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Throughout the previous decades anti-nuclear protests in the United States have been a force to be reckoned with as well as a contributing factor in keeping the American public informed on the anti-nuclear movement in the United States. These included the well-known Clamshell Alliance protests at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant and the Abalone Alliance protests at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, where thousands of protesters were arrested. Other large protests followed the 1979 Three Mile Island accident.[1]
A large anti-nuclear demonstration was held on May 6, 1979, in Washington, D.C., when 125,000 people[2] including the Governor of California, attended a march and rally against nuclear power.[3] In New York City on September 23, 1979, almost 200,000 people attended a protest against nuclear power.[4] Anti-nuclear power protests preceded the shutdown of the Shoreham, Yankee Rowe, Millstone I, Rancho Seco, Maine Yankee, and about a dozen other nuclear power plants.[5]
On June 12, 1982, one million people demonstrated in New York City's Central Park against nuclear weapons and for an end to the cold war arms race. It was, and is, the largest anti-nuclear protest and the largest political demonstration in American history.[6][7] International Day of Nuclear Disarmament protests were held on June 20, 1983, at 50 sites across the United States.[8][9] In 1986, hundreds of people walked from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament.[10] There were many Nevada Desert Experience protests and peace camps at the Nevada Test Site during the 1980s and 1990s.[11][12]
On May 1, 2005, 40,000 anti-nuclear/anti-war protesters marched past the United Nations in New York, 60 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[13][14] This was the largest anti-nuclear rally in the U.S. for several decades.[15] In the 2000s there were protests about, and campaigns against, several new nuclear reactor proposals in the United States.[16][17][18] In 2013, four aging, uncompetitive, reactors were permanently closed: San Onofre 2 and 3 in California, Crystal River 3 in Florida, and Kewaunee in Wisconsin.[19][20] Vermont Yankee, in Vernon, closed in 2014, following many protests. Protesters in New York State are seeking to close Indian Point Energy Center, in Buchanan, 30 miles from New York City.[20]
The anti-nuclear movement in the United States have undertaken public protests and acts of civil disobedience which have included occupations of nuclear plant sites. Other salient strategies have included lobbying, petitioning government authorities, influencing public policy through referendum campaigns and involvement in elections. Anti-nuclear groups have also tried to influence policy implementation through litigation and by participating in licensing proceedings.[21]
Bodega Bay
Pacific Gas & Electric planned to build the first commercially viable nuclear power plant in the U.S. at Bodega Bay, a fishing village fifty miles north of San Francisco. The proposal was controversial and conflict with local citizens began in 1958.[22] In 1963 there was a large demonstration at the site of the proposed Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant.[23] The conflict ended in 1964, with the forced abandonment of plans for the power plant. Attempts to build a nuclear power plant in Malibu were similar to those at Bodega Bay and were also abandoned.[22]
Women Strike for Peace
On November 1, 1961, at the height of the Cold War, about 50,000 women brought together by Women Strike for Peace marched in 60 cities in the United States to demonstrate against nuclear weapons. It was the largest national women's peace protest of the 20th century.[24] About 1,500 women led by Dagmar Wilson gathered at the foot of the Washington Monument and President John F. Kennedy watched from a window at the White House. The protest helped "push the United States and the Soviet Union into signing a nuclear test-ban treaty two years later".[24][25]
Montague Nuclear Power Plant
On 22 February 1974, Washington's Birthday, organic farmer Sam Lovejoy took a crowbar to the weather-monitoring tower which had been erected at the Montague Nuclear Power Plant site. Lovejoy felled 349 feet of the 550 foot tower and then took himself to the local police station, where he presented a statement in which he took full responsibility for the action. Lovejoy's action galvanized local public opinion against the plant.[26][27] The Montague nuclear power plant proposal was canceled in 1980,[28] after $29 million had been spent on the project.[26]
Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant
Seabrook power plant was proposed as a twin-reactor plant in 1972, at an estimated cost of $973 million. When it finally won a commercial license in March 1990, it was a single reactor which cost $6.5 billion.[29] Over a period of thirteen years more than 4,000 citizens, many associated with the Clamshell Alliance anti-nuclear group, committed non-violent civil disobedience at Seabrook:[30]
- August 1, 1976: 200 residents rallied at the future Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant site in New Hampshire, and 18 were arrested for criminal trespass.[30]
- August 22, 1976: 188 activists from New England were arrested at the Seabrook site.[30][31]
- May 2, 1977: 1,414 protesters were arrested at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant.[5][32][33] The protesters who were arrested expected to be "released on their own recognizance", but this did not happen. Instead, they were charged with criminal trespass and asked to post bail ranging from $100 to $500. They refused and were then held in five national guard armories for 12 days. The Seabrook conflict, and role of New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, received much national media coverage.[34]
- May 13, 1977: 550 protestors were freed after being detained for thirteen days.[35]
- June 1978: some 12,000 people attended a protest at Seabrook.[5][33]
- May 25–27, 1980: Police use tear gas, riot sticks and dogs to drive 2,000 demonstrators away from the Seabrook site.[36]
- May 24, 1986: 74 anti-nuclear demonstrators were arrested in protests.[37][38]
- October 17, 1988: 84 people were arrested at the Seabrook plant.[39]
- June 5, 1989: hundreds of demonstrators protested against the plant's first low-power testing, and the police arrested 627 people for trespassing; two state legislators, one from Massachusetts and one from New Hampshire, protested.[30][40]
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
Seabrook's Clamshell Alliance inspired the formation of California's Abalone Alliance, a coalition that included sixty member groups by 1981. The Abalone Alliance staged blockades and occupations at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant site between 1977 and 1984.[41] Nearly two thousand people were arrested during a two-week blockade in 1981, exceeding Seabrook as the largest number arrested at an anti-nuclear protest in the United States.[41] Specific protests included:
- August 6, 1977: The Abalone Alliance held the first blockade at Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California, and 47 people were arrested.[42]
- August 1978: almost 500 people were arrested for protesting at Diablo Canyon.[42]
- April 8, 1979: 30,000 people marched in San Francisco to support shutting down the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.[43]
- June 30, 1979: about 40,000 people attended a protest rally at Diablo Canyon.[44]
- September 1981: close to 2,000 arrests were made during attempted occupation of Diablo Canyon.[42][45]
- May 1984: about 130 demonstrators showed up for start-up day at Diablo Canyon, and five were arrested.[46]
In April 2011, there was demonstration of 300 people at Avila Beach calling for the closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and a halt to its relicensing application process. The event, organized by San Luis Obispo-based anti-nuclear group Mothers for Peace, was in response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.[47]
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
There was opposition to the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from its inception, and this included non-violent protests organized by the Trojan Decommissioning Alliance. The Alliance organized the first major direct action protest at Trojan in August 1977, and a second round of protests took place that November. Scores of demonstrators were arrested, and in December 1977 a jury found 96 protesters not guilty of criminal trespass. There was another protest in August 1978, which led to about 280 arrests.[48] In the 1980s and early 1990s, Portland activist Lloyd Marbet and his group, Forelaws on Board, "became Trojan's leading opponents".[48]
Washington events, August 1985
The interfaith service for peace and nuclear disarmament, held on August 3 at the Washington National Cathedral, was attended by 5,000 people. Cathedral staff reported that it was the second-largest crowd ever hosted in the building.[49] Over 4,000 handmade cloth panels were on display during the service. Each pew was decorated by The Ribbon International group, and additional cloth ribbons were draped and tied in various locations around the building. Twenty bagpipers in Highland dress led a procession of 200 people carrying ribbons into the cathedral. The service also included dancing, meditation, and a performance by the Howard University Gospel Choir.[50][51] Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were in attendance both at the church service and during The Ribbon event the next day.
