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Tonight, CBC Here Now let me down.
There was incredibly effusive coverage of a major story, with no balance.
The program was quick to gush, and gush some more, about the premiers historic breakthrough, to wheel hydroelectric power through Quebec for sale in the New York markets.
The show opened with the exuberant, excited voice of Jonathan Crowe, saying:
Tonight powering up New York! Reaping the benefits of our hydro resources.
Cut to Premier Williams: Newfoundland and Labrador is now taking a bite out of the big apple.
Moments later, Crowe opens the item:
Theres a huge development in the provinces energy plans tonight. The Newfoundland and Labrador government has struck an agreement to sell electricity directly through Quebec and into the North American power grid.
Then he hands off to reporter Rod Etheridge:
Well, Danny Williams calls it historic. Never before has this province sold power from the Upper Churchill River directly to anyone other than Hydro Quebec. Its not about the power not about the money. This is a big deal because, for the first time since the switch was thrown on the Upper Churchill, power owned by this province will move through Quebec and into another market.
Then, another bombastic, overblown quote from the premier:
What we are talking about today is our future, and the future of generations who will follow us. Todays announcement gives one more step down that road.
Why they cut to such empty propaganda, when what we need is information, is beyond me. Then Etheridge offers more information:
Heres how it works. For 11 years the province has a had side deal with Hydro Quebec, to hold back some of the power from the Upper Churchill to use here at home, with any surplus amount sold back to Hydro Quebec. But the province asked Quebecs energy regulator for permission to sell the unneeded power to other markets. It agreed. So the province started shopping around, and struck a deal to sell it to a Nova Scotia power corporation.
Then, the premier again:
We understand power from Labrador today is being sold directly into the United States. Destination: New York. Newfoundland and Labrador is now taking a bite out of the big apple.
More fluff about how this is strategic, and part of the long-term plan, then back to Etheridge:
So tonight, as we speak, profits from the power used to light up a quarter of a million homes in New York are coming directly to this province. But as you can imagine, any deal this province strikes involving the Upper Churchill River and Quebec is bound to open old raw wounds. Some still see it as the ultimate giveaway. Well, Danny Williams is saying tonight that hes bound and determined not to repeat what he calls that mistake.
And that was it. Just when the item should have gotten down to business, it ended. What we have is a PR piece that couldnt have been better scripted by the premier himself.
Because, despite claims to the contrary, this is all about money. And there are some obvious questions that should have been asked, such as:
How much is Emera taking from this deal, as the broker?
And how much is Hydro Quebec being paid for the use of their lines?
Are we really any better off?
Why didnt the premier bring this information to the meeting? If its good financial news, why isnt he backing it up?
Later in the show, Glenn Deir presented another piece, but this was just as bad. In a nutshell, it said that previous premiers had failed, but Danny got it right.
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NTV did a decent job on the story. Off the top, they said:
Tonight on the NTV Evening Newshour Powerful deal. A first for the province. Were now selling electricity to the U.S., and reaping the benefits.
The story was set up by Lynn Burry:
The government says its making history. For the first time, a small amount of power from Churchill Falls is being wheeled across Quebec, with most of the revenue coming back to Newfoundland and Labrador. But already the announcement is causing an uproar from the Opposition, over whether it is really as significant as the government says it is
Then Michael Connors examined what the announcement really means, quoting the premier on statements of substance (rather than hyperbole), bringing in the Oppositions point of view, and examining the financial question.
It was a step in the right direction, and what I needed to hear. I did not need editorializing from the reporter, that this is not about the money.
It is always about the money.
Last night, on VOCM Nightline, Ryan Cleary got it right. In his opening monologue, he said, in effect, that the deal sounded fine but the big question is: are we any better off, financially? He asked many of the questions raised above. Ive criticized Cleary in the past, but on this point, he was right on.
During Nightline, Minister Dunderdale called, claiming that Newfoundland stood to make 40 per cent more money through this deal, rather than selling to Quebec. She sounded a little wobbly with this information, but hey, its something. The page one story in The Telegram is also fairly balanced. The opening line says, Premier Danny Williams called it historic, but both the leader of the Opposition and the president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party aren't so sure. I hope they probe these questions more deeply in the days ahead.
This morning on the CBC Radio Morning Show, Jeff Gilhooly had a decent interview with Ed Power of NALCOR, with some new information. To summarize, because it sells power into the U.S., Quebec is bound by American laws that require open wheeling of power at all its borders, including its border with Labrador. Which raises another good question: how long has this regulation been in place? Should we have exercised this legal right back in 2004, when the last power sale to Quebec was negotiated? Were previous Liberal governments asleep at the switch, and didnt take advantage of this regulation?
Then, this morning, Roger Grimes comes on Open Line and says, because Emera is reselling the power at a profit, and Quebec is also taking its share, we are making less than we would through a direct sale to Quebec.
An intriguing claim, and it could be pure politics. But pure politics is not beyond Premier Williams either. Which is why these questions are so important.
One final note: Rod Etheridge is a very good reporter. I have written about him in the past, and he has just been short-listed for an Atlantic Journalism Award for his coverage of the Bell Island fire. He is sensitive, insightful and usually obsessive about detail. If asked if he was a friend of mine, I would say yes, though just casually. I hope this entry doesnt change that.
Postscript: Theres yet another interesting spin on this story over at the Globe and Mail, which I happened upon last night through Winstons Smiths excellent blog. Yesterday evening, the Globes headline was Quebec signs historic power deal. Interestingly, the headline was changed at 11:30 pm EST to: Newfoundland touts historic power deal with Quebec.
I expect the fact checkers at the Globe figured out, on reflection, that the deal was signed between this province and Emera, with a supporting role for Quebec. Anyway, the story offers yet another spin, courtesy of Claude Bchard, Quebec's Minister of Natural Resources:
Newfoundland and Labrador have finally come to the realization that it cannot seek federal funding to build a costly transmission line to bypass Quebec.
Quebec argued that if Newfoundland and Labrador wants to develop the Lower Churchill project they will need to play by the rules and use Quebec's transmission lines. But he said that once Quebec's 1,550-megawatt La Romaine project to be built at a cost of $6-billion is completed, there may not be room for Newfoundland and Labrador to export power on Hydro-Quebec's transmission lines.
Building another transmission line would be necessary and also very costly, ranging in the billions of dollars. But Mr. Bchard said nothing was excluded.
Everything is possible as long as everyone plays by the rules of the game. Quebec is well positioned to become the next Alberta and respond to U.S. President Barack Obama's call for greener energy from the North. We don't want to stop others to get into the market. As for other projects, our door is always open, Mr. Bchard said.
The Quebec government denied that in exchange for access to its transmission lines, the Newfoundland and Labrador government dropped its threat of legal action over a border dispute that could have delayed the La Romaine project. Mr. Williams said in February that there was no border dispute. For me it's a dead issue, he told CBC news in February.
So much intrigue and bafflegab. But in the midst of it all, some very important questions.


