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DUBAI: The artists participating a the inaugural Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale have been announced this week. More than 60 artists, hailing from all points of the globe, are set to showcase their work at the event, which will be held from Dec. 11 through March 11, 2022, in the Jax district of Diriyah.
Developed by a team of international curators led by Philip Tinari, director and chief executive of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, China, the Biennale will unfold in six sections, with works from national and international artists examining the theme "Feeling the Stones" and engaging visitors in a dialogue around contemporary art.
The selected artists include Omar Abduljawad (Saudi Arabia, 1989), Sarah Abu Abdallah (Saudi Arabia, 1990), Hmoud Al Attawi (Saudi Arabia, 1986), Manal AlDowayan (Saudi Arabia, 1973), Fahad Al Hejailan (Saudi Arabia, 1957-2018), Lulwah Al-Homoud (Saudi Arabia, 1967) and many more.
"As the Foundation prepares to open the first contemporary art biennale organized, conceived and hosted in Saudi Arabia, the selection of artists is emblematic of our commitment – to showcase Saudi artists in dialogue with leading artists from around the world," said Aya Al-Bakree, CEO of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, about the selection of the artists. "We see the development of cultural exchange and international dialogue in contemporary art as a crucial element in enhancing the cultural infrastructure in this country and look forward to welcoming artists and audiences alike to Diriyah," she added.
Echoing on Al-Bakree's statement, Tinari said: "The Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale presents an unprecedented opportunity for the wide audiences in Saudi Arabia to experience global contemporary art."
Tinari revealed that the four-month-long event will also include 30 site-specific commissions.
The Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale was established in 2020 with the support of the Saudi Ministry of Culture. It will be the Kingdom's first international contemporary art biennale.
The full list of participating artists includes:
Omar Abduljawad (Saudi Arabia, 1989)
Sarah Abu Abdallah (Saudi Arabia, 1990)
Hmoud Al Attawi (Saudi Arabia, 1986)
Manal AlDowayan (Saudi Arabia, 1973)
Fahad Al Hejailan (Saudi Arabia, 1957-2018)
Lulwah Al-Homoud (Saudi Arabia, 1967)
Mahdi Al Jeraibi (Saudi Arabia, 1969)
Abdullah AlOthman (Saudi Arabia, 1985)
Monira Al Qadiri (Kuwait, 1983)
Daniah Al Saleh (Saudi Arabia, 1970)
Mohammed Al Saleem (Saudi Arabia, 1939-1997)
Shadia Alem (Saudi Arabia, 1960)
Zahrah Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia, 1977)
Marwah AlMugait (Saudi Arabia, 1981)
Jowhara AlSaud (Saudi Arabia, 1978)
Rashed AlShashai (Saudi Arabia, 1977)
Dana Awartani (Saudi Arabia – Palestine, 1987)
Larry Bell (United States, 1939)
Sultan Bin Fahad (Saudi Arabia, 1971)
Birdhead (China, est 2004)
Sarah Brahim (Saudi Arabia, 1992)
Colin Chinnery (United Kingdom, 1971)
Ayman Yossri Daydban (Palestine – Jordan, 1966)
Simon Denny (New Zealand, 1982)
Ibrahim El Dessouki (Egypt, 1969)
Osama Esid (Syria, 1970)
Morris Foit (Kenya, 1940)
John Gerrard (Ireland, 1974)
Abdullah Hammas (Saudi Arabia, 1953)
Huang Rui (China, 1952)
William Kentridge (South Africa, 1955)
Wolfgang Laib (Germany, 1950)
Lei Lei & Chai Mi (China, 1985)
Lawrence Lek (Germany, 1982)
Richard Long (United Kingdom, 1945)
Maha Malluh (Saudi Arabia, 1959)
Ahmed Mater (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
Mohamed Melehi (Morocco, 1936-2020)
Han Mengyun (China, 1989)
Sarah Morris (United States, 1967)
Munira Mosli (Saudi Arabia, 1954 – 2019)
Peter Mulindwa (Uganda, 1943)
Nabuqi (China, 1984)
Filwa Nazer (Saudi Arabia, 1972)
Geof Oppenheimer (United States, 1973)
Miguel Angel Payano Jr. (United States, 1980)
Faisal Samra (Saudi Arabia, 1956)
Shao Fan (China, 1964)
Muhannad Shono (Saudi Arabia, 1977)
Timur Si-Qin (Germany, 1984)
Tavares Strachan (Bahamas, 1979)
Superstudio (Italy, est 1966)
Koki Tanaka (Japan, 1975)
Wang Luyan (China, 1956)
Wang Sishun (China,1979)
Wang Yuping (China, 1962)
Andro Wekua (Georgia, 1977)
Xu Bing (China, 1955)
Yukinori Yanagi (Japan, 1959)
Ayman Zedani (Saudi Arabia, 1984)
Zhang Peili (China, 1957)
Zheng Yuan (China, 1988)
Zou Zhao (Singapore, 1989)
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> Sorry for being unclear. Yeah... bump the recommended.
in a more recent version, we'll bump the minimum for 1.7.
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Physicists at the University of Warwick created a new hard-to-eat pasta shape they call anelloni to demonstrate the complicated formations ring-shaped polymers can form when they intertwine.
Since anelloni highlights how polymers tangle together into dense formations by tangling pieces of pasta together into a lumpy noodle version of the RatKing, scientists Davide Michieletto and Matthew Turner basically created the most annoying pasta to eat of all time-usurping even slippery, boring linguine.
Combining science and food can have delicious results, like the molecular gastronomy of high-end restaurants like Alinea*. Other times, the results are good for research but bad for your mouth.
The decision to use delicious carbs to showcase science is hard not to get behind, but I hope the physicists will come up with a demonstration that results in food that is not a jumbled frustration headache. Michieletto and Turner primarily focus on computer simulations of polymers, so this foray into kitchen experiments may not get a repeat.
*I have never eaten at Alinea because I am a blogger.


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Crystal City es una estación subterránea en la línea Amarilla y la línea Azul del Metro de Washington, administrada por la Autoridad de Tránsito del Área Metropolitana de Washington. La estación se encuentra localizada entre la Calle 18 y Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway y en South Bell Street en el condado de Arlington en Virginia.  La estación fue inaugurada el 1 de julio de 1977.

