ALTAMONT — For eight weeks every fall, Indian Ladder Farms, a fifth-generation family operation near Albany, kicks into peak season.
The farm sells homemade apple pies, fresh cider and warm doughnuts. Schoolchildren arrive by the bus load to learn about growing apples. And as customers pick fruit from trees, workers fill bins with apples, destined for the farm's shop and grocery stores.
The investigators arrived on a Friday in late September and interviewed the farm's management and a group of laborers from Jamaica, who have special work visas. The investigators hand-delivered a notice and said they would be back the following week, when they asked to have 22 types of records available. The request included vehicle registrations, insurance documents and time sheets — reams of paper in all.
Over the past five decades, Ten Eyck said, there has been an unending layering of new rules and regulations on his farm of over 300 acres, as more government agencies have taken an interest in nearly every aspect of growing food, and those agencies already involved have become even more so.
More than any president since Ronald Reagan, President Donald Trump has publicly seized on frustration toward a regulatory pile-on and pledged to trim, consolidate and eliminate rules. "Much more regulation 'busting' to come," he tweeted in August.
Ten Eyck, a Republican, did not vote for Trump, but regulation streamlining is a winning message across the political spectrum when it comes to making life easier for small businesses, according to more than 20 interviews with business owners and others in the produce industry.
Many farmers, including Ten Eyck, acknowledge that not all regulations are bad. They often have led to ample benefits, including a safer food supply and better working conditions. Last year, an official with the Environmental Protection Agency was welcomed at Indian Ladder Farms where she promoted new standards to protect farmworkers.
Trump's regulatory rollback extends well beyond small business, and many of the moves affecting big business have been met with stiff resistance, particularly among environmentalists and public health advocates who say the administration is hastily — and in some cases, secretly — re-engineering carefully developed and necessary rules to benefit Republican donors and industry allies.
By the administration's own count, most recently updated on Dec. 14, the Trump administration has issued 67 deregulatory actions, including the rollback of regulations and guidances, and has delayed 700 rules.
The rollback has not been felt on farms like Indian Ladder, which lies at the foot of the Helderberg escarpment, between the Adirondacks and Catskills. But there is a need, farmers say.
After a lifetime of navigating his family's agricultural business, Ten Eyck has a firm appreciation for the rules and regulations that are good and helpful, as well as those that are excessive and ill-advised.
He fluently speaks the language of government compliance, rattling off acronyms that consume his time and resources, including EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and state and local offices, too, like ACDOH (Albany County Department of Health).
During the Obama administration, food and worker safety were particular priorities among regulators, Ten Eyck said. OSHA, pairing with its New York state counterpart, took an interest in a range of workplace issues.
One persistent concern is the use of ladders. "The number of rules on ladders alone!" said Ten Eyck, explaining there is an assortment of rules, guidances, standards and training requirements associated with ladders, including how to achieve proper angling and how to prevent falling when filling produce bags.
Ladders fall toward the excessive end of Ten Eyck's sliding scale of regulatory cumbrance; on the more helpful end are procedures required to track produce when there is a disease or illness outbreak. Most rules fall somewhere in between.
After finishing college (during which he traveled to Sweden aboard the ocean liner Stockholm, which then struck and sank the Andrea Doria in 1956), Ten Eyck, who graduated from Cornell in 1960, helped transform Indian Ladder from its roots as a dairy farm 101 years ago to the direct-to-consumer apple-focused operation it is today. Through the years, he saw chemicals used in agriculture become "greener and greener" and farming safety practices greatly improve. At the same time, he watched in bewilderment as consumers became ever more suspicious of food safety, an inspiration for the waves of new rules on growing produce.
Beyond food quality concerns, there is considerable regulation around managing a workforce on the farm. During peak season, Indian Ladder employs about 100, including pickers in the field, servers in the cafe and cider pressers.
One of the objectives of the investigator was to verify compliance with the H2A visa program, which farmers use to hire foreign workers. Farmers complain that compliance is onerous because the program is especially complicated to administer. Many farms have faced labor shortages and have resorted to hiring illegal workers to fill gaps, though Peter Ten Eyck said Indian Ladder has not experienced those problems.
Bill Hlubik, the director of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension office in Middlesex County, New Jersey, puts on programs for farmers and meets with them to talk over challenges. "Regulatory issues seem to get more complex as time goes on," he said.
A photo of Peter Ten Eyck, smiling and wearing a cap on his farm, until recently was on display in the produce section at the Whole Foods market in Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
Just do not expect to find apples from Indian Ladder for sale.
Since 2014, Ten Eyck has "jumped through all the hoops" required by Whole Foods to bring his apples to market, he said, but only a small number ever made it to shelves. Those were delivered to an Albany store three years ago. He blamed Whole Foods' red tape — the private grocer's equivalent of regulatory excess.
Retailers like Whole Foods, Walmart and Costco serve as some of the most demanding regulators of produce growers. The widest-reaching requirement is that their suppliers have detailed food safety and handling plans, which are customized by the farms, usually with the help of consultants. The plans are based on FDA guidelines, but are entirely voluntary.
Ten Eyck says some of the requirements are impractical. The safety plan at Indian Ladder, for example, calls for someone to check the orchard each morning for mouse and deer droppings and address the problem before picking begins. The worry is that the droppings could get attached to a worker's shoe, get tracked onto a rung of a ladder, end up on a worker's hands and then on the apples.
Ten Eyck says the requirement was "ridiculous" in practice — the equivalent of finding an earring in the orchard — so Indian Ladder Farms came up with an alternative to scouring the orchard every morning. "We have trained the guys only to grab the rails of the ladder," he said.
Whole Foods may not be selling apples from Indian Ladder Farms, but the grocery chain's rigorous oversight is acting as a dry run for the next big thing coming in government farm regulation: the produce safety rule.
The rule is part of the Food Safety Modernization Act, a 2011 law that followed a wave of incidents involving food-borne illnesses. It imposes stricter controls across the board on food production and gives the FDA a bigger presence on the farm.
The Trump administration has proposed delaying parts of the rule, but compliance is required for some small farms by early 2019. Compliance is expected to be monitored by the FDA, along with its state government partners.
Farmers have been wary of the new rule because it takes many voluntary elements of food safety planning and codifies them. Under the voluntary programs, farmers have been able to lose points in safety audits, but still pass. An FDA inspector, under the new rule, could levy fines or impose other penalties when a farm comes up short.
Ostroff said the agency's approach was likely to be corrective and nurturing, rather than punitive. "We are not going to reap the public health benefits of these regulations unless we achieve a high rate of compliance," he said.
"Farmers do not like regulation any more than anyone else, but everyone's goal is to produce food in the safest possible way," Gunter said.
Linnekin, the food lawyer and author of "Biting the Hands That Feed Us: How Fewer, Smarter Laws Would Make Our Food System More Sustainable," predicted the new requirements would not lead to significant improvements in food safety.
Ostroff disputed that assessment. "We really want to work with farmers and point out areas they could improve," he said.
Sitting behind her desk in the office in the attic above the Indian Ladder Farms cafe and store, Laura Ten Eyck said she longed for a clearinghouse that would simplify the regulatory labyrinth for farmers. She said a farming representative working with government officials could sort through the various regulations at all levels of government and eliminate the overlap and conflicts.