When all 27,000 individual cloth panels were joined together on August 4, it created a ribbon 18 miles (29 km) long.[52] Don Wilcox of The Craft Report described it as "the largest collaborative craft event in American history".[53] The Ribbon wrapped around the Pentagon building, through the Pentagon parking lot, down the footpaths alongside the Jefferson Davis Highway and Washington Boulevard, crossed the Potomac River into Washington, D.C., at the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and travelled into the National Mall area. The Ribbon then went past the Lincoln Memorial, along the south side of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, continuing east along the National Mall, and around the U.S.Capitol Building. It then turned west along the north side of the National Mall, went around the Ellipse by the White House, passed the Lincoln Memorial, crossed the Potomac River again and returned to the Pentagon. When the chain of panels was completed, hundreds of balloons were released near the Lincoln Memorial. The entire route was lined with people, and crowds gathered at the three designated speaking areas (the Pentagon, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Capitol). Singers, including Pete Seeger and Tom Chapin, rotated between the three stage areas, performing anti-war songs.[54][55]
Three Mile Island accident
Even before the Three Mile Island accident, the nuclear industry was facing considerable adverse public opinion. A "sizeable and tenacious opposition movement had caused significant delays" in the licensing and construction of new power plants in the United States. The TMI accident stimulated a rise in anti-nuclear sentiment.[56]
The American public were concerned about the release of radioactive gas from the Three Mile Island accident and many mass demonstrations opposing nuclear power took place across the country in the following months. The largest one was held in New York City in September 1979 and involved two hundred thousand people; speeches were given by Jane Fonda and Ralph Nader.[4][57][58] The New York rally was held in conjunction with a series of nightly "No Nukes" concerts given at Madison Square Garden from September 19 through 23 by Musicians United for Safe Energy.
In the previous May, an estimated 65,000 people, including the Governor of California, attended a march and rally against nuclear power in Washington, D.C.[3][43]
Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant
- June 2, 1979: about 500 people were arrested for protesting about construction of the Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant in Oklahoma.[33][59]
- February 1982: following years of legal action and protests, it was announced that the plant would not be built.[60][61]
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
- August 12, 1978: Forty protesters are arrested at the first anti-Shoreham demonstration.[62][63]
- June 3, 1979: following the Three Mile Island accident, some 15,000 people attended a rally organized by the Shad Alliance and about 600 were arrested at Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant in New York.[62][64][65]
- 1989: after many years of protests, the completed Shoreham plant was closed without generating any commercial electrical power.[64][66]
Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant
The Rocky Flats Plant was a United States nuclear weapons production facility near Denver, Colorado, that operated from 1952 to 1992. It was under the control of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) until 1977, when the AEC was replaced by the Department of Energy (DOE). Weapons production ended in 1989 after FBI agents raided the Rocky Flats plant. Operators of the plant later pleaded guilty to criminal violations of environmental law. The Plant was subject to many public protests:
- April 28, 1979: 15,000 people demonstrated against the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, making the link between nuclear power and nuclear weaponry.[67][68]
- October 15, 1983: Large demonstration at Rocky Flats.[69][70]
- August 10, 1987: 320 demonstrators were arrested after they tried to force a one-day shutdown of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant.[71]
- August, 1989: An estimated 3,500 people turned out for a demonstration at Rocky Flats.Organized by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.[70] *August 8, 1989: An estimated 2,500 people turned out for a simultaneous demonstration at the Denver, CO Capitol Rally to protest Rocky Flats. Organized and hosted by Environmental Information Network (EIN), Inc.
Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant
In 1979, Abalone Alliance members held a 38-day sit-in at Californian Governor Jerry Brown's office to protest continued operation of Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, which was a duplicate of the Three Mile Island facility.[72] In 1989, Sacramento voters voted to shut down the Rancho Seco power plant.[73]
Protest against the Arms Race
On June 12, 1982, one million people demonstrated in New York City's Central Park against nuclear weapons and for an end to the cold war arms race. It was the largest anti-nuclear protest and the largest political demonstration in American history.[6][7]
Seneca Women's Peace Camp
The Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice was located in Romulus, in Seneca County, New York, adjacent to the Seneca Army Depot. It took place mainly during the summer of 1983. Thousands of women came to participate and rally against nuclear weapons and the "patriarchal society" that created and used those weapons. The purpose of the Encampment was to stop the scheduled deployment of Cruise and Pershing II missiles before their suspected shipment from the Seneca Army Depot to Europe that fall. The Encampment continued as an active political presence in the Finger Lakes area for at least 5 more years, supporting anti-nuclear education and the connections between eco-feminism, non-violence, the need for civil disobedience and ideas of perma-culture, and sustainability.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
In the 1970s and 1980s there were many protests at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant which attempted to block access to the plant.[74]
- September 23, 1979: some 167 protesters were arrested at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.[33]
- January 2006: 100 anti-nuclear supporters demonstrated at the front door of Entergy Nuclear, and eleven people were arrested for trespassing.[75][76]
- October 2006: 26 people were arrested outside the Brattleboro offices of owner Entergy Nuclear; the demonstration drew about 200 people.[77][78]
- April 27, 2007: Seven anti-nuclear activists were arrested after chaining themselves to a fence at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The protesters, who call themselves the "Raging Grannies", wanted the plant shut down and have engaged in dozens of similar actions since December 2005.[79]
- November 2008: About 15 people held a rowdy protest against Vermont Yankee in the offices of the Public Service Board that regulates utilities.[80][81]
- April 2009: A rally and two full-page advertisements in The Burlington Free Press, which mocked the Vermont Yankee Power Plant, were paid for by a newly formed group, The Clean Green Vermont Alliance.[82]
- April 2009: About 150 activists marched from Montpelier's City Hall to the State House to urge lawmakers to back development of clean energy sources such as wind power and solar power; the marchers had gathered 12,000 signatures in support of closing Vermont Yankee.[83][84]
- September 2009: Frances Crowe and three other women were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.[85]
- January 2010: A coalition of anti-nuclear activists participated in a 126-mile walk from Brattleboro to Montpelier in an effort to block the re-licensing of Vermont Yankee. About 175 people took part in the March, some joining for the day and some for longer stretches.[86]
- On February 24, 2010, a large number of anti-nuclear activists and private citizens gathered in Montpelier to be at hand as the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 to not issue the Vermont Yankee reactor the "Public Good" certificate it needed for continued operation past 2012. Under Vermont law the re-license would have to be approved by both houses to continue operation.[87]
- March 2011: 600 people gathered for a weekend protest outside the Vermont Yankee plant. The demonstration was held to show support for the thousands of Japanese people who are endangered by possible radiation from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.[88]
- March 2012: More than 130 protesters were arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, on the first day of the plant's operation after the expiration of its original 40-year license.[89]
