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Q: Boost Program Options : linking error I am having errors while compiling my C++ code on the server.
So on this particular server the standard g++ installed is version 4.4.6, which I cannot use for my program since I need -std=c++14.
So I use a different version, which is installed in the home directory of another user, which is a version 7.1, called with command g++_71.
Know all the files compile except one class where I make use of the boost program_options.
When just linking to -lboost_program_options, it wouldn't work, because it would link to an old version of boost, that does not support the functionalities I was using, and also was compiled with the 4.4.6 gcc.
Therefore I downloaded boost version 1.66.0 and installed it in my home directory in a folder I named boost. I made sure that boost was installed with the correct toolset g++_71, even if this should not change a thing for a header-only library which program_options is.
Now I still get linker errors :
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `OptionsParser::parseOptionsFromCommandline(int, char**)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text+0x28c2): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::options_description::options_description(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned int, unsigned int)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::validation_error::validation_error(boost::program_options::validation_error::kind_t, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options16validation_errorC2ENS1_6kind_tERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESA_i[_ZN5boost15program_options16validation_errorC5ENS1_6kind_tERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESA_i]+0x21): undefined reference to `_ZN5boost15program_options16validation_error12get_templateB5cxx11ENS1_6kind_tE'
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options16validation_errorC2ENS1_6kind_tERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESA_i[_ZN5boost15program_options16validation_errorC5ENS1_6kind_tERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESA_i]+0x3b): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::error_with_option_name(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::typed_value<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, char>::xparse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&) const':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcE6xparseERNS_3anyERKSt6vectorIS7_SaIS7_EE[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcE6xparseERNS_3anyERKSt6vectorIS7_SaIS7_EE]+0x17): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::validate(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*, int)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::typed_value<bool, char>::xparse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&) const':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcE6xparseERNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESaISB_EE[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcE6xparseERNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESaISB_EE]+0x17): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::validate(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, bool*, int)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::~error_with_option_name()':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options22error_with_option_nameD2Ev[_ZN5boost15program_options22error_with_option_nameD5Ev]+0x17): undefined reference to `vtable for boost::program_options::error_with_option_name'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::error_with_option_name(boost::program_options::error_with_option_name const&)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options22error_with_option_nameC2ERKS1_[_ZN5boost15program_options22error_with_option_nameC5ERKS1_]+0x22): undefined reference to `vtable for boost::program_options::error_with_option_name'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::basic_command_line_parser<char>::run()':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options25basic_command_line_parserIcE3runEv[_ZN5boost15program_options25basic_command_line_parserIcE3runEv]+0x1b): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::detail::cmdline::get_canonical_option_prefix()'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::basic_command_line_parser<char>::basic_command_line_parser(int, char const* const*)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options25basic_command_line_parserIcEC2EiPKPKc[_ZN5boost15program_options25basic_command_line_parserIcEC5EiPKPKc]+0x14d): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::to_internal(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)'
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options25basic_command_line_parserIcEC2EiPKPKc[_ZN5boost15program_options25basic_command_line_parserIcEC5EiPKPKc]+0x1e9): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::detail::cmdline::cmdline(std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `boost::program_options::basic_parsed_options<char> boost::program_options::parse_command_line<char>(int, char const* const*, boost::program_options::options_description const&, int, boost::function1<std::pair<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&>)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options18parse_command_lineIcEENS0_20basic_parsed_optionsIT_EEiPKPKS3_RKNS0_19options_descriptionEiNS_9function1ISt4pairINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESJ_ERKSJ_EE[_ZN5boost15program_options18parse_command_lineIcEENS0_20basic_parsed_optionsIT_EEiPKPKS3_RKNS0_19options_descriptionEiNS_9function1ISt4pairINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESJ_ERKSJ_EE]+0xaf): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::detail::cmdline::set_additional_parser(boost::function1<std::pair<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&>)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcE4nameB5cxx11Ev':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcE4nameEv[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcE4nameEv]+0x32): undefined reference to `_ZN5boost15program_options3argB5cxx11E'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIlcE4nameB5cxx11Ev':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIlcE4nameB5cxx11Ev[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIlcE4nameB5cxx11Ev]+0x32): undefined reference to `_ZN5boost15program_options3argB5cxx11E'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcE4nameB5cxx11Ev':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcE4nameB5cxx11Ev[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcE4nameB5cxx11Ev]+0x32): undefined reference to `_ZN5boost15program_options3argB5cxx11E'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIdcE4nameB5cxx11Ev':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIdcE4nameB5cxx11Ev[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIdcE4nameB5cxx11Ev]+0x32): undefined reference to `_ZN5boost15program_options3argB5cxx11E'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIicE4nameB5cxx11Ev':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIicE4nameB5cxx11Ev[_ZNK5boost15program_options11typed_valueIicE4nameB5cxx11Ev]+0x32): undefined reference to `_ZN5boost15program_options3argB5cxx11E'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `void boost::program_options::validate<double, char>(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, double*, long)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options8validateIdcEEvRNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIT0_St11char_traitsIS7_ESaIS7_EEESaISB_EEPT_l[_ZN5boost15program_options8validateIdcEEvRNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIT0_St11char_traitsIS7_ESaIS7_EEESaISB_EEPT_l]+0x4dd): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::invalid_option_value::invalid_option_value(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `void boost::program_options::validate<long, char>(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, long*, long)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options8validateIlcEEvRNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIT0_St11char_traitsIS7_ESaIS7_EEESaISB_EEPT_l[_ZN5boost15program_options8validateIlcEEvRNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIT0_St11char_traitsIS7_ESaIS7_EEESaISB_EEPT_l]+0x264): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::invalid_option_value::invalid_option_value(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o: In function `void boost::program_options::validate<int, char>(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, int*, long)':
OptionsParser.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost15program_options8validateIicEEvRNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIT0_St11char_traitsIS7_ESaIS7_EEESaISB_EEPT_l[_ZN5boost15program_options8validateIicEEvRNS_3anyERKSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIT0_St11char_traitsIS7_ESaIS7_EEESaISB_EEPT_l]+0x233): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::invalid_option_value::invalid_option_value(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEE]+0x20): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::what() const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEE]+0x30): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::substitute_placeholders(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEEEE]+0x28): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::what() const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options20invalid_option_valueEEEEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::substitute_placeholders(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEE]+0x20): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::what() const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEE]+0x30): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::substitute_placeholders(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEEEE]+0x28): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::what() const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEEEE[_ZTVN5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorINS_15program_options16validation_errorEEEEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::substitute_placeholders(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTIN5boost15program_options16validation_errorE[_ZTIN5boost15program_options16validation_errorE]+0x10): undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::program_options::error_with_option_name'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options16validation_errorE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options16validation_errorE]+0x20): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::what() const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options16validation_errorE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options16validation_errorE]+0x30): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::substitute_placeholders(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options20invalid_option_valueE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options20invalid_option_valueE]+0x20): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::what() const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options20invalid_option_valueE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options20invalid_option_valueE]+0x30): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::error_with_option_name::substitute_placeholders(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcEE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEcEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::value_semantic_codecvt_helper<char>::parse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, bool) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIicEE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIicEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::value_semantic_codecvt_helper<char>::parse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, bool) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIlcEE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIlcEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::value_semantic_codecvt_helper<char>::parse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, bool) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIdcEE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIdcEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::value_semantic_codecvt_helper<char>::parse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, bool) const'
objlinux/src/Utilities/Options/OptionsParser.o:(.rodata._ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcEE[_ZTVN5boost15program_options11typed_valueIbcEE]+0x38): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::value_semantic_codecvt_helper<char>::parse(boost::any&, std::vector<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&, bool) const'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ACOPPD] Error 1

I tried different techniques to resolve this error:

*

*I tried to just do the recommended include : #include "boost/program_options.hpp" and -I /home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0 in the Makefile as it is recommended by the boost documentation for header-only library, which program_options is.

*I tried to include with the full path : #include "/home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0/boost/program_options.hpp"

*I tried to include -I /home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0 -L /home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0/libs into the linker and compiler flags to.