Immunomodulation with pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) has been shown to reach significant objective response (RR) and extend overall survival (OS) both in ipilimumab pre-treated and naive patients with metastatic melanoma. While this immunotherapy gives OS and OR benefits, it can also result in immune-related adverse events (irAEs) which are generally of low grade and easily manageable. We retrospectively evaluated if there was a correlation between occurrence of irAEs with OR and disease control rate (DCR).
Inside the expanded access program, pembrolizumab was given in patients progressing after ipilimumab at dosage of 2 mg/kg every 3 weeks until PD or unacceptable toxicity. At our Institution 47 patients (25M, 22F) were treated. The median age was 49 years (range 28-70). All patients were stage M1c. The median duration of treatment was of 4.5 months (range 1-8).
At a median follow up of 3 months (range 1 – 8+), 11 (23.4%) pts had OR and 21 (44.7%) pts achieved DCR. In pts with grade 0/1 irAEs OR was 19.2% while in pts with grade ≥ 2 irAEs was 28.6%. OR was slightly higher among pts who experienced irAEs but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.45). Also DCR was slightly higher but not significant among those patients who experienced an irAEs (11/21, 52.4%) compared with those who did not (10/26, 38.5%) (p = 0.34). Among patients with grade 0/1 irAEs was observed 1 (3.8%) complete response (CR), 4 (15.4%) partial responses (PR), 5 (19.3%) stable disease (SD) and 16 (61.5%) progression of disease (PD), while in the group with irAEs was observed 1 (4.8%) CR, 5 (23.8%) PR, 5 (23.8%) SD and 10 (47.6%) PD.


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Watch The Game Awards 2019 for new game announcements, award winners, special guests, and more news for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
By Erick Tay and Jordan Ramée | @JMRamee on December 13, 2019 at 5:52PM PST
The Game Awards 2019 livestream goes up tonight at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET, which is December 13 at 1:30AM GMT / 11:30PM AET. Sorry non-US folks, you'll have to stay up fairly late. If you're looking for a place to watch the stream, look no further--we'll be hosting the entire show in the video above.
This year's The Game Awards sees Death Stranding leading the pack with nominations for nine different awards, including Game of the Year. Control, Sekiro: Shadows: Die Twice, Resident Evil 2, and Apex Legends are all also quite dominate with numerous nominations across several different categories. Be sure to look over the full list of awards and nominees before the show starts.
Of course, The Game Awards wouldn't be the show that it is without numerous reveals and announcements too. This year promises reveals and announcements for 10 new projects. Most have been kept under wraps leading up to the show, but we do know that WolfEye Studios and Riot Forge both have announcements to make. The latter half of the Ghost of Tsushima trailer that debuted during the latest State of Play is also scheduled to premiere during tonight's show.
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Alpha Baking Co., Inc.
About Alpha Baking Co., Inc.
Rolls, buns, and twists -- Alpha Baking is one shapely baker. Known for its Chicago-style poppy seed hot dog bun, the company produces a variety of breads and bread products. It distributes fresh bread in the Midwest and frozen bread across the rest of the country. Alpha Baking offers rye, sourdough, Hawaiian, Italian, and French loaves, as well as dinner rolls, hamburger and hot dog buns, and bagels. Its brands include S. Rosen's, Mary Ann, Golden Hearth, Natural Ovens, and Kreamo. Alpha Baking distributes its products to supermarkets (such as Jewel-Osco and Food 4 Less), club stores (Sam's Club), and other major retailers (Wal-Mart and Target), as well as food service suppliers and healthcare providers.
Alpha Baking boasts a nationwide distributor network and an extensive line of breads, buns, and rolls. The company is a certified kosher baker, operating four bakeries, 16 production lines, and a fleet of more than 300 delivery trucks.
Alpha Baking, formed in 1979, distributes its products nationwide. Its plants are located in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
The bakery business distributes its products directly to grocery stores, warehouse stores, and major retailers, such as ubiquitous Wal-Mart and Target. It also sells its baked goods to national restaurant chains, quick service restaurants, schools, institutions, major league sports franchises, and healthcare providers. Its Rosen retail products are sold through more than 350 Chicago-area retail stores, such as Jewel-Osco, Dominick's, Cub, Treasure Island, and others.
Already a leading producer of baked goods, Alpha Baking has continued to grow its operations through acquisitions, such as Kreamo Bakers (South Bend, Indiana), organic bakery Natural Ovens (Manitowoc, Wisconsin), and National Baking Company and S. Rosen Baking (both Chicago). The company has also jockeyed for the assets of ailing Hostess Brands alongside Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Grupo Bimbo.
To keep its Chicago-area bread delivery trucks operating at full capacity, Alpha Baking in 2013 inked a deal with Penske Leasing, which serves as its commercial truck fleet maintenance service provider.
Amid the deep recession in the US, Alpha Baking was granted a five-year tax abatement in 2009 to purchase a replacement hamburger bun oven for its Indiana production center. The factory's existing oven was nearing the end of its 20-year lifespan and had failed to meet consistent baking standards for Alpha Baking's largest customer (accounting for more than 50% of revenue). To avoid job losses, local government officials agreed to tax abatement. The company has also been working to keep spending on its ingredients (such as wheat) under control as prices swing on the speculative and erratic commodity futures markets.
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Jacks 'n Joe is an all-day breakfast spot on S Figeuroa Street in Los Angeles, California. It's not far from the USC campus.
A friend of mine suggested that I try this place out for breakfast. As the name of the restaurant implies, you can get your jacks (as in flapjacks) and joe (coffee) here. If protein is more your style, you can also get some 3-egg omelets here.
You know it's USC territory when you see "Fight On!" ($7) on the menu. Description reads: "3 buttermilk pancakes w/bacon in the mix -- UCL...who?"
Being an omelet guy, I got the "Boulder" omelet, which has ham, cheddar cheese, peppers, and onions. Omelets come with potatoes and toast. Of course, I also had coffee with my meal.
It's a good omelet. I think the sliced onions were cooked a bit much for an omelet, becoming more of a caramelized state when it was all said and done. I personally prefer a diced onion that retains a bit of crunch. I also would have liked a bit more meat in the omelet itself.
I will say the pancakes here are great. I loved the peach pancake special running at the time of my visit in late June. Fresh fruit on top is always awesome.
Other breakfast items of note include a breakfast burger (beef patty, fried egg, two strips of bacon, and cheddar cheese on a grilled bun) and "DaKine French Toast" (3 thick slices of Hawaiian sweet bread dipped in egg batter, sprinkled with powdered sugar and topped with vanilla butter).