- March 2013: More than 500 people, carrying banners and chanting "shut it down", marched through downtown Brattleboro in protest against Vermont Yankee.[90]
On August 27, 2013, Entergy announced in a press release that it would close Vermont Yankee by the end of 2014, and the plant ceased operations on Dec. 29, 2014.[91]
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
- August 6, 1977: about a thousand anti-nuclear protesters marched outside the San Onofre nuclear generation station, while units 2 & 3 were under construction.[92]
- June 22, 1980: about 15,000 people attended a protest near San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California.[33]
- March 2012: 200 activists protested the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to mark the one-year anniversary of the nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan.[93]
On June 7, 2013, Southern California Edison announced it would "permanently retire" Unit 2 and Unit 3, ending their attempt to restart the plant at a reduced capacity.[94]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Livermore Action Group organized many mass protests, from 1981 to 1984, against nuclear weapons which were being produced by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Peace activists Ken Nightingale and Eldred Schneider were involved.[95] On June 22, 1982, more than 1,300 anti-nuclear protesters were arrested in a nonviolent demonstration.[96] More recently, there has been an annual protest against nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore. In August 2003, 1,000 people protested at Livermore Labs against "new-generation nuclear warheads".[97] In the 2007 protest, 64 people were arrested.[98] More than 80 people were arrested in March 2008 while protesting at the gates.[99]
International Day of Nuclear Disarmament
International Day of Nuclear Disarmament protests were held on June 20, 1983, at 50 sites across the United States. Many of the protests were against corporations involved in nuclear weapons production. Almost a thousand members of the Livermore Action Group were arrested at one demonstration.[8][9]
Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament
In 1986, hundreds of people walked from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in what is referred to as the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. The march took nine months to traverse 3,700 miles (6,000 km), advancing approximately fifteen miles per day.[10]
Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Plant
Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Plant, shut down in 1992, was subject to years of protests by environmentalists.[100][101][102]
Nevada Test Site
From 1986 through 1994, two years after the United States put a hold on full-scale nuclear weapons testing, 536 demonstrations were held at the Nevada Test Site involving 37,488 participants and 15,740 arrests, according to government records.[103] These are just a few details:
- January, 1987: The actor Martin Sheen and 71 other anti-nuclear protesters were arrested at the Nevada Test Site in a demonstration marking the 36th anniversary of the first nuclear test there.[104]
- February 5, 1987: More than 400 people were arrested, when they tried to enter the nation's nuclear proving grounds after nearly 2,000 demonstrators held a rally to protest nuclear weapons testing. Those arrested included the astronomer Carl Sagan and the actors Kris Kristofferson, Martin Sheen, and Robert Blake. Five Democratic members of Congress attended the rally: Thomas J. Downey, Mike Lowry, Jim Bates, Leon E. Panetta and Barbara Boxer.[11][105]
- August 9, 1987: A total of 228 people demonstrating against nuclear weapons were arrested at the Nevada Test Site.[71]
- September 30, 1987: 110 demonstrators, including seven pediatricians, were arrested for civil disobedience; charges were later dropped.[106]
- March 20, 1989: 75 protesters, including Louis Vitale, were arrested for trespassing in a peaceful Palm Sunday demonstration.[107]
- April 20, 1992: 493 anti-nuclear protesters were arrested on misdemeanor charges, as demonstrators clashed with guards at an annual Easter demonstration against weapons testing at the remote desert site.[12]
- August 6, 1995: 500 people gathered to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.[108]
- 1997: Over 2,000 people turned out for a demonstration and 700 were arrested.[109]
- August 2005: About 200 peace activists, including actor Martin Sheen, gathered for a nonviolent demonstration outside the gates; dozens were given citations and released after crossing police lines.[110]
- May 2006: 200 activists protested the Divine Strake explosives test, and 40 were arrested.[111]
- April 2007: Nevada Desert Experience protest, where 39 people were cited by police.[112]
Y-12 Weapons Plant
Since 1988, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance has organized non-violent direct action protests at the Y-12 National Security Complex, in an effort to close down the weapons plant. Sister Mary Dennis Lentsch, a Catholic nun, has been arrested many times for protesting at the Oak Ridge facility. She has said, "I believe the continuing weapons production at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is in direct violation of the treaty obligations of the United States and consequently, is a violation of Article 6 of the US Constitution".[113] In 2011, Rev. Bill Bichsel, an 84-year-old priest, received a prison sentence of three months for trespassing on federal property at the Y-12 complex.[114] In 2012, there have been protests about the proposed new Uranium Processing Facility, which is expected to cost $7.5 billion.[115]
In July 2012, Megan Rice, an 82-year-old nun and two fellow pacifists entered the Y-12 complex and spray-painted antiwar slogans on a building that houses nuclear bomb fuel. The anti-nuclear activists, who got past fences and security sensors before dawn on July 28, spent several hours in the Complex, conducting a Christian peace ritual, before they were stopped by a lone guard. The security breach prompted private experts to criticize the Department of Energy's safeguarding of nuclear stockpiles. The agency is to reappraise security measures across its nuclear weapons program.[116]
There have been anti-nuclear protests at Naval Base Kitsap for many years.[117] Recent protests include:
- January 19, 2008: Seventeen people protesting about nuclear weapons at Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor in honor of Martin Luther King. Jr. were detained or arrested. All were released shortly afterward.[118]
- May 30, 2008: Twelve people were arrested at an anti-nuclear weapon demonstration at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor — five of them for walking on a sidewalk closed to pedestrian traffic.[119]
- November 2, 2009: Five protestors, including Jesuit Priest William J. Bichsel, S.J. were arrested for breaking through two levels of security to protest the nuclear weapons stored at the base. The protesters walked to a bunker where the weapons were stored and spilled blood, hung posters and prayed.[120]
White House Peace Vigil
Thomas, Concepcion Picciotto and Ellen Thomas are the founders of the longest running anti-nuclear peace vigil in the US at the White House Peace Vigil, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.[121][122]
- April 5, 1990: Culmination of a campaign in rural Allegany County, where hundreds of protesters stopped state officials from surveying a potential nuclear waste dump site.[123][124][125]
- May 1, 2005: 40,000 anti-nuclear/anti-war protesters march past the UN in New York, 60 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[13][14]
- 2008–2013: Protests about several proposed nuclear reactors.[16][17]
See also
- List of anti-nuclear groups in the United States
- List of articles associated with nuclear issues in California
- List of books about nuclear issues
- Nuclear power in the United States
- Uranium mining and the Navajo people
- List of canceled nuclear plants in the United States
- Civil disobedience
- Helen Caldicott
- Paxus Calta
- Harvey Wasserman
- Cayuga Lake
- Environmental racism
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Life in China: Embrace the Mystery; Former New Yorker China Correspondent Evan Osnos Reflects on His Years There
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Life in China: Embrace the Mystery
Former New Yorker China Correspondent Evan Osnos Reflects on His Years There
May 8, 2014 1:57 a.m. ET
Former China correspondent Evan Osnos is sure of one thing: The degree of confidence a person has about forecasting the future of the Middle Kingdom usually varies in inverse proportion to the amount of time spent there.