*I tried to include -lboost_program_options in addition to the other includes.

*I tried if the -lstdc++ would change anything.
Nothing changes the linker errors, I am helpless !
Here my current Makefile:
CFLAGS  := -std=c++14 -Wall -Ofast -march=native -Wunused-parameter
LDFLAGS :=  -lstdc++ -I /home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0 -L /home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0/libs

BUILDDIR    := objlinux
SOURCEDIR   := src
HEADERDIR   := include

SRCEXT := cpp
OBJEXT := o

SOURCES := $(shell find $(SOURCEDIR) -name '*.$(SRCEXT)')
OBJECTS := $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(SOURCES:%.$(SRCEXT)=%.$(OBJEXT)))

BINARY  := ./ACOPPD

ECHO    := echo
RM      := rm -rf
MKDIR   := mkdir

.PHONY: all clean

all: $(BINARY)

$(BINARY): $(OBJECTS)
     g++_71 $(CFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o $(BINARY) $(LDFLAGS)

$(BUILDDIR)/%.$(OBJEXT): %.$(SRCEXT)
     g++_71 $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -I $(HEADERDIR) -I $(dir $<) -c $< -o $@

clean:
    $(RM) $(BINARY) $(OBJECTS)

distclean: clean

A: The -I option indicates where the compiler needs to find the include files, therefore it belongs to the compiler flags CFLAGS.
The -L option indicates where the linker needs to find the library files, and the -l option tells the linker which libraries to include, therefore both should go into LDFLAGS.
With these said, you have missed the -lboost_program_options flag in LDFLAGS.  As a result the linker will not incorporate the boost_program_options library.  -L alone here is meaningless.
Bottom lines - try these:
CFLAGS  := -std=c++14 -Wall -Ofast -march=native -Wunused-parameter -I/home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0
LDFLAGS :=  -L/home/mkupper/boost/boost_1_66_0/libs -lstdc++ -lboost_program_options


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The I-Team's Dan Noyes has read a lot of investigative reports and has never seen anything like this - just twelve pages, short on detail, no appendix, no invoices, no emails that trace how this happened.
One qualified expert with years in the field tells us, "it's a terrible report."
To investigate this mess, millions of dollars worth of PPE left out in the rain, San Mateo County didn't look to an expert in the emergency medical services field. They hired Jim Lianides, a recently retired school superintendent from the area.
Several experts with whom we spoke say, that was a mistake.
Consumer Watchdog Jamie Court told the I-Team, "It should be someone with an ethical duty to get to the facts and find the truth, it could be a law firm, could be a private investigator, but someone with a professional duty to get to the truth, not someone who's politically associated with the county and the supervisors."
The 12-page report echoes much of the county's narrative and gets several facts wrong. Page one says ABC7 reported in January that $7 million dollars worth of PPE had been left outside. Actually, this is what we reported that day: "In just the past few minutes, a source confirmed to me the cost of all that PPE is more than $10 million."
The report also says most of the PPE was not suitable for hospital use even before it got left out in the rain. But, we found face shields used in the medical field, surgical gowns, and the largest number of boxes were isolation gowns.
The CDC says, in fact, "Nonsterile, disposable patient isolation gowns, which are used for routine patient care in healthcare settings, are appropriate for use by HCP when caring for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19."
"They're isolation gowns used by medical personnel, they're clearly medical items," said Tom Lynch.
Lynch headed emergency medical services for Monterey, Santa Clara and Alameda counties before running the inland counties for ten years, and told the I-Team, "My agency that I recently retired from managed millions of dollars in inventory of PPEs. We track them, stored them, distributed them, and we're able to account for everything down to a single box of gloves."
In the early days of the pandemic, when PPE supplies were short, the report says San Mateo county staff believed "it would be preferable to have too much, rather than too little, equipment." But they ordered so much, it "led to a concern expressed by FEMA in May 2020 that the county had submitted far more claims (inclusive of PPE, medical staff, hospitals, hotels, and shelters) than Los Angeles County."
"We were nowhere near the volume of supplies that they ordered for a much smaller county. And it makes no sense to me why that level of ordering was done," said Lynch.
Where to store all that excess? The county paid $1.2 million to rent the Event Center's Fiesta Hall for a year. Even though they still had a lease, the county agreed to move all that stuff outside to help the Event Center host SaasTR; the "software as a service" group has posted highlights from San Mateo.
The report does not reveal why the county failed to bring the PPE back inside, even though Fiesta Hall was vacant the rest of the year. But, Lianides writes the rain didn't cause much damage: "Since most items of equipment were individually sealed in plastic, virtually all of it is salvageable and reusable."
After nearly $10 million of PPE was rained on outside the San Mateo County Event Center, the Marines have been called in to do an inspection.
Lynch doesn't agree.
"It's certainly been my understanding that medical supplies, when exposed to the elements are no longer useful. So I think that one of the challenges there is they may be distributing supplies that could have potential negative outcomes for the users."
Even though internal emails back up the $10 million figure for the cost of the PPE, the county insists it's just $7 million, but they have not responded to ABC7's request for invoices to prove it. And, don't forget the million they paid in rent and another half a million spent on the cleanup efforts.