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Fall 2018 X-Studio: How to Overthrow the US Government—Jacques Servin and Caveh Zahedi
Film Production: How To Overthrow the US Government (Legally)
LCST 4064 AX (CRN 7716)
Fridays 7-9:40pm
**Students are selected for the class by AUDITION ONLY. If you are interested in being selected for the class please email the faculty at:
zahedic@newschool.edu
Caveh will give instructions on the audition process.
"How To Overthrow the US Government (legally)" will be on the one hand a class on how to contribute with creative means to meaningful political change, and on the other a production class on making a web show about taking a class on how to contribute with creative means to meaningful political change. Students will participate in both aspects, but it will be up to them which aspect they emphasize.
The class will be co-taught by Caveh Zahedi—whose second season of The Show About the Show recently premiered at Sundance—and Yes Men co-founder Jacques Servin—who has directed many performance pieces and co-directed three feature films. It will do two things: on the one hand, it will serve as a laboratory of ideas on how best to transform our country from the plutocracy it has become into a true democracy using the creative skills we happen to have on hand as artists, filmmakers, etc.; and on the other hand, it will be a class on producing and using media (in this case, a show about the class) in order to help disseminate mobilizing ideas—in this case, not only the specific change-oriented creative ideas that arise, but the more powerful mobilizing idea that anyone can use whatever skills happen to be on hand to resist tyranny and effect positive change.
Since the class will run during the run up to the midterm Fall elections, we plan to create specific election-related political action campaigns (creative, since the class will be composed of artists and film students) and to document both the process of coming up with those action campaigns and their execution. The idea is not only to take learning out of the classrooms and into the voting booths but also to shed light on the ways in which the personal is political by using the internal politics of a classroom as a microcosm for our society as a whole—and consciously emphasizing those dynamics. Being fully engaged in such dynamics, while staying sufficiently removed to observe (and use) themselves as characters, will be a skill that will serve students well in a wide variety of contexts, from performance art to filmmaking to academia.
Students will be admitted to the class based on an audition by the faculty. Any Parsons Fine Arts student interested in being auditioned should write an email to the Program Director at: aziza@newschool.edu
Faculty BIOS:
Jacques Servin is one of the founders of the Yes Men, a group that uses humor to achieve media attention for under-reported issues, or to highlight under-reported aspects of issues. Called "the Jonathan Swift of the Jackass generation" by author Naomi Klein, the Yes Men have impersonated spokesmen for Halliburton, Dow, the World Trade Organization, the Bush administration, and others on television and at business conferences worldwide. They do this for two reasons: (a) in order to to focus public attention on the dangers of economic policies that place the rights of capital before the needs of people and the environment, (b) because it's absurdly fun, and (c) to get other people involved.
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Caveh Zahedi is an autobiographical filmmaker and the creator of The Show About the Show, a critically acclaimed web series in which each episode is about the making of the previous episode. Season 2 premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and Season 1 is currently available on youTube. His feature-length films include The Sheik and I (2012), I Am A Sex Addict (2006), In The Bathtub of the World (2001), I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore, (1994), and A Little Stiff (1991). He has a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University and an M.F.A. in Film Production from UCLA. He is a Guggenheim recipient, a Rome Prize Fellow, a MacDowell Fellow, and a winner of the 2005 Gotham Award for "Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You." He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Film Institute, the Sundance Documentary Fund, Creative Capital, and The San Francisco Arts Commission. A 6-disc box set of his films was released by Factory 25 in 2015.
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Seriously gamers, who doesn't love a great action RPG in the vein of Diablo or Baulder's Gate? SolarFall Games' Umbra is the next evolution of the ARPG genre. In our second Start-Up Saturday spotlight, we look at the features that make Umbra stand out amongst the pack.
In Umbra, you play as a former soldier who has escaped the death penalty punishment and have been recruited by a mysterious group of Templars and then the action soon follows. The game features a unique skill called "Apocalyptic Form" which allows you to shape-shift making your character completely customizable. There is also a neat little crafting mini-game in which you can decorate your home.
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Woman lean over bridge fence enjoy view of river and old city 4K. Female person walk towards iron fence and lean over enjoy view of river and old city Ptuj in Slovenia. Dressed in warm jacket on a cloudy day.
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NATICK, MA, May 1, 2007 — Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) is scheduled to present at the Robert W. Baird 2007 Growth Conference at The Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, IL. Dr. Robert J. Shillman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Cognex, will discuss the company's performance and future prospects on Tuesday, May 8, beginning at 1:40 p.m. eastern time.
Internet users can listen to a real-time audio broadcast of the presentation as well as an archive of the presentation on Cognex's website at http://www.cognex.com/CognexInfo/InvestorInfo.


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Inicialment es va designar com 1916 a. Més endavant, va rebre el nom àrab de la ciutat algeriana d'Alger.

El Djezaïr orbita a una distància mitjana de 2,811 ua del Sol, podent acostar-se fins a 2,525 ua. La seva excentricitat és 0,1015 i la inclinació orbital 8,874°. Empra 1721 dies a completar una òrbita al voltant del Sol.

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Q: external hive metastore issue in EMR cluster I am pointing my EMR cluster's hive metastore to exteral MySQL RDS instance.
I have created new hive database "mydb" and I got the entry in external MySQL DB in hive.DBS table.
hdfs://ip-10-239-1-118.ec2.internal:8020/user/hive/warehouse/mydb.db    mydb    hadoop  USER
I have also created new hive table "mytable" under mydb database. I got the entry in external MySQL DB in hive.TBLS. so far everything is good..
I terminated my cluster..When I come back next day..I launched new cluster
now, I did the below,
USE MYDB;
create table mytable_2(id int);
I am getting below error,
Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. MetaException(message:Got exception: java.net.NoRouteToHostException No Route to Host from  ip-10-239-1-4.ec2.internal/10.239.1.4 to ip-10-239-1-118.ec2.internal:8020 failed on socket timeout exception: java.net.NoRouteToHostException: No route to host; For more details see:  http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/NoRouteToHost)
note :
    IP 10.239.1.4 is my current cluster's name node.
    IP 10.239.1.118 is my earlier cluster's name node
please let me know what properties need to override to avoid this kind of errors?

A: I have same issue, and fixed.  ^_^
hive> create table sales.t1(i int);

FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.  MetaException(message:Got
exception: java.net.NoRouteToHostException
No Route to Host from  ip-123-234-101-101.ec2.internal/123-234-101-101
to  ip-111-111-202-202.ec2.internal:8020  failed on socket timeout
exception:  java.net.NoRouteToHostException: No route to host;
For more details see:  http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/NoRouteToHost)

Cause:
We had an external Metastore for the cluster so that we could get rid of the cluster and spin up a new one anytime.  Hive Metastore still keeps references to old cluster if there are 'MANAGED' tables.
Solution:
hive --service metatool -listFSRoot
hive --service metatool -updateLocation < new_value > < old_value >
E.g.:
new_value = hdfs://ip-XXX.New.XXX.XXX:PORT/user/hive/warehouse
old_value = hdfs://ip-YYY.Old.YYY.YYY:PORT/user/hive/warehouse

A: Alternatively, you can go into Glue in the AWS console, go to databases/default and edit the entry to have the updated ip in the Location field (which is the output of hive --service metatool -listFSRoot )