As Mr. Osnos lived in China for nearly a decade, don't expect any heady theses in his new book, "Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China." What the author does have is a rich store of narratives to draw on, with characters spanning singles in search of soul mates, hungry students who approach English learning with a religious fervor and entrepreneurs—and dissidents—who throw caution to the wind.
The Journal spoke with Mr. Osnos, a staff writer for the New Yorker, by phone from his home in Washington, D.C., about the impact of social media, President Xi Jinping's anticorruption effort, and the unpredictability of daily life in China. Edited excerpts:
How would you compare the mood in China when you first arrived in 2005 to that when you left last year?
When I got there, it was this buoyant moment when it really did feel like anything was possible. I spent a lot of time going around and would meet all these off-the-wall entrepreneurs. You could still go and meet civil-society activists who were staking out new terrain. They were beginning to feel new power in their limbs, there were all these efforts at judicial reform.
Eight years later, the mood was much more muted. The sense of possibility had been tempered by a sense of realism. For me, this sense of aspiration is in conflict with the forces of authoritarianism. If I'd written this book in 2005, it would have just been about the forces of aspiration, but writing it today, it's about these two forces.
Your colleague Peter Hessler once wrote about how difficult it was to get people in China to tell their stories. What was your experience?
I found it was a divide in terms of age. For example, [the father of one character in the book] was a coal miner for 30 years. Being in a Chinese coal mine for 30 years is like an epic novel. It's tragic. I asked, What was it like? Basically, what he said was, "I worked in a coal mine for 30 years. It was very difficult. I wasn't paid very much."
In contrast, his son can go down the street to buy a tomato and come back with a story of soaring inspiration and tragic disaster.
In China, now there's a sort of arms race of personal narratives, where everybody else is out there reading everyone else's Weibo, tweets and blogs. It's one of the reasons I probably talked so much with young people—they were much more equipped to talk about themselves.
How did you see civil society change with the growth of social media in China?
The relevant change is not technological—it operates on the level of psychology. With censorship, people have become accustomed to being skeptical. I see that as a muscle. And you begin to flex that muscle and it grows and you become a little bit proud of your ability to be skeptical. It becomes chic and it's very hard to give that up. Take the PM2.5 [air-pollution] issue as an example. It's become a sign of middle-class sophistication to be aware of your own health and risks to your health. And if you don't know how to check [PM2.5] on your phone, it shows you're as behind the times as if you were wearing the wrong fashion.
What do you think is most misunderstood about China?
I've been amazed at how fast and herd-like opinions in the United States are. A couple years ago, I was talking at a conference. I warned I thought corruption was going to be a bigger issue—and was greeted with a vaguely hostile skepticism at the thought that this great economic juggernaut was not going to continue going from strength to strength. Then the mood in the U.S. caught up to Beijing, and people realized there are some significant problems: income inequality, pollution and so on. Now everybody is already on the other side and declaring the story over.
What struck you the most coming back to the U.S. after so long in China?
I'm totally mystified. There are elements of American political culture that strike me as off the wall. I have also been struck since coming back by the degree to which public service in America is now a guarantee—if you want it—of enormous wealth after you leave office. It's a distortion of the way our political system is supposed to work and it exerts a destructive force on the way people reach decisions about what constitutes the public good. [But compared with China], there is a difference between getting rich while in office and getting rich while out of office.
The other difference is scale. After I moved back, the former governor of Virginia was indicted for taking bribes. I looked at details of bribes he [was accused of taking]. They said he received a Rolex. I looked it and I thought, one? A village official in China wouldn't even get out of bed for one.
What do you make of President Xi Jinping's anticorruption campaign?
He's obviously going about it with great public purpose. What he has done very effectively is gone after demonstrations of corruption and official extravagance—the French luxury brands are in a deep state of mourning. What he hasn't done fundamentally is change the roots of the corruption, which are accountability and transparency.
I think he does hope and believe by going after big figures, he'll have a chilling effect. But I think what you'll discover is that strategy has temporary effects. People are expert at riding out crackdowns and riding out rectification campaigns.
What do you miss about China?
There's a deep underlying unpredictability to life that is thrilling. In China, my wife would say you go out to buy toilet paper and you come back and something interesting or revealing or funny happened on the way. I can tell you, going out to buy toilet paper in the U.S. is a completely predictable experience.


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report by: Mike Danks
October is the time of year that many an aviation enthusiast heads to Switzerland to the live fire exercise at AXALP. I decided to make that trip in 2016.
Militärflugplatz Emmen is located one hour south of Zurich, just north of the town of Emmen. Although not having the backdrop of some of the other Schweizer Luftwaffe (Swiss Air Force) bases in Switzerland the variety of aircraft that are based at Emmen, means a great chance of photographing the majority of the fixed wing aircraft.
The aircraft based at Emmen are: –
- Luftransport Staffel 7 Pilatus PC-6
- Pilotenschule Pilatus PC-21
- Zielflugstaffel 12 Pilatus PC-9
- Patrouille de Suisse Northrop F-5E
Arriving from the north you end up looking directly down runway 22 with all of the airfield buildings on the right had side. Turning right at the roundabout you head towards the spotters area driving through parts of the base that are now unused and arrive at the parking area on the left, opposite the military barracks. The parking is close to the backs of some of the drive through hangars, which on both visits had a number of the Pilotenschule (pilots school) PC-21s inside. The PC-21s are used for advanced pilot training before they head off to their new squadron to fly either the F-5E or F/A-18. There is a preserved Hawker Hunter F-58 (J4070) at the spotters area which is in great condition and free from clutter for photos.