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WMATA MetrobusArlington TransitFairfax ConnectorLoundoun County CommuterOmniRide Commuter

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Estaciones de Metro de Estados Unidos inauguradas en 1977
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Estaciones de la línea Amarilla (Metro de Washington)
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The clouds parted, the sun shone, and Ann Bremer managed to secure a spot in the coveted intensive novel writing class when another student dropped out after two weeks! Woo hoo! It was a scramble to get there every week, but now that it's over, I'm happy to say I got a lot written and received some really helpful feedback. My brain is still working through it all, but I'm much closer to having a finished manuscript than I was before.
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Q: What to do with 99% F1 score in binary classification? I've been handed a binary classification model to look after. The model uses the F1 score for comparison purposes. The challenge is that the F1 score against the test dataset is very high, like 99%, which does not sound very likely considering the business question asked... What typical issues cause such a high figure?
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*Is there any leakage

*There is imputation taking place during data cleansing. Things like mean and mode imputation for numerical fields. I have concerns this is reducing variance, and am pushing for MICE/similar if possible

*There are outliers in the dataset which should be removed

*The data set is imbalanced but I am taking counsel from this page
Are there any other thoughts on what to do here? Normally the challenge is to increase the F1 score, not lower it.

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I OFTEN FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN A CABINET of curiosities; you know, those Renaissance-era rooms full of oddities (a vintage image follows), many of them nature-inspired, that in time evolved into an actual piece of furniture filled with the most fascinating mix of stuff? That's my life here these days. Curious.
OK, so maybe it isn't exactly like the vintage image from Wikipedia. But there's a female wasp with a "tail" several inches long drilling holes into trees to lay eggs; puffed-up frogboys fighting each afternoon at 2, rain or shine, as you saw last week; snakes galore posing on every surface; a cat who collects weasel tails and sticks his tongue out at me when I object (and oh, the endless rain…). So this week I offer up a slideshow of Margaret's Cabinet of Curiosities.
Happy holiday weekend to all, and may your summer, and all your days, be filled with curiosities, too.
Welcome, Deborah, and namaste in return. Funny, isn't it, how much is going on when we are usually too busy to look, or see? See you soon, and thanks.
Look at the serene look on Buddas face. Perchance "frogboy" has told him a secret. Or just a comical quip!
Margaret, I have no problem with the moody self portrait, the pictures of the frogs, Buddah, hearts, houseplant, and bowl of fruit. Even the mounted tails are fine. BUT having snakes by the house is YUCKY!!!!!!!! I am glad I live in the BURBS, not way out in the woods. I would rather put up with voles, moles, mice, chipmunks and squirrels, than things that SLITHER around. Both of my Grandmothers had country homes, and NEITHER would let snakes live CLOSE to the house. To me, a dry stacked stone wall, in the country, says SNAKE BAIT!
@Charlotte: I just cannot imagine what would motivate the frog to climb all the way up there. Curiosity? A scent? The slugs stuck to Buddha's face? Fascinating.
Snakes (and frogs), both of whom are very susceptible to ecological hazards of many kinds, are the sign of a healthy ecosystem and a long food chain that's somehow miraculously intact…so I am happy they are here. Means that I am doing something right by not using chemicals and by providing habitat.
That said, I do irrationally fear the snakes as mentioned, but I am working on it. In a year like this, the fact that they eat slugs (among other things) is a blessing.
The fact that I have so many frogs and toads, and that I make water available, means I will have snakes, walls or not. Snakes (none of whom eat plants, interestingly…all snakes are carnivores) love to live where there is good food, including insects, worms, frogs, smaller snakes, salamanders, small mammals, etc. Sounds like my garden!
When I lived in NYC not long ago, in the Bronx, I had snakes, too (though no walls). They weren't as liable to show themselves as here, where it is quieter, but they were there (I would regularly find skins and sometimes see adults).
Just one big long food chain, and I am fascinated at how it all works, slightly scary and sometimes gruesome as it is.
Beautiful! there is so much to "see" in the garden if one looks, like you have shown us with your beautiful pictures.
Hey! I have those wasps, too! I wasn't quite sure what they were until you mentioned the behavior that I have witnessed for the past two summers. It's especially cool to watch the newly emerging offspring sunning themselves prior to their maiden flights. I often wondered whether they were beneficial insects or bad boys to be destroyed, but now I see they are pretty much benign. Thanks for the treasure trove of information you always provide.
Look at your cat's paw, at the pad, to see a bear face! Cool, huh?
Welcome, KinKStar. Hilarious! Thanks for seeing even more curiosities in my curiosities. Hope to see you soon again, and happy Fourth.
Thats why we love frogs so, because they do the best stuff!!!
Margaret…Three snake stories…My Grandmother, who lived by the canal had a climbing rose, that grew up onto a trellis. She was at it's base one day weeding it. For some reason, while on her hands and knees, she looked up, and saw that a snake was UP on a branch (cane), OVER her head. That freaked her out, and that rose was trimmed back REALLY far… Story two..My Mother lives in the center of a city, and had a neighbor that only cut the grass in front of his house. The back yard was a JUNGLE of weed, and volunteer trees. Young boys from the neighborhood would find snakes, and bring them home, and their Mothers would tell them to get rid of them. The kids would throw them into my Mother's neighbors yard. In that wood land setting they would have a place to live. I was outside one day, helping her replant the iris plants, As I was digging up the iris plants, I must have disturbed a bunch of young snakes, they started slithering out from, (around the iris ryzones), all along the foundation of her house…. That was it for them! Luckily for US, the man's daughters own the house now, and have bulldozed the back yard, where there now is a PERFECT lawn, and NO snakes live any more. Story three… I know this SOCIALITE lady up in Saratoga, that has a house in Kentucky. She was at her Old Kentucky Home, one day, outdoors, looking at the house. The house had large vines that grew up on in. She happened to notice a movement, up by the second floor of the house in the vines. It was a snake. She stood there, and saw that the snake went into an air conditioner, in one of the second floor bed rooms. She went into the house, ran upstairs, turned on the air conditiones, and that was it for the snake. The next day work men came , and took ALL of the vines off of the house.
Nice show! We have kestrels here, and fortunately haven't witnessed any calamities. Some exciting midair pigeon attacks when they're on the nest, though. The female is fearless.
Maybe Jack's trying to demonstrate his usefulness around the house. I had a black and white cat who had to subdue anything that seemed out of place or, failing that, draw my attention to it. I don't think "curious" really does them justice — they're vigilant.
I remember being about seven and finding a garter snake out by the black raspberries in my grandmother's garden. She clearly didn't have a fondness, but was determined that they had a place in the garden and that it be respected. I miss that garden, I miss her and finding a snake in my garden takes me right back to that moment so many years ago.
Welcome, Margaret Rothauge. Nice to see you here. I know, but the food chain is the foundation of all life, so I have to try not to object to whom eats what here. Hard to watch, but I am getting more philosophical as I age. See you soon again.
What a fun mosaic of photos. The frog caught my attention and I'm glad I clicked to see more. I'm always on the lookout for photographic inspiration so this was a nice browse.
Just puttering around your website looking for winter aconite and cats. I had to comment b/c my sister and I used to swear that our childhood dog's feet smelled like popcorn and my mom said we were crazy. I must show her this!
Welcome, Sarahsuemagoo. They do smell like popcorn (dogs' even more than cats' paws I think). They do! Hilarious, right? Nice to "meet" you and do stop in again soon.


