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HBase does not do in-memory replication. Your data goes into a region, which has only one instance. Writes go to the write ahead log first, which is written to the disk. However, since HDFS doesnt yet have a fully performing flush functionality, there is a chance of losing the chunk of data. The next release of HBase will guarantee data durability since by then the flush functionality would be fully working. Regarding replication - the difference between Cassandra and HBase is that when you do a write in Cassandra, it doesnt return unless it has written to W nodes, which is configurable. In case of HBase, the replication is taken care of by the filesystem (HDFS). When the region is flushed to the disk, HDFS replicates the HFiles (in which the data for the regions is stored). For more details of the working, read the Bigtable paper and http://www.larsgeorge.com/2009/10/hbase-architecture-101-storage.html. 2010/5/8 MauMau <email@example.com> > Hello, > > I'm comparing HBase and Cassandra, which I think are the most promising > distributed key-value stores, to determine which one to choose for the > future OLTP and data analysis. > I found the following benchmark report by Yahoo! Research which evalutes > HBase, Cassandra, PNUTS, and sharded MySQL. > > http://www.brianfrankcooper.net/pubs/ycsb-v4.pdf > http://www.brianfrankcooper.net/pubs/ycsb.pdf > > The above report refers to HBase 0.20.3. > Reading this and HBase's documentation, two questions about load balancing > and replication have risen. Could anyone give me any information to help > solve these questions? > > [Q2] replication > Does HBase perform in-memory replication of rows like Cassandra? > Does HBase sync updates to disk before returing success to clients? > > According to the following paragraph in HBase design overview, HBase syncs > writes. > > ---------------------------------------- > Write Requests > When a write request is received, it is first written to a write-ahead log > called a HLog. All write requests for every region the region server is > serving are written to the same HLog. Once the request has been written to > the HLog, the result of changes is stored in an in-memory cache called the > Memcache. There is one Memcache for each Store. > ---------------------------------------- > > The source code of Put class appear to show the above (though I don't > understand the server-side code yet): > > private boolean writeToWAL = true; > > However, Yahoo's report writes as follows. Is this incorrect? What is > in-memory replication? I know HBase relies on HDFS to replicate data on the > storage, but not in memory. > > ---------------------------------------- > For Cassandra, sharded MySQL and PNUTS, all updates were > synched to disk before returning to the client. HBase does > not sync to disk, but relies on in-memory replication across > multiple servers for durability; this increases write throughput > and reduces latency, but can result in data loss on failure. > ---------------------------------------- > > Maumau > >
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SALT LAKE CITY—PACS/RIS firm Novarad recently installed its products at locations in India and the Philippines.
The company installed its PACS system at Santosh Hospital in Tamil Nadu, India. It installed both its PACS and RIS at Iloilo Doctors Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines.
"We are very excited to have our software here," Paul Shumway, Senior Vice President of Novarad, said. "We know that it will help these hospitals in every way."
Novarad offers PACS, mammography, cardiology, orthopedic, and radiology information systems and has more than 850 installations worldwide.

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WASHINGTON – A leading immigrant advocacy group warned Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday that his endorsement by Rep. Lamar Smith, author of several immigration bills, could later haunt his White House aspirations in a general election.
Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, endorsed Romney over his home state Gov. Rick Perry, earlier this week.
"The Obama campaign must be watching with glee," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, a group that advocates comprehensive immigration reform and citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
"For a candidate whose best 'vote for me' argument to Republicans is that he is electable in a potential general election match-up, Romney's recent endorsements seem instead calculated to alienate Latinos and shrink the number of potential battleground states in the process," Sharry said.
Romney has attacked Perry in televised debates over the Texas governor's positions on immigration measures.
Perry signed a bill that allows children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition, and he has opposed a mandatory statewide E-Verify program that would require businesses to check a new employee's immigration status against government data bases after the person is hired.
Romney said he supports a national mandatory E-Verify system, which Smith has proposed, as well as eliminating tuition breaks for children of illegal immigrants.
America's Voice has called Smith an "anti-immigrant ringleader" whose endorsement could hurt Romney, if he wins the GOP nomination, in key 2012 battleground states like Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado.
Sharry also noted that business groups and conservatives are divided over Smith's E-verify legislation.
"For a man who thinks that government does little right and should steer clear of burdensome new regulations on business, it's curious for Romney to embrace mandatory E-Verify and to welcome the support of Lamar Smith, a man proposing 'government as the solution' through a new and ineffective Big Brother program like E-Verify," Sharry said.


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Old Dominion sure knows how to Make It Sweet! The country group visited "The Ellen Show" where they performed their hit song, "Make It Sweet," and gave the audience a huge surprise in the process.
After their performance was over, Ellen joined the guys on stage to say that they had a big announcement to share.
"We are super stoked because there's an epic country music festival that happens here in California called Stagecoach," Old Dominion's Matthew Ramsey started. "A lot of people like Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean and Sam Hunt and us — we're excited to play it this year."
Ellen then shared with the audience that, while the tickets go on sale Friday and usually sell out in minutes, everyone in the audience was getting a pass. "Thanks to Old Dominion and Golden Voice, you're all getting a $350 pass to Stagecoach," she said.
The 2019 Stagecoach Music Festival will take place on April 26, 27 and 28. This year's lineup includes Abby Anderson, Ashley Monroe, Cam, Cole Swindell, Danielle Bradbery, Jessie James Decker, Jimmie Allen, Kane Brown, LANCO, Luke Combs, Michael Ray, Russell Dickerson, Scotty McCreery and SO many more.
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It might be hard to tell from the meager body count in the seats at Citi Field, but suddenly, Mets games in September have taken on some meaning. Call the wild-card chances of a sub-.500 team a major long shot if you like, but if nothing else, it's a valuable experience for a young team full of promising arms for the future.
Coming off eight shutout innings by Rookie of the Year candidate Jacob deGrom in Tuesday's win over the Rockies, rookie Rafael Montero stepped in as a spot starter Wednesday night and took a no-hitter into the fifth inning of what became a 2-0 victory.
Montero's spell was broken when he gave up a double to pitcher Tyler Matzek with two outs in the fifth, but the Mets completed a sweep of the Rockies and tied their season high with a fourth straight victory and seventh in eight games.
The Mets remained 5½ games behind Pittsburgh, which holds the second wild-card spot and won at Philadelphia. But they have 16 games left to gain ground, starting with a four-game series against NL East leader Washington that opens Thursday night at Citi Field.
"We've still got a tough road ahead,'' manager Terry Collins said. "We have the Nats coming in, who play absolutely great here. We've got our work cut out for us.
"But when you walk through the clubhouse doors in September, even though you're looking at a wild card, you're still playing for something. It's fun to go out there and compete.''
Montero (1-3) had a rough time in May, spent most of the summer at Triple-A Las Vegas and had not started since Aug. 17. He began with two strikeouts followed by two walks, which set the tone in terms of pitch volume and the absence of Rockies offense.
The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the second after Dilson Herrera drew a two-out walk and scored on a triple to center by Eric Young Jr., whose three hits tied his season high.
With two outs in the fifth, Montero walked DJ LeMahieu before Matzek (5-10) drilled his double over Young in left. But Young's throw held LeMahieu at third before Montero got a fly ball to end the threat.