The raised area that overlooks the base has information regarding the Patrouille de Suisse flying programme for the year and about their history, with some interesting photos. From here you can view across to the RUAG Aviation area, where they provide maintenance, repair, overhaul services and upgrades for the Swiss Air Force and other civil and military aircraft.
Standing on the spotters area you get an unobstructed view over the fence of the runway and taxiways leading to and from the hangars. The main area of the base is off to your left where you can see some of the other based aircraft through some trees.
On both visits the Pilotenschule PC-21s flew a four ship mission. With their bright red scheme and fighter-esque shape these aircraft are extremely photogenic, especially on a dull day.
Another spot I photographed from was opposite the Emmi factory where there is a small parking area off Hasli road. The photo of the AS532UL Cougar was taken at this spot.
If you are heading to AXALP for a few days I would definitely recommend stopping off at Emmen with the possibility of seeing a wide variety of the Swiss Air Forces aircraft.


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2G ban ashamed; Mobile Number Portability rescues customers
However, TRAI tried to sooth the customers after declaring that affected customers easily can opt for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and the telecom companies, whose licences will be cancelled, have been asked to provide necessary aide to their customers within four months. It seems that the 2G ban failed as MNP has already been started in India. [What is MNP? How to switch telecom operator? Complete details]
Which companies' licences will be cancelled?
Uninor, Tata Teleservices, Idea Cellular and Videocon are few of the most affected telecom companies. [See the list of 122 cancelled 2G licenses]
However, Trai chairman, JS Sharma informed, "If the operators are able to get back their licences, they can continue to offer uninterrupted service."
Which companies may enjoy the benefits now?
Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and RCom (whose licenses were allocated before Jan 10, 2008) might be the most benefited telecom companies.
What should customers do?
Customers can opt for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). In this service, the mobile user can switch to other service provider without changing the mobile numbers. Both prepaid and postpaid tele-users have the facility to switch to other favourable tele-operators.
Exception: Any user who has been a subscriber of these operators for less than 90 days cannot undertake this (MNP) measure, informed TRAI chief.
What should the vendors do?
As the contracts of vendors, infrastructure providers and financing companies with the telecom companies will be affected by the 2G ban, cases might be filed against them, though specific terms and conditions will differ from operators to operators.
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George Zimmerman says he still gets death threats, is still accused of being a racist and is still a lightning rod for criticism.
But in the end, there's only one judge who matters, he told CNN.
"God," Zimmerman said in an interview broadcast on CNN's "New Day" on Monday. "I know that ultimately, he's the only judge that I have to answer to.
"He knows what happened. I know what happened. So I'd leave it up to him."
It's been seven months since a Florida jury acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Trayvon Martin's death.
Zimmerman thought his life would go back to normal.
"I was hoping for that," he told Chris Cuomo.
But nearly two years after the night when Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Martin in a Florida subdivision, life is anything but the way it used to be for the 30-year-old former neighborhood watchman.
His run-ins with law enforcement since the trial's July conclusion have kept his name in the headlines. He's recently drawn renewed criticism for using his notoriety to hawk his own artwork.
And now, the man who once aspired to become a police officer tells CNN he's hoping to go back to school and pursue a career as a lawyer "to stop the miscarriage of justice."
"I'd like to professionally ... continue my education and hopefully become an attorney," he said. "I think that's the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. I don't think it should ever happen to anyone ever again, not one person."
Zimmerman maintains that he acted in self-defense within the law when he shot Martin.
And he says he was a scapegoat for "the government, the President, the attorney general."
'I'm sorry for their loss'
Among the misconceptions Zimmerman says still linger about the case: that he's never apologized to Martin's family.
He said he still thinks about everybody involved: about Martin's family, and his own. He said he regrets going out that night, but - citing a pending U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation - says he can't answer whether he regrets killing Martin.
He said he'd like to reach out to Martin's family and apologize, like he did during his 2012 bond hearing.
"I would say exactly what I said on the stand," he said, "that I'm sorry for their loss."
At the time, attorneys for Martin's family called the courtroom apology a self-serving act by a man facing a life prison sentence.
Now, Zimmerman's no longer facing prison time - but a string of run-ins with the law since his release have repeatedly sent him back into the spotlight.
It started with a speeding ticket. Next, Zimmerman's wife called 911,saying he was threatening her and her father with a gun. There were no charges, but Zimmerman's wife later filed for divorce. Then, Zimmerman's girlfriend accused him of chasing her with a shotgun. This time, Zimmerman called 911, to get his side of the story out.
His girlfriend later said she wanted charges dropped and lifted a restraining order against him.
Boxing match backlash
Just when Zimmerman's name had faded from the headlines, it came up again this month with reports that he'd be participating in a boxing bout with rapper DMX. After backlash surged, the promoter canceled the fight. Zimmerman says the whole thing was a misunderstanding - and that there were never any racial overtones when he signed on to do the event for charity.
"It was going to be an unknown person and be a smaller event," he said.
"If I went out there and got beat up, the charity was still getting paid," he said. "I don't want to get beat up, but I saw it as an opportunity. I never expected it to be, to turn out the way it did."
Even though his name since the trial has repeatedly made the news, don't expect Zimmerman to comment on current events.
Asked by Cuomo to weigh in on the case of Michael Dunn, a Florida man who killed an African-American teen after a dispute over loud music, he said he didn't know enough details.
"I don't watch news anymore," he said. "I watch comedy shows, home improvement shows. So I'm not well enough informed to give you exacts."
A new hobby
During his interview with CNN, Zimmerman's girlfriend and her young daughter wouldn't leave his side.
Neither, it seems, will controversy - thanks, in part, to his new hobby: painting art, and selling it.
Zimmerman admits he's pushed to get publicity for his artwork. And it's worked. His first painting sold for more than $100,000 on eBay.
"To be honest, I was hoping to be able to provide a decent lifestyle for my family," he said.
In an interview that aired on the Spanish-language Univision network Sunday, Zimmerman said he was unemployed, had a personal debt of $2.5 million and wasn't receiving any government benefits.
But aside from the possible financial boost, Zimmerman said one painting - a portrait depicting Special Prosecutor Angela Corey and slamming the U.S. judicial system - had a deeper purpose.
"It was a creative, tangible forum to show my inner thoughts, my inner feelings. ... It provided a tremendous release for me," he said.
'They don't know me'
Zimmerman says he still gets death threats.
"I have a lot of people saying that, you know, they guarantee that they're going to kill me and I'll never be a free man," he said. "I realize that they don't know me. They know who I was portrayed to be."
People who accuse him of being racist, he said, don't understand that he was raised by Peruvian family members and that some members of his family are black.
"Before the trial, during and after, I've learned that the majority of people, when they sit down with me one-on-one or with my family, they get a completely different perspective on me," he said.
