text:
Front Page » Archives » October 2022 »
" Articles in Category: Public lands "
Wingnut Freakout Follows J6 Committee Vote to Subpoena Loser Trump: 'BradCast' 10/14/2022
Also: MAGA leader now recruiting, training MI poll workers; DeSantis finally issues post-Ian election plan for GOP-leaning FL counties...
As another exhausting week wraps up on The BradCast, we've got a number of follow-ups today on several stories we've been covering throughout the week, and a few all-new reasons to be concerned about the critical upcoming midterm elections. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.]
Among the stories covered today...
Newly-released footage from January 6, 2021 reveals then 80-year old Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying she wanted to "punch out" Donald Trump after he had sent insurrectionists to attack the U.S. Capitol. Tom Fitton, rightwing operative, conman and Trump henchman, is just outraged by that! Curiously, he is not at all outraged, by yesterday's House J6 Committee revelation that he wrote a speech for then President Trump, days before the 2020 election, instructing him to declare victory on Election Night --- whether he'd actually won or not --- and then demand the counting of all ballots immediately be stopped. "We had an election today, and I won," the memo suggested Trump declare, as detailed by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) on Thursday. The memo then instructed Trump demand only votes counted by the end of Election Day be allowed. That, of course, would disenfranchise millions of lawful American voters. The disgraceful Fitton serves as President of the far-right Judicial Watch activist nonprofit and reportedly also advised Trump that he was legally allowed to steal thousands of classified documents from the White House upon leaving office.
Meanwhile, Trump's allies in Congress, lead by Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, are pretending to be furious that the bipartisan House Select Committee investigating Trump's insurrection and failed attempts to steal the 2020 election voted to subpoena the former President for documents and testimony on Thursday. House Republicans were so eager to demonstrate their clownish fury that they even attacked one of their own employees, as "just another liar and pawn in Pelosi's witch-hunt"...until they realized she worked them, and quickly deleted the tweet.
Of course, there was Trump's own hilarious, 14-page response [PDF] to the subpoena (which has not actually been issued to him yet). Clearly written for his duped followers who he hopes haven't watched any of the J6 hearings, it offers his usual tired bogus claims and long-ago debunked nonsense to falsely insist (in all-caps, because that makes it extra true): "THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN!" Will he actually answer the subpoena and testify under oath before the Committee? The cowardly liar failed to say as much.
One of the millions of dupes who were dumb and incurious enough to buy into Trump's evidence-free claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him is a woman named Genevieve Peters. She helped encourage J6 protesters to attack the Capitol in D.C. on January 6, participated in other so-called "Stop the Steal" rallies, and hung around with the leader of the Proud Boys, according to social media posts that she has been furiously removing from her own Facebook page. She has now been hired by Macomb County, Michigan, its third most populous, to recruit and train pollworkers for the 2022 midterms.
More than two weeks after Hurricane Ian made its devastating landfall in Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis finally issued an Executive Order [PDF] on Thursday expanding early voting and vote-by-mail in the state's three hardest hit counties (Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota). On Monday's BradCast, we discussed the delay in approving the plan sought by Lee County, home of Fort Myers, and others where Ian made landfall, with the now-retired, legendary 30-year Florida election official Ion Sancho, who was very worried about whether many Floridians would be able to vote at all this year. We checked back with Sancho to get his reaction to DeSantis' newly-issued EO. He lauds the plan for granting "the flexibility sought by the election officials in three of the most damaged counties," before noting that "Counties further inland had record flooding," leaving still-displaced citizens completely ignored by DeSantis' order. "The counties granted flexibility are heavily Republican," Sancho told me. "The hurricane hit counties further inland are much more Democratic leaning."
Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for our latest Green News Report, with her usual mix of bad (more billion-dollar weather disasters than ever and wetter storms than ever) and good (an explosion of investment in renewable energy and EV manufacturing in the U.S., and Joe Biden's first declaration of a new national monument) news...
Article Categories: Florida, Election Reform, BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, Accountability, U.S. House, Democrats, Republicans, Michigan, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, KPFK, Donald Trump, Climate change, Extreme weather, BradCast, Electric vehicles, Public lands, Election 2020, Ron DeSantis, Zoe Lofgren, Proud Boys, Insurrection, Election 2022, Elise Stefanik, Tom Fitton
'Green News Report' - August 16, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Historic Inflation Reduction Act passes Congress --- just don't call it a 'climate' bill; Scientists surprised to find trees growing in the rapidly warming Arctic; PLUS: 100 million Americans will live in an 'extreme heat belt' by 2053, study warns... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): New water cuts coming for Southwest as Colorado River falls into Tier 2 shortage; Warming Doubles Risk Of Catastrophic California 'Megaflood'; Climate Refugees a Trickle Now, soon to Be a Flood; Marine Heatwaves Increasingly Intense; Solar is happening. Nuclear is (mostly) not; Why Scientists Have Pumped A Potent Greenhouse Gas Into Public Streams... PLUS: Celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act. Then Double Down on Demonizing Fossil Fuels.... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Alaska, U.S. House, Environment, U.S. Senate, Democrats, Republicans, Joe Biden, Green News, Natural gas, Oil, Wind energy, Solar energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, Arctic, Public lands, Joe Manchin, Infrastructure, Pollution
'Green News Report' - August 4, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Back-to-back extreme storms reveal the U.S. is not ready for climate impacts; Climate change is increasing summertime humidity; Big corporations launch ad blitz to sink Democrats' landmark budget deal; PLUS: America's first-ever national EV charging network is on its way... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The Manchin climate deal is both a big win and a deal with the Devil; Why utilities are lining up behind the climate bill; 'They are not slowing down': The rise of billion-dollar disasters; China has a new global development initiative; A hiker tried to burn a spider and sparked a wildfire in Utah; Will a Nile Canal project dry up Africa's largest wetland?; How coal mining and years of neglect left Kentucky towns at the mercy of flooding; 'Apocalyptic skies': the dust storms devastating Gulf states and Syria; Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines; Inside the fight over California's last nuclear power plant... PLUS: Hyperion, world's tallest tree, now off-limits to visitors... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: California, Illinois, Environment, U.S. Senate, Democrats, Republicans, Joe Biden, Green News, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Koch Industries, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Water, Transportation, Electric vehicles, Public lands, Infrastructure, Kyrsten Sinema
By Desi Doyen on 8/2/2022 10:32am PT
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Death toll rises in catastrophic Kentucky flooding; Extreme heat and wildfires sear the U.S. West; Good times for Big Oil; PLUS: Manchin-Schumer compromise bill could be a game changer for climate... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Electricity rates' shocking rise: it's the fossil fuels, stupid; Feds reverse Trump decision opening up Central California lands to drilling; Scientists say it is 'foolish' to not study catastrophic outcomes; What are 'flash droughts' and why are they so destructive?; House Passes 48-Bill Wildfire-Protection Package; Chemical Recycling Bills Gain Momentum and Opposition in States... PLUS: A Dead Climate Denial Meme is Dead Again... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: California, Oregon, Montana, Environment, U.S. Senate, Kentucky, Green News, Natural gas, Nuclear power/weapons, Chevron, Oil, Wind energy, Solar energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, Exxon Mobil, Shell Oil, Public lands, Joe Manchin, Infrastructure, Kyrsten Sinema, Pollution, Andy Beshear, Hydrogen
'Green News Report' - July 28, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Manchin and Schumer reach deal on climate and energy bill; Russia slashes gas deliveries to Europe; PLUS: US Postal Service quadruples its plan to buy all-electric vehicles... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Zeitgeist Matters: If you want to know who changed Manchin's mind --- you did; Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats up; Streaming service Hulu is rejecting ads about climate change; 1odead in 'One of the worst flooding events in Kentucky's history'; Hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C.; Biden Administration announces initiatives to boost solar energy use; Wildfire pollution may pay surprising role in fate of Arctic sea ice; Grim heat and stressed grids make dangerous outages more likely... PLUS: Largest Audubon chapter yet is changing its name, rebuking an enslaver... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Oregon, Missouri, New Mexico, Environment, U.S. Senate, France, Washington State, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Nevada, Green News, Natural gas, Russia, Oil, Wind energy, Solar energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, Agriculture, Water, Electric vehicles, Seattle, European Union, Public lands, Joe Manchin, Pollution, USPS
'Green News Report' - June 28, 2022
By Desi Doyen on 6/28/2022 9:00am PT
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: New Mexico's largest-ever wildfire was caused by a prescribed burn; Japan's electric grid strains under historic extreme heat wave; Colombia's new president is a leftist climate hawk; PLUS: Extreme weather disasters have affected most Americans, and many suffer long-term financial problems... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Simultaneous heat waves around the world push people and nations 'to the edge'; Germany, Italy push G7 into watering down pledge to end overseas gas finance; U.N. chief declares 'ocean emergency'; LNG explosion shines light on 42-year-old gas rules; Historic wildfires rage across Alaska; Energy security brings conservatives to renewables... PLUS: Tesla partners with California utility on virtual power plant... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: New Mexico, Environment, Green News, Japan, Colombia, Climate change, Extreme weather, Mining, Arctic, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Electricity
SUPREME CORRUPTION: 'BradCast' 6/24/2022
Packed Court of radical, activist GOP Justices invent imaginary 'historical' reasons to cancel reproductive freedoms, personal privacy rights, gun safety laws; Also: Many more well-established Constitutional rights now in peril; Biden, Pelosi respond; Voting remains the answer...