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If you thought gaming in libraries is only for the big-city systems, take a look at this library next to a corn field in rural South Carolina.
Innovation happens in the most surprising places. If asked which US library is pushing the envelope on introducing interactive computer gaming in public libraries, how many would look to the most rural, poor, and isolated corner of a county in South Carolina? And if informed that this corner of the library world has a 30% illiteracy rate, a 15% unemployment rate, a poverty level exceeding 30% with up to 90% of school kids eligible for free or reduced-rate lunches, and a meager 2% rate for library card registration, what odds would you give that it can even keep its doors open?
The new library opened its doors in May 2006. The corn field next door belies the sophistication of the technology within. Photos by Felicia Vereen of the SC State Library.
Although the brand new Carvers Bay Branch of the Georgetown County Library System has its demographic challenges, it also has some visionary leadership, strong community support, and a bit of prodding from the primary funders. When director Dwight McInvaill approached the Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation to help build the new facility, the grantors pushed back with a request for something more than just books—something more cutting-edge; McInvaill responded rapidly with the gaming proposal. Having only opened its doors for the first time on May 13, 2006, this infant library stepped immediately into the fast lane of technology with the aim of reaching a new generation of library users. Not only is the building designed to be "a reader's haven" full of books, natural light, and comfortable chairs, it is a gamer's heaven with 10 Xbox 360s, 8 dedicated Dell Dimension 9150 gaming PCs, an auditorium with a 120"screen and surround sound, and more.* That's an intense concentration of high tech in a place with only 7000 residents.
Located next to the middle and high schools, the library is physically convenient for the Carvers Bay teens, but director Dwight McInvaill knows that it takes more than proximity to get the kids through the doors. Gaming is the key. The library has extended its hours until 7 PM most nights to accommodate the students' schedules. However, McInvaill intends for the new library to have an impact on the low literacy and high dropout rates, so he's applying a few rules to the video game lure, linking reading with gaming. In the spirit of the game, kids can aspire to different levels of accomplishment.
The gaming consoles are filled to capacity. The library extended its weekday hours until 8 PM in order to accommodate the teens' school schedules. Photo by staff member Beverly Smith.
Level two: Extra gaming time is earned by joining the Gaming Club.
Level three: Once in the Club, points are accumulated to be eligible for additional gaming time, group gaming parties, special prizes (headphones, memory units, gift certificates), or use of the conference room with the 46" TV.
Although all funds for the gaming program come from the Bunnelle Foundation, the efforts are augmented by an exciting collaboration with the school district and the youth services organization Service Over Self. The school is using part of the grant to offer enrichment classes on some unconventional topics like photography and music as well as providing courses in test preparation. Service Over Self is helping to coordinate everything and is offering students the opportunity to do community service with the possibility of earning scholarships for college.
Hired to set up and assist the gaming program, high school senior Truman Winn (third from left) puts 12+ years of gaming experience to good use. Photo by Paul Carter of the Georgetown County Library.
This is all very promising so far, but how can you guarantee that the games and equipment will be compelling enough to today's very discerning teens? Enter Truman Winn, the high school senior hired as the Gaming and Technology Assistant for the Carvers Bay Branch Library. Winn thinks he's in a teen dream job—getting paid to play video games; his employers think he's the perfect candidate for the job. Winn beat out college grads and older applicants with more work experience because he had just the right mix of technical know-how, interpersonal skills, and thirteen years of deep gaming experience. After all, he's been a gamer since the age of four! He helped the library select the equipment and the games and set up the networks, and now he works with the gaming patrons.
Indeed! Carvers Bay Library is playing for some high stakes here –significant increases in literacy and brighter futures for the residents of the area. McInvaill anticipates that things will really pick up when school recommences in August Beyond the door counts, the real measures of achievement of the program will only be revealed over time. In the meantime, we'll be rooting for all of the players in this library success game.
When most of us think about "video games," we tend to envision the stereotype of a 13-year old boy, huddled in front of a television screen in a darkened basement by himself. While there are certainly some gamers who fit this profile, it turns out that video games are a very social activity -- even more social than reading a book -- and they're enjoyed by more than just teenagers.
In order to understand why our stereotypes about video games and gamers are as outdated as those of shushing, bun-wearing librarians behind a desk, we need to realize that the definition of gaming itself has become much broader over the last 30 years. And yes, it really has been 30 years since video games started going mainstream!
For example, "gaming" doesn't just mean using a dedicated gaming console like the PlayStation or X-Box anymore. It can also mean playing games on a computer, on a handheld like the Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable, on a cell phone, or on the internet. And in each of those formats, there are games available that you can play against other players in real-time, making the game a social activity you can do from almost anywhere.
This has broadened the types of people who play games to the point where teenage boys are no longer the largest group of online players. Who is in that group? Middle-aged women who play games like Tetris, Bejeweled, Bookworm, Shape Shifter and more, on the web, late at night, to relax.
Not only that, but 38% of all game players are women, and the average game player is now 33 years old. "In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (31%) than boys age 17 or younger (20%)." So it's not just that there are more types of games than ever before and that Americans are playing more of them, but there are more people in the "mainstream" population doing it.
When viewed through this lens, it's easy to see why gaming suddenly seems to be everywhere, and, with the help of next generation consoles like the Nintendo Wii, why more people are interested in them than ever before. With its motion sensing remotes, the Wii lets players swing their arm to hit a tennis ball, bowl, swing a bat, wield a sword, or even throw a cow or skip rope.
In addition, the overwhelming majority of video games sold in 2006 (85%) were rated "E" (Everyone) or "E10+" (Everyone 10 years of age and up), which is just one reason why gaming and libraries are such a good fit. Another is that, as gaming becomes more and more social, it becomes a group activity that requires a bigger space. All of this is happening at a time when we have more gamers in the library than ever before and when we have more games to play than ever before.
Libraries can make gaming more engaging in the same ways they do that for books. They can provide a safe, non-commercialized environment for kids and families (anyone, really) to play together without being bombarded by advertising or pressured to buy things. Libraries are also a safe space in which younger children can play with and against older children (or even adults) in ways that simply can't happen in the divided culture of our schools and in society in general.
Recent research suggests that more than 75% of public libraries support gaming in one form or another, whether that's letting folks play games on library computers, providing board games, hosting a chess club, or offering video game play, among other activities. This trend is expected to grow in 2008 when the Ann Arbor District Library opens up its online tournament software to all libraries for free. This means libraries across the country can organize local, regional, and even national tournaments, and players will be able to track their scores on a national leaderboard.
If your library doesn't already offer gaming services, be sure to let them know you'd be interested in them providing some gaming events, whether you like board, computer, or video games.