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Vol. I, Clip 4: The Vampyres Of New York
The Vampyres Of New York
Now, Gentlemen, to make myself intelligible I should clear up two things: one is the ages old conflict between the Aryans and the Semites that continues into the present, and second, the meaning of vampirism.
I find it necessary to set the stage for the first argument by a rather lengthy quote from the father of history, Herodotus. I use the Landmark Edition:
Herodotus of Hallicarnassus here presents his research so that human events do not fade with time. May the great and wonderful deeds- some brought forth by the Hellenes, others by the barbarians- not go unsung; as well as the causes that led them to make war on each other.
Persian authorities of the past claim that the Phoenicians were responsible for the dispute. This is because, after they had come to and settled the land which they still inhabit from what is now called the Erythraean Sea, they at once undertook long sea voyages and brought back cargo from Egypt, Assyria, and elsewhere, but more importantly came to Argos.
At this time in the land we now call Hellas, Argos surpassed other places in all things, and when the Phoenicians reached Argos they set out their cargo for sale. On the fifth or sixth day after their arrival, when they had sold almost everything, many women came down to the sea, in particular, the king's daughter. Her name, according to what the Hellenes also say, was Io daughter of Inarchos. The women were standing by the stern of the ship intent upon their purchases when the Phoenicians, inciting each other, rushed upon them. The greater part made their escape, but some were seized and carried off. Io herself was among the captives. The Phoencians put the women on board their vessel and set sail for Egypt.
This is how Io came to Egypt according to the Persians (thought the Hellenes disagree), and this was the beginning of grievances.
Then much later Jason abducted Medea followed by the Trojan abduction of Helen and so over the millennia the war between the East and West has continued as it does today. Egypt was not part of Asia but of the West.
Alexander followed by the Romans conquered Asia and so it remained until the Semitic Arabs annexed North Africa, Spain and most of the Middle East, that is Asia.
The Jewish diaspora began in far distant time taking definite shape in Roman times when using the diaspora the Jews attempted to subvert and conquer the Roman Empire. When that attempt broke into open war in the first and second centuries AD the Jews were crushed but the Roman Empire had been undermined by the Jewish War.
The Jews as a hostile alien element in Europe lived what was considered a parasitic life on the Europeans but in our term might be described as vampiric.
So, now, what is meant by vampiric. I'm sure we all agree that true or blood sucking vampires do not exist nor have they ever existed. As George Sylvester Viereck, the early nineteenth century American writer, put it in his novelette, The House Of The Vampire: Our gods are ourselves raised to the highest power. So our gods and demons are merely projection of our desires. By their deeds shall you know them.
God the highest on one hand and Satan his diametrical opposite but both are the products of our imaginations. Who you going to follow, your best or your basest desires?
The human mind personates those desires and expresses them. Previous to the emergence of the creator god, that in itself says something about human desires, the Earth was enchanted, filled with imaginary beings that personated nearly everything. As it was thought that nature abhorred a vacuum the very air was filled with spirits, nixies, pixies, elves, elementals abounded without limit and this was very satisfying to the human intellect. Then as Europeans evolved and reason took over from superstition all these imaginary beings could no longer be justified and vanished.
But, as nature abhors a vacuum, humanity missed its imaginary beings so they were bodied forth in another way. The very person this literary group was named after was present at the death of the old world and the birth of the new. That is essentially the context of his stories.
Even as Hoffman was straddling the two periods a band of the younger generation was summering in Switzerland, Byron, Mary and Percy Shelley and Polidori. Is it an amazing coincidence that the party bodied out two of the great myths of the modern world, that is Frankenstein and the Vampyre as its author John Polidori styled it. Thus the new scientific world was given its key myths while the Vampyre gave a presence to a psychological type. These two would later by joined by the great myths of Jekyll and Hyde, The Phantom Of The Opera, and Tarzan Of The Apes. The whole space opera epic as well as Flying Saucers and many other myths that while imaginary filled the mythological needs after the downfall of Napoleon.
No myth has been more fully explored than that of the Vampyre. Dracula, the actual bloodsucker who appeared in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name is the most famous although the psychic Vampyre is best portrayed in George Sylvester Viereck's House Of The Vampire and is the type of Vampyre I'm concerned with in this essay.
Perhaps the best example of this type of Vampyre is in the history of the Jews in Spain. Tax farming was the old style of collecting revenues. In this guise the kings, in this case in Spain, would lease out tax collecting. He would commit the tax farmers to return X amount of revenue and anything they could collect above that was theirs. This amounted to a license to steal.
Thus as the Spaniards forged their way from the French border to the Mediterranean against the Moors there was a constant need of revenues. Spanish citizens found it difficult to collect being one with the taxpayers so the Jews stepped forth and said that they could collect with no trouble as they were a different race.
And so a system of exploiting the Spanish that lasted for hundreds of years began. Every year at Harvest time the Jewish tax farmers descended on the Spanish farmers collecting not only the king's quota but whatever they could extract leaving the Spanish near destitute.
As the farmers were now broke the Jews leant their own money to them against the next year's crops thus insuring that the wealth of Spain should flow into their pockets, or purses as it was then.
This system was a great grievance to the Spaniards who would endure it as long as they could before attempting a revolt. Such revolts were styled anti-Semitism.
Now, as the Jews were properly resented they had to create fortified positions in which to remain unmolested. These were actual forts into which they retreated at night for their own safety. In later centuries these forts would be styled ghettoes in which Spaniards forced them to live.
When Spaniards assaulted these forts these assaults were naturally styled social disturbances. The Jews called on their employer the king to defend them. Spanish troops were then called out to disperse the Spanish 'anti-Semites.'
This obnoxious system was ended by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492 when the last Moorish enclave was expelled from Spain at which time the Jews (and Moors) were given the choice of being expelled or abandoning their Jewish identity and religion and 'become' Spaniards. Idle dream that.
As the Spanish method was characteristic of Jews everywhere they were nowhere welcome being expelled not only from Spain but from all other places.
It is impossible to act in their manner without being noticed and characterized. Before the rise of the Vampyre myth the Jews were called parasites as their wealth depended on exploiting others but after Emancipation by the French Revolution they were increasingly compared to Vampyres and the myth of the Vampyre become the dominant myth of Western civilization and that is how I will use the myth. It is real on the psychological level but not on the physical.
So, does that answer my use of the Vampyre figure?
Baron Cammell: I'm not familiar with your interpretation of the Jews in Spain. Do you have any authority for that?
Me: Ben-Zion Netanyahu tells the story in his History Of The Jews In Spain along with many other details.
Max Savings: Is Ben-Zion Netanyahu any relation to Bibi?
Me: Yes. He is Bibi's father or was, he died about five years ago. Old man though, survived innumerable wars and death camps. Long winded book.
If that's it now that we have those two points cleared up let us advance.
As this is actually a brief history of the conflict between Jews and Europeans it is necessary to give some account of the period between the Spanish expulsion and the emancipation of the French Revolution. Contrary to current opinion that all people are one we are not all one. We do not all think alike, believe alike or act from the same motives seeking the same results nor is it likely we will in any conceivable future. Freud, who we will become very familiar with further along, posits the existence of group psychology. Group psychology posits that groups are at least subject to some motivation different from other groups. It is absolutely clear that Jews and Europeans have not and do not share the same motivations.
Nobody shares Jewish motivations hence they have been expelled from every society within whom they have settled. Hence they were expelled from England in 1290, France in 1307, various German States over the centuries and Russia. These expulsions completely exasperated the Jews instilling a deep and abiding hatred of Europeans to the point they wished to exterminate them. Remember the Amalekites.
The Catholic Church with whom the Jews were in competition kept them in check until the French Revolution and Emancipation. With Emancipation the woes of Europe began in earnest.
As an allegory of the situation the twentieth century US writer Charles Beaumont wrote a story entitled The Howling Man that was later used as an episode for The Twilight Zone. The story describes a monastery of monks that has captured Satan and imprisoned him. It is their duty to make sure he doesn't escape to plague the world; hence they allow no one in the monastery. However a traveler having lost the way begs the monks to put him up for the night. There is a time for Christian charity and time for none. This was one of the latter times.
