
@SteveP, For Lion, you're talking about a small handful of iOS-related changes, really. Maybe there's a better way to do Auto Save, but at least Apple made it a system-wide tool for app developers to grab onto. But there are 200 features to consider, and some are more than skin-deep. Same for the so-called 100-plus new features in Mountain Lion, which provide greater security and enhance performance.
Your statement about "the only real computing platform left for users who know what they are doing and what to do things there way" overlooks the purpose of a personal computer, which for most people is to run apps. Fiddling with the OS comes way down on the list. That's the audience Apple addresses. Microsoft does too in part, but I continue to maintain that, beneath the questionable Metro eye candy, Windows 8 is just Windows with a different veneer. It's far less compelling than what Apple is doing.
Taking a failed interface theme and tossing it into Windows 8 and a tablet version seems the height of illogical behavior.
Actually Sherlock and Sherlock 2 existed way before Watson. Watson was inspired by the Sherlock name. Sherlock 3 is the version that looked like a ripoff of Watson at the same time you can see how Sherlock 3 looks to be an evolution of Sherlock 2 in many respects.
Almost everyone now follows the knee-jerk cliché. Big bad Apple vs "Underdog". Watson was an obvious extension of what Apple was already working on. Apple had no reason to stop their own development just because Watson got there first. I really don't think they "copied" or "stole" Watson's ideas.
One of the issues you run into–especially when you're a big company with lots of products–is scheduling.
Imagine I've just shipped version 4 of my product. Usually what I would do is give my developers a bit of a rest, get feedback from my customers about what they like and don't like about version 4, and consider new features. Say I spend a few months on this and come up with a set of changes that will go in to version 5. I've assigned developers to develop these features, allocated QA resources for testing, etc. All looks good for a release about 1 year from when version 4 shipped.
a) Lose a feature that my users have requested and assign that engineer to add support for Apple's additions?
b) Plan to support the new Apple features in version 6?
" I doubt anybody'll pay an upgrade fee for supporting Apple's new features" Depends on how compelling the new feature is. So it's Apple's business to make sure that its new features indeed are compelling. I. m. h. o., autosave/versions makes the grade, it's new and valuable. Notifications doesn't, since Growl is already available, so that with this feature Apple is only reinventing the wheel.
@dfs, Notification Center is a matter of putting something in the OS that should have been there all along, as adapted from the iOS. New and valuable? No, but consistent with the user experience across Apple's mobile and desktop computing platforms, yes.
You don't read very well. I said a theme change could have been done with an add-on. Not that it was. When you stop playing with laughing gas, list the most important changes in Windows 8. You do know them right?
But running Windows 8 on ARM doesn't mean Windows apps will run without serious redesign, and if you click past Metro on a PC, it's still just Windows.
From accounts I have read, Adobe have cut back their developer team for Mac version development. By all accounts, they have like two part-time developers for Mac development. How much more of a rest can you get? This is why they are YEARS behind. We are not talking about a rest between a Lion and Mountain Lion focused version, we are talking about moving from Carbon to Cocoa. Adobe simply don't care!
@MacBram, That sounds a little fishy to me. What's your source?


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H.P.S.T Chapter 216: Let's Go Home
Just a few seconds before Kreacher discovered Regulus, Dumbledore's four gigantic Trolls had pushed countless Inferi into the dark waters of the lake, setting off waves.
Dumbledore triumphed, and the monsters he made defeated the Inferi.
But there was no time for delight. Evan noticed a black smoke coming out of the Troll's body immersed in the lake. There was an expression of fear on its face.
It was the first time he had seen the deformed creatures having a thing such as fear. He didn't know what they had encountered, but it must have been the dark magic Voldemort had left in the lake.
In a blink of an eye, they all turned into smoke and disappeared.
Just like nothing happened, the dense, endless herd of Inferi floated from the bottom of the lake and crept out.
Dumbledore calmly looked at the approaching Inferi, not too surprised, as if he had expected this to happen. He continued to sway his wand with his hand.