By Brad Friedman on 6/24/2022 6:29pm PT
On a dark and historic day in America (and, apparently, on The BradCast), I offer a few thoughts on how unelected, radical, extremist, activists Justices (who are not "conservative" by any stretch of the imagination, please stop calling them that), who have been packed onto a stolen U.S. Supreme Court majority have only just begun the corrupt work for which their lifetime seats on the High Court were purchased. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.]
On Thursday, the illegitimate Republican majority simply ignored the written text of the 2nd Amendment's mandate to "well regulate" the right to bear arms by cancelling [PDF] New York's century-old law limiting the concealed carrying of weapons in public, robbing elected state officials of their right to protect their citizenry from gun violence.
Then, on Friday, after declaring in their gun ruling that officials elected by the voters have no right to well regulate firearms, the same corrupt Justices cancelled [PDF] a half century of well-established Constitutional rights to personal privacy and reproductive freedom. The rightwing Court extremists declared that states and, indeed, the federal government, do have the right to force women to bear the child of their rapist --- even as the product of incest or sex trafficking.
In overturning 1973's Roe v. Wade (the landmark 7 to 2 majority opinion written by a non-corrupt Republican-appointed Justice), Sam Alito echoed Clarence Thomas' gun ruling one day earlier by pretending that any specific rights not in existence 233 years ago, when the Bill of Rights was written, lacks the "historical tradition" to be considered a Constitutionally-protected right. (Never mind that whole "well regulated" mandate of the 2nd Amendment which is, as it turns out, literally in the Bill of Rights.)
Neither Thomas' newly divined "historical tradition" requirement for Constitutional rights or Alito's "historical understanding of ordered liberty", are made up out of whole cloth. The concept appears nowhere in the Constitution, which actual, if uncorrupted, conservative legal experts know very well.
As horrible as all of this is, it will only get worse until the corrupt Court is unpacked and expanded to reflect the actual will of the American electorate. The Court's rulings on abortion and on gun safety are opposed by huge, bipartisan majorities.
In a separate opinion on Roe, Thomas --- arguably the Court's most corrupt Justice --- called for the Court to cancel other long-standing Constitutional rights established under the same 14th Amendment privacy rights which the Court has now dismantled in cancelling Roe. "We have a duty to 'correct the error'" by reversing the landmark opinions that established Constitutional rights to contraception, same-sex intimacy and marriage...though not inter-racial marriage for reasons that the inter-racially married Thomas failed to explain.
We share both President Biden and House Speaker Pelosi's responses to today's historically corrupt ruling, as they vow that the fight for Constitutional freedoms is not over and call on Americans to make their voices heard in response this November.
"Today the Supreme Court of the United States expressly took away a Constitutional right from the American people that it had already recognized," the President said. "They didn't limit it, they simply took it away. That's never been done to a right so important to so many Americans. But they did it."
"This fall," he later emphasized, "Roe is on the ballot. Personal freedoms are on the ballot. The right to privacy, liberty, equality --- they're all on the ballot."
They are indeed.
After plenty more on all of the above, we conclude today with our latest Green News Report, most topics of which are also on the ballot this November. Please prepare your voting plans now...
* * *While we post The BradCast here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they're available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or our native RSS feed!* * *
Article Categories: BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, New York, Rights And Freedoms, U.S. Constitution, Democrats, Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Clarence Thomas, KPFK, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Natural gas, Russia, Oil, Climate change, NRA/Gun Violence, Samuel Alito, BradCast, John Roberts, Native Americans, Arctic, Public lands, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: President Biden calls on Congress to suspend federal gas tax to lower prices at the pump; Parts of the Arctic warming five times faster than the rest of the planet; Native American tribes to co-manage Bears Ears National Monument; Offshore wind project pipeline doubles in one year; PLUS: IEA warns Europe Russia could shut down gas exports this winter... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): America's incoherent approach to fighting high gas prices; Climate change, extreme weather disasters damage victims' long term finances; Germany pushes back against EU 2035 fossil fuel car ban; Hot today? This interactive map can tell you how much the climate crisis is to blame; Innovative companies working on cleaning up solar industry's supply chain; Solar bees: solar panel fields help increase honey production in beehives; Costly Vogtle Nuclear Plant forcing investors to hard choices; How fast fashion became faster , and worse for the Earth... PLUS: Why Spain's renewable energy boom is so controversial... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, Republicans, Green News, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Russia, Oil, Wind energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, IRS/Taxes, Arctic, European Union, Public lands
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Another early extreme heat wave shatters records across the U.S.; Yellowstone National Park closed due to catastrophic flooding; Explosion at Texas LNG facility further tightens global supplies; Biden unveils first-ever standards for national EV charging network; PLUS: Gasoline prices and profiteering at new record highs... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The race against time to breed a wheat to survive the climate crisis; How fashion giants recast plastic as good for the planet; Wind and solar power are 'bailing out' Texas amid record heat and energy demand; Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show; Flagstaff wildfire forces evacuations as it steadily grows; Southern Company knew about climate change for decades while funding climate denial; Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate disinformation... PLUS: Chemical pollutants linked to declining sperm quality in new research... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Texas, Environment, Joe Biden, Green News, Natural gas, Russia, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Food/Food Safety, Ukraine, Exxon Mobil, Agriculture, Electric vehicles, Public lands, Electricity
'Green News Report' - April 26, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: While we were out --- Dangerously early extreme wildfires erupt in Western U.S.; Accountability for investor-owned utilities caught behaving badly; PLUS: Biden Administration protects old-growth forests and restores a bedrock environmental law, but resumes some oil and gas leasing on public lands... All that and MUCH more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Weary of many disasters? UN says worse to come; European Wind-Energy Sector Hit in Wave of Hacks; California Briefly Runs on 97 percent Renewable Energy; LA County bans throwaway dishes and cutlery; World's Largest Batteries are Tried and True Tech; The difference you make when you eat less meat... PLUS: Geothermal: Clean energy is buried at the bottom of abandoned oil wells... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Environment, Green News, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Joe Manchin, PG&E, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Joel Greenberg, Electricity
'Green News Report' - February 22, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Weather disasters impacted 1 in 10 homes in the U.S. last year; Biden Interior Department halts new oil and gas leases in ironic legal fight over costs of climate; Climate-changed rainfall patterns dampen economic growth; PLUS: Biden unveils historic $1 billion in funding for Great Lakes cleanup... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Germany Decertifies Russian Gas Pipeline; Sanctions against Russia come at a cost to the West; Air pollution may affect sperm quality, says study; 3 U.S. states with shuttered nuclear plants see emissions rise; China plans to feed 80 million people with 'seawater rice'; Study shows renewable energy could help prevent blackouts like Texas; Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant; Conflict and climate change ravage Syria's agricultural heartland; Chicago Mayor denies permit to scrap shredder plant on city's South Side... PLUS: Hank the Tank: Massive bear breaks into dozens of homes near Lake Tahoe... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Ohio, Environment, Joe Biden, Green News, Natural gas, Coal, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Water, Mining, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Infrastructure, Pollution
'It's The Wild Wild West Here': Menacing MAGA Threats Shutter National Butterfly Center in TX: 'BradCast' 2/9/2022
Guest: Executive Director Marianna Treviño-Wright; Also: Cawthorn ballot woes worsen in NC; Trumpy CO County Clerk arrested; National Archives refers Trump Presidential records theft to DoJ...
By Brad Friedman on 2/9/2022 6:40pm PT
Three years ago this month on The BradCast, we spoke with the Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center in deep south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley as Trump's Dept. of Homeland Security was busting locks on the 100-acre wildlife sanctuary to roll in heavy construction equipment to build Trump's dopey border wall. Last week, the Center was forced to temporarily shut its doors due to worsening violent threats and menacing from Trump's MAGA mob. Last night, she met with the FBI. Today, the Center's Executive Director joins us again to discuss the increasing madness of what is going on down there now, more than a year after Trump was tossed out of office. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.]
BUT FIRST, a couple of amusing and/or encouraging updates to other stories we've been covering in some detail on this program.
We have new news out of North Carolina, where Republican MAGA Congressman Madison Cawthorn's eligibility to run for reelection is being challenged at the State Board of Elections by state voters working with the Constitutional law experts at the non-partisan Free Speech for People good government group. The complaint to the SBE alleges that Cawthorn, who participated in the January 6 rallies and their planning, is ineligible to run for federal office in the state, based on Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment which bars from federal office those who previously took an oath to defend the Constitution and then "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against it. Rather than defend himself in a Board hearing, as required by state law, Cawthorn filed suit last week in federal court charging the state Board has no right to determine whether he meets eligibility requirements for the ballot. In their response to the suit this week, CNN reported last night, the Board disagrees. Their motion explains that "States have long enforced age and residency requirements, without question and with very few if any legal challenges. The State has the same authority to police which candidates should or should not be disqualified per Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment."
The case obviously has serious implications for a number of other MAGA Caucus members of Congress who participated in the January 6th insurrection and huge implications for Donald Trump's ability to be on the ballot in 2024 in the critical swing-state, if he decides to run again. We discuss that and a few more follow up details on the heels of today's update, following on our in-depth conversation last week about the original complaint with Constitutional law expert John Bonifaz, Co-Founder and President of Free Speech for People.