Department of Commerce – Practical Aspects of Accounting by Mrs.Usha Nandhini, Chief Accountant, STAAN, Bio Med Engg Pvt Ltd.
As an initiative of engaging parents in KCLAS activities, Department of Commerce organised a Parent talk on the "Practical Aspects of Accounting" by Ms.Usha Nandhini.G, Chief Accountant, STAAN Bio Med Engg Pvt Ltd, and Mr.M.Shankar, Accounts Manager, Accent steels India Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore on 4th January 2019 @ 10.40 – 11.45 a.m. Ms.Usha Nandhini.G is mother of Mr.G.Reshab of I B.Com PA.
She has more than 14 years of experience in the field of accounting, handling GST and E-Way bills. Ms.Mithra.K.M of I B.Com PA, welcomed the gathering and introduced the guests to the audience.
Mr.M.Sankaran started the session with a brief description of the GST, types of movement of goods such as SGST, CGST, IGST. He also touched up on the importance of HSN, SAC Code, invoice preparation and GST return filing. The parent talk was filled with full of accounting acknowledge. Then the session was taken over by Ms.Usha Nandhini and she continued with the discussion on E-way bill and its process. She also discussed about the TDS, TCS and its applicable rates. The Speakers gave a deeper insight into the information on the topic and how it is practically applied in the business. They explained each and every information with relevant specimen document and quoting real examples. Apart from the topic both speakers inspired students on how to be professional and motivated them to aim high. Finally, Mr.Reshab.G delivered the vote of thanks. The session went very interesting and productive for the students.


