Kevin Parker is a registered patent attorney with expertise in the areas of communications and networking systems, signal processing, computer hardware/software, and medical devices. Kevin received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Rice University (B.S.E.E. 1974, M.E.E. 1975). Kevin received his law degree from the University of Texas (J.D. 1984), and attended the University of Illinois where he completed his M.D. in May 1999. Kevin's legal experience includes general civil and patent litigation as well as patent prosecution in the electronic, computer, biomedical, and mechanical arts. Kevin is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois and maintains membership in the AAAS and the IEEE.


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Q: AWS ElasticBeanstalk instance protection for leader_only node I have a django application running on EBS. My application runs celery beat on 1 of the instances by using the ebextension container command:
  03_celery_tasks:
    command: "cat .ebextensions/files/celery_configuration.txt > /opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/run_supervised_celeryd.sh && chmod 744 /opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/run_supervised_celeryd.sh"
    leader_only: true
  04_celery_tasks_run:
    command: "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/run_supervised_celeryd.sh"
    leader_only: true

During auto-scaling/or routine cleanup EBS might remove the leader_only node which cause celery scheduled task to stop running.
I know there is the ability to protect instances during scale-in/out moments
However I am not sure how to enable instance protection for my leader node specifically (the one running celery beat)
UPDATE
I will try this solution from a certified AWS solution architect:
a https://ajbrown.org/2017/02/10/leader-election-with-aws-auto-scaling-groups.html

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nice simple article printing GUI.
This is a separate Git project to create a [py2app](https://py2app.readthedocs.io/en/latest) constructed Mac OS X bundle from the GUI code in ``nprstuff/gui``. Right now this is a work in progress.

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Zayn Malik Surfaces at Asian Awards 2015 With Shaved Head After One Direction Departure
Zayn Malik brought his mother Trisha Malik to the Asian Awards 2015
Stronger solo? Zayn Malik surfaced at the Asian Awards 2015 on Friday, April 17, making his first public appearance since exiting One Direction.
The former boy bander, 22, looked happy and handsome at the annual awards show, held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. He posed for photos outside of the venue with mother Trisha Malik on his arm.
PHOTOS: The Biggest Boy Bands of All Time!
Malik wore a navy suit paired with a white collared shirt and a black tie for the fête. He also debuted a newly shaved head at the Asian Awards, sporting light stubble with his new 'do.
"He simply just fancied a change," a source close to the singer told Us Weekly of Malik's hair makeover. "No biggie. He's in a great place."
Zayn Malik attends The Asian Awards 2015 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on April 17.
PHOTOS: Better After Breakup
The British singer had a rough few months before his abrupt departure from One Direction on March 25. Malik previously missed the band's appearance on the Today show and faced rumors of drug use following his absence. He went on to shoot down talk that he was cheating on his fiancée Perrie Edwards, and finally skipped out in the midst of One Direction's world tour last month.
The star, who has started working on his own solo projects, seemed to be in much higher spirits at the Asian Awards. His bandmates are moving on as well, as Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson shared their first official photo as a foursome this week.
PHOTOS: One Direction on Sesame Street
Payne took to Twitter on Monday, April 13, to share a One Direction update as the band continues to tour.
"1st day writing the album it's gunna be a great day!" he shared. "Huge day of writing so excited the team never stop!… Wonder what tomorrow's writing will bring."

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Deborah Peoples
May 4 election results
The hottest race was in San Antonio.
With more than 81 percent of the precincts counted, Mayor Ron Nirenberg took a nearly 3-point lead against Councilman Greg Brockhouse, but it likely won't be enough to avoid a runoff to determine San Antonio's next mayor.
Nirenberg, who led by two points following early voting pushed his lead to 48.42 percent with Brockhouse garnering 45.82 percent. However, a winning candidate would need to cross the 50 percent threshold to secure victory.
If neither candidate secures more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff will be held next month.
"Did any of you think it was going to be easy?" Nirenberg said Saturday night to a group of supporters, volunteers and staff assembled at Augie's. "We're in for a long night. But guess what, this long night's because this city deserves it. We will wait here and we will grind away at the progress earning every single vote and rechecked in the politics of division until we walk away winners. Because that's what this city deserves. This is a city for all.
"This is about the future of San Antonio, it's not just about one election. And we're going to win, because this city needs to sustain progress."
Here are the results. Nirenberg increased his lead over the course of Election Day and was up by a bit more than 3,000 votes. The runoff between the progressive Nirenberg and the not-progressive Brockhouse will be contentious, and important.
In Dallas, State Rep. Eric Johnson led the big field for Mayor.
With 149 of 529 precincts reporting, State Rep. Eric Johnson has 21 percent of the vote, Dallas City Councilman Scott Griggs has 17 percent, Lynn McBee has 15 percent, Mike Ablon has 13 percent and Regina Montoya and Miguel Solis have 10 percent.
Nine candidates ran for the open seat.
Mayor Mike Rawlings could not run again due to term limits.
Since no candidate got more than 50 percent of the votes, there will be a runoff between the top two candidates.
That runoff will happen on Saturday, June 8.
Those results are here, and they are more or less the same with 317 of 528 precincts reporting. Johnson is in his fifth term in the Lege and if he wins the runoff he'd vacate his seat, thus causing the fourth legislative special election of the cycle. In this case, it would be after the legislative session, so unless the Lege goes into overtime there would be no absence in Austin.
Elsewhere, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price won again, holding off former Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair Deborah Peoples; those results are here. In races I was following, Nabila Mansoor was headed for a runoff in Sugar Land, collecting 34.22% of the vote to Naushad Kermally's 39.16%. Steve Halvorson fell short again in Pasadena. The three Pearland ISD candidates also lost.
Congratulations to all the winners, and we'll look to the runoffs in June.
The Fort Worth Mayor's race
Worth keeping an eye on.
Mayor Betsy Price has competition.
Democrat Deborah Peoples announced Tuesday night she is running for mayor in Fort Worth.
As Peoples addressed a crowd of several hundred people at 6 p.m., the back room of Angelo's BBQ slowly became louder and louder. By the time Peoples arrived at the peak of her speech, the room was in an uproar.
"I believe it's time. Time to stand up for Fort Worth, and time to stand up for each other," she said to applause. "We have one chance to get this right. And we need a mayor who will stand up for all of us."
The crowd started to chant, "it's time" as Peoples continued.
"I am Deborah Peoples and I am running for Mayor of the City of Fort Worth," she concluded.
Peoples was born in Texas and, 43 years ago, started working in Fort Worth's Human Relations Commission. She said the work taught her the importance of keeping city government accountable to its residents.
Peoples has been the Tarrant County Democratic Party chair since 2013. Before that, she was a vice president for AT&T for 33 years.
"Many people do not feel like leadership listens to them," Peoples said in an interview. "You have to have vision to be a leader. And I think in Fort Worth, we have been kind of lumbering from crisis to crisis."
