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For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and super human foes in this action/adventure movie based on one of the most popular video games of all time. Starring Christopher Lambert ("Highlander,""Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan"), Bridgette Wilson ("Shopgirl," "TheWedding Planner"), Linden Ashby ("Prom Night," "Resident Evil: Extinction"), Robin Shou ("Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,""Death Race") and Talisa Soto ("Don Juan DeMarco," "License to Kill"). Directed by Paul Anderson ("AVP: Alien vs. Predator," "Death Race").
Lawrence Kasanoff
Bob Engelman
Kevin Droney
Danny Simon
Christopher Lambert, Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, Talisa Soto, Trevor Goddard
© 1995 New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Critics Consensus: Despite an effective otherwordly atmosphere and appropriately cheesy visuals, Mortal Kombat suffers from its poorly constructed plot, laughable dialogue, and subpar acting.
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This is a Mortal Kombat movie made for Mortal Kombat fans.
Cheesy and very violent adaptation of '90s video game.
Parents need to know that Mortal Kombat: The Movie is the 1995 adaptation of the popular and extremely violent video game. There isn't much of a story, and the characters speak almost entirely in clichés. There is profanity, including "bulls--t" and "a--hole." Even the martial arts scenes, as bountiful and excessive as they are, are nowhere near as entertaining as other martial arts films. A man is killed in a battle, complete with the sounds of bones breaking. One of the fighters resorts to punching his enemy in the crotch to win. A warrior's head gets frozen by one of the bad guys and is decapitated. Fighters explode and get impaled. All of this happens through the laziest of storylines; this is little more than an attempt to make a movie cashing in on what was at the time -- and to a certain extent still is -- a pop culture phenomenon.
Genre:Action, Fantasy
Release Date:August 18, 1995

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Why Should You Join APESA?
APESA (association des parents d'éléves de la section Anglophone) serves as the parent association for the Anglophone section at the Lycée/Collège International Honoré de Balzac. APESA members are the parents of enrolled Anglophone section students.
APESA aims to build community among the British Section parents. APESA has over 100 member families. All members have access to the eGroup, a vital tool for intramember communication that allows Anglophone section parents to remain up to date about school events.
Engage and coordinate our Anglophone parent community to support the needs of the Lycée/Collège, in particular the teachers who manage our British Section.
Build community among Anglophone section parents through social events, meetings and other opportunities.
Strengthen parent involvement in the Cité Scolaire de Honoré de Balzac and collaborate with other parent associations to enrich all student experience.
APESA builds upon the spirit of parent engagement that has been a part of the school from the beginning and is an important role in creating a thriving, successful school.
Parent and volunteer involvement is what helps make the difference between a good school and one that is better than great.


The State Law Enforcement Division is tasked with guarding Gov. Nikki Haley, and usually that protection is done on the state's dime — but not when Haley is campaigning or doing non-official business.
And when the state doesn't pay for it, the money is supposed to come out of Haley's campaign coffers, only it's been 18 months since the governor's campaign wrote a check and some are crying fowl — and are upset that no one seems to have the total amount owed.
I'll point you to The Post and Courier's report for the story; read it here.


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Title 36. Parks, Forests, and Public Property
Chapter II. FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Part 214. POSTDECISIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS FOR OCCUPANCY OR USE OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS AND RESOURCES
Section 214.18. Appeal decision.
36 CFR § 214.18 - Appeal decision.
§ 214.18 Appeal decision.
(a) Appeal decisions made by the Appeal Deciding Officer shall be issued within 30 days of the date the appeal record is closed.
(b) The appeal decision shall be based solely on the appeal record and oral presentation, if one is conducted.
(c) The appeal decision shall conform to all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
(d) The appeal decision may affirm or reverse the appealable decision, in whole or in part. The appeal decision must specify the basis for affirmation or reversal and may include instructions for further action by the Responsible Official.
(e) Except where a decision to conduct discretionary review has been made and a discretionary review decision has been issued, the appeal decision shall constitute USDA's final administrative decision.


The control and monitoring of insect populations is a precise but ever-changing science. Success depends on strict timing and correct matching of pheromone lures or traps to particular species.
Sherriff Grass Care can now offer a trapping and monitoring solution to control both Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner and Chafer Beetle.
Rezist is an animal repellent for use to deter foxes, rabbits, geese and infestation by moles. Rezist can also be used to discourage dog fouling.
The Garden Chafer Trap will catch adult beetles and give an early warning of chafer grub activity.
A pheromone lure can be placed in the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner Trap, this attracts male adults in huge numbers into the trap, where they are trapped and perish.


This morning as I drove to work I prayed for my husband. The Lord brought specific things to my mind to pray for him, and as I intervened for my spouse in intercession it occurred to me that I had not always prayed for him this way. I've always been a praying wife, but how I pray has changed.
I thought back to about five years ago, and as I did my heart was broken. I was filled with guilt over how I had thought of and supported my spouse. On the outside, I'm sure I appeared like the perfect helpmate, but in my heart I know that wasn't true. I had not championed for my husband to be who God intended him to be. I had rallied for who I wanted him to be.
Looking back, it causes me to wince, and it fills me with shame to speak so honestly about my inner thoughts. But perhaps by sharing my story with you, I can help you be a selfless, praying partner, unlike the one I feel I was back then.
As it was our life was wonderful. We were growing a family, and a happy one at that. We lived in a small, humble home, and we enjoyed time together as a family. It was around this time that my husband was offered an opportunity, and he brought it to me first with the request that I would join him in prayer for deciding the next step.
At the time my husband worked as the main cook for a local pizza restaurant. He had been doing this since we first got married, and although his paycheck wasn't huge, it was enough to feed our needs and bellies. What he was offered, though, was an opportunity to purchase the store and become the owner!
I honored my husband by joining him in prayer, but did I honor him by praying unconditionally and selflessly? Probably not. I wanted him to accept the offer and buy the restaurant. Thoughts of a better future excited me. I dreamed of a bigger home and being able to go part-time at work. I fantasized about how this would positively impact our financial future and standing in the community. I wanted him to decide "yes," and that's the direction my prayers went. I prayed for my husband, but I prayed for the outcome I desired for him. I wasn't praying for what he wanted, or even more importantly, for what God had for him.
Of course, he took the store. In retrospect, I know he did it for me. He has said since that he didn't want to own a business, but he felt like it was best for us. I know that he knew I was in favor of it, but he didn't have experience in owning a business. Turns out it wasn't his forte either. Turns out he worked constantly, more than he ever did as a cook. Turns out, even when he was off work, he wasn't really off. Turns out it was more stress for him than I ever imagined. Turns out I missed him, and I regretted that I had pressured him to take something on that he wasn't meant to take on. In the end, the business failed, but not after years of him feeling like he was failing us.
What might have been had I supported my husband unconditionally and selflessly, focusing more on what he wanted and less on what I wanted? How might have things gone had I prayed for God's will in my husband's life rather than my own will for him? Thankfully I know that God works out all things for our good, and I can rest in the fact that the Lord used those circumstances to bring us where we currently are. So I rejoice in them! But I do feel awful for how I handled it back then. I wasn't the kind of wife my husband deserved, nor the wife I wanted to be. My husband has never made me feel the way about this that I do. In fact, he's never mentioned it. It's just something I felt convicted of, and it's something I was determined to improve.