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PCF AMK-Hougang Blk 970 differentiates itself from others with its teaching methods where Jolly Phonics is integrated into its main curriculum and not after-class enrichment programme. Since 2003, Ms. Shamsiah Binte A. M. Ibrahim, the centre's Principal, has introduced Jolly Phonics as it is proven to help students in reading with better identification of alphabets through sounds. It helps to break down difficult words and improves spelling. Jolly Phonics lessons are conducted with jingles and songs to capture students' interest and allow them to remember better.
The Jolly Phonics lessons are provided to students as young as nursery to K2. As according to Ms. Shamsiah, "It is best to start as early as possible." The Jolly Phonics has 7 books for each year and covers all alphabets in nursery to grammar in K2. To support the Jolly Phonics curriculum, the teachers create their own worksheets for students to practice. For nursery students, they will have pre-writing skills where they learn to draw straight lines and gradually they will learn to trace and write alphabets. For kindergarteners, they will have a grammar book to recognise things like nouns and adjectives in addition to practising writing worksheets.
For nursery, they will learn 26 alphabets first through songs. What is interesting that every alphabet has action so it easier for them to recall. For example, the letter has a phonic sound of "s" and the corresponding movement action is to move like a snake.
"I find that jolly phonics systematically plan to make it easier for children to learn. It's something different. Learning letters in a different way that teach them on how to make the words," said Ms. Shamsiah.
To further emphasize the importance of reading, the school participated in FLAiR programme where K2 students with lower English reading and writing scores are given extra help. "Feedbacks from parents have been positive as the child improves a lot," said Ms. Shamsiah. The school has also invested in books throughout the years. Besides receiving books from NLB every term through its partnership, the school actively source the books on their own. "The main foundation is to learn to read and expose them to language," said Ms. Shamsiah.
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Besides investing in books, the centre also invests in educational toys to enhance students' learning. When children play with toys, they are observed to see whether they achieve the intended goals. Thereafter, this will be recorded in the student's portfolio. For example, in the number fishing boat toy, children are expected to catch a fish and tell the teacher the number on the fish's body to see whether they recognise numbers. Students also play with Veritech IQ games which "expose them to critical thinking" said Ms. Shamsiah.
The school's mathematics lessons are also towards hands-on assessments by using "Growing with Mathematics" lessons. The teaching methods are progressively planned that focuses on concept building and hands-on activities. Students are given samples to practise on. "My school's enrolment is good due to all of these curriculums (Jolly phonics and Growing with Mathematics). There is no extra charge as this is to support children's learning," said Ms. Shamsiah.
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O reinado de Cleópatra VII do Reino Ptolomaico do Egito começou com a morte de seu pai, o faraó governante Ptolomeu XII Auletes, em março de 51 a.C. Terminou com sua morte em 10 ou 12 de agosto de 30 a.C. Após o reinado de Cleópatra, o país do Egito foi transformado em uma província do Império Romano e o período helenístico chegou ao fim. Durante seu reinado, ela governou o Egito e outros territórios como uma monarca absoluta, na tradição do fundador da dinastia Ptolomeu I Sóter (r. 305-283 a.C), bem como Alexandre, o Grande (r. 336-323 a.C) de Macedônia, que conquistou o Egito do Império Aquemênida.

Cleópatra e seu irmão mais novo, Ptolomeu XIII, subiram ao trono como governantes conjuntos, mas um conflito entre eles culminou em uma guerra civil. Cleópatra fugiu brevemente para a Síria Romana em 48 a.C., mas voltou mais tarde naquele ano com um exército para enfrentar Ptolomeu XIII. Como um Estado cliente romano, o estadista romano Pompeu, o Grande, viu o Egito ptolomaico como um lugar de refúgio após perder a Batalha de Farsalo em 48 a.C. na Grécia contra seu rival Júlio César na Guerra Civil de César. No entanto, Ptolomeu XIII mandou matar Pompeu em Pelúsio e enviou sua cabeça decepada para César, enquanto o último ocupou Alexandria em busca de Pompeu. Com sua autoridade como cônsul da República Romana, César tentou reconciliar Ptolomeu XIII com Cleópatra. No entanto, Potino, principal conselheiro de Ptolomeu XIII, considerou os termos de César favoráveis a Cleópatra. Portanto, suas forças, lideradas primeiro por Áquila e depois por Ganimedes sob o comando de Arsínoe IV (a irmã mais nova de Cleópatra), sitiaram César e Cleópatra no palácio. Os reforços suspenderam o cerco no início de 47 a.C. e Ptolomeu XIII morreu pouco depois na Batalha do Nilo. Arsinoe IV acabou sendo exilado em Éfeso e César, agora um ditador eleito, declarou Cleópatra e seu irmão mais novo Ptolomeu XIV como governantes conjuntos do Egito. No entanto, César manteve um caso particular com Cleópatra que gerou um filho, Cesário (mais tarde Ptolomeu XV), antes de partir de Alexandria para Roma.

Cleópatra viajou para Roma como rainha-cliente em 46 e 44 a.C, hospedando-se em sua villa . Após o assassinato de César em 44 a.C., Cleópatra tentou nomear Cesário como seu herdeiro. O sobrinho-neto de César, Otaviano (conhecido como Augusto em 27 a.C, quando se tornou o primeiro imperador romano), frustrou isso. Cleópatra então mandou matar seu irmão Ptolomeu XIV e elevou seu filho Cesário como co-governante. Na guerra civil dos Libertadores de 43-42 a.C., Cleópatra se aliou ao Segundo Triunvirato romano, formado por Otaviano, Marco Antônio e Marco Emílio Lépido  Ela desenvolveu um relacionamento pessoal com Marco Antônio que acabaria por produzir três filhos: os gêmeos Alexandre Hélios e Cleópatra Selene II e Ptolomeu Filadelfo. Antônio usou sua autoridade comopara realizar a execução de Arsinoe IV a pedido de Cleópatra. Ele tornou-se cada vez mais dependente de Cleópatra tanto para financiamento quanto para ajuda militar durante as invasões do Império Parta e do Reino da Armênia. Embora sua invasão da Pártia não tenha sido bem-sucedida, ele conseguiu ocupar a Armênia. Ele trouxe o rei Artavasdes II de volta para Alexandria em 34 a.C. como um prisioneiro em seu triunfo romano simulado promovido por Cleópatra. Isso foi seguido pelas Doações de Alexandria, nas quais os filhos de Cleópatra com Antônio receberam vários territórios sob a autoridade triunviral de Antônio. Cleópatra foi nomeada Rainha dos Reis e Cesarion o Rei dos Reis. Este evento, junto com o casamento de Antônio com Cleópatra e o divórcio de Otávia Menor, irmã de Otaviano, marcou uma virada que levou à Guerra Final da República Romana.

Depois de se envolver em uma guerra de propaganda, Otaviano forçou os aliados de Antônio no Senado Romano a fugir de Roma em 32 a.C.. Ele declarou guerra a Cleópatra por fornecer ilegalmente apoio militar a Antônio, agora um cidadão romano privado sem cargo público. Antônio e Cleópatra lideraram uma força naval conjunta na Batalha de Ácio de 31 a.C. contra o general Agripa, que venceu a batalha depois que Cleópatra e Antônio fugiram para o Peloponeso e, finalmente, para o Egito. As forças de Otaviano invadiram o Egito em 30 a.C.. Embora Antônio e Cleópatra tenham oferecido resistência militar, Otaviano derrotou suas forças, levando ao suicídio de Antônio. Quando ficou claro que Otaviano planejava trazer Cleópatra a Roma como prisioneira para sua procissão triunfal, ela também cometeu suicídio, supostamente por uso de veneno. A crença popular é que ela foi mordida por uma áspide.

