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Paris attack suspect arrested in Brussels
Published: March 19, 2016 12:23 pm
19 March 2016, Nirapad News: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels after four months on the run.
Another man arrested, Monir Ahmed Alaaj, was also on a wanted list.
Quoting Belgian prosecutors, BBC reported the arrest.
Three members of a family accused of harboring Abdeslam have also been detained.
French President Francois Hollande said he expected Abdeslam to be extradited to France "as rapidly as possible".
The raid in the district of Molenbeek came after Abdeslam's fingerprints were found in a flat in another Brussels district, which was raided on Tuesday.
Abdeslam, who has been at large since the attacks on November 13, was wounded in the leg as police moved in. Dramatic footage showed him being bundled into a police car after a volley of gunfire.
One of Europe's most wanted men, Abdeslam is a key suspect in the attacks in Paris in which 130 people died.


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Home Pastors Articles for Pastors Attack on Church Service in Nigeria Kills About 20
Attack on Church Service in Nigeria Kills About 20
Toni Ridgaway
Approximately 20 people were killed in an attack on a church service in northern Nigeria this past weekend. The attackers threw bombs and fired guns into the crowd as the congregation tried to run, officials and witnesses said. The service was being held on the campus of Bayero University in the city of Kano. Witnesses said the attackers arrived in a car and two motorcycles and caused a stampede among the worshippers with explosions and gunfire. Officials could not provide a casualty toll but correspondents counted six bodies near the worship site and at least another twelve on the side of the road next to the university.
Google News said there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but it appeared to be the work of Boko Haram, an Islamic group who had orchestrated an attack in Kano in January that took the lives of 185 people as well as an bombing on a church that killed 44 people near Abuja. When asked whether more dialogue will bring the violence to an end in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan said he planned to "exploit every means possible to bring this to an end."
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Q: Setting backgroundImage in a simple Javascript video game So I am trying to build a video game based on js. However I encountered an issue: how do I make a background-image as Game Area?
PS: The backgroundImage has specified CSS conditions:
body {
    background-image: url(bg.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: fixed;
    background-size: cover;
}

Here is the code:
<body onload="startGame()">
    <script>
        var myGamePiece;
        function startGame() {
            myGameArea.start();
            myGamePiece = new component(30, 30, "red", 10, 120)}
    </script>

Source: https://www.w3schools.com/graphics/tryit.asp?filename=trygame_controllers_keys

A: As you are using canvas you can do this:
Load image:
const background = new Image();
const onload = startGame;
background.src = "bg.jpg";

Draw background:
context.drawImage(background, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

Demo

A: The following style will specify a background image for canvas ("game area"):
canvas {
  background-image: url(https://some-image-here.jpg);
  /*...*/
}

Demo - https://jsfiddle.net/vyspiansky/qae1jk8p/

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21st Cambridge Folk Festival - 9
BBC Transcription Services
Collectors Items
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DJ Copy
Unknown number of tracks from the Cambridge Folk Festival.
John performed the 21st Cambridge Folk Festival on 27 July 1985. The material was broadcast a few months later, 22 February 1986.
The A-side contains material by Loudon Wainwright III from the same line-up.
The B-side lasts half an hour, so half of John's set was left out.
There were more transcriptions of the festival, at least twelve records must have been made.
John Martyn - guitars and vocals
Foster Paterson - keyboards
Alan Thomson - bass
Danny Cummings - percussion
The recorded material was officially released as late as 1 December 2003, titled Live In Concert at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
The vinyl disk probably also contains Pete Drummond's intro:
"Hello this is Pete Drummond, welcoming you to this week's In Concert. Now for the next hour, we are going to hear the set performed at last year's Cambridge Folk Festival, by the band led by that superb singer and songwriter, John Martyn."
Copyright notice on the label:
Copyright record made in England by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Reproduction restricted to broadcasting stations authorised by the BBC.
Use expires 30.6.90 unless contracted otherwise. Annual subscription permits continued use for duration of contract.
Mold numbers
156150-S (side 1)
sitenotes:
I managed to track down three BBC Transcription Service(s) records featuring John Martyn. The copyright extended until 4 years and 4 months after the broadcast.
Carriers:
Vinyl: BBC Transcription Services CN 4690/S
"I fell off stage in Spain once because I was drunk - and I got three encores."


In a perfect world, we would all have a first-class designer on speed dial, ready to add to add luxury and sophistication to our homes. Of course, in reality, most of us don't have that option. Luckily, there are other ways to achieve the upscale look you love without breaking your wallet.
Decorating the room to emphasize a focal point is a great way to re-energize the space. While the terminology may sound fancy, a focal point simply refers to a singular spot where upon entering, the eye is immediately drawn. The easiest way to pick a focal point is by highlighting an existing architectural detail. Does your family room have a beautiful, old fireplace that's gathering dust? Perfect. Spruce up the structure by giving it a new mantle or brick treatment. Is there a large window that lets in tons of natural light? Consider adding an interesting bench underneath to highlight its beauty. If you can't find a singular detail to focus on, you can just as easily create one. Show off your artistic skills by painting a piece of art to display in your dining room or invest in a statement mirror for your entryway.
Are you ready for a secret that interior designers have known for years? Splurge when it comes to the details. Focus on a few high-end items and buy the best quality you can afford. Replace your facet and drawer-pulls with copper for a modern farmhouse feel. Turn your bathroom into a spa by springing for hotel-quality towels, incense and soaps. Outfit your master bedroom with crisp white sheets and a fluffy down comforter. Buy a cashmere throw and drape it over your couch for luxurious napping. Surprisingly simple things can transform your home and the way you feel within it.
When it comes to ambiance, lighting and sound are key. Use natural lampshades to keep lighting soft and diffused. Consider changing outdated overhead lights with modern, sculptural light fixtures that speak to your decor. If you have overhead lighting in your space, install dimmer switches to allow you to control the brightness. Music can also add a luxe touch. Invest in a quality sound system and consider wiring speakers into the ceiling to keep hardware and wires out of sight.
Is there anywhere in the home more fitting for luxury than the bedroom? Down pillows, crisp sheets and a comfortable mattress are key staples. If you feel like your bed needs a bit of updating to recapture that luxury feel, but you're working on a budget, opt for some new bedding and a quality mattress topper. What makes a bedroom look like a million dollars are its thoughtful details. Consider adding black-out curtains and mounting your television to the wall for a hotel-quality feel.
Adding elements of nature into every room of your home is a sure-fire way to luxe-up your lifestyle. They instantly change the atmosphere and add that kick your décor needs to stand out and to feel complete. Orchids are elegant, gorgeous and they continue to bloom in cycles. Use garden pebbles and moss as soil toppers to add even more natural details. A large palm plant can make a huge impact when placed in an entryway. If your thumb is far from green and the thought of house plants sends you running, then consider adding other natural elements to your home. A vase filled with spindly twigs, or a bowl filled with acorns, river stones or glass, are all wonderful ways to bring a touch of life to your home.


