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[Greg Hinz| August 29, 2016 | Crain's]
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Tammy Duckworth is doubling down on her opposition to current U.S. trade policies, saying too many Americans have been hurt by bad deals.
But incumbent Mark Kirk says she's guilty of "hypocrisy."
Duckworth's move comes in a new TV spot focused on downstate Granite City, where former steel mill workers have had a rough few years.
"The imports are really bad. China, Korea," say crusty workers. "It's junk steel."
A bit later, Duckworth, speaking in Granite City, talks about how her father was laid off in his 50s and had a hard time finding a new job.
"Mark Kirk described himself as an ardent free trader. And that's a fundamental difference between us," she says. "I am a fair trader."
Back to the crusty worker. "(Kirk's) not supposed to work for China. He's supposed to fight for our jobs."
Ouch! And with more than a little echo of the kind of thing one Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail.
In fact, Duckworth's stance on trade issues is somewhat more nuanced.
In a speech last week to the City Club, she came out against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership deal "as drafted." That implies she might change her mind—if, as she suggested in the speech, changes are made to get tougher on currency manipulation and enforce rules of origin on where a product really is produced.
In the speech, Duckworth said what's needed is more help for manufacturers, particularly small ones, including tax code simplification, a new break for investments, additional backing for wind-farm equipment and more spending on infrastructure.
She also noted that, unlike many Republicans, she voted to extend the life of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a key financing unit for many American firms that serve foreign markets.
But the latter point drew a rebuttal from Kirk.
"Duckworth's hypocrisy is swift and stunning," Kirk campaign manger Kevin Artl said in a statement, suggesting that it does little good to have an Ex-Im bank without policies that promote trade. "Illinois' 575,000 manufacturing jobs rely on trade, as does our entire agricultural economy, and they are counting on leadership and solutions, not just political doublespeak."
Sounds like there are some differences of opinion here.
Anyhow, look for more on this tomorrow, when Illinois Manufacturers' Association chief Greg Baise is due to give his own City Club speech on what's wrong with the state's factories and what needs to be done.


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Note: This article from HFHC Rocky Mountains Regional Director Molly Pitts originally appeared in the Jan. 5, 2017 issue of Colorado Tree Farmer Alert.
As a trained forester and someone involved with natural resource issues throughout the state of Colorado, it is frustrating to me to routinely see our forests not being actively managed, as I know they should. While we are so fortunate to have so many involved tree farmers managing their private lands, the same can't be said for our federal lands. Of the 24.4 million acres of forest land in Colorado, 65.5% falls under federal ownership and management.
Over the past decade, Colorado's federally owned forests have been and continue to be decimated by beetle infestations and vulnerability to catastrophic wildfire. According to the state, spruce beetle outbreaks increased to 409,000 acres in 2015, bringing the grand total up to more than 1.5 million acres since 1996. Though areas affected by the mountain pine beetle has dropped to its lowest level since 1996, the decline is largely due to the death of suitable host trees during previous years of the outbreak. Since 1996, approximately 3.4 million acres of lodgepole, ponderosa and five-needle pines have been impacted by the mountain pine beetle outbreak.
Unfortunately, over the past two decades regulations, litigation, and federal "analysis paralysis" have reduced federal timber harvests. For the 2016 fiscal year, Colorado's national forests were authorized to sell 161.1 million board feet (mmbf) under existing forest plans, but sold only 103.9 mmbf and cut only 57.9 mmbf; both of which are still below the current capacity and demand within the state. These lower harvest levels contribute to increased wildfire fuel loading and an elevated risk of insect and disease attack.
As a result of harvest levels being lower than demand, the number of active primary wood products facilities has decreased from 133 facilities in 2002 to less than 40 today. Six businesses have closed just in the last 3 years. The majority of remaining facilities operate under capacity, decreasing their efficiency and overall ability to sustain markets swings. Colorado currently imports over 90% of forest products from other states and countries. Unfortunately, with the Forest Service not harvesting what is authorized in the forest plans, it has resulted in higher unemployment and poverty in rural communities, while threatening funding for county services and education. Not only have these closures cost jobs and harmed Colorado's economy, the loss of forest products infrastructure could hamper future efforts to remove beetle kill trees and excess timber on overstocked and fire-prone forests.
If you are just as frustrated as I am with this issue, I encourage you to join the Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities (HFHC) Coalition. HFHC is a non-profit, 501(c)(4) organization that supports the need for active, sustainable forest management to provide stable county revenues and more jobs for our rural communities. HFHC supports balanced policies that promote rural economic opportunity while also maintaining the many benefits we have come to expect from our forests, including recreation and diverse wildlife populations. For more information, please visit www.healthyforests.org and sign up.
HFHC is currently working very hard to find a long-term, stable funding system for wildfire suppression costs. As many of you know, over half of the US Forest Service's budget is spent on wildfire suppression. Making matters worse, the Forest Service consistently exhausts its firefighting budget and is forced to transfer funding from non-fire budgets to cover the shortfall. In 2015, the Forest Service transferred, or "borrowed" a record $700 million. What does that mean for those of use that use and enjoy our national forests? It means that projects such as trail work and pre-commercial thinning don't get done because the National Forests just don't have the money. This troubling trend is expected to continue as wildfires become larger and more severe. Fixing "fire borrowing" is a step in the right direction, but that will only treat one symptom of the problem.
Active forest management and restoration is one of the few effective, long-term solutions for improving the health of our forests and rural communities. The primary factors limiting active forest management in Colorado and Wyoming are the cost, time, and people required for the Forest Service to satisfy exhaustive analytic requirements driven by conflicting regulations and past and current litigation.
If you care about your public lands, which I know you do, please consider joining the HFHC Coalition. Help be part of the solution.