But before he succeeded in casting spells, Kreacher's shouts suddenly rang. "Young Master Regulus! Kreacher has found young Master Regulus!"
Hearing his shouts, everyone shook and looked in the direction he pointed.
Only Sirius, without hesitation, rushed out at the moment Kreacher screeched, and run toward Regulus.
"Watch out, Sirius, there are so many Inferi there, don't go! " Harry screamed, trying to stop Sirius.
But it didn't work, Sirius was faster than expected.
"Regulus", he shouted in a hoarse voice as he rushed forward. "Regulus, I've finally found you. I'm taking you home… Let's go home…"
Sirius repeated his sad cries, as tears flowed out of his red eyes.
He did not care about rushing into the group of Inferi, completely ignoring his own safety. The end of his wand emitted a reddish ray at a speed beyond imagination, sending away the Inferi that prevented him from moving forward.
Behind him, it was the same for the mad Kreacher.
"Fight for my Master, for young Master Sirius, for young Master Regulus, Kreacher wants to fight"
Even in such a bustle, his bullfrog-like voice was still clearly audible.
This old house elf broke out all the vitality in his body. He waved the stones he had just picked up from the ground and followed Sirius into the Inferi.
Harry followed closely, then Dumbledore, Evan, and Hermione. Their defensive lines were completely broken, and the Inferi almost instantly rushed up.
Evan's heart was beating so hard. He just stood on the high ground where the stone basin was placed in the center of the island. Looking at these grim-looking Inferi from far away was enough to make people feel scared.
Close contact now made him feel terror.
He couldn't help but shudder. All around him were the Inferi that kept sending out cold air. They had just climbed out of the lake. Their loose, pale skin was covered with cold water droplets. They were very uncomfortable and disgusting.
There were so many Inferi, and Evan couldn't see clearly the way forward.
Besides the nightmare-inducing Inferi, Evan couldn't see Dumbledore, Sirius, Harry, and Kreacher who were also caught in the same crowd.
The only thing he was thankful for was that Hermione was always by his side. When she was just about to be swallowed up by the Inferi, Evan held her right hand at the last moment and did not let go.
Hermione gasped and nestled up to his side.
Her small, pale face was almost bloodless. Because she was afraid, her face was as pale as the Inferi around her. Her beautiful, inspirational brown eyes were wide open at the moment, full of panic and uneasiness.
Tears were spinning in Hermione's eyes, but she refused to let them flow out.
Besides the scream she made when she first saw the Inferi, she had been forcing herself to make no other sound. She knew that she was fighting. Crying, screaming and weakness were of no use to distract herself and Evan.
Although very scared, Hermione forced herself not to let go of her emotions.
She didn't know why, but seeing Evan beside her, she had a familiar sense of peace. No matter how many Inferi there were, no matter what they faced, even if they were to die, as long as Evan was by her side, she could face it calmly and persevere until the end.
Both of them leaned together and sent various spells to the nearby Inferi.
"Use fire, Hermione, use fire magic," Evan shouted. "Dumbledore just said that the Inferi fear light and warmth. We can attack them with fire."
Hearing Evan's reminding, Hermione remembered what Dumbledore said.
"Incendio," she hurriedly shouted.
A faint red flame appeared in front of her, not far away, and a few Inferi ready to pounce on her obviously hesitated.
When they saw the fire, they instinctively wanted to escape.
But Hermione's flames were too weak. The Inferi were hesitating. The sense of threat they felt was not strong. It was as if they were hunting for a window to attack.
Hermione gasped for breath. After using this spell, all the magic in her body had been exhausted. She looked at all the Inferi that were about to rush to her. She knew that she could not dodge them.
She closed her eyes resigned to her fate, and her right hand held Evan's tightly.
But Hermione's eyes opened again. She was pleasantly surprised to see that Evan also successfully cast the spell of "Incendio". A red flame of half-human high circled on the ground and surrounded them with its blazing heat.