This is a May election, so things are already in full swing. Democrats made a lot of gains in 2018, winning in places they hadn't won in years. In some ways, Beto O'Rourke carrying Tarrant County was the biggest psychological blow to the Republican identity, because Tarrant had long been the exception among the big urban counties. Winning the Fort Worth Mayor's race, with the former Chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party against the four-term Republican Mayor, would be another big dent. Price has won four two-year terms, so she's going to be tough to beat, but this sure seems like a year where it could happen. Daily Kos has more.


In the Waldhaus Flims children are welcome guests. We like to help out parents wherever we can – so you can enjoy some carefree time to yourself or with your partner during your stay.
Your little ones will be in their element – and in the safe hands of our trained childcare professionals. The Kids' Club offers daily childcare for kids from the age of two from 8 am to 6.30 pm in a separate playroom full of toys and a cyber room with Wii and PlayStation. Crafting, singing and reading are also part of the programme! Childcare is free.
The Kids' Restaurant is located right next door to the Kid's Club and serves delicious, healthy food and drinks.
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Looking to learn from the Valley's most influential female leaders? Join GPCC on Tuesday, Jan. 9 to hear from Susan Anable, Cox Communications; Wendy Briggs, Veridus LLC ; Sharon Harper, The Plaza Companies; and Karrin Taylor Robson, Arizona Strategies.
These women gather from different industries to discuss how they have challenged the status quo and perfected the art of influencing for success.
The Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation (GPCF) in partnership with the City of Phoenix ARIZONA@WORK office is expanding the Series 7 training model for a new group of qualified candidates. This job-readiness program will prepare individuals to pass the Series 7 License exam, a requirement for many financial services careers, including financial services advisors and analysts.
Motivated people ready to maximize their potential are invited to join us on Tuesday, Jan. 9 or Wednesday, Jan. 10 to learn about preparing to successfully pass the Series 7 the first time and to explore if they qualify for tuition funding.
The 2018 legislative session begins on Monday, Jan. 8. The GPCC Public Affairs team will be at the state capitol as the voice of business in Phoenix. By continually advocating for pro-growth policies, GPCC fosters an economic climate that is focused on business retention and expansion.
Every year, GPCC rings in each new session with the Legislative Kick-Off Reception. This year's reception will be on Thursday, Jan. 11. Join GPCC at the Phoenix Art Museum for our largest networking reception of the year. Lawmakers and the business community will enjoy cocktails and get a sneak peek at this year's top legislative issues as we honor the start of the Second Regular Session of Arizona's 53rd Legislature.


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News from IAGP
International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) have announced an offer which may be of interest to GAPS members and wider audience working, studying or training in Group Psychotherapy and Group Process:
Membership for a limited one-year free trial of IAGP is now available. (Check the Join Foyt buttons at www.iagp.com )
The one-year free membership programme of IAGP aims to invite group professionals, Affiliates' individual members and young professionals to join on a trial basis without cost. It is not available to past and present members of IAGP.
During their first year of membership, the programme will offer FOYT members the experience of being a member of IAGP and allow them to take part in intervision groups, regional group discussions, webinars, training opportunities, and receive copies of Globeletter magazine and Forum publications. Discounted fees to attend the 2022 Congress in Pescara will also be offered, alongside the usual discounts that apply to members. Soon an announcement on the new Congress website and early bird discounts will be out, so please stay tuned!
Orientation will be provided so that new FOYT members will become active citizens of the IAGP community.
It would be very helpful to new members if the web profile of each current member was updated and, in that way, becomes available to the entire membership of IAGP.
It is hoped that full membership will be taken up by FOYT members after the twelve months trial period.
Again, to join Foyt, just go to the homepage of www.iagp.com and click on one of the Join Foyt buttons.
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Dutilh & Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.). Records, 1772-1875.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555353
The records of Dutilh & Wachsmuth are fragments acquired in fourteen dealer's lots. The records as a whole document the trade between Philadelphia and major European, West Indian, and American port cities. Commodities traded include: sugar, cigars, coffee, indigo, flour, drugs, wine, candles, gunpowder, cotton, silk, logwood, butter, lard and glass. The records include letters, accounts, invoices, bills of lading, drafts and marine insurance policies.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...
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Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825
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American inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War., 1824 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872501 Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and gun manufacturer, received his patent for the first cotton gin in 1794. From the description of Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580711 Whitney, American inventor, especially known for ...
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5 Things to Know About Arizona Honey
| Now Growing |
Kate Crowley | December 18, 2013 | 10:00am
Honey adds a certain richness and delight to a garden's bounty. It pretty much never spoils, and lucky for us -- it's in abundance from local sellers in the Valley. Zack Funke, of The Health Foodie has been beekeeping for a little more than two years and studying bees for four years. He started selling varietal honey five years ago in California and now sells online at thehealthfoodie.com and at the Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market on Saturdays. You can also find the honey (when they have a large crop) at Gilbert Farmers Market and ASU Farmers Market.
In talking with Funke, we found out five things you may not have known about the honey making process and bees.
See also: 5 Metro Phoenix Growers and Farmers to Follow on Instagram
Bees make the honey and the beekeeper has very little to do with the process.
Once the bees gather the nectar from the flower and fill their honey sac, they convert the nectar's sucrose to glucose and fructose via an enzyme called invertase. "At this point the nectar is 80% water and the bees fan their wings over the surface of this nectar in the honeycomb cell to bring the moisture below 18% to ensure it does not ferment," says Funke.
Sometimes, bees need to be fed.
There are roughly two circumstance when bee keepers feed a hive: treating the hive for illness or if the hive is starving and near death. "I fed the bees a 1:2 ratio of organic sugar to chamomile tea when I started building my first hives," says Funke. But now's he's found there's rarely a need to feed. Oddly enough, you can feed bees their own honey!
Yes, there really are more than five types of honey made here in the Valley.
Of course there's orange blossom honey, which comes from orange blossoms in bloom in February and March. The end of April brings mesquite honey, which is often white and creamy and in the summer you'll find Saguaro and cactus blossom honey. There's also wildflower and even creosote honey.
"Grapefruit honey, which could be produced in our ecosystem, possesses thixotropic properties, meaning it is solid under static conditions and will flow when shaken. I have yet to find a pure grapefruit honey," says Funke. (Quick, everyone look on the internet for it.) "A farmer, with a strategic planting cycle and diverse fruit orchard, can ensure bees have forage year round. Maya's Farm plants bee friendly wildflowers, sunflowers, squash and peppers that provide the bees a nectar and pollen buffet." says Funke. The Health Foodie also sells "Apitherapy" honey, collected from residences where a group of Romanian beekeepers encourage the bees to sting them in areas riddled with arthritis to alleviate symptoms and bring pain relief. The resulting honey has fruity aromas and a higher moisture content, perhaps indicating some pomegranate and citrus nectar.
Hive type matters!