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Work on the book about my father resumes, all true, even my son, my fahter's only grandson; the only son mine from conception through birth –I won't go into the details of that, except to express my thanks to a Bangladshi sperm donor. and the man in my life, Thomas Robert Higginson, that wonderful and complex man. I introdcuce my father and his father to the most important men in my life, my son Ansted:
a photo of Ansted , and of Ansted with me:
Some pictures of Thomas:
I will never reveal his legal name, although I know it; that just wouldn't be fair? If his identity is ever revealed, he will have to reveal it, not me. I could even post some photos of this man and myself, but not at this time; he must remain enigmatic, incognito
Just know that he is real, and it is perfectly fine if you bcome jealous of him, after all, he is the man appointed to this honor of well, being the world's greatest lover –not sayng he is perfect, as he does tend to misunderstand things, even when I am prasing him, but he deserves every word of praise I give him, and he has taken a lot from me, but all in the spirit of how much I love him, but the realiy of him is a bit too private to share, some images of my father:
is introduced to nsted my son, and to Thomas Robert who never got to meet him while he lived, One of the great tragedies of the world. Even those who saw him, did not know him, glimpses only, but no real sense of the complexity and loving nature of his character; I am doing the best that I can
as well as my paternal grandfather:
that's about it for now. I will probably write all through the night. There is so much good that I must say, (not that I don't want Thomas Robert Higginson himself to say more good about me, and about the book
Thomas Robert persists in Calling me "a great writer" –-maybe I am, but I have a great someone to write about, but only I (and Thomas Robert of course) are privy to the details.
I can post no more details without giving away his identity, but I advise all of you to search for a man like him, and maybe, although unlikely, for there is only one Thomas Robert Higginson, but search anyway, and perhaps you will come close.
The point is not to identify my son or Thomas Robert himself; the point is to introduce this exceptional man to the small world (that reads my stuff) and is interested in a different model of a man, of a human being, of the outcome (me)
from such a man who married my mother and is still exceptional although he died in 1980, and would love all the science and technology, things he missed during his life from 1923 – 1980; above all he would have adoresd computers, and he would have had one. No doubt several of them.
If I miss anything, it is the sound of his voice. Think of all the ways he could be captured, and he used to sing –such capture with just a phone.
I am sure I will dream about all of this tonight.
my father and I: precious photos. My mother also in the first one.


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Last year, Freshii made history as the first chain restaurant to open in Wynwood. Now, they're adding another South Florida location — they'll be feeding shoppers at Miami International Mall.
Slated to open April 20, the fast-casual Canadian chain's new locale, like its others, will sell reasonably priced, superfood-strong smoothies, wraps, salads, burritos, juices and more.
"Miami International Mall is located in the city of Doral, which is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation," says the new location's owner, Vanessa Riera. "Residents in Doral are loyal to their city and support the local businesses. They are very aware of health and looks. We know for sure that Freshii will be loved by our neighbors."
This location is designed to offer healthy, energizing meals choices to mall shoppers — options they didn't have before. Plus, with close proximity to the airport, they expect travelers to pop in for pre-flight snacks or meals.
The menu has a lot of curated items in addition to build-your-own options. Customers can choose from dozens of ingredients like brown rice noodles, quinoa, chickpeas, spinach, beet slaw, artichoke hearts and many others. Alongside its regular menu, the chain launched a new Juice Cleanse program in January. Customers can do one, three or five-day programs that include four fresh pressed juices and one detoxifying salad/day.
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The mall location should open the chain up to a whole new audience.
Last year, Freshii founder and CEO Matthew Corrin told the New Times that they'd also be opening soon in Dadeland Mall, Fort Lauderdale, Boca, and Jupiter.
Looks like Freshii is on its way to world domination. Currently, there are 150 in in Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, Los Angeles, Huston, Dubai, Vienna, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala and more than 60 cities and 12 countries. Proof of their popularity, they're opening an average of two weekly.
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When Congress headed home for the holidays last year, activists celebrated because a bill that effectively gave American blessing to discrimination against travelers to Israel wasn't voted on. A month later, the bill is back–though the version that passed a House committee does not include much criticized exemptions for Israel's participation in the visa-waiver program.
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously for the bill that designates Israel as a "major strategic partner" and waives visa requirements for Israelis who visit the U.S. "During this volatile time across the Middle East, this bill signals that the U.S. Congress continues to support the people of Israel and reaffirms our commitment to seek new paths to improve our bilateral relationship," Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the hawkish Republican chair of the committee, said in a statement. The legislation is a major priority for the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, and has an overwhelming majority of politicians backing it.
The Senate version of the bill created an uproar last year because it would induct Israel into the visa program–giving both Americans and Israelis visa-free travel to each others' countries–with an exception for travelers "jeopardizing the security of the State of Israel." Given that Arab-Americans face harassment and have been denied entry for "security reasons" without evidence by Israel, groups like the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation, the Arab-American Institute and more fought hard against the language. A Congressional letter signed by 16 officials expressed concern that Israel was "disproportionately singling out, detaining and denying entry to Arab and Muslim Americans," and the Obama administration shared those concerns, according to the Associated Press.
But the House version does not contain the Senate's language. Still, the measure, which has widespread support, seems likely to pass with other provisions that activists for Palestinian rights see as deeply problematic.
The backdrop to today's House hearing was continued assertions that the Senate bill, authored by Barbara Boxer, would codify discrimination against Arab- and Palestinian-American travelers, as well as activists on their way to the West Bank, who also face denials of entry. Ros-Lehtinen, sensitive to that criticism, called those claims "misinformation." And during the hearing, Brad Sherman, a Democrat from California, also pushed back against the discrimination charge–despite ample evidence that people like Palestinian-Americans Nour Joudah and Sandra Tamari have been turned away from Israel for no reason.