But that doesn't change the anger that many people feel about his case, Cuomo told Zimmerman.
"This case became a metaphor, an example. Your face became the face of, 'This is the guy who gets away with killing a black kid,' " Cuomo said. "What do you do with that?"
Zimmerman says he'll keep fighting that accusation, for as long as it takes.
"If it takes one person a day at a time to help them realize that's not what this case was about," he said, "then that's what I'll do."
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Huge fail on Cuomo's part. He approached the interview with the presumption that Zimmerman was guilty. He also stumbled really bad when the prosecutor pointed out that several blacks have also benefitted from the law and challenged him to look at it from the perspective of a bad law and stop inserting race into the debate.
After all the evidence and testimony i dont get how some think GZ is guilty. My god it was laid out right in front of you. Open your eyes and you shall see the truth!!
Stay strong Zim Zam, don't get the racists and lairs get to you, for you will always have Truth and Justice on your side. God Bless.
unfortunate shot, 1 inch to the left Martin would be alive and GZ would have gone to jail for attempted manslaughter.
I hate when people say stupid things like "I can't be racist. Some of my family members are black." So what? Blacks can be racist against other blacks. Hispanics can be racist against other Hispanics. It happens all the time. This fool just needs to disappear.
I agree. To me it's the same as a person who beats his wife saying "How can I have no respect for women, my mother is a woman"
Even a cowardly murderer like Zimmerman is capable of producing a quote.
To anyone who contributes money, in any way, to this man, whether it's his "art"; his boxing etc; you are aiding and abetting him IMO
Zimmerman is a delusional wannabe cop who couldn't pass the psyche test to become a real peace officer. The law in Florida was written to protect racist thugs like him and Michael Dunn
This is one of the least objective interviews I have ever seen. Chris Cuomo obviously thinks George got away with murder, and made that very clear during the interview. I think George showed a lot of class for not stalking off to get away from the obvious bias.
Why are you interviewing George Zimmerman he is a child killer liar and his family are liars. He is delusional. Him and his family have no values. He can't possibly be a lawyer he is too stupid even for a lawyer. He was not the victim .and when he kills again he can share a cell with Dunn. As far as god goes he will be going straight to hell. He sickening. And I am ashamed of you for interviewing him.
I agree Kim and I have a question for everyone here who says TM was just a thug and GZ. If this was
God's plan or TM wouldn't amount to anything except someone who would commit a crime, then why did God not punish David? Why didn't he punish Mathew because he was an extortionist? Why didn't he kill Paul who used to kill Christians? I don't care what this guy says but he cannot say that this was God's will, because has proven many times that he take bad and use it for good.
Regardless of what Zimmerman said during the interview I personally feel that he "profiled" Trayvon Martin that fateful night because of the 8 robberies the neighborhood had previously where African-American men had been caught. He didn't know this young man as he didn't live in the area (he was visiting his father @ the fathers girlfriends home) so he assumed he was there to do wrong,that in itself is profiling because had it been a white youth he'd have went about his business. Maybe he isn't a racist,I don't know him personally nor were letters introduced @ the trial (as in Michael Dunn's case) where he let his inner-most hatred show maybe because he never wrote such things where we could come to that conclusion as I have in the case of Michael Dunn. If only he had offered Trayvon a ride home that night to get out of the rain & talk during the short ride and realize that the boy was visiting & walking home from the store not scoping out the area for a break-in. The cases are different but 1 way in which they are the same is that both Zimmerman and Dunn had it in their mind to approach these young men if for no other reason than for the color of their skin.
As a 17 year old at 5'4" 127lbs I was a greater danger to others than at 50 5'8" over 200lbs. George Zimmerman is a stupid man. He placed himself in a no win position. Trevon Martin was a stupid kid, you don't circle back and jump a man when you can just keep walking. I saw video of a man jumped and beaten by a group of teenagers. What should be done? If a teenager attacks, should they be given amnesty for being young and not knowing any better? Should a older larger man be condemned for protecting himself. All should be held accountable. I am not free to go anywhere in America because I am not welcome everywhere. I am not stupid and I do not provoke others. I am not willing to be a victim and just as I was trained at 17 by our US government to take a life if ordered to do so. I would take the life of any attacker no matter what age or size. Should our service members or police officers be haunted because they have taken a life? Most are and that is between them and God. Zimmerman and Martin both made bad choices. I carry a gun to protect myself and others I care about because others carry guns or are just more able to hurt me if they choose to make the wrong choice to try and harm me. Would I feel badly for taking a life? I hope I never have to answer that. I am not willing to be a victim to avoid it. My grandfather was beaten by a man and told he would beat him every time he saw him. My grandfather was tried for killing that man the next time he tried to beat my grandfather. He was found innocent for reason of self defense. It stayed the great family secret until years after my grand parents passed away.
Why were there no blacks on the Trayvon Martin jury?
Get over it.
Why were there only 2 blacks on the jury for the Jordan Davis murder trial with 8 whites, 1 Asian and 1 Hispanic when there were four black victims and one white racist killer involved?
Would you rather 12 whites or 12 blacks ?
Jury selection has nothing at all to do with color.Wouldnt that be racist???
I'm unsure as to which attitude is more disturbing, the blatant narcissism or the pathological lack of empathy, both of which display and fester all too frequently in our society today.
There is a old saying "Goes Around Comes Around" He is he's own faith! God knows the truth! he will be judge by the almighty!
After Chris Cuomo's interview, I am more convinced than ever that George Zimmerman is a racist. He obviously feels he above the law. It may not haunt his now, but just wait until he becomes a father. This guy needs to stay out of the public.


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Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of the American economy. Mokyr rejects the claims that the we are entering an area of stagnation or permanently lower economic growth. He argues that measured growth understates the impact on human welfare. Many of the most important discoveries are new products that are often poorly measured and not reflected in measures such as gross domestic product or income. The conversation closes with a discussion of the downsides of technology and why Mokyr remains optimistic about the future.Once again, Roberts and his guest deliver a superb product...it'll be the most valuable intellectual hour you spend this weekend!
Saturday, January 31, 2015
(Re-Post): "Technopessimism is bunk"
Original post (Dec. 2013): That's the great title of an interview that economist Joel Mokyr gave to PBS not too long ago. As the title suggests, he's an optimist about the future of technology and human progress, a position surprisingly under attack these days in economic academia. He was also a recent guest on Russ Roberts's superb weekly podcast, EconTalk. Here's a description:
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New rules for admission to the bar of Minnesota are now posted on the court's website. Rule 2 has been amended to follow the bar exam questions of the Uniform Bar Examination. That rule expands the pool of available topics for essay questions. It applies to bar examinations in February 2014 and after.
Rule 10 has been amended to allow lawyers practicing under a house counsel license or a temporary house counsel license to do pro bono work through an approved legal services provider.