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HydroClim Minnesota
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MN Climatology Working Group
HydroClim Minnesota for Early June 2019
A monthly electronic newsletter summarizing Minnesota's climate conditions and the resulting impact on water resources. Distributed on the first Thursday of the month.
State Climatology Office - DNR Division of Ecological and Water Resources, St. Paul
distributed: June 7, 2019
What happened in May 2019:
May 2019 continued the cool and wet pattern of 2019. The preliminary statewide average precipitation total for May was 5.21 inches, 1.84 inches above normal. The wettest locations were in southern Minnesota, with Rochester finishing with 9.42 inches, 5.79 above normal and the second wettest May on record for Rochester.
[see: May 2019 Precipitation Total Map | May 2019 Precipitation Departure Map | May 2019 Climate Summary Table | May 2019 Percent of Normal Precipitation Map]
There were a couple of significant weather events in May 2019. First was a rain and snow event that affected much of the state on May 8-9. Most noteworthy was heavy snow in Duluth. 10.9 inches fell and set the record for Duluth's largest snowstorm in May.[see: Record May Snow and Soaking Rains, May 8-9, 2019]
More rain and snow fell on May 18-20, dropping as much as two inches of precipitation in east central Minnesota. [see: More Rain (and Snow), May 18-20, 2019]
The first tornado of 2019 for Minnesota touched down in Norman County on May 24. Tornadoes also touched down on Memorial Day in southeast Minnesota. [see:First Minnesota Tornadoes of 2019, May 24 and 27]
The preliminary statewide average temperature was 51.5 degrees or 4.5 degrees below normal. This was over nine degrees cooler than May 2018. A warm-up toward the end of the month moderated departures a bit. The warmest temperatures of the month came on the final day, with 92 degrees reported at Argyle, Granite Falls, and Georgetown in northwest and west central Minnesota. The coldest minimum temperatures were on May 7, with 18 degrees reported at Camp Norris and Brimson in north central and northeast Minnesota.
[see: Minnesota Climate Trends Tool | May 2019 Climate Summary Table | 2019 May Departure from Normal Temperature Map]
Where we stand now:
Seasonal precipitation so far (April 1 through June 4) shows that the state is split between normal to slightly below normal precipitation in the north, to well above normal in the central and south. In fact, some locales saw one of their top five wettest starts to spring.
[see: Weekly Precipitation Maps]
The U. S. Drought Monitor map released on June 6, shows Abnormally Dry conditions over 7.9% of the state. These abnormally dry conditions were confined to northwest Minnesota. The last time there was almost complete statewide coverage in the Moderate drought category was May 2015, and the last time there was substantial coverage (80% or greater) of the Severe drought category was in 2013. The U.S. Drought Monitor index is a blend of science and subjectivity where drought categories (Moderate, Severe etc.) are based on several indicators.
[see: Drought Conditions Overview]
The wet conditions of 2019 so far are reflected in high water levels in lakes in streams. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that stream discharge values are generally much above normal to high across central and southern Minnesota, with normal streamflows in the north. The Mississippi River in early June was at the moderate flooding level in St. Paul and was still in minor flood state on June 6. The Minnesota River at Montevideo was also at moderate flood stage on June 1 and by June 6 was slowly receding to minor flood level.
[see: USGS Stream Flow Conditions]
Water levels on most Minnesota lakes vary depending on lake and location in the state. The level on Lake Minnetonka on June 6 was at 930.09 feet with 321 cfs flowing through Gray's Bay Dam and over the spillway. White Bear Lake was 925.35 feet on June 6, about two feet higher than this time last year and at the highest level since June 2003. This is also 6.51 feet higher than the record low of January 10, 2013. Water has been flowing out of White Bear Lake at the outlet since late April. Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake are within the median band. Lake Superior was forecast to be 603.08 feet for May 31, a foot higher than a year ago and three inches above the highest monthly average of record for May.
[see: Mille Lacs Lake Water Level | Lake Minnetonka Water Level | White Bear Lake Water Level | Lake of the Woods Control Board Basin Data | Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Water Levels]
The Agricultural Statistics Service on June 3 reported that topsoil moisture across Minnesota is 0 percent Very Short, 3 percent Short, 55 percent Adequate, and 44 percent Surplus. Soil moisture readings at Lamberton on June 1 show the moisture profile above historical averages.
[see: Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Progress and Condition | U. of M. Southwest Research & Outreach Center (Lamberton)]
The potential for wildfires is currently rated by DNR Forestry as Low across central and southern Minnesota, with Moderate and High fire danger rating in the northwest. Historically, 80 percent of all wildfires in Minnesota occur during April and May.
[see: Fire Danger Rating Map]
It took seven weeks for lake ice out to progress across Minnesota in 2019. There were enough mild spells in an otherwise cool spring that prevented lake ice out from being as late as 2018. In general, lake ice out in 2019 lagged behind historical medians by about a week, with some exceptions. The first lake to lose its ice in 2019 was Pepin on March 28, assisted by barge traffic. The last lake ice out was Greenwood Lake in Cook County on May 20. The fishing opener was on May 11 and while most lakes in the state were free of ice, parts of Lake and all of Cook County had lake ice that didn't allow boat traffic but was also not stable enough for ice fishing either.
[see: Lake Ice Out: 2019]
According to the Climate Prediction Center, the June precipitation outlook leans towards equal chances for below, above and normal precipitation across Minnesota, except in the northwest where there is a slightly higher chance for below than normal precipitation. June precipitation normals range from just over three inches in northwest Minnesota to about five inches in southeastern counties.
[see: Climate Prediction Center 30-day Outlook | June Precipitation Normal Map]
There is a tendency for above normal temperatures in northern and northwest Minnesota for June, with equal chances for above, normal and below normal temperatures across the rest of the state. Normal June high temperatures are in the low to mid 70s early in the month, rising to around 80 by month's end. Normal June low temperatures are in the low 50s to start the month, and rise to around 60 as the month ends.
[see: Climate Prediction Center 30-day Outlook | June Temperature Normal Map]
The 90-day precipitation outlook for June through August indicates a slight tilt toward above normal precipitation totals over central and southern Minnesota with equal chances of below-normal, near-normal, or above-normal conditions over northern Minnesota. The June through August temperature projection favors a tendency for cooler than normal temperatures this summer statewide.
[see: Climate Prediction Center 90-day Outlook]
The wet and cool spring badly delayed planting of crops. 56% of the corn was planted in Minnesota by May 19, the latest since 1979. The University of Minnesota Extension has a podcast on spring planting and crop conditions [see: Minnesota Crop News]
Upcoming dates of note:
June 20: National Weather Service releases 30/90-day temperature and precipitation outlooks