NEXT, following up on a story we covered in great detail last year, the disgraced and very Trumpy Mesa County, Colorado County Clerk, Tina Peters, was arrested on Tuesday. And the video of her being taken into custody by law enforcement officials is pretty hilarious. You may recall that, in 2020, in the middle of the night, Peters snuck into the secured room where voting equipment is kept in her County with an unauthorized person. They turned off the security cameras and made copies of hard drives containing the critical Election Management System (EMS) software on the county's Dominion Voting Systems machines. That proprietary software was subsequently leaked onto the Internet as Peters participated in a loony "Cybersecurity Forum" with "Stop the Steal" conspiracist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell just days before the same critical software was to be used in several California counties during the GOP's failed attempt to recall the state's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Peters was removed from her duties by the state's Secretary of State and is now being investigated by the state's Attorney General. But her arrest on Tuesday was reportedly related to her use of an iPad to unlawfully record a court hearing for one of her deputies who was also removed from office in relation to the software theft. And, yes, the video of Peters' arrest, as you'll hear, is kinda hilarious.
THEN, we're joined by MARIANNA TREVIÑO-WRIGHT, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center in far south Texas, which was forced to close its doors indefinitely last week. The sad --- but, hopefully temporary --- news comes on the heels of increasingly violent threats and targeting by Trump's MAGA mobsters over the past three years. She explains how those threats have worsened during that time and in recent days, ever since the Center attempted to sue the Trump Administration in 2017 to stop construction of his border wall on and near the Center's property on the banks of the Rio Grande River in the city of Mission. (We interviewed Treviño-Wright about that on this program in February of 2019.)
The targeting that the Center has endured, as she explains today, includes "outrageous lies" beginning in the fall of 2019, when Steve Bannon and supporters of his fraudulent "We Build the Wall" project (for which he was indicted and later pardoned by Trump) claimed that the wildlife preserve and study area was actually "a cartel front and engaged in human trafficking, that we were selling women and children in to sex slavery [and] that there were dead bodies and terrorists on the property."
"They tell these lies because they work," Treviño-Wright tells me today, citing the QAnon "Pizzagate" lie that almost turned deadly and the 2019 massacre at a Walmart in El Paso, just days after a nearby "We Build the Wall" rally. Two weekends ago in Mission, there was a "We Stand America" rally featuring Trump's disgraced National Security Advisor and QAnon hero Michael Flynn, which coincided with a physical altercation at the Center with a MAGA Congressional candidate from Virginia. There were also a number of rightwing media outlets who shot videos outside the sanctuary, suggesting that the Center was a way-point for human traffickers.
After the 2019 targeting, Treviño-Wright says, "the militia arrived, and a whole bunch of angry people unleashed a torrent of hate, of threats --- by mail, by phone, email, you name it. They came here to tell us to our face what despicable human beings we were, how we should be hanged and burned and all of that."
But menacing "indirect threats" have worsened in recent days, leading to her meeting on Tuesday night with the FBI to discuss a neo-Nazi who, she explains, has "gone to federal prison three times, most recently for his role in inciting the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre," who has recently moved to Texas. "He has been posting online messages using my photo and workplace, and urging the members of his church in his holy war to find out where I live, and everything they can about my children," Treviño-Wright details. You may or may not be shocked by what she says she was told last night by the FBI.
In the meantime, she tells me that the Board of Directors at the North American Butterfly Association, which runs the Center, "is actively seeking to engage licensed security professionals to do the assessments necessary and make the recommendations for training, for physical assets that we need on the property, and maybe even for additional personnel, so that we can re-open safely." But, she laments, "armed guards at a nature center is not at all the kind of look we are going for."
Citing the Lone Star State's Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's policies allowing for indiscriminate, unlicensed open or concealed carry of firearms, Treviño-Wright describes charges it's "the wild wild West down here," though not due to "the things that Fox News and other are saying" about some sort of "crisis" at the border. "The call is coming from inside the house," she asserts. "That's where we are in the United States now. The terrorism is home-grown, and it's our own neighbors and relatives."
Treviño-Wright goes on to offer a timeline for when the Center may be able to re-open to the public; how members of the public can help in the meantime (a membership with the Center, she explains, "comes with benefits for people across the United States" and will help to continue paying employees during these weeks they are forced to remain closed); the status of the Center's ongoing lawsuit to stop the nearby construction on the river, which she says the Biden Administration is continuing under the guise of "levee repair"; and much more --- including some actual good news on butterfly survival if you can imagine such a thing!
She is a fantastic guest and, frankly, a great American. Please tune in for our conversation today.
FINALLY, we close with late breaking word from WaPo that the National Archives has reportedly asked the Dept. of Justice to investigate whether Trump's mishandling of Presidential records --- including absconding to Mar-a-Lago with some 15 boxes of them --- is a criminal violation of the Presidential Records Act. (Which, of course it is. The question is whether Merrick Garland's DoJ will do the right thing and take action on it. Don't hold your breath...)
Article Categories: Election Irregularities, North Carolina, Texas, BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, National Security, U.S. Constitution, Accountability, Environment, Dept. of Justice, FBI, Dominion Voting, KPFK, Donald Trump, DHS, BradCast, Steve Bannon, Fascism/Autocracy, Public lands, Election 2020, CBP, Madison Cawthorn, Insurrection, Tina Peters
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: New report finds staggering cost to achieve net zero emissions globally, while warning the cost of climate action is far cheaper than inaction; Air pollution even more deadly than previously thought; KFC and McDonald's launch new plant-based menu options; PLUS: Biden Administration revokes two controversial mining leases in Minnesota... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): EPA acts to curb air, water pollution in poor communities; For the first time, study links air pollution from fracking to early deaths among nearby residents; Record rainfall in South Africa triggers floods, significant crop losses; Gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought; EPA to probe whether biogas operations from hog farms violate civil rights of nearby residents;
DHS warns that rightwing extremists could attack power grid; CA redwood forest returned to native tribes... PLUS: Key crops face major shifts as world warms... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Environment, Minnesota, Green News, Donald Trump, Climate change, Food/Food Safety, Electric vehicles, Mining, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Deb Haaland, Pollution, GM
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Offshore wind leases are on the horizon for the East Coast; World's oceans were the warmest in recorded history in 2021, for the third year in a row; Weather extremes in Brazil are spiking global food and commodity prices; PLUS: Biden EPA cracks down on toxic coal ash waste pits contaminating groundwater... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Feeling hopeless about the climate crisis? Try this 30-day action plan; New extreme temperature Records set in the U.S. in 2021; Here's how California plans to spend $37 billion fighting climate change; Energy storage is not just lithium anymore; Communities of color more likely to be exposed to air pollution; Nepal's blossoming honey industry crushed by wild weather; UK Government invites oil companies to help write environmental rulebook; 6 in 10 Americans now 'alarmed' or 'concerned' about climate change; Warming puts key Arctic pipelines, roads at risk; DOE blew $1.1B on carbon capture projects that were mostly failures ... PLUS: The future of fashion is justice and sustainability... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: New Jersey, New York, Environment, Green News, EPA, Coal, Wind energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans/Sea Level Rise, Water, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Infrastructure, Deb Haaland, Brazil, Pollution, Federal Reserve, Hurricane Ida, Jerome Powell
Total Pages (10):
[1] 2 3 4 5 6 » ... Oldest »


The anti-straw movement is gaining momentum, as people realize how pointless these pieces of tough-to-recycle, short-lived plastic tubes truly are. Various movements have sprung up, such as The Last Plastic Straw, Straw Free, and the No Straw Challenge, urging people to refuse plastic straws outright and ask their favorite restaurants and bars to eliminate them entirely.
Joining the call for change is a new 30-minute documentary film called "Straws." Made by Linda Booker and narrated by Oscar winner Tim Robbins, it traces the history of plastic straws and attempts to explain how we've gotten to the point where more than half a million straws are thrown away daily in the United States.
Booker speaks with a number of individuals who study and work to prevent plastic pollution, including the biologists whose cringe-worthy video about extracting a straw from a sea turtle's nose went viral in 2015 (link in photo credit), inspiring many to action.
The "Straws" film speaks with Jenna Jambeck, associate professor at the University of Georgia, whose landmark study quantifying how much plastic enters the ocean annually has opened many people's eyes to the severity of the problem. Her discovery? Eight million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year. To put this in perspective, Jambeck says it is equivalent to five grocery-sized bags filled with plastic, stacked on top of each other, for every foot of coastline in the world. As if that's not bad enough, with increasing population and plastic use, the number is set to double by 2025.
There is a slight bit of hope offered in one interview with Erik Zettler, a research professor for the Sea Education Association. Zettler, who describes his specialty as "debunking myths," explains that there's no such thing plastic lasting forever. He reassures that microbes are incredibly versatile, that they will eventually break everything down, even if it takes many centuries. The best way to clean up the ocean, therefore, is to stop putting plastic in and let the microbes do their work.
Hopeful, too, are the restaurants, bars, and resorts featured in the film that have stopped offering plastic straws. Instead, they have paper ones that can last 3 hours in drinks without dissolving.
Considering its title, I expected the film to focus more on straws than it actually does. Much of the film looks at ocean plastic pollution in general, but that's a valuable message, too. We, as consumers, need to change our consumption behavior when it comes to plastic. Not everyone has the option to do so, but for those of us who can, the film's message is clear: Avoid plastic packaging, especially straws, whenever possible.