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I remembered I wanted to watch this movie thanks to the Maven of the Eventide (or rather, ze Maven of ze Eventide), who hosts Vampire Reviews YouTube series and gave this particular vampire flick high marks. Also, as I rather enjoyed Paterson, the only Jim Jarmusch movie I've previously seen, I was interested to watch more of his stuff. His films are often described as an acquired taste, but based on the two I've seen so far, he seems to be my cuppa.
The two lovers of Only Lovers Left Alive are unambiguously vampires, but they're never referred to as such, and ultimately the film is more about immortality rather than the vampire condition specifically. Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton) are a thrice married couple who, at the beginning of the film, live separate lives for reasons unknown, though they seem to have nothing to do with discord. Eve lives in Tangier, Morocco, where her undead company consists of Christopher Marlowe (John Hurt), the Elizabethan playwright who, in this movie, wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare. Adam resides in a crumbling mansion on the outskirts of Detroit, devoting his night-time to writing and recording music. They're both cool, worldly and sophisticated creatures with a passion for art and science; their dwellings burst with the riches of rare books and musical instruments collected over the centuries.
While Eve is upbeat and resilient, a survivor, mournful Adam is given to black moods and gloom that only the presence of his wife and soulmate can relieve. Their reunion is what can loosely be described as the story, though Jarmusch's film is rather more concerned with maintaining a rich luscious atmosphere and exploring the couple's dynamic. Long stretches pass with Adam and Eve as the only characters onscreen, hanging around the mansion or driving around the eerie, silent outskirts of Detroit at night. The only other major players are Ian (Anton Yelchin), a young man who procures rare guitars and other useful things for Adam, and doesn't ask too many questions about his client's weird habits (in return, Adam concedes that, for a "zombie", as he disdainfully calls humans, Ian is alright). There's also a havoc-wreaking visit from Eve's bratty younger sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska), which disrupts the couple's carefully arranged lives.
The pace is deliberate and there's barely anything actually happening onscreen, but I found the movie beautiful and absorbing. It helps to have two captivating performers at its centre. With her shock of ghostly pale hair, Tilda Swinton exudes otherworldly cool, while Hiddleston is perfectly cast as a brooding Byronic immortal. Despite their aloofness, there's a lot of warmth found in Adam and Eve's relationship, and you can never see them as just monsters.
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The monsters are making their first big push towards a major settlement, and you need to push them back before they can infiltrate the castle walls. Time for your first big victory in this war!
Shadow Archers. They don't have great defences, but they're capable of bringing down your soldiers rather at a distance. Keep your Barracks upgraded throughout the map, preferably until they're Paladins with the Holy Light ability.
Marauders. These are essentially bigger versions of Brigands. They work exactly the same but take more damage to bring down.
Dark Knights. These guys absorb normal damage like it's a joke, and can only be easily brought low with Rain of Fire or Mage Towers. Have a line of Mage Towers in the north to take them out.
Gargoyles. Gargoyles are flying foes that can only be hit by Archer or Mage Towers. So long as you have something to hit them they're fairly weak, and shouldn't get too far on the map.
The Citadel boosts your abilities by allowing you to upgrade your Mage Towers and Barracks, both of which will come in quite handy. Ideally you want to line the top islands in The Citadel with Mage Towers while you block the various routes around the map with Barracks and Reinforcements. Keep a small cluster of Archer Towers at the edge of the map to mop up any Gargoyles that come in, and to soften up units that will get pounded by your other towers. Upgrading your Archer Towers to deal poison damage is also wise.
When you reach the final wave you'll be confronted with a new horror: the Juggernaut. This behemoth has a ton of HP and will plod slowly through the level while firing off clusters of Golem Heads, weak enemies that can nevertheless slip through your defences if you're not paying attention. Keep Rain of Fire primed to take out the Golem Heads while your other towers deal with the Juggernaut. So long as you have at least a few Mage Towers its HP will be depleted quickly enough.
- Your strategy on Hard shouldn't change drastically. Make ample use of Reinforcements and Rain of Fire to keep foes from getting too far in. Paladins are fantastic at blocking while you soften up the bad guys.
- Citadel's Heroic Challenge is essentially the same as before, minus the Juggernaut and featuring an insane amount of armoured foes. Everything is slow, so setting out a huge wall of Mage Towers on virtually every spot is highly recommended. Set up two Barracks upgraded to Holy Orders by the gates in the north to keep anything from getting through. Gargoyles are a small worry here, so feel free to deploy a pair of Archer Towers, one on either side of the course.
- Barracks? And nothing else? This Iron Challenge is madness! Amazingly, though, it's quite easy. Set up four Barracks on the corners of the square just south of the goal and your troops will intercept and slowly chip away at everything that shows up. A full force of Paladins here can block anything. Don't worry about upgrading the two Mage Towers, they're not that important.
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North women notch first win of the season, top West Stanly
Published 12:23 am Tuesday, December 18, 2018
By Charles Curcio
North guard Lexi Goode puts up a runner in the late over the defense of West's Raelee Furr and Cassidy Scott (No. 44) in Monday's game. (Photo by Charles Curcio)
The North Stanly women's basketball team ended two different losing trends on Monday night in a 38-34 non-conference home win over West Stanly.
Lexi Goode led the Comets (1-4) with 15 points while Payton Landis added 10.
West (2-5) was led by Raelee Furr with 10.
North ended a four-game losing streak with the win as well a three-loss slide in the all-time series between the Comets and the Colts. The loss for West was the team's third in a row.
Free throws played a critical part of Monday's outcome; North had the advantage at the line hitting 16-of-26 overall, including 11-of-14 in the first half. West was 9-of-25 on foul shots, including 5-of-15 in the second period.
The Comets trailed 6-2 early in the first period but hit free throws to take a brief lead. Brittany Greene hit two free throws with two minutes left in the opening quarter, but a Payton Landis three and a Goode shot in the final seconds put the hosts up by four, 12-8.
North maintained the advantage in the second, leading by as much as six in the final 1:42 before late free throws got West within three, 23-20, at halftime.
The Colts did not score for the first 4:45 of the third quarter, but the Comets managed just four points over the same period, building the hosts' lead to seven. Kailey Furr cut the deficit for West to six in the final 45 seconds, leaving the Colts down after three quarters 31-25.
North led by as much as seven in the final period, but West had one last chance to get within a possession of the Comets. Down 38-34 with 25 seconds left, the Colts' Furr got an opportunity in the lane to get West within two points, but her shot rimmed out and North's Syrai Jackson got the rebound and the Comets ran the clock down to 2.5 seconds before the Colts fouled.
The Comets will be off until playing in the Sam Moir Holiday Tournament at Catawba College after the Christmas holiday.
West Stanly will be at West Montgomery Tuesday night and hosts Albemarle on Thursday before taking the remainder of the holidays off.
WS 8 12 5 9 34
NS 12 11 8 7 38
WS – Raelee Furr 10, Greene 7, Bishop 6, Barbee 3, Donaghue 3, Furr 3, Moss 2,
NS – Lexi Goode 15, Payton Landis 10, Shelton 8, Bowers 5.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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Q: Mail count with Automator? I am trying to create file containing different statistics about things such as email count and such things, trial here: this proto returns empty file, not sure why. How can count the amount of emails with Automator under OS X?