Funke keeps his the bees in 10 frame Langstroth hives. Those are the square boxes you may have seen driving past cotton fields. Funke says, "This hive design of keeping bees in a box with bars or movable frames for the bees to draw out their beeswax in was perfected by Rev. Langstroth in 1852 when he discovered to maintain spacing of 3/8 of inch around the edges of the frames so the bees didn't gum up the gaps with brace comb which would ooze out honey when the beekeeper examines the individual frames." There are also "Top bar hives," which are sort of a "freestyle" hive, designed to allow the bees to make their own honey combs and cells according to the size and shape they desire. Many countries in Europe have hives developed for specific regions and you have even use a basket as a hive, although, no one seems to recommend that old method.
You really want to buy raw honey.
"Raw honey, harvested at the right time when the honey cells are capped over, indicating a properly cured and preserved honey, is the best because there is no reason we need to heat or cook honey," says Funke. Raw honey has beneficial healing enzymes that have been associated with the love and lore of honey throughout time. You can even wash your face with it!
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In a large skittle over medium high heat, cook onion in oil for one minute. Stir in chicken. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until chicken is browned. Shake the jar of PATAK's Tikka Masala cooking sauce and stir into chicken. Bring to a boil. Simmer 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in cream. Heat thoroughly. Serve over hot, cooked rice.
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Hey there! Today I have for you some swatches of a brand that was new to me, Spell Polish. With this post complete I'm hoping to finally be guilt free. I've been hanging on to these photos for months and it's been bothering me so bad that I haven't published them! Now they're here so let me tell you a little more about the brand.
It's about time I did some kind of nail art, specifically Halloween related nail art. The great thing about this mani is that it's not obviously Halloween so it looks good any time of year! I've worn Imperial on it's own before (swatched here), and I am still as in love with it as I was before.
Hello lovelies! Today I have four gorgeous glitter polishes to share with you. These are made by the talented Dany Vianna and I loved every single one! The packaging is super cute too, which is always a fun bonus. Each polish applied easily and evenly with a good spread in just one coat. They are each in a clear base and I have them shown over opaque polishes. Let's take a look!
I know that Summer is over and we are now well into Autumn, THANK GOODNESS. This has been a long and torturous Summer for me in the heat with my fat pregnant body. Still I wanted to post this bright and juicy mani because, well, it was already in my draft folder.
I moved twice, and in between moves I didn't have a computer set up. I'm finally settling in to my house, which I love by the way. Now I have the internet and my computer with all my photos that I've had saved from months ago. The other thing is that I'm still pregnant, but not for much longer. I have no idea what it's going to be like trying to do my nails with a new baby, so I guess we'll just wait and see.
Now that we're all caught up, I am so glad I can finally show you this collection that I think is fantastic. I swatched it right before I moved and it's been patiently waiting to be shown.
We had about three solid weeks of rain with unpredicatable sunshine (making direct sunlight photos difficult impossible).
I'm pregnant! This is number three for us. So for a couple months there I had been sick and tired. I'm over the nausea, and now I'm just tired and stupid (making writing 100x harder than it already is for me).
I don't know what the rest of my blogging year is going to look like. Most likely a little sporadic. Right now I'm just taking it one day at a time. But hey, some things just take a higher priority than my blog, as much as I love it. Thank you to all my lovely readers who haven't given up on me!
Hiya! It's been quite some time since I've posted anything, I know. So this is me saying.. I'm back! I'm feeling a bit rusty, so I'm going to make this real short and sweet. I'm working on new content now, so here is one from my draft folder. Isn't it stunning?!!
A England Crown of Thistles is an amazing holographic purple. As usual with this brand, the formula is buttery smooth with no issues. One coat gives great coverage, for photos I used two coats, no top coat. Photos are in direct sunlight.
Happy Spring everyone! I hope the weather is as beautiful in your part of the world as it is in mine today. I know it's officially been Spring for awhile but this is the first nail art I've done this year that is perfect for the season. (Fortunately I had the foresight to do this mani before my smashed hand incident) This was my first time using Orly Mirrorball and I thought it went perfectly with the pastel shades. Those featured pastels are the three Maybelline Color Show polishes that I won from Imperfectly Painted's giveaway. Thanks again Stephanie!
First things first, I need to apologize for being so inactive on my blog this month. Secondly, I really need to apologize for the quality of this post. My kitchen remodel is finally done- yay! In the midst of things, I thought I'd lend a helping hand (big mistake) and ended up getting my fingers smashed between a refrigerator and a door frame. I will spare you the details, just know it wasn't a pretty picture. Not knowing how long it would take my fingers to heal, and needing to get some swatching done, I went with my only other option. So please forgive me for my weird nail shape, inconsistent poses, and wonky application. It was not easy working with my other hand!
Okay, now that we've gotten through that long explanation, let's talk about the nail polishes. Today I have for you the Colores de Carol Spring Gala 2015 Collection. It consists of seven crelly and pastel mini glitter polishes. I was excited to try these out because I really don't have any others like them.
Hello everyone! My kitchen remodel is all done, and it looks great. We're trying to put things pack together and I'm still getting used to the changes. Adjusting takes a lot of mental energy for me in my old age.
I have one more St. Patrick's Day mani for you. Growing up I never liked this holiday because of the requisite wearing of my least favorite color- green. I can't say I like the holiday any better now, but I am pretty happy with how this mani came out.
Today I have another green for you, one that for me is very wearable as greens go. Starting this month Colores de Carol will be releasing "color of the month" polishes, that are only available the month of their release. This is the first one for March, very appropriate for St. Patrick's Day.
Hey everyone! I feel like it's been so long since I've posted! I have been going through a kitchen remodel and it has made life more complicated than usual. It's coming along well though, and I'm so excited for a new kitchen! With the tiny bit of extra energy that I've had, I did some simple nail art.
Hey ladies! I have been patiently waiting all week to swatch this gorgeous polish. I've been willing my nails to grow faster after last week's nail break. This bottle has been sitting in front of my computer since I got it, staring me down. Finally I couldn't wait anymore and I'm so excited to share it with you!
Happy Monday everyone! I had a dramatic nail break last week. Boo!! So instead of creating new content I dug through all my draft posts and found these two Arcane Lacquer polishes. Why have I never posted these swatches?! I don't know, but it's about time I gave them some attention because they are GORG-E-OUS! I dare you to disagree with me.
Ladies and gentlemen, are you all ready for some gushing? I have for you today the Philly Loves Lacquer Springtime in Philly Collection. Why am I so excited about this collection? Well Esther, creator of PLL has made some really original, unique, and gorgeous shades that are just perfect for spring in a not-so-expected way. This was my first time trying PLL polishes and wasn't sure what to expect. Let me tell you, I was impressed by all of these.
The Springtime in Philly Collection is comprised of seven polishes with a variety of finishes including five pastel micro glitters, one chrome micro glitter, and one flakie top coat. Each one, excluding the flakie top coat, is designed to be worn on its own.
Hey guys! How you all doing? I'm pretty stoked right now because I just bought plane tickets to Washington for a visit back home in a couple months. Yay! I can't wait to see my family and friends. So anyway, about the nails. I love this mani! The combination of dark blue and the bright accent nail is a fun contrast. I was also soo pleased about how the water marble turned out. I got this on the first try!
Hello lovelies! Today I have the Colores de Carol swatches I promised you the other day. Let me tell you, when I opened up this package and unwrapped each polish, there was much oohing and ahhing going on. Let's take a closer look and I think you'll see why.
