It's true: Lawn grubs have secrets. Not that they ever shared them directly with me, but there are lots of people who have spent lots of time studying this nemesis of grassy greens. From the work of these scientists and lawn ecologists, most of us have a few things to learn.
In Connecticut, we have as many as eight different species of lawn grubs. All grubs are all beetle larvae and they each have their own modus operandi. When looking to discourage these miniature packing worm look-alikes, we need to use slightly different approaches for each one.
Grubs damage lawns primarily by chewing the roots.
Grubs are gourmet fare for moles, whose tunneling ability is the envy of civil engineers. It is actually the vegetarian voles, comparatively poor tunnel-makers who take advantage of moles' tunnels, that eat tasty grass roots. Thus, the presence of grubs invites further lawn damage.
Some lawn care practices actually create luxury accommodations for grubs. Chief among these is overwatering in the months of June and July, when adult female beetles lay their eggs.
Grubs have a better chance of survival in high pH soil. When we raise soil pH to encourage lawn grasses, we make things comfy for grubs.
Mow lawns higher in June and July, keeping them at about 3" – 4". This promotes thick roots and aids in reducing the lawn's water needs. The less water you apply, the less friendly your lawn to egg-laying adult females.
To help with water reduction, choose lawn grass seed that will tolerate droughts. In this region, fescues are well known for this quality. Some people are beginning to use Buffalo Grass for low-mow lawns. It is extremely drought tolerant.
Choose lawn grass seed that can tolerate a lower pH. In this region, fescues are again a good choice.
Milky spore products are effective in the warmer parts of southern New England, but only against Japanese beetles. Remember, there are as many as eight types of grubs.
Finally, don't forget that grub resistance is greater when a lawn grasses can grow deep roots in healthy soil. Grubs do most of their feeding in the top three inches of the soil.


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Q: How to use VCS solutions, like SVN or git, to label the version of particular files? so I'm starting to use version control systems (VCS) to keep track of my growing piles of code, and am experimenting with SVN and git. The very basic commands are very similar, so I'll just use SVN as my example.
Say I have a repo with some files in it. After changing a file, I commit the change like this:
svn commit -m "altered the regex to parse properly"

This commits my changes and adds the commit message. However, what if I had just altered 3 different scripts, how can I add individualized commit messages for each of the files?
Similarly, being a version control system, I want to actually keep track of script version numbers. Let's say I start at version 1.0.0, how can I label my changed script as being v1.0.1 upon commit?
So basically, if someone could tell me how to keep track of log messages and version changes for every file when committing, I would be very grateful. Thanks!

A: If you want to keep a running change log by file, then you either need to:

*

*Create a ChangeLog plain text file in your source tree and type into it whatever info you need (date, time, commit id, summary, etc.) for each file

*Only commit one file at a time in each commit, this way you will be able to see a commit history in your version control file that lists each file's individual change. This can lead to an inconsistent state of your code though, meaning that if you change two files which depend on one another and only having one file changed leads to an error, you will have broken commits in your code.
VCSes do not typically natively support a per-file commit log while still having commits contain multiple files. You could, however, just put a new line between the description of each file's change in a multi-file commit. Something like this:
Summary: Various bug fixes and updates for Flummox 1.5.2.

file1.c: Updated Flummox API for Flummox 1.5.2.
file2.c: Fix a string formatting buffer overflow.
file3.c: Use new Flummox Advanced Regex engine.

Most people commit each logically isolated change in a commit, regardless of whether it affects 1 file or 1000.

A: @allquixotic missed the second part about your question which was about version numbers so here is a answer to that part.

how can I label my changed script as being v1.0.1 upon commit

You don't really label your script as being v.1.0.1, you would probably setup a tag for that commit with the v.1.0.1 label.
In git this could be as simple as something like git tag v1.0.1 <commithash>.  Tags in SVN are a bit different, since you use the svn copy feature Doc.

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Q: Android: content observer's "onChange()" method is called multiple times I am using a content observer for content://sms. I am writing all the messages to a text file in SD card. But the onChange() method in the content observer is called multiple times and the same message is written multiple times to the text file. How to avoid this? Also I want to know if having the content observer will slow down the phone.

A: You need to override deliverSelfNotifications() to return true.
class ObserverSms extends ContentObserver {
private Context mContext;

public ObserverSms(Context context, Handler handler) {
    super(handler);
    mContext = context;
}

@Override
public boolean deliverSelfNotifications() {
    return true;
}

@Override
public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
    super.onChange(selfChange);
    MyLog.logDebugInConsole(TAG, "Sms Database Changed");
}
}

A: Vivek, please ensure that you unregister your content observer any time you leave the activity e.g. in onDestroy() method, call unregisterContentObserver(). Hope this help ! (in my case it worked)

A: Try this to avoid multiple execution of onChange()
private Context context;
    private static int initialPos;
    private static final String TAG = "SMSContentObserver";
    private static final Uri uriSMS = Uri.parse("content://sms/sent");

    public SmsObserver(Handler handler, Context ctx) {
        super(handler);
        context = ctx;
        trackMeData = context.getSharedPreferences("LockedSIM", 0);
        initialPos = getLastMsgId();

    }

    @Override
    public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
        super.onChange(selfChange);
        queryLastSentSMS();
    }

    public int getLastMsgId() {

        Cursor cur = context.getContentResolver().query(uriSMS, null, null, null, null);
        cur.moveToFirst();
        int lastMsgId = cur.getInt(cur.getColumnIndex("_id"));
        Log.i(TAG, "Last sent message id: " + String.valueOf(lastMsgId));
        return lastMsgId;
    }

    protected void queryLastSentSMS() {

        new Thread(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                Cursor cur =
                    context.getContentResolver().query(uriSMS, null, null, null, null);

                if (cur.moveToNext()) {

                    try {

                        String body = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("body"));

                        if (initialPos != getLastMsgId()) {

                            String receiver = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("address"));
                            Log.i("account", myDeviceId);
                            Log.i("date", day + "-" + month + "-" + year + " "
                                + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + seconde);
                            Log.i("sender", myTelephoneNumber);
                            Log.i("receiver", receiver );

                            // Then, set initialPos to the current position.
                            initialPos = getLastMsgId();

                            sendsmstoph(receiver, body);
                        }
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        // Treat exception here
                    }
                }
                cur.close();
            }
        }).start();

    }

A: The onChange() event is called once for each column that changes (i.e. "body" or "address") - thus the multiple calls.  The easiest way to only process the data once is to store the value of the "_id" column, see if it has changed on the next iteration  and then ignore.
cur.getColumnIndex("_id")