Now I strive to pray not what I desire for my husband, but what the Lord desires. I pray for God's will in his life. I've always adored and appreciated my husband for who he is. The Lord created in him the most loving heart I have ever known, and instead of wanting God to manifest more in my spouse, I simply pray he can be the man in this life that God has for him to be. Because I imagine God has it all figured out, and He doesn't need my help in molding my spouse. I'll just leave that part up to the Lord from here on out. My calling is to support my husband wherever Jesus leads him. My role isn't to change my husband. My role is to love him.
What If We Trusted the Lord's Ability Over Filing for Disability?


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About Avalos Family Child Care
It's all about students and how they learn at Avalos Family Child Care. Avalos Family Child Care provides early care and education in an in-home setting, which can be ideal for families looking to replicate the best of the comfort and familiarity of home paired with supervised, non-family adult care and instruction and a peer setting for children. Children at Avalos Family Child Care will be a part of small group sizes and be able to learn, explore and play day in and day out with those that will soon become fast friends! Avalos Family Child Care likewise takes a play-based approach to children's development and learning, facilitating education through interactive, hands-on activities that get children moving. Play-based environments structure their spaces to encourage students to move with independence, passion and explore at their own direction. Staff in these environments encourage and galvanize students to lean into their interests and build their own worlds in cooperation with their peers, and students gain cooperative, social and emotional skills as a result of this community.
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Justia Regulation Tracker Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability, 66897 [2019-26353]
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability, 66897 [2019-26353]
Download as PDF lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2019 / Notices issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date stated below file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 3 copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission and must provide a copy to the applicant and to every other party. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be placed on the Commission's VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:11 Dec 05, 2019 Jkt 250001 environmental mailing list and will be notified of any meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission's final order. As of the February 27, 2018 date of the Commission's order in Docket No. CP16–4–001, the Commission will apply its revised practice concerning out-of-time motions to intervene in any new Natural Gas Act section 3 or section 7 proceeding.1 Persons desiring to become a party to a certificate proceeding are to intervene in a timely manner. 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Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information 202-564-5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 11/25/2019 10 a.m. ET Through 12/02/2019 10 a.m. ET
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make
public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's
comment letters on EISs are available at: https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/action/eis/search.
EIS No. 20190285, Draft, USFWS, CA, Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed
Upper Santa Ana River Wash Habitat Conservation Plan, Comment Period
Ends: 01/21/2020, Contact: Karin Cleary-Rose 760-322-2070 ext 406
EIS No. 20190286, Final Supplement, BLM, CA, United States Gypsum
Company Expansion/Modernization Project, Imperial County, California
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Review Period Ends:
01/06/2020, Contact: Miriam Liberatore 541-618-2200
EIS No. 20190287, Draft, BR, CO, Paradox Valley Unit of the Colorado
River Basin Salinity Control Program Environmental Impact Statement,
Comment Period Ends: 02/04/2020, Contact: Lesley McWhirter 970-248-0608
Dated: December 2, 2019.
Robert Tomiak,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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WAFFLES: I love the Boss and I love Gloman and I love chicken and I love wand toys and my big fluffy pillow.
And Glogirly, do you know what else?
WAFFLES: I love you THIS much.
Today's photos were taken while Waffles was doing with Glogirly what he loves most - playing. Since that very first moment they met at the shelter, it was clear that Waffles was a fun-seeking missile. He'd rather play than eat! ...don't tell him we said that though. He's got a chicken reputation to uphold.
If you've spent any time at all yesterday on Facebook or social media, you may have heard about Tiger Tim. We promise not to turn this into one of those sad-song commercials. But we always try to write from the heart and share our day with you. Well today we spent a lot of time thinking about this sweet orange cat from the Bronx.
You see, Tiger Tim lived with his owner for seven years. He was adopted when he was three months old and had grown to really love his human. He was well behaved and affectionate. He followed her around and kept her company. He waited at the door for her to come home every night and was so very happy to see her. But for a reason we'll never understand, his owner surrendered him to a shelter.
Since then Tiger Tim's health has declined. He's not been eating and has since been hospitalized. Donations and messages of love and encouragement have been flooding the small non-profit shelter, Magnificat Rescue and Rehoming. Friends and strangers from all over the world are pulling for this little guy. We are too. There's a list a mile long of people who would love to give him a true forever home. But first he needs to get well.
We've felt so helpless... somehow the story of this sweet cat has really struck a chord with us. Maybe it's because he's a fellow orange boy. Maybe we needed to be reminded of how precious those we love are to us as well as those we've never met.
There are thousands of Tiger Tim's out there. But many of them never make the pages of Facebook. There are no tweets and retweets. No online shares, no donations of support. But they are still there. Waiting.
So we're asking you to do something special today. In honor of Tiger Tim. If there's room in your heart and home for another cat, please consider adopting an adult cat from your local shelter. If you can't adopt, maybe you can make a small donation or drop off a few cans of food. Maybe you can just stop in to visit and play. Show some kitties what neck scritches feel like. We bet you might even get some slow blinks.
Save a life. Change a life. For Tiger Tim.
Read more about Tiger Tim on Examiner.com.
Follow his progress on the Magnificat Rescue Facebook Page.
Make a donation to Magnificat Rescue to help Tiger Tim. Click to Donate.
Magnificat Rescue and Rehoming is a 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit and donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Your donations enables them to not only help Tiger Tim, but to rescue more cats.
I don't understand some people. For heaven's sake we traveled around in a 400 square foot fifthwheel with three cats because I wasn't going to leave them. And we picked up a fourth along the way.
I have been following Tiger Tim's story on Facebook and it makes both me and my human so sad - and upset and angry too! Poor guy - I really hope someone comes to his rescue and gives him the true love he should always have had.
The reason Tiger Tim's owner abandoned him infuriates me beyond words. How disgustingly shallow can someone be? Horrible! My two furbabies are rescues, and if I was able to, I'd foster and/or adopt another rescue cat in a heartbeat. Alas, a small apartment and only being allowed two cats under the lease have me constrained for the time being.
We heard about Tiger Tim too - so sad. We'll never understand some people.
Debbie, Waffles and Katie, we read about Tim and were literally shocked rigid with horror. Thank you so much for spotlighting this truly terrible story, let us hope Tim recovers. We have, needless to say, donated to the ginger boy. Of course Waffles is a true Ginga Ninja - and we love him to bits, now let's see if we can all get Tim well, and, let's face it, back to being an ordinary, much loved, much cared for cat. Sometimes ordinary is the most extraordinary thing you need to be.
We came back, we need to say 1) You are special and 2) we would adopt an adult cat in a heartbeat. No!! Make that a senior.!!!!!!!!
Aw, Waffles is so sweet! What a loverboy!
Our hearts break for Tiger Tim too.
We're so incredibly saddened by Tiger Tim's story, too, and we're pulling for him. Thanks for the reminder that there are countless Tiger Tims all over the country in shelters who can use our help who aren't getting the same attention.