Trailer below. The film is now available for community screenings and educational use here.


text:
Tomorrow's Static Topic: History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial
revolution, world wars.
Topic– Industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries,colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
1) Compare and contrast Cavour and Bismarck as the architects behind Unification of Italy and unification of Germany respectively.(250 words)
World history by Norman Lowe, World history NCERT
The question is in the context of a comparative analysis of Unification of Italy vs unification of Germany.
The answer should provide for a close review of the role played by either of the leaders – Bismarck and Cavour as architects in the unification of their countries, special emphasis needs to be given on the concept of realpolitik; a political tactic characterized by the employment of practical, even when unethical and unprincipled, diplomatic and warring tactics to attain goals of national interest, such as unification.
Start with the significance of unification for both Germany and Italy.
The body of the answer should narrate the comparison between the role of two leaders: Conte Camillo Cavour; was a minister president in Italy and was the architect and champion of the Italian unification. Otto Von Bismarck; was also a minister president during the unification of Germany and his policy of blood and iron won for Germany states, the independence and union of Germany.
Discuss the events in either cases in chronology and highlight the key differences.
Conclude with importance of their contribution as of even today.
2) The Russian Revolution and the World War I were intertwined. Both impacted each other. Elucidate. (250 words)
The question is about how Russian revolution influenced world war I and vice versa.
The answer must explain in what way the Russian revolution is regarded as the turning point in the history of the biggest country in the world, how it predisposed World war I and in return how world war I influenced the revolution in Russia.
Brief upon the two events, provide for an analysis and historiography on the nature of The Russian Revolution; how it is a source-event for a lot of international policies that are in place till this day.
Discuss the following in detail:
Narrate the backdrop of the American war of independence.
Provide for a view of different schools analyzing the interrelation of the two events – Soviet/Western Marxist, Liberal view, Revisionist View.
Narrate the events – starting from The Russian Tsars to the event of Bloody Sunday of 1905, World War I, the February Revolution in the early 1917 etc.
conclude with significance of these events in the history.
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation./ Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
3) The recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam has excluded 40 lakh people from its final draft list, has it failed to resolve the illegal immigration debate in Assam? What are the Socio-Economic and Political Consequence of such Illegal Migration? Critically analyse.(250 words)
Centre, Assam lax on illegal migration: SC-The hindu
The recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise and the proposed decision to deport all immigrants have been at the core of the controversy along with the discussion to scrap Article 35. But the issue of deportation of all immigrants is hasn't worked out successfully as a solution. The apex court in this context has slammed at the Assam government for failing to address the issue of illegal immigrants.
The question expects us to express our understanding as to whether exclusion of all illegal immigrants from the NCR is working out to be a feasible solution or not. One has to form an opinion based on valid facts and arguments with examples to justify.
Introduce with a few lines on the illegal immigrants issue in India and more so specifically in Assam.
Discuss the following:
why deporting all immigrants from India is not a feasible and recommended solution?
Narrate upon the associated problems with the exercise to demarcate legal and illegal immigrants- like the problems of exclusion as seen in the Assam NRC exercise; some illegal immigrants would be difficult if not impossible to deport- Gorkhas and Lepchas from Nepal; India has no agreement with nearby governments for large-scale deportation etc.
Discuss the Socio-Economic and Political Consequence of such Illegal Migration.
What can be done? – suggest policy changes required in this direction.
Conclude as – It is high time that India takes stringent measures
against the illegal migrants who have become a real threat to the security of the country.
Topic: . Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
4) The nature of geo-politics and the rapid advances in digitisation require the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to urgently rethink its extant supervisory policies. Examine. (250 words)
The question is in the context of urgent reforms required in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the need for the Bank regulations to adapt to the new reality of rapid advances in digitisation, as financial systems are the core to an economy's smooth functioning.
The answer should discuss in detail what are the issues RBI is currently facing, how changing geopolitics affect the functioning of financial systems and thus the need of RBI to change its existing supervisory functions and policies.
Briefly bring out the role of Reserve Bank of India and its significance in managing the economy of the country.
Discussion of the answer should cover:
Effect of geopolitics, international economic stability on Indian economy vis a vis role of RBI to manage the effect.
Effect of rapid digitization across the world and preparedness of RBI to manage the transformation or the great leap going forward.
What changes are required to be brought in ? what are the issues and concerns facing RBI.
Way forward.
Conclude with what needs to be done, what path should Reserve bank of India take to empower the Indian economy in pace with the rapid digitization.
Topic: Agrarian crisis – Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints;
5) Do you think giving farmers unconstrained rights to sell any quantity of their produce to anybody, anywhere and at any time can resolve the widespread agrarian distress in India? Discuss the need for a Kisan law in India. What are the challenges associated in bringing such a law? Suggest solutions.(250 words)
The Article talks about Kisan Swaraj – meaning freedom for farmers; mainly the freedom to sell any quantity of their produce to anybody, anywhere and at any time. In this context it becomes necessary to evaluate the policies and legal provisions available to the farmers in our country.
One has to detail about the measures that need to be taken in order to address the agrarian distress in the country. Discuss the specific issues; mainly with respect to market reforms in farming sector and role of the government in addressing it with a robust and powerful Kisan law.
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive, you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Explain briefly the statement, what it signifies and its importance.
The answer must cover the following aspects:
What are the critical issues associated with Agriculture; mainly the market related issues that are aggravating farmer distress.
Then move on to discuss the reforms already carried out for Agri sector such as with respect to MSP, crop insurance, irrigation, e-NAM etc and discuss how impactful they have been in terms of alleviating issues faced by the sector.
Then discuss the need for Farmer law, why and how it can bridge the gaps in policies and give the farmers freedom to exercise .
Conclude with need to relook at the current available policies and how a unniform farmer friendly law giving her freedom can be a game changer.
Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
6) Reports have suggested nearly 50% of the country is currently facing drought with at least 16% falling in the "exceptional" or "extreme" category, in the light of the above statement, Discuss the significance of ground water recharge. What are the challenges being faced in India with respect to it and what needs to be done. (250 words)
Groundwater is a critical resource whose comprehensive management is unconditionally essential. Various reports have pointed out the shocking drop in groundwater levels across the country. The issue compels us to inspect the causes behind this shortage and suggest steps to overcome the problems associated with the issue.
The answer must discuss upon the following points –
Scenario of acute shortage of groundwater in the country with facts and statistics justifying it. Examine the various factors that have led to this crisis
What are the challenges involved in providing for a solution and what needs to be done.
Begin with the highlights of the above report, what it points to, and paint a picture of current conditions of ground water management in the country.
The answer should capture the following aspects:
The problem of groundwater shortage in India(the article discusses the management of river systems and their role in groundwater replenishment)
Examine the causes behind groundwater shortage under various heads – policy lacunae, overexploitation, lack of legal provisions, indiscriminate pollution etc.
Suggest ways to deal with the crisis. Quote from research articles, policy strengthening, legal provisions like groundwater management bill etc
Re-stress on the importance of groundwater as a natural resource and the necessity to manage it well for our own good keeping into account the growing water crisis.
7) India's biodiversity-rich regions are fast turning into 'hotspots' of human impacts. Evaluate.(250 words)
The article examines closely the recent study titled "Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates", published in the journal PLOS Biology, that has reported human impacts on species occur across 84% of the earth's surface. Thus analyzing the impact of human beings on biodiversity hotspots.
The answer must provide for a detailed analysis of how with the growing and aspirational population, there is no doubt that there will be great pressure on forest areas in India and thus a no-go zone or a complete restriction on human activity, as suggested by the experts committee is an alarming yet a necessity step way forward.
of the current degradation of biodiversity hotspots in India mainly due to human impact.
Evaluate – When you are asked to evaluate, you have to pass a sound judgement about the truth of the given statement in the question or the topic based on evidences. You have to appraise the worth of the statement in question. There is scope for forming a personal opinion here.
Explain briefly the significance of Biodiversity hotspots, necessity of their conservation.
Discuss briefly the following aspects :
Human impact on biodiversity – exponential growth of population vs carrying capacity of Earth, impact on species richness and species diversity etc.
Human-mediated causes of biodiversity loss – Land-use change, pollution, Resource exploitation, introduction of alien invasive species , faulty agricultural practices etc.
Bring in an angle of human impact- Biodiversity and climate change.
Significance of 'coolspots' that act as refuges from threats.
Re- assert the need to conserve our biodiversity hotspots.
Next story Insights into Editorial: Seeds of change
Previous story 7) India's biodiversity-rich regions are fast turning into 'hotspots' of human impacts. Evaluate.(250 words)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Criminal Defense Services
Delaware DUI
University of Delaware Students
All Felonies & Misdemeanors
Expungements & Pardons
Home › FAQ › I have been arrested. What hap…
I have been arrested. What happens next?
Depending on what the charges are, your next court date may be a preliminary hearing, or an arraignment. Regardless of which, it is important to know what to expect at these hearings and to have legal counsel to guide you. It is vital to have an attorney in these early stages to avoid making decisions that could cost you later in the case.