Although every athlete is concerned about staying safe, few sports present the same dangers as hockey. With high-speed gameplay and potential for errant sticks or pucks, there's a degree of risk in ice hockey every time a player hops over the boards.
As professional sports come under increasing scrutiny for safety standards, parents may wonder how to ensure their goal-scoring kid stays happy and healthy over the course of the season. While hockey at the developmental level remains safe for all ages and aptitudes, there are a few steps parents can take to minimize risk on the ice.
No player can overcome the faults of failing equipment. Purchasing new gear each season is very expensive, and this presents a major conflict for many parents. Yet allowing a developing player to use hand-me-down skates puts them at a disadvantage both on the ice and in terms of safety. While there are plenty of famous hockey players with skate quirks, — such as Paul Coffey wearing skates that were two sizes too small — kids with ill-fitting skates will have difficulty starting and stopping.
Likewise, skates that aren't sharpened frequently enough turn an ordinary skating drill into a possible fall on the ice or into the boards. Make certain skates fit a child's feet well and that other protective gear, like shin pads, are big enough to shield the body from a hard shot.
Repair gear properly: Never use duct tape or superglue to fix a problem (unless it comes apart at the worst possible moment). Check that all helmet screws and snaps are in place and tight enough to withstand impact and that all pad straps fit comfortably and function properly.
While much of the media focus is centered on concussions and head injuries in full-contact sports — such as the string of concussions that forced Brett Lindros to retire at age 20 — risks are greater by simply pushing too hard on a play than from collisions. Parents often urge coaches to position their kid as the starting center or top defenseman, but pushing a kid to do too much against tough competition can lead to harm on the ice.
Coaches need to ensure they match players of similar sizes and skill levels at all times, so a player with a size disadvantage does not get hurt trying to defend or attack. Likewise, monitoring the time spent on the ice is important: No child playing hockey should play a shift more than two minutes, as they may lose stamina and fall or get pushed.
Ample recovery time is pivotal as well: Each skater should be on the bench twice as long in a game as they are on the ice, with lots of water available to prevent dehydration. Even in a cold rink, players can overheat if they push themselves too far, making it important to adjust ice time properly to prevent overexertion during a shift.
One of the best ways to prevent injury is to properly stretch muscles. Any physical activity benefits from stretching, because the movements extend and lengthen muscles after strenuous activity.
Demonstrate this to kids using the "rubber band" trick: Place a rubber band in the freezer for a few hours, then have your child try to stretch the band. Rather than stretch, the band snaps apart just as a "cold" muscle will if overextended.
Remember, stretching after games can be just as valuable as stretching before games. Mikka Kiprusoff famously stretched for three hours on game days. While for most players it's not necessary to spend more than a few minutes stretching , the legs and arms need to be worked well before warming up.
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What does it mean Blessed are the meek?
What is the meaning of the Blessed?
What's another word for blessings?
What name means God's grace?
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Is blessed or was blessed?
What is the Hebrew meaning of the word blessed?
What name means breath of God?
How do you wish someone stay blessed?
How do you give someone a blessing?
The Beatitudes are eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew.
In the Vulgate, each of these blessings begins with the word beati, which translates to "happy", "rich", or "blessed" (plural adjective)..
italki.com] "Stay blessed" means "May you stay in God's favour," which would be expressed in an older English as, "May God never turn His face from you." [ wordreference.com] Stay blessed is more of an imperative, meaning, the speaker realizes that the person he is speaking to – Is doing good (behavior).
Asher – HebrewAsher – Hebrew, meaning "a blessing," "fortunate."
A blessing is a prayer asking for God's protection, or a little gift from the heavens. Outside a religious context, blessings are less formal. … "I give you my blessing" simply means "It's OK with me." People give their blessings to ideas and actions when they agree with them.
From a Christian perspective, the Beatitudes teach that people are blessed even in hard times because they will receive eternity in heaven. Also, we are blessed for having honorable qualities such as being meek, righteous, merciful, pure, and peacemakers.
At first glance, the main purpose of the Beatitudes seems to be to offer various consolations to the downtrodden. But while Jesus does this, he also propounds a stern standard of judgment and offers strict guidance for good behavior for those who find themselves in a position of privilege.
PeliaPelia is a popular Hebrew name, meaning 'miracle of God'.
In this case you would reply, "Thank you." If someone says "God bless you" as a greeting, you can say many things, such as "thank you," "and you," or even just smile.
When blessed is used as a verb, it is pronounced with one syllable (blest). Example: Before we ate, our uncle Tony blessed [blest] the meal….A blessed (blest or bles-id) family.A blessed (blest or bles-id) congregation.Higher Grounds Family Church – Blessed(blest or bles-id) Temple.
Here are some adjectives for blessings: down plentiful, noblest temporal, many and impartial, wordy and incoherent, unenigmatical, miraculous temporal, mystical and great, incalculable and imperishable, whole-heartedly divine, merciful unbounded, sure divine, fervently unprecedented, continually abundant, spiritual and …
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Meekness is not a word typically seen in your average Facebook status or Twitter post. When people do use this word, they generally mean submissive, easily lead, or impressionable.
adjective. consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament. worthy of adoration, reverence, or worship: the Blessed Trinity. divinely or supremely favored; fortunate: to be blessed with a strong, healthy body; blessed with an ability to find friends. blissfully happy or contented.
In this page you can discover 98 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for blessed, like: glorified, lucky, divine, sanctified, joyous, religious, blissful, cursed, content, fortunate and exalted.
Yann. A classic French variation of the name John meaning 'God's grace. '
to have something that you feel is special or lucky: I was blessed with good health.
When blessed is used as a verb, it is pronounced with one syllable (blest). Example: Before we ate, our uncle Tony blessed [blest] the meal. Rule 2. When the word blessed is used as part of an adverb (blessedly) or a noun (blessedness), it is pronounced with two syllables (bles-id).
barak. The Hebrew verb barak means to kneel as seen in Genesis 24:11. However, when written in the piel form it means to show respect (usually translated as bless) as seen in Genesis 12:2. A related Hebrew word is berakhah meaning a gift or present.
The Spirit or 'ruach' by itself, is the breath of Yahweh which carries His life-force, but not necessarily the Presence of His Person.
Stay blessed and enjoy your day to the fullest.May God almighty bless you with a life full of joy and happiness. … May God give you the strength and wisdom to smoothly surmount all the challenges life brings you. … I pray that your birthday is as beautiful and fun as you are.More items…•
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Let's talk about love this time.
I have been hurt before and I feel scared to love again.Love is too subjective to talk about actually.We don't know when it's started and we don't know what will happen in future too.But, I dare to take a risks about the uncertainty of love. There will be sweet and sour time, that's life. I hope I'm wiser on this, not repeat the same mistake.
Love can make this world the best place to live in with people that you love.Yes, I definitely sound so creepy now.Back then, I feel like I want to give up in love.I feel like nobody goin to love me after what happen before..
But, meeting you is the answer of my prayers.
Love teach me so many things.
to love each other and love God.
I don't know what will happen in future but all I want to do is love people and love God with all of my heart. Maybe, I may not end up with anybody in this world but I will always love,love because love can cover all sins.
I will forgive those that hurt me before.
I hope they forgive me too for my wrongdoings and my selfishness.I'm young and not really know the world.I'm sorry people.My prayers everyday is you will be happy in your life.


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Winter weather requires a whole different mindset and driving skills. Preparation is the key to a successful and safe driving experience when the weather turns against you. I drive 27 miles each way every day to open my shop. How many times have I seen drivers off the road, in the median, up against the guard rail or down over a bank on a slippery road. When they get out of the car they have on sneakers or flip flops, in snow and ice. Come on people.
As with any endeavor, the success or failure of any driving requires planning. You plan vacations and trips, you plan your wardrobe base on the weather, even your grocery list. Why would you not plan for your car's winter driving needs. Taking care of your car or light truck takes a little thought and just some common sense.
Do I really need to flush my brake fluid?
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Q: How to deduce the Followers of non-terminals in syntax productions? Here is a set of Syntax Productions:
S -> SA | T
A -> +S | S | *
T -> (S) | a

when eliminate left recursion, I got these:
S -> TB
B -> AB | ε
A -> +S | TB | *
T -> (S) | a

and then I try to get the Firsts and Follows of the non-terminals in it following the steps the dragon book described. I have get Firsts correctly:
first(T) = [(, a]
first(A) = [+, *, (, a]
first(B) = [ε, +, *, (, a]
first(S) = [(, a]

But I can't figure out how get Follows. So can any one show how to do this specifically?

A: To compute the FOLLOW(Non-Terminal), apply the following rules until nothing can be added to the FOLLOW set : -        // Taken from Dragon Book

*

*Place $ in FOLLOW(Start_Symbol),where $ is the input right endmarker.

*If there is a production A->XBY, then everything in FIRST(Y) except ε is in FOLLOW(B).

*If there is a production A->XB, or a production A->XBY, where FIRST(Y) contains ε,then everything in FOLLOW(A) is in FOLLOW(B).