Can really feel this story, as we too were "surrendered by owner," got sick in a shelter, couldn't get adopted for a while because of that and were miraculously rescued and nursed back to health at the 11th hour. Probably due to donations and a lot of posts on FB. And there are some angels out there. Miracles happen and Tiger Tim needs one now! Sending healing energy to Tiger Tim!
We're saddened by the story of Tiger Tim too. When we're ready for our next household of cats, we plan to adopt seniors. PS. We loved catching up at BlogPaws and are so happy you won the Nose to Nose!
Tiger Tim's story broke our hearts too. How can humans do such a thing? We're purring like crazy for him and hope he recovers. And we purr for all the older kitties in shelters.
Such a horrifying story. "Owner release" is on about half of the information cards at PAWS. Some people have no choice - they went into nursing homes or died without making plans for their pets. But so many people have excuses that none of us understand.
My Mistletoe was an adult adoption. She was on the streets when a nice couple noticed her stalking their bird feeder. At first they thought she was a plump neighborhood kitty but they soon realized she was a young female on the streets and pregnant. I bless them everyday day for getting her into a local no kill shelter. Her kittens were adopted right away but she was in the shelter for almost a year. Until one day my mother was picking up our dog from our groomer, who fostered kitties in her shop. Mom came home and got me so I could meet Mistletoe. For me, it was love at first sight. Now we've been together for 11 1/2 years. I pray Tiger Tim recovers from his broken heart and finds a love that will be true to him forever.
How sad for Tiger Tim to be put into a shelter by his owner. That heartless person ought to be sectioned to see if she is insane putting a sofa before a living creature. We hope he will be adopted by a lovely family and find out what real love is.
How very sad for that poor sweet boy. I will never understand how anyone can do that to any animal that has been a pet. I am so happy you posted this so that I became aware of it. Meanwhile, Waffles is soooo adoeable in that picture that she just wants to kiss himm and then kiss him some more..
Waffles, you are so cute. I hope Tiger Tim gets a forever home soon.
People are stupid, aren't they? As if you could just give up a cat?!
Tiger Tim's story is just heartbreaking and if there's any justice, his "owner" will get the same treatment one day. Purring that the little guy feels our love and pulls through to find a forever home worthy of him.
It really is sad for Tiger Tim. We are purring for him.
Oh, poor Tiger Tim!! I will never understand how people can abandon or hurt kitties. I guess it's something that at least they took him to a shelter instead of leaving him on the street, but still, it's just awful. :( I hope he gets well soon. I'm really glad there are so many people waiting eagerly to give him a *real* forever home. I hope he is spoiled for years and years in his new home.
Tiger Tim's story just makes us ache. We're suffering through getting ready to lose our senior kitty to cancer, and Momma and I would do anything to keep him with us and healthy a little while longer. The idea of just giving him up after all those years of love is absolutely unfathomable. Poor sweet Tim. There are so many senior pets out there (dogs and kitties) who have so much love to give and are already trained to live in a household, but they get passed over by people who want the cute little kitten. I hope more people give them a chance!!
When my son was little I would take him to a nearby shelter to play with the animals..mostly to teach him compassion for animals and also because we couldn't have pets at the time..One time they had a beautiful Siamese kitty there who was so loving and sweet..One of the staff there informed me that the kitty was turned over to the shelter because his owners had redecorated their home in a different style and the kitty no longer matched..seriously..I was so angry I could have burst..If it would have been possible he would have come home with us that day..When will humans ever learn that pets have feelings too..probably deeper ones than humans have..I am now feeling that same anger towards the person who gave up Tiger Tim because she got a new sofa..do you see now how much you have hurt poor Tiger?..may you never be allowed to adopt another pet..Waffles..be happy everyday that you and Katie have a nice home and people who love you so much..that is the best you can hope for in life..well..that and chicken..mol..Hugs..
Thank you for this post and for being an advoCATe for kitties everywhere. I appreciate the call to action for adopting adult cats. It is adopt-a-shelter cat month. Many adults are getting overlooked as kitten season hits.
Love your blog and sharing your family with us all. Thank you!!
I've felt so bad for Tiger Tim since we read about him on FB. We can't adopt another cat right now but today TW fed Betty the stray and she even came over to eat. TW hadn't seen her for a long time and was glad she's still around and safe. People who surrender their fur sibs should be boiled in oil. JMSO.
*with leaky eyes, since Mina is still up for adoption* well said.
Aaaaaaw Waffles dat be so sweet of you. Weez luv our mommy more than anyfin' in da universe too. Dat be so sad 'bout Tiger Tim. Weez just not unnewstand why hoomans give away there luv like dat. It's just not wight, not wight at all. Weez purrayin' fur him and hope homs gets all better and finds da mostest purrfect home ever.
Eyes leaking a lot. Thank you GloGirly. And you too Waffles.
We've been following Tiger Tim's story and are purring loud and hard for him. We hope his tests come back showing no cancer and he can find a family who will love him FOREVER.
Waffles you are so adorable. How sad for that kitty. I don't understand some people. Hope he gets better soon.
My love for this blog post is as big as the universe!! I will spread the love by sharing and thinking of all the kitties of the world who are like Tiger Tim. Bless your hearts.


In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.
Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink, we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.
In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms - all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. David and Goliath draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.
What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point; Blink; and Outliers. Now, in What the Dog Saw, he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from The New Yorker over the same period.
Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate. "Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head." What the Dog Saw is yet another example of the buoyant spirit and unflagging curiosity that have made Malcolm Gladwell our most brilliant investigator of the hidden extraordinary.


I understand that an employer providing severance is not required. Some of my coworkers have suggested if one employee loses their job and gets severance, others should get the same level of severance unless there is a detailed severance policy stating otherwise. We have a new parent company and our CT location is being told we'll get one week per year while other divisions (NJ, OH) are getting up to three weeks per year. From reading some other posts on this forum I assume this is legal, but wanted to double check. Our HR department says that severance is a divisional/regional thing.
Since severance is usually not required, companies can set whatever policy that is deemed appropriate as long as it does not violate discrimination laws.
It could be something as simple as one division is more profitable and can afford to pay additional severance.
Right, "working in the CT office" isn't a protected class, but you might also want to make sure there isn't a disparate impact on one protected class.
Like if almost all the CT employees are in one ethnic group, and the NJ and OH teams are mostly all from another ethnic group, then someone could claim discrimination, even if the company didn't intend to discriminate against a protected class.
Hey HRinMA, you have a wanna-be twin on LLT. Someone took a name almost like yours.
Thank-you for the quick responses!
TS, I assume no one could actually file a claim until the severance was offered or paid out. Until then no discrimination has occurred.


The GITA Innovator Award evolved out of GITA's original Pioneer Award, which recognized the technological achievements of early adopters of GIS when few recognized the merits of the then-fledgling technology. Today, this award recognizes the affiliate organizations that have pushed the envelope of geospatial technology through the innovative development of a unique technology, service, or application to produce a new benefit stream for geospatial technology users. Candidates for this award include organizations whose vision and forward thinking has resulted in the successful implementation of a new and original geospatial application (or technology) that benefits their customers. As a leading-edge provider of education and information for the worldwide geospatial community, GITA gives this award to honor and recognize innovation in its many forms. Nominations are open to any affiliate organization, including government agencies and nonprofits.