Attorney John Barber
You can be confident that I will fight for you because I have been fighting for others even before I was a lawyer. Before going to law school, I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division for four years. I am a veteran of the invasion of Panama…
Read More About John
Law Office of John A. Barber
24B Trolley Square
© 2020 Law Office of John A. Barber
View Our Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
Law Firm Website Design by The Modern Firm
Copyright © 2020 Law Office of John A. Barber


The bonus PlayStation VR game that's being offered to PS Plus members is called Until Dawn: Rush of Blood. It will be available as a free download for members in the United States, Canada, and most of Latin America from November 7th to January 2nd.
Worms Battlegrounds is the first free title for the PlayStation 4. The title brings friends and family together in a pursuit of mayhem. There's high-powered weaponry and exploding sheep, that's enough to pull in most people.
Bound is the second free title for the PS4. It's a platformer that transports players into a fantastical world where it combines a unique visual style with a powerful story.
Also included in this lineup are R-Type Dimensions and Rag Doll Kung Fu for the PlayStation 3 and Dungeon Punks as well as Broken Sword 5 for the PlayStation Vita.
Sony is also offering hundreds of games at a discount on the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus members get double the discount. The sale is going to end on November 7th.


Description: HIMG is a business categorized under physicians & surgeons, which is part of the larger category offices of doctors of medicine. HIMG is located at the address 1115 20th Street in Huntington, West Virginia 25703-2098. The Manager is Terry Coleman who can be contacted at (304)528-4605.
Location & access map for "HIMG"


text:
Angela Sheerin
Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sci
EmailA.N.Sheerin@brighton.ac.uk
Scholarly biography
Dr Angela Sheerin is a senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. After joining the University of Brighton as a Research Fellow in 2000, I fostered a deep interest in ageing and senescence. This has since influenced my research in the fields of impact of senescence on ageing disorders, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), ophthalmology, micro-organisms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
My first degree is in biochemistry (BSc (Hons) sandwich) from the University of East London. I did my PhD in molecular gerontology; Investigation of the composition of AP-1 during ageing. I came to the University of Brighton in 2000 as a research fellow and now lecture in the field of molecular biology, pathobiology, medical genetics, endocrinology and biochemistry.
Currently she has a few areas she is working in, they are varied but have a theme of ageing, cell biology and or the eye behind them. She works in collaboration with a number of colleagues in PABS to strengthen her knowledge and skills base. Current themes are; Ageing as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the effects that senescent cells may have or contribute to in the disease; Small molecules, often found in the diet, that can modulate pathways involved in cellular senescence; Klebsiella pneumonia, a human pathogen that can cause ophthalmic infections, and its bacteremia properties.
Outside of my research and teaching I am the founder and organiser of 'A* scientist'. This is an outreach program that introduces 'hands on' science to primary schools in Sussex.
Course leader MRES Biosciences
Module leader on the biosciences degree programmes.
Tissue culture manager
Biological safety officer (BSO)
Member of the safety committee
Chair of the genetically modified organism's safety committee(GMSC)
Member of the editorial board for the rejuvenation research journal.
Founder of A* Science outreach programme for primary school children
Reviewer of grant applications for BBSRC, SPARC and Research Into Ageing.
Reviewer of papers for scientific journals.
STEM ambassador
Nuffield summer placement provider (2013-present)
Salters festival of chemistry judge (2012-present)
Approach to teaching
I am course leader for the MRES biosciences course and a senior lecturer of the biosciences teaching team for undergraduates studying biomedical science, biological science and ecology. I lecture in the area of molecular biology, cell biology, pathobiology, medical genetics, endocrinology, ageing and biochemistry. I am an enthusiastic lecturer who likes to use new and modern technologies to translate knowledge to the students.
I believe in 'hands on' practical experience as well as interactive learning through lectures, blended learning and flip learning. I use a lot of animation, videos and pod casts in my lectures to help give a wider choice of learning material. I expect my students to explore the topic area with the extended reading given in the sessions using both primary and secondary sources.
I want my students to engage in discussion and questions during the sessions to further their understanding of the topic and how it fits into modern day research and medicine. I believe in reverse teaching with the students becoming the lecturer as this helps to embed deeper learning and reaffirms knowledge. I believe "Learning should be fun not a chore!"
Supervisory Interests
Previous PhD students
Vishal Birar (2016)
The effects resveratrol and new novel analogues of this stilbene have on sirt1 activation
Badr Ibrahim (2010)
Mechanisms of replicative senescence in Werner's Syndrome cells.
Dominic Burton (2007)
Analysis of replicative senescence: a genomics approach
MRes projects
Previous MRes students
Tegwen Elliott 2017-2018
Development of an in vitro model of gastric inflammation in pernicious anaemia and the effect of treatment with cobalamin.
Rasphal Flora 2014-2015
Investigating the pathogenicity of Klebsiella pneumoniae and its associated virulence factors in cases of clinical disease.
Previous MSc students
Shannon Furness 2016-2017
The Effect of Curcumin on Cellular Senescence, Viability, Proliferation, and Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells in Vitro.
Duo Li. 2015-2016
Do senescent cells contribute to mucus secretion in COPD patience?
Aimee Hunt 2014-2015
The effects of adenosine, rotenone and resveratrol on senescence and mucin secretion within an immortalised rat tracheal epithelial cell line (SPOC1).
Jack Barker 2013-2014
Efficacy of the novel antiseptic coating, gendine, in the inhibition of Klebsiella pneumoniae growth and biofilm formation on urinary catheters.
Caroline Gill 2013-2014
he Role of Virulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Pyogenic Liver Abscesses in Diabetic Patients.
Alexandra Appell 2012-2013
A novel treatment strategy for bacterial keratopathy.
I am currently involved in looking into a number of themes, including ageing as a risk factor for COPD and CAA and the effects that senescent cells may contribute to these diseases.
Pathogenicity of Klebsiella pneumoniae and its associated virulence factors in cases of clinical disease and endotheliitis.
Effects of natural lignans and polyphenol compounds; such as curcumin, Quercetin, resveratrol on senescence and ageing.
Does senescence play a role in mucin secretion in patients with COPD.
Development of a novel cells line for testing drug delivery for new COPD treatments.
Previous research projects
Immortalisation and characterisation of canine gingival cells.
Is the lifespan in a long-lived mutant mouse strain limited by cell senescence.
Construction of a well differentiated cell line from human corneal endothelium.
Use of telomerase immortalisation to develop human islet b-cell lines safe for transplantation.
Waltham centre for pet nutrition (MARS)
1 Sep 1997 → 31 Aug 2000
20 Sep 1992 → 5 Jul 1996
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Angela Sheerin is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Werner Syndrome Medicine & Life Sciences
Fibroblasts Medicine & Life Sciences
Cell Aging Medicine & Life Sciences
Telomerase Medicine & Life Sciences
Nuclear magnetic resonance Chemical Compounds
Transcription Factor AP-1 Medicine & Life Sciences
Pyruvic Acid Chemical Compounds
Progeria Medicine & Life Sciences
Small molecule modulation of splicing factor expression is associated with rescue from cellular senescence
Latorre, E., Birar, V., Sheerin, A., Jeynes, C. C., Hooper, A., Dawe, H., Melzer, D., Cox, L., Faragher, R., Ostler, E. & Harries, L. W., 17 Oct 2017, In : BMC Cell Biology. 18
Cell Aging
Absence of premature senescence in Werner's syndrome keratinocytes
Ibrahim, B., Sheerin, A., Jennert-Burston, K., Bird, J. L. E., Massala, M. V., Illsley, M., James, S. E. & Faragher, R., 2 Aug 2016, In : Experimental Gerontology. 83, p. 139-147 9 p.
Werner Syndrome
Keratinocytes
Premature Aging
A facile, stereoselective, one-pot synthesis of resveratrol derivatives
Birar, V., Sheerin, A., Milkovicova, J., Faragher, R. & Ostler, E., 20 May 2015, In : Chemistry Central Journal. 9
Stilbenes
Characterization of cellular senescence mechanisms in human corneal endothelial cells
Sheerin, A., Smith, S. K., Jennert-Burston, K., Brook, A. J., Allen, M., Ibrahim, B., Jones, D. L., Wallis, C., Engelmann, K., Rhys-Williams, W., Faragher, R. & Kipling, D., Apr 2012, In : Aging Cell. 11, 2, p. 234-240 7 p.
Resveratrol, but not dihydroresveratrol, induces premature senescence in primary human fibroblasts
Faragher, R., Burton, D., Majecha, P., Fong, N. S., Davis, T., Sheerin, A. & Ostler, E., 12 Feb 2011, In : Age. 33, 4, p. 555-564 10 p.
Contact Angela Sheerin


text:
package com.davidbracewell.hermes.lexicon;

import com.davidbracewell.Tag;
import com.davidbracewell.function.SerializablePredicate;
import com.davidbracewell.hermes.HString;
import lombok.Value;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * The type Lexicon entry.
 *
 * @author David B. Bracewell
 */
@Value
public class LexiconEntry implements Serializable, Comparable<LexiconEntry> {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
   String lemma;
   double probability;
   SerializablePredicate<HString> constraint;
   Tag tag;

   @Override
   public int compareTo(LexiconEntry o) {
      int d = Double.compare(getProbability(), o.getProbability());
      if (d == 0) {
         d = Double.compare(getLemma().length(), o.getLemma().length());
      }
      return -d;
   }
}// END OF LexiconEntry

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
'Defending the Birthplace': Descendants of Girl Scouts founder cry foul over library
Mary Carr Mayle
Leigh Gordan Ashman grew up steeped in the Girl Scout tradition.