So,now going as per the rules, we derive the FOLLOW() of all the non-terminals here .
FOLLOW(S) = {),$}  Since S is the start symbol, FOLLOW(S) must contain $.The production number 4th body (S) explains why the right parentheses is in FOLLOW(S).
FOLLOW(B) = {),$} Since B appears only at the ends of bodies of S-productions(and not A-productions,discussed later in DISCUSSION Section).
FOLLOW(A) = {+,*,(,a,),$} Since A appears in bodies only followed by B, thus,everything except ε that is in FIRST(B) must be in FOLLOW(A). However, since FIRST(B) contains ε, and B is derived from S in the initial production, hence, everything in FOLLOW(S) must also be in FOLLOW(A).That explains the symbols $ and ).
FOLLOW(T) = {+,*,(,a,),$} Since T appears in bodies only followed by B, thus,everything except ε that is in FIRST(B) must be in FOLLOW(T). However, since FIRST(B) contains ε,and B is the entire-string following T in the bodies of the S productions,everything in FOLLOW(S) must also be in FOLLOW(T).That explains the symbols $ and ).
DISCUSSION :-
Now,talking about some kind of conflict arising because of 3rd production,A -> +S | TB | *, you could've easily substituted S in place of TB, because of which you may be confused.
As per me, you should leave the productions as :-
S -> TB
B -> AB | ε
A -> +S | S | *  //substitute S for understanding FOLLOW(B) without any confusion
T -> (S) | a


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.Adapters.Entities;
using TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.Core.Utils;

namespace TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.Core.Entities
{
    ///
    /// Callback used in <see cref="HtmlImageLoadEventArgs"/> to allow setting image externally and async.

    /// The callback can provide path to image file path, URL or the actual image to use.

    /// If <paramref name="imageRectangle"/> is given (not <see cref="RRect.Empty"/>) then only the specified rectangle will
    /// be used from the loaded image and not all of it, also the rectangle will be used for size and not the actual image size.

    ///
    /// <param name="path">the path to the image to load (file path or URL)</param>
    /// <param name="image">the image to use</param>
    /// <param name="imageRectangle">optional: limit to specific rectangle in the loaded image</param>
    public delegate void HtmlImageLoadCallback(string path, Object image, RRect imageRectangle);

    ///
    /// Invoked when an image is about to be loaded by file path, URL or inline data in 'img' element or background-image CSS style.

    /// Allows to overwrite the loaded image by providing the image object manually, or different source (file or URL) to load from.

    /// Example: image 'src' can be non-valid string that is interpreted in the overwrite delegate by custom logic to resource image object

    /// Example: image 'src' in the html is relative - the overwrite intercepts the load and provide full source URL to load the image from

    /// Example: image download requires authentication - the overwrite intercepts the load, downloads the image to disk using custom code and
    /// provide file path to load the image from. Can also use the asynchronous image overwrite not to block HTML rendering is applicable.

    /// If no alternative data is provided the original source will be used.

    ///
    public sealed class HtmlImageLoadEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
        #region Fields and Consts

        ///
        /// use to cancel the image loading by html renderer, the provided image will be used.
        ///
        private bool _handled;

        ///
        /// the source of the image (file path or uri)
        ///
        private readonly string _src;

        ///
        /// collection of all the attributes that are defined on the image element
        ///
        private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _attributes;

        ///
        /// Callback used to allow setting image externally and async.
        ///
        private readonly HtmlImageLoadCallback _callback;

        #endregion

        ///
        /// Init.
        ///
        /// <param name="src">the source of the image (file path or Uri)</param>
        /// <param name="attributes">collection of all the attributes that are defined on the image element</param>
        /// <param name="callback">Callback used to allow setting image externally and async.</param>
        internal HtmlImageLoadEventArgs(string src, Dictionary<string, string> attributes, HtmlImageLoadCallback callback)
        {
            _src = src;
            _attributes = attributes;
            _callback = callback;
        }

        ///
        /// the source of the image (file path, URL or inline data)
        ///
        public string Src
        {
            get { return _src; }
        }

        ///
        /// collection of all the attributes that are defined on the image element or CSS style
        ///
        public Dictionary<string, string> Attributes
        {
            get { return _attributes; }
        }

        ///
        /// Indicate the image load is handled asynchronously.
        /// Cancel this image loading and overwrite the image asynchronously using callback method.

        ///
        public bool Handled
        {
            get { return _handled; }
            set { _handled = value; }
        }

        ///
        /// Callback to overwrite the loaded image with error image.

        /// Can be called directly from delegate handler or asynchronously after setting <see cref="Handled"/> to True.

        ///
        public void Callback()
        {
            _handled = true;
            _callback(null, null, new RRect());
        }

        ///
        /// Callback to overwrite the loaded image with image to load from given URI.

        /// Can be called directly from delegate handler or asynchronously after setting <see cref="Handled"/> to True.

        ///
        /// <param name="path">the path to the image to load (file path or URL)</param>
        public void Callback(string path)
        {
            ArgChecker.AssertArgNotNullOrEmpty(path, "path");

            _handled = true;
            _callback(path, null, RRect.Empty);
        }

        ///
        /// Callback to overwrite the loaded image with image to load from given URI.

        /// Can be called directly from delegate handler or asynchronously after setting <see cref="Handled"/> to True.

        /// Only the specified rectangle (x,y,width,height) will be used from the loaded image and not all of it, also
        /// the rectangle will be used for size and not the actual image size.

        ///
        /// <param name="path">the path to the image to load (file path or URL)</param>
        /// <param name="imageRectangle">optional: limit to specific rectangle of the image and not all of it</param>
        public void Callback(string path, double x, double y, double width, double height)
        {
            ArgChecker.AssertArgNotNullOrEmpty(path, "path");

            _handled = true;
            _callback(path, null, new RRect(x, y, width, height));
        }

        ///
        /// Callback to overwrite the loaded image with given image object.

        /// Can be called directly from delegate handler or asynchronously after setting <see cref="Handled"/> to True.

        /// If <paramref name="imageRectangle"/> is given (not <see cref="RRect.Empty"/>) then only the specified rectangle will
        /// be used from the loaded image and not all of it, also the rectangle will be used for size and not the actual image size.