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Exclusive Video: Nationalism Is 'Like a Zombie' — Anti-Brexit Activists Protest Tory Party Conference
Anti-Brexit activists gathered in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, to denounce "zombie" nationalism in Brexit Britain.
Kurt Zindulka
4 Oct 2021, 2:02 AM PST
Electoral Commission Apologises For 'Horrible' Treatment of Brexit Campaigners
The chairman of the electoral commission has apologised to Brexiteers for the "horrible" treatment they recieved after the EU referendum.
29 Jun 2021, 2:27 AM PST
Cambridge University Accused of Sweeping Pro-Brexit Article Under the Rug
Cambridge has been accused of stifling pro-Brexit opinions by a Fellow, who claimed they refused to publish an article in favour of Brexit.
Liberal Elites Bemoan Loss of 'Cheap Labour' Au Pairs After Brexit
'Remoaner' elites have complained that they will no longer be able to afford their au pairs following Brexit, as immigration laws now mandate that migrants must receive a living wage.
7 Feb 2021, 1:33 AM PST
She's Back! Theresa May Comes Out Against Boris's Brexit Bill
Former Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she will not vote for Boris Johnson's Brexit bill that would amend Britain's Withdrawal Agreement (WA) with the EU, claiming it will cause "untold damage" to the UK.
22 Sep 2020, 5:30 AM PST
Biden Campaign, Democrats Oppose Britain's Brexit Strategy, Threaten UK-U.S. Trade Deal if Biden Wins
Leading Democrats, including an advisor for presidential candidate Joe Biden, have come out against the British Brexit negotiations stance, warning it may jeopardise a possible trade deal under a Biden presidency. The Northern Ireland secretary for the United Kingdom, Brandon
Anti-Brexit Electoral Commission 'Not Fit For Purpose' Says Conservative Party
The Conservative Party said that the Electoral Commission is "not fit for purpose" and is "accountable to no-one" and therefore should either be abolished or drastically reformed, after years of accusations of anti-Brexit bias.
30 Aug 2020, 11:19 AM PST
Bias Against Conservative and Pro-Brexit Academics 'Chilling' Free Speech on Campus
Left-wing bias has created a "chilling effect" in British academia which is forcing conservative and pro-Brexit academics to self-censor on campus, a report has found.
4 Aug 2020, 1:44 AM PST
UK Violent Protests up 1,700 Per Cent in 20 Years
Violent protests in England and Wales have risen by an astonishing 1,700 per cent over just 20 years, according to research conducted by the Police Foundation.
29 Jul 2020, 8:05 AM PST
EU Commission Reports Nicola Sturgeon's 'Scotland Hearts Europe' Brexit Day Stunt to Police
The European Commission has reported a Brexit day stunt promoted by the First Minister of Scotland to the police in Belgium.
11 Feb 2020, 12:59 AM PST
Labour Leadership: Anti-Brexit Jess Phillips Drops Out as Race to Replace Jeremy Corbyn Narrows
Jess Phillips has dropped out of the race to replace far-left Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the Labour Party, after failing to secure endorsements from trade unions and a self-described "awful" performance at a recent husting.
22 Jan 2020, 10:23 AM PST
Labour Leader Candidate Clive Lewis: Brexit Has 'Racism at Its Core'
A contender to replace ageing socialist Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the Labour Party concluded his campaign by deriding over half of Britain's electorate, saying the Brexit campaign had "racism at its core".
13 Jan 2020, 7:13 AM PST
Britain 'On Edge of Abyss': Hollywood Luvvie Hugh Grant Campaigns Against Brexit
Hollywood actor Hugh Grant has taken to the campaign trail, fighting against the pro-sovereignty Brexit movement, supporting the Liberal Democrats and the anti-Brexit Tory defector Dominic Grieve.
3 Dec 2019, 9:48 AM PST
Pupils Accuse Teachers of Spreading Anti-Brexit Propaganda at School
Pupils at a high school in Slough have accused their teachers of peddling anti-Brexit "propaganda", expressing concern that their biased, political views could "mould the minds" of younger children who are yet to form their own opinions.
Victoria Friedman
'Biased Brussels Corporation': Farage Criticises BBC for Taking £4m from EU
Brexit architect Nigel Farage has labelled the BBC the "Biased Brussels Corporation" after it was revealed the tax-payer funded broadcaster has received more that £4 million in funding from the European Union.
That Aged Badly: Macron Worship Turns Sour as Protests Intensify
With France brought to its knees by the country's worst unrest in half a century, as citizens protested Emmanuel Macron, there will be increasing concern amongst the globalist establishment over the future of the French president they hailed as the saviour of Europe.
Virginia Hale
6 Dec 2018, 11:57 AM PST
High Court: Electoral Commission Got Electoral Law Wrong Over Leave Vote Spending
The High Court has ruled that the Electoral Commission issued incorrect advice to Vote Leave campaigners during the referendum, in a massive blow to those pushing to discredit the Brexit vote.
Liam Deacon
'More Important than Football': Luvvy Lineker Backs Second Brexit Vote
BBC football pundit-turned liberal activist Gary Lineker has joined the campaign demanding a second referendum to overturn Brexit.
26 Jul 2018, 10:15 AM PST
Remainer Tories Call For Second Referendum: May's 'Fudge' Is 'Worst of Both Worlds'
Theresa May's anti-Brexit former education secretary has slammed the Prime Minister's Brexit proposals as "the worst of both worlds" and called for another referendum so Brexit can be blocked.
Rees-Mogg: Government 'Cooperating' with Big Business to Undermine Brexit
Pro-Brussels members of government and the cabinet, principally Chancellor Philip Hammond and those in the Treasury, are "cooperating" with big business to undermine Brexit and the will of the people, leading Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned.
Tony Blair: 'Chance of Blocking Brexit Risen to 40 Percent'
Tony Blair has said he believes the chance of blocking Brexit has almost doubled so far this year, as Prime Minister Theresa May falters in delivering her promise of a clean break with the European Union (EU).
CLAIM: Pro-EU Tory Ministers Met Soros-Funded Anti-Brexit Group
Three government ministers have met with the Soros-funded group Best for Britain, which is taking foreign money to fight to overturn the Brexit referendum, reports claim.
May Gives Brexit 'Climb Down' to Tory Rebels to Win Lords Amendment Votes
The Prime Minister has defeated a series of anti-Brexit amendments to the Brexit Withdrawal Bill after making heavy concessions to stop pro-Brussels Tories rebelling.
Leave.EU Founder Mocks 'Fake News' Inquiry, Claims Anti-Brexit Chair Took Money off Russians
Leave.EU founder Arron Banks has said there is "no evidence" he was part of a Russia or big data "conspiracy" to trick people into voting for Brexit at a parliamentary committee into "fake news."
12 Jun 2018, 3:00 PM PST
'Brexit Betrayal': May Begs Pro-EU Tories to Back Key Vote, Minister Resigns
The Prime Minister has begged pro-Brussels Tory MPs not to rebel and support anti-Brexit amendments from the Lords this Tuesday, delaying a critical showdown on trade rules.
France Risking British Security by 'Blocking' Access to Terror Data After Brexit
Sources claim the French are frustrating Britain's attempt to remain part of a European Union (EU) security agreement that helped identify terrorists involved in Islamic State attacks on Paris, despite France recently encouraging the British to join.
31 May 2018, 3:55 AM PST
LEAKED: Soros-Backed, Multi-Million Pound Plot to Thwart Brexit in Six Months
Leaked papers have revealed how the foreign-funded group 'Best for Britain' hopes to spend a £5.6 million war chest on subverting or overturning the British people's vote to leave the European Union (EU).
'Project Fear': University Boss Admits to MPs Anti-Brexit Claims 'Plucked Out of Air'
A leading academic who said Brexit would dramatically reduce the British university sector's standing in global rankings has admitted the claim was "plucked out of the air".
Trade Minister Slams 'Unelected' Lords Voting to Block 'Will of the People'
The "unelected" House of Lords is out to block "the democratic will of the people", the International Trade Secretary has said, after Peers voted to give Parliament the power to stop the divorce.
1 May 2018, 4:40 AM PST
Parliament to Consider Petition on Abolishing House of Lords After Anti-Brexit Vote
A petition calling for a referendum on the abolition of the House of Lords will be considered for a debate in Parliament after receiving more than 100,000 signatures.
24 Apr 2018, 9:57 AM PST
Clean Brexit: Prime Minister Promises UK Will Leave Customs Union
The government has repeated its promise that the UK will leave the European Union's (EU) Customs Union, after reports in the Sunday papers suggested the Prime Minister was prepared to abandoned a clean Brexit.
'Peers Against the People': Rees-Mogg Slams 'Cave Dweller' Anti-Brexit Lords
Leading Brexiteer MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Peers working to frustrate Brexit in the House of Lords are "contemptuous of democracy" and "out of touch with the people," calling them "cave dwellers."
After Lords Vote, Emboldened MPs Force Debate To Block Clean Brexit
Emboldened by a vote to block a clean Brexit in the Lords Wednesday night, anti-Brexit MPs, including leading Tories, have backed a bid to force a vote on keeping the UK to tied to the bloc's Customs Union and its rules.
19 Apr 2018, 10:25 AM PST
Unelected Anti-Brexit Peers Set to Defeat Govt Multiple Times in House of Lords
The government is braced for a series of defeats in the House of Lords, designed to hinder the UK's exit from the bloc, as research identifies the "top 10 Brexit-blocking Lords" working to thwart the will of the people.
Blairite Labour MPs 'Plot New Pro-EU Party' with Lib Dems and Tory Europhiles
Senior Labour MPs opposed to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership have been meeting with the Liberal Democrats in secret talks about setting up a "centrist", pro-Brussels party, sources have claimed.
19 Mar 2018, 2:59 AM PST
Corbyn Warned Against Backing Blair Plot Against Brexit
Leave-supporting Labour MPs have warned party leader Jeremy Corbyn it would be "playing with fire" for him to back plans by Tony Blair to sabotage Brexit.
25 Feb 2018, 6:34 AM PST
Labour MPs Confident Brexit Can Be Voted Down and Blocked
Labour MPs believe the negotiated terms of leaving the European Union (EU) will be voted down in Parliament, forcing the government to attempt a rapid renegotiation or "reconsider" Brexit altogether.
Soros-Funded Anti-Brexit Group Reveals Cash to Be Spent on Summer of Ads, Music Festival, and App
Nearly all the UK's major anti-Brexit groups are coordinating in a fresh push to keep the country in the EU, launching a summer of campaigns, a music festival, a new app, and public adverts, starting in weeks.
Farage Warns of Brexit Crisis if 'Theresa the Appeaser' Bows to Establishment and Soros
Britain will be plunged into its most acute constitutional crisis since the Second World War if Theresa May allows Brexit to be thwarted or watered down, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said.
Minister: Leaked Paper Forecasting Brexit Economic Disaster Is Remainer Sabotage Plot
A government paper claiming that Britain will suffer outside the EU was deliberately leaked in a bid to sabotage Brexit, according to a senior minister.
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The poster was originally designed for the city of Povoa de Varzim to commemorate the Portuguese revolution, but was later featured in a collective exhibition "175×120" (and catalog) in "Silo, espaço cultural". Curated by Andrew Howard and sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves. Oporto, January 2006.