"I was everything from a Brownie to a senior Girl Scout and I went to Camp Low every summer," said Ashman, a Savannah native and great-niece of Girl Scout Founder Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.
"Of course, it was expected, but I truly loved it. I still have my sash and my hat."
A retired teacher, Ashman remains connected to the Girl Scouts through the historic Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, which was her family's home from 1821 until it was sold to the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1953, and as caretaker of Low's final resting place in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
"My grandfather, George Arthur Gordon, was Daisy's youngest sibling," she said. "My father and his three siblings were born in that house. Daisy and her five siblings were born there."
Ashman's grandmother, Margaret McGuire Gordon, was the last family member in residence before the house was sold to the Scouts.
Now, Ashman and her siblings, along with members of the Gordon family spanning three generations and others, are concerned about the changes that have taken place in the house in the last year.
They are particularly unhappy with the "reimagined library" - a modern, interactive installation they say trivializes Low's legacy - and have shared their displeasure in a "Defend the Birthplace" letter emailed to more than 500 Girl Scout Councils in the U.S. and Puerto Rico as well as a number of national board members.
In the letter, Ashman's brother McGuire "Mac" Gordon described the library changes as being undertaken by GSUSA headquarters in New York "without consulting any historic preservation agencies, without regard for its Historical Landmark status, nor without notice to any of the founder's family."
"They have removed furniture, whitewashed walls, added track lighting, glued old book covers to the fireplace mantle and installed iPads for the study of women writers who do not seem to be historically relevant to the birthplace," he said.
The letter tells recipients that "shining a light on this GSUSA decision is the best hope" to reverse the changes and urges them to sign a "Defend the Birthplace" petition online, take their concerns to the national organization and pass the letter along to members and alumnae.
The Gordon family is not alone in their concerns.
Well-known Savannahian Swann Seiler is a former president of the Girl Scout Council of Savannah and a life member of Girl Scouts USA.
"I was invited to a reception at the house sometime after the changes had been made," she said. "I walked into the library and my heart just sank. That beautiful room that had been so meticulously restored to offer visitors an authentic glimpse into the life and times of one of Savannah's most defining families was gone. I barely recognized anything.
"When I recovered from the shock of it, I asked 'What is this?' I was told 'This is our vision of tomorrow.' I was devastated. That room, that house, is a precious part of our past.
"It's the crown jewel of the whole Girl Scouts organization - Mecca to the thousands of Girl Scout troops across the country who hold car washes and bake sales to raise money to come see where Daisy grew up, not to mention the adult visitors who specifically ask for the house to be included on their tours.
"These recent changes to the birthplace have placed one of our state's most notable historic landmarks in grave peril."
Lisa Lopez, executive director of the birthplace, agreed that change can be tough, especially in such a historic venue.
"Our focus is on serving girls and helping them develop the courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place," she said.
"Part of that mission is being willing to evolve to stay relevant to the young women we serve," she said, adding that it's not easy to strike a balance between preservation and access. "So far, the feedback we're getting from the reimagined library has been overwhelmingly positive."
Lopez cited a number of testimonials received by the administration, by both Girl Scouts and adult visitors, that praised the renovations.
The newly designed space, titled "Girls Writing the World, A Library Reimagined," is the brainchild of Cindi Malinick, chief cultural resources executive for Girl Scouts USA, which recently created a Cultural Resources Department to consolidate and evaluate the cultural heritage assets at three of their properties, including the birthplace.
"My experience working in these types of museums has shown me that many places fail to really capture the essence of the families that lived there," Malinick told the Savannah Morning News in an earlier interview, adding that she found it to be true of the birthplace as well.
"Before, when you came into the library, the items and books in the room were from that time period but did not necessarily belong to Juliette Gordon Low," she said.
The new library contains only two pieces from the original library room: Low's desk and a bookcase containing historic Girl Scout handbooks, early copies of The American Girl magazines, Low's diary, a set of handmade paper dolls created by Low that have never been put on display before and books donated by former Girl Scouts that are by, for and about women. Guests at the museum are welcome to read the books, and new reading seats have been placed around the fireplace area.
Another interactive piece of the new library features an area in the center of the room that contains small sections divided into a variety of games with four iPads stationed at each corner. The iPads feature songs, poetry readings, speeches and other images and sounds of inspiring and empowering women and female artists.
For example, one iPad features a poetry reading by Maya Angelou.
'Feeling blindsided'
Ashman said she doesn't have a problem with what's in the room as much as where it is.
"I think interactive exhibits certainly have their place," she said, "but not in the library of Daisy's home. Not in a house museum where visitors come to see where and how Daisy lived. This room that was once a warm, gracious, welcoming space has been transformed into an arcade."
Ashman said she didn't have any inkling of how drastic the changes were until nearly six months after the unveiling.
"When I got the invitation regarding a grand opening and reception involving leaders from national, it also contained an agenda stating that the group would be visiting the cemetery," she said. "I'm responsible for the upkeep of Daisy's gravesite, so I decided I would be there to answer any questions about her or other members of the family. Since I had not heard otherwise, I assumed the changes at the house were minor."
It wasn't until Ashman's brother and his family came to town and visited the birthplace in late summer that the alarm was sounded.
"Mac was pretty upset and wanted to know if anyone in the family had been apprised of the changes before they were installed," she said.
After determining that no one had been contacted, Ashman and her sister, Sherry Minnich OF Lake Toxaway, N.C., went to the house to see for themselves.
"I couldn't stop crying," Ashman said. "I had no idea this had happened. I felt totally blindsided. Lisa (Lopez) took us upstairs, handed me a box of tissues and said that she was sorry we were upset. She said the reimagined library was getting really good reviews from visiting troops and others and agreed to set up a meeting with family members and Girl Scout staff."
A meeting was set for December with Ashman and Gordon, Lopez and Angela Olden of Girl Scouts USA.
In that meeting, Ashman said she asked why no one in the family had been notified that such a drastic change was on the horizon.
"They responded that no one knew how to get in touch with us and added that they had reached out to a number of groups, including Historic Savannah Foundation."
But Daniel Carey, president and CEO of HSF, says neither he nor his staff was consulted about the library changes.
Assessing the changes
Ashman said she and her brother left the December meeting after "reluctantly" agreeing to wait six months while the birthplace conducted a formal assessment of the changes and how they had impacted the birthplace.
"But we were concerned about how this assessment would be done," she said. "After all, how can you expect to assess something that no longer exists? Mac said that if we were going to wait six months before publicly expressing our concerns, he would like for the family and other local stakeholders to be informed of the assessment protocols. He was assured that would happen."
After sending multiple emails requesting updates and getting no response, Gordon said he wrote Lopez in May, calling off their deal.
"As May drags on and we are now five months out from the December meeting, I feel that I should inform you we in the Gordon family believe you, and GSUSA in general, have not held up your end of the deal we struck," he wrote.
"We had asked to be kept informed of the 'assessment' techniques as you developed them. Instead, you have revealed only nominal information to (your advisory committee) and that is simply not adequate given the situation. You have not kept us informed as promised. So consider our deal off, a month early."
With the "deal" off, it seems the battle is on.
As of Friday, the "Defend the Birthplace" petition had more than 1,600 signatures.
"This house is sacred, not only to us but to tens of thousands of Girl Scouts who come here in anticipation of understanding Daisy and how she lived," Gordon said. "We have no plans to quit until the library is back to the way it was in Daisy's lifetime.
"We aren't going away."


My client is a leading accountancy firm.
Due to growth in client base they need a Payroll Administrator from bureau who enjoys client payrolls and wants to utilise their experience in a challenging role.
If you want to take your accountancy payroll experience to a new level, this firm and style of role will ensure no 2 days are the same. Stretch your skills !


text:
One born every seven minutes – more than 72,000 electric cars registered in 2019 marking 8th consecutive year of growth
UK electric car registrations continue to set records, as latest figures place the total number of new 100% electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered last year at 72,834, making 2019 the most successful year for electric cars to date. That equates to one new electric car registration every seven minutes in the UK. The total also means the market grew by 21% compared to 2018.
The end-of-year figure marks a continued trend, which saw consumers and businesses switch to ultra-low emission vehicles. The fourth quarter of the year saw a further 24,722 plug-in cars registered between October and December in 2019.
For the first time, fully electric cars accounted for more than half of the plug-in market, with 52% of sales. This takes the number of 100% electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered in the UK to date to 271,524.
From a regional perspective, the South East saw the highest demand across the nation, with 26,136 vehicles registered – a 22% increase on 2018. Other leading regions include the West Midlands (11,623), South West (8,128), Yorkshire and the Humber (7,566) and East Anglia (5,373), making up the top five British regions for electric car uptake this year.
2019 has been the eighth consecutive year of growth for the electric car market. This, has in part, been driven by an increase in the models available, with over 50 for consumers and businesses to choose from.
2020 has the potential to be another strong year for registrations as a host of models are set to be introduced, including the Peugeot e-208, Volkswagen ID.3, Mercedes-Benz EQC, Vauxhall Corsa-e, Skoda CITIGO E, and MINI Electric just some of the new cars due to hit the roads.