Happy Valentine's Day! I have one last VDay mani, and then I promise no more until next year. I was going to write you a poem to go along with this post but it never got finished. It's probably better that I don't use up all my good ideas now and that I save some for later, right?
I've done a lot of cute and saccharine Valentine's Day manis up until now. Romantic relationships aren't always a rose garden though. In fact, I had my first heartbreak right before the holiday, as I recalled in this post last year. Sometimes this holiday is just a reminder of heartbreak and bitterness. And really, there's not much worse than that. For those singing the anthem of "Love Hurts", I've created some angsty punk rock nails for you.
As proof that not ALL of my time is wasted spent doing my nails, I have a different kind of post for you today. You may know that pen palling is a long-time hobby of mine. I have an affinity for stationary and greeting cards, and have quite the collection.
There is something great about finding that perfect card that says just what you want to convey. Sometimes though, you can't find a card for a specific occasion or recipient. The lack of variety and options is almost criminal. I'm an equal opportunity kind of person when it comes to all occasion greeting cards. Everyone needs a way to express their love- the friend, the parent, the lover, the incarcerated. I think there is a certain niche that the card-making conglomerate has missed out on. This is my attempt to rectify that situation.
In case you couldn't tell by my recent manis, or the calendar, Valentine's Day is almost here. Do you have any special plans? Dinner with your sweetheart? Partying with your girlfriends? Cuddling with your kitty? The hubby and I have plans to do something. We just haven't planned what that something is yet. We prefer to avoid the crowds and celebrate before or after the 14th. Something about mobs of hungry people just doesn't say "romance" to me. If you are braving the crowds and don't have dinner reservations, I have a helpful tip. After three+ years of working as a hostess I can tell you it doesn't hurt to attempt a little bribery. Or if you're not into that, you might want to bring some crackers to munch on while you wait two hours for your table.
Hello lovelies! I have some newly acquired ALIQUID Lacquers that I'm so excited to show you. These polishes were recently launched as an exclusive collection for Gloss48, an indie cosmetics site. The collection consists of six shades, four of which I have to for you today.
Today's Valentine mani is a departure from all the pink ones I've done of late. This romantic look features the beautiful a england Rose Bower. A england is a brand that makes such gorgeous polishes, you don't really want to wear anything else with them! I wanted to do a little nail art, but still keep it simple to show off Rose Bower in its full glory.
Another Valentine's Day mani! I can't get enough of the MoYou London Festive 19 plate. The images are just so cute! They make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I don't know about you, but I need all the bright and happy things I can get in these winter months. And chocolate. Any holiday that involves chocolate is a good holiday.
I am taking a break from nail art today, but not from Valentine themed nails! I have some lovely swatches of the Colores de Carol Valentine's Day trio to show you. Let's start with some details before we get to the photos.


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According to neuroscientists, the future of cinema will eliminate the use of cuts
Caroline Siede
Filed to: FilmFiled to: Film
Since the beginning of cinema, filmmakers have relied on cutting from one image to another in order to tell a visual story. The human brain naturally fills in the gaps between images, and the narrative proceeds smoothly despite the choppy visuals. Now one neuroscientist's research may change all that. Sergei Gepshtein wants to eliminate the need for cuts—not with long-takes, but by using his research into human perception to create a brand new cinematic language.
If Gepshtein's work sounds confusing, that's because we don't really have the vocabulary to discuss it yet. Jennifer Ouellette, however, has done her best to detail his complex ideas in articles for Scientific American and Pacific Standard. As she explains, the best point of comparison may be optical illusions that allow viewers to see an image in two different ways depending on where they put their focus. Gepshtein hopes to harness the brain's natural tendency to organize visual information so that directors can seamlessly blend scenes together without the use of cuts. "In effect, one scene may emerge in the middle of the other without cuts, and without the artificial tools of image morphing or dissolves," he says.
Essentially, Gepshtein is arguing that filmmakers have yet to unlock the potential of digital technology, because they are still using old-fashioned cinematic tools (like cuts). He argues that the quick-cutting style that is so popular with today's blockbusters keeps the audience at a distance, rather than drawing them into the world of the film. He wants to take a ground-up approach and build a whole new cinematic method from "first principles," not just evolve existing technology through trial and error.
That technology wouldn't just be limited to film; it could be used in all sorts of practical ways. For instance, information boards at airports could be constructed to reveal urgent information to viewers standing far away and more detailed information to those up close.
Given that we at The A.V. Club are fans of weird technology, long-takes, and optical illusions, we're excited to one day see Gepshtein's work in a movie theater/airport near you.
Recent from Caroline Siede
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Whether we believe in evolution as Darwin described it, or our own traditional scientific Norse beliefs about how our people came to be, such as in the Rígsþula, one thing is clear, and that is that we must adapt to survive. We must be stronger, better, and more intelligent than our ancestors… or our race will die, and the Earth with it.
This world would be a forlorn place without us, one of ashes, silence, and death… empty of intellect and meaning. Indeed, thanks to those who hate us, it is approaching that state now.
The creatures are circling around the fortress now. If we do not protect and help our own people, all that is worthy will be extinguished.
At Geismar, the Divine Donar Oak was cut down by the barbaric Boniface, who made a career of destroying European ancestral sacred statutes and groves, much like the antifa hordes are doing today. While reading his Jewish propaganda "scriptures" aloud, this Jew worshiping savage was later hewn down by battle axes, spears, and clubs, his head split open, and hacked to pieces himself, by brave Frisian Odinists who avenged our Gods and people. It was said that the Odinists who beheld the murder of the Sacred Tree saw a baby evergreen tree spring up from its roots immediately, a sign that the plague of Christianity would see an end, while our own ancestral religion would live again.
We are not as witty, and wise, or even as healthy as our ancestors… Their civilization was greater than ours… but we are part of them and they are part of us, and we must call up that which is within us that is divine. We must fight… we must become more than what we are to succeed… as we can see in this incredible video….
Лаборатория – Мультик про жизнь. Про вечный круговорот… from ZOG Nemesis on Vimeo.
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The Obama EPA finalized two rules in 2015 that comprised the Clean Power Plan ("CPP"). One established CO2 emission standards for new, modified and reconstructed power plans under Section 111(b) of the Clean Air Act. The second, and far more controversial, established CO2 emission "guidelines" under CAA §111(d) to be used by states in regulating existing power plants. As we have noted before, the rule created COs budgets for states that could not be met by existing power plants using any affordable technology. Instead, the rule depended on widespread "trading" by which states could meet their budgets only if coal-fired units were not run and power was generated by a combustion of gas and renewable sources. The rule was notable for its interpretation of the "sources" to which it applied.