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The 1970s Global Cooling Zombie Myth and the Tricks Some People Use to Keep it Alive, Part II
Posted on 8 May 2018 by David Kirtley
In Part I of this look back at 1970s climate science I reviewed the findings of Peterson, Connolley, and Fleck's seminal 2008 survey of 1970s peer-reviewed literature (hereafter referred to as PCF08) which found no 1970s "consensus" about a future global cooling/ice age. I also looked at a "skeptic" critique of this paper from the blogsite No Tricks Zone, penned by Kenneth Richard (hereafter referred to as NTZ), and showed some of the errors and fallacies he used to distort 1970s science. In this post I'll take a closer look at some of the papers used by NTZ to claim that there was a global cooling "consensus" in the 1970s.
The primary critique by NTZ is given in a blog post which highlights 35 "sample global cooling/low CO2 climate influence papers" from his full list of 285 papers. Like the full list of 285 papers, these samples are not given in any apparent order, not by date or by author. I rearranged these by date of publication in order to see the progression of the science as the various threads of climate research (see Part I) developed throughout the period. Below is a screenshot of the first page of a spreadsheet (click on image for pdf) of the 35 sample papers.
The first thing to notice is that not all of these samples are peer-reviewed scientific papers. Two of these are RAND Corporation documents (Fletcher, 1969 and Libby, 1970), one is a book review (Post, 1979), and one is from a popular science magazine (Douglas, 1975). This article was mentioned in PCF08 in their "Popular Literature of the Era" sidebar but not included in their survey. Two other sample papers are perhaps "borderline" between grey and peer-reviewed literature: two Master's thesis papers (Cimorelli & House, 1974 and Magill, 1980). And there are a few others I'm not sure about.
Contrast this with PCF08's survey which excluded anything from the "grey literature" and focused exclusively on the peer-reviewed literature.1 The best place to find out what the scientists of the time were saying about the future climate trajectory is in the peer-reviewed literature. Things can get muddy once you include documents from the popular press. Yes, these other sources may offer insight into what the "sense of the times" were, but they can also misrepresent or distort what scientists thought at the time. NTZ expands the goal posts to include some of this grey literature and thus gathers more "papers" for his "global cooling consensus".
A detailed examination of NTZ's sample list of 35 papers is beyond the scope of this blog post (see pdf of spreadsheet above for further details on papers not discussed in this post). Instead, I will focus on some examples to illustrate the ways NTZ misrepresents 1970s climate science.
The table above shows the sub-sections which NTZ used to organize his pile of papers. In the sample list, the papers are in the two most-numerous categories: "Cooling Since 1940..." and "Dubious Human Influence...", and there is one paper from the sub-section, "Uncertainties...". By far, most papers in the full NTZ list (as well as the sample list) are found in the sub-section: "Cooling Since 1940, Forecasts for Continued Cooling/Ice Age". As pointed out in Part I, NTZ shifts the focus from PCF08's look to future climate projections to a view of what scientists were saying about the recent mid-century cooling trend.
NTZ's Cooling Category
Benton 1970, Carbon Dioxide and its Role in Climate Change
Benton 1970, a short two-page paper, succinctly lays out some of the main threads of 1970s climate science. Benton notes the rise of global temperatures at the beginning of the 20th century, followed by the mid-century cooling trend. He discusses CO2's impact on climate and then aerosol's (both volcanic and human) possible cooling and/or warming impacts. PCF08 included this paper in their survey in their "warming" category, perhaps because of this quote:
Recent numerical studies have indicated that a 10% increase in carbon dioxide should result, on average, in a temperature increase of about 0.3°C at the earth's surface. The present rate of increase of 0.7 ppm per year would therefore (if extrapolated to 2000 A.D.) result in a warming of about 0.6°C—a very substantial change.
NTZ ignores this clear prediction and only zeros in on what the paper says about mid-century cooling. This cherry picking, or selective quoting, is by far NTZ's most used technique.
Schultz 1972, Holocene Interglacial Migrations of Mammals and Other Vertebrates
Almost any paper which mentions the mid-century cooling, no matter how tangentially, is added to NTZ's pile of papers. Schultz 1972 is about climatic impacts on Holocene mammal migrations. He discusses how armadillos expanded their North American range northwards during the first half of the 20th century, but are now, in 1972, headed back south:
The armadillos, however, appear to have disappeared from their lately acquired northern range, and now seem to be found chiefly south of the central part of Kansas. This change in distribution has taken place during the past 10 yr, when the winters have been longer and colder.
That's it. The main focus of the paper is on trying to see if changes in the ranges of other late Pleistocene and Holocene mammals might also be due to climate changes. It looks at the present armadillo migrations as a possible analog of the past, and says nothing about future climate trajectory.
Kukla 1972, Insolation and Glaciation
One of the few papers that actually forecast a future ice age is Kukla 1972, as quoted by NTZ: "A new glacial insolation regime, expected to last 8000 years, began just recently. Mean global temperatures may eventually drop about 1°C in the next hundred years." This paper may be the only example of a "cooling" paper missed by the PCF08 survey and found by NTZ.
Kukla 1972 is also one of the few papers that deals with that other thread of 1970s climate science: Milankovitch cycles. Kukla showed how past changes in orbital cycles very slightly altered the amount of solar energy hitting the Earth, leading to past glacial and interglacial periods. Kukla rightly noted that the "change in the heat income due to Milankovitch mechanism is so minute that it cannot lead directly to glaciation or deglaciation...Only when multiplied by some efficient feedback mechanism can the insolation trigger climatic change". One of the main feedbacks is from changes in the Earth's albedo. At the start of a glacial period, as more and more ice accumulates in the polar regions, more and more incoming solar radiation is reflected from the growing ice fields, which leads to further cooling.
Besides looking back to past ice ages, Kukla also extrapolated the orbital cycles into the future to forecast continued cooling and a descent into another ice age. But Kukla stressed that his extrapolation was "still today [a] somewhat speculative" estimate.
Ellsaesser 1974, Has Man, Through Increasing Emissions of Particulates, Changed the Climate?
This paper is from a symposium held in 1974 on atmospheric pollution, and so it may not technically be "peer-reviewed". The NTZ quote from this paper mentions that there had been "a flood of papers" dealing with the "exponentially increasing pollution". Ellsaesser notes that "the particulate increases were usually cited as at least contributing to the post 1940 cooling and possibly capable of bringing on another ice age". But a full reading of the paper shows that the entire point of Ellsaesser's paper is to counter that argument. He complains about the environmental alarmism of the day concerning pollution and cooling. And, ironically, he complains that not enough emphasis is given to CO2:
Of the climatic problems raised, the CO2 one is best understood. There is essentially universal agreement that atmospheric CO2 is increasing as a result of the consumption of fossil fuels and that this should enhance the 'greenhouse' effect leading to a warming of the planetary surface. The strongest support for the upward trend in air-borne particulates derives from the failure of observational data to support our understanding of the CO2 effect. Yet no one ever hears the argument that man might consider a deliberate increase in particulates to counter the CO2 effect or alternatively that the CO2 effect is just what is needed to prevent or delay the onset of the next glacial advance which is now imminent according to students of this problem.
Robock 1978, Internally and Externally Caused Climate Change
NTZ put this paper in his "cooling" sub-section, but a better fit would probably be in his "dubious human influence..." sub-section. Robock used a simple energy balance model to investigate how various forcings, both natural and anthropogenic, may have influenced global temperatures from about the 1880s to the 1960s. For the natural forcings Robock made various runs using different solar forcings and two runs using different volcanic aerosol numbers. For the anthropogenic forcings he used one run each for CO2, aerosols, and "heat". Robock found that the forcing which most closely mirrored the actual temperature observations was volcanic aerosols: "volcanic dust is the only external forcing that produces a model response significantly like the observations".
Robock only modelled each forcing separately, not in combination. But he did note that some of these forcings, working in tandem in the real world, could possibly explain the observed temperature record of the past ~100 years.
What about CO2 and anthro-aerosols? His model showed a slight warming from CO2 and a slight cooling from human pollution, not enough to really matter, and when combined they essentially cancelled each other out. NTZ's quote from the paper highlights this fact: "One could sum the anthropogenic effects for each region, which would show almost no effect in the NH [Northern Hemisphere] and warming in the SH [Southern Hemisphere]." But he ignores the following sentence: "Drawing conclusions from this exercise would not be meaningful, however, due to our lack of understanding of the aerosol effect." Robock also pointed out:
All the effects [of human forcings] almost double every 20 years. They are not of sufficient magnitude to have much effect on the observational records, which end about 1960, but may have a measurable effect in the near future.
The relative magnitudes of the effects may change in the future due to changing human pollution policies. Restrictions on particulate pollution and anticipated measures against sulfate aerosols will lessen the effects of industrial aerosols.
Indeed, this is what actually happened. Clean Air rules lessened particulate/aerosol pollution but did nothing to limit CO2 emissions. The cooling effect of aerosols never materialized but the warming effect of CO2 has steadily risen since Robock's simple model runs.
Nelson, et al. 1979, Non-Climatic Trends in Divisional and State Mean Temperatures: A Case Study in Indiana2
This paper is a "case study" which looked at the mid-century cooling in Indiana, specifically in the summer months (June, July, and August) since the authors were also interested in any change in climate during the growing season. When scientists in the 1960s-70s compiled data to build their global average temperature series they used state averages of monthly mean temperatures from weather stations around the world. Nelson et al. noted that:
any changes in location of stations and time of observation were tacitly assumed to be random and to have little effect on divisional and state mean temperature records. Schaal and Dale (1977), however, showed that in Indiana a systemic change in the time that observations were taken at cooperative climatological stations--from evening to morning--contributed to the downward trend observed in divisional and state mean temperatures since 1970. [Italics in original.]
Was the mid-century cooling really just an artifact of changes in temperature recording methods which made it seem like the globe was cooling? Nelson et al took a closer look at the Indiana data and made adjustments to correct for any biases. Their corrections got rid of some of the mid-century cooling, but not all of it.
Of course, this is just summer months in Indiana, not a global view of temperature changes. But it shows the care and precision used by scientists who did the early work of building an accurate record of global temperatures. I'm surprised that NTZ included this paper in his collection because usually "skeptics" tend to dislike "temperature adjustments" (see here and here). I guess it is okay as long as those adjustments still show cooling.
Karl, et al. 1984, Decreasing Diurnal Temperature Range in the United States and Canada from 1941 through 1980
The last paper I'll look at from this sub-category is about a changing "diurnal temperature range" or DTR. Here is NTZ's quote:
An appreciable number of nonurban stations in the United States and Canada have been identified with statistically significant (at the 90% level) decreasing trends in the monthly mean diurnal temperature range between 1941-80.
I think NTZ likes this paper because it mentions "decreasing trends" and "temperature" in the first sentence of the paper's abstract. But, I don't think he understands what "decreasing trends in monthly mean diurnal temperature range" means. The DTR is merely the "difference between the maximum and minimum temperature during a 24-hour period" (IPCC). The "decreasing trend" discussed in this paper refers to a decrease in the range between the maximum and minimum daily temperatures.
For example (see figure above), let's say the average monthly max. temp. at some location was 25°C and the min. temp. was 10°C, the range would be 15°C. Now, at some later time, if the max. temp. is 27°C and the min. temp. is 14°C, then the DTR would be 13°C. Hence, the DTR has decreased from 15 to 13°C. Notice in this example the average temperatures went up but the DTR went down. Also notice the min. temps increased slightly more than the max. temps.
Why would scientists study DTR? In the abstract, Karl et al say:
The physical mechanism responsible for the observed decrease in the diurnal range is not known. Possible explanations include greenhouse effects such as changes in cloudiness, aerosol loading, atmospheric water vapor content, or carbon dioxide.
They also pointed out that the specific nature of the decreasing DTR they found also points to an enhanced greenhouse effect:
An increased greenhouse effect due to humidity, CO2, aerosols or clouds is expected to produce a relative increase of the minima with respect to the maxima and a decrease of the diurnal range. The reported observations are consistent with the hypothesized changes.