A: Probably easier to do this with AppleScript, which you can then use in an Automator action if you like.
tell application "Mail"
    set myAccount to "Gmail"
    set mailboxList to {"INBOX", "[Gmail]/Sent Mail"}
    set messageCount to 0
    repeat with _mailbox in mailboxList
        set messageCount to messageCount + (count of messages in mailbox _mailbox of account myAccount)
    end repeat
    get messageCount
end tell

That will return the number of messages in each mailbox you specify in the list on line two. If use it in an Automator action, it will pass that value along to whatever the next action is.
You'll need to change the myAccount line to whatever your account is named in preferences.
To get the specific mailbox names, run tell application "Mail" to get mailboxes of account "Gmail" in AppleScript editor. You can then add them to the mailboxList in line 3, make sure they're quoted, and each entry is separated by a comma.


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In the comments thread for my post on Lomborg, I've been presented yet again with the widely-reproduced quotation in which Stephen Schneider is supposed to have advocated scientific dishonesty in the interests of environmentalism. In fact, the history of this quote proves exactly the opposite of the point intended by those who use it.
The original quote, was in an interview by Discover Magazine in 1989, where Schneider discussed the problems of dealing with the media. (I've looked in vain for the full interview, so I'll make my usual appeal for help on this).
On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but – which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts. On the other hand, we are not just scientists but human beings as well. And like most people we'd like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that we need to get some broadbased support, to capture the public's imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. This 'double ethical bind' we frequently find ourselves in cannot be solved by any formula. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest. I hope that means being both.
The section in bold is a complete fabrication and the remainder of the quote has been distorted by omission of key sentences, notably the final one. Schneider demanded and received the right to print a correction.
Note that critical sentences have been omitted or run together with no indication of what has been done.
What's really interesting about this episode is that Schneider's opponents are committing exactly the offence of which they accuse him. They are convinced he is a dangerous scaremonger who needs to be exposed in the interest of "making the world a better place". Unfortunately, their best piece of evidence has a lot of "ifs, ands and buts". So rather than "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but", they extract the "simplified dramatic statements" and serve them up to "capture the public imagination". Indeed, "each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest", and for not of all us does it mean being both.
The "critical sentence" isn't that critical. Schneider may HOPE that being effective and being honest can both be achieved, but its clear from the context that he still considers being effective -complete with simplifications and unwarrented certainty- is important.
Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill.
The complete fabrication in the APS letter certainly does deserve criticism.
Afterthought: Since JQ gives advice writes about climate change, Ian Plimer (geologist and global warming sceptic) should start writing on economics!
Well, John, if these folks don't do as you say, what arguments do they have?
Of course, none at all.
Since we are discussing accuracy and honesty here, why, John Q, do you continue to avoid discussing the main issue raised by Lomborg, namely the litany of errors in self-proclaimed environmental lobby group's statements, especially those exaggerations that have adverse effects such as GM crop or DDT hype.
especially those exaggerations that have adverse effects such as GM crop or DDT hype.
The unproven hypothesis that GM genes don't escape into the ecosystem (don't look in the journals if you want to continue your position), or the DDT hype that overspraying led to ever-decreasing effectiveness, hence the switch to nets and doorway spraying?
I agree, John. I want to see all facets of this issue addressed in depth, in full and without compromises every single time you post a few hundred words about it on your blog.
Yes, some GM genes can "escape" into the environment. But it is a risk that can be managed.
And DDT IS very effective for the contol of mosquito-borne malaria. Sadly the compound has been unfairly demonized by greenies –most past environmental problems associated with DDT are the result of improper use.
I cut and pasted the quote from an Economist article.
OK, some people quoted the juicy bits selectively from that quote. But the whole quote, even in context, is still pretty damning – and I'm surprised and disappointed to see JQ trying to defend it.
Right. When the evidence on each of the particulars is shown to be fabrication, declare that the original projection is "true" instead because it is now based on a private personal examination of the whole text. Nice technique! I wonder why Simon and Daly bothered with misrepresentation, context mashing, and fabrication in the first place?
Why should the public trust (environmental)scientists if they're personally deciding the 'right' balance between honesty and the (political) effectiveness of what they say?
Doesn't their authority stem from the public thinking that they're bound not to comprise their honesty but instead give us the facts regardless of whether they're 'effective' or not?
The quote must be viewed in full and in context to allow fair criticism but it still represents a worrying prospect – scientists having to determine the correct balance between the whole truth and those aspects of it which serve a particular purpose. Why do scientists – or journalists and historians for that matter – have the right to make such determinations without question?
I don't know if Lomborg or Windschuttle are correct though both make some good points but if such authority is to be granted then isn't there a heightened imperative for dissenters to be granted equal respect?
The BBC/Andrew Gilligan affair is a case in point – political and personal prejudices distorted the truth whilst those questioning the interpretation were vilified.
Because if they lie or misrepresent in any meaningful way, their peers will notice. It may take a while, but the credibility balance will be restored. Note that that is what is happening with Lomborg.
If you're a novice with these sorts of notions, I meekly suggest you consult Theodor M. Porter's treatise "Trust in Numbers", for an illuminating glimpse into why professional guilds exist, and have so for a very long time.
There's a test case: Paul Erlich. Has his opinion on matters of popular concern, based on anything he's published in the last ten years say, been represented by the popular press as if he were authoritative?
I haven't googled nor do I possess prior knowledge, so yall can go on an opening day hunt.
Russell: Thanks for the book recommendation.
There shouldn't be any doubt about what scientists should do if they find themselves in the 'double ethical bind' that Schneider describes. The formula to solve it is to tell the truth.
For a top scientist like Schneider to advocate (however obliquely) compromising honesty to advance an environmental political agenda, and without outcry from peers, says something is rotten in environmental 'science'.
Imagine the same thing in immunology, researchers personally deciding how much to compromise their honesty for political effectiveness.
Nothing troubles me about the full quote from Schneider. I suspect that the clause that's worrying some people is the one about 'mak[ing] little mention of any doubts we might have'. But he is talking about dealing with the media. Suppose you are a pioneer researcher on smoking and cancer, already convinced that the correlation is high. You are interviewed by a journalist you know to be sceptical about any link, who furthermore represents a newspaper that gets much of its income from advertising cigarettes. You know that if you dwell on any qualifications the story will appear as: 'Researcher confesses to doubts on tobacco link'. Will this knowledge not influence the way you undertake the interview? You want to get word out, and the paper has a wide circulation. This is not such an extreme example, and it's na•ve to denounce Schneider in such shocked tones on the basis of the quoted comment.
But can we agree that scaremongering in the name of science is wrong? That you shouldn't be a scientist and wear a political activist hat at the same time?
My naivety comes from thinking that environmental 'scientists' are as trustworthy as medical scientists. I was very naive, as Lomborg has shown, to think so. In my eyes they now have little, if any, credibility. Never mind what their tribal ganging-up on Lomborg says about their supposed passion for intellectual inquiry.
Oh, and chief scaremonger and shameless fraud Paul Ehrlich and his wife Ann have written a book entitled: Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environment Rhetoric Threatens Our Future.
As one reviewer wrote 'if Green proponents want to find how to lose status and credibility with those who are undecided, this book is a must-read'.
I think Schneider's just guilty of self-awareness and expressing it. That's naive.
And so are people who think that scientists present unadorned truth without any input from their own prejudices.
Science has never had to pay respect to fools just because they went against established ideas. If Lomberg wants to step miles outside his area of expertise, side with the political and economic gamesters who respect neither truth nor science, against a huge body of shared and reviewed work that has already withstood vigourous peer review, then he can expect to get his head kicked.
Even though TV cop shows always have the maverick who 'gets things done' by avoiding the stodgy bureaucratic t-crossing of their colleagues, in real life they are liabilities. Same as is happening to Lmoberg, once they get to court the lawyers (whose job it is) tear them to pieces.
If Lomberg's work is good and right, it will stand up on its own merits. Huge scientific reputations have backed theories that have later been bypassed by more successful ideas.
If Lomberg is right its rightness will be come out.
However, if equally or more skilled statisticians pull his work to pieces because it failed as science then you will have to live with that and stop snivelling about political bias.
Did Paul Ehrlich's work withstand vigorous peer review? Or was his deception overlooked (or tacitly approved of) by his peers because his scaremongering served the purposes of the green movement?
Was Paul Ehrlich someone on the lunatic fringe of the green movement? No, he was a tenured Stanford academic (currently Bing Professor of Population Studies) who was awarded a prestigious MacArthur 'genius' award, the Crafoord prize (equivalent to a Nobel), the Gold Medal of the WWF, the UN Sasakawa environment prize, in 1999 the Blue Planet prize and in 2000 the Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America and the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
What a clown. And apparently a top academic in environmental so-called 'science'.
What the Lomborg episode has shown is that environmental 'science' is soft on dishonesty when it accords with the political predjudies environmental scientists. And very harsh when it conflicts with their political predjudices.
If what Lomborg showed didn't come as a shock then you didn't think much of environmental scientists in the first place.
What does it say about environmental science that a clown as out of touch with reality (and careless with the truth) as Ehrlich can climb to the top?
The problem as I see it that the environmental crusaders place to much emphasis on effectiveness and too little emphasis on truthfulness about complex issues. The consequence is that they have done some real harm – for example people are dying in africa from malaria due to the "green" movements attempts to enforce an absolute ban on DDT. Sure, misuse of DDT is unwise but totally banning it as a cost effective spray in houses has killed thousands of people. Similarly, the slowdown in agricultural research due to anti-GM food hysteria will do real harm over time, but most anti-GM crusaders go around denying that technology has anything to do with food security.Talk about dangerous simplification of the real world! Lomborg's a paragon of virtue compared to them.
To overcome this the overzealous greenies need to be honest about scientific critiques of their policy proposals. But do we get that. I don't think so: I have just noted these last few days in Australian newspapers Bjorn Lomborg being subject to a vicious ad hominem attack by a person called Clive Hamilton of a think tank called the Australia Institute: what we get is denial that environmental zealots have ever exaggerered or told fibs. Thats a message that Lomborg tells with extensive documentartation but even a reasoning academic like Prof Q is unable to acknowledge it. To my mind the environmental movement has real ethical problems if it's policy errors kill people, and it won't acknowledge them frankly and honestly.
Ah good. So I'm right. The popular citations are from a long time ago, but the professional accolades still accrue. There is no contradiction here William: Erlich is unreliable as a popularizer, but his science in his field is impeccable, even superlative. You might want to read that book I recommended.
Russell: I've borrowed it today.
But you would agree that scientists ought to be held to higher moral standards than, say, lawyers for oil companies?