Over the night Satan howls and howls bringing the traveler to his prison door. Persuaded by Satan that he is being justly imprisoned the ignorant traveler releases him and Satan is once again loose on the world.
This is symbolic of the situation between the Jews, the Church and the Revolution. Within a little over a hundred years after Emancipation the European Holocaust of 1914-1950 began and European civilization was damaged beyond recovery.
While at the time of the Spanish expulsion society was considered static by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it became dynamic. That is the European mind evolved and from that evolution a scientific understanding of the world at last arrived.
Contrary to what everyone has been told the Jewish mind remained static. Over the centuries the majority of Jews occupied that stretch of land from Baltic to the Black Seas between Eastern Poland and Russia. That land became known as the Pale of Settlement. Its culture created by the Jews is the true face of Judaism. It was based on the Talmud and its commentaries hence it was essentially superstition unaffected by Western science.
In the West the English expulsion was rescinded during the time of Cromwell while the European emancipation began in France and spread East from there over the nineteenth century.
When Napoleon attacked Germany in 1806 the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassell gave the Jews an incomprehensible break when he entrusted his fortune to them rather than be looted by Napoleon. This was an immense fortune. The Landgrave had been renting out his male subjects as mercenaries, hence the Hessians of the American revolution.
He had converted these revenues into loans and mortgages on vast numbers of properties throughout Europe. The Landgrave entrusted this incredible fortune to the court jeweler Meyer Rothschild. Rothschild had five sons among which he distributed this fortune sending Nathan to England, James to France and the others to Berlin, Vienna and Naples. Situations were not so propitious for the others or they were not as capable but James and Nathan were able financiers who became preeminent in their countries while making the Rothschilds the richest family in the world. We no longer hear of the Landgrave of Hesse.
Remarkably within just a few years the Rothschilds had an organization that could manipulate the affairs of Europe. This would imply a preexisting organization. During the Peninsular War in Spain Wellington might have been defeated by Napoleon's armies for the lack of money to carry on. Nathan whose immense fortune was then unaccounted for volunteered to loan the English government the gold and deliver it to Wellington in Spain.
This was done by smuggling the gold into France and transporting and delivering it overland to Wellington in Spain under the nose, as they say, of Napoleon.
No mean feat. How did they do it? Obviously in possession of the Landgrave's wealth they were able to use a preexisting covert Jewish network.
Thus also after the Battle of Waterloo when the outcome was unknown in England Jewish couriers got the news of victory to Rothschild quicker than the authorities got it allowing him to speculate on securities and augment his fortune considerably. Thus the Jews became an autonomous, or nearly so, nation within the various European States.
With the rise of the Jews came the rise of the myth of the Vampyre. As noted Polidori's story appeared in 1816. It was not long before vampire stories began to flood the market. Aiding the Vampyre idea was the discovery of hypnotism by the Viennese doctor or proto-scientist Anton Mesmer. Once that cat was let out of the bag the way was clear for the means to control whole societies and even civilizations. This fact has been insufficiently realized but it has been the main tool of Vampyres.
Once in the money led by the Rothschilds the Jews were able to control almost all the commodities while becoming important in railroading both in Europe and North America. They sent a very effective agent named August Belmont (assumed name) to manage their affairs in the US.
With emancipation and the vast wealth created by emerging technologies and the rise of modern financial institutions of course, what Jews call anti-Semitism arose in reaction to what Europeans called blood-sucking. Thus the Jews were perceived as sucking away the very vitality of Europe and Europeans.
It was necessary for the Jews to conceal what their intentions were which were, indeed, the destruction of Europe and 'Christianity' their term, or Europeans in ours. The hatred generated over the centuries only increased in virulence as, indeed, the Jews sank allegorical fangs into the neck of Europe.
As I said, the Jews were divided between the East and the West. Those of England, France and Germany were bowled over by the rise of Science. Scientific thinking invalidated all Jewish claims to supremacy over Christianity. Religion became irrelevant. It no longer served Jewish interests.
Long had Jews considered their vision of God, that is, themselves magnified to the highest power, as supreme while denigrating Europeans as Christians whose religion was grafted onto the main root of Judaism, following Ben Zion Netanyahu's explication of the two peoples. Now, in one fell swoop those claims were negated to nothing while European Science stood incontrovertibly towering over Talmudic superstition. Yes, the Talmud, the rock of Judaism, was reduced to no more than possibly amusing nonsense.
The Eastern Jews sunk into barbaric forms of antiquated Jewish fictions was nearly oblivious to the rise of Science in the West and would remain so until those Jews in their millions emigrated to the United States.
As the Western Jews thrashed around trying to devise a religious answer to Science whole thousands abandoned the faith of their fathers for the rational West. The West made giant strides in the understanding of the world. What were the Jews to do? If Science couldn't be overmatched, and it couldn't, then it would have to be subordinated first to a level with 'Jewish knowledge', that is the Talmud, and then below. How was that to be done?
Here we have a first glimmer of the theory of relativity.
All systems would become relatively equal in value. Nothing would be better or worse, just different. It would be proposed that Jewish knowledge was equal to European knowledge; they would both stand on pedestals of equal height. Thus the Talmud was disguised as 'Jewish knowledge.' A mighty task to realize but the Jews have been equal to the task. How did they achieve it against seemingly impossible odds?
Baron Cammell: I've never heard anything like this. Do you have anything to substantiate your views?
Me: Baron! I thought this was a group brought together for discussion of lesser known issues, backstories. That's what I am providing.
Here I had to suppress any reference to Cammell's ridiculous co-called unified field of knowledge. I almost gagged when he'd mentioned it but in the spirit of fellowship I passed over it.
Baron: Well, yes, but all this conspiracy twaddle about the Jews! Come, come, haven't these people suffered enough?
Lessing: The fellowship, Baron, the fellowship. Moderate your discussion.
Me: Thank you Lessing. Baron, do you deny that the Jews function as an autonomous people or, at least, a self-interested group?
Baron: I think that diversity is a key virtue of the American system. That's the kind of people we are.
Me: That, in itself implies a distinct identity within a plurality, does it not?
Baron: Perhaps so, but…
Me: Then so. In the Freudian sense they are a cohesive group and can be examined as such and that is what I'm doing. On the other hand I'm dealing with what Freud would perhaps call meta-psychology. The creation of mental archetypes or myths, if you will, so how the human mind deals with ill understood or unpleasant ideas or those realities that can only be discussed allegorically and hence in mythological figures such as Vampyres. At this point in history that is the Mauve Nineties. This period, as you are aware I'm sure, was a very critical period in European history not least because it was a period of intense reaction to the disenchantment of society by Science as well as the rising threat of Semitism.
Baron: That's what I mean! Is it necessary to consider the Jews a threat.
Me: Necessary or not, the Jews were considered a threat. Need I remind you that the intensely nationalistic creed of Zionism conquered the minds of the East Jews at this time. The Englishman George Du Maurier wrote his magnificent allegory of Trilby exposing it at this precise time.
The reaction to Science was also intense. All kinds of fantastic notions were relaeased. The esoteric ferment was expressed in the rise of the cult of the Golden Dawn that was taken over by the notorious Aleister Crowley that continues as a significant influence in Satanic thought to this day.
The Englishman George Du Maurier wrote his magnificent allegory Trilby at this precise time creating the menacing figure of Svengali who is still today nearly a household name. He is secondary perhaps to Dracula but on the same level. Indeed Svengali was a type of psychic Vampyre who is portrayed as Jewish and representing the Jewish people.
I don't know how many of the fellowship have read Trilby but it is quite a landmark in literature.
Max Savings: I read your review of the book on your website and found it quite interesting. Lessing has also, haven't you Lessing?
Me: Thank you for your reading. I feel compelled to go on. I don't think Baron has and probably not Marc. Has anybody read Du Maurier or Trilby? No? Hmm.
Du Maurier wrote three books all in the nineties. Trilby is the most famous but his superb Peter Ibbotson is almost as well known as Trilby while his last The Martian may be unknown to most although I have more reads of my review of it than I imagined I would.
As you probably know the artist Whistler was caricatured by Du Maurier in Trilby who knew him during their Bohemian days in Paris. Whistler forced the excision of the caricature from the book version so most copies lack that literary portrayal however WH Allen issued a complete edition in 1983 including the excised parts under the title Svengali. I might add that the back cover blurb describes the book as 'one of the great myths of fiction so, Baron, I am not alone in crediting these ideas to mythology.