GITA's Excellence Award was created in 1993 to recognize user organizations for their outstanding application of geospatial technology in six industry categories: electric, gas, pipeline, public works, telecommunications, and water/wastewater. Candidates for the Excellence Award demonstrate dedication, insight, and a high degree of initiative in implementing multifaceted geospatial systems that incorporate multiple applications. The award recognizes the accomplishments of organizations that serve as exemplars of quality, whose overall geospatial project's success leads others by the example they set. Nominations are open to affiliate organizations in the electric, gas, local government, pipeline, telecommunications, and water/wastewater industries.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual's outstanding contribution and longstanding commitment to the geospatial industry. A specially appointed blue-ribbon panel of experts representing geospatial users, solution providers, academia, publishing, government, and business, carefully evaluates nominees for this prestigious award using a stringent set of criteria. Candidates for this award include those whose pioneering spirit and demonstrated dedication have contributed greatly to the geospatial industry and whose example serves as an inspiration to others. Nominations are open to any current or former member of the geospatial community.
The GITA Distinguished Service Award is bestowed on an individual for extraordinary personal contribution to the mission and success of the association. Candidates for this esteemed award have many years of dedicated service to GITA, giving unselfishly of their time and energy to advance the association. Their purposeful commitment has made a definitive and positive impact on the association. Winners of the GITA Distinguished Service Award recipients are also inducted into the GITA Hall of Fame. Nominations are open to any current or former member of GITA North America.
Since 2012, GITA awards for the proceeding year have been presented as part of Pipeline Week activities which typically takes place in the Houston,Texas metro during early fall. Consequently, in order for the Awards Committee to have adequate time to consider candidates, select winners, and get the appropriate awards created, the annual cutoff date for all nomination submissions is August 15.


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Lucifer Season 6: Final season release date and teaser
The sign song The Devil finally has a release date. On the occasion of a Q&A session about the series at San Diego Comic-Con, the final season of Lucifer finally has a release date. And it will happen sooner than some may imagine!
In fact, Lucifer fans won't have to wait long as Netflix announces a release date on its platform for September 10. So only a month and a half left until the last farewell of Tom Ellis in the skin of Netflix's sexiest demon.
On this occasion, the streaming giant released a video to accompany this revelation (see below) with a synopsis: "It's the end, and this time for good. The devil himself has become God… well, almost. Why is he still hesitating? While the Earth is in danger without God? What is he going to do? Join Lucifer, Chloe, Amenadiel, Maze, Linda, Ella and Dan for their farewells. And don't forget your tissues "
During the event, Joe Henderson, co-showrunner of the series confessed to the site TVLine that this season will be a farewell with great fanfare. A true farewell season. "It's a story we didn't think we could tell, until we got to where we are in season 5. When we wrote it, we realized there was material for a whole season more that deserved to be explored. "
Also at Comic-Con, we learned that the first episode of this final season of Lucifer was directed by Dan, which takes place sometime after the end of season 5. Maze and Eve are going to have a pretty strong narrative arc this season. "With the arrival of a character that could jeopardize their relationship. ".
Lucifer Season 6 will also contain a "bottle episode" (for neophytes, a bottle episode that brings the entire cast of the series together in a unit of place and time. Thus reducing the budget for sets, etc.). It will take place during a "very long night, as we have never seen before". Amenadiel has confirmed that this episode will be one of the highlights of this final season of Lucifer.
To say goodbye to Lucifer see you on September 10 on Netflix ('Cobra Kai Season 4, Mindhunter Season 3').
Lucifer Season 6 Teaser
Better Call Saul Season 6: Release Date + Cast & Plot
Better Call Saul: Bob Odenkirk collapsed on set
Rizki Sudo
Amara Elvita
Aziza Larasati
The Missing Season 3: What We Know So Far
Wolf Like Me Season 2 – Will it Be There?
Will We See Mythomaniac Season 3?
The Chestnut Man Season 2: Will We See More of The Serial Killer?


I was wondering where they learned that chant because in the video they all sang it with conviction and you could almost feel the tradition in the cadence.
I wonder why they decided against letting the special-needs kids have their own varsity letters. If these kids joined up, went to practice, played in games and dedicated a good chunk of their High School lives to these sports, then they too should be allowed to have their own varsity letters. Rules are rules, but fair is fair.
Ellen Pao has lost. The jury has determined that she was not discriminated against because of her gender and Kleiner Perkins Caufield did not retaliate against her. It seems the jury agreed that her lack of advancement was due to her performance.
If only logic weren't relative.


Over on Facebook, users get to "like" pages of companies, products, groups, bands, books, etc that they enjoy in real life. Which is all fine and dandy, except that, for quite a lot of these companies, etc, their posts come off as "spammy," and people start "hiding" the posts, or they skip over them. What's the point in doing social marketing if you're just going to annoy your readers into ignoring you?
So, how do you avoid coming off as "spammy"?
Secondly, don't overpost. While you want to keep your business and products on the minds of your followers and friends, there is a limit on how much people can take... and how much they're going to read. Usually, I recommend a MAXIMUM of 15 Facebook updates per day, but, usually, less. You want what you say to be deemed as "important," so posting random things 10 times per day while mixing in your "important" stuff - new products, links to news articles relevant to your business, new videos, etc - means that, more than likely, your "important" stuff is going to get "lost in the shuffle," so to speak, and you've lost an important marketing opportunity.
Thirdly, when you sit down at your computer to post updates and Tweets, start by making a list of all the things you want to post that day - doesn't need to be detailed; just a short list of what you want your customers to know about - and then organize them in order of importance. Delete or cross out anything that isn't particularly important, or save it for a slow news day.
Don't Update Bomb. You need to post updates and Tweets and other new content fairly consistently, every day, every other day, or at least 2 to 3 times per week. When you ignore your social networks and don't post anything for weeks or months, you end up DELUGING your audience with too much info all at once. When your audience doesn't hear from you for months and then you start posting ALL your updates in a few day span or over the course of week, people stop paying attention to you, like ignoring a shouting protester while waiting for the bus. It means that all your posting was, essentially, for nothing. but there's a solution: Create a schedule for posting and stick to it. It's perfectly okay to miss a few days in a row, but try to update at least once per week.
Unless your site is a humor blog or video channel, don't repost or "share" the randomly "funny" things that come across your feed. Your page is supposed to be professional, unless, like I said, humor is your focus and that's why your audience subscribed to you; for most businesses, that's NOT going to be the case.
In the next installment, we'll look at a social marketing posting schedule that WORKS.
I agree with all your points here, Anne. And I would like to add that social media marketers should abide by one primary principle – respect. If you respect your subscribers, you will know that flooding them or spamming their feeds equates to disrespecting them. Your subscribers deserve more than that; they deserve to know real-time, honest, and quality updates from you. If you respect your subscribers, you will also refrain from posting exaggerated or inaccurate details about your product or service just to get people to like or share your post or your page. And if you respect your subscribers, chances are they will also respect you, your business, and your products and/or services. That's a good and effective PR strategy, right?