Section 111(d) requires EPA to issue emission guidelines to regulate sources of pollutants that reflect the "best system of emissions reduction" (taking costs into account). Historically, EPA has imposed a system of emissions reduction by treating each individual source of pollutants separately and considering how their emissions might reasonably be controlled. Not so with the CPP. Instead, because electric power sources are linked by the power grid, EPA elected to treat the entire grid as a single source of pollution. And, by doing so, it declared that the best system of reductions included not using many of the existing coal-fired units at all and replacing their production with gas-fired or renewable units. Almost immediately, a coalition of coal-producing and coal-burning states and industry sued EPA. Ultimately, the Supreme Court stayed the effect of the rule pending their challenge. Enter the Trump administration.
On April 4, 2017, EPA announced in the Federal Register that it was reviewing the CPP, as well as its prior legal memorandum justifying the expansive system of emissions reduction. 82 FR 16329 (April 4, 2017). Then, on October 10, 2017, EPA announced that it would repeal the 2015 rule for existing power plants. The announcement included an acknowledgement that the 2015 rule departed from EPA's prior practice of developing measures that can be applied to individual pollution sources. It also includes a statement that the Obama EPA's interpretation "exceeds the bounds of the statute." EPA's proposal to rescind the rule may be found here.
The rescission of the CPP will not be final until EPA finalizes the newly-proposed rule, and there will surely be challenges to the proposal. And, even if the rescission rule is finalized, EPA will be obligated to issue a new rule unless it also finds a way to avoid regulating COs emissions from new sources altogether.
On August 23rd, the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a decision by the Corps of Engineers to issue a Clean Water Act §404 permit to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company to construct about 13 miles of "looped" pipeline in two counties in northeastern Pennsylvania (read the JK Energy & Environmental Monitor summary of Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 17-1506. Link. One week later, August 30, the same court issued another opinion in a companion case, Delaware River Network v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, No. 17-1533. Link. In a nutshell, same project, same plaintiff, different claim, but same outcome.
In the second case, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network sued the Pennsylvania DEP for issuing a federal Clean Water Act §401 water qualification in September 2016 conditioned on the project securing two state permit for encroaching on wetlands that the agency deemed to have "exceptional value" under state law. The agency subsequently issued the two permits, and the environmental group sought review. The federal court has jurisdiction because the project is authorized under the federal Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. §717r(d). On review, the environmental group raised two issues.
The first contested the "finality" of the September DEP water quality certification. The group argued that no agency action was final until an appeal could be filed with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, which it admitted it did not file within the time (30 days) permitted by state regulations. Predictably, the Third Circuit made short shrift of this claim.
On November 10, 2016, EPA issued Information Collection Request requiring oil and natural gas companies to provide extensive information that EPA desired to develop regulations for reducing methane emissions from existing oil and gas sources.
The information request was sent to more than 15,000 owners and operators in the oil and gas industry. The request was comprised of two parts: An "Operator Survey" that asked for basic information on the numbers and types of equipment at on-shore oil and gas production facilities; and a "Facility Survey" asking for more detailed information on sources of methane emissions and methane control devices or practices in use by a representative sampling of facilities in several segments of the industry.
By Federal Register notice of March 2, 2017, EPA withdrew both parts of the 2016 information request, effective immediately. EPA's March 2 notice advises survey recipients who have questions that they may contact the EPA information collection request helpdesk at 888-372-8696 or by email at icr@epa.gov.
In combination with the release of the Stream Protection Rule ("SPR"), previously reported, the Obama administration released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("F&WS") and the United States Office of Surface Mining ("OSM") which expands the role of the OSM in delegated state program oversight and the consideration of permitting actions that may impact endangered species. Referenced in the MOU, though not published or released by either F&WS or OSM, is a new Programmatic Biological Opinion ("PBO") which outlines the implementation and enforcement of the SPR in ESA-related SMCRA permitting actions.
The MOU and PBO provide "guidance" for reviewing SMCRA permits both before and after implementation of the SPR. Unlike the SPR, however, they are effective now. They provide F&WS and OSM the tools needed to incorporate many provisions of the SPR into the SMCRA permitting process under the guise of a review of potential ESA impacts.
Previously, the SMCRA regulatory authority ("RA")—WVDEP in West Virginia and PADEP in Pennsylvania—was required to provide written notification to the F&WS whenever the RA received an application for a new permit, significant revision, or permit renewal. To approve the permit, the RA was required to make a written finding that a proposed operation would not jeopardize threatened or endangered species or critical habitat. This finding was based upon information gathered and the development of enhancement and protection plans to minimize effects on listed species, if necessary. The F&WS could request the information relied upon by the RA to make the written finding, but this was not common.
Now, the F&WS will request and review all information relied upon by the RA to make the written finding. Additionally, the baseline information needed to satisfy the F&WS will expand based upon SPR provisions. Further, any disagreements between RAs and the F&WS about the adequacy of the information reviewed or the protections included in the permit will be governed by a time-consuming "technical assistance process." This process essentially establishes a timed process between the RA and F&WS to work through disputes. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved, there is now an "elevation process" (the guidance suggests that RAs defer final action during this elevation process). Regional Review Teams have been created to resolve these disputes. These teams will consist of executives or designees from RAs, F&WS, and OSM. Finally, this "technical assistance process" is not limited to permit issuance, significant revisions, and renewals. Rather, it must be initiated anytime the operator new species listed or proposed that may be affected or any new information reveals effects of the operation that may affect listed species or critical habitat. Altogether, the MOU and PBO setup a process that will make the ESA consultation much more cumbersome—if not impossible—to successfully complete.
For instance, once notified of a new permit, significant revision, or renewal impacting ESA-listed resources, the F&WS field office will request that the RA provide the F&WS all fish and wildlife resource information contained in the permit application and the fish and wildlife protection and enhancement plan contained in the permit application. The F&WS will evaluate these materials and decide whether they are sufficient to determine if and how the permitted operation will affect listed species or habitats. This evaluation, however, incorporates many SPR provisions. Baseline monitoring requirements will be more cumbersome. The "guidance" suggests expanding the suite of surface and groundwater water parameters tested before, during, and after mining (e.g., conductivity constituents and selenium which have been relied upon heavily to initiate citizen suits). Additionally, biological assessments of perennial and intermittent streams may be required before, during, and after mining within the proposed permit area and those that could be affected in the adjacent area (the PBO states that benthic macroinvertebrates must be identified to the genus level where possible—also relied upon in citizen suits). Moreover, surveys for ESA-listed or proposed species may be required (e.g., presence/absence or status surveys).
In the interim period before implementation of the SPR, the MOU and PBO direct the F&WS to ameliorate "insufficiencies in the existing regulations" by providing species-specific protective measures to the RAs (to be implemented by the operators) during the technical assistance process. Thus, the MOU and PBO, effective now, essentially direct the F&WS to implement the SPR through the guise of species-specific protective measures in SMCRA permits.
Below is a more detailed review of the ESA, MOU, and PBO.
The ESA is aimed at protecting endangered and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. It requires RAs to consult with the F&WS to ensure that actions they authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any listed species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of designated critical habitat of such species.
The ESA prohibits any action that causes a "take" of any listed—threatened or endangered—species. "Take" is defined broadly by the ESA as to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect. Harm may include significant habitat modification where it kills or injures a listed species through impairment of essential behavior (e.g., nesting or reproduction). Actions, such as mining activities, that result in a "take" without an exemption violate the ESA and subject the permittee to legal liability and civil penalties (fines).