As Montero approached 100 pitches, he gave up a leadoff double to Drew Stubbs in the sixth, followed by a single by Justin Morneau. Montero recorded his seventh strikeout against Nolan Arenado and was relieved by Dario Alvarado, who got the only batter he faced before Carlos Torres induced a pop-up to preserve the 1-0 lead.
Montero threw 106 pitches, and Collins said, "We've got to fix that. His stuff plays, as we've seen, but we've got to stop getting him in those deep counts because he's going to run into problems. But tonight, he made some really good pitches and had good movement.''
The rookie brushed aside worries about pitch counts and celebrated his first big-league win in his seventh start. "I feel pretty good,'' Montero said through an interpreter. "If I continue to pitch the way I did tonight, there will be more to come.''
Jenrry Mejia was lifted Tuesday night after loading the bases with one out. He put that behind him with a 1-2-3 ninth to record his 25th save.
"It's huge for him,'' Collins said. "He came to me today and said, 'I want to get back in there.' I love that.''


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I'm going to speak initially about my first experiences being staked, the reasons why I chose to be staked, what went good and what I would do differently if I could go back in time.
The good: I was first staked by two good heads up cash game players, I didn't have a bankroll and they offered both a bankroll, flexible contract and a lot of coaching. I knew they were both winning $150k+ a year from this exact format in poker and I really wanted to get to that point, they were more than just a bankroll, more than just mentors, they were people I wanted to emulate and they let me get inside their minds and find out about not only how they play A6o vs a 3bet but also how they approached preparing for sessions, winding down after sessions and how to analyse their game using different softwares. Great first experience.
The bad: I was playing 100nl and doing pretty well, lets say 8bb/100. A friend wrote to me and said "You would definitely crush 200nl, I'll stake you if you want" Back in the day moving up stake levels in cash games was a big thing, you always just assumed everybody at the higher stake level was just a complete sicko that knew lots of secrets. I found it exciting that I could move up, I played a bunch, my win rate was probably 4bb/100 but I had to give 2bb of that to the staker. So I went from 8bb/100 winner at 100nl to a 2bb/100 winner at 200nl. You can do the maths yourself, but it wasn't a good idea.
The ugly: I was doing really well in cash games, but fancied some glory. My friend was staked by some "Russian sickos" and had just won $21,000 in the big109. "$21,000?! do you know how many hands I have to play to win that and you won it in 1 night? Sign me up Sergey. I agreed a deal with the Russians and they were infact really good players. However they were too good, their time was really valuable and it turned out they were just the bankroll behind the stable and my coaching would come from a withered American pro who didn't relocate after Black Friday that was behind the times. I didn't get any private attention, all we did was a weekly hand history review which was mediocre at best. I won't go naming and shaming but I jumped into the deal way too quick without understanding exactly how it worked.
I'm going to tackle the most common question I hear about staking. How does it work?
Every staking deal has the opportunity to be unique, backers can decide on different % shares depending on ability, trustworthiness, volume expectations and results. Notice I said ability and results separately, we'll get back to that later. The traditional staking deal is typically 50/50 with makeup. Makeup is accured whenever a horse loses and thus a horse is always in makeup because once they are in profit they "chop it" and then start again. It's probably easier to explain in numbers.
Patricio sends $5000 to DanistheQueen
At the end of session 1 the balance of all of the accounts that were funded is $4400, this means DanistheQueen starts his next session in $600 makeup that he must claw back before being able to cash out any money
At the end of session 2 DanistheQueen profits $500, meaning his makeup is $100 (it was $600 at the start of the session) and his account bankroll is $4900
At the end of session 3 DanistheQueen profits $1000 meaning he is in $900 profit and his account bankroll is $5900
DanistheQueen cashes out $450 to his bank account and sends Patricio $450. The bankroll is thus set back at $5000
Different %s should be enforced depending on a few small time committel things such as
– Staker spends no time with horse, only acts as bankroll. Horse should demand somewhere better 95-70% of the profits
– Stake spends additional resources with the horse. Horse should receive somewhere between 40-50% of the profits.
I was speaking to my Mum on holiday last week about the business and she asked me a question every player who is staked should ask themselves:
"Why should I get staked?"
My view is that most people should not be staked. Most of the reasons for getting staked are pretty absurd and usually end up in "lol aren't you a professional poker player?"
"I have really bad mental problems" my answer.. "lol aren't you a professional poker player?" … if your ev/year is $100,000 in a good mental state then it means you're suggesting that your "mental problems" cost you $50,000/year. This is not only unlikely, but a terrible reason to be staked. If you spend 1 hour/day every day of the year that you play poker you would undoubtedly already be "giving away" less than $50,000.
"I want to learn" my answer.. This is a good reason to be staked but the vast majority of people are staked by people who wouldn't be able to beat the game they are teaching. Most of this coaching ends up being either outdated or uneducated and if anything it can have a negative impact on your game, definitely not justifiable for giving away equity in YOUR BUSINESS.
"The guy staking me is a complete boss, I can learn so much from him" … This is in general the biggest myth. 1) Most people who are staking in online MTT's don't win in online MTT's or the people you will be learning from will be players who won't benefit your game nearly as much as they should for the sacrifice you're giving (50-60% of your business). The second thing is if you are getting staked by a one man hero such as lets say Phil Ivey or Jason Mercier or anybody else travelling a lot is that they simply won't have time, energy and likely attention for you. If they are playing $50,000 high rollers will they really want to sit and go through an $11 hand history with you? How frustrating will it be for you when they are travelling all around the world playing poker and struggling to see or reply to your Skype messages? Never mind the fact they will be in different timezones to you all of the time too.
"I don't have any money to play" I'll refrain from "lol aren't you a professional poker player?" but it is an issue. But I guess this is the first legitimate reason. You have no other option than to get staked because of finance reasons.
Sorry Mum, I'll answer the question, you know I like to go off at unnecessary tangents. "Why should somebody get staked?" I think I can answer this pretty well. Somebody should get staked if the immediate or future ev will make up for the initial loss in earnings. If you're really going to learn from the best players in the world and receive information that will help you for years and increase the EV of every year of your poker future then that is a really good thing and if… Hey Sherlock, you can see where I'm going here can't you? Ok, who is bitB, what do we do and why should we be the guys you come to to be staked?
I founded bitB Staking (best in the business Staking) in 2014, starting by myself and a few guys and then adding partners Elmerixx, European and omyg0t in January 2015. Our reasoning behind going into staking was that we had accumulated over $4m in profit and $15m in cashes in these games and believed we knew how to beat them very well and as we were very good friends we would be able to have fun whilst hopefully making a bunch of money.
Fast forward to August 2016, we are a much bigger company, have a CEO and 14 freelance coaches.
People always initially join our company because we undoubtedly offer the best MTT coaching in the world. You can be staked and coached by dozens of stables, so choosing the stable that will make you the best player you can be is a no brainer. However the reason that people stay is because of the community we have created. By having 18 active coaches and 60 very hungry, intelligent and driven poker players we have a likeminded community that speaks about poker, food, diet, politics and every day to day stuff. That is something a lot of poker players don't have. They may be naturally very good at poker, but I think its understood in the poker world that who you speak poker with is one of if not the biggest influence on your progression as a player. In our application process we have turned down over 40 people with $500k+ lifetime profit that would no doubt make us 5 figures profit a year, but to us personality, age, and desire is really important as we want the community to be as big, as happy, as successful and thus as active as possible. To enhance the community aspect we take our players on four "holidays" a year. This year we have just had a great meet up in Budapest and this month 30 of our hungriest Honeybadgers will be in Barcelona for 10 days developing friendships between each other, socialising with the coaches and hopefully winning some money at the biggest European Poker Tour live stop of the year.