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Inspired because, corny as it might sound, I really am impressed with the work that you — school board members and administrators are doing. You know what makes a good school system and, if Chicago's conference is any indication, are working diligently against difficult odds to improve the education of all students.
I could cite any number of examples, but will just mention one interactive workshop I covered at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday (well-attended, by the way), led by Rob Delane, deputy executive director of the Ohio School Boards Association, titled "What Makes A Great Workplace: The Board's Role in Ensuring a Positive School Climate." If you had listened to the questions and comments, you would have heard board members who were intently focused on improving the climate in their schools and their communication with the public.
So why was I frustrated? It has to do with perception as well — the perception, among the general public, members of Congress, and much of the media, that most schools across America are in serious trouble and in dire need of reform. If you had attended the lecture or luncheon talk Monday by Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute (I went to the latter) you would have heard that the nationwide perception of the public schools the "narrative," as Rothstein calls it is about as negative now, under the Obama Administration, as it was under the leadership of George W. Bush.
Rothstein was particularly critical of the process for selecting the winners of the Race to the Top competition, which he said relies on a 500-point grading scale that has no rational basis. (Figure skating judges do better, he said. They use a seven-point scale.)
More fundamentally wrong, Rothstein said, is the underlying notion that states and school districts should be competing for desperately needed funds as they struggle to balance budgets and retain teachers and programs.
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It all reflects a destructive narrative of the public schools that has persisted for many years: one stating that schools in general not just certain ones are in deep trouble and need fixing.
The challenge for school board members, Rothstein said, is to introduce a new narrative to compete with this flawed one, one that might note for example, that the average math scores of African American elementary school students have risen so far in the past 17 years that they are higher than the comparable white scores 17 years ago a tremendous, if virtually unknown and unheralded statistic, Rothstein said. The only reason the achievement gap hasn't closed, he added, is that the scores for white students have risen as well.
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Online voter registration bill gets brief 'day in court,' but is not passing this session
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Legislation that would create a process for registering to vote online got its "day in court" Monday, but is not going anywhere this Legislative session.
A bill sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, would require the Department of State setup a website that would allow for online registration, which is in 13 states, by July 2015.
Because the House has said it will not pass any voting-related legislation this session, it means the bill does not have a companion in that chamber or a chance of passing.
"This bill is not moving in the house, which is no big surprise to anyone," said State Sen. Jack Latvala, R-St. Petersburg, chairman of the Ethics and Elections Committee.
Clemens acknowledges his bill is likely not going anywhere this session, but did try to address concerns over safety and potential voter fraud by stressing the registrations are cross-checked with existing state records.
"One of the things this system does that increases security, it auto checks these registrations with the DMV…files," he said. "By doing that we are taking the extra step to make sure those registrations are accurate."
The Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections is set to release a report by the end of the year making its recommendations for how, and if, the state should move forward with an online system.
"We believe generally it can be done….in a relatively cost effective manner," said Escambia County Supervisor of Election David Stafford, who was representing the association.
State Sen. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, said he did not support the bill because he did not want it to appear the committee supported one format without first getting input from local election officials.
"I do have concern that we would be going on the record with an outline that could be totally different than what the supervisors want," said Gardiner, who will be Senate President next year when online voter registration legislation could again be considered.
Clemens did end up pulling his bill, SB 784, before a vote was taken. He said he just wanted to start a discussion.
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The 2008 general election was a very good one for Sharon Harrington. A little more than 85 percent of Lee County's registered voters cast a ballot, which the supervisor of elections counts as a triumph.
"I'm proud of that," said Harrington, Lee's supervisor of elections.
Four years later, Harrington had a "very bad one." The night of the 2012 general election, Harrington sat in her office watching everything "go down the toilet" at her precincts. Voters got caught in long lines; turnout dropped to just below 69 percent.
"There was nothing I could do about it," Harrington said.
To avoid the last scenario in future elections, Harrington is seeking $749,846 from the county to purchase 785 electronic poll books, known as e-poll books, and other equipment. She said the new technology will streamline her operations and cut voter wait times.
E-poll books have the ability to perform a lot of the work traditionally done on paper. Harrington's e-poll books would be Apple iPads stocked with software that would, among other things, allow poll workers to check in voters at precincts with just the scan of a driver's license.
"That's going to alleviate having to juggle the big paper book," Harrington said.
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A license plate sticker would replace the familiar hang tag needed to park in handicapped parking spaces under legislation filed in the Capitol.
The bills (HB 1325, SB 1558) would require the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to design a sticker with the "international symbol of accessibility" – a stick figure of a person sitting in a wheelchair – to be used instead of a placard that hangs on a rear-view window.
There had been confusion that those with Purple Heart specialty plates had to exchange them for disabled veteran tags to use handicapped parking spaces. Department spokesman John Lucas says that's not the case.
Steve Surface, who represents the Dunedin chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, says Purple Heart plates are a point of pride.
"It means something," said Surface, a U.S. Army sergeant first class. "It distinguishes us for the sacrifice we made."
The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the Armed Forces who are injured or killed in combat.
By forgoing a hang tag for a plate sticker, the proposal would make it easier for wounded warriors who may forget to hang the placards or have had theirs stolen from their vehicles, said Surface, of Clearwater.
The department has not taken a position on the proposal, Lucas said.
The House bill has cleared one committee unanimously this session, while its Senate companion hasn't yet been heard in committee, records show.
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PANAMA CITY, Fla., March 31, 2014……Flanked by military veterans, members of the Florida National Guard and lawmakers, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on Monday the "Florida GI Bill," modeled after the World War II-era program and intended to make Florida the most military-friendly state in the nation.
The wide-ranging measure (HB 7015), rushed through the Legislature the first week of session as a priority of House and Senate leadership, provides university tuition waivers for veterans, pays for military and guard base improvements, is expected to help increase employment opportunities for veterans and allocates $1 million a year to sell the state to veterans.
Andrew Sloan, a Georgia native who spent six years in the U.S. Air Force and has been lobbying lawmakers since September on behalf of student veterans, said the bill will draw other veterans to Florida's universities.
"We served our nation and we only ask for that which we earned, by virtue of our service, (to) be there when we get home," said Sloan, who is now a political science and German double-major attending Florida State University.
Scott tied his own experiences when leaving the U.S. Navy to wanting to support veterans and active duty service members.
"I remember when I got out of the Navy back in the early '70s, it was not a good time to get out of the service in this country," Scott said after the signing ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Panama City. "Our veterans were not respected; it was a tough time. We're going to make sure that is this is the most military-friendly state for active-duty members, but also for all the veterans."
According to the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, the state currently houses 1.5 million veterans, of which nearly one-third are from the Vietnam era and 231,000 served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Florida's nursing home population includes nearly 114,000 World War II-era veterans and more than 178,000 veterans of the Korean conflict.
House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz crafted the package during a statewide "listening" tour last summer.
Weatherford called the legislation "the most important bill that we'll pass this legislative session."
The package, expected to cost more than $30 million in its first year, includes an anticipated $12.5 million for ongoing upgrades of the state's National Guard facilities and $7.5 million to purchase a total of 45 acres of buffer lands around MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville and Naval Support Activity Panama City.