To obtain an exemption from the prohibition against take of a listed species, SMCRA permittees must obtain an incidental take statement by participating in the newly formed "technical assistance process" under the PBO and MOU. The incidental take statement must (1) specify the impact of the taking; (2) specify reasonable and prudent measures to minimize the impact; and (3) include terms and conditions that the permit applicant must comply with to implement the reasonable and prudent measures.
The MOU provides "guidance" for procedures and protocols concerning ESA-related activities that must be followed by OSM, F&WS, and RAs during the SMCRA permitting process.
Establishes a National Surface Mining Liaison at the F&WS to facilitate implementation of the MOU.
Most concerning, the MOU creates a cumbersome and potentially time-consuming "technical assistance process" providing guidance for demonstrating compliance with the terms and conditions of the 2016 PBO. The coordination process contains "elevation procedures" to manage disagreements between RAs and the F&WS regarding the adequacy of protections for ESA species in permits. The coordination process and elevation procedures expand the roles of F&WS and OSM in the ESA consultation process.
The MOU contains several provisions that differ from previous ESA-related reviews of SMCRA permits. These differences immediately incorporate many ESA-related provisions from the SPR. These provisions are incorporated through an expansion of the permit information that F&WS will review to make ESA determinations.
Prior to implementation of SPR, the F&WS will require species-specific protective measures to be incorporated into permits if impacts to the hydrologic balance may occur and would negatively affect ESA-listed or –proposed resources. The F&WS will rely on the newly defined meaning of "hydrologic balance" which, under the SPR, expands the area examined to the permit and adjacent areas. The guidance expressly aligns the definition of "adjacent area" with that of the "Action Area" defined by the F&WS: https://www.fws.gov/northeast/nyfo/es/actionarea.htm. This would greatly expand prior interpretations of "hydrologic balance" under SMCRA.
Monitoring will be expanded, at the request of the F&WS, for baseline monitoring along with monitoring during and after permit duration. The guidance contains detailed lists of parameters of concern for ESA species and urges F&WS to expand parameter requests to numerous parameters such as selenium, conductivity constituents, and stream flow. These parameters have been relied upon in many Clean Water Act citizen suits against mining companies and the F&WS may rely on them in requesting species-specific protective measures.
If the F&WS determines that ESA-listed resources may be affected in the 100-foot stream buffer zones, the F&WS may require species-specific protective measures to be implemented. This would potentially result in the immediate implementation of the SPR protections if the F&WS finds ESA-listed resources in these buffer zones for a permit application.
The SPR would substantially reduce the placement of excess spoil in streams. Prior to implementation of the SPR, the MOU directs the F&WS to provide species-specific protective measures to avoid and minimize impacts to ESA-listed of –proposed species in streams proposed to be filled by permits. No limit is placed on which protective measures the F&WS may require. Thus, the F&WS may indirectly implement the SPR's rules related to fill placement in streams through species-specific protective measure requirements.
The MOU requires SMCRA permits to be reviewed by the F&WS on a permit-by-permit basis through the coordination process. If the coordination process concludes with F&WS permit issuance and agreement that the entire SMCRA operation and conservation plan will not jeopardize species or adversely modify critical habitats, then any take associated with the permitted operation will be exempted by the ESA. The guidance, however, substantially increases the hurdles needing cleared to obtain ESA exemption and expands OSM's participation in the F&WS review of SMCRA permits for ESA exemptions.
A new species is listed or proposed or critical habitat designated or proposed that may be affected by the permitted operation.
Previously, consideration of newly-proposed or listed species occurred during permit issuance, significant revisions, or renewal. Now, permittees will be subject to the constant threat of reinitiation of the coordination process if they become aware of a newly-listed or proposed species within the permit area or adjacent area.
In 2008, the United States Office of Surface Mining ("OSM") revised the Stream Protection Rule ("SPR") to expressly recognize that SMCRA could not be used to prohibit valley fills authorized under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. After a challenge from anti-mining forces, a court held the rule as insufficient holding that OSM unreasonably relied on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's ("F&WS") 12-year-old biological opinion concluding that surface mining and reclamation operations conducted in accordance with existing regulations implementing SMCRA were not likely to jeopardize threatened or endangered species or critical habitat. The court held that reliance on the 1996 Biological Opinion did not satisfy OSM's requirement of formal consultation with F&WS prior to promulgating the 2008 SPR, where F&WS's biological opinion did not consider the ESA effects of the revised 2008 rule.
The PBO replaced the 1996 Biological Opinion with the 2016 update to avoid a similar ruling on any challenge of the recently issued SPR. However, permitting actions under the terms of the 1996 Biological Opinion remain valid, unless a proposed permitting action would expand the potential impact on ESA species. This will provide little comfort to the industry, however, because the PBO itself expands the ESA impact area to align it with the SPR.
The PBO develops procedures intended to fulfill OSM's need under the ESA to consult on the potential for a proposed action to adversely affect threatened or endangered species and proposed and designated critical habitat areas under the ESA.
As described above, the MOU contains several consultation requirements that indirectly implement the SPR. The PBO contains detailed descriptions of various ESA-protected and –proposed species. For each species, it outlines their distribution, habitat, threats, and critical habitat. As detailed earlier, it includes greatly increased monitoring requirements. Combined with the MOU, the PBO will result in an increased examination of each permit for potential effects on these species. The areas where permittees must search for these species will be expanded and the parameters which may affect these species will be expanded. Finally, the F&WS will use the expanded information to require species-specific protective measures.
This article was authored by Matthew S. Tyree, Jackson Kelly PLLC.
 Alternatively, compliance could also be demonstrated by obtaining a permit under Section 10 of the ESA. However, the Section 10 permit process is simply too cumbersome for a single project.
My colleagues and I have the privilege of working with coal operators every day in the places where coal is mined in this country. From coal basins in Appalachia to Illinois to the Powder River Basin, we have had the pleasure of helping those who mine the coal that powers our homes and makes our steel.
In recent years, the challenges have been numerous, to put it mildly. Undoubtedly, many of those challenges have been market-driven. But, without question, there have been unprecedented regulatory pressures as well.
The Clean Power Plan. Perhaps this one is obvious. But the impact of the Clean Power Plan ("CPP") on coal cannot be overstated. The CPP effectively sets emission limits for carbon dioxide that will drastically restrict (if not ultimately eliminate) the burning of coal for power generation. While the CPP has been stayed by the United States Supreme Court pending the outcome of a challenge in the DC Circuit, even the prospect of such a rule chills new investment in coal. If coal is to continue employing miners and providing low cost energy, a different plan is needed.
The Federal Mine Health Safety and Review Commission. Over the last eight years, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has upended years of established case law that protected mine operators against unchecked action by MSHA. The Commission must reestablish itself as an independent adjudicative body. The Trump Administration could start this process by filling the vacant seat on the five-member Commission with a Commissioner dedicated to independent review of MSHA's actions. We expect that the appointee would be designated the Chairperson, which also may provide guidance to the administrative law judges who serve the Commission.