"Israel does not discriminate against Arab-Americans. There has been this effort by anti-Israel extremists to accuse Israel of that," Sherman said. "We have a no-fly list, they have a no-enter list, and those associated with Islamic extremism tend to find their name on both." The California Democrat added: "My hope is that in conference this bill will be amended to help Israel achieve full participation in the visa waiver program…When they [Israelis] want to see Mickey Mouse, they should see the real one." Watch the full House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on this bill here, starting at 52:27:
Mike Coogan, the legislative coordinator for the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation, told me that he remains concerned about denials of entry–even if the House language prevails in the final version that both legislative bodies pass. "I am concerned that Congress will shield Israel from accountability when it comes to enforcing the standards and requirements of Israel's participation in the Visa Waiver Program. Unfortunately, members of Congress have a pattern of singling out Israel for impunity, even when Israel consistently and flagrantly violates U.S. laws and treaty obligations," Coogan said.
The U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation, along with other groups, also sought to convince officials to insert these amendments: that Israel provide "U.S. citizens with reciprocal visa waivers" and that Congress document "incidents of Israel denying entry to U.S. citizens, especially when such denial of entry appears to be motivated by the race, ethnicity, religion, or political opinion of U.S. citizens." The amendments were not included in the legislation that passed today.
Coogan also criticized the designation of Israel as a "major strategic partner"–a one of a kind term that applies to no other country. The bill's language does not specify what exactly it means to be a "major strategic partner."
"Many see this as an attempt by Israel to secure a mutual defense treaty without the debate about what the implications of that would mean," said Coogan, who also pointed out that the legislation calls for providing Israel with advanced combat aircraft and military tanker transports–equipment that would be of use in a potential war with Iran.
Beyond this bill, the issue of Israel's denial of entries continues to make waves. The Christian Peacemakers Team, a group that monitors Israeli soldiers in occupied Hebron, recently filed a brief with the Israeli High Court charging that Israel denies entry to its members. And the Modern Language Association's delegates passed a resolution at their latest conference criticizing Israel's denial of entries to academics invited to Palestinian universities.


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The SEMA Show officially starts tomorrow, and it looks like 2014 is shaping up to be the year of the Ford Mustang. With the 50th anniversary of the car and the introduction of the 2015 Mustang this year there will be plenty of customized cars and new parts making their debut at the show, and fortunately we've been able to get early access to the show and provide you with a sneak peek of what to expect over the next several days.
As you might expect the Ford booth is packed with 2015 Mustangs that have been customized by various shops around the country. Some well known companies are behind the cars including Chip Foose, who added his take on a 2015 Mustang Convertible, as well as Petty's Garage, Watson Racing, 3dCarbon, MRT, CGS Performance Products and Roush.
Outside the Ford booth there are even more 2015 Mustangs. Gibson Exhaust, Whiteline Suspension and Vortech Superchargers are showing off their new products on 2015 Mustangs, and Galpin Auto Sports has a 2015 Mustang as part of their display outside the convention center. Ford Racing has their own 2015 Mustang as well packed with new performance parts.
You can see our full SEMA preview photos in the gallery below.
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I'm interrupting our regularly scheduled blog post to bring you this important information. Amazon and CreatSpace have announced they are holding the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest for 2014! Have you heard of this contest? Better yet, have you participated in … Continue reading
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Cops: Driver extricated from overturned car charged with DWI
The driver of a car that crashed into a tree and overturned Thursday night in Huntington Station was later arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, police said.
Nerain Lakhanpal, 20, of Huntington Station, was arrested after being transported to Huntington Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Suffolk County police said.
He was charged with DWI, police said.
Police and fire officials said that Lakhanpal was driving a 2013 Kia when he lost control of the car on Depot Road, crashing into a guardrail and a tree, causing the car to overturn, at 9:39 p.m. Police said Lakhanpal told responding officers he had swerved to avoid another vehicle -- but police said there was no evidence that another vehicle was involved.
A Huntington Manor Fire Department spokesman said the driver was trapped in the wreck and said about 30 firefighters responded to the scene, stabilized the car with "rescue jacks" -- then used the "Jaws of Life" to remove the sedan's roof to free him.
Lakhanpal was then transported to Huntington Hospital via Huntington Community First Aid Squad ambulance.
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text: ASSA ABLOY acquires Luxer One in the US 19 Dec 2018 ASSA ABLOY has acquired Luxer One, a leading advanced package locker solutions business in the US. "I am very pleased to welcome Luxer One into the ASSA ABLOY Group. Luxer One constitutes a strategic addition to the Group and reinforces our position in solutions for home delivery," says Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of ASSA ABLOY. "Luxer One is the market leading company in the last mile delivery space in the US," says Lucas Boselli, Executive Vice President of ASSA ABLOY and Head of the Americas Division. "Luxer One provides us with good synergistic opportunities in significant vertical markets, such as education and corporate buildings. Also, Luxer One is a key player and a good platform to leverage in the click and collect retail trend (buying online and collecting the purchase in-store)." Luxer One was established in 2013 and has approximately 130 employees. The head office is located in Sacramento, California. Sales for 2018 are expected to reach about USD 37 million (approx. SEK 335 million) and the acquisition will be neutral to EPS from start. For more information, please contact:Nico Delvaux, President and CEO, tel. no: +46 8 506 485 82 Björn Tibell, Head of Investor Relations, tel. no: +46 70 275 67 68 About ASSA ABLOY ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end‑user needs for security, safety and convenience. Since its formation in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has grown from a regional company into an international group with about 47,500 employees, operations in more than 70 countries and sales of SEK 76 billion. In the fast-growing electromechanical security segment, the Group has a leading position in areas such as access control, identification technology, entrance automation and hotel security. Download PDF


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More courage to try new things, more provocative topics, and an inspiring atmosphere: From 2020, you will experience a brand-new CeBIT. The trade fair is becoming an event platform – and a digital innovation festival with an open-air character. It even has a new date: Discover what you can look forward to June 2020.
CeBIT is reinventing itself. In 2020, CeBIT will take place in summer for the first time ever – and not as a conventional trade fair, but rather an innovation festival for fans of all things digital. Visitors can expect a new tech event with conferences and networking in brand-new formats.
The new CeBIT comprises three areas: d!conomy will be the main event for digital transformation in business and public administration. At d!talk, international speakers and visionaries will set out the digital agenda for the future. And d!tec will bring decision makers, creatives, and disruptive technologies together.