Previously we only wanted "sickos" in the stable, but since understanding what makes a "sicko" we have identified the common traits we look for and introduced "development stables" these stables are ran by our top players from the "main stable". We try and identify 6-10 players for each development stable that will play between $15-$25 average buy in. They will have very intense coaching with up to 36 hours of accessible coaching every month and have 2 mentors directly from the top of the main stable working 1on1 with them with the goal of improving them to the point of being able to move up to the main stable and get 1on1 coaching from the "main coaches" in the stable. It allows us to bring players from different game types such as HU SNG's, Zoom Cash games and Spin & Go's, and nurture them a little bit.
So once these players move up who can they be coaches by (of course we have a direct route straight to the main stable for players with the right ability)
Here is a list of the main stable coaches working every month at bitB Staking. You can find out more information about them all individually on our "coaches" page.
We also work with Jared Tendler, Elliot Roe and James Whittet every month regarding the mental game, including but not restricted to motivation, dealing with variance, managing your time and setting future goals.
Our players are crushing at higher win rates than we've ever seen before, every players statistics and approach to poker has improved since being with us and we aren't afraid to tell you the truth. The fact is in poker that everybody thinks they are a better poker player than they are. Me, Elmerixx, my Mum, you, Phil Ivey… it's a natural thing in poker, we blame variance too much and we over estimate our edge. Working with some of the smartest minds outside of poker we have created an amazing tool to show us exactly what games players should be playing. We take into account the ability of the game, over 60 statistics from PokerTracker and detailed analysis from different previous results as well as confidence ratings and seasonality (when everybody is playing WCOOP games are generally up to five times as tough as during Summer when everybody is gallivanting around Vegas)
We are forever expanding our stable to allow us to have the resources to take on more and more players. We believe that we are by far the best community in the world to learn tournament poker. We want to invest our time in you, bring you to places around the world and create meaningful lasting relationships, both with the other stakees but with us aswell. To me that is the most important thing, sure the money is fantastic but I've genuinely created real friendships with players that I've met because of bitB Staking.
If you are staked by another company I want you to ask yourself why am I staked by them and not by bitB Staking? If its because you think I'm a fucking tool, don't worry, you can request the other guys coach you instead, you can even mute me from the communication tool we've developed! If its because you think Romeopro is the worst and you can learn from him (obv nobody would think this don't worry Roman <3 ) then don't worry, you will have minimum 18 hours content from other top players and access to hundreds of hours of other content from previous months including content from Fedor Holz in our video library. Join now! Send us an email to email@example.com and we will get back to you in the next 72 hours.


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If you visit the sleepy, Pacific-coast resort area of Huatulco, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, chances are good you'll be tempted to spend most of your time lounging on one of its 30-plus beaches. Situated along nine distinct and scenic bays, Huatulco features vast stretches of welcoming golden sand, but it also offers plenty of reasons to venture off the beach and explore. From ancient archaeological sites and tropical jungle paths to charming towns and great watersports, this area at the base of the Sierra Madre Mountains is the perfect destination for a mini-escape.
Day One
Morning Hydrate with a fresh juice from a local vendor at the Santa Cruz Marina in the town of Santa Cruz, where coconuts from the morning's harvest are cut to order. Next, climb aboard a boat with Amstar DMC Tours for the half-day "Sea and Sun Diosa" excursion that explores Huatulco's bays and the Parque Nacional Huatulco, which protects the area's 119 square kilometres of land, sea and shoreline. Your first stop will be Bahía Chachacual (or Chachacual Bay), a quiet spot perfect for snorkelling. Further down the coast, at Bahía Cacaluta, you'll have the chance to explore that bay's secluded beach, which is featured in the celebrated movie Y Tu Mamá También.
Afternoon For your midday meal, your Amstar DMC tour will bring you to Playa Maguey on Bahía Maguey for made-to-order guacamole, a lime margarita and fresh seafood. Post-lunch, you can nap on the lounge chairs on the beach or learn to stand-up paddleboard in the calm waters. Your tour boat will return mid-afternoon to bring you back to Santa Cruz, with the captain pointing out the cara de piedra, Huatulco's famous rock face, along the way.
Evening Head to Huatulco's "downtown" area of La Crucecita. Located just off the main square is El Sabor de Oaxaca, where you can try mole, a slow-cooked, spicy sauce that's considered a Oaxacan delicacy. Other tasty menu items to try: avocado salad, stuffed chilis and made-to-order sangria. For a sweet finish, order the popular coconut ice cream at nearby Terra-Cotta Restaurante & Café.
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Morning Start with a stroll through La Crucecita's zócalo (plaza), where you can browse the locally made products sold by shopkeepers and outdoor vendors. Two Saturdays each month, the Mercado Orgánico de Huatulco joins the regular vendors here, offering up a wide range of organic produce, as well as edible souvenirs like honey, jam and hot sauce. After browsing the plaza, pay a visit to La Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, which features one of the world's largest paintings of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Afternoon Drive an hour southwest from La Crucecita to the village of Mazunte, known for its protected turtle population (which includes hawksbill, green and leatherback turtles). Visit the Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga, a turtle-research centre and aquarium that offers fascinating daily tours, to learn about the gentle sea creatures. Next, take a 10-minute walk to the Cosméticos Naturales de Mazunte for a selection of sustainable beauty products made from locally sourced ingredients such as aloe vera, coconut, lime and seaweed.
Evening Head to Tangolunda, east of La Crucecita, for dinner at the open-air Don Porfirio restaurant. Try the shrimp mezcal, a grilled seafood dish that includes vegetables, rice and chayote (a Mexican gourd) in a butter garlic sauce. For a nightcap, take a taxi into La Crucecita to El Tonel Mezcal & Bar to sample from its long list of handcrafted mezcals.
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Morning Spend your morning at Camino Real Zaashila Huatulco resort on Playa Tangolunda, which offers day passes to non-guests who'd like to experience the calm waters of this particularly spacious beach. Each pass also includes access to resort amenities including three pools, beach loungers and palapas.
Afternoon Walk 15 minutes from the resort to Tangolunda's plaza, rent a scooter or bicycle from Aventura Mundo, then take a scenic ride west to Bocana del Rio Copalita. Dating back 2,500 years, this archaeological site features stunning temples and ruins. Take a guided tour to learn more about the region's rich history.
Evening Take the Paradise Sunset Cruise, departing from Santa Cruz's marina. The tour heads south along the coast to Bahía Tangolunda, where you'll get a dramatic view of the Sierra Madre Mountains while watching the sun sink into the Pacific Ocean. After the sun sets, you and your fellow tour members will enjoy a leisurely lobster dinner at a beachfront restaurant—the perfect way to cap off your trip.
Getting There: WestJet flies to Huatulco four times a week from Calgary and Toronto.
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Seven alumni received Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards from the Harvard College Office of Admissions and Financial Aid on October 2 for their volunteer work: recruiting and interviewing prospective undergraduates.