The Stream Protection Rule. The proposed Stream Protection Rule has been mired in controversy for years. Rather than being designed to protect streams, the rule is widely seen as an attempt to dramatically curtail surface mining in Appalachia and longwall mining everywhere. OSM has been accused of deliberately misleading the public about the rule's job impacts. The rule has not yet been released in final form and, if it is promulgated in the final days of the Obama Administration, many believe that Congress will undo the rule through the rarely used Congressional Review Act.
The Scope of the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act regulates discharges into "Water of the United States." EPA's efforts to define this term through its recent "WOTUS" rule have generated significant controversy and litigation. The "WOTUS" definition provided by EPA greatly expands the agency's jurisdiction in many aspects of America's economy, including the coal industry. Similarly, the Clean Water Act regulates discharges into "WOTUS" through "point sources," which have traditionally been defined to include discharge structures such as pipes and ditches. Environmental groups (and some courts) have sought to expand the "point source" definition broadly to include things like dust emanating from coal trains; leaks migrating from fly ash ponds, and groundwater seeping from reclaimed mine sites. The definitions of "WOTUS" and "point source" need to be clarified in a common sense way.
Water Quality Standards. Water quality standards are important and need to reflect the best science. For years, coal operators have been forced to construct very expensive systems to treat water to meet an out-of-date selenium standard. While EPA has recently made some efforts to provide a more realistic standard for selenium (the prior one was based on studies performed in still -- rather than flowing – waters) more work needs to be done. Similarly, EPA has for many years sought to impose limits on "conductivity" in mine water discharges, even though there are some important questions about the underlying science. Standards for selenium and conductivity need to be based on solid and impartial science.
MSHA. The successor to Assistant Secretary Joe Main must commit to working with industry, rather than against it, to help achieve the goals of improving miner safety and health. The new head of MSHA needs to commit to formal rulemaking rather than changing standards through policy documents. Roof control, dust control and ventilation plans must be suited to fit particular mines, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach dictated by the agency. And, MSHA's respirable dust rule should be reexamined, with a proper consideration of the way in which x-ray programs, personal protective equipment, and administrative controls can play a role in protecting miners' health.
Federal Coal Leasing. America holds some of the world's greatest coal reserves and many of those are owned by the Federal Government. These reserves unquestionably provide an enormous benefit to taxpayers: federal coal leases generated $1.3 billion in federal revenue in 2014 and account for 42% of U.S. coal production. In January 2016, however, the Obama Administration announced that it was placing a "moratorium" on new federal coal leases while it examined the "social costs" of coal. Certainly, the costs and benefits of federal coal leases can be analyzed without a largely symbolic "moratorium" that jeopardizes investment in these resources.
NLRB. The pro-labor National Labor Relations Board has expanded the reach of federal labor laws into unprecedented areas in recent years under the Obama Administration. This effort has included the widespread invalidation of arguably neutral employment policies because they have the hypothetical possibility of interfering with the rights of employees to engage in concerted activity. In addition, the Board has expanded the types of employers subject to unionization and unfair labor practices by liberalizing the standard for establishing a joint-employment relationship. Finally, the NLRB has made it easier for unions to organize employers by recognizing small "micro" bargaining units and adopting "ambush election" rules, which shorten the time frames for union elections. Currently, the five-member Board has two vacancies. By appointing two new members with pro-employer leanings, the Trump Administration will have the opportunity to begin the process of paring back these rulings.


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Posted on 13 June, 2016 13 June, 2016 AuthorK. Imani Tennyson
Looks like a good week for new releases just in time for summer vacation. Which of the two look interesting to you?
The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash
John Hughes meets Comic Con in this hilarious, unabashedly romantic, coming-of-age novel about a teenager who is trying to get his best friend to fall in love with him from the author ofThree Day Summer.
Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy…
Archie and Veronica…
Althena and Noth…
…Graham and Roxy?
Graham met his best friend, Roxana, when he moved into her neighborhood eight years ago, and she asked him which Hogwarts house he'd be sorted into. Graham has been in love with her ever since.
But now they're sixteen, still neighbors, still best friends. And Graham and Roxy share more than ever—moving on from their Harry Potter obsession to a serious love of comic books.
When Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic, The Chronicles of Althena, is making a rare appearance at this year's New York Comic Con, he knows he must score tickets. And the event inspires Graham to come up with the perfect plan to tell Roxy how he really feels about her. He's got three days to woo his best friend at the coolest, kookiest con full of superheroes and supervillains. But no one at a comic book convention is who they appear to be…even Roxy. And Graham is starting to realize fictional love stories are way less complicated than real-life ones. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads
Steeplejack (Alternative Detective #1) by A.J. Hartley
Tor Teen
Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga, Ang for short, repairs the chimneys, towers, and spires of Bar-Selehm, the ethnically-diverse industrial capital of a land resembling Victorian South Africa. The city was built on the trade of luxorite, a priceless glowing mineral. When the Beacon, a historical icon made of luxorite, is stolen, it makes the headlines. But no one cares about the murder of Ang's new apprentice, Berrit—except for Josiah Willinghouse, an enigmatic young politician, who offers Ang a job investigating Berrit's death. On top of this, Ang struggles with the responsibility of caring for her sister's newborn child.
As political secrets unfold and racial tensions surrounding the Beacon's theft rise, Ang navigates the constricting traditions of her people, the murderous intentions of her former boss, and the conflicting impulses of a fledgling romance. With no one to help her except a savvy newspaper girl and a kindhearted herder from the savannah, Ang must resolve the mysterious link between Berrit and the missing Beacon before the city is plunged into chaos.
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I enjoyed the Geek's Guide and will have to look for the other two!


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2020–21: A pandemic of rights violations has met with dramatic civil resistance to injustice | Article in The Advocate July 2021
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NEWS FROM LAWYERS' RIGHTS WATCH CANADA
Originally published in The Advocate 79(4)(July 2021): 535-38.
By Catherine Morris[*]
The 2020 annual report of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada ("LRWC")[1] was released in April 2021 and reported on LRWC volunteers' interventions in 21 countries during 2020 to address threats to human rights defenders, independence of the legal profession and the rule of law. This column draws largely on the executive director's message in that annual report and briefly summarizes LRWC actions during the first several months of 2021.
2020–21: A pandemic of rights violations has met with dramatic civil resistance to injustice
The year 2020 and the first half of 2021 have tested the resolve and mettle of human rights advocates around the world. Public health measures to suppress the spread of COVID-19 led to globalized donning of masks, physical distancing and other restrictions. However, there was far less effort to protect human rights. Events in 2020 exposed a parallel pandemic of severe international human rights violations along with revelations of grave impacts of historic, systemic injustices and inequalities faced by marginalized peoples and individuals around the world. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gap between international human rights law and practices on the ground has seemed wider than ever, with fewer resources to address violations.