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Coffee lovers around the world can appreciate a delicious and smooth cup of coffee. It is the way millions of people across the world get their days started. If you like to use single source coffee or even gourmet coffee blends then perfecting the pour over may help you enjoy it even more than you already do. This method may even impress those coffee connoisseurs that enjoy one of the most unique cultures of coffee consumption in the world. This guide will help you achieve a great pour over brewing method for having delectable cups of coffee whenever you feel the need.
You will need the type of coffee you love, a grinder, a scale, a dripper, a kettle, a filter, a timer, and a carafe or cup. These supplies are crucial in perfecting your own pour over method and in giving you the best cup you can. You can often get the supplies at a discount through a favorite supplier if this is your first time doing the pour over method. It is recommended to shop around for quality supplies and finding the best price so you can make your ideal cup of coffee without breaking the piggy bank.
You will need to boil the water first in your kettle. The amount of water you need will be based on how small or large of a cup you plan on brewing. The common measurement is typically between 600 ml and 700 ml which equals to approximately 20 ounces to 23 ounces. Some people do like the smaller 8-ounce cups for a potentially stronger taste and that is about 237 ml. It is truly up to your personal taste and what you like.
The next step in the process is to measure out your gourmet coffee blends beans. A recommended measurement is around 20 to 30 grams or two to three tablespoons. You can do more or less if you want and that is always up to your personal preferences. While the water is heating in the kettle you will then need to grind the beans with your grinder into fine grounds. They should be the same consistency as small granules of salt.
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She Obviously Didn't Think This Through
By way of GraniteGrok comes this photo.
She'd best be careful if she gets her wish. Just how pissed off would she be if it were to become reality?
Here it is, late September, but we're seeing mid-summer weather, with sunny skies, temps in the upper 80's and lower 90's, and higher humidity. This is the type of weather I expected for August. (August was more like September this summer.) So maybe Mother Nature is making up for the cool August temperatures by gracing us with August weather now. I'm certainly not complaining.
I've been a fan of the NFL for most of my life. My two favorite teams are the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. But I have to admit that I have seen my enthusiasm for the NFL has been waning the league has made changes the fans don't like all, but particularly because the SJW disease has been infecting the league, all with the tacit approval of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel. It appears I am not the only one with such growing dislike of the NFL.
But even if I hook up the old satellite dish again here in my rural New England community, I still wouldn't watch pro football now that the NFL and some of its players have injected racial politics into a sport that, more than any other, pioneered on-field integration and got white America cheering for black athletes.
Now they're making the NFL politically unpalatable. I don't know about you, but if I want to be preached to, I go to church. If I want to hear political opinion/points of view I watch TV or go to rallies or protests. I don't expect anyone at my place of work to do either, nor would I do that where I work. That's what these athletes are doing – protesting at their place of work and doing so on my dime (and that of all the other fans). I don't care what they do once they're off the field or the court.
For more backlash against the now politicized NFL, read these reactions left on Twitter.
Legal Insurrection posts about the trend of blue-staters moving to red states and slowly converting them to blue states.
I've certainly seen that here in New Hampshire, where folks from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York move here to get away from all of the high taxes and government overreach, then start pushing for the same things here as back where they came from. They don't understand (or worse, don't care) that all of these things are what created the very conditions they came here to flee.
One of my neighbors, a dyed-in-the-wool Massachusetts Democrat who moved up here a few years ago, decried the lack of sidewalks and paved bike trails in our little rural town. So I asked him who would pay for all of those sidewalks and bike trails? His answer: Either state should pony up the cash or we should raise property taxes to pay for them.
Who would be the first to complain about the rising property taxes if he got his way? Exactly! There was a big disconnect between the 'nice-to-haves' and the means to pay for them. This is something too many of the folks "from away" have in common.
We do have sidewalks in one section of our town, that being the historical district. Those were paid for with private funds raised by the kids of our elementary school as a project. The sidewalks made it safer for the school kids to walk to and from schools and to the library, historical society, community fields, and the village general store. Not a penny of state money was involved. The town's Department of Public Works did some of the engineering and oversaw the project, but that was the limit of the town government's involvement.
While the post and one or two of the comments show New Hampshire being a Blue State, I have to disagree. It is more purple at the moment, with a GOP majority in the NH House, Senate, Executive Council, and Governor. While our congressional delegation are all Democrats, one of them – Senator Maggie Hassan – won by only 432 votes and there were questions about possible voter fraud in the town of Durham, which houses the University of New Hampshire. A lot of out-of-state students registered to vote on election day but never legally established residency, meaning their votes could have been considered fraudulent. Regardless, I have a feeling that our next set of elections in 2018 may see the balance of the congressional delegation shift from 4 Democrats, to 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat. Would we still be considered a Blue State at that point?
It's not often one hears from the First Lady, but her address the UN General Assembly hit the nail right on the head.
"Show me the loving bonds between your families today and I will show you the patriotism and moral clarity of your nation tomorrow. Our choices on how we raise and educate our children in fact provide the blueprint for the next generation. If we do not advocate a love of country to our children and generations to come, then why would our children grow up to fight for their countries?"
One more link from GraniteGrok, this being a perfect example of life after an EMP attack, the example being Puerto Rico after first Irma and then Maria devastated the island.
No power for between 4 and 6 months. Infrastructure all but useless without it. Few means to deal with the crisis.
Not a pretty picture.
At the opening of the New England Patriots-Houston Texans game a dozen Patriots players knelt during the national anthem. What's worse is that Bob Kraft, owner of the Patriots, excused this behavior in a statement while not seeing the hypocrisy in his statement about "sports bringing people together while politics divides them." Yet politics were there right on the field.
On the other side of the field all of the Houston Texans stood for the anthem, linked arm in arm.
Either Kraft or Belichik should suspend or fire the players that knelt. Goodness knows if something like that happened while Vince Lombardi coached the Green Bay Packers, he would have marched into the locker room, emptied the offending players' belongings from their lockers, and fired them on the spot.
And speaking of politics, here's a story from Adrienne's Corner that highlights a woman who loses it because a veteran's service dog is in a restaurant.
A U.S. military veteran brought his service dog into a Delaware City, Del., restaurant last week, and Ciara Miller was one patron who wasn't having it. She was caught on camera screaming and swearing at the veteran and the restaurant establishment for allowing the service dog to be inside the eatery.
The dog was wearing an official service jacket which read, "PTSD Service Dog," and bore service animal emblems of the U.S. military."I'm leaving because the food is nasty and there's a dog!" Miller screamed while being filmed.
An restaurant employee can be heard in the video telling the woman that the man she was disrespecting is a veteran who "fought for our country."
"Congratulations!" Miller screams. "My husband's dad did, too. What's your point? My husband's dad fought for the f***ing country! So what? It's still nasty to me! I don't care!"