William L. ("Ike") Eisenhart '74, of Seattle, has co-chaired the Harvard Club of Seattle's schools and scholarships committee since 2002, following several years of interviewing candidates.
Tanya Ryk Friedman '94, of New York City, is a vice president of the Harvard Club of New York City. A recent past president of the Harvard Club of New York Foundation, she has also served as the club's schools and scholarships committee co-chair.
Anita Warren Fritze '64, of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, has interviewed students for more than 25 years for the Harvard Club of Boston.
Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi, Ed.D. '81, of Los Angeles, is executive vice president of the Harvard Club of Southern California. She also recently served as the interim vice president for the schools and scholarships committee.
Meg Streeter Lauck '79, of Sugar Land, Texas, was the interview coordinator for the Harvard University Club of Houston from 2009 to 2014.
Garrett Scott Olmsted '68, Ph.D. '76, of Tazewell, Virginia, is a long-time admissions interviewer, most recently in western Virginia.
David F. Pinto '82, Ext '88, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, was an alumni interviewer for several years and has chaired the Harvard Club of Western Massachusetts's schools and scholarships committee since 2005.


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The New York election drew the expected results: Bill de Blasio will remain the city's mayor for the next four years. The incumbent promised that he will continue to defend the progressive agenda and the protection of immigrants that he has been promoting during his first term.
At the voting site on 50th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, less than half of the people who were registered to vote showed up to cast a ballot.
"I think the rain kept people away, because there is almost no one inside," said Colombian-born Edelmira Quintero after voting, admittedly for the current mayor. "I want him to win because he has done a good job, not just regarding education, but regarding security and supporting immigrants."
Similarly, Zoraida Santos, from the Dominican Republic, who requested permission at her job as a cook in a Manhattan restaurant to go vote, said that she voted for the current local leader, adding that her vote was not only meant to help him get re-elected but also to protest the Trump administration.
"De Blasio and New York City council members have been brave enough to scream in crazy Trump's face and tell him that this city will not allow his offenses and abuses, and they have done so by taking action. That is worth applauding," said Santos as she took shelter from the rain.
"Now we will breathe easy"
[Below are excerpts from another Edwin Martínez story.]
Democrat Phil Murphy's promise to turn New Jersey into a sanctuary state, promote a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour and invest more in higher education bore fruit as he won the election on Tuesday and became the new governor of the Garden State.
The Democrat's victory effectively puts an end to the Republican regime that had ruled New Jersey for the last eight years. Activists and immigrants did not hide their excitement about the new political path on which the Big Apple's neighbors are about to embark.
"Things happened the way they were meant to happen. This state was in need of a new direction," said Peruvian-born Juan Costa, a resident of Union City, New Jersey. "Murphy's victory is also a defeat for Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric."
Edison Hernández, from Make the Road New Jersey, pointed out that the Democratic candidate's triumph opens the door for hope for the immigrant community.
"Murphy promised that he would raise the minimum wage to $15, issue driver's licenses and protect Dreamers," said Hernández, from Uruguay.
Waitress Rosa Aguirre shared this sentiment. Even though she was unable to vote due to her immigration status, she agrees that the state's change of course will translate into more protections for immigrants.
"The way things are right now with Gov. Christie, you feel scared all the time because he is a friend of Trump's. Now we will be able to breathe easy," she said.
A new Hispanic speaker?
[Below are excerpts from a Queens Latino story on just re-elected Council member Ydanis Rodríguez]
Ydanis Rodríguez, council member for District 10, asked the Latino community for their support to help him become the leader of that political body for the next four years.
During a tour of some areas in his district, in which he thanked supporters for voting for him to remain their council member for a new term, (…) Rodríguez highlighted the importance of allowing the work initiated by the current City Council speaker [Melissa Mark-Viverito] to be continued by another Hispanic politician.
"Because a Hispanic politician knows the needs of this community well and will offer solutions that benefit this group," said the council member.
Rodríguez has repeatedly pointed out the need for Hispanics to occupy more political and public positions.
"Because it is not right that, in this city, where 30 percent of the population is Hispanic, only 14 percent of all public seats are occupied by members of this ethnic group. (…)"


text: Since 2011, during several key moments in the uprising, Depoorter travelled to Egypt regularly. Trying to find trust in times of turmoil and suspicion, where private life is often shielded. She asked people she met by chance if she could spend the night at their homes. Women, their husbands and children shared their daily life, their food and even their bed with her. This engagement is truly important to Depoorter. Nevertheless, the consciousness of her status as an outsider, both culturally and as a photographer started to grow. She went back with a dummy of the new book to open a dialogue with more Egyptians from all ages, opinions and religions to give them a voice in her book. A fascinating conversation arose.


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CFP gets slim for summer!
26 May 2015
We are pleased to announce an update to the Call for Participants platform. With this version, our goal was to re-think the user experience of the site and make it easier than ever for potential participants to use the service. There is a large number of adjustments to the site throughout and we cant wait for you to experience all of them, but for now, we would like to introduce you to a few key changes.
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Response to UCS piece 'Science, Dogma and Mark Lynas'
This piece confirms my long-held opinion that the Union of Concerned Scientists is in dire need of a name change. I hold the UCS responsible for a significant proportion of modern-day global warming, thanks to its fiercely-held anti-nuclear ideology, which it has promoted via a dramatically unscientific campaign of fear for the last three decades, and which helped turn the US and other countries back towards coal dependency from the 1970s onwards.
Any scientists working for the UCS leave their credentials at the door. It is one of the most ideological of all the green groups, and the fact that the author of this piece takes issue with none other than the AAAS over the safety and efficacy of GMOs shows that it has no respect for scientific consensus in areas where real scientists conflict with its biases. The rest of the piece consists of personal attacks on me and a highly-skewed and selective scattering of references of the sort that any 'climate denier' would be proud of.
The fact that UCS moans about Andy Revkin and the media in general shows that they know they are losing the argument in wider society. They have given up arguing that GMOs are dangerous and scary, and instead nit-pick a couple of minor issues with my speech. They also insist that GM is unnecessary because conventional breeding is perfectly adequate, which betrays a complete disconnection with the scientific field of plant breeding and is a bit like saying that we don't need forks because spoons are good enough for the job.
As I have said elsewhere, I feel strongly that NGOs like UCS taking anti-scientific positions on issues like nuclear and GMOs seriously undermines the credibility of their advocacy work on other environmental issues like climate change, where they do agree with the mainstream scientific position. They thereby undermine the wider effort against climate change in general, and probably serve to harm the environment overall. It is time for the UCS to confront the glaring inconsistency between supporting science in one area and opposing it in another.
I look forward to their opening up an honest and self-critical debate on this, rather than attacking others like myself who challenge green orthodoxy where it likely harms society and the environment.


text: Rebecca Rusch, yes, the Queen of Pain herself will be in Emporia, KS to give a speech and sign copies of her new book. Rebecca will be at the Emporia Arts Council from 7-8pm on Thursday, March 26th. This is FREE and OPEN to the public. You can buy a copy of Rebecca's book, Rusch to Glory, now at Town Crier or at the Arts Council on the 26th. You will not want to miss this golden opportunity to hear Rebecca speak and ask any questions that you may have!


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This week's Lenten reflection is the next part in the video series by Chris Stefanick. Click the video below to watch.