See example here:
Sms ContentObserver onChange() fires multiple times


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Julie Blaise (born 8 November 1975 in Antibes) is a French former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Living people
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French female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of France
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Swimmers at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
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Posts Tagged 'LA'
Arkells – The Next Great Canadian Export?!?
Arkells
Wilderado
On a cold night in San Francisco, the inside of Bottom of the Hill looked anything but. People were clearly already preparing for Coachella with short shorts and high boots. The lines were long to get in and it was a packed club. Little did I know, the crowd was not there for headliner Blossoms but showed up in droves for Canadians Arkells, who clearly stole the show.
Blossoms, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, brought back the baggy Madchester scene. Unabashed '60s pop songs mixed in with psychedelic undertones and in some cases a bit of Abba-esque '70s sounds. The band played most of the songs off their debut self-titled album. While the band has a lot of hype and is being touted as the next Arctic Monkeys, unfortunately, lead singer Tom Ogden appeared wanting to be anywhere but there. Songs sounded lackluster and there was no energy. But, he did at times sound reminiscent of Alex Turner and even had his same hip gyrations down.
Myles Kellock brought some recognizable dance riffs on his keyboards to the catchy "Honey Sweet". It sounded like they came out of a New Order song. Towards the end of the set, Tom performed an acoustic number that just didn't work. As the band stood onstage not doing a thing, it just felt awkward. Thankfully, it was only one song and then they would play the guitar driven "Cut Me And I'll Bleed". A simple hook that is destined to get stuck in your head. It stood out.
Blossoms ended the set with the utmost of pop songs, single, "Charlemagne". The song which is pure catchy, sunshine pop, woke up the crowd which gladly danced along. And with that, the band was gone as quickly as they seemed to come to the stage.
The openers stole the show from the onset. It was going to be a daunting task for anyone to come after Arkells. The boys from Hamilton, ONT. clearly should have been the headliners. The band, who has been playing for 10 years, had just played here a few months before and they did not disappoint.
From the moment Max Kerman, lead singer and guitarist, hit the stage you knew what you were in for. He had a frenetic energy that was contagious. As he said the moment he walked onto the stage, he wanted everyone singing and dancing. He jumped into the crowd during the first song, "A Little Rain (A Song For Pete)", and immediately got the crowd jumping and dancing and as promised he even called out the lyrics for the crowd to sing along.
Arkells – Max Kerman
The band played a really great set with plenty of songs off their new album, Morning Report. Each song told a story and the band just pulled you in. While it would be near impossible to put a label on them, aside from calling them alternative rock, their sound was never static. On "Savannah" the band had some really tight melodies and even had Anthony Carone, keyboards, break out a trumpet. "And Then Some" proved to be a perfect love song with gorgeous guitar riffs coming from the multiple guitars. It was really impressive to hear how all these guitars could melt into the background. Their newest song which was just released a couple of weeks ago, "Knocking At The Door", was powerful. With a gritty bluesy sound, and Max singing out to "rise up", it felt like something changed in the crowd. There was a pulse and an energy to the crowd.
While everyone always mentions the UK when it comes to the next newest, hottest band, we really can't forget about our friends up North. Arkells clearly stole the show tonight. Perhaps touring with Canada's greatest band The Tragically Hip taught them a thing or two.
LA band by way of Texas and Oklahoma, Wilderado, was the first opener. You could hear their music while waiting outside and they brought some energetic rock-n-roll to the club. The band had a catchy Americana/twangy sound filled with lots of guitars. They were able to uniquely blend how the South meets California sunshine/psychedelia. The band is definitely one to watch.
Posted in Adventures in the Big City, Live Music, Random Ramblings, San Francisco | Tagged: Arctic Monkeys, Arkells, Blossoms, Bottom of the Hill, Canada, concert, Hamilton, LA, live, madchester, Manchester, music, San Francisco, SF, Tragically Hip, Wilderado | Leave a Comment »
Its Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas w/Aimee Mann
Posted by xneverwherex on December 7, 2015
Aimee Mann & Ted Leo Holiday Show
w/Special Guests Liz Phair, Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick
Bimbo's 365 Club
In a random twist of events, I ended up at Bimbo's last night for the Aimee Mann, Ted Leo Holiday show. Let's just say that there might be hope for Tinder, really. The guy was from Chicago, so obviously he's already got cool points because thats where Liz Phair is from and well it's Chicago, and he's obviously got great taste in music. I had always wanted to go to this show, but just never bought tickets and it seems it usually sells out. All I know is that it's fully worth the money and next year (assuming it's happening again), I'm all over it.
I had seen Ted Leo quite a bit in NYC but not on a tour like this and I had missed The Both (his and Aimee Mann's collaboration). It was a really great set consisting of some really bizarre Christmas tunes and just some great stories. Apparently Ted was running for office in the North Pole as FrosTED the snowman (costume too) (term limits came into effect), and as Aimee mentioned – another white guy running for office and he had a platform/campaign with an awesome poster. Him and Aimee have great chemistry on stage and just feed off of each other.
Holiday Show w/Aimee Mann, Ted Leo
With so many great guests coming together (hello Liz Phair) it was an awesome experience. She came out early in the set to perform "Supernova" along with Aimee and Ted. It sounded as great as ever and maybe better with the addition of the two of them. I did really enjoy the holiday songs that Aimee and Ted performed with Aimee's lovely voice on "Winter Wonderland" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas". Perhaps the best of the night was Jonathan Coulton's help on a new rendition of "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar – with new lyrics "Jesus Claus" "Santa Christ" it was blasphemous and hilarious and so worth seeing.
I'm not sure the show got better than the moment that Aimee came out to sing "Save Me" which was haunting and beautiful as ever. So much pure, raw, emotion. Ted helped out with guitars and vocals and missed the 2nd half of the song as he got so enrapt with Aimee's vocals and just listened in and forgot to sing. It was *that* special. Plus, she even did the "original" version of "Voices Carry" from Til Tuesday. Apparently, the original version is not what we ever heard on the radio which was about trying to get presents from her step-dad. But, apparently it didnt go well with radio peeps with lyrics like "Hush hush / He's your dad now / This is Gary". I think this song will be forever tainted in my head with these new lyrics.
Aimee and Ted clearly have a wicked sense of humour and really play off of each other well. And John Roderick – and a song about Atari 2600 called "2600" was pure awesome. Lots of talk about Atari vs ColecoVision and other ancient video games. It clearly wasn't necessarily a show for the young hipster crowd, as even my date didn't even recognize Til Tuesday. Also, there was a great rendition of "You're A Mean One Mr Grinch" which really showcased Aimee's beautiful vocals.
In their 2 hour set, it seemed so much happened and was learned. Aimee was once married to Santa Claus (he had no time for her), Ted Leo learned the elections were not happening, he also has a dad who cries mysteriously when some Christmas donkey song is played (report back NYC when he brings his dad on stage for this), Jonathan Coulton (who was initially dressed as Santa Claus) is really Jesus, and the lovely Liz Phair goes all out for decorating the tree so much that you can't even find her family. What can be better than a night spent like that, hearing lovely stories and laughing a lot and bringing in the holiday spirit.
Posted in Adventures in the Big City, Live Music, Random Ramblings, San Francisco | Tagged: 12/6/15, Aimee Mann, alternative, B imbos, Chicago, Christmas songs, concert, folk, Holiday Special, John Roderick, Jonathan Coulton, LA, live, Liz Phair, music, NYC, San Francisco, Ted Leo | Leave a Comment »
F**K Yeah Fest (FYFFest) Festival 2015
Posted by xneverwherex on September 4, 2015
A friend and I love to joke about the name of the festival as the letters already stand for F*** Yeah Fest – so why they also added another fest is beyond me. Kinda like Courtney Taylor-Taylor – because one is never good enough.
A long, hot drive down the I-5 was just the beginning of the fun. Apocalyptic reservoirs that clearly were not winning in this drought war to gorgeous sprawling mountains that were no longer any shade of a recognizable green. Eventually, I'd pull into the traffic known as LA which somehow wasn't bad at all. (A rare feat in itself).
And then it was off to the oh-so-trendy Echo Park with Ben and friends. Sadly, I still don't get how that neighborhood is all that popular. Aside from the major strip that The Echo is on and a few hipster bars it was pretty dead on this Friday night. So here I am trying to beg my way into Baltimore's Lower Dens show as Jana Hunter passes by more than a few times. Temptation set in quickly to ask her for a ticket, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Instead its off to a bar and Lower Dens will have to wait.
FYF is nothing like what I expected. Its beyond organized and it's a breeze to get into. Sadly, I somehow missed half of Broncho's set, whom I was really looking forward to seeing. But, of what I did hear I loved. They were upbeat, rocking out on the stage and their music was infectious. They ended their set with their ever catchy single "Class Historian" and everyone was bouncing and singing along. Great way to start the day.
I end up hanging around on the trees stage as its shady and a chill stage. The cool thing about this festival is the stages are spread out far enough that there's no bleed-through but also easy enough to get from stage to stage. Expo Park is awesome with the coliseum in the middle sporting the 1984 olympic athlete sculptures cue "stars of track and field".
The real reason for hanging out at the stage is Paris' La Femme. Easily one of my most recent favorite albums, the French do NOT disappoint. The band comes out covered head-to-toe in robes and head coverings (Arab-chic) looking like they should be playing in the Sahara and they are ready for fun as well as a dance party.
With their opening notes of "Its Time To Wake Up", the band got the crowd moving. It was a kick-ass set and the crowd was dancing up a storm and singing along to their music. It was pure fun as they went through a good chunk of their album Psycho Tropical Berlin. As they finished out the set with the catchy "Sur La Planche", the crowd was a dance party with everyone moving together and singing along. A pretty awesome first couple of bands.
After much needed shade and beer (they somehow go hand in hand) it was off to enjoy Dinosaur Jr. in the beer tent. The band is celebrating 30 years and with all the original members they're awesome to see. As soon as the chords of "Feel The Pain" started it was off to the front of the stage to get the real feel of J. Mascis. Man.. he does not disappoint. With his grey locks flowing, he rocked out and really got the crowd into the music. Plus, their cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" is insane and possibly better than the original, harder and heavier and so rocking. Just brilliant!
Then I had to give NYC's The Drums another chance. I figured at a festival they would be better than the countless other times I've seen them in a club. And their light show was pretty incredible, but I still have yet to figure out the hype and they were still as boring as ever. Musically, they sound pretty good, but live — leaves a lot to be wanted.
But then right after was the dance party I had really been waiting for — !!! (chk chk chk). And this is a band that never disappoints. Surprisingly, their stage is pretty empty which means even more room to work it out and dance dance dance.
As Nic Offer came onto the stage, the band wasted no time getting into their electro-dance-punk beats and the band members all started dancing on stage with instruments. By the time lead singer Nic started to sing, he was already working the crowd with his awesome/funky dance moves and his short shorts (a staple!). Not much had changed since I had last seen them and it was refreshing! As a frontman, he is always entertaining and its always a good time.
Thankfully, as I hadnt really been following them, they were playing mostly newer material and have a new album coming out. Plus, they have a show scheduled in SF at Slims in December … so the dance party will continue.
And then it was the newly put together Bloc Party. So long Matt Tong… and welcome to female drummer Louise Bartle, who totally kicked ass. The band had played their first show with the new band members, which also includes the new bassist Justin Harris, just 2 nights prior. And thankfully the band still has their same energy.
Kele Okereke sounded as great as great as always hitting his high notes. He was talkative with the crowd and seemed happy to be performing again. And with the opening bass lines of "Hunting for Witches", the crowd went crazy as everyone started singing and jumping. And then if it couldn't get any better is the scratchy opening notes and catchy drum beats of "Positive Tension". By then everyone was singing and dancing along if they weren't already. Their post-punk sound filled the air and it was a great way to nearly be ending out the night.
So many awesome songs were played and it felt like a 'best-of' set which was perfect for this fest and perfect for the fans. I somehow ended up mostly in the beer tent area and a bunch of us went crazy as "Banquet" started to play. Singing in unison and all with the same ridiculous dance moves of jumping in circles as Kele sang "turning away from the light… turning into myself". In some ways it felt like one of the first times I had seen them. The same excitement had returned which I hadn't felt in forever.
After that I would try and see Cold Cave — just don't get the love for that band — and I kinda felt bad as it was one of the most empty stages. But, anyone going up against Yeezus, Kanye was seriously in trouble.
Trying to get to the main stage for Kanye was truly insane. Everyone at the festival was trying to get there and it was just beyond packed. While the screens helped some, it was near impossible to see anything. As people eventually cleared out, it got easier to see.
Kanye is truly something else. His rapping over Daft Punk's "Stronger" is pretty brilliant. It's catchy, original and he is pretty amazing. And then it was straight into the single "Power" which sounded even better live. I'm not sure who was performing the female vocals but it was pretty amazing. The guy was just delivering and I finally understood the obsession with Kanye and people needing to see him. (He was a replacement for Frank Turner – and people were paying top dollar to get in just to see him). Its hard to deny how talented he is and someone so worth seeing.
Jesus & Mary Chain
Trying to leave the festival would be insane so left Kanye a bit early (missed Rihanna towards the end of his set) to see the Jesus and Mary Chain. The band was playing the album Psychocandy in its entirety and had never sounded better. Their loud, dark, moody sound filled the nighttime air. The sounds of guitars just seemed to go on forever; plus they had a pretty impressive light show.
I hadn't heard this album in forever. The even louder, more rocking "The Living End" had never sounded better. Staring at their shoes for the most part, there was hardly any crowd interaction. But it's one of those bands where none of this matters. The music speaks for itself.
It was one hell of a first day and the next day was even better.
Posted in Adventures in the Big City, Friends, Live Music, Random Ramblings | Tagged: !!!, beer tent, Ben, Bloc Party, Broncho, Dinosaur Jr., Exposition Park, FYF Fest, J. Mascis, LA, La Femme, Nebraska, Paris, The Drums | Leave a Comment »
Black English – #OtherCoastConfiguration
Black English
Vela Eyes
(Upstairs @) DNA Lounge
Echo Park's Black English (fka NO) played a couple of shows across the States leading up to today's Bottlerock Festival. If I had been paying attention and noticing all of their #'s – I would have realized the show would be a bit different.
The band is currently playing this small "tour" as a 3 piece band with Spike on drums and Laura Burhenn (of the Mynabirds) on keys. Naturally, you still have Bradley on guitars/vocals. Hence the othercoastconfiguration tags. It seems fitting as the band just finished touring with Yann Tiersen in Europe and the Psychedelic Furs across The States and Canada.