The proposal also requires Visit Florida to spend $1 million a year on marketing aimed at veterans, and allocate another $300,000 to a new nonprofit corporation, Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. The nonprofit, to be housed within the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, would be used to encourage veterans to move to Florida, and promote the hiring of veterans.
Meanwhile, state universities and colleges are expected to take an $11.7 million hit in waivers for out-of-state tuition charges for all honorably discharged veterans, a proposal named the "Congressman C.W. Bill Young Veteran Tuition Waiver Act" after the late Pinellas County lawmaker who served more than four decades in Congress before his death last year.
Because in-state tuition, covered by the federal GI Bill, is thousands of dollars cheaper than out-of-state rates, lawmakers hope the new waivers encourage veterans from outside of the state to apply to Florida schools.
To assist families of active-duty service members, the bill also waives the requirement for spouses and dependents to get a Florida driver license if they get a job or enroll in a public school.


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For Patients
Welcome to the Patient Education and Support section of the Hypothalamic Hamartoma Center.
The Hypothalamic Hamartoma Center provides materials that educate patients and caregivers about this rare birth defect. Also included is a listing of online support groups that provide assistance and information. Please feel free to explore this section for educational, patient-friendly information to learn more about your condition.
Educational Materials
Management of hypothalamic hamartomas: progress due to the alignment of the stars
Article by Dr. Harold Rekate, Director, Hypothalamic Hamartoma Center.
|The evolution of treatment for hypothalamic hamartoma: a personal odyssey
Article by Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas. This resource provides information and support for hypothalamic hamartoma patients, caregivers and healthcare providers. The site offers extensive information on early detection, ground-breaking research and up-to-date medical opinions.


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May 4, 2016
An Eglin Air Force Base major is facing a one year prison sentence and discharge from the military after a military judge found him guilty of illegally shipping home war souvenirs from Iraq.
Maj. Gregory McMillion shipped a small arsenal of automatic weapons and hundreds of other war souvenirs from Iraq when his unit returned home to Eglin after an eight-month deployment in Iraq in November 2003.
Included in the shipment were 29 Romanian, East German, Hungarian and Iraqi automatic rifles, a Chinese machine gun, four antique rifles, six rocket propelled grenade launchers, and dozen of ammunition magazines, scopes and sights.
There were also dummy land mines and grenades, almost 1200 Iraqi Army berets and 253 bayonets.
The Eglin military judge found McMillion guilty on Thursday, and sentenced him on Friday to one year in prison and discharge from the Air Force.
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My father died a couple of weeks ago after an eight-year fight with dementia.
It's been a long, rough road for Dad and our family as the disease slowly made a 220-pound man disappear.
For me, his final nine days were the toughest part of the journey.
He spent that time in palliative care and my family kept a round-the-clock, bedside vigil.
Dad was so weak everyone expected him to pass within three or four days, but the tough old bugger hung on well past that.
The longer he lasted, the more trying it became.
It was emotionally and physically exhausting, and I can't even begin to think what it was like on my father without going completely numb.
He couldn't talk or move, but he knew we were there.
There was one bright light that shone throughout the ordeal - it came from the staff on Partridgeberry Place South at the Corner Brook Long Term Care Facility.
It's hard to put into words what the nurses, licensed practical nurses and housekeeping staff there did for us.
During Dad's almost two years at the home, the staff were always super to him, as well as to my mother and sister, who live in Corner Brook and visited a couple of times every day.
But when death was near and imminent, they raised their game. They embraced my family and became our angels.
Not because of their selfless and constant offers to help and get us anything we needed, which was really, really appreciated.
No, they became our angels because of their care, concern and compassion.
The staff made sure Dad was as comfortable as possible through medication and ensuring he didn't stay in the same position too long.
They kept him clean, groomed and in fresh clothes and bedding.
Most importantly, they spoke to him with love and respect.
For my family and I, the crew at Partridgeberry Place South stopped to smile, to listen, to comfort and to share their experiences with palliative care.
They were a constant presence and quickly became part of our extended family.
Some of them even cared enough to take time off work and drive to Dad's funeral 50 kilometres away in Deer Lake.
I filled up when they walked in, and the waterworks are starting again as I remember the sight of them coming through the door.
My sister acknowledged them during the service, saying things didn't feel right until Dad's other family was there.
It takes a special person to work in long-term and palliative care. The staff we encountered were very, very, special.
I'm sure, for the most part, the women and men who work in homes and hospitals across the province are the same.
It's important we acknowledge that and the support they give, because none of us know when we'll need them to help us through a difficult time.
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Welcome to the LiveArts website. For all the latest information on our new seasons programme please go to our Whats On page. We look forward to welcoming you to St Marys Church, Banbury an opportunity to relax and enjoy beautiful music in a stunning Grade I listed building. For further information about the history of the church please click here.
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Posts Tagged 'Alfred Hitchcock'
W. H. Auden's Potent Syllabus, and Other News
January 29, 2015 | by Dan Piepenbring
- W. H. Auden was a professor at the University of Michigan for the 1941–42 academic year. His course was called Fate and the Individual in European Literature, and its syllabus mandated more than six thousand pages of reading: The Divine Comedy, The Brothers Karamazov, Moby-Dick, Fear and Trembling …
- Coming to the Huntington Library: Jane Austen's family letters, Wicked Ned the Pirate's watercolors, Louis Pasteur's beer notes ("scribbled on pages of various sizes, in black and blue ink").
- On Pedro Lemebel, a Chilean writer (and artist and activist and provocateur) who died last week: "a writer who called himself a 'queen' (una loca) and 'a poor old faggot' (un marica pobre y viejo), and whose style and obsessions were forged on the social margins and in political opposition."
- Alfred Hitchcock's unreleased documentary about the Holocaust, suppressed for decades, is being screened in full for the first time later this year. "The film, shown at test screenings, extremely disturbed colleagues, experts and film historians."
- Fear death? Sure you do! Don't just sit there drumming your fingers and waiting for the end, though. Talk about it. Over coffee. At a Swiss death café. "The idea for the café mortel was simple: the gathering was to take place in a restaurant, anyone could come, and [Bernard] Crettaz [a Swiss sociologist] himself would gently marshal the conversation. The only rule was that there was to be no prescription: no topic, no religion, no judgment. He wanted people to talk as openly on the subject as they could."
Psychos, Pencils, and Fines
August 8, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
Browbeaten: The Eyebrow
June 7, 2012 | by Alexandra Pechman
My first "boyfriend" broke up with me at camp in a letter that read, "You look like the girl from Planet of the Apes—I mean the ape she played, not the girl who played her." He meant Helena Bonham Carter in the Tim Burton version that had come out that summer. More specifically, he meant that for an eleven-year-old, I had very unruly and freakishly thick eyebrows.