Even today, the jury is still not settled on weather a decreasing DTR is a solid "fingerprint" of an enhanced CO2-greenhouse warming. But Karl et al was one of the papers from the 1970s (actually 1980s!) which offered support for this idea, and had nothing to do with cooling (mid-century or in a future ice age).
NTZ's Dubious Human Influence Category
Willett 1974, Do Recent Climatic Fluctuations Portend an Imminent Ice Age?
This is another rare paper in NTZ's collection which actually had a prediction about an "imminent"3 ice age. It is also one of the many PCF08 papers which NTZ repurposed: PCF08 had categorized it as "neutral". But NTZ's selected quote4 ignored any mention of a future ice age and zeroed in on Willett's dismissal of CO2's influence on recent climate:
[T]he author is convinced that recent increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide have contributed much less than 5% of the recent changes of atmospheric temperature, and will contribute no more than that in the foreseeable future.
Willett also didn't think that particulate/aerosol/dust pollution would have much effect. He preferred a solar influence hypothesis and concluded that there was no "imminent" ice age coming:
There is no other reason to anticipate an Ice Age in the near future. It is the author's contention that. 1. The pollution hypotheses [CO2 or dust/aerosols] cannot properly be made to account for recent climatic fluctuations. 2. The solar hypothesis appears to fit the observed pattern of climatic fluctuation in much greater detail, and does not call for an imminent Ice Age.
And to drive home the point, Willett said it was his "final conclusion that man will pollute himself off the face of the earth long before he can pollute himself into an Ice Age".
Well, actually, here is his final conclusion, just in case the reader wasn't paying attention:
The author's reasoned answer, then, to the question, 'Do Recent Climatic Fluctuations Portend an Imminent Ice Age?' is an emphatic NO...the next Ice Age is unlikely for at least 10,000 years, more likely for more than 30,000 years, unless the sun takes off on a new tangent. [Emphasis in the original]
NTZ ignored all of these clear predictions about a future ice age and instead he focused on Willett's views, since shown to be wrong, about CO2's "dubious influence" on climate.
Dunbar 1976, Climatic Change and Northern Development
Here is NTZ's selected quote from this paper:
The measured increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to the most recent computations, would not be enough to have any measurable climatic effect.
The very next part of this quote is:
Rasool and Schneider (1971) conclude that an increase in the carbon dioxide content of eight times the present level would produce an increase in surface temperature of less than 2°C, and that if the concentration were to increase from the present level of 320 parts per million to about 400 by the year 2000, the predicted increase in surface global temperature would be about 0.1°C
Rasool and Schneider (1971) (hereafter: R&S71) is one of the seminal climate papers from the 1970s, and PCF08 categorized it as one of their seven "cooling" papers. PCF08 stated that this paper "may be the most misinterpreted and misused paper in the story of global cooling". R&S71 was one of the first studies using modeling, and their results found minimal warming effects from CO2 and large cooling effects from aerosols. But other scientists, and even Rasool and Schneider, quickly noticed flaws in R&S71 (Charlson et al 1972 and Rasool and Schneider 1972). Further improvements in 1975 (this time by Schneider and Mass) showed that R&S71 "had overestimated cooling [from aerosols] while underestimating the greenhouse warming contributed by carbon dioxide" (PCF08).
Dunbar's paper was published one year after Schneider and Mass's corrections to R&S71, but no corrections to R&S71 are noted in Dunbar's paper, he still used the incorrect results. Perhaps Dunbar can be excused for this oversight since the corrections were still very new. But, when we look back at these papers we should be mindful of the larger context of the science of the time, and recognize when a "money quote" may require further research.
Barrett 1978 Man and Climate: An Overview
A few years after Dunbar, Barrett 1978 also used R&S71 without noting the corrections, but he also referenced enough of the other relevant literature to arrive at a more accurate estimate of CO2's effect. The result is a good overview of the state of the science in the 1970s.
Still, NTZ was able to find a quote which seemed to downplay man's influence on climate:
In particular, detection of an anthropogenic influence through statistical analysis alone requires a long run of data of good quality and careful attention to measures of significance. It is most important to avoid the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy that a trend of a few years' duration or less, following some change in human activities, can be attributed to that change even when no sound physical causal relationship is evident. [Emphasis in the original.]
Conveniently, NTZ avoided the rest of the paper which went on to describe the "sound physical causal relationship[s]" between CO2, aerosols, and climate. In the concluding remarks of the paper, Barrett predicted that atmospheric CO2 would rise to "between 350 and 415 ppmv by the end of the [20th] century". The actual value in 2000 was about 368 ppm, well within the predicted range.
Barrett also predicted that this increase in CO2 "should increase the temperature by 0.3°C; this trend might be detectable by careful analysis unless it is offset by other effects, such as those of aerosols". Careful analysis by NASA-GISS, NOAA, HadCRU, and JMA (as well as others) have shown that this prediction was also remarkably accurate, if not a bit low (see figure below).
Global surface temperature anomalies from NASA-GISS, HadCRU, NOAA, and JMA. I've circled in red the 1970s, which are centered on the zero baseline. The vertical red line indicates the year 2000, and the two horizontal lines demarcate the temp. anomaly range from 0.3 to 0.5°C. (Source: NASA-GISS.)
By the year 2000, global average temperatures had risen about 0.3 to 0.5°C since the 1970s. And they haven't stopped there. There's no global cooling in sight.
The Rich Tapestry of Climate Science
Science is a process of making observations of the natural world, gathering data, asking questions, and performing experiments—all to get a clear picture of how the world works. This picture—or description, or model—can only be clear if it includes as much information as possible about the real world. If information is left out, our model of how the world works will be incomplete. Some incompleteness is inevitable because we can never have all of the relevant information, and the information we do have will never be "perfect".
NTZ's description of 1970s climate science focused heavily on the mid-century cooling trend in global average temperatures, and on studies which downplayed CO2's role in the greenhouse effect. This is hardly a complete picture of 1970s science, nor does it give us a very good model of the climate system (as understood by 1970s scientists). NTZ arrived at his "cooling consensus" by often just selecting quotes which supported his view. But, a thorough reading of these papers reveals the full breadth of 1970s science.
In some papers, researchers might look at the mid-century cooling trend and hypothesize that aerosols may have caused it, and then they may look at what possible effects aerosols might have on future climate. The very same paper may also make note of CO2's warming influence, and on possible outcomes if atmospheric CO2 continues to increase in the future. Benton 1970 and Barrett 1978 both fit this description. But if you just read NTZ's quotes from these papers you would know nothing about forecasts of future warming.
NTZ's goal-post shifting, straw-man arguments, and quote mining/cherry picking result in a lopsided description of 1970s climate science. It is possible to get a more accurate description of what scientists knew (and didn't know) about climate in the 1970s from NTZ's pile of papers. But to do so you have to read beyond the selected "money quotes" and look at all of the data. When you do so, you won't find a majority of 1970s scientists forecasting "global cooling". Instead you will find what PCF08 found in their literature review:
[P]erhaps more important than demonstrating that the global cooling myth is wrong, this review shows the remarkable way in which the individual threads of climate science of the time—each group of researchers pursuing their own set of questions—was quickly woven into the integrated tapestry that created the basis for climate science as we know it today.
Thanks to jg for the illustrations, and to BaerbelW for help with the spreadsheet.
1. PCF08 did make a few exceptions for "prestigious reports": "The gray literature of conference proceedings were not authoritative enough to be included in the literature search. However, a few prestigious reports that may not have been peer reviewed have been included in this literature survey because they clearly represent the science of their day."
2. NTZ has incorrect date of 1975 for this paper.
3. Willett is very specific about the term "imminent": it refers "to one or at most two centuries in the future".
4. It is worth looking at the longer quote from Willett in NTZ's full list to see another example of NTZ's confused counting, as described in Part I. Willett is listed as #158 in the Part 2 list. A screenshot of this is shown below.
NTZ gives the title of Willett's paper and then a single paragraph. Then there is the next listing: #159 - Humphreys (1940). But the paragraph from Willett here doesn't contain the shorter quote given in NTZ's list of 35 papers. The actual shorter quote from the "35" list is circled in the screenshot (starting with "the author is convinced...". But isn't that from Humphreys? No, all three of these paragraphs are from Willett: the first is from the abstract and the other two are from the paper (p. 273). NTZ has simply added a new listing number (#159) to the quoted material from Humphreys (1940) used by Willett! Now the expanded time span for NTZ's "1970s" climate science extends back to 1940!
nigelj at 07:23 AM on 9 May, 2018
The papers predicting cooling are clearly small in number and not a consensus. This prediction of cooling appears to me to be largely dependent on reasoning about fossil fuel particulates increasing.
But scientists could not have known that S02 emissions would be filtered out and reduced from 1980 onwards causing about a 30% drop in these emissions since then. It's unreasonable to accuse scientists of a mistaken scientific prediction on the basis of yet to be invented or applied technology!
Nick Palmer at 22:45 PM on 9 May, 2018
My memory of the time was that the media articles mentioned increasing pollution (particulates and acid gases - remember 'acid rain'?) on top of the slow slide towards the next glaciation, due to the current state of the Milankovitch cycles, plus there was also concern about a 'nuclear winter' (a lot of dust thrown up) should a war break out adding a lot to the several cooling elements.
It's pretty clear from the 1940s onwards cooling that pollution from the expanding use of fossil fuels was temporarily overwhelming the global warming from their use until we started cleaning up the smoke stacks - not that I'm suggesting that a solution to global warming should involve us choking ourselves with a lot of smoke again!
Xulonn at 01:47 AM on 10 May, 2018
A truly excellent two-part article on the 1970's global cooling myth. I shall keep it handy for reference. However, I have one small quibble. I wouldn't classify "Science News" as a "popular science magazine."
Not to be pedantic, but "Popular Science" is a "popular science magazine" for a general audience, while "Scientific American" is similar, but a bit more serious with many scientists as guest authors over the years - including Albert Einstein. Both of these are festooned with gaudy Madison-Avenue style advertising.
And of course, most of us here know that "Science" is an actual peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It is one of the most respected scientific journals in the world.
"Science News" has an interesting little niche - it is read by many scientists fo keep up with research and news in other disciplines. Fairly recent stats show that It has a fraction of the circulation of Popular Science (about 10%) and Scientific American (about 20%). The AAAS journal "Science" has a circulation nearly the same as Science News - in the 130,000 range per issue.
In the mid to late 1980s, I worked in sales and technical support for a Jandel Scientific, a Marin County, California based software developer. We sold our MS-DOS based software (SigmaPlot, SigmaScan and SigmaStat) to scientists around the world, and I even got to work our booth at the San Francisco AGU meeting one year - a wonderful experience. Our marketing folks discovered that the little "classified" style ads in Science News were an excellent, low-key place to advertise, because many scientists read this magazine to keep up with news from other disciplines.
It might be interesting to research the evolution of reporting on AGW/CC in these two classes of publications. (Popular Science and Scientific American appeal to the general public, and Science and Science News appeal primarily to scientists.)
David Kirtley at 22:09 PM on 10 May, 2018
Thanks Xulonn.
Fair point about Science News. I guess we could say that there are varying shades of grey in the grey literature.
""Science News" has an interesting little niche - it is read by many scientists fo keep up with research and news in other disciplines." That's ineresting. So a chemist or anthropologist reading Douglas' article from Science News in 1975 would get a pretty good overview of climate science of the period. Of course, if they just read NTZ's quote:
According to the academy report on climate, we may be approaching the end of a major interglacial cycle, with the approach of a full-blown 10,000-year ice age a real possibility.
they would only get a one-sided view. Reading the full article they would find:
"the cooling trend observed since 1940 is real enough . . . but not enough is known about the underlying causes to justify any sort of extrapolation," and "by the turn of the century, enough carbon dioxide will have been put into the atmosphere to raise the temperature of earth half a degree." (PCF08)
"It might be interesting to research the evolution of reporting on AGW/CC in these two classes of publications." Yes, there are a number of ways to look at the literature of the time to get a look at the history of the science as it developed and as it was communicated to other scientists as well as the general public.
Of course, you have to look at the entirety of each source, not just the parts you like. ;)