As if her father-in-law's service somehow brought gravitas in her rant. Some people just don't get it. Certainly this selfish harridan doesn't. Hopefully she'll never darken that restaurant's doorway again as the don't need customers like that.
Stuart Schneiderman delves into the issue of marriage, and specifically in regards to one specific woman. As he asks as part of his post, "Do you want to be a wife?" As Schneiderman writes in regards to the young woman in question:
Of course, GA does not understand marriage. Self-love, the kind of narcissistic self-absorption that the therapy culture is doling out in dollops is precisely what you should not bring into a marriage.
And yet, in our deviant culture, more and more people, infused with the gospel of self-esteem, think that marriage should be a therapeutic journey toward self-actualization.
As any of us older people know, marriage is not " a therapeutic journey toward self-actualization." It is much more. Continues Schneiderman:
Getting married means becoming a wife and functioning as same. If GA and her friends do not understand that the role comes with rules and obligations, duties and responsibilities to other people, they will inevitably fail at marriage. Their failures will breed resentment and that, in and of itself, will throw a damp blanket over their desire.
Back in the day, when women consulted with me because they wanted to get married, I used to ask them a simple question: Do you want to be a wife? Often enough, they were horrified by the question. They took grievous offense. Their looks seemed to say, What kind of woman do you think I am?
Today's younger generation, having imbibed the dual elixirs of psycho self-esteem and of feminist ideology, has gotten marriage wrong. Young women are acting like mistresses within a context that requires them to be wives.
I have overheard many a conversation amongst young women talking about relationships and marriage and just about every one of them I've overheard had either no concept what marriage was or had unrealistic expectations about the role they would be filling. In a lot of cases they weren't really looking for a husband, but for a sugar-daddy with deep pockets. (Most of these conversations I overheard took places in metropolitan areas – in airports, convention centers, train stations, and restaurants as well as on planes, trains, and buses.) Few of them truly seemed to understand what marriage was all about.
They were setting themselves up for disappointment and unhappiness.
And that's the news from toasty and humid Lake Winnipesaukee, where the boating weather is just perfect, the summerfolk are mostly gone, and only we fortunate enough to live here continue to enjoy the lake now that we have it for ourselves.
The 'Big Lie' Tactic Lives On
The efficacy of The Big Lie has been proven again and again over the years. It certainly has been proven most recently in regards to the so-called "rape crisis" on college campuses. I was reminded of this while watching our local TV station's morning news.
One of the news stories dealt with a new smart phone app created to help prevent sexual assaults on the University of New Hampshire campus. That in itself was not what bothered me. There's nothing wrong with creating and using such an app. Call it just another measure women can take to help protect themselves. My gripe is the reasoning behind the creation and use of the app, that reason being nothing more than the result of the most recent Big Lie being touted as truth.
"If you send your daughter to college, there's a one-in-five chance she'll be a victim of a completed or attempted sexual assault," said Sharyn Potter of the UNH Prevention Innovations Research Center. (emphasis added - dce)
And there it is. One of the most blatant lies being used to justify things like college kangaroo courts that ignore basic rights like due process. The "one-in-five chance" 'statistic' is being used to justify all kinds of blatantly unconstitutional actions by college administrators. That 'statistic' is around ten times the rate outside college campuses. It's also completely untrue.
Ask someone quoting the 'one-in-five' line where it came from. They may point out reports here and there that have touted that line, but hit them again with it, asking them where the reports got their information. It is highly unlikely that they'll know, but it won't matter to them because it sounds true.
But the truth is that the wholly misleading statistic came from a non-scientific study that polled self-selecting respondents on two college campuses. The researchers posed questions to female students about a number of different situations in regards to interactions between them and male students on the two campuses. They ran the gamut between being asked out by someone they didn't want to date, 'stolen' kisses, unwanted advances, stalking behavior, one-night stands, drunken sexual encounters, consensual sex, and outright rape or attempted rape. (There was a wider range of examples given, but these few give you a pretty good idea of the range of behaviors covered in the questionnaires filled out by the students.)
Other than the last two, no information was given in the questionnaire whether any of the other activities constituted sexual assault. That was determined by the researchers, and the definitions were so broad as to be worthless. (I'm sorry, but being asked out by someone you really don't want to date isn't sexual assault, even if the "rape crisis" weenies on campuses say it is. It's merely an uncomfortable and maybe embarrassing inconvenience.) When the study was cited by a number of organizations and college groups as proof of the campus rape crisis, the researchers themselves said their study should not be used because it wasn't authoritative and wasn't designed for that purpose. The researchers themselves stated the numbers were misleading and were being misconstrued. But by then, it was too late.
Ironically, the Department of Justice stats show the incidents of sexual assaults on college campuses is lower than compared to the rest of the population. The DOJ didn't use the bogus, misleading, and overly broad definitions of sexual assault being used by colleges as justification to railroad male students. They used the definition of sexual assault as laid out in law:
Sexual assault refers to an assault of a sexual nature on another person. It can include a wide range of unwanted sexual contact such as rape, forced vaginal, anal or oral penetration, forced sexual intercourse, inappropriate touching, forced kissing, child molestation ,exhibitionism, voyeurism, obscene phone calls, torture of a victim in a sexual manner etc. The actor causes submission of the victim by means that is reasonably calculated to cause submission against the victim's will. Definitions of offenses are primarily governed by state criminal laws, which vary by state. It is generally a felony.
That is the only definition that should apply.
A drunken hookup where both parties are equally intoxicated should not be a sexual assault, yet many colleges say it is because supposedly the woman involved could not give consent because she was drunk. But so was the man and he would be just as incapable of giving consent, yet he is deemed the guilty party. (There was one case I recall reading about on Instapundit where a male student was passed out and the drunk female student he was with fellated him, taking some selfies as she did so. Later he was charged with sexual assault after she stated she had some regrets about doing so because "she couldn't give consent".)
So the Big Lie generates an false meme. A witch hunt ensues which traps many an unsuspecting male college student in a hellish limbo.
Am I saying sexual assaults don't happen on college campuses? No. Not even close. But redefining so many actions, many of them innocuous, as sexual assault does a disservice to everyone and creates a very hostile environment on campuses.
As the good Professor Reynolds has stated on more than one occasion, if that one-in-five claim were true could parents of a female college student be charged with child neglect for knowingly sending them into such a dangerous environment? What parent in their right mind would do so?
Summer weather has returned to the Lakes Region, with temps in the 80's and high humidity. It feels more like July rather than mid-September. But I'm not complaining. It certainly has made for some nice boating, particularly now that the summerfolk are gone.
A few of the summer businesses are still open, at least on the weekends, but are shuttered during the week. Most of those will be closed by Columbus Day weekend as by then the leaf peepers will have moved farther south and the last die-hard boaters will be pulling there boats out of the water and getting them stored away for the winter.
One does have to ask where the summer went as it passed by so quickly.
Then again, it always does.
Just when I thought they couldn't get any stupider, they prove me wrong.
The latest bit of stupidity? Former NYT labor reporter Steven Greenhouse lamenting the signal sent by the Trump administration by allowing an 11-year old boy mow the Rose Garden lawn.
His claim? That it's "not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety." Yeah, it's for the children, right?