        ///
        /// <param name="image">the image to load</param>
        public void Callback(Object image)
        {
            ArgChecker.AssertArgNotNull(image, "image");

            _handled = true;
            _callback(null, image, RRect.Empty);
        }

        ///
        /// Callback to overwrite the loaded image with given image object.

        /// Can be called directly from delegate handler or asynchronously after setting <see cref="Handled"/> to True.

        /// Only the specified rectangle (x,y,width,height) will be used from the loaded image and not all of it, also
        /// the rectangle will be used for size and not the actual image size.

        ///
        /// <param name="image">the image to load</param>
        /// <param name="imageRectangle">optional: limit to specific rectangle of the image and not all of it</param>
        public void Callback(Object image, double x, double y, double width, double height)
        {
            ArgChecker.AssertArgNotNull(image, "image");

            _handled = true;
            _callback(null, image, new RRect(x, y, width, height));
        }
    }
}

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Q: What is the difference between the keyword is and = in prolog? I'd appreciate it if someone could elaborate on the difference between the is keyword and the = operator in prolog. I saw this discussion in == and =, but it excludes is. The documentation talks about an unclear to me "unbound left operand." Can anyone elaborate?
I have a following example of is:
age(Person,X) :-
birth_year(Person,Y1),
current_year(Y2),
X is Y2-Y1.

Is the difference assignment vs comparison? Any help is appreciated!
Edit: What is the relationship between == and is? I am not asking the relationship of == and =, unless I have a misunderstanding of the aforementioned relationship.

A: As usual, a bit of poking around helps:
?- X = 2 + 1. % unify X with 2 + 1
X = 2+1.

?- X = 2 + 1, write_canonical(X). % how does Prolog see X?
+(2,1)
X = 2+1.

?- is(X, +(2,1)). % evaluate the term +(2,1) as an arithmetic expression
                  % and unify X with the result
X = 3.

The point about X being a free variable is that since the result of the arithmetic expression is unified with it, you might get surprises when the terms are not the same even though the arithmetic expression seem as if they should be:
?- 1+2 is 2+1. % Evaluate 2+1 and try to unify with +(1,2)
false.

?- 1 is (1.5*2)-2. % Evaluates to 1.0 (float), unify with 1 (integer)
false.

?- 1+2 =:= 2+1.
true.

?- 1 =:= (1.5*2)-2.
true.

And please keep in mind that both =/2 and is/2 are predicates. They can also be just atoms, so they can also be names of functors. Both happen to be declared as operators. I don't think either should be called a "keyword".

A: 'is' is an operator, and so is '='. But they differ in their working. 'is' should be used (or works correctly) only when its RHS can be evaluated, provided all the operads on the RHS of 'is' are instantiated (has a ready value for them).
Eg:
?- X is X+1.

This will give error until X on the RHS of 'is' has a value already assigned to it (has been instantiated).
However, the following will work:
?- X = 3, X is X+1.

Now X becomes 4 here.
'=' on other hand does not cause or any sort of evaluation of its RHS to be assigned to LHS.
?- X = 3 + 1.

This will give '3+1' and not 4. Remember, '=' causes no evaluation at all.
?- X is 3+1.

This will give 4.
However, following works as follows:
?- X = 5, Y = X.

Now, Y will become 5 as there is no evaluation needed.
'=' can also be used for matching:
?- likes(john, X) = likes(Y, burger).
X = burger,
Y = john.

The above will be the result.
So, 'is' should only be used when an evaluation is required and all the operands on its RHS have been instantiated. '=' should be used only when there is no need for evaluation and the purpose is to either assign a value or perform matching.
Hope this helps.