Leica today announced a new version of the M-Monochrom (Typ 246) camera, basically bringing the black and white M up to the same standards as the current M (Typ 240). That means 24mp CMOS sensor, a 3" 921k dot LCD out back, real Live View with focus peaking and magnification, and a host of other changes. The top ISO value bumps from 10,000 to 25,000. You can even create black and white video in 1080P (only at 24 and 25 fps, though).
Yes, it gets the sapphire glass over the LCD. All for US$7450 when the camera ships in July.


The supply of retails space is witnessing scarcity for the first time in India's history as 15 malls shut themselves down. The main reasons behind the scenario are the closing down of the unsuccessful malls and restricted fresh supply. Five malls were shut down, while ten others modified themselves for various other purposes like co-working spaces for offices, hospitals, educational and coaching institutes etc. This has resulted in the removal of around 3.5 million square feet from the operational stock of retail spaces.
In 2016, the net total retail space in India was 2.7 million square feet in which Delhi-NCR had the highest of 1 million square feet.
With the completion of 13 malls, 15 got removed from the stock. The shutting down of malls across the country created an imbalance with the supply side being on the negative end.
According to a source, withdrawal of malls had taken place even in early years but the number this time the number of withdrawn malls is quite high as compared with the previous withdrawals. This has happened mainly due to the constant bipolar contradictions in the retail market which have started to reach the end. And because of this, in the next few years, more malls will witness the same situation.
The concept of malls in India has been changing over the years with malls being a complete experience for an individual in the current era. And therefore, shoppers do not want to waste their time in an average mall leading to retailers also avoiding the same. A mall becomes successful with having a perfect combination of all kinds of tenants and necessarily having a few from entertainment and Food and Beverages (F&B) section. Malls which are lacking such tenants are floundering to sustain in the market which will get even tougher in the future. Retailers are also attracted to malls which fulfill the concept of mixed-use.
Another difficult challenge faced by the malls is the existence of online retailers. To overcome this challenge, constant evaluation has to be done to make new strategies and to come out with a fresh version of themselves in regular intervals.


java.io.IOException: Failed to replace a bad datanode on the existing pipeline due to no more good datanodes being available to try. (Nodes: current=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]], original=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]]). The current failed datanode replacement policy is DEFAULT, and a client may configure this via 'dfs.client.block.write.replace-datanode-on-failure.policy' in its configuration.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.FailedSyncBeforeLogCloseException: java.io.IOException: Failed to replace a bad datanode on the existing pipeline due to no more good datanodes being available to try. (Nodes: current=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]], original=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]]). The current failed datanode replacement policy is DEFAULT, and a client may configure this via 'dfs.client.block.write.replace-datanode-on-failure.policy' in its configuration.
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to replace a bad datanode on the existing pipeline due to no more good datanodes being available to try.
via 'dfs.client.block.write.replace-datanode-on-failure.policy' in its configuration.
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.FailedSyncBeforeLogCloseException: java.io.IOException: Failed to replace a bad datanode on the existing pipeline due to no more good datanodes being available to try. (Nodes: current=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]], original=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]]). The current failed datanode replacement policy is DEFAULT, and a client may configure this via 'dfs.client.block.write.replace-datanode-on-failure.policy' in its configuration.
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to replace a bad datanode on the existing pipeline due to no more good datanodes being available to try. (Nodes: current=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]], original=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]]). The current failed datanode replacement policy is DEFAULT, and a client may configure this via 'dfs.client.block.write.replace-datanode-on-failure.policy' in its configuration.
2018-03-20 10:13:06,397 ERROR [regionserver/node-master/192.168.2.1:60020] regionserver.HRegionServer: Shutdown / close of WAL failed: java.io.IOException: Failed to replace a bad datanode on the existing pipeline due to no more good datanodes being available to try. (Nodes: current=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]], original=[DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.1:50010,DS-84998b22-8294-44ed-90fd-9c1a78d0f558,DISK], DatanodeInfoWithStorage[192.168.2.3:50010,DS-d94668c9-66f4-40f6-b38f-83f14b26c2b4,DISK]]). The current failed datanode replacement policy is DEFAULT, and a client may configure this via 'dfs.client.block.write.replace-datanode-on-failure.policy' in its configuration.
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException): Cannot create file/hbase-nemo/WALs/node2,60020,1519732668326/node2%2C60020%2C1519732668326.default.1522768773233. Name node is in safe mode.
Resources are low on NN. Please add or free up more resources then turn off safe mode manually. NOTE:  If you turn off safe mode before adding resources, the NN will immediately return to safe mode. Use "hdfs dfsadmin -safemode leave" to turn safe mode off.
During start up the NameNode loads the file system state from the fsimage and the edits log file. It then waits for DataNodes to report their blocks so that it does not prematurely start replicating the blocks though enough replicas already exist in the cluster. During this time NameNode stays in Safemode. Safemode for the NameNode is essentially a read-only mode for the HDFS cluster, where it does not allow any modifications to file system or blocks. Normally the NameNode leaves Safemode automatically after the DataNodes have reported that most file system blocks are available. If required, HDFS could be placed in Safemode explicitly using bin/hadoop dfsadmin -safemode command. NameNode front page shows whether Safemode is on or off. A more detailed description and configuration is maintained as JavaDoc for setSafeMode().