Poppy Welch, Head of Go Ultra Low said: "In the context of the wider new car market, it is encouraging to see plug-in car registrations continue to go from strength-to-strength. Looking at the year ahead, 2020 is set to be another fantastic year for electric car uptake.
"With even more new models being released, ongoing government support, as well as the continued expansion of the public charging infrastructure, we're confident that the next 12 months will be a landmark year for the nation's switch to electric."
Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary, said: "These record figures show the Government's world-leading £1.5bn programme encouraging people to switch to clean transport and improve air quality is working.
"I want 2020 to be the year electric cars go mainstream. That's why we are doubling-down our efforts to make owning an electric vehicle the new normal."
Andrea Leadsom, Business and Energy Secretary, said: "With transport accounting for more than a quarter of the UK's carbon emissions, making the switch to electric vehicles will not only clean up the air in our cities and town centres but will also help in our ambition to tackle global climate change. With a doubling in the number of fully electric cars being registered compared to the previous year, in 2019 more people than ever turned to electric vehicles."
The continued growth of the EV market has also been accompanied by new charge points being installed in response to the increased demand. There are now over 29,000 public charging connectors in the UK, making it one of Europe's largest charging networks. These numbers are set to rise due to continued Government funding and investment from the private sector. In September, the Government committed £35 million worth of investment into the UK's rapid charge network, which combined with £35 million from the private sector will result in the delivery of a further 3,000 rapid chargers by 2024.
Go Ultra Low is a collaborative campaign and is the first of its kind, bringing together the government, motor industry, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Find out more about plug-in and hydrogen-powered cars and vans at www.GoUltraLow.com.
*Article Source www.GoUltraLow.com.
Dyfed-Powys Police first to capture 360 degree pictures with Axon cameras
Dyfed-Powys Police are set to be the first police force this side of the Atlantic to embrace new in car camera technology designed by Axon, the global leader in connected law enforcement technologies, and its United Kingdom subsidiary, Axon Public Safety UK Limited, Dyfed-Powys Police are the first force in England and Wales to be equipped to capture a true 360 degree picture of any traffic incident or crime on the roads.
Consultation on motor vehicle block exemption launched: NFDA and AECDR respond
The European Commission has launched this week the public consultation on the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (Commission Regulation (EU) No 461/2010). The purpose of the consultation is to assess whether and to what extent the objectives of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) are fulfilled.
Backseat battles: kids driving their parents to distraction
More than six in 10 European parents (63%) admit they struggle to fully concentrate on the road when their children are misbehaving in the car. But even more worrying is that nearly one in three adults (29%) reveal they know they're less safe behind the wheel as a result, according to new research conducted by Nissan.
Citroën finds comfort is key in reducing road rage risks
A new study by Citroën UK has revealed that 40% of UK drivers believe that comfort is key to avoiding road rage while driving. In the study of 2,000 UK motorists***, a staggering 62% admit to having experienced road rage themselves, and 47% say they have been a victim of another drivers' road rage.


text:
SpaceX launches and lands second Falcon 9 rocket in two days
The Falcon 9 rocket accelerates downrange south from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after Sunday's liftoff with 10 Iridium Next satellites. Credit: SpaceX
Two days after launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, SpaceX sent another mission into orbit Sunday from California's Central Coast with 10 new satellites for Iridium's voice and data relay network.
Like Friday's flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Falcon 9's first stage plunged back through the atmosphere and made a propulsive vertical landing on a barge stationed several hundred miles downrange from the launch site.
The back-to-back launchings and landings set a record for the shortest turnaround between two SpaceX flights from different launch sites, a milestone the company could repeat as it reactivates a damaged launch pad at Cape Canaveral later this year and begins service from a Texas spaceport as soon as next year.
The last time two orbital-class U.S. rockets of similar type lifted off two days apart was in March 1995, when a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket and a similar Atlas-E launcher flew separate missions from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base, delivering an Intelsat broadcast satellite and an Air Force weather satellite to space.
Russian Soyuz rockets, on the other hand, have flown the same day from different launch pads, most recently in March 2015, when Soyuz boosters took off two hours apart from the Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakhstan with a three-man space station crew and from the European-run space base in French Guiana with two Galileo navigation payloads.
A four-day delay in SpaceX's previous launch from Florida, which carried a Bulgarian-owned communications satellite to orbit on a previously-flown, reused Falcon 9 booster, set up the weekend doubleheader.
Sunday's mission began at 1:25:14 p.m. PDT (4:25:14 p.m. EDT; 2025:14 GMT), the instant when the Falcon 9 rocket could dispatch its 10 satellite passengers directly into one of the six orbital pathways populated by more than 60 Iridium communications spacecraft.
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon launcher lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg, the primary launch site on the U.S. West Coast. After climbing through a soupy fog bank enshrouding the hillside launch pad, the Falcon 9 steered through clear skies on a southerly trajectory with its nine Merlin 1D main engines producing 1.7 million pounds of thrust, chugging a super-chilled combination of RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants.
After consuming most of its propellant, the first stage dropped away from the Falcon 9's upper stage to begin a descent toward a SpaceX barge in the Pacific Ocean.
Four upgraded titanium grid fins, flying of the first time Sunday, extended from the top of the 14-story first stage and helped steer the rocket on its glide back to Earth. The booster ignited a subset of its Merlin engines twice, first to slow down for re-entry through the atmosphere, then to brake for landing.
A four-legged landing gear opened at the base of the booster just before touchdown, and the rocket braved high winds and challenging seas as it dropped through a low cloud deck onto the football field-sized drone ship, dubbed "Just Read the Instructions," around eight minutes after blastoff.
The rocket will return to port in Southern California in a few days for inspections and possible reuse.
Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and chief executive, said the new, larger grid fin design is more robust than the Falcon 9's previous aluminum fins, which had to be shielded against the extreme heat during re-entry, then replaced before the first stage could fly again.
The new fins are cast in a single piece of titanium and cut to form their shape, Musk tweeted. He said the titanium fins are "slightly heavier" than the shielded aluminum fins, but the upgrade offers more control authority for stabilization and steering as the pencil-like 14-story booster glides back to Earth.
The Falcon 9 rocket can land in heavier winds with the upgraded fins, Musk said.
An up-close view of the Falcon 9's redesigned titanium grid fins. Credit: SpaceX
"New titanium grid fins worked even better than expected," Musk tweeted after Sunday's landing. "Should be capable of an indefinite number of flights with no service."
The billionaire entrepreneur also gave a brief update on SpaceX's efforts to recover pieces of the Falcon 9 rocket's payload fairings, the nose cone that protects satellites during the first few minutes of each launch. SpaceX intends to guide the fairing parts, which jettison from the rocket like a clamshell, with tiny thrusters and gently land them in the ocean with a parafoil.
"Getting closer to fairing recovery and reuse," he tweeted. "Had some problems with the steerable parachute. Should have it sorted out by end of year."
While the first stage made its daring descent, the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket fired its single vacuum-rated Merlin engine into a preliminary parking orbit. After sailing over Antarctica, the upper stage reignited the Merlin engine for three seconds to reach a targeted 388-mile-high (625-kilometer) orbit to begin releasing the 10 Iridium satellites.
Fastened to a two-tier dispenser specially designed and built by SpaceX, the 1,896-pound (860-kilogram) satellites separated one-by-one at intervals of approximately 90 seconds. The deployments were complete by T+plus 1 hour, 12 minutes.
SpaceX and Iridium officials declared the launch a success, and ground controllers established radio contact with all 10 of the new satellites to verify they survived the trip into orbit.
"Ten for ten, it's a clean sweep," said Falcon 9 product manager John Insprucker, who provided commentary on SpaceX's live webcast of the mission. "We can tie a broom to the Falcon 9."
Sunday's launch targeted Plane 3 of the Iridium constellation, which is designed to have 66 satellites spread out evenly in six orbital planes around Earth. One of of the satellites will fill a hole in Plane 3 where one of Iridium's aging communications platforms failed last year.
Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
It was the second of at least eight Falcon 9 flights to deliver 75 next-generation satellites to replace Iridium's network with upgraded services and new spacecraft designed to operate for the next 15 years. Twenty of the satellites are now in space with the conclusion of Sunday's mission.
Iridium ordered 81 of the new-generation "Iridium Next" satellites in 2010 from Thales Alenia Space, a French aerospace contractor. Thales partnered with Orbital ATK to build the spacecraft in an assembly line fashion in Orbital's factory near Phoenix.
"Right now, it's two down with six more launches to go," said Matt Desch, chief executive officer of Iridium, in a post-launch press release. "Our operations team is eagerly awaiting this new batch of satellites and is ready to begin the testing and validation process. After several weeks of fine-tuning, the next set of 'slot swaps' will begin, bringing more Iridium Next satellites into operational service, and bringing us closer to an exciting new era for our network, company, and partners."
"Specifically for this launch, five satellites … will go into mission in Plane 3, replacing existing satellites, or in one case, filling a hole in our network we've had for the last year or so," Desch said in a pre-launch conference call with reporters. "Four satellites will be sent drifting down to Plane 2, where three of those satellites are expected to go into mission and one will be positioned as a spare."
One more satellite launched Sunday will drift to Plane 4 and go into operation there next year. It takes 10 or 11 months to reposition an Iridium satellite to another orbital plane.