"Jesus continues the "shock factor" this Third Sunday of Lent in John 2:13-25. I wonder what it was like to see him overturn the tables in the temple, and then shout out words that no one understood, "destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." He was referring to the temple of his body. They "got it" on Easter Sunday.
You're a temple too, you know. St. Paul reminds us of that: "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own."
You receive the Eucharist. You are a tabernacle. You're sacred. God doesn't hate our sins because he finds us disgusting. He hates our sin because it's not worthy of us.
I'll never forget when my son, Ethan, was first learning about modesty as a little boy. He saw a billboard of a half-clothed woman, looked up at me, and said "that's gross, right Dad?" "No, Ethan." I said. "That's not gross. That's too sacred and too beautiful to be thrown on a billboard."
This way of looking at our own sin is revolutionary: it should change us.
It brings us from a self-loathing to striving for fulfillment. From a negative guilt that tears us down to a positive repentance that builds us up. From seeing God as a condemning boss to a supportive father.
If you're doing Lent as you should, you've been reflecting on ways you need to change to follow Jesus. Take a few minutes to examine your conscience this week, not with an eye toward your weaknesses, faults, and failings, but in light of the beauty and sacredness God sees in you.
You're his temple, you know. And he's passionate about cleansing you, because he loves you.
And with that great love in mind…don't be afraid to run to him in the sacrament of confession. Confessions are offered at most parishes weekly, and at other special times at Penance Services throughout the Lenten season. (If you haven't been for a while, don't worry. It's simple. The priest will guide you through it.)
Lent. It's what Jesus does.
Let's do it with him."


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Edge Studio sent out a great email the other day with 10 important business practices. I haev to admit, I KNOW about all 10 of these things, but find that one or more get bumped down the To Do list depending on work and play load. This is the complete email I received.
You might consider getting on their email list – you will be notified of their free tele-seminars and get other good free information such as this. Was looking for a link where you could sign up for the email, but couldn't easily find it – so here is the web address: http://www.edgestudio.com/careerbuilding.htm
It's very easy to become complacent once you have clients coming in. You forget what it took to get there. You're up to speed, even accelerating, so you stop working your gears. BUT EVENTUALLY you start losing ground to competitors.
There's an old saying among our ad agency clients: Just because the train is rolling, don't disconnect the engine.
Suppose you narrate an educational video for a particular client every week. But then suddenly they stop calling you. What happened? The client went with one of your competitors, because they offered to deliver the recording to the client using the latest technology. Unfortunately, you never mentioned to your clients that you provide this technology, so they assumed you couldn't.
Test the waters. Feel the air. Know where you are. Learn where your competitors are. And stay in the lead.
Consider a big, profitable hamburger chain — even with millions of customers coming in every day, they're still testing new products, trying to make things better, working to improve pricing, methods, variety, quality, presentation, decor, service, signage, advertising, even make their logo better.
As a small business owner, you should do the same.
Work the gears continually. Once you get set in your ways, a new generation of voice talent will be grabbing at your clients.
As a small business owner, it is too easy to change course in a minute.
Suppose you suddenly think of a new slogan, "Words That Speak Out!" Overnight, you begin a major promotion, you add the slogan to your emails. You put it on your website. Great. You turned on a dime. BUT YOU DID all of this without testing.
You didn't think your new slogan through. It turns out, now people are mistaking you for a copywriter, a poet, calligrapher, sign maker, ad agency, or marketing company. Worse, now you have to correct those mistaken impressions.
The big folks find it worthwhile to spend millions of dollars for testing. Shouldn't you spend at least a few days of thought and asking around?
Big companies assess everything they do. And by the time they run focus groups, market tests, statistical analyses, etc., even a small change can take 6 months to implement. The stakes are too high for them to risk everything on an untested whim.
But you can do this in a day or two!
Where your income and image are concerned, how high are the stakes to you?
Think it through.
You never find out why some customers keep hiring you, and why some stop!
Over the years, Edge Studio has cast more than 16,000 voice jobs, and of those, the number of people who have asked me how they did, I can count on my hands.
Take, for example, the plumber I recently hired. At the end of the job, he asked "How'd I do?" and gave me reason to think he would use that information to improve his performance and grow his business. That guy definitely gained my respect.
Run a survey, but do it correctly: The right way is to determine what kind of information you want, then design the survey to generate that kind of data.
For example, don't ask "Did you like my service?" Rather than embarrass themselves by telling you truly, people will just ignore the survey or give a useless polite answer — and then won't hire you again. Instead, ask a specific question such as, "What is the one thing I could do differently that you would appreciate?"
A set of testimonials goes a very, very long way: It builds your prospects' confidence. Testimonials say things that may be awkward to say about yourself. And when your prospective client is still in the tire-kicking stage, testimonials speak on your behalf without costing anyone extra time.
Use testimonials on your website, in your mailings, wherever space affords. And even if you don't have a website or some other way to use testimonials now, eventually you will. Then you'll be glad you thought ahead.
As powerful as a testimonial is, a reference is even stronger. Just reserve them for prospects who are otherwise "ready to buy," so the people giving you references won't be overburdened. Whenever possible, forewarn your reference as to who will be contacting them and why, including any particular area of concern.
It's the easiest and fastest way to get the most work with virtually no marketing effort. Do it at the time of invoicing, assuming the job went well.
Be courteous, be prompt, send a thank-you after your session, dress appropriately, do everything that signals you're a pro.
When asked what you do, don't say, "I'm a voice-over artist," because most people don't know what that means, and the few that do will probably think it means commercials. Instead say, "I help businesses sound better, by providing them with wonderful sound tracks for their voice mail and training videos so they sound more professional." Tailor this "elevator pitch" precisely to your special strengths.
Always keep in mind what a potential client has to go through prior to hiring you. They have to research you and your competitors. They need reason to trust you. And they need to see value in the services you provide. They'll probably want to speak with others who have used you.
To you, the prospect may seem overly cautious, but they have good reason for doing so. And if they haven't done enough homework, covering these bases with them may produce a stronger relationship in the end.
Like most small businesses, the vast majority of voice over talent overlook this. They focus only on their voice, and forget to focus also on their business.
Make it official. The couple hours it takes to write a simple business plan will make a big difference in obtaining the kind of work you want, the money you want, even the lifestyle you want. For example, do you prefer to work form home, or to work from audition houses? Designing your business helps design your life.
Revisit your business plan every 3 months, read it and revise as necessary, even if things are going great.


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Three Is a Lucky Number
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DescriptionAri is much more than she appears, you know. She was once one of the most powerful archmagi on Azeroth and a member of the Council of Tirisfal. Unfortunately her mind was badly damaged and she has not left the Hall of the Guardian since. She must like you very much to have given you a gift. If you bring her something special in return, I suspect she will surprise you. She prefers things in threes.
Have you found anything special for Ari yet?
These are wonderful! I couldn't keep them for myself, of course. But... Can you hear the bees humming in the honey brew? They sing so sweetly... Oh! What a lovely idea! Thank you, little friends.