While it definitely lacked some of their bigger sound with the missing guitars, this worked out pretty well. I wasn't sure how some of their more anthemic songs would sound, but with Bradley's amazing vocals coming together with Laura's it gave a nice change to their sound. I really was enjoying their harmonies and their voices had a beautiful blend. I felt at times that the keyboard was too overpowering and somewhat distracted from the songs, but overall it worked.
"Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen cover) which features Laura sounded gorgeous. As the music goes from Bradley singing to Laura and then the two of them harmonizing together the song couldnt sound more beautiful. Of course, it was all about their hits off of El Prado and Bradley's baritone did them justice. Even without the crescendoing guitars his vocals do wonders on setting a tempo — he had the crowd clapping along to 'Stay With Me' and lots of fist pumping to 'Leave The Door Wide Open'. The crowd was very into the show with some people showing off their dance moves and most people just clapping and singing along and moving to the beat of the music.
Regardless of #othercoastconfiguration – the band surprisingly worked amazing as a 3-piece. Once you rearrange a few songs and add more keys and throw down some percussion – you get a pretty awesome 'new' band. Chicago, LA, NYC and SF were all pretty lucky to have them come through — hopefully theyll be back soon. And even more surprising, it was only the band's second show in SF (which seemed to be a theme of the night).
San Francisco's Vela Eyes put on an entertaining set. They have a 90's vibe with one hell of a kick-ass singer. She tears it up not only vocally, but in her mini-dress and knee high socks really works the stage with some pretty great kicks. They have a Blondie kind of rock edge and blends a lot of styles together with some songs having a more shoegaze 60's wall of sound and others just pure rock-n-roll. The other woman on keyboards adds backing vocals which are a nice blend (although at times hard to hear). Personally, I loved when she wasnt on the keys and was playing her guitar — loud fuzzy and lots of reverberation. They were quite good and well worth seeing.
And while I do love Black English, I cant help but say how excited I was to see Meet Me In Orbit on the bill. All of a sudden, the show was *really* worth seeing. Their first show ever (opening for Public Service Broadcasting), blew my mind away. So I figured they had probably played another few shows and were going to become huge right away, but was pleasantly surprised to hear it was only their 2nd show ever (along with Black English – albeit this was just their second show in SF). I arrived early enough to hear the guys (Jared and Brandon) finishing up their soundcheck. I only had one thought – it was going to be much louder than I had remembered.
So seeing their second show, I figured I'd be happy if it were even as good as the first (which was great!) and it was so much better. Its hard to say if the songs were more polished, or if the crowd which seemed to be all there for them was just more into it, but everything just seemed bigger and better. Their lush chillwave/dreampop sound filled the venue. "Last Time" sounded gorgeous and the crowd just swayed along to the music. Their electronic sound was just perfect with Jared's vocals filling the room. And while a lot of the songs were more laid back with the chill vibe – they definitely have the more upbeat electronic songs to get the crowd moving.
They just released their first EP Traveler with 5 songs. The music will take you on a trip and let you get away to the past for just a bit of time and what a lovely time it is. If you haven't yet seen them (and odds are with only 2 shows you probably haven't), the next time they do play (and hopefully a tour will come soon), be sure to not miss them.
Check out "We Are Grown" which reminds me of a cross between Chvrches and Little Daylight.
Posted in Adventures in the Big City, Live Music, Random Ramblings, San Francisco | Tagged: anthemic rock, Black English, Bradley Hanan Carter, chillwave, concert, DNA Lounge, dreampop, Echo Park, LA, Laura Burhenn, live, Meet Me In Orbit, music, Mynabirds, No, post-punk, post-rock, rock, San Francisco, shoegaze, Vela Eyes | Leave a Comment »
Dope Machines – Airborne Toxic Event
Airborne Toxic Event
LA's, The ATE, had announced a shortened tour of just 9 dates for their 4th album Dope Machines. The new album was going in a bit of a different direction than prior albums. It definitely has more of an 80s flare and more synth than their big anthem indie songs of years prior. It was to be an awesome show that would be focusing more on the visuals than the actual band itself.
The Airborne Toxic Event
Mikel Jollett sounds so much more emotionally invested in this album. With raw, passionate vocals you really can feel him. It also helps that they played the new album in its entirety nearly in the dark with all of the emphasis on the video images behind them. The videos ranged from women in lacey lingerie (stockings) to visuals of cityscapes passing by. Songs like "California" still have the catchiness of prior songs and it was great to hear Mikel talking about growing up in the different parts of California and how its made him – of course, hes a product of hippie parents that took him around in a VW bus growing up. And best of all, he tells a story like no other.
Unlike other shows, this show started out a bit on the slower side but thankfully there was a part 2 where they played all of their hits. The band then started out "part 2" with the ever catchy "Gasoline" which got the crowd dancing and revved up. Plus – it would mean we'd finally get the band really working the stage and playing their hearts out. Lots of guitars, lots of great harmonies and of course Anna Bulbrook not just on keyboards, but her violin. And man, I am sure seeing a lot of violins in bands these days, but she tore it up. So with the lights all up and a crowd wanting this – the remainder of the set would turn into a fun affair. The band continued to rip through songs immediately going into "Happiness Is Overrated" — another fun catchy song that had the crowd singing along to 'i'm sorry, i nearly lost my head'.
It was a great fun night, but this crowd left a lot to be desired. From the young kids in front of me who insisted on slow-dancing then having a full on make out session (yes – this was right near the stage) and having no clue that they were yes, at a concert. It was just awkward. Worse, instead of paying attention to Mikel who is literally right behind them playing his guitar to the far right area, they were filming each other. If that wasnt enough, we then had a woman come up to us asking if we would be her friend. Now I have seen a lot at concerts, but I dont think Ive been asked about the friend thing since I was 5. She was insistent on hanging out with my friend and I, while I was more interested in not having any conversation and watching the band. Plus, I had the kids in front of me now making devil-horned signs the entire show.
So yes, it was an interesting night, and they had an encore or two, plus its hard to go wrong with the violin opening of "Sometime Around Midnight". Its just gorgeous having the addition of the strings. And the song just resonates with these lyrics:
And it starts
Sometime around midnight
Or at least that's when you lose yourself
For a minute or two
As you stand
Under the bar lights
And the band plays some song about forgetting yourself for a while
And in a nutshell it rather sums up the night. Theyre definitely a band to see if you havent before as its always a good time, even when the crowd isnt quite what you were expecting.
Dope Machines Set
One Time Thing
Dope Machines
Time to be a Man
My Childish Bride
The Thing About Dreams
Something You Lost
Fan Favorites (might be out of order)
Happiness Is Overrated
Change and Change and Change and Change
Welcome to Your Wedding Day
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Summer Ends with The Raveonettes
The Raveonettes
Rich Girls
The now LA-based Raveonettes made their way up the sunny coast of California to begin their tour in San Francisco at the lovely swanky old club Bimbo's 365 in North Beach. Apparently, a regular stomping ground for them when they come to town. And, I could see why. Acoustically, the band sounded amazing. The noise was beautifully contained in the small club and regardless of where I stood it still sounded great (sight-lines is a whole 'nother story).
The Danish duo were here in support of their new appropriately titled Pe'ahi (a place on the north shore of Maui). Their new album reflects some of their new home of LA — a more pop, surf-rock layered in guitars/fuzziness sound. Sure, in the beginning Sharin Foo, bassist & vocalist, had a bit of sound problems, but it was quickly worked out. Soon enough, plenty of loud gritty guitar. Sune Rose Wagner, lead vocalist & guitarist, was not too talkative but did introduce a few songs and excitedly would announce when they were playing an older one.
The band jammed through their hour long set with 3-minute 60's wall of sound fuzzed out garage pop. "Love in a Trash Can" never sounded better with plenty of distortion and driving beats. Im in love with the song "Summer Ends" which they fittingly played after announcing it was the official last day of summer. Its a perfect end of summer song if your summer ended in heartbreak except for the fact its a catchy lighter shoegaze pop song with biting lyrics. "You said you come a-running when I need you
I said go fuck yourself I don't believe you". Enveloped in lots of strobes and dark lights the band played a great set of songs including "Uncertain Times", "Chain Gang of Love", "Apparitions", "Sisters" (from the new album), and so many more. With 3 minute short songs, they seemed to just rip right through them.
The Raveonettes went out with a bang with their dirty gritty guitars on "Aly, Walk with me" and "Recharge & Revolt". They sounded perfect in there and walked off the stage with the crowd definitely wanting more…
Openers Coves from the UK had to bow out due to visa issues (dont get me started on that one). San Francisco locals Rich Girls filled in for them at the last minute. And they were awesome. Fronted by Luisa Black, this 3-piece band performed a noisy guitar-heavy, drum heavy set. They sounded awesome, dirty and gritty garage rock, and had some really great songs. They were a perfect opener for the Raveonettes.
Posted in Blogroll, Live Music, Random Ramblings, San Francisco | Tagged: 60's pop, 9/22/14, Bimbo's 365 Club, Danish, Denmark, guitars, LA, Pe'ahi, Rich Girls, San Francisco, Sharin Foo, shoegaze, Sune Rose Wagner, The Raveonettes, wall of sound | Leave a Comment »
20 Years Later and The Dandys (Still) Rule OK
The Warlocks
Its hard to believe that the Dandy Warhols have now been together for 20 years. The band was in town on Wed night to kick off their new tour celebrating 20 years. The Independent (which was of course a sold-out show – apparently selling out in some 5 mins according to Courtney), was a perfect place for the band. Still quite small, it seemed that most of their older fans were in the crowd. A few of the people had remembered seeing the band at house parties around the Mission.
The band, mainly CTT, reminisced about the long ago time in which they were playing shows to a few of their friends. Since then, they've opened for some amazing bands/artists (hello Bowie!, The Charlatans, and countless others) and have played some really awesome shows (3hr shows, 13 Tales album, etc). It was pretty great to see all of them feeling so at home and so comfortable. As Zia mentioned, she was just so comfortable that they would do whatever they wanted for us, including one of the Warlocks playing tambourine on 'Bohemian Like You' (if I recall correctly).
The band really went old school for the show and played a ton of early material (so happy to hear TV Theme Song after what seemed like years) and also CCR, White Gold and so many others. And they even went more old school to play a cover from Eddy Grant (whereby CTT talked about the Clash and Desmond Dekker! and then even went farther back to discuss his band The Equals). It was one of those kinds of nights, where you wished it never ended.
And what can I say about their fanbase. Some of the best fans Ive ever seen and met. As always, met some very awesome people in the crowd. People were very into sharing all their smokes and it was just a very great environment. Even for new fans, the older ones are always very cool and never 'too cool for school'.
An awesome show indeed — and the best part The Warlocks opened the show.
The Warlocks, from LA, started the night out in fine fashion. With some slow droning guitar rock, that changed into more shoe-gazey and even had some pop bits. Guitarist Earl, who was in front of me, is one hell of a musician. He is *incredible* on the guitars and you get mesmerized just watching him. The band is really incredible and plays a really tight set. Its the type of band that just takes you on a trip for an hour as you really feel the music and it just takes a hold of you.
One of the best openers I had seen in a very long time. The only thing Im most sad about is the fact that I did not have plans to attend Austin Psych Fest which has the most amazing lineup ever.
Pseudo-set List (I know this isnt correct order and songs are missing)
Be-In
Shaking
Used To Be Friends
TV Theme Song
Last High
Now Ya
Sad Vacation
theyre gone
Gotta get over
holding me up
horse pills
dreamt
pete/boys better
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Black Violin. BEST.LIVE.SHOW
Wednesday night (3/12) in a word was all over the place. Ok so a few words. I started panicking around 945 or so as I was jumping venues. But then something … someone's …. happened. A band called "NO" from L.A. which has band members from everywhere. And this is where the change happened.
The swan dive is an awesome bar on red river. Its got tables surrounding the outter wall and lots of chairs. I met a guy from Germany who told me no would be great. Man he was not lying.
The six piece band, who met in la, are from everywhere around the world. They were dressed very sharp with all of them clad in black pants, nice shirts and their best 12 eyed doc Martens. The lead singer has a nice baritone ala Matt Berninger of the National. Their sound is post punk a nice mix of the National meets the editors meets interpol. They blend it all and they have a really nice full polished sound. Their songs are catchy and in no time at all will you be singing along. The lead singer has great energy and really works to get the crowd involved. A very solid band you dont wanna miss.
They're signed to the great label arts and crafts and are currently on tour with the Darcys.
Rey pila from mexico city brought on the funk and dance. They infused it all and they were great fun. Their lead singer came into the crowd and danced it up big time. Really a band you dont want to miss at sxsw.
Black Violin came on around 130 to a fairly unpacked club. It was a good mix of people in the audience making for an awesome night.
The band is 2 black guys who met in high school some 15 years ago in orchestra class. They have remained tight friends ever since. The band, from Miami, also has a dj spinning beats and a solid drummer (with an awesome shirt).
The guys on violin are just BRILLIANT!! They have transformed the violin into this awesome instrument that at times sounds just like a guitar. The way they play and put to use the violins is mesmerizing. They should be the new heroes for music classes everywhere inspiring the youth today to turn towards playing the violin.
The music at times is straight out of a symphony but with a rock infusion. Then they will immediately go into something very different. They will keep you on your toes. They ended the set with one guy introducing us to 'Tiffany' his violin and doing some pure shredding (do you shred on a violin?). The set ended with a great medley of some of the catchier radio songs from 'Radioactive' to 'Blurred Lines' then straight into Daft Punk's song of the summer 'Get Lucky'. It was SICK! The crowd loved it with everyone getting down and dancing. It was non-stop entertainment and kept us going for the night. BEST.BAND.OF.SXSW.2014.
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Servers and associated equipment required to run websites and general internet communication is housed in Data Centres. Electricity consumed in data centres, including enterprise servers, ICT equiptment, cooling, equiptment and power equiptment is expected to contribute substantially to the electricity consumed in western europe commercial sector in the near future. Between 2007 and 2020 electricity consumption is expected to increase from 56 TWh to 104 TWh.
In order to reduce carbon emissions through creation of this electricity, data centre energy efficiency should be maximised. Metro Commercial has experience in providing data centre operators with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). In addition to meeting legislative requirements, an EPC for a data centre can begin to identify opportunities to reduce energy and carbon emissions.
In contrast to many conventional buildings, cooling is one of the largest energy users and as such represents the biggest opportunity to improve efficiency.
The best way to reduce climate change is to reduce CO2 emissions at source. In addition to increasing the energy efficiency of data centres, carbon off-setting aims to partially reduce the effect greenhouse gas emissions have on the planet.
Metro Commercial's website hosting emissions are offset through our host company by Green Mountain Energy. Carbon Credits are purchased to aid in offsetting the emissions associated with data centre use and website hosting. Investments are made in renewable energy such as wind, solar and biomass.