Now, Du Maurier is clearly in reaction to the feared takeover of European civilization by the Jews. Remember the Dreyfus brouhaha was raging in France at the time and the result of the Dreyfus incident was the breakdown of French resistance to Semitism. Once again the rise of the Zionism that produced as its textbook The Protocols Of The Learned Elders Of Zion was written at or near 1900.
Trilby, or Svengali, then expresses a deep anxiety.
Du Maurier himself is a very interesting person. The end of the century was a period of the Neo-Romantics or a re-enchantment of Europe of which Du Maurier was central. He was a man who loved his life, every scrap of it. He was born in Paris in 1834, dying in 1896. Thus he became aware in France at the tail end of the Romantic period but its literature would have been and was a powerful influence on his intellectual development. Crucial to his development was his French and English experience that appears in all three of his books. He was destined by his father to be a chemist who set him up in business in London. At his father's death he threw over chemistry returning to France to study art and living the Bohemian life as depicted by Henri Murger in his memoir of that golden age of Parisian Bohemia.
He eventually returned to England where he became an illustrator ultimately finding a place at Punch Magazine where he would become celebrated. He in turn celebrated the social milieu around him. The times where a high point, perhaps the high point, in English culture and Du Maurier loved it, as why not. In retrospect it looks like a wonderful period. He seemed to know how magical the period was and he gloried in being part of it. Sort of like our Sixties actually.
As the old guard at Punch shuffled off George was passed over for the editorship he thought he deserved and so he bid adieu to the magazine. While always comfortable, enjoying a genteel Bohemian existence. He was not rich but that would change in the last few years of his life when he found terrific success as a novelist, Trilby being the key to his financial success.
When he took up his pen he romanticized not only his own life but the whole history of his times from the Romantic period to the New Romantics of which he was a leading example. If the Enlightenment disenchanted Europe Du Maurier worked hard to reenchant it. He was in sync with the New Romantics.
Trilby was a rewrite of two Romantic novels. The first was the charming novelette by the French Romantic Charles Nodier also named Trilby and the second the Bohemian novel of Henri Murger. I find Nodier's Trilby OK but it obviously entranced Du Maurier. In Nodier's version Trilby is a Scot fairy just past the edge of belief in the Little People. He nevertheless appears to the heroine, a girl named Jeannie.
Jeannie mistakenly talks about Trilby who only she can see so that the more enlightened post-Romantics are alarmed. She is subjected to 're-education' in the process losing her zest for life.
Du Maurier in emulation of Nodier takes the same story transposing it into post-Romantic terms. He transposes the sexes making Trilby female and Jeannie male. Thus the heroine Trilby O'Farrell is a sort of free spirit in the Bohemia of Paris. She is really sort of transvestite frequently appearing in men's clothes while the hero 'Little Billie' is a fairly effeminate sort although with no taint of Homosexuality. He is the same character as William Makepeace Thackeray's poem Little Billie. Du Maurier took him whole. Billie is pretty close with his two roommates while falling in love with Trilby.
As George's story opens Billie and his two friends are a sort of Three Musketeers with Trilby being a sort of D'Artagnon. This is sort of relevant in explaining Du Maurier: He loved his memories and couldn't believe that such wonderful memories disappeared after death. In a wonderful way he incorporates literary tribute memories in his work. He even mentions works by name that had a major influence on him.
Into this mix comes the arch villain the evil Jew, Svengali. He might be based on Lady of The Three Musketeers. DuMaurier doesn't go into a lot of detail concerning Svengali's background but he was an Eastern Jew, a wandering Jewish type known as a Schnorrer, that is an impoverished ne'er do well not too dissimilar from the American hobo of the period. You didn't really want to see him coming. Svengali has all the arrogance of the Schnorrer. Even though penniless he arrogates the attitude of the Prince to himself. Chutzpah on a stick.
He himself is an accomplished musician familiar with qualities that could make a great vocalist. Prying Trilby's jaws apart he examines Trilby's oral cavity making the determination that the configuration of the cavity was the needful for a great vocalist. Unfortunately Trilby can't find notes or melodies although she does render Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt for the amusement of the boys. Svengali is not to be deterred as we will learn.
Trilby and Little Billie hit it off so that he proposed marriage to her. However Trilby is an artist's model and models were notoriously sexually lax even being thought of as a prototype of prostitute. Billie is of a higher social status so when his mother visits she is horrified at the prospect of the union drawing Billie back to England scotching the marriage. This might be compared to Jeannie's reeducation in Nodier's version.
Trilby suffers tribulations, just as Jeannie did, finally ending up on Svengali's doorstep. He takes her in because of her marvelous oral cavity.
The pair disappear into the wilds of the East. Svengali is not only a great musician but an unscrupulous first rate hypnotist. Hypnotism was a hot topic at the end of the century. Du Maurier and a friend actually practiced the art on girls back in the 1850s.
There is no hope of teaching Trilby to sing in her natural state but Svengali discovers that he can, as it were, project his musical knowledge into Trilby while she is in a hypnotic state. Hypnotized she made Jenny Lind sound like an amateur. The only problem was that she could only sing when Svengali was making direct eye contact with her. Apparently George is indicating the supposed Mesmeric magnetic fluid of the hypnotist flowing to the hypnotized.
Having organized his repertoire Svengali creates a magnificent career for himself and Trilby taking Europe by storm. Thus we have an allegory of the Jewish exploitation of Europe while Svengali functions as a psychic Vampyre. While not drawing blood he usurps Trilby's life force as we will see when she is in her death throes.
Svengali arrives in London for shows where Billie and his friends will see her. Svengali hates Billie with more than passion. Conducting Trilby he glances up to see Billie thus breaking eye contact while dying from an apoplectic fit. Trilby's career is ended.
Svengali dead, Trilby who had been under total hypnosis for years can no long survive on her own. Thus while Little Billie sought to fill Svengali's shoes he fails miserably; Trilby's dying words are Svengali, Svengali, Svengali.
In this unassuming but amazing novel Du Maurier demonstrates Europe's relationship with the Jews since Emancipation. He demonstrates perfectly psychic vampirism whereas others used terms to describe the Jews as bloodsuckers or parasites.
It is significant that DuMaurier uses the metaphor of hypnosis. Even as Trilby was taking the world by storm, it is described as the first modern bestseller, the ultimate Jewish Vampyre, the Great Satan himself was finding his future career in Vienna, Sigmund Freud. Freud was the West's real Svengali.
After Anton Mesmer unleashed Mesmerism, also known as Animal Magnetism (meaning humans as magnets as opposed to iron) certain disciples improved on the principles while developing them into a system. As a new phenomenon Mesmerism was rejected by the academy. Hypnotism became a stage attraction used to amuse an audience. But then one of the first great psychiatrists, a Frenchman by the name of Jean Martin Charcot who presided at the Salpetriere women's asylum in Paris associated hypnotism with hysteria in women and began using it thus legitimizing it.
About the time Du Maurier was putting Trilby in order Freud was visiting Charcot in France. Freud had begun as a research biologist. He was consumed by the ambition to be a great man; he soon learned there was no future for him in biology or medicine so he thrashed around to find a field more open to manipulation. He teamed up with a physician who dabbled in psychology, hysteria in female patients, Joseph Breuer from whom he saw the possibilities in the field that was in a nascent state thus being open to seizure. He made his pact with Satan.
Satan was of course a pre-enlightenment mythical figure like God and actually, the Vampyre. Unlike the God principle that sought the best in mankind Satanism indulged the worst passions. As Freud was as consumed with hatred of the European as his fellow Jews he set out to exalt the Jews and demean and destroy Europeans.
Freud made few if any original contributions purloining from Charcot and Charcot's great student Pierre Janet among others. Guilty of what amounts to theft or psychic vampirism Freud then had to destroy Janet's et al. reputation and bring them down and bury them which he did. He, for instance talks about his discovery of the unconscious. In a masterful way he hypnotized the world into believing that he had discovered the unconscious whereas Mesmer had exposed the concept and others had worked to develop it over the nineteenth century. Freud merely developed a pernicious version of the unconscious and managed to impose that version on the world.
Now, the Jews had been busy seeking to undermine Science in an effort to lower the value to that of the Talmud- what Barbara Spectre calls Jewish knowledge- to make Jewish phantasies equal to Aryan thought. Darwin's concept of Evolution had been the intellectual Atom Bomb of the nineteenth century. Few ideas have been so stoutly resisted as that of Evolution. An Earth millions, even billions of years old, completely discredited the supposed creation of the universe less than six thousand years ago by the Jews. If science was right then the Jews were fantastics living a lie or at least fictional view of history. It is easy to understand their need to overturn Science.
Quite simply Jewish views were exploded. A tedious Jew by the name of Henri Bergson sought to inject creationism into Darwin's biology. While this effort has never been an unqualified success it has strengthened the religious argument thus undermining science.