Having kempt mine since that summer (on a necessarily frequent basis), I notice eyebrows more often than is normal; they bear special significance to me. Midway through Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, Charlie confronts her uncle about his awful secret life as a woman strangler. Sitting across from him at a seedy bar, she watches his hands painfully wringing a napkin, then she tells him all that she knows: wordlessly, she raises a single eyebrow. The plot hinges on that one thin line of hair. Read More »
Rushdie Is Bored, Pynchon Goes Public
May 8, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
Who is Bernard Herrmann?
June 23, 2011 | by Brian Gittis
The name Bernard Herrmann may not be as familiar as Aaron Copland or Samuel Barber, but you'd know his music instantly. Some of it—the shrieking strings from Psycho's shower scene, for instance—is as famous as anything written in a classical idiom this century.
Herrmann wrote film scores—most notably, nine for Alfred Hitchcock, including Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. But despite his music's indirect fame, Herrmann (whose centenary is June 29) has yet to get his due as a serious composer. And he was one. His life had the dramatic arc of a great twentieth-century maestro: expulsion from Juilliard, works commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, major awards, an underappreciated symphony, friendship with Charles Ives, a feud with Leonard Bernstein.
The word centenary usually implies fanfare—live performances, retrospective essays, new biographies competing for the cover of the New York Times Book Review. But scrolling through the News and Events section of bernardherrmann.org is underwhelming. There's a smattering of concerts, mostly abroad (Edinburgh, Bristol, Frankfurt) and nothing from the New York Philharmonic that once performed his music. Herrmann's estate is once again trying to sell the original score to Psycho (in 2009, it was sheepishly withdrawn from auction when it failed to garner a minimum bid). The Minnesota Opera is staging Herrmann's forgotten opera based on Wuthering Heights. Perhaps a headline in the Twin Cities Daily best sums up the state of affairs three decades after the composer's death: Who in the world is Bernard Herrmann?
I recently bought a few Herrmann sound tracks but, after listening to them, found them disappointing. Something was conspicuously absent. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was listening to the sound track of a missing movie.
Is there a way to free film scores—especially those as artistically rich as Herrmann's—of their film-cue obligations without deflating them? Can casual listeners appreciate Herrmann without the aid of Jimmy Stewart following Kim Novak around 1950s San Francisco? Maybe scores could thrive in a different context. In honor of Herrmann, I conducted an experiment. I loaded two scores, Psycho and Vertigo, onto my iPod and tried them out as personal sound tracks for wandering around New York.


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Ana Ivanovic's sensational upset over world No.1 Serena Williams on Sunday rocked the social media world, with the volume of tweeting, posting and chatter hitting record heights in the Australian Open's social history.
The 18th seed's 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory drew a total of 123,000 tweets during the match and peaked at 7232 tweets per minute at the conclusion of the upset at Rod Laver Arena.
Not only was it was the most talked-about match of the 2014 Championships, but the result tweeted out on the official Australian Open Twitter account @australianopen was tweeted a record 2427 times, an increase of 400 tweets.
The previous record – 1906 retweets – followed Novak Djokovic's five hour, 53 minute victory over Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final in 2012.
"A lot of people are happy to see Ana coming good," said Australian Open social media broadcaster Charlotte James.
"She holds a special place in Aussie fans' hearts, and this result has delighted everyone."
Ivanovic has 108,770 following on Twitter and @AnaIvanovic was flooded with well-wishers, as the Serbian star responded after her fourth round victory:
"Thank you so much for all the support I had today. Was amazing time on court for me. Love Aussies love @AustralianOpen #letsgo
Meanwhile @Serena Williams, with a whopping 4,092,035 followers, remained silent about the match while her fans were quick to offer their condolences.
"Serena Williams will be back on top! (Well she's still there), but you know what I mean. #RenasArmy #TeamSerena," @MrRL Walton tweeted.
"This is just the beginning of the season, Serena Doesn't Give Up Easily," rejoined @PegahNzr.
"The ability to engage with players, celebrities and millions of tennis fans around the world has seen this tournament break all sorts of records on Twitter," said Twitter representative, Jonno Simpson.


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May 5, 2016
Expensive crude oil is pushing up retail gas prices over the past six weeks. They are edging closer to highs reached in May and June of this year.
Pump prices generally decline after the summer driving season ends, but they are expected to continue climbing because of expensive oil. Crude closed Thursday at almost $55 a barrel, another new record.
AAA says the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Fort Lauderdale area was $2.01, up more than 11 cents during the last month.
In the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton area, regular gas averaged $2.06 per gallon, up 10 cents over the past four weeks. In Miami, the average was $2.03 per gallon, more than a 13-cent increase from a month ago.
Prices in the report are averages, and actual prices are often higher.
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May 3, 2016
Another man has been charged with last month's robbery at a Williamston convenience store.
Jami Salisbury was arrested today and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Williamston police say Salisbury, along with Javian Brown, held-up the Wilco Hess on east Boulevard back on January 29th.
Brown was arrested a couple of days after the robbery.
The 19-year-old Salisbury is being held without bond and has a March 26th court date.
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Mass Appeal caught up with Freeway and his infamous beard at a barbershop in Philly recently to collect some essential grooming gems from the veteran emcee himself. The Bearded Wonder provides those aspiring for elite beards with tips about shampooing, combing and even post-meal beard etiquette.
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Can anyone identify this plant/weed? I had three or four spring up in the garden during the summer, they haven't died back but temperatures here (SE) have been mild all winter. I've had some lovely bird sown plants in the past including Verbenas so I'm reluctant to throw them on the compost heap until I know what they are. This has carroty leaves and is definitely not parsley.
Mugwort or Rag weed perhaps? Even hemlock possibly.
Does it have any smell at all, as it looks very much like coriander but you would be able to smell it a mile off. Wormwood is also a posability.
Thanks Edd, I googled them and it seems most like Mugwort, apparently you can make tea with it to induce lucid dreams! I'll compost it I think.
Mugwort has a pale white/gray underside so i am not sure. I would have no problems about putting it in the compost though.
It does smell but only if you get your nose right up too it, I can't really describe the smell, when the hail stops I'll pop out and have a look at the underside of the leaves.
Feverfew perhaps ? Has quite a distinctive smell - supposed to be good for curing headaches.
I hope so Philippa, you just saved it from the compost, I'll wait now and see if it flowers in the summer.
I would just eat a handful and if you are very happy within the next hour then you will know and be able to send me some
I would Edd, but there is still an outside chance it's hemlock!
OOH philippa smith2 Feverfew is very good and is the closest so far.
I thought feverfew, but I wouldn't advise eating anything until it is definitely identified.!!
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I would Edd, but there is still an outside chance it's hemlock!
I will get the other half to try it then.
I am a migraine sufferer, so if I can establish it definitely is feverfew (when it flowers?) I actually might eat it.
Ashleigh 2..............if it IS feverfew, supposedly you make a sandwich out of it. I imagine because it is a bit unpalatable on its own
I have previously picked some and eaten it............I can't say for sure if it cured my headache ............could just be psychological
To be serious tho, take note of Fidgetbones..............unless you are sure, don't eat it.