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PEOPLE IN THE NEWSSUN-SENTINEL
-- Bliss it is. According to the latest tabloid reports, the Jackson-Presley union has not been torn asunder. "There is no truth ... whatsoever" to rumors that Elvis Presley's daughter wants to divorce the King of Pop, her publicist, Tamy Soussana, told the New York Daily News for a Saturday story. "She is very happy with Michael and it's totally false information. Even she was surprised to hear about it," Soussana said. The Daily Mirror of London fueled the rumors, reporting that Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson was so angry over the singer's recent trip to Paris with two young boys that she wanted a divorce after just 15 months of marriage.
-- A bar manager has joined the Kennedy clan. Kym Kennedy Smith, 22-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith, married Alfie Tucker on Saturday in Dublin, Ireland. The couple met last year at Lillie's Bordello, the Dublin nightclub Tucker manages. The bride's uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., walked her down the aisle at the University Church on St. Stephen's Green in central Dublin.
-- Dave Gahan, lead singer of the techno-pop rock group Depeche Mode, was admitted to a Beverly Hills, Calif., hospital for an undisclosed reason. "At this point I have to say it's a personal matter," his publicist Michael Pagnotta said on Friday. "He hopes to be released soon. Beyond that, we're not discussing it."Gahan, 33, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Thursday morning, Pagnotta said. The band is known for such songs as People are People and Personal Jesus.
-- The exclusive resort of Portofino, Italy, famous for drawing a glittering roll call of pleasure seekers, welcomed Saturday one of the glitziest of all - Ivana Trump. The ex-wife of American multimillionaire Donald Trump cruised into this port in northwest Italy aboard an 89-foot yacht bearing her name. Also on deck was Italian businessman Riccardo Mazzuchelli. The couple had planned to marry in June, but the ceremony was put off and no new date has been publicly announced.
Dolphins' Brian Flores hopes new additions to coaching staff can help him put his vision into fruition