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The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force, a development of the Mk III Grebe, that first flew in February 1925. It differed from the Grebe primarily by way of its Bristol Jupiter engine, which replaced the unreliable Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Other changes included improved ailerons, refined fuselage contours, and internally mounted machine guns.
The Gamecock had a fairly short RAF service life, partly because of its high accident rate - of the 90 operated by the RAF, 22 were lost in landing or spin accidents. These faults were remedied in the Mk. II version, by means of a longer upper wing and a modified tail unit.
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Lina Gizell Canaca Espinal was the first baby of the year for 2011 born in Appling County at Appling Healthcare System.
The mother and baby are entitled to prizes from The Baxley News-Banner's first baby of the year contest. Prizes are awarded by this newspaper and various sponsors including Abundant Life Pharmacy & Health Food, Fulghum Drug Store, Sarah's Florist and Gifts, Peoples State Bank, Interstate Credit Union, Jada's, FNB South, Barnes Pharmacy and Twin Communications.
Lina's proud parents are Maria De Jesus Espinal and Felix Antonio Canaca of Baxley. She was born at 12:52 p.m. on January 3, 2011, and weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces.
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The Denver Art Museum's New Galleries of American Indian Art
Stacey Steers' Night Hunter
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Navajo "eyedazzler" rugs of the nineteenth century, in which brilliantly colored wools form intricate diamonds, are grouped together to emphasize the subtle formal variations introduced by individual weavers; the vivid reds, yellows, and greens which made the designs possible were the product of new chemical dyes.
Holly Hunt
David P. Bradley, Chippewa, Land O Bucks, Land O Fakes, Land O Lakes, 2006
Denver Art Museum; Native Arts acquisition fund
"Tradition" is a Work in Progress
In the education area of the Denver Art Museum's newly reinstalled Native American galleries there's a display of objects that contemporary native artists have named as inspirations – an Incredible Hulk comic book, a guitar, an American buffalo skull, an African headdress, an eight-year-old niece's drawing of the BP oil spill, a rosary from a village in Chiapas where Mayan ceremonies are observed in the colonial church. The touchable art supplies in the children's activity area include deer knuckle bones and CDs. Everywhere on the museum's second floor the visitor encounters reminders that native people are citizens of the modern world.
The objects on display include Chippewa artist David P. Bradley's, Land O Bucks, Land O Fakes, Land O Lakes (2006), an oversized Land O'Lakes butter box retooled as a comment on consumerist society; antique souvenirs of Niagara Falls made by Iroquois beaders. A large scale painting by Northwestern artist Jaune Quick-to-See, Trade Canoe for Don Quixote (2004), visually quotes Picasso's Guernica and the grinning skeletons of turn-of-the-century Mexican graphic artist Jose Posada. A display of paintings by contemporary painter Mateo Romero, including works from his Bonnie and Clyde series, is paired with video of the artist in his studio. Romero, who placed the Hulk comic in the education area, describes how his first experience with art was copying pictures from the comic book collection he shared with his older brother, Diego. The work of Diego Romero, also an artist, is represented by Bar Flies (1995), a Puebloan-style ceramic bowl depicting two semi-abstracted potbellied figures drinking themselves into a stupor. On another wall hangs a framed letter, written by painter Oscar Howe of Vermilion, South Dakota, in 1958, taking to task exhibiters who had rejected his paintings as "not Indian enough."
Mateo Romero, Cochiti, Bank Job (Bonnie and Clyde Series #2), 1992
Those looking for fine examples of more traditional arts will not be disappointed, as the 23,000 square feet of gallery space provides room for some 700 objects from the museum's extensive collection, 650 of which are on display here for the first time. But even in these areas the viewer is reminded that "tradition" is itself a work in progress. Navajo "eyedazzler" rugs of the nineteenth century, in which brilliantly colored wools form intricate diamonds, are grouped together to emphasize the subtle formal variations introduced by individual weavers; the vivid reds, yellows, and greens which made the designs possible were the product of new chemical dyes.
The highlight of the superb Southwestern pottery holdings is a series of pots by the great Hopi potter Nampeyo, active in the early years of the twentieth century, many featuring sharp-edged yet delicate geometric motifs played off against rounder, more organic forms, a style inspired by much more ancient pots. Nampeyo's work is now joined by a display of centuries-old pots (on loan from the University of Colorado's Museum of Natural History) of the kind that inspired Nampeyo when archaeologists began to unearth them from abandoned village sites.
Nancy Blomberg, Curator of Native Arts, and Heather Nielsen, master teacher/head of community and family programs for Native Arts, have broken definitively with the old ethnographic model of display. In doing so they are building on one of the Denver Art Museum's established strengths. The institution began to collect Native American arts seriously in 1925, at a time when few art museums considered them worthy of attention. In the 1930's, Frederick Douglas, the museum's first "Curator of Indian Art," became known for innovative displays that included "Indian Fashion Shows" in which wearable arts from the collection were modeled by Native Americans and Denver society ladies.
It is true that the incarnation of the Native American galleries I remember from my childhood were much more traditional, recreating the "natural environment" of the objects, in a way similar to the Native American displays across town at the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). These were replaced by galleries whose open plan is largely followed by the new reinstallation. The "old" new galleries were colored a monochrome light gray that allowed the colors and forms of the objects on display to pop as they never had before, allowing the formal qualities of the art to take center stage. The current redesign features deeper shades of gray set off by warm earth tones, which work equally well. The division of display space by culture and region remains largely unaltered as well. The biggest difference is in the range of objects now on display and the heightened emphasis on contemporary contexts. I should add that the interactive media components of the galleries are mercifully discreet, not interfering with the viewer's enjoyment of other aspects of the displays.
Old favorites are back, such as the canvas tipi painted with intertribal battle scenes by nineteenth-century Sioux artist Standing Bear, now freshly cleaned. The tipi is joined by muslin panels painted with similar scenes in the ledger-book style which once hung on the cabin walls of Captain John Robert Livermore in Fort Keogh, Montana, who commissioned the panels from local artists.
A current highlight of the galleries is a selection of contemporary art dolls on loan from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. The figures, most about two or three feet high and crafted from animal hide, are the work of five contemporary female artists of Native descent. They (and the horses some figures ride) are dressed in native apparel of extraordinary richness ornamented with materials ranging from shells and porcupine quills to fur and silk ribbons. The beading and feathering are painstakingly executed to scale. Many of the dolls have their own names, chosen by their creators, and these are fittingly contemporary. One warrior and his mount, by Jamie Okuma, are Preston and Skylar. Another label explains that the artist was watching the Godfather series the same summer she was working on that doll, so the figure in the case is named Enzo.
Artist not known, Navajo, eyedazzler-style rug, about 1885
Denver Art Museum; Gift of The Douglas Society
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IQAC and SAT Committee
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Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus (IOFPC), established in 1981 as the central Campus, is one of the leading constituent public Campuses of the Institute of Forestry under the TU, Nepal. The Campus has envisioned producing technically sound and competent human resources, generating knowledge and developing technology to address the problems in the field of forestry, biodiversity conservation, and natural resource management.
IOFPC is in process of receiving quality assurance accreditation (QAA) from The University Grants Commission (UGC) Nepal. To facilitate this process, the campus submitted the self-study report (SSR) on December 30, 2019 and the QAAD/UGC has approved the document for the peer-review process. IOFPC has formed two committees; (Internal Quality Accreditation Committee (IQAC) and Self – Assessment Team (SAT) to work on QAA system. The QAA accreditation will ensure the sustainable management and development of academic and administrative wings in IOFPC and facilitate the campus for academic excellence with assessing and reflecting its performance and weaknesses.
Grounded on the information and evidence obtained from the campus, the self-assessment of the current status of the institution has been made and thus submitted the self-study report to the UGC and its assessment process is ongoing. The SSR report summarizes the overall efficiency of the institution and core strengths and areas of improvement. Most importantly, it has provided the opportunity for self-realization in improving the institution's performance in order to develop it more competitive and sustainable. The institutional assessment has been undertaken in eight generic criteria as prescribed by the QAA Guideline 2013, namely, Policy and Procedures, Curricular Aspects, Teaching-Learning and Evaluation, Research, Consultancy, and Extension, Infrastructure and Learning Resources, Student Support and Guidance, Information System, and Public Information.
Formation of Committees
Internal Quality Assurance Committee (IQAC)
Chair: Prof. Binod Prasad Heyojoo
Member: Asst. Campus Chief, Bishnu Prasad Devkota, PhD
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Member: Asst. Prof. Ms. Nirjala Raut
Member: Finance D. Controller, Mr. Yaman Sinha Bohara
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Member: Section Officer, Mr. Mohan Prasad Sharma
Member: President, FSU
Member Secretary: SAT Coordinator, Thakur Silwal, PhD
Self Assessment Team (SAT)
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Member: Asst. Prof. Ms. Neeru Thapa
Member: Asst. Prof. Mr. Prabin Bhusal
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IHG's Newest Brand Vignette Collection Makes European Debut
IHG® Hotels & Resorts announced the European debut of its new luxury collection brand Vignette™ Collection in a landmark multi-property deal.
In partnership with owner group JJW Hotels & Resorts (JJW), the signings in Portugal and Austria represent the strong owner appetite for Vignette Collection, which launched less than four months ago as the 17th member of IHG's brand family.
Bringing together exclusive properties in sought-after urban and resort locations, it welcomes world-class independent hotels to the company's Luxury & Lifestyle collection in a style that combines the distinctive identity of each property with the power of IHG's global scale and expertise.
The agreement between IHG and JJW also includes a new property for IHG's voco™ hotels brand overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal's Algarve.
Karin Sheppard, Senior Vice President and Managing Director Europe said: "We are delighted to announce our first European Vignette Collection signings through our partnership with JJW Hotels & Resorts. Complementing our existing Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio in Europe, these unique properties will meet the needs of travellers seeking a luxury stay experience, whilst maintaining each hotel's authentic charm and individuality.
The introduction of Vignette Collection follows the successful launch of voco hotels – another of our many conversion-friendly brands – so it's fitting that we are also working with JJW to build voco's presence in the popular Algarve region."
Mohsen MBI Al Jaber, Vice-chairman of JJW Hotels & Resorts added: "We're extremely proud to be partnering with IHG Hotels & Resorts to announce the first signings of Vignette Collection across IHG's and JJW's European portfolios. These unique properties, along with the addition of a new voco hotel, will offer the highest standards of excellence whilst retaining their own distinctive identity.
We are also delighted to utilise IHG's simplified conversion process for both its Vignette Collection and voco hotels brands. We look forward to a successful partnership with IHG to bring these properties to life across Europe."
Signed under franchise agreements, IHG will partner with JJW to fulfil Vignette Collection's ambition to bring to life a luxury guest experience that is authentic, experiential and thoughtful in exclusive properties:
Grand Hotel Wien, Vienna, Austria
Just minutes from the Vienna State Opera, Grand Hotel Wien has a long-standing reputation as one of the city's finest hotels, offering 205 guest rooms ranging from superior rooms to a Presidential Suite. A list of outstanding facilities includes 11 meeting rooms, a ballroom, four restaurants, a bar and lounge, and a spa.
First opened in 1870, Grand Hotel Wien was a shining example of innovation, featuring 300 guest rooms, steam elevators and a telegraph office. It has been at the centre of Viennese high-society throughout its history, hosting Johann Strauss' 50-year jubilee in 1894. The hotel will undergo refurbishment ahead of opening to guests as part of Vignette Collection in 2022.
Penina Resort & Golf, Algarve, Portugal
Coined the 'Grandfather of Golf Courses' in the Algarve, Penina Resort & Golf is famed for its high-class service, Portuguese charm and exceptional golf courses. With 188 rooms, including Grand Suites, the hotel also offers meeting and banqueting space, four restaurants, two bars and 380 acres featuring three golf courses.
A short distance from the beach and close to the city of Portimao, this hotel was built in 1966 alongside the Penina Golf Course, one of the first golf courses in the Algarve and home to the Portuguese Open on many occasions. Due to undergo refurbishment, the hotel is set to open as part of Vignette Collection in 2022.
Dona Filipa Hotel, Algarve, Portugal
Situated on sandy shores alongside some of the region's best golf courses, Dona Filipa Hotel has 154 guest rooms ranging from classic rooms to premium suites. With extensive facilities including two restaurants and two bars, a spa, pool, tennis court, beach club and kids club, as well as meeting spaces, this hotel has been a popular choice with leisure and business visitors.
The hotel is born out of history, first opening on Valentine's Day 1968, the same day as the wedding between Dona Filipa and John I of Portugal; a celebration of the union between the two monarchs and countries. It will undergo refurbishment and is due to open as a Vignette Collection property in 2022.
voco Algarve, Portugal.
As it continues to grow its global portfolio, IHG is also proud to sign a new voco hotels property in partnership with JJW. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the Algarve's Ancão Beach, the Formosa Park Apartment is finalising its refurbishment and conversion to voco Algarve, before it is due to open early 2022, and will offer 61 one and two-bedroom apartments, a restaurant and bar.
In August 2021, Vignette Collection became the sixth brand added to IHG's portfolio in the past four years, taking it to 17 brands across more than 6,000 hotels in over 100 countries. Its first two signings set the tone of the unique and distinctive nature of the collection brand's hotels, The Aquatique hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, and Hotel X Brisbane Fortitude Valley in Australia – which opened its doors just days ago in early December 2021. The addition of Vignette Collection further enriches IHG's Luxury & Lifestyle offer for leisure and business travellers alike, and IHG expects to attract more than 100 Vignette Collection hotels in 10 years, with the brand key to delivering its ambition of industry-leading net rooms growth.
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Tags: Vienna, new hotel, new hotels, Algarve
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The Pete Wells Thread
By Lippy,
November 15, 2011 in New York
Yeah but you also got a walk-in to Le Coucou
Wilfrid 1,239 posts
Sneakeater 1,042 posts
oakapple 505 posts
Lex 359 posts
According to Eater Let the grumbling begin.
Sneakeater
Even now when everybody has seen pictures of all the major reviewers, there's hope for anonymous restaurant reviewing.
joethefoodie
Location:LES NYC
It must be my charm factor.
More likely SE's.
I actually think that you can draw the line from Alice Walters, Jeremiah tower, gramercy tavern, Patrick o'connell and Barber to what you are calling haute barnyard. That group began he project of applying old world principles to a development of a new distinctly new world cuisine. In particular, a lighter cuisine derived from rustic Italian cooking and applying nouvelle cuisine principles, to seasonal and local American product. They were the progenitors of "farm-to-table".
Right. And I DON'T think there's a line to "haute barnyard" from Quilted Giraffe et al. I think that "New American" style kind of dead-ended.
oakapple
I respectfully disagree on both counts. A restaurant can be "farm-to-table" without labeling itself as such. Indeed, the best ones don't. If a restaurant says it's "farm-to-table" at this point, I'm suspicious of it. It's resorting to shtick.*
I think we are actually agreeing, as I wasn't trying to suggest that a restaurant needs to use that label, to be recognizably a part of the movement.
On the second point, Adrian isn't talking about the "New American" style that developed in the '80s (which in many ways was mainly the application of Nouvelle Cuisine to American food and thus might have more accurately been called French/American fusion). He's talking about a style of American cooking that has arisen along with the "farm-to-table" movement. Wilfrid has called it "American bistro." Adam Platt memorably called it "Haute Barnyard". I think it's hard to deny it's congruent with the "farm-to-table" movement.
Well, nothing stands still for 35 years, but as noted by others in this thread, you can draw a line from 1980s "New American" to today, even though they are not the same thing. I agree that farm-to-table and Platt's "Haute Barnyard" are different words for the same concept.
Gotta use all the tools in the book.
I finally got around to reading the Freek's Mill review and (I'm sure the world cares) I thought it was one of his very best.
Historical parsing aside, he made all the right critical points about The Way We Eat Now (including my particular bugaboo, share plates), while managing not to hold them against this particular restaurant.
2 for Pasquale Jones: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/dining/pasquale-jones-review-little-italy.html
Really pickily, I'd argue that Moet et Chandon, rather than Dom Perignon, makes champagne.
Oh, come on, Pete, can't you give their Zalto Denk'Art glasses a shout-out by name? It's not like they're some obscure restaurant-only brand that interested readers can't buy on their own.
So Tejal Rao's replacement at Bloomberg is none other than Kate Krader. (Although it looks like she will be doing more features than restaurant reviews there.)
Neocon maudit
Location:Newark, Greenwich Village, and the Jersey Shore
Interests:Democracy! Whisky! Sexy! [The 'whisky!' is a lie: I'm a Burgundy and riesling man.]
Ah, La Metairie was one of the first places I ate French food in the Village.
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Three for Agern: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/dining/agern-restaurant-review.html
I'm relieved. And even a bit surprised.
Worth noting beef heart and pork neck on a $145 tasting menu. Beef heart is still about $2 per lb.