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Festival of Lights schedule
Festival of Lights schedule
Jingle, "Junque" sale and Luncheon: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the York Senior Center. Lunch served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Polar Express: sold out Festival of Fostering Trees: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Foster's Clam Bake. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Holiday Story Hour & Book sale: 10:30 a.m. at the York Public Library. Book sale hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Breakfast with Santa: 8 to 10 a.m. at Lobster Cove Restaurant. Light complimentary breakfast with Santa. Regular menu also available. Music Boosters Annual Poinsettia Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at York High School. Plants are 6 inches and cost $9. Greens and Wreath Sale: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at First Parish Church Hall. Jingle, "Junque" sale and Luncheon: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the York Senior Center. Lunch served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Festival of Lights Holiday Crafts Fair: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Village Elementary School, includes kids-only shopping area, Candy Cane caf� and 30-plus local vendors. Festival of Gingerbread House: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the York Public Library. Winners announced at 11 a.m.; houses on display until Dec. 19. Here Comes Santa Claus: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the York Public Library. Bring your camera for a photo with Santa. Scavenger Hunt: 12 to 6 p.m. at various York Village businesses. Pick up your passports throughout town for a chance to win a Kindle Fire. Paint with Santa: 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the York Middle School cafeteria. Paint your own Firefly Pottery ornament for $3. George Marshall Store Gallery: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Invited New England artists share their views and impressions in "Winter Expectations." Robin Cody presents "Mirror Image," a selection of recent paintings. A Christmas Tea: 12 to 4 p.m. at Jefferds Tavern. Menu includes fresh-baked scones with clotted cream and jam, homemade sweets and teas. $10 for adults, $5 for children 5-14, and free for those under 5. Holiday Film Festival & Book sale: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the York Public Library. Carnival of Cartoons plus book sale. Happy Holidays: From 4 to 4:30 p.m. at the Old Methodist Church in York Village, the Crystal Tones will lead a sing-a-long. Lighting of the Village: 4:30 p.m. at the village square. Festival of Lights Parade: 4:30 p.m. from Foster's Clam Bake through the village square and ending at Village Elementary School. The Greater York Chamber of Commerce 2013 Citizens of the Year, the "Pink Pals," will serve as grand marshals of the parade. Visit with Santa: At 5 p.m. at Remick Barn, meet Santa following the parade. Cookies and cocoa served. First Parish Church: Sing-a-long with Crystal Tones in between the following performances:
— 5:30 to 6 p.m.: York Strings, grade 2-4 violinists
— 6-6:30 p.m.: York Middle School jazz band
— 6:30-7 p.m.: York High School Chamber Singers
"A Christmas Carol": 7:30 p.m. at York High School. $5; children under 5 are free.
American Doll Tea Party: 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the York Harbor Inn. Must pre-register by calling 363-1040. "A Christmas Carol": 2 p.m. at York High School. $5; children under 5 are free.
— Festival of Lights is sponsored by York Parks and Recreation and the Festival of Lights Committee
Festival of Art Student Showcase: Artwork from the York students in grades K-12 will be held at the York Art Association on Route 1A in York Harbor. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. Music by York Strings at 6:30 p.m. Showcase will continue Dec. 5-8.
HOLIDAY BAZAAR: The Center for Wildlife's Annual Holiday Bazaar will run from 12 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 30-Dec. 22. The raptor enclosure becomes the entryway into a magical shop in the woods, where visitors are welcomed for hot cocoa and cookies while they shop for local crafts, artwork, Center for Wildlife merchandise, and more. Peruse small gifts, stocking stuffers, and unique, nature-inspired items such as beautiful crocheted owl ornaments, cranberry conserves and pear preserves, nesting balls, beaver carved walking sticks, wildlife watercolor notecards, and much more. Guests may also tour the center and meet the staff, board, and wild animal ambassadors. All proceeds support the center's work healing injured wildlife and spreading awareness and stewardship. Free admission.
The Winter Gateway Farmers' Market at the American Legion will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every other Saturday, including Dec. 7 and 21, Jan. 4 and 18, Feb. 1 & 15, March 1, 15 and 29. There will be 25-29 vendors each Saturday, many back from last winter's market and several of regular summer food and craft vendors are also attending. Just like the summer market, this event is always free to attend. The goal of this market is to support local farmers, food-producers, artists and artisans, while offering a one-stop shopping experience for customers. The select crafters at this market offer locally-made, unique gifts for you or someone special (especially during the holiday season)!
"Wild Winter at the CFW: How Wildlife Prepares for Winter and Craft Hour"
Sunday, December 8, 2013 |10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: Mount Agamenticus Learning Lodge, Mountain Road, Cape Neddick, ME
While we are buttoning up our homes and pulling our winter clothes out of the closet, our local wildlife are preparing for the cold months as well. Join CFW educators and non-releasable wild animal ambassadors in the Mount A Learning Lodge to learn what our wild friends do to prepare for the cold and tips on how to help them make it through the winter.
Following the program we invite you to join us for craft hour! There will be a couple of craft options available for you to make and take home, donate as merchandise to sell at our holiday bazaar, or donate as an enrichment toy for our ambassadors-feel free to bring your own crafting tools and supplies!
This event has a $7 suggested donation per person and is open to everyone ages 10+. Reservations are required for the event and space is limited, so please email Emily at firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your spot today!
Saturday, December 7, 11 am - 2 pm
York Pond & Rocky Hills Hike
Old Punkintown Road, South Berwick
Explore our Rocky Hills property of which 100 acres have been recently harvested for good forest management. We will then connect with historic Punkintown Road and follow it through Eliot's Town Forest to York and Bartlett Milll ponds. Jack Kareckas will lead. The Land Trust has been working in the York Pond region for over 20 years, and with the holdings of Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, the Nature Conservancy, and Eliot's Town Forest, over 500 acres have been protected. Reservations required.
December 14
Whisky Tasting
Raise a glass at our annual Whisky Tasting. Join our whisky connoisseur to learn about the differences in a variety of single malt Scotch whiskies and enjoy accompaniments in the Tavern decorated for the holiday season. Reservation required. FYI e-mail email@example.com. At Jefferds Tavern, 3 Lindsay Road, York.
Maine songwriter and stringed-instrument virtuoso Harvey Reid & singer/fiddler/songwriter Joyce Andersen will appear in two Seacoast area holiday concerts this December. The first concert will be held at the First Parish Church in Dover, N.H., at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20. Visit www.seacoastguitar.org for details. Their sixth annual holiday concert is planned for 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Museums of Old York's Parsons Center. Tickets $15/$8 students. Call 363-1886 for tickets or information for all shows. Reid is a national acoustic guitar and autoharp champion who has released 28 highly-acclaimed recordings of acoustic music, and his best-selling CD is his Christmas album "The Heart of the Minstrel on Christmas Day." Andersen is a rising star in the acoustic music world who is working on her sixth solo CD.


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Artificial Hydroapatite
Hydroapatite is a naturally occurring mineral. It is a form of calcium apatite and makes up around 70% of the internal structure of human bones and teeth. Lightweight, strong, and flexible, it is an ideal material for supporting active limbs.
For the same reason, it is commonly used as a filler to replace amputated bone or as a coating to promote bone ingrowth into prosthetic implants. Prior to June 2009 it was never even considered as an implant itself, primarily because we had no idea how to make it in sufficient quantities and sizes.
Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics in Italy changed all that, when through careful experimentation, a team successfully managed to turn pieces of wood into artificial hydroapatite, keeping the shape of the original wood, and creating the same honeycomb structures throughout that normal bone possesses.