Now you have got me worried............you just need to keep posting every day
Looks like Feverfew to me too. Personally I prefer even one of my three day migraine attacks to the taste of it.
Ok, you've put me off, still the flowers are pretty.
I'd go along with feverfew from the photo
, it self seeds with us too in Devon.
I'd agree..........once you've got it, you will always have it. There is a slightly prettier form - golden - but with the same characteristics. Tastes the same tho


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Antarctica and the Arctic
28 Apr 2016:
Half of All Farmed Fish Have
Deformed Ear Bones That Cause Hearing Loss
Farmed fish have become an increasingly larger share of the world's seafood market in recent decades—now accounting for 50 percent of global seafood consumption.
At the same time, however, debate about the ethics, safety and health of farmed fish versus their wild counterparts has also intensified. A
new study
published in the journal
Nature Scientific Reports
finds that half of all farmed Atlantic salmon have deformed ear bones that lead to hearing loss. These salmon are 10 times more likely to have the deformity than wild fish. The findings "raise questions about the welfare of farmed animals,"
Tim Dempster, a biologist at the University of Melbourne involved in the study. It may also explain why efforts to boost wild populations by releasing farmed juveniles have proven unsuccessful. Hearing loss would prevent farmed fish from detecting predators, or restrict their ability to navigate to breeding sites, the scientists said.
25 Apr 2016:
Scientists Discover Antarctic
Lake That Could Contain Unique Life Forms
Scientists have discovered what they think is a massive, ribbon-shaped lake under the Antarctic ice sheet that could lead to the discovery of a bevy of new unique life forms.
NASA/Michael Studinger
The lake, which measures 60 miles long by 6 miles wide, was discovered using satellite imagery, and scientists plan to confirm its existence using ice-penetrating radar this spring. The lake has likely been locked under the ice for millions of years — allowing bacteria and other life forms to evolve in complete isolation from the rest of the world, according to a report released at the European Geosciences Union meeting. Unlike the continent's largest under-ice lake, Vostok, the newly discovered waterbody — located in East Antarctica — is relatively close to a research station, making it easier to explore. "It's the last un-researched part of Antarctica, so it's very exciting news," Bryn Hubbard of the University of Aberystwyth UK
told the
New Scientist
20 Apr 2016:
Entries Invited for Third
Annual Yale Environment 360 Video Contest
The third annual
Yale Environment 360
Video Contest is now accepting entries. The contest honors the year's best environmental videos. Submissions must focus on an environmental issue or theme, have not been widely viewed online, and be a maximum of 15 minutes in length. Videos that are funded by an organization or company and are primarily about that organization or company are not eligible. The first-place winner will receive $2,000, and two runners-up will each receive $500. The winning entries will be posted on
Yale Environment 360
. The contest judges will be
Yale Environment 360
editor Roger Cohn,
New Yorker
writer and
contributor Elizabeth Kolbert, and documentary filmmaker Thomas Lennon. Deadline for entries is June 10, 2016.
Read More.
12 Apr 2016:
Scientists Reimagine The
Tree of Life With New Microbe Knowledge
Following years of intense exploration and research into the microbial world,
scientists have reimagined the tree of life
—the iconic visual representation of the living world first proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859.
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The new tree of life.
The project was led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who over the last decade have been gathering DNA from across the globe—from everywhere from meadow soils and river mud to deep sea vents—to reconstruct genomes and describe thousands of new microbial species. Curious how their findings fit into the tree of life, the scientists
used a supercomputer
to visualize how more than 3,000 new and known species related to one another. They discovered that eukaryotes, the group that includes humans, exist on a thin twig compared to the microbial branch of the tree. "The tree of life as we know it has dramatically expanded due to new genomic sampling of previously enigmatic or unknown microbial lineages," the authors
For James Hansen, the Science
Demands Activism on Climate
Climate scientist James Hansen has been a prominent figure in the global climate conversation for more than 40 years. His 1988 congressional testimony on climate change helped introduce the problem of rising greenhouse gas emissions to the American public,
James Hansen
and he has led study after study examining how our world will change as a result of global warming. Eight years ago, Hansen made the rare decision to begin engaging in climate activism—a move that has earned him both praise and criticism from the media and scientific community. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
last week, Hansen opened up about his unconventional career path and what he believes the world could look like a century from now. "I don't think that I have been alarmist — maybe alarming, but I don't think I'm an alarmist," he said. "We have a society in which most people have become unable to understand or appreciate science, and partly that's a communication problem, which we need to try to alleviate."
Read the interview.
07 Apr 2016:
How Ancient Algae Could
Help Cure Brain and Breast Cancer
One of the oldest life forms on earth may hold the key to battling hard-to-treat cancers, according to
new research
by scientists at Oregon State University. The compound, coibamide A, is found in blue-green algae, organisms that have existed for at least two billion years. It was found during a diving trip in Panama's Coiba National Park eight years ago and run through the National Cancer Institute's database of potential anti-cancer compounds. Coibamide A was tested on mice and found to be more effective at killing brain and triple negative breast cancer cells—two of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat types of the disease—than anything ever tested before. "The chemical diversity found in nature has always been a significant source of inspiration for drug design and development, but… marine environments remain relatively unexplored," said Jane Ishmael, a cellular biologist at Oregon State University and lead author of the new study.
06 Apr 2016:
Half of World Heritage Sites Are
Threatened By Industrial Development
Since 1972, the United Nations has worked to protect 229 locations in 96 countries known for their "exceptional natural beauty" and "cultural significance." These spots, known as World Heritage Sites,
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The Great Barrier Reef
range from Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, China's panda sanctuaries, and the Grand Canyon in the United States. A new survey by the World Wildlife Fund, however, has found
half of these sites are under threat
from oil and gas development, mining, illegal logging, overfishing, or other industrial activities. Eleven million people live in or near these sites, the report says, and depend on them for their housing, food, water, jobs, or ecosystem services like flood protection and CO2 sequestration. "We are not going to develop a just and prosperous future, nor defeat poverty and improve health, in a weakened or destroyed natural environment," the authors wrote.
01 Apr 2016:
Scientists Study the Skies
To Create a Map of the World's Biomes
Curious where certain species live? Don't look down. Rather, study the skies, according to
new research published in the journal
PLoS Biology
. Scientists from the University of Buffalo and Yale University
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used images from NASA satellites to build a database of cloud cover for every square kilometer of the planet from 2000 to 2014. They then used the information to map the world's biomes. They found that cloud patterns are a much more accurate way of predicting species distribution than using extrapolated on-the-ground observations, the method most conservationists use today. "Sunlight drives almost every aspect of ecology," Adam Wilson, an ecologist at the University of Buffalo who led the study,
New Scientist
. "So when you put something in between the sun and plants, that is going to have implications on the amount of energy they are receiving, soil moisture, leaf wetness, and humidity—almost everything that is important."