While Einstien's reputation has been pumped up into amazing proportions his physics seem to have come from the back of his neck. Nevertheless he has confused the discipline while as a sainted Jew few wish to challenge his 'thought experiments'. You all know that one about the elevator in space.
So Franz Boaz attacked the discipline of Anthropology injecting religion into it. To attack this notion could discredit one as an anti-Semite while losing your credibility and job. Blacklisted, as it were. And the keystone of the Jewish attack on Aryan Science has been Freud's theories of psycho-analysis.
Freud was said to have abandoned the use of hypnosis very early by the year of 1900 presumably because he was an inept hypnotist. This is really throwing dust in our eyes. Freud abandoned the hocus-pocus of hypnotism because he found it wasn't needed. He understood more perfectly the role of suggestion in influencing behavior. Thus it was possible to hypnotize whole crowds, even peoples, by suggestion, then indoctrination and finally conditioning. By 1915 he had his system worked out and from that date on was busy putting it into effect.
Part of his success was effected through the disorientation of Europeans through constant innovation and change. So-called common sense had been proven ridiculous by the overturning of not only long held beliefs but seemingly incontrovertible beliefs. The very notion of the Eternal God of Jewish legend had been proven false for those with eyes to see. Nothing challenged the notion of the Eternal God more than the theory of Evolution. Old beliefs die stubbornly and none more stubbornly than that of God the Father and Creator. Not surprisingly the search for proof of life after death, the most cherished of all beliefs, became of central importance. Those who could tolerate the absence of God also refuse to give up the belief in eternal life after death. Du Maurier was representative in supposing that his works proved life after death. With his 'proofs' he was content to die and disappear into the sun. That's how The Martian ends.
Doubts about God gave impetus to other suppressed religious beliefs such as the occult science and Satanism. When God 'died' in our Sixties the son of Satan was born in the movie Rosemary's Baby. It is not coincidental that Satanism after having been suppressed for millennia began its rise toward its current status of primary belief of today. Nor is it coincidence that Freud and his Jews would be primary propagators.
Equally unsettling to the psyche and as I believe as the importance of Evolution was the Wright brothers discovery of how to keep a heavier than air plane afloat in the ether. The achievement overturned all beliefs making anything believable. If men could fly than nothing was impossible or maybe even improbable.
And for the Jews their discovery of a New World in the nineteenth century was fortuitous indeed. Apart from a few Portuguese Jews in the seventeenth century the vanguard of the Jewish invasion arrived in the wake of the failed revolution of 1848. This contingent rapidly established itself quickly acclimating and taking advantage of all the fabulous technological achievements of nineteenth century Aryans while being aided by European Jewish fortunes.
Prior to the nineteenth century people's clothes were hand made. Aided by the sewing machine and the development of cities a whole new industry of the needle trades developed. When Eastern Jewish immigration began in the 1870s the needle trades were appropriated by the Jews while large numbers of Eastern Jews were directed to this industry.
Thus the Eastern Jews found a relatively easy access to American life. There was no resistance to speak of in the United States while to the enterprising person opportunity to acquire wealth was nearly unbounded.
As most of the Jews chose to remain in New York City, then the commercial capital of the US, and as Jews comprised twenty-five to thirty percent of its population and therefore of the labor pool obviously Jewish infiltration of the cultural life of the US was immediate and pervasive.
New York City then became the Jewish capital of the US and, indeed, the world. New York City became a competitor of Washington DC as a governing body. The US was a safe haven from which Jews could direct the subjugation of Europe. Jewish hatred of the Russian Czars that led directly to WWI was managed from the US. Jewish machinations caused the diplomatic break with Russia. The idea was apparently to draw Germany into a war with Russia in an effort to destroy the Czar. Thus was achieved by the assassination of the Austrian Grand Duke at Sarajevo.
Research indicates that the assassination was planned and directed from the Grand Masonic Lodge in Paris which means the Jews.
Perhaps the War in the West was not in the planning but an inevitable result once the war began. In any event the Jewish hatred of Europeans resulted in the Great European Holocaust or what some call the Second Thirty Years War.
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The Best Workout Songs
By: Jennifer Jordan
Music is essential to working out: anything that distracts you from the burn in your legs or that cramp in your side surely benefits your inner gym rat. Only music – without having to concentrate like you do watching television or reading a book - has the rare ability to make working out seem a little less like work. However, some music is better to take to the gym than others.
Take the story of my sister, for instance. When she got her Ipod she was determined to fill it up with fist pumping, leg running workout music. Instead, she made an error and realized, once she arrived at 24 hour fitness, that the only song she had programmed was by Bette Midler. For some reason, she just didn't seem to really strain and sweat to the powerhouse song that is "The Rose."
This brings me to my point, some songs belong in the gym and some songs, such as "The Rose" belong as far away from anything physical as possible (Dear Bette Mrs. Midler, please don't kick my butt for saying so, even though I know you could).
The following is our list of the best work out songs, songs that are sure to help you get up and run, get up and bike, get up and go, or get up and row.
Eye of the Tiger: Yes, you all saw this coming. "Eye of the Tiger" is the epitome of a good workout song, one that can make you try just a bit harder without even realizing it. Released in 1982, this song has become the anthem of sports teams and organizations everywhere. It is also routinely played in gyms and athletic training areas. Putting it on your Ipod will make Rocky proud.
St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion): A song that is perhaps best known as being the theme of the similarly titled 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire" was originally written for Rick Hansen, a wheelchair bound Canadian athlete touring around the world to raise spinal cord injury awareness. Performed by John Parr and adapted for film, "St. Elmo's Fire" became an instant hit, earning a Grammy nomination along the way.
Under Pressure: Who knew David Bowie and Queen would make such a nice combo? "Under Pressure," released in 1981, climbed the charts in several countries. Remembered for its baseline (no you youngsters, that wasn't written by Vanilla Ice), "Under Pressure" is the epitome of a great pop song. It's also one you can identify with as you work out, feeling that you are under pressure to run one more mile or lift one more weight.
Almost Anything by Van Halen: One of the Patriarchs of Hard Rock, Van Halen routinely releases songs that are sure to help you bust a move. A band with a sound like no other, each Van Halen song is uniquely livening. Try listening to "Jump" as you workout with a speed rope. You might be surprised the difference it makes.
You Shook Me All Night Long: Arguably AC/DC's greatest hit, "You Shook me All Night Long" is regarded as one of the best songs of its decade. Released in 1980 and still great today, "You Shook Me All Night Long" is impossible to listen to without feeling a little more pumped…and ready to shake a little something yourself.
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Ons Jabeur and Anett Kontaveit meet in the quarterfinals of the 2018 tennis Kremlin Cup.
Ons Jabeur is coming off a straight sets win over Sloane Stephens that took 17 games to decide. In the victory, Jabeur won 71 percent of her first serve points and 57 percent of her second serve points. Jabeur won 66 percent of her total service points and produced four breaks on six break points. Jabeur won four of the final five points of the match and didn't look like a player ranked outside of the top-100 at all. Jabeur now has three career wins over top-10 players, two that have come this year. Jabeur has now won 10 of her last 12 matches when you include qualifying, so she's no longer a pushover higher ranked players can overlook, as we just saw when she faced one of the best players in the world. Jabeur has won each of her last five matches on indoor hard court.
Anett Kontaveit is coming off a straight sets win over Kristina Mladenovic that took 21 games to decide. In the victory, Kontaveit won 67 percent of her first serve points and 70 percent of her second serve points. Kontaveit won 65 percent of her total service points and produced four breaks on nine break points. Kontaveit played a very clean match in which she got 62 percent of her first serves in play and dominated a second set tiebreak. Kontaveit has now won eight of her last 10 matches and is a threat to win this tournament if she continues to play like she did in her last match. Kontaveit is a completely different player when she's getting 60-plus percent of he first serves in play. Kontaveit has won three of her last four matches on indoor hard court.
These two have played once, which was in challenger play in 2014, a match Kontaveit won i straight sets. The match took 19 games to be decided.
Jabeur can't be slept on given the fact she's won 10 of her last 12 matches and just beat a top-10 player in an hour. Jabeur has to have the attention of the rest of the field now. With that said, I'm still backing Kontaveit to win this match, as she's played much cleaner tennis against better competition and has been very tough to beat when she's getting her first serve in play. Again, 60 percent of her first serves in play or higher, and Kontaveit has a great chance to win this tournament.