A senior partner at Chicago, Illinois-based Goldberg Weisman Cairo, Louis C. Cairo divides his practice between workers' compensation matters and personal injury and wrongful death litigation. He has earned the respect of his fellow professionals for his successful track record and high degree of ethics, as evidenced by his receipt of an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo. Mr. Cairo is admitted to practice before all Illinois state courts.
In his personal injury and wrongful death litigation practice, Mr. Cairo represents people throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area and across the state who have suffered economic and noneconomic losses due to the negligence of other parties. The cases that he has handled have arisen out of incidents involving premises liability, truck and other motor vehicle crashes, pedestrian knockdowns, defective products and construction site accidents. In this regard, Mr. Cairo has been able to obtain several sizable settlements and jury awards on behalf of his clients.
Mr. Cairo also provides assistance to people who have been injured on the job or who have contracted an occupational disease and who are seeking their rightful benefits under their employer's insurance coverage. His work includes helping ensure that the required claim documentation contains all required information and that it is filed on a timely basis. Mr. Cairo also provides advocacy at subsequent hearings in the event that the claim is disputed or denied.
Mr. Cairo is a 1980 graduate of Marquette University, where he majored in marketing and received a Bachelor of Science. His legal education came at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and he was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1983. He is an active participant in several legal organizations, including the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


As expected, Nexus owners are in for a treat this week as Google's latest OS revisions begins rolling out to select devices. According to a post on theOfficial Android Blog, the Nexus 5, 6, 7 (the 2013 model), 9 and Player are all in line to receive the over-the-air software update starting today. The newly released Nexus 5x and 6P handsets, of course, come with Marshmallow already installed.


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import logging
import sys
import imp

import resource
import player_numbers

class Card(object):

    def __init__(self, data, game_name, index=0, front=True):
        self.skip = False

        self.resources = self.get_text_config('goods.txt')
        self.icons = self.resources + self.get_text_config('other_icons.txt')

        self.card_id = index
        self.game_name = game_name

        self.card_type = self.get_card_type(data)

        self.set_print_data(data)

        self.front = front
        self.front_or_back = 'front' if self.front else 'back'

        # store all data just in case
        self.data = data
        self.set_generic_data(data)

        if not hasattr(self, 'quantity') or self.quantity == '':
            quantities = player_numbers.get_quantities(self)
            max_quantity = player_numbers.get_max_quantity(quantities)
            self.quantity = max_quantity
            if max_quantity is None:
                self.quantity = 1

        self.set_has_costs()

        '''
        # set project-specific custom process method
        file_name = "process.py"
        file_path = "./{0}/{1}".format(game_name, file_name)

        def process(self, *args, **kwargs): pass
        self.process = process
        try:
            process_module = imp.load_source(file_name, file_path)
            self.process = process_module.process
        except IOError as e:
            pass
        '''

    def set_generic_data(self, data):
        for key, value in data.iteritems():
            try:
                value = int(value)
            except (ValueError, TypeError):
                pass
            if hasattr(self, key):# and getattr(self, key):
                logging.debug("Card property '{0}' already set! Pick another name.".format(key))
                continue
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def set_print_data(self, data):
        self.only_print = False
        self.no_print = False
        if 'only_print' in data and data['only_print']:
            if not isinstance(data['only_print'], basestring):
                if data['only_print'][0]:
                    self.only_print = True
            else:
                self.only_print = True

        if 'no_print' in data and data['no_print']:
            self.no_print = True

    def set_has_costs(self):
        self.has_costs = False
        for resource_data in self.resources:
            resource = resource_data.split()[0]
            if hasattr(self, resource) and self[resource]:
                self.has_costs = True

    def __getitem__(self, attr):
        # A quick hack to allow for dynamic attribute retrieval in templates
        try:
            return getattr(self, attr)
        except AttributeError:
            return None

    @classmethod
    def get_text_config(self, file_name):
        with resource.open_file(file_name) as f:
            lines = f.readlines()
            config = [x.strip() for x in lines if bool(x.strip())]
            return config
            self.icons = icons

    def get_card_type(self, data):
        card_type = 'main'
        if 'card_type' in data and data['card_type'].strip():
            card_type = data['card_type'].strip()
        return card_type

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Gecko's Progress
Narrowboat Gecko was our home for twelve years whilst we cruised the inland waterways. Now we are moving ashore and GECKO IS FOR SALE
On the banks of the River Aire, where police have been retrieving the gruesome remains which were monopolising the news papers before the more recent tragedy in Cumbria, is the delightful village of Saltaire. It was designed and built from scratch by Titus Salt for the workforce of his new woollen mill. Titus Salt had become a successful worsted manufacturer with five mills around Bradford when, in 1851, he decided he could be even more successful if he consolidated all the production processes into one building. Two years later he had created Saltaire. The main factory building has a frontage of 545 ft and its six storeys attained a height of 72 ft. Straddling the Leeds & Liverpool canal and with a railway alongside the factory it was well located. The original plan was to use the River Aire to provide water power but this proved inadequate and steam engines were installed. The engine beds alone required 2400 tons of stone so this was a sizable operation. The mill housed 1200 looms and over 2000 employees producing 18 miles of cloth a day for which the steam engines consumed 50 tons of coal.
Consolidation was not the only motive for the move. Titus Salt had become aware of, and increasingly concerned at, the poor health of his workforce in Bradford. A survey of 161 woolcombers in 1844 showed that their average age at death was 14 years 2 months! Salt formed the opinion that poor housing and lack of education were the main causes and that alcohol did much to exacerbate this. At Saltaire, therefore, he built over 800 houses and his workforce were encouraged to move from Bradford to the new village of Saltaire. Each house was equipped with water, drainage, gas and a back yard with private toilet. The size and style of the houses reflected the status of the employee but there was no segregation in the street layout. The village was laid out on a grid plan and communal buildings were also provided - church, school, club and institute, infirmary, allotments , bath house, 40 shops,Sunday school and alms houses. But no pub. A dining hall for those not living in Saltaire was built opposite the factory and linked by a tunnel under the road. There were generally 600 taking breakfast and 700 at dinner.
Every house had a back yard to facilitaate removal of waste
Census figures indicate the average occupancy of these two up/two down houses was five people.
Overseers houses had the luxury of a small front garden.
Three stroey units were often for unmarried workers but proved unpopular and were adapted for more senior staff.
Salt was not the first mill owner to develop a paternalistic stance. Robert Owen - the father of the co-operative movement - had done something similar at New Lanark 40 years earlier and closer in time and geography the Akroyd brothers had built 132 terraced houses for their workers in Halifax in 1847.
What makes Saltaire so important is the scale of the enterprise.
Woollen production ceased in 1986 and today the mill houses retail and exhibition units including a large collection of Hockney paintings, and a large bookshop. The village still retains its unique atmosphere. One feels that the residents appreciate this and are at ease with it.
If you visit Saltaire try to take refreshment at Vicars Cafe/Bistro where 10% of the profits go to support an AIDS charity in Zimbabwe.
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COPSS-NISS COVID-19 Data Science Webinar Series
Thursday, February 18, 2021 12-1pm ET (9-10am PT)
[Please Note: This event has already occurred. Go to the News Story to read about what happened and to access a recording and speaker slides.]
Misinformation and Attitude Formation Among the Canadian Public
About this Webinar Series
The COPSS-NISS COVID-19 Data Science webinar series is co-organized by the Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) and its five charter member societies (ASA, ENAR, IMS, SSC, and WNAR), as well as NISS. This bi-weekly seminar features the latest research that is positioned on the cusp of new understanding and analysis of COVID-19 pandemic data, and promotes data-driven research and decision making to combat COVID-19. Find out more about this series and view all the previous sessions on the Webinar Series page.
Information about masks, social distancing, vaccinations must reach and inform the mass public to help mitigate the deadly consequences of the pandemic. However, we are operating in an increasingly complex, fractured, and siloed information ecosystem where messages often don't reach or influence their target populations. Understanding where and how Canadians get their information and form opinions is therefore critical. Aengus Bridgman will present consolidated findings from 3 papers on the role that political elites and social media play in attitude formation. Come to learn about how politicians have responded to COVID-19, how social media has contributed to misperceptions, and see unpublished findings on the ways in which the infodemic has infected Canadians.
Aengus Bridgman, McGill University
Aengus Bridgman is currently a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship and work with the Media Ecosystem Observatory. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Media Technology and Democracy, the Max Bell School for Public Policy and the Network Dynamics Lab.
Moderator / Session Organizer
Nathaniel Stevens, University of Waterloo
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We present several simple methods to construct planar, strictly upward, strongly order-preserving, straight-line drawings of any n -node binary tree. In particular, it is shown that O(n 1+ɛ ) area is always sufficient for an arbitrary constant ɛ>0 .
Key words. Graph drawing, Trees.