The material is created by heating the piece of wood to the point where organic material begins to decompose. By maintaining this temperature rather than burning the wood, everrything save the carbon template of the material falls away. This is then immersed in pure mixtures of calcium, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. The template reacts to form calcium carbonate. From there, the procedure to convert to calcium apatite is simple and well known.
However, current creation procedures have never been able to work with samples of the material precisely tuned for shape and size, so as to form the main fitting and structual support for a prosthetic limb.
Researcher Anna Tampieri stated when discussing the team's work. "Materials able to maintain adequate properties at extremely high temperatures and mechanical stress are highly sought after for use in several different applications, such as space vehicles. An intriguing possibility is that of simultaneously achieving high values of strength and toughness, for which ordinarily there is a trade-off. In addition, new materials with extreme physical properties, such as thermal expansion or piezoelectricity, can be obtained."
From wood to bone: multi-step process to convert wood hierarchical structures into biomimetic hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
Trees take on tissue engineering
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Ep. 19 – Mike Funt – A Fool's Idea the Podcast
On the podcast today, we sat down in the living room of one of our favorite local LA clowns, mister Mike Funt. We chat about stand-up comedy, touring, teaching, writing, creativity, theater, movies, Hollywood, the horrible act of hanging an elephant, and clowns!
"A Fool's Idea" – the Podcast, is an in depth look into the lives of some of the most amazing physical comedians, artists, performers, teachers and clowns around the world.
Please be sure to check out Mike's Twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/LitesnElefants
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blightproductions/id609236080
Also subscribe to our documentary series on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/blightproductions
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Check out the SMF Function DB!
looks good so far! but I am wondering : will I have the option to have my board/forums in a seperate directory?like this ..root/boardand within the board, is obviously, my SMF installation, and in root, would have my index and portal files? Is this possible?
I use a dynamic width theme. It looks like ezPortal only supports fixed width themes at this point?
Hi vbgamer45,Sorry but there seems to be a problem with your mod, if you see this thread it may be more helpful to understand the problems I am having http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=170813.new;topicseen#new My site is here http://www.silicontronics.comThank you for any help, please let me know if there's anything I can do to assist, Dazza0101.
Can you try deleting those template files and see what happens.Then if you get unable to load templateThen copy the new files from the zip file to the themes folder.
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Our economy continues to trudge along. In a time when rates are already at historic lows, it's difficult to see outsized benefits from Operation Twist. Further fiscal stimulus is also unlikely with deficits at around 10% of GDP. During a time when the Fed is out of bullets and Congress unwilling to enact other economic boosting measures, it's hard to see where the domestic economic recovery would come from. Unemployment has stayed at 9.1%, dampening chances of increases in housing prices. Corporations are holding off investments despite historically low borrowing costs because there are few worthwhile projects in the U.S. Some investors, including George Soros, are arguing that we're already in a recession.
As we work our way through the excess housing inventory, there could be a gradual recovery. But it's clear that through the pre-crisis excesses will take a long time to deleverage. But in the end, the global recovery will inevitably be tied to Europe. Despite the promises of European politicians, it's not clear that long term austerity will be beneficial to those living in Greece. As hedge funds poll the sentiment of German voters about further bailouts, where should the average investor put his or her money?
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LONDON (Reuters) - London's housing market may be cooling, but not when it comes to 10-bedroom mansions with designer interiors, indoor swimming pools and private gardens in the capital's most sought-after neighborhoods.
Demand for these homes -- known as the "super-" or even "uber-prime" slice of the market and typically priced upwards of 20 million ($37 million) pounds -- is still far ahead of supply.
And, fuelled by oil and commodity prices which are adding to the wealth of emerging market millionaires, the appetite is showing no sign of slowing under the weight of the credit crunch that is crippling average homeowners, lenders and businesses.
Eliza Leigh, a partner at estate agent Knight Frank, said the company in early July launched a flat for Grosvenor, the firm which manages the Duke of Westminster's property estate.
"In the first 48 hours, we generated 18 viewings for a property with a 25 million pound guide price," she said.
"We achieved that by close of business on Tuesday, having launched at 9 a.m. on Monday, and that purchaser exchanged contracts by Friday."
Analysts expect UK house prices to tumble at least 20 percent from their peak as a decade-long boom turns to bust. The majority of agents say business has ground to a halt and even the so-called "prime" market -- roughly, homes between around one million and 10 million pounds -- has slowed as once spendthrift bankers and executives draw back.
But "super-prime" is blossoming, helped by London's enduring popularity and -- critically -- by a lack of properties at the very top end. There are few coveted addresses and even fewer families moving out.
According to estate agent Savills, the number of sales in the 5 million to 10 million pound bracket in the first six months of this year increased only nominally, compared with a 15-20 percent rise for 10 million to 20 million pound deals.
Above 20 million pounds, however, deals are up 200 percent and now represent more than 10 percent of the ultra high-end properties sold -- up from just 5 percent a year ago, when demand was concentrated at the lower end of the prime scale.
Purchases continue to make headlines -- in July, developer Marcus Cooper sold London's second biggest house -- a 25-bedroom mansion dwarfed only by Buckingham Palace -- to an undisclosed buyer for 50 million pounds, almost twice the price paid last year.
"There has been a dramatic change. What we are seeing is a very limited supply of houses and people who come into the market happy to spend 20, 50, 100 million pounds," said Jonathan Hewlett, Savills' director for top-end London sales.
"They find it mind-blowing that they can't find anything."
Demand for the lower end of the prime market has historically come from London's City, but that has slowed as both the economy and bankers' bonus expectations cool.
"I would buy a flat now if I had the cash. Everything depends on my bonus," said one London banker hoping to buy a property above the million-pound mark, who declined to be identified.
"Nobody knows what their bonus will be like or what will happen to their job. Some people do not expect any bonus and given that the previous bonuses were paid in shares, there is a reduction in spendable money all round."
Instead, the demand for top-end, lavish homes is almost exclusively foreign, agents say, citing Russian, but also Indian and Middle Eastern buyers. They report only a handful of British bidders, many of them families who have agreed to sell their super-homes in the face of attractive offers.
Besides being undeterred by slowing financial markets, buyers with commodity-driven fortunes are also untouched by a collapse in mortgage offers which has frozen out first-time buyers and curbed the spending power of average Britons seeking to upgrade.
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Without a widespread drop in global commodity prices -- which could deliver a blow to emerging economies still largely unscathed by the crunch -- developers and agents say there is little sign of a slowdown for the super-prime.
And critically, even with the economy on the verge of recession, the situation is different from that seen during the 1990s, thanks to an explosion of wealth that Hewlett compared to the Edwardian era of Rockefeller-like mansions.
"Nothing is totally recession-proof, but that end of the market is reasonably immune, simply because we have never had this explosion of global personal wealth before," said Neil Chegwidden, head of residential research at Jones Lang LaSalle.
"It has been in certain sectors, in certain regions -- but it is unprecedented."
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We have seen a quantum jump in extreme weather events in the Northern Hemisphere in the last several years. Droughts, deluges, and heat waves are increasingly getting "stuck" or "blocked," which in turn worsens and prolongs their impact beyond what might be expected just from the recent human-caused increase in global temperatures.