Additionally, the rules of criminal procedure have been changed to provide a procedure for certification of cases as petty misdemeanors. In cases requiring the defendant's consent to certification, the judge must advise the client of the right to a public defender for a misdemeanor.
The full text of the rules is available on the Supreme Court's website or online in the Jan. 28 edition of Minnesota Lawyer.


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Deep Poisson Factor Modeling
Part of: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 28 (NIPS 2015)
A note about reviews: "heavy" review comments were provided by reviewers in the program committee as part of the evaluation process for NIPS 2015, along with posted responses during the author feedback period. Numerical scores from both "heavy" and "light" reviewers are not provided in the review link below.
Conference Event Type: Poster
We propose a new deep architecture for topic modeling, based on Poisson Factor Analysis (PFA) modules. The model is composed of a Poisson distribution to model observed vectors of counts, as well as a deep hierarchy of hidden binary units. Rather than using logistic functions to characterize the probability that a latent binary unit is on, we employ a Bernoulli-Poisson link, which allows PFA modules to be used repeatedly in the deep architecture. We also describe an approach to build discriminative topic models, by adapting PFA modules. We derive efficient inference via MCMC and stochastic variational methods, that scale with the number of non-zeros in the data and binary units, yielding significant efficiency, relative to models based on logistic links. Experiments on several corpora demonstrate the advantages of our model when compared to related deep models.


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It is being reported by media agencies that US cyber breaches utilizing Kaspersky Lab antivirus software, used by 400 million people globally including US government agencies, was discovered by Israeli intelligence officials.
Apparently two years prior Israel had breached the Kaspersky network and warned US intelligence officials of Russian intrusion, according to the New York Times, who had first reported the story. This revelation is what had ultimately prompted the embargo of Kaspersky software in the US government.
On 3 October the Washington Post had reported that Israeli officials had located some penetration tools in Kaspersky's arsenal that could only have originated from the National Security Agency (NSA). This eventually led to the revelation that the Russian government had possession of these tools, concluding in a classified report by the US National Intelligence Council shared with NATO allies that the Russian government had "probable access" to customer databases of Kaspersky labs including access to their source code. Such wide access of Kaspersky information, and especially if they have access to the very source code, can lead to very powerful, robust, and sophisticated attacks that could be undetected by networks utilizing Kaspersky software whether they be in government, personal, industrial, or commercial use.
The hilarious part about how all of this was discovered, according to the New York Times, was that the classified information that was known to have been stolen was located on an NSA employee's personal home computer and was improperly stored using Kaspersky. So we now have to question what and if there will be a punishment for such an embarrassing handling of classified information while also highlighting the poor controls the NSA and intelligence agencies under the US government have regarding the storing, supervision, and access of classified documents. The individuals who discussed the incident with the New York Times did so anonymously.
Kaspersky apparently had attained these documents via a tool in Kaspersky which sends potentially suspicious files to antivirus firms for further analysis. This is very much a legitimate function of antivirus and anti-malware as most, whether it be Sophos, Eset, MalwareBytes, McAfee, Avast, Avira, AVG, Windows Defender, etc., usually send files it deems as suspicious but unsure if it is malicious for further analysis to servers where employees can then further analyze if these signatures are malicious or benign. Usually the antivirus prompts the user for permission to do this, but others do so automatically in accordance with the End User License Agreement which users often agree to without reading it.
What we don't know is whether the secrets discovered by Kaspersky were the result of intentional targeting. All we do know so far is what information Kaspersky has attained via multiple sources. Evidence suggests the Russian government could have used the databases of Kaspersky customers, in very much the same way the US government has as well with other private companies. Bryan Lunduke, an open source software advocate, journalist, board member of the Open SUSE project, and most recently a new member of the Wordwide Web Consortium (W3C, a standards body for how the internet operates), has a 50 minute long lecture on YouTube regarding Google and US Intelligence agencies about how they attain their data and just how much data they have for those who want to understand how what the US is doing isn't all that different from what Russia was doing.


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Vol 8 N° 1 [January–March 2010]
2 Wildlife in a warming world
10 Science must be a priority, says new UNESCO head
10 Concern over budget for science
11 Colombia hosts Year's largest space marathon
11 Launch of consortium for science in the South
12 Three science prizes awarded
12 A biosphere school for Guinea Bissau
13 Healthier oceans vital for combating climate change
14 Collapse of karez forces Iraqis to abandon homes
14 Sustainable development needs cultural dimension
15 Two Nobel Prizes for L'ORÉAL–UNESCO laureates
15 18 countries test tsunami system
16 Farouk El-Baz returns to the Moon
18 The Bushbuckridge healers' path to justice
21 Can a blue dye help save the Aral Sea?
24 Diary
24 New releases
Direct link A World of Science Vol. 8 n° 1 (document PDF)
See also ARCHIVES for A World of Science
Tomorrow begins today
It may not have grabbed the headlines but the fate of long-term biodiversity conservation was also riding on the outcome of the climate talks in Copenhagen. As the authors of Wildlife in a Warming World explain overleaf, global warming will have a 'profound and global' impact on biodiversity.
Even 2°C of global warming will stress species and ecosystems, causing coral reefs in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean to bleach, for example. If we are to limit global warming to 2°C this century, we need to act quickly and decisively, yet delegations to Copenhagen have just decided to put off until tomorrow what could have been done today. Two weeks of tense talks concluded on 18 December with a vague agreement signed by a minority of countries that contains no internationally binding commitments to reducing carbon emissions, even if it mentions the target of limiting global warming to 2°C. The Copenhagen Accord also endorses the mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD). We shall be examining the implications of this decision for biodiversity conservation in a subsequent issue of this journal.
The message of the International Year of Biodiversity is clear: act now to slow the alarming pace of biodiversity loss or regret it tomorrow. Climate change is not the only threat hanging over biodiversity, of course. Habitat loss, deforestation, overfishing and invasive species are just some of the other threats species face.
The Year gets under way at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 21 January. The launch will be followed by a conference at which scientists will demonstrate how new knowledge can be used in biodiversity-related decision-making. Topics will include the new generation of taxonomy; biogeography and climate change; biodiversity priority-setting and planning; and the biodiversity science–policy interface. The conference proceedings and recommendations will be presented in October both to UNESCO's Executive Board and to the meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Japan. The importance of biodiversity for economic development will also be discussed at the scientific conference in January. Who would have thought, for example, that a simple natural dye could solve some of the Aral Sea Basin's most acute ecological and socio-economic problems, as we shall see in this issue?
Education will be a key objective of the Year. After eight days at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, a travelling exhibition will leave for a world tour on 30 January to convey the Year's main messages to policy- and decision-makers, students and the general public. A biodiversity learning kit for teachers and trainers will follow in October.