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At his press conference on Friday, Mr. Gulyás also pointed out that this was made possible a year ago by an amendment to the European Commission's regulations.
Timmermans is able to promote the pro-immigration agenda while receiving a salary of some 44 million forints (EUR 138,000). "This has not been permittable in the European Union so far", he added.
He called all this a double standard, because as he explained, if someone is heading the secretariat of the Hungarian European Parliament delegation and is 45th on the list of Fidesz candidates, they must suspend their work and do not receive a salary.
Timmermans, however, is "playing an active role in the so-called rule of law proceedings, which are in fact a witch hunt", the Minister said.
The Commission Vice-President claims he is coming to Budapest for the socialists' congress, but in fact wants to give credibility to a "marriage", to the cooperation between the "Hungarian post-communist left and the anti-Semites", he added.
In reply to a question, Mr. Gulyás that behind this he sees both contempt for the electorate and a credibility problem. "Because of its post-community roots, the Hungarian left saw its own identity in an anti-fascist fight, but wish to 'enter into matrimony' with a party that they regard as far right", he said.
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In reply to a question, Mr. Gulyás said he doesn't regard it as surprising that the Secretary of State will also be meeting with the representatives of organisations that are receiving funding from the United States. According to press reports, Mike Pompeo will also be meeting the leaders of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
Concerning the meeting of the Visegrád Group countries scheduled to take place on 18 February in Israel, the Minister said the guests will be arriving on Monday night. At the meeting, which will last until Tuesday evening, the Prime Ministers will remain together throughout, and a joint programme will also be announced.
"Hungary greatly appreciates Turkey's role in stopping migration, and will be fulfilling all of its payment commitments to facilitate this", he also stated. With relation to a possible wave of migration from North Africa, he voiced his concerns over whether Frontex would be capable of protecting the European Union's external borders.
In reply to a question concerning the fact that the authorities have not been able to collect campaign funding from so-called fake parties, the Minister said the monies can also be levied from the personal assets of the parties leading officials. He said he believed it would cost the country more if parties became the prisoners of economic lobbies, adding that the amendment of existing regulations would be unfavourable for the opposition and for smaller parties.
On the subject of evictions, Mr. Gulyás said families with small children must be taken care of, and that this is the duty of local governments. The Minister said it was unspeakably irresponsible and a crime against society that the socialists had allowed families to get into foreign currency debt.
In response to a suggestion by the LMP party concerning the need for a possible Climate Act, the Minister said the Government would be happy to hold talks on a proposal that points beyond the many sustainability-related reports already debated by Parliament.
In reply to a question concerning the two young Hungarians imprisoned in Romania, Mr. Gulyás said it is the task of the two youngsters to request citizenship, and if such a request has bene lodged "we are prepared to afford it". He added that he regards the sentence as excessive, and the Hungarian Government will be providing all necessary assistance to the two youths with relation to further legal redress.


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