While positive developments in human rights protection by governments and corporations were few and far between, popular resistance to injustice has been dramatic. In 2020, civil resistance movements were seen in Hong Kong protests against China's violations, protests against Canadian government crackdowns against Indigenous land defenders, protests against racist police violence throughout the United States and protests against electoral fraud in Belarus.
Human rights advocates, including LRWC volunteers, have continued to intervene to address these breaches and defend the right of peaceful dissent and protest through documentation, legal research, educational seminars, letters and statements seeking compliance with international human rights law and standards.[2]
LRWC intervened to address violations against those upholding Indigenous peoples' rights, land rights or environmental rights (e.g., in Canada, Colombia and Thailand). LRWC volunteers resisted the continued shrinkage of space for dissent as governments created or abused laws to delegitimize or criminalize human rights advocacy and to threaten freedoms or even the lives of those who engage in peaceful dissent (in Cambodia, Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey and the United States). LRWC has also spoken out about violations by corporations (e.g., in Malaysia, in Thailand and by Zoom Inc.).
LRWC joined global advocacy against draconian COVID-19 emergency laws or discriminatory application or neglect of public health measures (e.g., in Cambodia, Canada, China and Colombia). In some cases, COVID-19 prisoner releases excluded human rights advocates (e.g., in Iran and
Turkey). LRWC also worked to address situations where powerful states and corporations either engaged in or remained silent in the face of atrocity crimes against religious minorities and human rights advocates (e.g., in China and Myanmar). LRWC also noted active attempts to subvert or weaken international human rights law and bodies (e.g., in China).
During the first half of 2021, LRWC volunteers have been monitoring situations in more than a dozen countries, including the countries named above. LRWC's work has included interventions, including joint letters or statements with other human rights organizations, concerning the following countries:
Azerbaijan, where lawyers are routinely disbarred or denied admission to the bar as a result of their human rights advocacy;
Cambodia, where the COVID-19 pandemic has been used as an excuse to limit human rights advocacy and to justify draconian and discriminatory lockdowns that prohibit people from leaving their homes even to obtain food or go to work, and even to curb humanitarian interventions into areas afflicted by COVID-19;
Iran, where human rights lawyers and other defenders, particularly women human rights defenders, continue to experience judicial harassment and arbitrary detention;
Malaysia, where LRWC welcomed news that global advocacy by dozens of human rights organizations, including LRWC, resulted in the withdrawal of contempt of court charges against a Malaysian human rights lawyer and eight environmental rights defenders in a case involving villagers' protests against negative impacts of logging on community livelihoods and on the environment;
Myanmar (discussed in the May 2021 edition of the Advocate), where the military junta has since its coup on February 1, 2021 extrajudicially killed hundreds of people and arbitrarily detained thousands, including numerous human rights advocates;
the Philippines, where dozens of lawyers and other human rights defenders have been murdered with impunity since the Duterte government took power in 2016;
Russia, where lawyer Ivan Pavlov, who represents Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and others wrongly accused in "extremism" cases, was arbitrarily detained in April 2021;
Thailand, where human rights advocates regularly experience judicial harassment and arbitrary detention, and where the government has proposed a new law on non-profit associations with vague and overbroad provisions that could dramatically shrink the space for dissent and human rights advocacy; and
the United States, where LRWC interventions focused on U.S. harassment of personnel of the International Criminal Court,[3] as well as issues of grave human rights violations within the U.S. justice system, including systemic racist police violence.[4]
In addition, LRWC issued a new publication on the international law and standards pertaining to the right to counsel. This 156-page publication is available free of charge on LRWC's website.[5]
The year 2020 and the first half of 2021 have posed an urgent challenge to human rights advocates and to all those who uphold the rule of law. LRWC expresses appreciation for its members and donors for their support of LRWC, without which LRWC volunteers could not continue to do their work.
[*] Catherine Morris has been the pro bono executive director of LRWC since June 2020. She has been a volunteer with LRWC for two decades and serves as its Main Representative at the UN Human Rights Council. LRWC's founding executive director, Gail Davidson, led LRWC for over two decades including the first half of 2020. Under her leadership, LRWC became one of Canada's leading international human rights organizations. LRWC has held special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2005.
[2] Online: <www.lrwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LRWC-Annual-Report2020.F.pdf>.
[3] See LRWC's interventions online: <www.lrwc.org/category/publications/campaigns/countries/>.
[4] Catherine Morris, "USA vs. the International Criminal Court: A Fraught History in the Quest for International Accountability for Atrocity Crimes", Slaw (19 May 2021), online: <www.slaw.ca/2021/05/19/usa-vs-the-international-criminal-court-afraught-history-in-the-quest-for-internationalaccountability-for-atrocity-crimes/>.
[5] See LRWC's interventions on the United States online: <www.lrwc.org/category/publications/campaigns/countries/usa-letters/>.
[6] Luiza Teixeira, The Right to Counsel: A Guide to International Law Rights to Legal Assistance and Representation (Vancouver: LRWC, February 2021), online: <www.lrwc.org/the-right-to-counsel-a-guideto-international-law-rights-to-legal-assistance-andrepresentation-lrwc-publication/>.


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The power sector today accounts for 41 per cent of global CO2 emissions (WEO, 2006), and continuing improvements of thermal power stations in terms of efficiency are offset by the strong growth in global power demand. The International Energy Agency (IEA, 2007) estimates that by 2030, electricity production will account for over 17,000 MtCO2, up from 10,500 MtCO2 in 2004.
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The carbon intensity of electricity production largely depends on a given country's generation mix. While inefficient coal steam turbines, which are still in use in many parts of the world, emit over 900 tCO2/GWh (UNFCCC, 2006) and oil steam turbines around 800 tCO2/GWh, modern combined cycle gas turbines only produce half these levels. China and India, which have a high share of coal in their power mix, see their electricity produced with over 900 tCO2/GWh, while other countries, with a high share of renewable energy, such as Brazil, produce power with only 85 tCO2/GWh. The global average for electricity production can be assumed to be at around 600 tCO2/GWh, which is close to the OECD average.
WIND ENERGY'S POTENTIAL FOR EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS UP TO 2020
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Forth Assessment Report in 2007. This left no doubt about climate change being real, serious and man-made. It warned that in order to avert the worst consequences of climate change, global emissions must peak and start to decline before the end of 2020. The potential of wind energy to curb global emissions within this timeframe is therefore key to the long-term sustainability of the power sector.
The benefit to be obtained from carbon dioxide reductions through wind energy again mainly depends on which other fuel, or combination of fuels, any increased wind power generation will replace, so this differs from country to country. For the purposes of this section, we assume a global average of 600 tCO2/GWh.
Following the logic of the GWEC Wind Energy Scenarios (GWEC, 2008) presented in Part VI, global wind energy capacity could stand at more than 1,000 GW by the end of 2020, producing 2,500,000 TWh annually. As a result, as much as 1,500 MtCO2 could be saved every year.
It is important to point out that modern wind energy technology has an extremely good energy balance. The CO2 emissions related to the manufacture, installation and servicing over the average 20-year lifecycle of a wind turbine are offset after a mere three to six months of operation, resulting in net CO2 savings thereafter.
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