See under "Reading list" below for the difference between 5 and 10 ects.
This course offers a survey of American history and culture from its colonial beginnings in the early seventeenth century to the present, and thus provides a basis for the study of the United States. The weekly lectures will focus on a particular theme, for example New England Puritanism and its cultural legacies, the emergence of a political party system, the reform tradition, slavery and the Civil War, an introduction to the history of Native Americans, African Americans' struggle for political and civil rights, women's history, immigration and ethnicity, the New Deal, and the emergence of the U.S. as superpower. To prepare for the lectures students are required to read relevant primary sources, such as the Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution, and various other historical documents and classic texts in American culture.
A survey of American history and culture from its colonial beginnings in the early seventeenth century to the present, with an introduction to a number of central themes and concepts.
Syllabus, some primary source materials and test materials available on blackboard site.
An Early American Reader (AR1), A Nineteenth-Century American Reader (AR2) and A Twentieth-Century American Reader (AR3).
Note: some of the assigned primary sources are not in the readers, but can also be downloaded from the Blackboard site for the course.
• textbook Paul Boyer, et al, The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Concise 6th ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008; ISBN 06-1810198-5).
• 3 anthologies of primary sources: An Early American Reader (AR1), A Nineteenth-Century American Reader (AR2) and A Twentieth-Century American Reader (AR3).
Enrolment as student via uSis.
This introductory course can be followed as BA lecture course for 2nd-year history students (5 or 10 ects) and as part of the BA-minor American Studies (minor Amerikanistiek, 5 + 5 = 10 ects). Students who take the course as BA lecture course will be required to take a written exam on lecture notes and assigned primary sources (5 ects) and a take-home exam; students who take the course as part of the minor in American Studies or as an elective course are required to read both primary sources and the textbook (Boyer, The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Concise 6th ed.) and to take a written exam on lecture notes, assigned primary sources and textbook (10 ects) and a take-home exam. International students can opt for either the 5 or 10 ects option.


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