The Inferi retreated, and they were getting farther and farther away from them.
"Evan" Hermione turned and clung tightly to Evan. Her tears could not help but flow out.
Evan gently patted Hermione's shoulder and whispered comforting her.
At this moment, though surrounded by countless Inferi in the eerie cave, the atmosphere became extremely warm inside the circle of fire.
Outside the ring of fire, near the shore, Harry was not so comfortable, just a few seconds ago he followed Sirius and Kreacher amongst the Inferi.
Seeing Regulus, these two became totally mad.
They were like the giant monsters that Dumbledore had made, ramming themselves into the crowd of Inferi. Sirius burst with an incredible, powerful fighting force. Harry couldn't remember how many of them he took out, when the Inferi that tried to stop them.
Under heavy encirclement, they marched miraculously at an alarming speed, and in less than three seconds they rushed to the side of Regulus who had just climbed ashore.
"Come home, let's go home, Regulus" Sirius embraced him and burst into tears, making a heart shattering cry.
It was so sad that Harry couldn't help but cry as well. He never thought that Sirius would become like this. He told him before that he was tired of Regulus, just like he was bored of the rest of the Blacks.
It was only when he saw the scene that Harry knew that Sirius had a lot of worries about his brother; he finally understood their brotherhood.
"Back home, let's go home, I want to take you home, Regulus…" Sirius murmured.
He used all his strength to hug Regulus' body, in fear of losing him again.
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Clark geographer receives NASA grant to study the impacts of sea-ice thinning and retreat in the Pacific Arctic
By Anne Gibson, Ph.D. '95
Prof. Karen Frey conducting sea ice research in the Chukchi Sea
Karen Frey, associate professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Washington, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), received a grant from NASA for their project titled "Observing and understanding the impacts of a thinning and retreating sea ice cover on light propagation, primary productivity and biogeochemistry in the Pacific Arctic Region." The Clark portion of the grant is $614,339 distributed over three years.
Frey notes that included in the project will be a strong educational component involving the training of two Ph.D. and several undergraduate students, as well as comprehensive student involvement in research subcomponents at affiliated institutions, which include Dartmouth College and the University of Washington.
Melt-season sea ice in
the Chukchi Sea. (Photo
copyright Karen Frey)
According to Frey, research to date shows that Arctic sea ice is undergoing tremendous change, notably in the area of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas north of Alaska. Thirty years ago, much of this region was covered by sea ice over the entire year, where in recent years this sea ice has been replaced by open ocean over the summer months.
"There has been a pronounced decrease in the summer sea ice extent, an overall thinning of the ice, and a lengthening of the summer melt season," she explains, "all of which have profound consequences for the cycling of carbon as well as the dynamics of the entire food web throughout the region."
An important outcome of these trends is increased availability of sunlight to the water and organisms beneath and associated with the ice. Increased sunlight promotes the growth of algae in the ocean; however, that growth may also be followed by an increase in the amount of decaying organic matter that interferes with the absorption of sunlight.
To better understand the complex relationships between ice melt, sunlight availability, organism growth and water biogeochemistry, Frey and her team will create computer model simulations using data related to ice retreat and ocean biology/biogeochemistry they gather from field observations and satellite-based imagery.
The team eventually plans to integrate their research with that of previous and ongoing field programs, including those from NASA's ICESCAPE and Operation IceBridge programs, Office of Naval Research projects studying marginal ice zone conditions, National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic Observing Network (AON) ice-tethered platform work, and the NSF Distributed Biological Observatory.
Established in 1921, the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University is internationally renowned for innovative scholarship and is an acknowledged leader in the field. Consistently ranked as one of the top-ten graduate programs by the National Research Council, Clark Geography enables graduate students to train with top professionals and participate in a world-class research community. Having awarded more Ph.D.s than any other geography program in the United States, Clark University Geography has a reputation for training future leaders in the field.
Newly released research predicts the greening of the Arctic
Uncovering the secrets of water, from Siberia to Massachusetts