Interview: How Ocean Noise
Wreaks Havoc on Marine Life
Bowing to public pressure, the Obama administration recently reversed an earlier decision to allow oil drilling off the U.S. East Coast. But the five-year moratorium on drilling does not prohibit exploratory seismic air gun surveys
Christopher Clark
used to locate oil and gas reserves under the seabed, and those surveys are expected to be authorized this spring. Cornell University marine bioacoustics expert Christopher Clark says the testing, which can go on for weeks at a time, will only add to the rising din in the oceans. "Imagine that every 10 seconds there is an explosion that is rattling grandma's china out of the cupboard," he says, "and it is falling on the floor." In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Clark explains how noise, most of it from ship traffic, severely disrupts marine life, especially among whales. But the good news, he says, is that technologies are being developed to drastically reduce the noise from ships and geological surveying.
Read the interview.
23 Mar 2016:
Microbes Are Likely Speeding
Up the Melting of the Glaciers
As if soaring global temperatures weren't bad enough, scientists reported this week that microbes are also speeding up the melting of Arctic ice.
National Parks Service
A pool of meltwater on the Root Glacier in Alaska.
The problem lies in cryoconite, the soil-like composite of dust, industrial soot and photosynthetic bacteria that darkens the surface of ice and causes it to melt, scientists from Aberystwyth University in Wales said. As it melts, ice leaves behind small water-filled holes full of bacteria. The sun-loving microbes then shape the pockmarks' depth and size to get more light exposure, in turn melting the ice even more—a process previously unaccounted for in global climate change models. "It's only recently that we've begun to understand that these cryoconite holes are dynamic, changing in size and shape,"
biologist Arwyn Edwards, who led the study. "In the long term, this contributes to the loss of glacier habitats, and the unique microbial biodiversity living on them."
21 Mar 2016:
Newly Discovered Butterfly
Could Be Climate Bellwether in the Arctic
Scientists have discovered the first new butterfly species in Alaska in nearly 28 years, according to
new research
published in the
Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera
last week.
Andrew Warren/FMNH
The dorsal side of new species
Oeneis tanana
Named the Tanana Arctic, or
Oeneis tanana
, the species is thought to be a hybrid and the only butterfly endemic to the state. Because butterflies are so sensitive to environmental change, the Tanana Arctic could serve as an early warning signal to the impacts of climate change in the region, the scientists said. "This butterfly has apparently lived in the Tanana River valley for so long that if it ever moves out, we'll be able to say 'Wow, there are some changes happening,'"
Andrew Warren, the senior collections manager at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History who discovered the species. "This is a region where the permafrost is already melting and the climate is changing."
17 Mar 2016:
The World's Economy Grew,
But Greenhouse Gas Emissions Didn't
Despite a 3.1 percent growth in global GDP in 2015, greenhouse gas emissions remained flat for the second year in a row, according to the International Energy Agency.
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A man installs new solar panels in Oregon.
The decoupling of emissions from economic growth is "welcome news," IEA executive director Fatih Birol said in the press statement. "Coming just a few months after the landmark COP21 agreement in Paris, this is yet another boost to the global fight against climate change." The world's nations released 32.1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases last year, equal to—or perhaps even a slight downtick from—2014, the agency said. The stabilization is likely due to the booming renewable energy industry and global cutbacks on the use of coal, particularly in the U.S. and China, the two largest emitters of carbon dioxide. Chinese emissions, for example, declined 1.5 percent last year.
08 Mar 2016:
JP Morgan Will No Longer Invest
In New Coal Mines, Citing Climate Change
JP Morgan will no longer finance new coal mines or support new coal-fired power plants in "high income" countries, the banking giant
in a policy statement on its website.
Coal mine in Jharia, India
Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo have made similar pledges in recent months, all part of a larger divestment movement aimed at transitioning the world's economies off fossil fuels. The anti-coal campaign has dealt a blow to an already struggling industry. The price of coal has dropped from $140 per ton in 2009 to $42 in 2016 as cheap, abundant natural gas and renewables have flooded the U.S. energy market. At the same time, support for climate action has grown, with the signing of an international climate agreement in Paris last December. "We believe the financial services sector has an important role to play as governments implement policies to combat climate change," JPMorgan
in the document.
09 Feb 2016:
Ice-Free Arctic Trade Route
Unlikely For Decades to Come, Study says
Despite the impact climate change is having on Arctic sea ice, it will be decades before big cargo ships will be able to take an ice-free shortcut
Russian tanker making its way through ice.
across the Arctic Ocean,
according to a new report from the Arctic Institute
. In recent years, countries have been vying for access to possible Arctic shipping lanes in the belief that use of the passage was more imminent and would contribute to
shorter travel times and associated cost savings
. But given the Arctic's short sailing season, continuing treacherous ice conditions, the high costs associated with armoring cargo ships to withstand the ice, as well as low fuel prices, the Institute predicts that such crossings won't become commercially viable until at least 2040. Until that time, shipping between Europe and Asia will continue to use the Suez Canal. Arctic shipping has decreased in recent years, from 1.3 metric tons in 2013 to 300,000 tons in 2014.
18 Nov 2015:
Icelandic Ice Cap Gains Mass for
First Time in Two Decades, Researchers Say
An Icelandic ice cap known as Hofsjökull, shown in this NASA satellite image, has gained mass for the first time since 1993,
Iceland's Hofsjökull ice cap
according to
measurements taken last month. All ice caps in Iceland had been retreating rapidly and losing volume since 1995, due to decreasing precipitation and rising temperatures. Hofsjökull's resurgence this year is the result of abundant winter precipitation and cooler than normal summer temperatures, explained Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, a glaciologist at the Icelandic Meteorologial Office. Last winter, snowfall in the region of the ice cap was 25 to 60 percent thicker than the 1995-2014 average. Cool northerly winds slowed Hofsjökull's summer melt rate, contributing to the positive measurements obtained last month.
13 Oct 2015:
Antarctic Ice Shelves Face
Major Threat If CO2 Emissions Keep Rising
A new study says that many of Antarctica's floating ice shelves — which play a key role in holding back vast amounts of land-based ice —
could become highly unstable
later this century if greenhouse gas emissions are not sharply reduced. An international team of researchers, reporting in
Nature Geoscience
, said that surface melting of Antarctica's ice shelves could reach the point where many could disintegrate. Such surface melting has already led to the collapse of numerous ice shelves along the rapidly warming Antarctic Peninsula. The study said that surface melting of the continent's ice sheets
would double by 2050
under both intermediate- and high-emissions scenarios. After that, the fate of the ice shelves diverges sharply depending on emissions levels, with a high-emissions scenario leading to surface melting equaling or exceeding intensities associated with ice shelf collapse. Loss of the ice shelves could lead to major increases in sea level as inland glaciers flow to the sea, scientists say.
05 Oct 2015:
Icelandic Seafood Giant
May Be Involved in Endangered Whale Hunt
Iceland's controversial annual hunt of fin whales — classified as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation
Watch video
Slaughter of a fin whale
of Nature — ended with a catch of 155 fin whales, the largest slaughter since the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling, reports the London-based advocacy group Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The EIA and the Animal Welfare Institute
obtained evidence
revealing the ongoing involvement of international seafood giant HB Grandi — a Reykjavík-based company with an annual income of roughly $230 million (as of 2011) — in the whaling business, despite its claims to the contrary. HB Grandi is Iceland's largest seafood company and its CEO has repeatedly insisted that the company "is not involved in whaling and never has been." Despite the international moratorium, Iceland recently has allowed commercial whaling and has shipped whale products to Japan.