What a maroon!
This is funny...but oh so true.
One of the morning 'news' shows – it might have been GMA - went on about climate change, stating the oft debunked and quite misleading 'statistic' about how 97% of scientists agree that climate change is a fact. That in itself doesn't disturb me. What disturbs me is that it is implying that those 97% believe that it's humans causing climate change, but they aren't.
I certainly agree with the opinion that the climate is changing. What wouldn't I? Earth's climate is changing all the time and has seen drastic climate changes in its history. Ever hear of the cyclical Ice Ages? How about the Roman or Medieval Warm Periods, or the Little Ice Age? They all illustrate that Earth's climate changes, sometimes for short periods (a few hundred years) and sometimes for long periods (thousands or even millions of years).
But I don't agree with the premise that the most recent climate change, that being over the past 200+ years, has anything to do with us. Have we contributed to climate change? Yeah, probably. The most likely areas to see that effect is in metropolitan areas where the Urban Heat Island effect has great influence over the local climate. But global effects? Nope, I'm not buying it.
That it will lead to catastrophic climate change is one hell of a stretch as the 'trends' the CAGW alarmists like to use as proof positive are based on such a short period of time as to be useless. Their Global Circulation Models are so faulty that they don't even come close to matching what has actually happened. They also have been incapable of what's called "hindcasting", using the models and starting their predictions during the latter half of the 19th century to see if they match the actual climatic conditions. (They didn't even come close, meaning they are seriously faulty.) Yet the CAGW faithful insist we must act on the basis of those models to reverse the 'damage' in order to save the Earth. Of course the suggested actions we must take will cause far more harm and damage than if we did nothing. It would also require trillions of dollars. (Notice that it always comes down to money?)
Personnaly, I think a somewhat warmer planet would be a more pleasant place to live.
In light of what I wrote just above, we must wonder whether natural disasters are on the rise. According to this piece the answer is "not really".
One point that the post brings up is that the number of disasters reported went up, but the actual number of disasters likely has not, something that must be taken into account. One musn't confuse 'reported' with 'actual' as they aren't the same thing.
With better reporting and almost instantaneous global communications, disasters that would not have been reported in the past are now instant news, and that skews the perceived numbers of disasters even though the actual number may not have changed.
I have to admit that I do not like wind turbines. While the idea of them sounds great, they aren't a panacea for the ills 'created' by non-renewable energy sources. Moonbattery doesn't like them either, and for reasons with which I wholeheartedly agree.
They are hideous and mar otherwise scenic landscapes. They are economically inefficient. They generate a constant noise that drives people who live near them insane. They kill raptors, including the most beautiful of birds, eagles and hawks. They kill bats, which aren't so beautiful, but keep the mosquito population under control. They are coercively subsidized with money Big Government confiscates from us. They are involved in boondoggles that allow crony capitalists to get rich by allocating wealth unreasonably after cozying up to slimy politicians. They are an immediately recognizable symbol of pure moonbattery. They remind those driving through the countryside that there is no escape from the P.C. ruling class and its demented mandates anywhere.
Another problem? They cause wildfires.
And others? They are expensive to maintain. They are usually located far away from where any electricity they generate is needed, yet there's little or no infrastructure to get the power where it needs to be. Their service life is a WAG at best and I think they won't have nearly the longevity many proponents think they will. They require heavy government subsidies which means we pay for the more expensive electricity they generate one way or the other. (Well, actually both ways – the direct cost and the tax subsidies.) They require a lot of land per MWh of potential capacity as the so-called 'plate capacity' is the maximum a turbine could generate if there were sufficient wind 24/7. The actual capacity is generally less than a third of that.
If these things cannot survive without heavy subsidies then perhaps we shouldn't be subsidizing them at all. If they're so great they should be able to make money without the help of the taxpayer.
It seems California is bent upon hastening its own demise, this time by the California legislature passing a bill that would make it a "sanctuary state".
If Governor Moonbeam signs it, the I suggest Congress vote to suspend any federal money going to California in regards to law enforcement because the federal agencies will need it to enforce our nation's immigration laws.
Cap'n Teach asks a truly important question on this matter, that being "What about the citizens of California feeling safe from the influx of criminal aliens?"
We already know the answer to that – California's state government doesn't care about its legal citizens. It already taxes and regulates the bejeezus out of them and wants to add even more financial burdens upon them. It could be why California has been losing both residents and businesses – they leave the state before the state can take it away from them to give to a 'more deserving' illegal immigrant.
And that's the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where we await the rains from the latest hurricane/tropical storm remnant to arrive, try to get out roof finished before then, and make plans to get some more boating in before Columbus Day.
One might call this the Hurricane Irma weekend as it's "All Irma All The Time", at least on the news.
Not that I'm tired of hearing about it, but the coverage could have easily been handled by recording many of the segments and replaying them on an endless loop with the occasional cut-ins for up to date information. The MSM could have saved a fortune and still had relevant coverage.
Far too often we saw scenes of their intrepid (but woefully stupid) reporters out in the midst of the roaring winds, driving rain and flying debris, doing exactly what they were warning their viewers not to do. I kept waiting for one of those wind-driven pieces of debris to take out a reporter on live TV, being flatted by a section of a roof or speared by a 2x4 or a shard of glass. While it would have been tragic, it would have served as a life lesson for the rest of the MSM.
A man comes home to find a naked woman he doesn't know in his bed and calls the police.
Smart man.
Ward Dorrity commenting on a post at American Thinker hits the nail on the head when it comes to things like 'social justice'.
Many of the dupes and useful idiots on the left claim that they are all for 'social justice' but most of them have no real idea of what that term really entails. 'Social justice' as the term is used today is a con game used by the clever to advance their personal wealth and egos, and by the ruling class as an instrument to destroy trust.
...the chief problem with the 'social justice' meme is that it is based upon a defective notion of human rights. 'Human rights,' after all, are the chief argument made by advocates for the imposition of social justice and the redistribution of wealth.
--snip--
This is a low-rent way for the smug and the self-righteous to assert their assumption of moral superiority, as it neatly dodges - and in fact destroys - the larger questions of human dignity and aspirations.
I find this to be a bit of idiocy on the part of the media.
Florida residents call on Trump to open Mar-a-Lago as a shelter for hurricane victims.
Sounds like a good idea, right? There's just one teensie-tiny problem with doing that, that being that the area where Trump's resort is located has been ordered evacuated because the storm surge was expected to flood the area. What good is a shelter that's is going to flood when the storm surge hits?
I bet they didn't think about that, did they? Or maybe they didn't care. It was just one more thing that could be used against Trump, much like his personal contribution of $1 million to the Harvey relief efforts.
A lot of people complained that he didn't give enough. I have to wonder how many of the wealthy Democrat politicians opened their checkbooks and cut a check for $1 million? (Remember, the $1 million was his personal money, not government money. Then again, Democrats love telling other people what they have to do with their own money. They are also quite generous with other people's money. But it isn't often you hear of them donating their own money for things like disaster relief.
From Stacy McCain comes Remembering 9/11: Friday Fiction Special.
I have no words.....