The beating heart of the event is the open-air campus located right in the middle of the exhibition grounds in Hannover. In the surrounding halls, major companies, innovative SMEs, and startups exhibit their business models. And outdoors, visitors can enjoy showcases, street food, and music until late at night.
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After a party objects to the admission of evidence, the proponent of the evidence can respond by arguing that the objection doesn't apply or isn't valid, or that the evidence is admissible because of an exception to the ground stated in the objection. Where that argument is made can make a big difference—should you argue in open court or in a sidebar conference?
What is a sidebar? Sidebar conferences between court and counsel are conducted quietly at the side of the court's bench with the jury present but unable to hear what's being said. The California Rules of Court, Standards of J Admin 2.20(b)(8) provides that judges should permit sidebars only when necessary and keep them as short as possible.
When are sidebars permitted? When sidebars are permitted, they usually follow an objection during a witness's testimony that counsel wish to argue about out of range of the jury's hearing. If the discussion is meritorious, the judge may suggest (or counsel may request) that the jury be excused or that argument take place in chambers then or at another time. In any event, a court reporter should be present to record the proceedings.
Why use a sidebar? Whether or not to request a sidebar usually depends on whether it's the jury's hearing of the objection itself, or of the response it may evoke, that would cause the prejudice that the objection is designed to prevent. A sidebar may be necessary when an objection is designed to exclude mention of specific evidence by a witness, or when counsel doesn't want the jurors to hear argument on an objection. When extensive argument is necessary to assert or resolve an objection, or when the court will need to conduct a hearing on preliminary facts as a result of the objection, it may be necessary to request (at the bench) that the jury be excused or that the matter be taken up in chambers.
How to request a sidebar? If you believe a sidebar is needed, first object and then request permission to approach the bench. If the court refuses permission because the reason for the request isn't apparent, indicate that the matter should be discussed out of the jurors' presence. If the judge again refuses, you may have to state the objection in open court or request that the court defer the matter until it can be heard out of the jurors' presence. Always consult local court rules or policies on argument after an objection to see if there's something on sidebars.
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Join us for the opening reception, Thursday, May 16 from 7 – 9 pm. Artists will be in attendance.
In their collaborative photography series Wanted and the video installation Family Matters, multidisciplinary artists Pirbhai and Turner work with archival materials to unearth an overwhelmingly ignored part of Canadian history and pay homage to the individuals forgotten as a part of this erasure. The realities of transatlantic slavery in Canada are revealed through advertisements placed by Canadian slave owners in 18th century newspapers. These ads offer rewards for the return of people who had escaped from bondage and for the sale of people who were held as property, shedding light on a part of our national history rarely acknowledged. The performances captured in the photographs and the video work of about these previously overlooked individuals defy the boundaries of time and tell new stories that traverse the past, present and future.
In the Wanted series, the artists transform the descriptive texts of what the freedom seekers were last seen wearing into contemporary fashion ads that celebrate and represent these individuals as self-empowered and utterly free. In Family Matters, we bear witness to the time-travelling Peggy Pompadour and her son Jupiter reflecting on the past and contemplating what the future may hold. Inspired by an advertisement offering an enslaved mother and son for sale in 1806, the two protagonists' stirring conversation simultaneously reinforces the weight of this history and the resilience of the individuals who were enslaved. These works aim to remind us how essential it is to question and re-frame the constructed national narratives of this country in order to build a better, more inclusive future.
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I remember the first time I snuck out of the house in high school and went to a gay nightclub in Atlanta. I was 16 years old and I was terrified, thinking it would be like the scenes I'd watched full of white people on Queer as Folk. When I got there and got into the club with my fake I.D., I saw drag queens performing on stage, adored by every eye in the audience, lip syncing to my favorite Lil Kim songs. I saw Black and Brown trans women living in their truth, unafraid and wrapped in love. I looked on as close conversations next to the bar looked like acts of prayer.
My first trip to the gay club wasn't my last, and I eventually learned the allure that drew me to that place of prayer — it was the only place where people who I was taught didn't deserve to exist fully and freely did exactly that. In my young mind, standing behind layers of clothes in the closet and resting uneasily in the fear of the unknown, I saw this place as a safe haven. It was dark and late at night; the music was loud. Outside, behind the club, queer people talked about politics, and love, and life. I learned that within this community — one fighting for visibility for years — the nighttime seemed the most comfortable place for many, whether a mechanism of defense or simply preference.
But on June 12, 2016, that prayer, that comfort, and that safe haven carved into the nighttime seemed to have all been ruptured in a matter of hours, when news spread of a mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. One year later, as a Black queer Muslim, the event is still engraved in my mind. I feel like I have no space — as a concept, a location, or a conversational framework — and I know many more who feel the same way.
I got the news of the Pulse shooting last year during Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims when we fast from sunup to sundown. I woke up around 4 a.m. to pray fajr, the morning prayer that starts our day, and I saw several news notifications on my phone with headlines like "Gunman Kills Dozens at Gay Orlando Nightclub" and "Possible Terrorist Attack Occurred at Orlando Nightclub." Immediately, I went on Twitter. I found the news coverage and what people were saying about the tragedy hard to handle.
As a queer person, I felt the need to mourn the loss of members of my community in Orlando due to senseless violence. With 49 people killed and 58 wounded, the Pulse shooting was not only the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, but it was also the deadliest attack against LGBTQ people in U.S. history. The violent nature of 2016 was already a lot for queer people of color, with nearly two dozen trans people of color being murdered and hate crimes against us rising steadily. When the Pulse shooting happened, it felt like an amalgamation of so many violent factors. Mourning felt like a fatigued action by that point.