28 Sep 2015:
Shell Ends Arctic Oil and Gas
Exploration Bid for Foreseeable Future
Shell Oil has
that it will stop its controversial exploratory drilling for oil and gas in Arctic waters for the foreseeable
Shell's Polar Pioneer rig as it left Seattle for the Arctic
future, saying in a statement that the reserves it had discovered were not "sufficient to warrant further exploration." Shell began operating its first exploration well on July 30, 2015, in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern coast of Alaska. But the company reported that although it had found indications of the presence of oil and gas, the reserves in the basin where they were drilling were, in the words of one company official, "clearly disappointing." Under Shell's federally approved exploration plan, all rigs and support vessels must leave the Chukchi Sea before the end of October. Environmental groups hailed Shell's announcement.
22 Sep 2015:
Antarctic Seafloor Life Is
Locking Away a Lot of Carbon, Study Says
The loss of sea ice over Antarctic waters has caused certain forms of life to flourish on the seafloor, and those underwater communities
An Antarctic icefish swimming over bryozoans
are acting as important and unexpected carbon sinks, according to research published in the journal
Current Biology
. Based on studies of West Antarctic bryozoans — aquatic invertebrates sometimes referred to as "moss animals" — researchers have found that those and other seafloor organisms could play important roles in accumulating and burying carbon, removing it from the atmosphere for an extremely long time. The researchers calculate that growth of the bryozoans has nearly doubled over the past 20 years, with the animals taking in more than 200,000 tons of carbon per year since the 1980s. Accounting for other undersea species, the researchers suggest that roughly 3 million tons of carbon are sequestered each year, equivalent to nearly 200 square miles of tropical rainforest.
18 Sep 2015:
Genes of Greenlanders Preserve
Evidence of Ancient Arctic Adaptation
The DNA of modern-day Greenlanders shows how their Inuit forefathers adapted to the harsh Arctic environment they called home
80% of Greenlanders identify as Inuit.
for thousands of years, according to findings published in the journal
. The Arctic is an extreme environment, characterized by a cold climate and sparse vegetation. The typical diet of Greenlanders — and their ancient ancestors — is made up primarily of proteins and fats from fish and marine mammals, and carbohydrate and vegetable consumption is minimal. By collecting genetic information from 4,500 modern Greenlanders, researchers determined which genes have changed the most over the roughly 20,000 years since Greenlanders' most ancient Inuit ancestors separated from their nearest East Asian relatives, the Han Chinese. The genetic changes the researchers identified show that through natural selection the Greenlandic Inuit's genetic makeup evolved in a way that enabled them to efficiently metabolize the fatty acids from fish and to live with few carbohydrates and vegetables.
In Northern Canada Peaks, Scientists
Are Tracking Impact of Vanishing Ice
Earlier this month, a team of Canadian scientists braved a cold-weather thunderstorm, snow, rain, and high winds to spend a week working on the last extensive icefield in the interior of the Northwest Territories. Accompanying them was
Yale Environment 360
contributor Ed Struzik, who reports on the trip and the importance of the research team's investigations. The group worked on the Brintnell/Bologna icefield, which has shrunk by more than a third over the last three decades and continues to melt at a rapid clip. The scientists hope to determine how the melting of these glaciers and the loss of snowpack in the surrounding mountains might affect the region's ecology and rivers, including the huge Mackenzie River, Canada's largest.
Read more.
18 Aug 2015:
How West Antarctica Could Melt
If Greenhouse Emissions Continue to Rise
An international team of scientists has developed the first comprehensive, high-resolution model depicting
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Simulation of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat
how rapidly the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) could melt
if greenhouse gas emissions are not brought under control. The study projects that under a high-emissions scenario, the WAIS could lose 80,000 cubic kilometers (19,000 cubic miles) of ice by 2100, increasing sea levels by 8 inches. By 2200, the WAIS could lose 48,000 cubic miles of ice, raising sea levels by a total of 23 inches, the study says. The video shows projected ice loss in the major glaciers feeding into the massive Amundsen Sea Embayment over the next three centuries. The red and orange colors depict the speed of glacial retreat in meters per year. The WAIS is only a fraction of the size of the East Antarctic ice cap, but if the entire WAIS were to melt, global sea levels would rise by roughly 16 feet.
12 May 2015:
Unique Stretch Marks Show
Greenland Ice Accelerating Toward Sea
The Greenland ice sheet is accelerating as it flows toward the ocean, and the unique markings visible in this photograph
Crevassing in Greenland ice
are one piece of
demonstrating its rapid movement. Captured as part of NASA's
Operation IceBridge
, which is wrapping up its seventh season of Arctic observations, this image details heavy crevassing near the coast of Melville Bay in northwestern Greenland. These fissures are essentially stretch marks on the ice, NASA researchers say. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are losing mass at an unprecedented rate of 500 cubic kilometers per year — enough ice to cover the Chicago metropolitan area with a layer of ice 600 meters thick —
according to
one recent report.
16 Apr 2015:
Researchers Discover New
Source of Methane in the Arctic Ocean
A large reservoir of methane — a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide — was recently discovered on
Knipovich Ridge in the Arctic Ocean
Knipovich Ridge in the central Arctic Ocean,
according to
research published in the journal
. The methane in this deposit is locked up in icy crystals of water and gas called hydrates, and it was produced by abiotic geological processes rather than by microbes breaking down organic matter, as most methane is, the authors explain. Until now, scientists had not known that hydrates could contain this type of methane. "Up to 15,000 gigatons of carbon may be stored in the form of hydrates in the ocean floor, but this estimate is not accounting for abiotic methane," said co-author Jürgen Mienert. "So there is probably much more."
09 Apr 2015:
Melting Arctic Permafrost
To Cause Massive but Gradual CO2 Release
A comprehensive new study of the potential climate change impacts of melting Arctic permafrost says that a vast amount of carbon dioxide will be released from thawing permafrost but that it
will seep out gradually,
rather than in an abrupt "carbon bomb." Working since 2011, a group of 17 Arctic permafrost scientists studied the rate at which permafrost is thawing and the resulting release of CO2. The scientists concluded that Arctic permafrost has undergone a stunning degree of warming, rising from an average of 18 F three decades ago to 28 F today. As permafrost continues to melt, it will release an amount of carbon roughly equal to the carbon released from current rates of deforestation, the study said. The study, published in the journal
, said the CO2 release from thawing permafrost will be prolonged but gradual, giving society time to adapt to rising seas and other impacts of a warming climate.