Often portrayed as a barrier to growth, well-designed environmental regulations can in fact result in a range of positive economic outcomes. The UK government recently published its Industrial Strategy White Paper and Clean Growth Strategy. In them, the government sets out commendable ambitions on increasing the use of clean energy, improving energy efficiency and cutting transport emissions and waste. The Industrial Strategy also identifies clean growth as one of the UK's four "Grand Challenges", with a clear intent to grow UK supply chains across the low carbon economy.
Regulations have a role to play in delivering these objectives, yet they have often been portrayed in the past as a drag on growth, talked about in the context of "cutting red tape". Today, the Aldersgate Group publishes a report from engineering consultancy BuroHappold looking at the impact of existing environmental regulations on businesses and what lessons can be learnt as the government begins the task of delivering on major environmental and industrial commitments.
The report is based on business interviews exploring the impacts of the London Plan on the construction industry, the Landfill Tax on the waste industry, and the EU emissions standards regulations on the car industry. In all three cases, it concludes that on the whole environmental regulations have delivered positive economic outcomes. The compliance cost attached to each regulation is offset by benefits flowing from greater business investment in innovation and skills, better performing products and infrastructure and greater competitiveness such as through leadership positions in new markets.
In the construction sector, the carbon emission reductions mandated by the London Plan have triggered significant investment in innovation and skills in the design and consultancy parts of the supply chain. An estimated 4,000 jobs have been created as a result of the low carbon infrastructure (district heating and renewables) delivered under the Plan for planning applications in 2015. The London Plan and UK design and consultancy firms are seen as setting the benchmark for energy efficient buildings globally.
By gradually increasing taxation on the landfilling of waste, the Landfill Tax is one of the key drivers that resulted in the waste industry investing in the provision of new services and infrastructure, such as recovery, sorting and recycling facilities, with significant job creation attached to it (see diagram below). It has done so whilst cutting the tonnage of waste sent to landfill in the UK by some 72 per cent in 20 years.
In the car industry, where the UK supply chain is in a much better shape than it was ten years ago, the challenge to comply with the EU's gradually tightening emissions standards has been technically and financially significant. It has however resulted in huge investment in research, development and skills in European and global supply chains as well as job creation. Globally, automotive companies rank third in terms of investment in research and development.
There is obviously such a thing as good and bad regulation and all the regulations studied as part of this report have their flaws. The London Plan has delivered much progress in the energy efficient design of buildings but there is a big performance gap between what the designers are proposing, what contractors have the skills to deliver and how buildings end up performing in practice. This is partially down to broader government policy needing to tackle the lack of skills in contractor businesses as well as the London Plan putting too much focus to the energy efficiency of buildings at the design stage rather than when they are actually in use.
The Landfill Tax has in some ways been the victim of its own success, with evidence of increasing illegal waste disposal and some businesses shipping British waste to other EU countries where there is an overcapacity of incineration facilities. In the car industry, the VW scandal shed light on the inadequacy of the emissions testing methodology, which failed to replicate real world driving conditions and undermined the credibility of the EU emissions standard regulations for passenger cars.
The successes and flaws of existing regulations hold some valuable lessons for the future. To maximise economic and environmental benefits and to avoid unintended consequences, well-designed regulations need to comply with some key principles. They need to be pitched at the most effective geographic scale (regional, national or local), provide a clear sense of direction, be compatible with existing policies, be implemented in a way that gives businesses a chance to adapt and be complemented by other initiatives such as skills development, regulatory enforcement or support for businesses that are at risk in the transition to a low carbon economy.
Going forward, all three industries and policy areas studied in the report face important challenges. The energy efficiency of the UK's buildings needs to be radically improved in the near future to meet climate targets, which makes solving the current weaknesses of regulations like the London Plan and setting clear national ambitions on building energy efficiency urgent. What used to be a discussion on waste now needs to be about significantly improving the resource efficiency of the economy, by encouraging better product designs and encouraging material re-use.
In the car industry, the global shift to more autonomous and electric vehicles is likely to reduce vehicle complexity, meaning that fewer jobs are likely to be required in automotive engineering, with more jobs being created to deliver the needed in-car connectivity, charging and energy storage infrastructure. The UK government and the car industry will need to continue working closely together through the likes of the Automotive Council to put the UK supply chain in as competitive a position as possible in this transition.
With 447,000 people employed and a turnover of around £77bn in 2015, the UK's low carbon economy is off to a good start. However, in a context of fierce global competition to provide low carbon goods and services and the need to address pressing environmental challenges, well-designed regulations will be essential to build on this progress and deliver the government's clean growth ambitions.


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Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", written by Charlie Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski and Julian Maas. The song was performed by Conchita Wurst, the drag stage persona of Tom Neuwirth, who had risen to fame after taking part in an Austrian talent show in 2011 and attempting to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. In September 2013 the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they had internally selected Wurst to compete at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her song presented to the public in March 2014.

After a promotional tour of several European countries, Austria was seen as one of the countries most likely to qualify for the grand final. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals "Rise Like a Phoenix" came first of the 15 participating countries, securing its place among the 26 other countries in the final. In Austria's forty-seventh Eurovision appearance on 10 May, "Rise Like a Phoenix" became the sixty-second song to win the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving a total of 290 points and full marks from thirteen countries. This was Austria's second win in the contest, having previously won in , 48 years prior; this is the longest gap between two Eurovision wins of a country to this day.

After the show, the song went on to chart in several European countries, reaching number one in Austria and the UK Indie Chart, as well as reaching the top 10 in a further 10 countries. Wurst's appearance in the contest brought about both criticism and praise: by some of the more socially conservative sections of European society her victory in the contest was condemned as a promotion of LGBT rights; conversely the international attention received by Wurst's victory firmly established her among the LGBT community, leading her to take an active role in promoting tolerance and respect, and resulted in several invites to perform at several European pride events, as well as performances at the European Parliament and United Nations Office at Vienna.

Background
Prior to the 2014 contest, Austria had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-six times since its first entry in , winning it in  with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Austria had featured in only two finals. Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on eight occasions, most recently in the . Austria has also received nul points on three occasions; in ,  and .

The Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. From 2011 to 2013, ORF had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Austria, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. For the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, ORF held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest. This method had last been used by ORF in 2007.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

ORF confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on 6 September 2013. On 10 September 2013, the broadcaster announced that they had internally selected Conchita Wurst to represent Austria in Copenhagen. Wurst is the drag stage persona of Tom Neuwirth, who in 2007 finished second in the third season of Austrian talent show Starmania, behind the 2011 Austrian entry Nadine Beiler. Neuwirth went on to join the boy band Jetzt Anders! along with other contestants from Starmania in 2007, which disbanded later that year. Following this, Neuwirth, who uses masculine pronouns when referring to himself but feminine pronouns to describe Wurst, developed his new drag persona and appeared on ORF's talent show Die große Chance (The Big Opportunity) as Wurst in 2011, achieving sixth place. Wurst went on to compete in the Austrian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "That's What I Am", qualifying for the super final and finishing second with 49 percent of the public vote.