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I'm A Celebrity 2020: Shane Richie and AJ Pritchard put aside differences as they face trial
Cydney YeatesFriday 27 Nov 2020 12:39 pm
It appears I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! campmates Shane Richie and AJ Pritchard put aside their differences tonight as they take on their trial together.
The duo seemed to clash in yesterday's scenes, with the former Strictly Come Dancing star giving the EastEnders actor some serious side-eye after he threw his mess tin to the ground.
Shane and AJ were then voted by the public to participate in the Chambers of Horror trial, and, judging by the first-look video ahead of this evening's episode, they've shrugged off any bad blood.
In the preview clip, Shane is heard showering AJ with words of support as he attempts to remove a star with his tongue while trapped in a cage and covered in 2,000 maggots and 1,000 giant meal worms.
'Go on, mate. You've got it,' he tells his co-star.
'Go on, buddy! Go on, AJ. Keep going, bud. You're smashing it.'
AJ was tasked with going first in the trial (Picture: ITV)
Shane encouraged AJ (Picture: ITV)
Meanwhile, presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly praised AJ for his technique.
Shane and AJ have caused quite the stir this week with their little quips.
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It all kicked off when AJ critiqued Shane's washing up skills during Tuesday's episode, saying that the dishes looked a whole lot cleaner after he had a go at them.
AJ was then was given the washing up duties when the roles in camp were reassigned, prompting Shane to throw his dish on the ground.
Shane's son defended his dad's actions, saying it was only a 'joke' and hit out at those calling him a 'bully'.
I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tonight at 9pm on ITV.
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Prynhawn da, Mrs Main. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I appreciate the opportunity to open this debate on the Government's policy on devolution of energy planning powers to Wales, and I look forward to the Minister's response.
I wished to give this speech in the report stage of the Localism Bill in May, when my new clause 11, relating to the transfer of powers to grant consent for electricity generating stations in Wales, was selected for debate. However, I was not called, as almost 50 amendments were selected for debate within two hours, and the guillotine prevented me from making a contribution. I am therefore grateful for the opportunity to make points today that I wished to make then.
That new clause related to schedule 13 of the Localism Bill, which scraps the Infrastructure Planning Commission, transferring its power to the Secretary of State. During my 2010 general election campaign—as my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Simon Hart), will be aware—I stood on a specific pledge to scrap the IPC. I am therefore delighted that Ministers in London have delivered for me to a certain degree on that point. At the time of the Planning Act 2008, my party, Plaid Cymru, along with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, opposed the creation of the IPC by the then Labour Government, as undemocratic and taking political responsibility and scrutiny away from Ministers. We therefore welcome the Government's decision to pull the plug on the organisation. The question, as it was in those debates in 2008, is where those powers should now reside. I fear that is where the coalition Government is undermining the second half of my election pledge, and where there is clearly some convincing work left to do.
The successful referendum in Wales earlier this year showed support and an appetite for devolution among the Welsh public, with around two-thirds voting in favour. The topics included in that referendum did not come from a wider discussion on the whole issue of the devolution settlement, but were chosen by the former Labour Government and included in the Government of Wales Act 2006. The referendum was fought within the narrow confines of the 1997 settlement regarding devolved policy fields. The key point about the referendum was that the yes campaign—which secured an overwhelming victory, far beyond anything I envisaged—used parity with Scotland as its battering ram. Equality with our Celtic cousins is a powerful message in my country, and it is a very dangerous political game for those who underplay that fact.
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD): I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He will be relieved to know that at the time of the Government of Wales Act 2006, Liberal Democrats tabled amendments to seek the devolution he seeks on energy matters.
There is another inconsistency—not just the territorial one between Scotland and Wales—which is felt by many local people. On the one hand, in TAN8, strategic areas are defined by the National Assembly, yet the ultimate planning decisions for power installations over 50 MW rest in Westminster. Many people find it difficult to grapple with that inconsistency.
Jonathan Edwards: I am grateful for that intervention, and I am glad that the hon. Gentleman takes a consistent position. I will address some of those concerns later and will allow him to intervene if he wishes to do so. I am glad to hear the thrust of his comments.
We believe that unfinished business with the devolution settlement remains, which will come as no surprise to colleagues. Polls in Wales agree with us that criminal justice and policing should be devolved, as should broadcasting and financial powers. Natural resources and energy are other areas that we believe should be devolved to the National Assembly and our own democratic institutions in Wales. That is not a new discussion point. Indeed, the first bids in relation to the devolution of powers in the area of energy and natural resources were made in 2003, and a not particularly successful working group from the Wales Office, the Welsh Government and the UK Government tried to resolve the situation. The issue was raised again in discussions on the 2007 White Paper which preceded the Planning Act 2008, which created the IPC.
The argument is largely one of common sense, to add to the points made by the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams). Local planning authorities in Wales, under Welsh Government policy, currently have the power to consent to new or increased electricity generating stations up to 50 MW, but anything greater on land is dealt with currently by the IPC and—following the introduction of the Localism Bill—by the Minister in London. My key point is that in Scotland planning powers for all energy developments are fully devolved. The 50 MW limit was written into the Electricity Act 1989 and imposed on the National Assembly on its creation in 1999. The 50 MW appears to be an arbitrary figure with no real justification for its existence. It makes little sense that a generating station of 49 MW should be decided upon in Wales, but 51 MW by the IPC in London or by UK Ministers. The issue is one of consistency of approach and of planning.
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con): This matter relates to discussions we had before the general election, when the Assembly seemed to be looking at changing that level from 50 MW to 100 MW. I have a fairly open mind about these issues and, as we have just had a referendum, I am reluctant to consider a change now, which is a point that the hon. Gentleman addressed earlier. Does he feel it is 100 MW—including everything, in Pembrokeshire as well—for these power stations?
Jonathan Edwards: That would be the difference between me and some of the London parties. I would favour full sovereignty over energy powers. I will address the specific point that the hon. Gentleman raises about the 100 MW level later and will happily allow him to intervene.
Wales wants to be a greener country and wants to specialise in renewables and the green economy. Indeed, sustainable development is written into the constitution of the National Assembly. However, if two thirds of planning applications are decided outside our borders and our jurisdiction, even though they may impact on us on a day-to-day basis, that is not power devolved, but power retained. I would hope that as part of the respect agenda, the UK Government would want to address that enormity.
The Plaid-Labour one Wales Government, to whom we were proud to belong, were very much in favour of transferring further powers to Wales. They were not alone, with environmental and civic organisations such as the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales and Friends of the Earth indicating their support and including it in their manifestos for this year's National Assembly elections. The issue was raised during consideration of the Planning Act 2008, when the IPC was first created. My right hon. Friend the Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Mr Llwyd) tabled an amendment in Committee, but it was not moved. The Liberal Democrats then moved a similar amendment on Report.
However, there is no easily available record of what those discussions entailed or what the conclusions were. I can only assume that the Labour Government in London denied their colleagues in Wales the right to have the powers I have set out.
To return to the 2008 Act, the Liberal Democrats pushed their amendment to a vote, seeking specifically to exclude Wales from the remit of the IPC. Labour voted against the amendment, and the Conservatives abstained. The Liberal Democrats, of course, voted in favour of their amendment, as did my colleagues and I. Those who voted for it included the right hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), who is now the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr Clegg), who is now the Deputy Prime Minister.
Since then, the Welsh Conservatives have published their 2011 National Assembly election manifesto, which commits them to increase the present level from 50 MW to 100 MW. Likewise, Labour in Wales supports raising the bar. Even 100 MW is an arbitrary figure, but it represents a significant improvement on the current situation, specifically in relation to renewable energy-generating developments.
There therefore seems to be cross-party agreement in Wales, and there needs to be progress on the current situation. I can only hope that the London parties' Welsh colleagues have agreed their proposals with their bosses in London, because there seems to be a divergence between the views of the parties in Wales and what is being said down here in Westminster.
by the new commission that the UK Government have announced will look into further powers for Wales over the next few years.
I would like to highlight a point that makes a mockery of the current system in my constituency. My constituency is home to TAN 8 areas. Those are specific strategic zones, which have been designated by the Welsh Government for the location of large onshore wind projects. Where there is a concentration of such developments, there will understandably be a public backlash, and the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies) has been vociferous in setting out his concerns about developments in his constituency.
To mitigate such concerns, councillors in Carmarthenshire have proposed that the local planning authority adopt an enhanced 2 km buffer zone between individual projects and inhabited areas, and the proposal has great support among local people. However, even if Carmarthenshire county council adopts the policy, it will apply only to developments below 50 MW. Clearly, many developments in TAN 8 areas will be above 50 MW. It is no wonder local people are confused; to be honest, I am confused myself. It is not only my constituents and me who want clarity. During a recent visit by the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs visit to Düsseldorf, we met renewables investors, who informed us that having different planning guidance was a disincentive to invest.
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con): On that point, the hon. Gentleman will be aware of the proposal for the Atlantic array, which will construct 147 turbines 15 miles off the south and west Wales coast and also have an impact on the north Devon coast. How would his plans take effect when two countries and a number of other parties have an interest in such a major offshore development?
Simon Hart: I can wait.
Jonathan Edwards: That saves me having to rewrite my speech halfway through.
Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair): Order. I ask the hon. Gentleman to continue.
Jonathan Edwards: Thank you, Mrs Main.
Let me return to the new clause that I proposed to the Localism Bill. It would have included generating stations not only on Welsh dry land but in Welsh territorial waters. The intention was once again to ensure consistency between the aims of the Welsh Government and actions around the Welsh coast. Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, consents for generating stations up to 100 MW are given by the Marine Management Organisation and, for levels above that, by the IPC. I see no reason why those powers should not be wholly transferred to the Welsh Government.
arises from it. The most prominent example of that would be the opportunity to develop a tidal lagoon in Swansea bay, which is usually quoted as being able to generate about 60 MW of electricity. The plan has been in the pipeline for decades, but we are still discussing how we can bring it into being. Giving the Welsh Government powers over electricity generating station consents at all levels would allow consistency of approach, add coherence to planning regulations and end the anomaly based on arbitrary figures for megawatt production.
During Third Reading of the Localism Bill, I made an intervention on the Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark), who agreed to colleagues and me. It was a constructive session, and I thank him for the manner in which he listened to the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams) and by me. He has since written to me to confirm some of the points raised in that meeting on 13 June.
First, the right hon. Gentleman confirmed the disparity between energy legislation powers in Wales and Scotland. It exists because, before devolution, planning law was devolved to Scotland but not to Wales. Therefore, the energy consenting role was transferred to the Scottish Parliament on its inception, but it was not given to the National Assembly for Wales. That historical precedent suggests that with planning powers now in the hands of the Welsh Government, energy consent functions should also be transferred. Will the Government confirm that they plan to honour that precedent in the long term?
The right hon. Gentleman's letter also confirmed that there were more recent discussions with the Welsh Government in September and October last year. At the time, the relevant Welsh Government Minister argued that renewable energy consents in Wales should be increased from 50 MW to 100 MW, a position that has since become the official Labour line and has been taken up by the new Government in Wales. It was rejected by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who said that UK Ministers are responsible for meeting the UK's renewable energy target and therefore best placed to take decisions on applications for larger renewable projects, and that UK Ministers are responsible for drawing up and designating national policy statements. I hope the Minister can explain why the Secretary of State has changed his mind and why he has performed a 180° turn on the position he voted for in opposition during consideration of the Planning Act 2008. I am sure the hon. Member for Ceredigion would like that clarification, as would I.
an international issue. On an issue where there is agreement across the board on the need for change in Wales, I would welcome an indication from the Minister that there will be proper bilateral discussion and debate, and that would probably best take place during the proposed Welsh Calman process, which will happen in the next few years.
"There is no reason why there should not be a renewable policy that could be co-ordinated between the nations of the UK. It is not for the United Kingdom to keep responsibility for itself in taking actions on behalf of Wales and Scotland, but a matter on which we should work together.
To finish, Wales should have the same responsibility as Scotland over the utilisation of its natural resources. Diolch yn fawr.