If my queerness persuaded me to an instant mournfulness, and justifiably so, then the fact that I am both queer and Muslim gave way to a feeling of being stuck. The hate, weaponization, and politicization of my identities was coming from so many angles — and it made me defensive. I watched as Republicans, who have routinely voted for policies and laws that deny queer people legal protection and safety, suddenly cared enough about the LGBTQ community to weaponize the Pulse tragedy to fuel Islamophobia. Over 100 wounded or murdered people at a nightclub — the place where we go to feel safe and dance in our freedom, however temporary it may be — was the perfect chance to justify Islamophobic legislation and use us as mere props in a political game.
We had already lost our space that turned into temporary mosques for us at night, the gay bars and clubs that worked as sanctuaries for our souls, and now we had to protect and defend our religion as well.
The performative outrage I watched was exploitative, and capitalistic in nature. Trump issued a sensationalist statement focusing mostly on the use of the term "radical Islam," promoting his now defunct Muslim travel ban, and used the moment to take jabs at his Democratic opponents. Hillary Clinton gave a speech shortly after, but despite offering her sympathy to the queer community and calling for stricter gun laws, she spent most of the time sending shots back at Trump.
Lost in the political circus of the entire event were those of us who are both queer and Muslim, many of whom grieved from the silence of the closet. We became punching bags, being hit from both sides. We had already lost our space that turned into temporary mosques for us at night, the gay bars and clubs that worked as sanctuaries for our souls, and now we had to protect and defend our religion as well.
Queer Muslims are often wedged between being silenced and being scared to speak out, being visible and being fearful to be seen. When we do speak, our words are turned against us, or bottled and stored away, or they simply fade into the wind. When we are seen and visible and proud, our own families turn against us, or we have to take extra precautions for our own safety, especially if we don't have the privilege that comes with being a white upper-middle class gay man.
A year after the Pulse Shooting, a tragic event in which I saw pieces of my identity battling with rage, I still have a problem with "space." If 2016 was a year of being constantly reminded that any "space" that has been made for me can be exploited, commodified, or ruptured, then 2017 is just a continuation of that trend. As powerful as I feel on my best days, I still feel that all I can do is sit back and watch in the corner I've carved for myself that they call "space."
But I take faith in Audre Lorde's words: "We were never meant to survive." Too often, we mistake survival for existence and existence for living. We become familiar with our oppression from several different angles because it becomes normalized, and for those of us at the intersection of several overlapping identities, the suffering becomes normality.
A year after the Pulse shooting, we rise, time after time stronger than ever, as a community. And as we rise, we stand on a vibrant and powerful history, dominated by pioneers of creativity and change, like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Daayiee Abdullah. A year after the event that made me feel completely powerless, one that took a nightclub sanctuary from so many of us, the spirit of resistance that is the reason we celebrate pride is still looming in the air, and protesters across the country are halting pride celebrations to demand radical change. If this spirit of resistance continues to build, and we can continue to fight for the self-determination of our communities, I am hopeful that there will eventually be a space for those of us who sit on the margins.
Devyn Springer is an artist, writer, and editor-in-chief at Offtharecord who focuses on the African Diaspora. His book Grayish-Black is on Amazon, and you can find him on Twitter @HalfAtlanta.


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Sometimes it means I appreciate them enough to want to remove their chains.
I love zoos, libraries, space travel, and many other things that need to be freed from the restraints of The State. Getting off the dole would be a good first step.
Of course I do want some completely reprehensible things to die a fast and painful death. Police departments and government schools, being a couple of good examples of things that are too harmful to be allowed to exist.


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The son of the man who built the Sydney Opera House - himself a highly respected architect - gets the usual "batshit crazy" treatment from the media but makes his opinion clear.
Utzon's son signs up for September 11 conspiracy theory
Utzon's son signs up for September 11 conspiracy theory
''I think it is important that we get all the things on the table, all the different facts, and see what is actually right,'' Mr Utzon tells Mr Gage. ''Because if somebody, they are indeed trying to cover something up, it is good to get it out in the open. Because what else would they be covering up?''
Speaking in a corridor in the Sydney Opera House, Mr Gage reveals that Mr Utzon signed a petition organised by his organisation, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, demanding an inquiry a year ago.
Contacted yesterday about the comments, Mr Utzon said he was ''a bit surprised'' that the video had been posted. Yet he repeated his call for an investigation and said distrust of the media was a significant driver of that.
''I have an inborn sense [that] what is coming out in the media is slightly, or to a large extent, a distorted version of what actually happened,'' Mr Utzon said. ''This comes right back from where my father had to leave the Opera House job here in Sydney and consequent media reports on his life and his doings.''


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A week's vacation spent in libraries is not everyone's "cup of tea" but for a genealogist it is a dream come true. This year's California Genealogical Society Tour to Boston – home to the Boston Public Library and the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library – was a successful adventure for ten members.
|Bates Hall Reading Room, Boston Central Library at Copley Square
Tour leader Jane Lindsey has provided several photographs of the week and several of the attendees have provided feedback.
|Jane Wolf Hufft at the Boston Public Library.
Jane Hufft spent the week pursuing her Cook genealogy.
This was Lynne Dory's first research tour. She found a branch of her mother's Canadian family she had never seen before. "Sarah Kast was a Palatine and British Loyalist who sacrificed a great deal for her loyalties, then ended up in Western Canada where she now has a present-day following of descendants who erected a stone in her memory."
|Researching at the Boston Public Library.
|Sisters Carolyn Lachenmayr and Judy Jones with Gary Boyd Roberts at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library.
Judy Zelver was really pleased with the help she received from Irish Specialist Marie Daly at NEHGS. Marie was able to help Judy pinpoint the exact location where her family resided in the mid-1800s, and using an overlay with a current map in Google, Judy could virtually travel down the road where her family lived. Judy also extended her Feake family lines by several generations – back into the early 1500s in England.
|Kathleen Merlino received assistance from Gary Boyd Roberts at the NEHGS Library.