ORF confirmed in October 2013 that the song to be performed by Wurst at the contest would also be chosen internally. On 18 March 2014 at an ORF press conference in Vienna, the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" was announced as the Austrian entry for the contest. The song was written by Charlie Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski and Julian Maas. Wurst's first live performance of the song was on 22 March 2014, during an episode of Dancing Stars, the Austrian version of international franchise Dancing with the Stars.

Controversy
The selection of Wurst caused some controversy in Austria and the rest of Europe. A Facebook group which amassed approximately 38,000 members protested the decision by the publicly funded broadcaster ORF, to internally select the country's Eurovision act without a public vote. In an interview with Austrian newspaper Kurier, Wurst defended her internal selection by ORF, noting that the broadcaster had the sole responsibility of making decisions regarding the contest and that the 2007 internal selection of Eric Papilaya received no backlash from the Austrian public. Wurst also claimed that the criticism from the group surpassed protest against her as the selected artist and instead "displayed homophobic statements and discrimination", and she vowed to "continue fighting against discrimination" in response to the Facebook group.

Wurst's selection for Eurovision also sparked outrage outside of Austria; in Belarus, a petition by more than 2,000 people petitioned the Belarusian Ministry of Information to prevent the contest from being broadcast in the country, claiming it to being "a hotbed of sodomy" and an attempt by European liberals to impose Western values on Belarus and Russia. A similar petition of more than 15,000 signatures was also received by the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media from the "All-Russian parenting group", claiming that Wurst "leads the lifestyle inapplicable [sic] for Russians" Wurst also received criticism from the Armenian representative, Aram Mp3, who claimed that her lifestyle was "not natural" and that she should "eventually decide whether she is a woman or a man". Aram Mp3 later apologised and insisted his statements were "a joke". In response to petitions in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine asking for Wurst to be removed from the competition, some of the other 2014 participants gave Wurst their support. Ireland's representative Kasey Smith, said that "everyone should be allowed in" to Eurovision and that she "totally disagree[s] with what they are doing. It's homophobia."

Promotion
Before her appearance at the contest, Wurst went on a promotional tour, performing in several European countries. Prior to her song selection, Wurst appeared at a Eurovision fan event in Vienna in October 2013 held by the Austrian branch of OGAE, an international organisation of Eurovision fan clubs across Europe and beyond, where she shared the stage with Anne-Marie David, the 1973 Eurovision winner. On 28 March Wurst appeared at the 2014 Euroschlager Party, held by OGAE Spain, in Madrid. On 29 March 2014, Wurst was a guest at the "Eurovision Pre-Party Riga" in Latvia, appearing alongside Poland's 2014 representatives Donatan and Cleo and Latvia's 2013 representatives PeR. Wurst was also one of 26 acts from the 2014 contest to perform during the 2014 Eurovision in Concert, the largest gathering of Eurovision artists outside of Eurovision itself, held in the Melkweg, a popular music venue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 5 April 2014. This was followed by an appearance at the London Preview Party alongside 15 other participating entries from 2014, held at the Café de Paris nightclub in London on 13 April. Wurst also took part in several interviews and performances on Irish, Belgian and Dutch television networks. In the run-up to the contest, Wurst asked her fans to take part in a campaign called "Knit for Tolerance", in which they would wear knitted beards in a display of tolerance and respect, also promising that she would take all beards that she received with her to Copenhagen.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 20 January 2014, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Austria was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 8 May 2014, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

As part of the contest's graphic design, special postcards were commissioned by the Danish host broadcaster DR to introduce each of the participating countries before the acts took to the stage. For the 2014 contest the contestants were asked to take a photo of their country's flag, made in a creative way. Austria's postcard was the first to be filmed by DR, and was shot at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna featuring Wurst and her stylist Tamara Mascara creating the Austrian flag out of 70 baroque-style dresses.

Once all the competing songs for the 2014 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Austria was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Poland and before the entry from Lithuania.
All three shows were broadcast on ORF eins, with commentary by Andi Knoll. The Austrian spokesperson, who announced the Austrian votes during the final, was Kati Bellowitsch.

Semi-final

Wurst took part in technical rehearsals on 30 April and 3 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 7 and 8 May. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country, responsible for 50 percent of each country's vote, watched and voted on the competing entries.

The stage show featured Wurst in a cream-covered mermaid-like dress standing on a pedestal in the middle of the stage. The stage appeared dark at the beginning of the song with minimal lighting, before the lighting rose towards the beginning of the first chorus. At the start of the song, the camera appeared at the back of the arena before swooping into centre stage to a close-up of Wurst, followed by it flying off again at the beginning of the chorus. The background LED screens featured at the first chorus flaming rain, followed by flames in the shape of wings, in reference to the phoenix in the title of the song. Pyrotechnic flames also featured at the finale of the song. Wind machines were also used to effect during the performance.

At the end of the show, it was announced that Austria had finished in the top 10 and thus qualifying for the grand final; it was the last qualifying country to be announced by the show's hosts, Pilou Asbæk and Nikolaj Koppel. It was later revealed that Austria had won the semi-final, receiving a total of 169 points.

Final

Shortly after the second semi-final, a winner's press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries were announced during the semi-final. Austria was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Austria was subsequently placed to perform in position 11, following the entry from Greece and before the entry from Germany. On the day of the grand final, Austria was considered by bookmakers to be the second most likely to win the competition, placed only behind the entry from Sweden.

Wurst once again took part in dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. Wurst performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 10 May. After a slow start, Austria eventually took the lead in the voting and won the competition with 290 points, beating the Netherlands and Sweden into second and third places respectively. Austria received 12 points, the maximum number of points a country can give to another country, from thirteen countries. The broadcast was watched by an average 1.3 million people in Austria, receiving a 54.4 percent market share.

Marcel Bezençon Awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, first awarded during the 2002 contest, are awards honouring the best competing songs in the final each year. Named after the creator of the annual contest, Marcel Bezençon, the awards are divided into three categories: the Press Award, given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the event; the Artistic Award, presented to the best artist as voted on by the shows' commentators; and the Composer Award, given to the best and most original composition as voted by the participating composers. "Rise Like a Phoenix" was awarded the Press Award, which was accepted at the awards ceremony by Kathrin Zechner, ORF's Managing Director.

Voting
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on vocal capacity, the stage performance, the song's composition and originality, and the overall impression of the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they could not vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the grand final.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Austria and awarded by Austria in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Austria

Points awarded by Austria

Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Austrian jury:
  (jury chairperson)singer, songwriter, vocal-stagecoach, represented Austria in the 1995 contest
 Michael Dörflerproducer and owner of a sound studio
 Dietmar LienbacherDivision Head Austria Sony Music
 Diana Luegersinger, musician, songwriter
 producer

After Eurovision

As the winners of the 2014 contest, Austria was given the responsibility of hosting the 2015 contest. Shortly after the 2014 final, ORF confirmed the preliminary dates for the 2015 contest, as well as that several cities in Austria were competing to host the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. After a competition was held to determine the host venue, three cities were short-listed by ORF: Vienna; Innsbruck; and Graz. On 6 August it was announced that the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna would host the 2015 contest, scheduled to be held on 19, 21 and 23 May 2015. On 19 December 2014, the hosts of the contest were announced, with Wurst taking on the role of green room host for the event.

On Wurst's return to Austria after winning Eurovision, she was greeted at Vienna International Airport by thousands of fans and hundreds journalists celebrating her victory. On 18 May she met with Werner Faymann, the Chancellor of Austria and Josef Ostermayer, the Minister of Arts, Culture, and Media at an official reception, followed by a performance on stage at Vienna's Ballhausplatz to an audience of thousands of fans. The concert was however criticised by the conservative Austrian People's Party, a member of the coalition government.

"Rise Like a Phoenix" went on to become a hit across Europe, reaching the top 3 in iTunes download charts in fourteen countries, including both Belarus and Russia, where she had courted controversy before the contest. The song also reached the top 10 in charts in twelve countries, including number one in Austria and the UK Indie Chart.

Wurst received both praise and criticism following her victory. Many celebrities sent their congratulations and support to Wurst via Twitter and other means, including Elton John, Cher, Lady Gaga, Boy George and Robbie Williams, as well as from fellow Eurovision winners Alexander Rybak, Emmelie de Forest, Lena Meyer-Landrut and Charlotte Perrelli. However her victory was also met with negative reaction by some more conservative sections of European society. In Turkey, which had not taken part in the contest since 2012, the government party AKP criticised Wurst's win, with then-Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowing that Turkey would never take part in the contest again and his colleague Volkan Bozkır proclaiming "Thank god we no longer participate in Eurovision".