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'We All Owe Al Gore An Apology': More People See Climate Change In Record Flooding – NPR
Floodwaters from the Arkansas River line either side of a road in Russellville, Ark., engulfing businesses and vehicles.
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Angel Portillo doesn't think about climate change much. It's not that he doesn't care. He's just got other things to worry about. Climate change seems so far away, so big.
Lately though, Portillo says he's been thinking about it more often.
Standing on the banks of a swollen and surging Arkansas River, just upriver from a cluster of flooded businesses and homes, it's easy to see why.
"Stuff like this," he says, nodding at the frothy brown waters, "all of the tornadoes that have been happening — it just doesn't seem like a coincidence, you know?"
A string of natural disasters has hit the central U.S. in recent weeks. Tornadoes have devastated communities, tearing up trees and homes. Record rainfall has prevented countless farmers in America's breadbasket from planting crops. Rising rivers continue to flood fields, inundate homes and threaten aging levees from Iowa to Mississippi.
And while none of these events can be directly attributed to climate change, extreme rains are happening more frequently in many parts of the U.S. and that trend is expected to continue as the Earth continues to warm.
For many of the people living in the affected areas, the connection feels clear.
A group of friends look at the record-high Arkansas River in Fort Smith, Ark. "It's part of history now," says Savanna Bowling. "We had to come see it."
"I think climate change is affecting the world right now and we should probably start doing something," says Lucero Silva, watching the cresting river in Russellville, Ark.
"Somebody at my office told me, 'We all owe Al Gore an apology,' " says Breigh Hardman, standing on a bridge over the Arkansas River in nearby Fort Smith. Gore's 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth spurred both activism around global warming and opposition to it.
"It just tells us we got to come to a conclusion — not to get crazy — about global warming," says Matt Breiner, watching the river further upstream near downtown Tulsa, Okla.
NPR asked nearly two dozen people in Oklahoma and Arkansas who were experiencing the ongoing flooding about their thoughts on climate change. All of them said they believed that the climate was changing, even if they didn't directly associate the raining and floods with it, or agree on the cause. (Six people said they believed God was driving the change.)
That aligns with recent polling by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University, which shows that more Americans are becoming concerned about global warming and believe in its existence, while a smaller majority understand that it's mostly human-caused.
A follow-up report found that "directly experiencing climate change impacts" was the most common reason given by people who said they were becoming more concerned.
"Most studies do suggest that experiencing an extreme event does affect one's beliefs about climate change," says Elizabeth Albright, an assistant professor at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.
Albright was part of a research team that surveyed communities impacted by heavy rains and flooding in Colorado in 2013. They found that people whose wider communities were significantly impacted were more likely to be concerned about climate change and the risk of future floods.
Somebody at my office told me,'We all owe Al Gore an apology.'
Breigh Hardman, Fort Smith, Ark.
It's an imperfect science though.
A study by the University of Exeter last year found that political identity and exposure to partisan news were more likely to influence people's perceptions of some extreme weather events as they relate to climate change.
"Efforts to connect extreme events with climate change may do more to rally those with liberal beliefs than convince those with more conservative views that humans are having an impact on the climate," said the study's lead author, Dr. Ben Lyons, in a press statement.
Flooding near Muskogee, Okla., inundated businesses and homes. May was the second-wettest month in U.S. history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Climate scientists and communicators in the largely conservative central Plains still see the ongoing flooding as an opportunity, though.
Marty Matlock, the executive director of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center, works with rural and urban communities throughout the state and with the region's massive agriculture industry.
"People are not questioning that things are changing," he says. "The challenge is how do we motivate people, give [them] a sense that there is an actual opportunity for influencing that change in a positive way."
Matlock believes that for too long climate scientists have been beating people "with the cudgel of information of science."
"In a democratic society, if people don't believe what you say, it doesn't matter how right you are," he says.
That doesn't necessarily mean you need to convince people about the causes of climate change, he says. In some cases, it might be just as important to convince people and community leaders that they'll need to adapt.
Extreme rains and flooding events are expected to be more common and more severe in America's heartland, according to the most recent National Climate Assessment.
Joe Hurst, the mayor of Van Buren, Ark., a town of about 24,000 people on the Arkansas River, says there do seem to be indications that the climate is changing.
"I don't know what causes it," he says. "But all I know is that we're dealing with a historic flood and now, in my mind, I'm going to be prepared for this unprecedented event to happen now more often."
A pile of free sandbags in downtown Fort Smith, Ark. Volunteers filled them for homeowners and businesses trying to avoid the worst of the flooding.
Claire Heddles and Jennifer Ludden contributed to this report.


This Saturday party-goers and supporters of MK Community Fridge will be gathering at The Old Bath House to raise funds for year two of MK's food waste project.
Guests will be grabbing their sombreros and kicking on their cuban heals to enjoy the delights of The Americas.
Using surplus food, guests are invited to a taste of the mouth-watering flavours of continent, courtesy of Taco Shack, experience the sensation of live latin music from Lost Latinos and feel the energy of Bachata and Cuban Salsa presented by the professional team from Salsa Rica UK.
There are just a handful of free tickets and guests are invited to 'pay as they feel' on the night.