Artist's concept of an Iridium Next satellite. Credit: Thales Alenia Space
The satellites will boost themselves to a higher altitude — around 485 miles (780 kilometers) above Earth — in the coming weeks and months, rendezvousing with the older spacecraft each is intended to replace.
Desch said the satellites launched Sunday will replace aging members of the Iridium fleet that lifted off on a Russian Proton rocket from Kazakhstan in September 1997, and on two Boeing Delta 2 rockets from Vandenberg in March 1998 and February 2002.
The first-generation satellites were designed to last eight years, but most of them are still providing service, more than 20 years after the first batch of Iridium spacecraft reached orbit.
"Iridium Next features the same unique interconnected satellite architecture as the original constellation, which is the key feature that distinguishes Iridium from all other commercial satellite operators," Desch said. "Cross-links, as we refer to them, allow our satellites to bounce data and voice calls around the world nearly instantaneously, creating a true web of coverage around the entire planet, the key advantage of our network and one of the biggest reasons for our growth and success."
Improved service for Iridium's nearly 900,000 subscribers will also come with the new satellites.
Besides faster connections on voice calls and data relays, the modern satellites are the cornerstone of Iridium Certus, which the company says will link customers on-the-go via an L-band network that is not as susceptible to interference from poor weather and other factors.
Desch said the Certus initiative will provide Iridium customers with up to 1.4 megabits per second of L-band connectivity, up from 128 kilobits per second available with the existing satellites.
"Certus is an L-band service built for reliability, coverage, mobility and able to be certified for safety services to ships and the cockpits of aircraft," he said, adding that Certus will go to market in early 2018.
Artist's illustration of the Iridium network. Credit: Thales Alenia Space
Iridium's clients include the U.S. military, oil and gas companies, aviation and maritime operators, and mining and construction contractors.
Piggyback payloads on the Iridium satellites orbited Sunday will help commercial companies track and stay in contact with airplanes and ships outside the reach of land-based radars.
All of the Iridium Next satellites host radio receivers for Aireon, an affiliate of Iridium established in partnership with air traffic control authorities in Canada, Ireland, Italy and Denmark.
"Aireon technology is hosted by us on every Iridium Next satellite and is poised to change how the world views the skies," Desch said. "The only way to really provide 100 percent global aircraft tracking and surveillance in realtime is through the Iridium network and our unique cross-link functionality that's provided by our satellites."
Don Thoma, Aireon's CEO, told reporters his company's service will help usher air traffic control into the modern era, making for more efficient use of airspace over oceans, where ground-based radars cannot see aircraft on intercontinental flights.
"When aircraft leave terrestrial airspace, they fly very rigid formations, typically conga lines or highways in the sky, along fixed routes to ensure that the aircraft maintain safe separation distances from one another, and make sure the air traffic system is as safe as it is," Thoma said.
"That's all in the process of being changed," he said. "There's a major upgrade by the world's air traffic control organizations to move from a radar-based technology to a new GPS-based technology called Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B."
While ADS-B signals were originally meant to be received by ground stations and other aircraft, the Aireon payload on each Iridium Next satellite can detect them from space.
"ADS-B will provide realtime, very accurate, frequent updates on aircraft location to air traffic control," Thoma said. "What Aireon represents is the ability to provide that not just over land-based areas, but over the entire world."
Touting financial and environmental benefits in fuel costs and pollution reductions, Thoma said Aireon's position data will help ensure airplanes are not lost over remote oceans, like the case of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 that went missing with 239 passengers and crew in March 2014.
"We'll be able to pick up those (position) signals and provide them in realtime to air traffic controllers," Thoma said. "This will truly be a revolutionary aspect of air traffic control, not only supporting the surveillance across remote areas like the oceans, but also providing a backup capability and additional gap-filling surveillance over significant parts of land masses around the world."
The first eight Aireon payloads aboard Iridium Next satellites launched in January are already receiving ADS-B position signals, he said.
Nine of the 10 Iridium Next satellites launched Saturday also have antennas to monitor maritime traffic for exactEarth, a Canadian company, and Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Florida, according to Nicole Schill, an exactEarth spokesperson.
Like all eight of Iridium's launches booked with SpaceX, Sunday's flight used a brand new Falcon 9 first stage.
SpaceX has racked up two successful launches with recycled Falcon 9 boosters, including Friday's mission from Florida, which coincidentally was powered by the first stage that sent the first 10 Iridium Next craft to space in January from California.
"I believe previously-flown boosters are fantastic," Desch said. "I think it's revolutionizing the industry. I think it's fantastic, in the future, for the availability and cost of launches."
Desch said he was inclined, for now, to continue launching Iridium satellites on newly-built Falcon 9s.
"Our using them or not using them is not a statement around the quality or capability of those boosters," he said.
Instead, Desch would like to see a steeper discount for flying on a reused Falcon 9 booster than SpaceX currently offers. Perhaps most importantly, he said, is determining whether a switch to a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket will get Iridium's satellites up sooner.
Iridium's first 10 satellites were supposed to launch last September, but the flight was grounded until January in the wake of a Falcon 9 rocket explosion in Florida. A manufacturing bottleneck at SpaceX's headquarters near Los Angeles delayed the second Iridium Next flight from April to June.
"When would they be available, and would they improve the current launch plan we have with brand new rockets that I basically contracted for a number of years ago, and have budgeted for and have paid for?" Desch said. "That's the first thing. Will they improve my schedule because schedule, to me, is very, very important."
"Secondly is the cost, and really the cost and risk are kind of aligned," he said. "I believe the risk is pretty low right now, but it's not zero because it's a new thing."
He said the reduced cost of a reused Falcon 9 is "minor right now, at least in our perception of it."
"If that changes as there are additional launches, I'll reconsider that, but right now I think we've made the right decision."
"While we are currently flying first-flown launches, I'm open to previously-flown launches, particularly for maybe the second half of our launch schedule — maybe in 2018 — but I really want to see the answers to all those questions before we'd ever make that kind of decision," Desch said.
The next Falcon 9 flight is set for takeoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A some time next month. It will send an Intelsat high-throughput communications satellite toward its perch in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers) over the equator.
Vandenberg is set to host its next Falcon 9 launch in late August, when it will loft a long-delayed Taiwanese Earth observation satellite, according to Taiwanese news reports.
Then 10 more Iridium satellites are set to go up on another Falcon 9 from Vandenberg some time in early fall.
Aireon
Drone Ship
exactEarth
Harris Corp.
Iridium NEXT
Iridium NEXT Mission 2
Just Read the Instructions
Reusability
Space Launch Complex 4-East
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO 5 launch timeline
SpaceX will trigger an intentional rocket failure to prove crew capsule's safety
Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with four NASA satellites


The German defender has been one of the best centre-halves in world football over the seasons and has been on the radar of some of the Premier Leagues biggest clubs.
But with United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer desperate to add a world class defender to his back-line in the January transfer window, the Red Devils will be given a massive boost to the lasts reports which have emerged out of Germany.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident he can keep Real Madrid target Paul Pogba at Manchester United this coming transfer window.
Pogba has been in spectacular form for United since the arrival of Solskjaer and is starting to show the kind of world class ability which forced United to splash over £100 million to secure his services from Juventus just a few seasons ago.
However, over the past few weeks there has been some speculation linking the Frenchman with a mega money move away from Old Trafford as Madrid are keen to splash the cash and revamp their side, with talk Zinedine Zidane will be handed a massive £450 million to sign some big name players in the transfer market.
But Solskjaer has come out and claimed that despite all the transfer speculation surrounding the midfielder's future, he is certain that the French world cup winner will be at Old Trafford next season.
"There might be a campaign, you never know what there is," said Solskjaer.
"But in my talks with Paul he's always been positive. I don't see a difference in him when I chat to him. He's focused on performing and he's a proud player. He always gives his best.
"He has made a difference for us in a few games, but so has Romelu [Lukaku], so has Marcus [Rashford]. There have been different players in different periods that have made the difference. It's not just about one player. It's not just about Paul.
"He had his highest ever output physically on Wednesday night against Barcelona , he'd never ran as much in a United shirt. That was brilliant.
Tony Cascarino has urged Manchester United to offload Paul Pogba in the summer transfer window, with Real Madrid keen on a transfer deal.
Despite his recent good form under the guidance of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, there has been a lot of criticism about the performances of the Frenchman during his three year stay at old Trafford as many feel that he has not justified the massive £90 million price tag that United paid to nail down his services.
It has led to a lot of transfer speculation in the media all suggesting that Madrid are ready to swoop in and take him to the Bernabeu, having been linked with a deal well before he eventually signed for United.
And despite Solskjaer coming out and believing that Pogba will be at United next season, Cascarino has come out and tole the Red Devils to cash in on the Frenchman.
Fresh reports have again claimed Manchester United are ready to sign Liverpool transfer target Christian Eriksen from Tottenham during the summer transfer window.
Eriksen has become a vital part of Mauricio Pochettino's side over the past few seasons and is one of the creative reasons why they score so many goals throughout the course of the season, but there has been speculation that he could leave the club.
It is believed that the Danish star has refused three contract offers from Spurs over the past few months, with the latest reportedly close to the £110,000-a-week mark, with the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea, United and Barcelona all keeping a close eye.
And according to reports in the media, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was ready to swoop in and offer him a summer move to Anfield, as the German boss seeks to add a long-term replacement to the aging Jordan Henderson, who has become a bit-part player at the club this season.