Adrienne shows us why the so-called "Snap Challenge" is just so much bull pucky.
Explains Adrienne:
The first word of the acronym "snap" is supplemental. It means that the money is to supplement your earnings in order to be a short term help in time of need. It was never intended to be your entire food budget.
She goes on to explain that stated purpose of the challenge ignores a number of important facts and proves through grocery purchases of her own that she could easily meet the challenge even if she didn't use her own money. It's all about being selective with your purchases, avoiding junk food, and whatever your do, and don't go to a place like Whole Foods to buy your food because food is a hell of a lot more expensive there. (Most folks that I know who shop there are virtue signaling. How do I know this? Because they make sure to let me and others know that's the only place they buy their groceries. It has little to do with the supposed superiority of 'organic' fruits and vegetables.)
This explains a lot.
As Dave Blount at Moonbattery puts it, "This is the fate that awaits statists when the day inevitably comes that Big Government is not there to wipe their noses for them."
And that's the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where most of the summerfolk are gone until next year, the die-hards are hanging on until Columbus Day, where we don't have any hurricanes coming this way...at least not at the moment.
Bourgeois Values Versus Burning Man
It seems that the op-ed that UPenn law professor Amy Wax and fellow USD law professor Larry Alexander penned for the Philadelphia Inquirer keeps bearing fruit.
The op-ed laid out what bourgeois culture is, here's a brief synopsis provided by Trevor Thomas:
Get married before you have children and strive to stay married for their sake. Get the education you need for gainful employment, work hard, and avoid idleness. Go the extra mile for your employer or client. Be a patriot, ready to serve the country. Be neighborly, civic-minded, and charitable. Avoid coarse language in public. Be respectful of authority. Eschew substance abuse and crime.
That's it. Nothing shocking. Nothing too over the top. Nothing extreme. But to hear from a letter by 54 UPenn doctoral students, you'd think that these things are somehow "racist." They even went so far as to try to tie the Wax/Alexander op-ed to the events that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. That's some darned convoluted thinking to be able to do that, or at least to attempt to do that. Then Professor Wax "doubled down in her defense of the bourgeois culture."
Declaring Anglo-Protestant cultural norms superior, Wax told the student paper, "I don't shrink from the word 'superior.'" She added, "Everyone wants to come to the countries that exemplify" these values. "Everyone wants to go to countries ruled by white Europeans." Furthermore, Wax made it clear – because when talking to liberals, one must always make this clear – that she was not implying the superiority of whites. "Bourgeois values aren't just for white people."
In other words, as the professors' original piece concluded, "all cultures are not equal." This is like saying "all pizzas are not equal," but such a conclusion flies in the face of the multiculturalism preached by the modern left. And all cultures are not equal because all values are not equal.
Having been to a large number of countries around the world over a 20-year period during some of my younger days, I can attest to Wax's observations. There are some cultures, some values that are so reprehensible that they cannot be explained away or claimed to be as being equally valid as Western values.
Thomas goes on to show the dichotomy between the bourgeois values and those epitomized by the annual Burning Man Festival in Nevada, one that seems to extol debauchery and eschews many of the more common morals and ethics.
Read the whole thing.
Here it is, the last 'official' weekend of the summer season. It came upon us all too soon.
The weekend traffic has been insane. What's even more insane is that it started mid-morning on Friday. The traffic has made running some of my usual weekend errands difficult, so I've put many of them off until Monday.
One slight damper of the weekend has been the weather, with it being very windy yesterday and rain today. However Monday is supposed to be spectacular.
How many times over the past decade or so have we found out that all of the various types of food that were supposed to be bad for us weren't? How many times have the 'substitutes' we were supposed to use instead were found to be far worse for us that what they were replacing?
The latest "Oops, we got it wrong!" when it came to something that was supposedly bad for us: salt.
It turns out that, except for those who have high blood pressure or hypertension, a low salt intake can actually be bad for you.
Color me surprised...NOT.
It seems that no matter what President Trump does, it's never enough for the Left and the DNC-MSM.
The latest thing they're blasting him about?
That he only gave a million dollars of his own money to the flood relief efforts in Texas.
Really? And how much of their own money have they given in comparison? If I had to guess, the answer is "not much". But then they are perfectly willing to give other people's money to the effort, so why should they spend their own?
Call it overt hypocrisy in action.
Also by way of the good professor comes this comment from one of his friends on Facebook about the rescue and recovery efforts in Texas: "It doesn't take a disaster like Harvey to bring out the best in us; it takes a disaster like Harvey for the press to notice the everyday decency of most people."
Indeed. Every day decency isn't newsworthy these days.
It's amazing how people's opinions can change once they can get past what the media has been telling them. In this case people in Houston who met President Trump have changed their opinions about him, including one person who posted on Facebook: "I think he's a wonderful man!"
Heads are exploding across the Leftosphere.
Who knew that a simple object like a banana peel could cause a widespread shortage of fainting couches at Ole Miss?
They sure don't make college students like they used to. These days too many of them need intense psychotherapy to cope with the real world. Maybe the need to skip college and check themselves into the nearest mental health facility because they sure as heck aren't ready for college.
One unexpected side effect of Hurricane Harvey?
It makes a clear case for nuclear power.
Refineries were shut down. Renewable energy sources (wind and solar) were offline. At least one chemical plant had explosions and fires because the cooling system used to keep them stored safely lost power. Twenty percent of the nation's oil production was shut down.
But the Texas nuclear power plants have been running smoothly.
The two nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project plant near Houston were operating at full capacity despite wind gusts that peaked at 130 mph as the Hurricane made landfall. The plant implemented its severe weather protocols as planned and completed hurricane preparations ahead of Category 4 Hurricane Harvey striking the Texas Gulf Coast on August 25th.
Anyone who knows anything about nuclear was not surprised. Nuclear is the only energy source immune to all extreme weather events – by design.
These plants were not like the Fukishima plants in Japan. The backups and the rock solid construction of both the reactors and the power generators made them shrug off the worst effects of the storm. They're still online. That can't be said of the wind and solar generation facilities.
And that's the news from a rather soggy Lake Winnipesaukee, where it's been a all day soaker, outdoor activities were curtailed, and where work on The Manse came to a screeching halt.
Leftists Decry Hard Word And Civility As "Hate Speech"
When I read the National Review post I linked in my previous post a bit closer, I realized I had forgotten to comment upon something that really made me shake my head in disbelief.
Were you planning to instruct your child about the value of hard work and civility? Not so fast! According to a current uproar at the University of Pennsylvania, advocacy of such bourgeois virtues is "hate speech."
So inculcating your children with a work ethic and civility towards others is now considered racist/sexist/whateverist? (Yes, I made up that last word to cover a wide range of "isms".) In what kind of twisted and drug-infested world can either of those two be considered "hate speech"? Are we all supposed to be rude slackers who haven't worked at anything more than difficult that ordering the fat-free decaf latte through a smart phone app? Or is all their work time taken up with being useless and unproductive SJW's "For the betterment of everyone who agrees with them?"
I dare you oh-so-concerned SJW's to tell these guys that hard work and civility is hate speech and tell me how it worked out for you.
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