12 Mar 2015:
Bubbling From Melting Glaciers
Makes Fjords Noisiest Places in Oceans
Bubbles gushing from melting glaciers and their icebergs make fjords the noisiest places in the oceans, according to
Listen to sound of bubbles escaping melting ice.
research published in
Geophysical Research Letters
. Researchers used underwater microphones to record noise levels in three bays where glaciers flow into ocean fjords and icebergs calve from glaciers. They found that average noise levels from bubbles in these fjords exceeded those generated by all other sources, including weather, wildlife, and machines such as ships and sonar devices. Glacial calving contributed some of the noise, but the constant melting and bubbling was the real culprit, the researchers said. Their findings raise questions about how the underwater noise in the fjords — which are foraging hotspots for seabirds and marine mammals and important breeding habitat for harbor seals — will affect animals as climate change further increases melting rates.
11 Mar 2015:
Warming To Sharply Increase
For Remainder of 21st Century, Paper Says
Within a decade, the earth — and particularly the northern hemisphere — will begin warming at rates unprecedented in the last 1,000 to 2,000 years, according to
new research
in the journal
Nature Climate Change
. Examining the rate of temperature increases in 40-year intervals over the past 2,000 years, the scientists concluded that temperatures had fluctuated up or down by about 0.2 degrees F over each interval. In the past 40 years, however, warming has approached 0.4 degrees F per decade. And beginning in 2020, temperatures could start to rise by 0.7 degrees F per decade and continue at that rate until at least 2100. Warming will be especially pronounced in the Arctic, where temperatures are expected to soar by 1.1 degrees F by 2040. The scientists warned that such greenhouse gas-driven warming is moving the planet into an unstable climatic state.
02 Mar 2015:
Emperor Penguins Had Few
Refuges During Last Ice Age, Study Finds
The Ross Sea and certain other Antarctic waters likely served as refuges for the three emperor penguin populations that
Emperor penguins
survived during the last ice age, when large amounts of ice made much of the rest of Antarctica uninhabitable, according to a
new study
published in the journal
Global Change Biology
. The findings suggest that extreme climatic conditions on the continent during the past 30,000 years created an evolutionary "bottleneck" that is evident in the genetic material of modern-day emperor penguins, a species known for its ability to thrive in icy habitats. But during the last ice age, the Antarctic likely had twice as much sea ice, the researchers say, leaving only a few locations for the penguins to breed — distances from the open ocean (where the penguins feed) to the stable sea ice (where they breed) were too great. The three populations that did manage to survive may have done so by breeding near areas of ocean that are kept free of sea ice by wind and currents, the researchers suggest.
As Arctic Ocean Ice Vanishes,
Questions About Future Fishing
With the steady retreat of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean opening up vast areas of this long-frozen marine basin, a key resource
A Russian fishing vessel trawls the Arctic Ocean.
issue is now emerging: the future of fisheries, especially in central Arctic waters. What species are migrating into the region as sea ice disappears? And could the heart of the Arctic Ocean sustain a commercial fishery in the coming decades? These issues were central to a discussion at a recent conference on the fisheries of the central Arctic Ocean. With more southerly fish species migrating into warmer and increasingly ice-free regions of the Arctic Ocean, officials from the U.S. and Canada say it's important to negotiate an international agreement on fishing before allowing fisheries to open.
Read the article.
22 Jan 2015:
Draining of Greenland Lakes
Signals Massive Melting, Researchers Say
have discovered
craters left behind when two lakes under the Greenland ice sheet rapidly drained recently — an indication
Crater left after a Greenland lake drained.
that a massive amount of meltwater has started overflowing the ice sheet's natural plumbing and is causing "blowouts" that drain lakes away, they say. One of the two lakes once held billions of gallons of water and emptied to form a mile-wide crater in just a few weeks, researchers report in the journal
The Cryosphere
. The other lake, described this week in the journal
, was two miles wide and has filled and emptied twice in the last two years. The researchers suspect that as more meltwater reaches the base of the ice sheet, natural drainage tunnels along the Greenland coast are cutting further inland. The tunnels carry heat and water to areas that were once frozen to the bedrock, potentially causing the ice to melt even faster.
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Good.aqnickdan14 | July 6, 2012 | Review of The Sims Medieval RoW - PC
This game has a great concept and good execution! This game isn't that variable, as everything you do is almost the same. Every kingdom and castle looks the same as the other castles and there isn't much else to do after you create another one. This Sims game is pretty good, but it has poor implementation, and I believe it could've been much better with the concept like this.
Doesn't look great...aqnickdan14 | July 6, 2012 | Review of LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes - PC
...But really fun! One point is that the characters actually talk in this game, which is the first time it has ever happened! The game is full of humor and that really adds to the gameplay. This particular Lego game has more to it than the normal Lego remade games. Batman teams up with many other super heroes to stop criminals such as the Riddler and the Joker. This game is fun, you should buy it if you can tolerate lego games.
This game is a disappointment to the first game.aqnickdan14 | July 6, 2012 | Review of Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days - PC
This game doesn't have as much characterization, plot, or as great of a story as the first game. The environment stays the same through the whole game and there aren't many details which make the game better, so this game lacks in many areas. There are quite a few bugs, and the game is very short. The single player lasts maybe 6-8 hours, which isn't a long time at all. I don't recommend this game very much.
It's an alright game!aqnickdan14 | July 6, 2012 | Review of Duke Nukem Forever - PC
Most people here are saying this game sucks, but I'd like to disagree. This game is full of childish humor(which you have to love, am I right?!) and plenty of enemies that are recurring from Duke Nukem 3D. The graphics aren't the best but they are still pretty good! There is pretty much no story behind this game, which is why people are saying it's so bad, all you do is just save girls from evil monsters. I like the game and I suggest it for anyone who wants a good week of gameplay.
Absolutely amazing!aqnickdan14 | July 6, 2012 | Review of Magicka - PC
Magicka is an amazing game! This game is about wizards who use their environment and the 8 elements of it to make spells to kill enemies and level up using experience gained from each enemy you kill! The story is really good and the graphics support the game nicely! The game has plenty of DLC so you'll be having plenty of fun for a long amount of time!


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If you are a sucker for a manic pixie dream girl, or just Zooey Deschanel in general, then this is going to be your movie of 2009. I am talking of course, of Marc Webb's 500 Days of Summer, an energetic and cleverly written romantic comedy that debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel as a couple who go through the ups and downs of a relatively average relationship, only we see it in a very non-linear and completely intriguing way thanks to an incredibly smart script from Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter.
For more on 500 Days of Summer, go back and read my Sundance review. For those of you who are sold by either my review or the trailer below (which comes courtesy of Yahoo), the film can next be seen at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin later this month. It will hit theaters in limited release on July 17, 2009.


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Use your aircraft to drop water on the spreading fire. Protect buildings and towns from the blazing wildfire. Plan ahead and use chokepoints to utilise the water better and take the wind direction into account.
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Extreme Wheelchairing
Ready to give your thumbs some exercise?
Roll your way through the levels as quickly as possible, do stunts and jumps, find hidden items and don't tip over. The unique controls adds to a fun and challenging experience.
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Extreme Forklifting
Probably the best forklift game ever made for mobile!
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