Kath Frail Merilo traveled to Salem the weekend before the Boston tour. During her research week she was surprised to discover one of her ancestors was a witch:
"Gary Boyd Roberts causally mentioned that there was information about the Pease family in Massachusetts. Upon researching the name I learned that an ancestor was accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch trails in 1692. A warrant was issued for her arrest and she was arrested and jailed for a period of time. Fortunately she was not hung. I have known that I had an ancestor, Samuel Frail, who had signed a petition in defense of Jonathan Proctor, who was hung as witch, so I wanted to visit Salem and the memorial. After the trail, both the Pease and Frail families left Salem and headed West. The grandchildren of Mary Pease and Samuel Frail married around 1730."
Sandy Fryer reports: "Gary Boyd Roberts gave me some tremendous leads when I was at NEHGS two years ago. I thought that meant that there was not much more for this visit. I could not have been more mistaken! Gary was very generous with is time. His knowledge of early New England families is amazing. He helped me extend Peck, Kimball and Parke lines in my husband's family, and my Mainwaring, Tallman and Fuller lines, with good secondary sources. It will take me months to organize all the information I gathered and verify the data with primary sources."
|Favorite signs: rest rooms at the NEHGS Library.
Be sure to read Alison Kern Shedd's account of her success at the Boston Catholic Archives, "Researching the McKinley Family in Boston," in the upcoming issue of The California Nugget.
|Around the table starting left: Jane Lindsey, Diana Wild, Kathy Merilo, Carolyn Lachenmayr, Judy Jones, Lynne Dory, Pat Smith, Sandy Fryer, Alison Shedd and Judy Zelver. (Not shown: Jane Hufft.)
Copyright © 2012 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library


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I picked up the fact that Nome had had its coldest Jan 5 on record at the very impressive coolwx.com.
Unfortunately somewhere between me and WordPress most of the rest of the article got eaten up when I posted it. So that fact was inadvertently left as the whole article, though it was intended as the bait in a modest bait-and-switch joke. So I took the article down, though it had already gone out on the RSS feeds. ( * )
The switch was that on the same date as Nome Alaska set the sole all-time cold record for all the observation stations of the world, over a hundred stations set all time hot records!!!!
See the map below if you don't believe me. And I intended that map to be the punch line.
It was an easy shot, almost too easy, but the underlying fact is so worthy of note that a cheap shot had the benefit of drawing attention to a very interesting fact. To say the least. So I took it.
But somehow either I or WP blew it and the story and its title vanished tracelessly. All that was left was the opening sentence. Too tired to retype the whole thing, I made the posting invisible, but the RSS feed had gone out and the link was still valid. After all, it was a true statement, so why take it down?
Anyway my punch line was outdone when Tom Nelson ran the story.
(My hunch that Tom Nelson is an AI is reinforced by this blunder. Impressive work, really, on the part of the dev team, but we've caught them out this time.)
In addition to the possible bot-hood of Tom Nelson, a couple of other interesting points are raised:
First, I will admit that I had never heard of coolwx.com before, which to me is odd because because (if the site is what it appears to be) it is an extraordinarily impressive contribution to public understanding of climate, and I plumb missed it for years. Has anyone in our circles mentioned it much?
Anyway, let's rectify this now with due recognition of coolwx's achievements in the climate information space.
Secondly, the map, which coolwx redraws and links daily is a very revealing visualization. (I foolishly saved only the map, not the whole page, so I don't recall the exact number of hot records, but I am confident it was over 100. The number I am remembering is 119, but I am less sure of that.) , This changing pattern might fruitfully examined for trends and perhaps statistically mined effectively using relatively subtle but computationally inexpensive algorithms. (*)
It's a lovely problem, and it would be a lovely visualization.
I have made the original "Nome" piece as mispublished visible again. I added a title, which the glitch also ate.
(*) i.e., The question of what the record of records is is raised. One can imagine several classes of record record in the records record!
Images: a partial-width screen grab from Tom Nelson's, and a map downloaded from coolwx. And a hat tip to @RyanMaue for pointing to the record records record.


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I am actually a former Seventh-day Adventist, and find that that church has a lot in common with the Mormon church.Sstavix wrote:Yeah, I think I have to apologize. I may have muddied things up a bit. Blame it on the (election) season. When I read "conservative Christians," my thoughts immediately went to politics.
So back to the topic at hand, Incognitus, what do you mean by "conservative" Christian? As in those that strive to find and maintain a church as it existed when Christ walked the Earth? Or those that hold to tradition and try to remain steadfast in an ever-changing (and possibly, in their perspective, ever-darkening) world?
If so, then I am in an interesting category, indeed! Being a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, I am a member of a Christian church that strives to restore the organizational structure that existed in Christ's time. We have a prophet, twelve apostles, teachers, bishops, deacons and other offices that were in the church that He organized. However, many other Christians disagree with the LDS church - or even claim that it isn't Christian - because it's a departure from both the Catholic and Protestant traditions, and doesn't adhere to the Nicene creed.
So by many definitions, it's conservative, but by others it isn't. Come to think of it, that's how some view my Libertarian / Constitutionalist stance, too. Maybe it is about politics....
Here is where I stand: I don't believe God would ever allow His word to be lost or corrupted, thus needed to be "restored." I believe the Almighty is omnipotent enough to preserve His truth and words for all times, never allowing it to be corrupted. I am a King James Bible Believer, and that is my final authority.
It's dangerous ground to go on raw tradition, but equally enough, when new doctrine comes into play that never existed throughout history, that is equally dangerous... Remember Satan is the originator of new doctrine. He questioned God's original command not to eat of the fruit, saying "Ye shall not surely die."