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Published on: Sunday, 07 November, 2010
Are Arctic ice and the PETM really the best arguments for dangerous climate change?
UPDATE: David MacKay's letter is now up in a separate post here
Some weeks ago I wrote an article for The Times about why I no longer find persuasive the IPCC's arguments that today's climate change is unprecedented, fast and dangerous.
I was delighted to receive a long and courteous letter from David MacKay, the chief scientific advisor to Britain's Department of Energy and Climate Change. With his permission I am publishing my reply to that letter. I would put his letter here too (again he agrees), but I only have a hard copy of it, so that will have to follow when he has time to send me a soft version.Now done.
The remarkable thing about this exchange is that far from weakening my doubts about the IPCC case, it has strengthened them. The letter explains why. Essentially, I have realised that almost the only weapons left in the alarm locker are the retreat of the Arctic sea ice and an event that happened 55m years ago and was probably not caused by CO2 at all. Everything else -- the CO2-temperature correlation in the Antarctic ice core, the hockey stick, storm frequency, phenology, etc etc -- no longer supports the argument that something unprecedented in magnitude or rate is happening. Remarkable.
Here is my letter:
Dear David
I am honoured that you liked my book and I liked yours very much indeed: a brilliant and necessary contribution to the debate. Though it arrived late in my writing process, I managed to squeeze in several references to it in the penultimate chapter of mine.
Thank you for taking the trouble to give such a detailed reply to my Times article - much longer than the constraints of the Times op-ed page allowed for me! I shall now indulge in a longer reply. It is certainly nice that the political `climate' (sic) now allows articles like mine to receive serious replies, rather than accusations of heresy or sin or threats of prosecution as a criminal against humanity. I appreciate that very much. I surmise from your covering note that perhaps your letter is circulated more widely among DECC colleagues and I would be glad for you to circulate this reply, not least to the secretary of state who showed you my article. I shall post this letter on my blog.
I am surprised to find that I agree with much of your letter, but it changes almost none of my conclusions. How can this be? The gap between the science and how it has been presented is huge. This is as much the fault of bodies like the Royal Society, which should have been a brake on politically inspired extreme statements but was not, as it is of the media. You say scientists know how big the uncertainties are and that the failure to ensure that uncertainties are reported has contributed to the problem. I agree and I wish that the science establishment had paid this issue more attention. They allowed and encouraged their spokesmen to peddle the very opposite impression.
Consider this statement for example: `Earth's climate can only be stabilized by bringing carbon dioxide emissions under control in the twenty-first century.' That is the opening sentence of a paper in Nature Geoscience last month. It is shocking that it got past the editors and reviewers. After 4 billion years of climatic volatility, much of it not caused by CO2 but by orbital variations, solar cycles and so on, how on earth are we to `stabilise' earth's climate by adjusting just one forcing factor? I refuse to accept that the climate could ever be stabilised, let alone by adjusting one factor. That sentence has no place in a scientific journal.
Taking your points in turn, then:
You say most climate scientists are nicer than their caricature on the web. I agree, but so are most sceptics. The image of the politicised, right-wing, anti-science zealot fits some, of course, just as the reverse fits Jim Hansen, Bob Ward and Joe Romm, but the ones whose work I have got to know, such as Andrew Montford and Steve McIntyre are quite different. The polarisation of this issue is a real problem. I learned from writing about the nature-nurture debate that arguments get polarised because people only read their friends' caricatures of their opponents' works; it is vital that we all read all sides of the argument.
Next you criticise my argument that current warming is not `unprecedented' by reference to the Arctic sea ice graph. But this only goes back to 1979! Blackpool's Football League table position is unprecedented since 1979. In a brief period of warming, of course the warming is unprecedented. You will know the ample anecdotal evidence that Arctic sea ice retreated just as much in the 1920s and 1930s: remember `Warming island' for example. There is also good evidence from wave-made beaches and driftwood in Northern Greenland of probably ice-free summer months in the Arctic 7,000 years ago. A study published in the journal Quaternary Research of sea sediment cores in the Chukchi Sea shelf in the Arctic Ocean concluded that `during the middle Holocene the August sea surface temperature fluctuated by 5°C and was 3-7°C warmer than it is today'. (Incidentally, I am keen to see a proper test of the hypothesis that black carbon is the main cause of the Arctic sea ice summer retreat of recent years and that cleaning up Chinese coal power stations will reverse the trend. The argument seems quite plausible - and it might explain why Antarctic sea ice has been expanding during the same period -- but it needs a test.)
To be honest, whenever that sea-ice graph is used as an argument, I become a little bit more sceptical. If that is the best evidence of something unprecedented, then the case must be weaker than I thought. It is a change that is not even likely to threaten human or animal livelihoods: even with a total late-summer melt (I presume you do not belong to the school of thought that the ice could fail to reform in winter), there is no great albedo feedback at such latitudes because of the angle of the sun in August, and polar bears will expand their range further north or will survive ice-free summer months onshore as they do already in Hudson's Bay, on Wrangel island and parts of Svalbard (where one once walked round my tent while I slept).
Then you say that if I mean `not unprecedented on 100m year timescales'... But those are not the only two options! I mean not unprecedented in centuries and millennia, ie in human history. It is hugely relevant whether the warming of 1910-40 was as fast as 1980-2010 (it was). It is hugely relevant if the climate was as warm in 1100 AD as now (it probably was) both in attributing cause and in making conclusions about sensitivity.
You will have seen this graph, one of many now making it amply clear that the warmth of the Holocene optimum, peaking about 7,000 years ago, was both global in extent and considerably warmer than today:
And this (from "The big picture: 65 million years of temperature swings" by Jo Nova and David Lappi):
Next you disagree with my characterization that recent warming is not `fast'. Phil Jones himself confirms that the rate of warming in 1975-2009 is statistically indistinguishable in rate from the two other periods of warming in the past 150 years: this is from his interview with the BBC -
(Degrees C per decade)
I contend that none of these rates are `fast'. Contrast them with the rate of change now known from 12,000 years ago, characterized by `local, regional, and more-widespread climate conditions [which] demonstrate that much of the Earth experienced abrupt climate changes synchronous with Greenland within thirty years or less' (Alley 2000. Quaternary Science Reviews 213-226), including `a warming of 7 °C in South Greenland [that] was completed in about 50 years' (Dansgaard, White and Johnsen 1989, Nature 339: 532). That is a change roughly nine times as fast as has happened since 1980 - in Greenland or anywhere else. Another study gives even bigger numbers, saying that the `abrupt warming (10 ± 4 °C)' at the end of the Younger Dryas and the warming at the end of a short lived cooler interval known as the Preboreal Oscillation `may have occurred within a few years' (Kobashi et al 2008 Earth and Planetary Sciences 268:397). Nor was this rate of change confined to Greenland. As one article summarises, `temperatures from the end of the Younger Dryas Period to the beginning of the Holocene some 12,500 years ago rose about 20 degrees Fahrenheit in a 50-year period in Antarctica, much of it in several major leaps lasting less than a decade.' (Science Daily, Oct 2 1998).
You concede that the rise is running at just 1C per century over the past 50 years, though you do not recognise the degree to which even this is only true of the instrumental record, as adjusted and homogenised by the USHCN and similar bodies. These adjustments have come under question recently since it has become clear that far from correcting for urban warming they seem to be exaggerating it. So the true figure, without adjustments, is probably much closer to that recorded by the SST record and the satellite record, considerably lower than 1C. Here is the US raw data:
And here it is `adjusted':