A growing body of research ties that unexpected jump to a weakening of the jet stream — in particular to "more frequent high-amplitude (wavy) jet-stream configurations that favor persistent weather patterns," as a new study puts it.
Much of this new research ties the weakening jet stream to "Arctic amplification (AA) — defined here as the enhanced sensitivity of Arctic temperature change relative to mid-latitude regions," in the words of the new study, "Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming" by Jennifer Francis and Stephen Vavrus. But that is no by no means a universally accepted explanation. I'll review some of the evidence in this post.
Reinsurer Munich Re has the most comprehensive database of global natural catastrophes Their 2010 analysis, "Large number of weather extremes as strong indication of climate change," concluded "it would seem that the only plausible explanation for the rise in weather-related catastrophes is climate change. The view that weather extremes are more frequent and intense due to global warming coincides with the current state of scientific knowledge." For instance, a 2010 Journal of Climate study that found "global warming is the main cause of a significant intensification in the North Atlantic Subtropical High (NASH) that in recent decades has more than doubled the frequency of abnormally wet or dry summer weather in the southeastern United States."
In 2011, Dr. Peter Höppe, Head of the Geo Risks Research Department at Munich Re explained what had persuaded him of the causal link:
For me the most convincing piece of evidence that global warming has been contributing already to more and more intense weather related natural catastrophes is the fact that while we find a steep increase in the number of loss relevant weather events (about tripling in the last 30 years) we only find a slight increase in geophysical (earthquake, volcano, tsunami) events, which should not be affected by global warming. If the whole trend we find in weather related disaster should be caused by reporting bias, or socio-demographic or economic developments we would expect to find it similarly for the geophysical events.
And that was before two years of off-the-charts extreme weather catastrophes, particularly in North America (in 2011, the head of NOAA said the record dozen billion-dollar weather disasters was "a harbinger of things to come."
Then, in an October 2012 study, Munich Re linked the rapid rise in North American extreme weather catastrophes to manmade climate change: "Climate-driven changes are already evident over the last few decades for severe thunderstorms, for heavy precipitation and flash flooding, for hurricane activity, and for heatwave, drought and wild-fire dynamics in parts of North America."
At the same time non-climatic events (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis) have hardly changed, as the figure shows. Höppe said at the time: "In all likelihood, we have to regard this finding as an initial climate-change footprint in our US loss data from the last four decades. Previously, there had not been such a strong chain of evidence. If the first effects of climate change are already perceptible, all alerts and measures against it have become even more pressing."
That same month a study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "The recent shift in early summer Arctic atmospheric circulation" concluded global warming was driving changes in extreme weather in North America. As NOAA explained at the time:
"Our research reveals a change in the summer Arctic wind pattern over the past six years. This shift demonstrates a physical connection between reduced Arctic sea ice in the summer, loss of Greenland ice, and potentially, weather in North American and Europe," said [NOAA's James] Overland, an oceanographer who leads the laboratory's Coastal and Arctic Research Division.
The shift provides additional evidence that changes in the Arctic are not only directly because of global warming, as shown by warmer air and sea temperatures, but are also part of an "Arctic amplification" through which multiple Arctic-specific physical processes interact to accelerate temperature change, ice variability, and ecological impacts.
Arctic amplification is often explained this way: Warming melts highly reflective white ice and snow, which is replaced by the dark blue sea or dark land, both of which absorb far more sunlight and hence far more solar energy. But a key point, as NOAA indicates, is that it actually consists of multiple, synergistic effects, as I discussed here.
"Enhanced warming of the Arctic affects the jet stream by slowing its west-to-east winds and by promoting larger north-south meanders in the flow," as NOAA explained. "The researchers say that with more solar energy going into the Arctic Ocean because of lost ice, there is reason to expect more extreme weather events, such as heavy snowfall, heat waves, and flooding in North America and Europe but these will vary in location, intensity, and timescales."
Prof. Jennifer Francis of Rutgers — coauthor of the 2012 NOAA-led piece (and lead author of the new 2015 study) — said at the time, "What we're seeing is stark evidence that the gradual temperature increase is not the important story related to climate change; it's the rapid regional changes and increased frequency of extreme weather that global warming is causing. As the Arctic warms at twice the global rate, we expect an increased probability of extreme weather events across the temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere, where billions of people live."
Francis explained her findings in this 2013 video:
The path of the jet stream "typically has a meandering shape, and these meanders themselves propagate east, at lower speeds than that of the actual wind within the flow. Each large meander, or wave, within the jet stream is known as a Rossby wave."
That brings us to an August 2014 study from a team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). That study offered a specific mechanism for why we're seeing this quantum leap in extreme weather — some Rossby waves are stalling out for extended periods of time: "the study shows that in periods with extreme weather, some of these waves become virtually stalled and greatly amplified."
As the PIK explained at the time:
Weather extremes in the summer — such as the record heat wave in the United States that hit corn farmers and worsened wildfires in 2012 — have reached an exceptional number in the last ten years. Man-made global warming can explain a gradual increase in periods of severe heat, but the observed change in the magnitude and duration of some events is not so easily explained. It has been linked to a recently discovered mechanism: the trapping of giant waves in the atmosphere. A new data analysis now shows that such wave-trapping events are indeed on the rise.
For a longer discussion of the details of that mechanism, see here.
Not every study comes to the same conclusion as NOAA, PIK, and Francis (see, for instance, here). One 2014 study claims to "disconfirm the hypothesis that deep tropospheric warming in the Arctic during OND [October, November. December has resulted substantially from sea ice loss." But as Francis explained to me, the authors of that 2014 study "state that the first link in the 'chain' connecting rapid Arctic warming with a wavier jet stream, as proposed in our 2012 paper, is sea-ice loss — but in fact it is Arctic amplification (Arctic warming faster than mid-latitudes). While sea-ice loss is one of the factors contributing to Arctic amplification (AA), it is certainly not the most important factor — only 20% according to this study." Francis also points out "their modeled response to sea-ice loss is presented as time-averages, so any signal of jet-stream wave amplification will not be detected unless the ridge/trough system occurs in the same place every time, which it often does not."
Clearly the interactions between global warming and Northern Hemisphere weather are complex. We still have much more to learn about "Recent Arctic amplification and extreme mid-latitude weather," as made clear in a recent Nature Geoscience paper (with that title) written by several of the leading researchers in the field, including Francis.
But the evidence is mounting that we have entered a new regime of extreme weather thanks to our as-yet unrestricted emissions of greenhouse gas. The latest 2015 study, by Francis and Vavrus, concludes:
These results reinforce the hypothesis that a rapidly warming Arctic promotes amplified jet-stream trajectories, which are known to favor persistent weather patterns and a higher likelihood of extreme weather events. Based on these results, we conclude that further strengthening and expansion of AA in all seasons, as a result of unabated increases in greenhouse gas emissions, will contribute to an increasingly wavy character in the upper-level winds, and consequently, an increase in extreme weather events that arise from prolonged atmospheric conditions.


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Matt Damon is the greatest botanist on Mars in new 'Martian' trailer
Matt Damon is the sassiest astronaut on the Red Planet in this new trailer for The Martian.
The film stars Damon as Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut who must find a way to survive on the planet after being stranded there. Back on Earth, a team of scientists work on the impossible mission of bringing him back home. The jam-packed cast includes Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Donald Glover and more.
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The Martian will hit theaters on Oct. 2.
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