Our influence must come from the 66 Book of the (KJV) Bible alone, even history can be shaky ground. This is another debatable issue, but I believe if you pray and research both sides of the issue, you will see that every Bible published after 1880 have some serious problems, when comparing it to the KJV, which is based upon a trusted manuscript used by godly men in history preceding the KJV. In fact, all English Bible before 1881 were based upon the Textus Receptus (Recieved Text) which has its origins in antioch, which is where the T.R. has its origins. (Acts 11:26)
Nevertheless, to answer your question: I would say a conservative Christian is one who holds to the original faith of the Bible, the faith of the disciples, not allowing new ideas or beliefs into the church, and holding to conservative values. I think tradition does play a role, but again, at the same time, tradition is not our final authority, but the Bible alone. I suppose there is a line to be drawn so far before you're considered a liberal Christian. More conservative Christian women for instance, tend to wear long skirts, no makeup, no jewelry, etc. I think this is a great idea, it's very modest, but you also should be careful of putting a burden on someone of something that is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible as a commandment. The Bible says for women to be modest, it doesn't go into details if that means absolutely no makeup. This may be an example of an area of Christian liberty. I don't think Christian women should wear short shorts, bikinis, and all kinds of jewelry or earrings. That's where I stand.


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Flower bumpers are objects that appear in Rayman Origins, Rayman Jungle Run and Rayman Legends. When bounced on, the players will be sent to a certain direction.
In Rayman Origins, Rayman Jungle Run and Rayman Legends
Flower bumpers are scattered throughout various worlds and levels in the UbiArt games they are found in. They always appear having a soft blue orb-like shape in the middle, with greenish-yellow leaves on the sides and bottom area. They generally face in a specific direction, to help the heroes reach inaccessible places or items like Lums and Skull Coins. While the majority of the flower bumpers are small, few appear much larger than normal size. The larger flower bumpers are more common in Rayman Jungle Run. The flower bumpers are either on the ground, attached to a wall, or in the air.
Other objects in Rayman Legends act the same as the flower bumpers, like the sacks. Because of this, the flower bumpers are rare, but they can still be found in several levels, and in the Back to Origins levels.
Flower bumpers in Rayman Origins.
A large flower bumper in Rayman Origins.
Several flower bumpers in Rayman Jungle Run.
The white sacks and other similar objects replace the flower bumpers for the most part in Rayman Legends.
Murfy can turn the bulbs purple in Murfy's Touch which gives the player Lums upon contact.
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Ever since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us – or even the simplest biological organisms – are unique to the universe? How to Find a Habitable Planet describes how scientists are testing Sagan's prediction, and demonstrates why Earth may not be so rare after all.
James Kasting has worked closely with NASA in its mission to detect habitable worlds outside our solar system, and in How to Find a Habitable Planet he introduces readers to the advanced methodologies being used in this extraordinary quest. He addresses the compelling questions that planetary scientists grapple with today: What exactly makes a planet habitable? What are the signatures of life astronomers should look for when they scan the heavens for habitable worlds? In providing answers, Kasting explains why Earth has remained habitable despite a substantial rise in solar luminosity over time, and why our neighbors, Venus and Mars, haven't. If other Earth-sized planets endowed with enough water and carbon are out there, he argues, chances are good that some of those planets sustain life. Kasting describes the efforts under way to find them, and predicts that future discoveries will profoundly alter our view of the universe and our place in it.
How to Find a Habitable Planet is a must-read for anyone who has ever dreamed of finding other planets like ours – and perhaps even life like ours – in the cosmos.
Preface xi
Part I: Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Past Thinking about Earth-Like Planets and Life 3
The Habitable Zone and the Importance of Liquid Water 5
Carl Sagan and the Drake Equation 9
Other Perspectives on Planetary Habitability: Rare Earth and Gaia 11
Part II: Our Habitable Planet Earth 15
Chapter 2: Critical Updates on How Planets Are Built 17
The Conventional Wisdom regarding Planet Formation 18
Where Did Earth's Water Come From? 21
New Models for Planetary Accretion and Delivery of Water 23
Could Earth's Water Have Come from Comets? 25
An Up-to-Date Simulation of Planetary Accretion 28
Chapter 3: Long-Term Climate Stability 32
Solar Evolution Theory 32
Solar Mass Loss? 36
Electromagnetic Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect 37
Planetary Energy Balance 41
The Faint Young Sun Problem 42
Possible Solutions to the Problem 45
The Carbonate- Silicate Cycle and Controls on Atmospheric CO2 49
The CO2-Climate Feedback Loop 53
Chapter 4: More Wrinkles in Earth's Climate History 57
The Phanerozoic Climate Record 58
Precambrian Climate 63
Geologic Evidence for the Rise of Atmospheric O2 65
Cause of the O2 Rise: Cyanobacteria 68
Methane, Methanogens, and the Universal Tree of Life 71
The Archean Methane Greenhouse 75
The Paleoproterozoic Glaciation 77
Chapter 5: Runaway Glaciation and "Snowball Earth" 80
Milankovitch Cycles and the Recent Ice Ages 81
Ice Albedo Feedback and Climatic Instability 86
Evidence for Low- Latitude Glaciation 88
Mechanisms for Explaining Low- Latitude Glaciation 90
Snowball Earth 92
Part III: Limits to Planetary Habitability 97
Chapter 6: Runaway Greenhouses and the Evolution of Venus' Atmosphere 99
The History of Water on Venus 100
The Classical Runaway Greenhouse Effect 103
An Alternative Runaway Greenhouse Model 106
Evolution of Venus'Atmosphere 111
Chapter 7: The Future Evolution of Earth 116
High- CO2 Atmospheres and Temperature Limits for Life 116
Future Solar Evolution and Lifetime of the Biosphere 118
A Geoengineering Solution to Solar Luminosity Increases 121
Chapter 8: The Martian Climate Puzzle 125
Evidence for Liquid Water near Mars'Surface 126
CH4 in Mars'Atmosphere? 130
Evidence That Water Flowed in Mars'Distant Past 131
When Did the Martian Valleys Form? 135
How Warm Was Early Mars? 136
Mechanisms for Warming Early Mars 138
Where Are the Carbonates? 144
Chapter 9: Is the Earth Rare? 147
Planetary Size / Magnetic Fields 147
Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation 152
Availability of Nitrogen and the Importance of N2 155
Is Plate Tectonics Common? 157