The climate is going to have to get a move on if it is hit 3C this century. One-tenth of the century now over and no significant warming yet. This should have been the fastest bit: since the curve is logarithmic, the first 100 ppm of CO2 should produce as much warming as the next 200 ppm.
You then say we should not be blasé about 2C in 200 years. I am sorry but I do not find this convincing for four reasons:
If anybody had adopted a policy in 1810 to affect the climate in 2010, they would have made absurd decisions because of uninvented technologies, etc.
There is lots of evidence that climate change is positive in its impacts up to 2C, especially if it takes 200 years to get there.
Remember most of this warming is predicted to be in cold regions, in winter and at night. The daytime temperature changes in temperate regions in summer would be less than 2C.
The thing I think we should not be blasé about is the cost of measures we are taking today. Biofuel policies have caused real hunger. Wind power policies have caused real fuel poverty. Yet these measures would do a statistically insignificant asterisk towards solving the problem even if the warming was happening fast. I refuse to be blasé about the jobs not created, the landscapes spoiled, the deaths caused by indoor air pollution in Africa because people cook over charcoal and above all the distraction and diversion of funds from real problems, including environmental ones.
You then ask me what I think the sensitivity to CO2 doubling is and you guess that I must think it is outside the range 1.5-4.5C. Actually, I think there are lots of sensitivities within that range that are `fairly minor problems' and so do many of the studies cited by the IPCC. For Malaria, for example, 2C will produce less than 30,000 extra annual deaths on the million we see today. I think the million is a major problem, the 30,000 in a century's time is a minor problem. Water shortages? The evidence of Arnell 2004 suggests that 2C of warming will reduce the net number of people at risk of water shortage. Etc etc.
So what do I think the sensitivity is? I have no idea. It could be 1C or lower, it could be 3C, but I think it very unlikely from the latest data that it is going to be as high as 4.5C. (Actually, IPCC says that is unlikely, too, if you read the probability right.) I do know this though: the IPCC's estimates of the sensitivity are utterly worthless because they all - all - assume net positive feedback. You are quite right that we do not know that clouds have negative feedback for sure, but there is good evidence that they probably do, and just 2% change in the albedo of cloudiness could reverse all CO2's marginal effect. And you imply that Spencer is a lonely voice in arguing this case. May I refer you to the Nature Geoscience paper quoted above. Despite its catechistic opening sentence, it goes on to say:
It is at present impossible to accurately determine climate sensitivity (defined as the equilibrium warming in response to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations) from past records, partly because carbon dioxide and short-lived species have increased together over the industrial era. Warming over the past 100 years is consistent with high climate sensitivity to atmospheric carbon dioxide combined with a large cooling effect from short-lived aerosol pollutants, but it could equally be attributed to a low climate sensitivity coupled with a small effect from aerosols. These two possibilities lead to very different projections for future climate change.
Anyway, you agree that climate sensitivity could conceivably be as low as 1C, which is more than the IPCC does, so I should accept this concession with gratitude and I do. It's a huge change from what was being said by the science establishment two years ago and is still being said by many, namely that 2C is unavoidable.
Then you describe the PETM (it is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum - the Pliocene came much later), suggesting that I might not know of it. I not only know it but know the more recent data suggesting that carbon emissions can no longer be reliably interpreted as the main cause of warming then. Gerald Dickens of Rice University last year concluded that CO2 did not even double during the PETM and that something other than carbon dioxide caused much of the heating.
I do think it is revealing how much scientists who are alarmed about climate refer to the PETM. Imagine if the sceptics relied heavily on one episode of uncertain causation and effect, little known and not repeated for 55m years! You would say: is that really the best they can do?
You mention the Toarcian event of 183m years ago, which is new to me, but sounds interesting (by the way I do long to get back to a world where one can discuss paleoclimatic episodes as thrilling stories in their own right without having to draw political lessons from them). Yet the very first abstract I read on the subject after googling it talked about species shifting range in response to `a rapid cooling and their gradual return to former habitat areas in the period of warming'. I will need more evidence that carbon was cause rather than effect here: sounds more like a classic volcanic winter story.
Next you say that sea level is a case where the IPCC has been too conservative. But the graph you show has a trend of 3.1mm per year. This equates to 31cm in a century, comfortably within the IPCC's estimate of 18-59cm in the present century.
Let me make two final points. I have argued that the two main examples you cite - the Arctic sea ice retreat and the PETM - are weak examples on which to build your case. Five or ten years ago I suspect that you would have cited the Vostok ice core record, showing CO2 and temperature in lockstep, and the Hockey Stick graph, showing recent temperature rises to be unprecedented in a thousand years. These two graphs were very, very important in persuading me to rejoin the consensus view in the mid 2000s, after I had moved towards cautious scepticism in the late 1990s. The fact that both are now discredited as evidence of CO2 attribution has been very, very important in sending me back towards scepticism. When the facts changed, I changed my mind. The Vostok graph now unambiguously shows that CO2 rises follow rather than precede warming. The impact of that discovery is huge. The Hockey Stick graph is largely a statistical artefact caused by the inappropriate use of short-centred principal component analysis and heavily reliant on geographically narrow and methodologically suspect samples of tree rings. If you have not read Andrew Montford's The Hockey Stick Illusion to understand this, I do beg you to do so.
My last point is this. We always discuss climate change in isolation, as a unique issue. Yet we cannot ignore the history of past environmental alarms, which I catalogue in my book: on population, famine, pesticides and cancer, desertification, sperm counts, acid rain, GM crops, and many other issues, we have been promised catastrophe, often with the backing of peer-reviewed science, and repeatedly these hopes have been dashed. (You may need to remember to switch your sarcasm detector on when reading the last sentence.) My position is heavily influenced by having been science editor of The Economist during the acid rain scare and having been a full-scale alarmist at the time myself. In 1984 I wrote: `Forests are beginning to die at a catastrophic rate. One year ago, West Germany estimated that 8% of its trees were in trouble. Now 34% are...that forests are in trouble is now indisputable.' Experts told me all Germany's conifers would be gone by 1990 and the Federal Ministry of the Interior predicted all forests would be gone by 2002. I was wrong. German forest biomass increased during all these years. Of course, the boy who cries wolf may be right one day. But we are right to grow more sceptical when he keeps being wrong.
Now, if for the past 20 years we had been told that there is a probability of some change in the climate due to CO2, and a very small possibility that it is likely to lead to a drastic lurch, then I could join with you and the consensus. Instead of which I have been repeatedly told that trillions must be spent urgently because there are only a few months to save the world and it is the most urgent problem, more urgent than hunger, malaria and indoor air pollution, likely to lead to the collapse of the entire economy and moreover that the science is settled and to question it is to be equivalent to a criminal. So, apologies if I sound a little exercised on this, but as a huge champion of science I feel very, very let down by the science establishment, especially the laughably poor enquiries on the emails published this year. Ask yourself if these emails had been within a drug company about a drug trial, whether the establishment would have been so determined to excuse them.
Again, I thank you for the courtesy of a proper reply. This is more than I get from most scientists and journalists on this topic. I do not envy the difficult decisions you and your political colleagues face, but I do beg you to review the latest evidence and increase your doubts about the likelihood of catastrophe; also to increase your concern for the costs and damages caused by renewable energy policies.


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