Church leaders in the Balkans have also claimed that Wurst's win is responsible for floods in south-east Europe in May 2014, which left over 60 people dead. Metropolitan Amfilohije, the Montenegrin patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church claimed that "this [flood] is not a coincidence, but a warning" and a "reminder that people should not join the wild side", Patriarch Irinej, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs has reportedly said the floods are "divine punishment for their vices" and that "God is thus washing Serbia of its sins". Wurst had previously been condemned by the Russian Orthodox Church. However Fr. Michael Unger, Tom Neuwirth's childhood Catholic priest, condemned the homophobic backlash against him, and said that he is "just happy that he's happy".

In the wake of her Eurovision win, Wurst was invited onto several television programmes across Europe. Wurst appeared as a guest on several BBC programmes in the United Kingdom; including The Graham Norton Show on 16 May, a chat show hosted by British commentator Graham Norton; and on 23 May 2014 she appeared on The One Show and Newsnight. Wurst was invited onto the German talk show TV total on 4 June 2014, hosted by former Eurovision contestant and host Stefan Raab, and was in demand by German broadcaster RTL as a new personality for their upcoming reality shows. Wurst also performed on the popular Swedish show Allsång på Skansen in July 2014.

In June 2014, Wurst headlined the Vienna Life Ball, Europe's biggest charity event supporting people with HIV and AIDS, attending the event in a dress designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. Wurst has since modelled for both Gautier and Karl Lagerfeld at several events.

Both before and after her Eurovision win, Wurst had become very involved with the LGBT community. In June 2014 Wurst recorded a message for the It Gets Better Project, an Internet-based project devoted to preventing suicide among LGBT youth by having gay adults convey the message that their lives will improve, and to inspire change required to make life better for them. Wurst was also invited to perform at several pride events in several cities across Europe, including in Stockholm, Zürich, Dublin, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, London and Manchester among others. In October 2014, British gay lifestyle magazine Attitude awarded Wurst with the 'Moment of the Year' award for her win at Eurovision as part of the 2014 Attitude Awards.

In October 2014, Wurst accepted an invitation by Ulrike Lunacek MEP, vice-president of the Austrian Greens, to perform in a special concert at the European Parliament. The concert was organised by MEPs from 5 different parliamentary groups, with the aim to support the adoption of a report against homophobia and sexual discrimination in February. This was followed in November 2014 by a performance at the United Nations Office at Vienna and a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. Ban hailed Wurst's win as a "powerful message", praising her promotion of respect for diversity, which he called a "core value" of the United Nations and that "discrimination has no place in the United Nations, nor in the world of the 21st century". Wurst had also extended her CV into voice acting, voicing the character of Eva in the German dub of the computer-animated film Penguins of Madagascar, spin-off of the Madagascar film franchise.

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Ceremony highlights the life of one of Yarmouth's early leaders
By Susan Vaughn
Time and Cape Cod weather have worn away much of what was written on Isaac Berry's lichen-covered slate gravestone in Woodside Cemetery, but the red stone marker, imported from outside Massachusetts, makes it clear that he was a man of some importance and wealth.
Two hundred and forty years after serving in the Revolutionary War on Cape Cod, Isaac Berry (1728-1803), a militiaman from Yarmouth, was honored in a Sons of the American Revolution grave marking ceremony in West Yarmouth's Woodside Cemetery Saturday.
About two dozen descendants as well as town officials and residents turned out to honor the man who served early Yarmouth in many ways. As part of the tribute, the Yarmouth Militia of the S.A.R., dressed in their Revolutionary War garb, sent three musket volleys across the ancient cemetery.
In 1778 at age 50, Berry took up arms as a private in the company of Capt. Lot Crowell, his neighbor near the Bass River. He joined in response to two major events in the Cape Cod area, the Alarm at Falmouth and the Alarm at Dartmouth. He also helped guard and hand off more than 400 prisoners of the British warship HMS Somerset, which ran aground on Provincetown's Peaked Hill Bars on Nov. 2, 1778, as they were sent from town to town across the Cape.
Duncan Berry, a sixth great-grandson of Isaac, organized the event with family members after discovering his connection through Ancestry.com. He found that he is a direct descendant of James, Isaac's son.
"Nobody had claimed this man," he said in his remarks. He began researching and found documents in the town records and Historical Society of Old Yarmouth archives that showed Isaac was "a pretty substantial guy." Records in the town archives indicate that Berry was a landowner, farmer, merchant, sea captain and attorney. In addition, he was elected constable of the town, whose assignment was to limit the consumption of British tea. As constable, he represented neither the town nor the Crown but the interests of the people.
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"He was good at creating value for other people from doing business dealings with him," Berry said.
David Schrader, president of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution of Cape Cod and a first vice president of the Massachusetts S.A.R., served as emcee and spoke of Isaac Berry as a "man of substance" who knew what self-government meant through his service at town meeting.
Duncan Berry lives in West Harwich, on land between the Herring and Bass rivers that has been in his family for 380 years. After the ceremony, he said the family always called themselves, "a sea captain's family" but discovered four generations of colonial warriors who fought in King Philip's War and others before and during the American Revolution. Two of Isaac Berry's sons, James and Isaac Jr., also joined the militia.
Duncan Berry's daughter Charlotte, who attended the ceremony, said she was born and raised in one of the Berry homesteads and is a 13th generation Berry. She stood with several other young women with the last name of Berry. Duncan Berry also welcomed two family members into to the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Duncan Berry asked all the descendants present to raise their hands and state their names. Some of them came from as far as California and Florida for the ceremony and he found many through Facebook and the internet. He said that when he and his brother realized that this year would be the 240th anniversary of Isaac Berry's service that it would be a good time to honor him.
Duncan Berry thanked the Yarmouth cemetery crews, led by Community Services Officer Pat Armstrong for sprucing up the old cemetery for the event.
In addition to Armstrong, others participating in the ceremony were Yarmouth Deputy Chief Steven Xiarhos, Yarmouth and Dartmouth Boy Scout troops and the Rev. Phil Jackson. Yarmouth Selectmen Chairwoman Tracy Post gave out Yarmouth hats to all the members of the Berry family. The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth hosted a gathering at the Capt. Bangs Hallet House after the ceremony.
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Over 68% of Americans Believe COVID Jabs Are Dangerous to Children
On December 6, 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, spoke to Louisiana lawmakers about a state proposal to have children vaccinated against COVID-19 before they could be allowed in school.
After the House Oversight Committee ended, the state House Committee on Health & Welfare voted 13-2 to oppose requiring vaccination.
Kennedy, a veteran child healthcare attorney, revealed information that "confirms that this is the deadliest vaccine ever made."
Kennedy used the government's own data—that so many officials use to sell vaccines and pharmaceuticals—against them. A pie graph showed compiled deaths reported in the federal government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) over the last 30 years, revealing that "more people who have died in eight months from this vaccine than from 72 vaccines over the last 30 years."
During an interview this week, the White House's chief medical advisor (and the highest-paid government employee in America) Dr. Anthony Fauci celebrated the possibility of administering "The Jab" to children five and under soon:
"My hope is that it's going to be within the next month or so and not much later than that. But I can't guarantee that."
CNBC also reports:
Fauci said younger children will likely need three doses, because two shots did not induce an adequate immune response in 2- to 4-year-olds in Pfizers clinical trials.
After CNBC asked Fauci to clarify when a COVID vaccine would be ready for small children, he backtracked a bit — explaining via email:
I did not at all mean to imply that the authorization would come within a month. I meant that we do not know. … I am not involved in that decision.
Fauci and mainstream media continue with extreme COVID misinformation.
What's the rush to "protect" toddlers and infants from a virus that's almost 100% survivable for kids in that age group?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics indicate 3,529 children between the ages of one and four died in 2020. "Accidents (unintentional injuries)" were the leading cause of death in that age group, killing 1,153.
🔹The CDC says COVID-19 claimed 19 young lives that same year, but that number is suspect because we now know other underlying health risks–"comorbidities"–were likely the cause (Hospitals also received incentives to claim COVID).
🔹Even if each of those toddlers and babies' cause of death was COVID, to put those numbers in perspective, COVID accounted for only .54% of deaths in kids from one to four years old in 2020.
🔹This means a child in this age group is 185 times (18,500%) more likely to die from something OTHER THAN THE CORONAVIRUS.
Coronavirus can be dangerous to some specific populations and care should be taken to protect high-risk groups and individuals. But the CDC admitted last week that 75% of COVID deaths in the U.S. have occurred among individuals who had at least four "comorbidities."
Millions of American men, women AND children should NOT be forced to take the jab, wear a mask, lose their job or be kicked out of school by unscientific, unconstitutional, un-American edicts.
With so many falsehoods and inconsistencies coming from Fauci, CDC, FDA, leftists politicians and mainstream media, it's little wonder almost 70 percent of American adults are saying no to early childhood experimental COVID 'vaccines.'
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