A Planet's Impact Environment 161
Stabilization of Earth's Obliquity by the Moon 164
Chapter 10: Habitable Zones around Stars 171
Historical Attempts to Defi ne the Habitable Zone 171
A More Modern Model for the Habitable Zone around the Sun 176
Hertzsprung- Russell Diagrams and Main Sequence Stars 179
Habitable Zones around Other Stars 181
Problems for Planets Orbiting Early- Type Stars 185
Problems for Planets Orbiting Late- Type Stars 188
Further Extensions of the Habitable Zone Concept 191
The Galactic Habitable Zone 192
Part IV: How to Find Another Earth 195
Chapter 11: Indirect Detection of Planets around Other Stars 197
Barnard's Star 198
The Astrometric Method 199
Pulsar Planets 205
The Doppler Effect 207
The Radial Velocity Method 210
Gravitational Microlensing 216
Chapter 12: Finding and Characterizing Planets by Using Transits 221
Transits of Mercury and Venus 221
Transits of Extrasolar "Hot Jupiters" 222
Space- Based Transit Searches: CoRoT and Kepler 227
Observing Exoplanet Atmospheres during Transits 229
Secondary Transit Spectroscopy 233
Characterizing Earth- Like Planets around M Stars 235
Chapter 13: Direct Detection of Extrasolar Planets 239
What Wavelength Region Should We Choose? 240
Infrared Interferometers: TPF- I and Darwin 245
Searching for Planets at Visible Wavelengths TPF- C 248
The Visible Occulter: TPF- O 253
Nearby Target Stars 254
Chapter 14: The Spectroscopic Search for Life 258
Spectral Resolution 259
The Visible / Near- IR Region: TPF- C or -O 260
The Thermal- IR Region: TPF- I or Darwin 266
Looking for Life on Early Earth- Type Planets 269
Possible False Positives for Life 271
Polarization Measurements: Looking for the Glint of Surface Water 274
The Holy Grail: Simultaneous Detection of O and Reduced Gases 276
Chapter 15: Prospects for the More Distant Future 284
NASA's Life Finder Mission 284
Using the Sun as a Gravitational Lens 287
The Drake Equation Revisited: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 290
Notes 299
Index 317
James Kasting is Distinguished Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. He is a renowned expert in planetary atmospheric evolution and is actively involved in the search by NASA for habitable planets outside our solar system. He is the coauthor of the introductory textbook The Earth System.
"This is a very well-written book that serves perfectly as an introduction for the lay reader to astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth, and it also presents some important and up-to-date material for the specialist researcher. Of particular note for me is Kasting's rebuttal of several aspects of the Rare Earth hypothesis and his discussion of the features that truly are crucial for planetary habitability."
– Lewis Dartnell, Times Higher Education
"How to Find a Habitable Planet will fascinate those who care about the evolution of Earth's climate and wonder about how we will eventually detect life – even simple cellular life – elsewhere."
– Nature
"He argues persuasively that Earth's large moon and strong magnetic field are red herrings; neither is a prerequisite for life. The second part of his book is a detailed account of the search for Earth-like exoplanets, and prospects for future success."
– New Scientist
"Kasting, a key planner for future NASA missions seeking Earth-like exoplanets, possesses a deep understanding of all the multifarious complexities that feed into forming – and finding – living worlds. He writes about these topics, for all their profundity, with remarkable precision and clarity, drawing clear linkages between what we observe through telescopes with what we see right here, in the only biosphere we know. How to Find a Habitable Planet is a canonical guide to the probable future of humanity's search for life elsewhere in the Universe."
– SEED Magazine
"A 'popular textbook', low on speculation but high on nuts-and-bolts science, it covers everything from the habitable zones around other stars to how to find other Earths. If I had to choose just one of these books, it would be Kasting's."
– Marcus Chown, BBC Focus Magazine
"Written in a clear and often conversational style – and infused throughout with Kasting's personal optimism regarding the existence of, and our ability to detect, habitable and inhabited worlds beyond our own – this is an informative and worthwhile read for anyone who looks to the stars and wonders if there is anybody out there."
– Tori M. Hoehler, Nature Geoscience
"As Kasting shows in his technical but readable How to Find a Habitable Planet, we are making rapid progress in discovering planets around distant stars – almost 500 so far."
– Clive Cookson, Financial Times
"Kasting's book [...] is a readable guide to the many things we have just begun to understand about a solar system."
– Tim Radford, The Guardian
"A concise yet thorough scientific explanation of how we can narrow down the search [for habitable planets] [...] Kasting is a world leader in planetary habitability and works closely with NASA. He gives insight into the latest technology being used to hunt for habitable plants, describes the signatures of life that scientists are looking for and makes his predictions for the future of the field [...] Thorough and interesting."
– Cosmos Magazine
"An excellent book on a fascinating topic."
– Choice
"Even if you were not interested in finding intelligence elsewhere in the universe, How to Find a Habitable Planet provides an excellent and accessible account of the formation and history of our own planet, and indeed our solar system."
– John Gribbin, Literary Review
"In How to Find a Habitable Planet, James Kasting begins by describing various factors that geophysicists, astrobiologists and others have deemed necessary (or at least desirable) for producing planets capable of supporting life [...] How to Find a Habitable Planet offers an eloquent explanation of why such a mission would still be desirable."
– Physics World
"[Kasting is] an excellent writer, capable of breaking down complex topics into clear and accessible pieces. That skill makes this first-of-its-kind book not just unique but probably indispensible for students and armchair planetologists."
– Charlene Brusso, Ad Astra
"A fascinating read – everything you need to know about habitable worlds."
– Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"I very much enjoyed reading this book. Kasting writes clearly and explains the issues in an easy-to-follow manner. I learned several new things from this book. I will certainly recommend it to colleagues and students."
– Christopher McKay, NASA Ames Research Center
"We now know quite a bit about planets, and a lot of this knowledge has arrived relatively recently. This book is right up to date. Kasting was directly involved in work that defined the overall technological and scientific goals for upcoming NASA missions to detect potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system. How to Find a Habitable Planet is a significant contribution to the field."
– Gregory Laughlin, University of California, Santa Cruz