The Year will also underscore the ties between biological and cultural diversity. Together with the CBD and others, UNESCO is holding an international conference on biological and cultural diversity in June in Montreal (Canada). As we shall see in these pages, the Bushbuckridge traditional healers in South Africa personify this symbiosis between biological and cultural diversity. Now that they have discovered their rights, they intend to exercise them. The benefits will be both short and long term as, by protecting the medicinal plants that are their livelihood, they will also be protecting their communities' health.
W. Erdelen
Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences
Useful links:
- UNESCO and the International Year of Biodiversity
Biodiversity is Life - Biodiversity is our Life
- UN Official website of
2010 International Year of Biodiversity


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If you have been noticing an increase in the population of rodents in your home, you may want to be concerned. Rodents are not anything to be calm about. In fact, rodents can be extremely dangerous to your home and everyone else living inside of it. According to the CDC, research has shown that rats and mice can actually spread more than 35 serious contagious diseases to human beings. Shockingly, you do not even have to come in direct contact with these rodents to contract what other diseases. You can become infected with one of their diseases by indirect contact with their saliva, urine and even their feces. These creatures tend to get into the most smaller spaces in crawl in two places in your home that you never thought they would get through. For example, rodents coming to your home looking for food. The first place that you could possibly find them in is your kitchen and your pantries. These rodents can eat right through your sealed foods and spread their feces, urine and saliva all throughout your food. Once you consume is contaminated food, you are now at a high risk for becoming infected with one of these diseases. The best thing to do to get rid of your rodent infestation is by getting in touch with a professional rodent exterminator.
According to the Washington Post, the state of Washington has reached a 50 percent increase of rodent infestations from the year 2016 to the year 2017. The number of rodent infestations only continue to double every year and are requiring professionals to work twice as hard. Getting rid of a rodent infestation is not easy. The problem with rodent infestations is that many people don't even know that their homes are seriously infested until the problem gets worse. It is critical for you to conduct an inspection all throughout your home to check for the possibility of your home being infested with rodents. The earlier you catch the infestation, the easier it is to get rid of them. You also want to think about looking for any possible entryways into your home and seal them as quickly as possible.
Many homeowners don't realize how serious a rodent infestation can be. If you have kids in the home and elderly adults who are ill, you may want to make sure you take care of this problem fast. Vulnerable adults and children can easily get infected with one of the many diseases that rodents can spread. If you currently are suspicious that rodents may exist in your home, consider doing to your research for your nearest pest control company. You can search for the following terms: rodent exterminator encino ca.
Having rodents in your home can be extremely stressful. Not only are they a nuisance to your home, but they can definitely be dangerous for many people. Contacting a professional rodent exterminator is the best way to completely get rid of these creatures and can keep them out of your home for good.


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A capsule is the tissue that surrounds the joint and helps to hold it in place. When referring to the feet, there are several that attach the toes to the foot.
Capsulitis in these joints present with pain to the ball of the foot especially when standing without shoes on. It tends to be a nagging pain that no matter how many pairs of shoes you buy or if you wear 2 pairs of socks, you can't seem to figure out why it won't go away.
How Did I Get This?
Typically it's from a structural problem, that's best diagnosed by a Podiatrist. After identifying the exact location of the pain and examining an X-ray, the cause can be determined.
Often due to arthritis in an adjacent area, a dropped metatarsal (long bone that connects your toe to your foot), foot shape, etc.
Treatment Options
- Basic toe taping
- Ice
- Anti-inflammatories
- Padding
- Steroid injection
- Adjustment of shoe and insert
- Custom orthotics
- Surgery is not indicated for capsulitus, however, if severe enough and if conservative treatment options fail, surgery may be indicated to address the structural problem causing the capsule to be inflamed.
If you are experiencing foot pain, call our office or make an online appointment
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Tomorrow's (Sat) the big day! We've been planning our getaway all day and we're taking turns getting a few zzz's tonight. My dad flew down and will be doing the driving (THANKS DAD!), so Diana and I will get to rest a bit on the trip. It's supposed to be sloppy all the way up with snow, sleat, and rain, so we're praying for a SAFE trip back with no incidents for Emily, the van, or anyone else.
Emily @ JCMC: THANK YOU!! from Nate Lee on Vimeo.
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Emily @ JCMC: THANK YOU!! from Nate Lee on Vimeo.


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For the past few days, while doing my best Bashiokesque teasing of "I know things you don't." I'd been dropping mentions of the impending argument and controversy. I'm not bragging; it didn't exactly require omniscience to anticipate a lot of debate about the RMT aspect of the Auction House. Though to be honest, I thought we'd actually see as much or more argument about the changes to skills and traits. (Possibly Jay Wilson's clear-as-mud explanation about what's actually changing with them has tamped that down, so far?)
As soon as midnight hit and we were able to share the info, our entire live chat (which had nearly 4000 simultaneous users just after the NDA time ended, and would surely have gone much higher if the site main page had been functional at the time) became convulsed in debate over the news about RMT in the AH. And "debate" is putting it mildly. /ragequits were flying.
Looking around the other gaming site coverage of the new Diablo III info, I see a lot of commentary about the RMT Auction House stuff. To my surprise, there are almost as many complaints about the DRM (must play D3 online), and even the no-mods allowed. Some quotes:
The morning brings a trio of horror-news about Diablo III. I'm outright bewildered about what Blizzard have done, and shuddering about the likely reaction in comments. I won't muck around here, and instead shall just wade straight into the things that are probably going to end up being PC gaming's biggest controversy of 2011. — Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Diablo 3 will come with egregious DRM, cash-payments and no modding… It gets even uglier. Diablo III will let players trade in-game items for real money, letting richer players buy their way to success, and will expressly prohibit any kind of modification of the game files by players, a process known as modding. The first of those can be explained by mere greed (Blizzard is taking a cut of every sale), but the latter is baffling — mods have proved incredibly popular in Blizzard's previous games, granting them a considerably longer lifespan than they might otherwise have achieved. Why ban it now?
—Wired UK
Diablo III To Feature Anal DRM As Well… Barely an hour ago I spoke about how idiotic it was of Ubisoft to implement DRM that required players to be online 24/7 and now we have Blizzard following suite with Diablo III.
There are plenty more like that, and it's just the first night; I imagine the rest of the week will bring plenty more from opinionated gamer blogs. I'm not exactly surprised at the vitriol from some of the fans, but why are so many outsiders in the general gaming press up in arms? Possibly they still think of Bliz as the little company that could, with their humble roots and fan-friendly, mod-permissive, community spirit? Didn't they hear about the Activision "merger?"
At any rate, which are you guys most upset by? They've been telling us about their no-mods and no-LAN policy all along. So is it just the RMT aspect of the Auction House that's got you riled up? Or do you think this is just gaming sites looking to make controversy, and none of it's a big deal?


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The classic approach to cybersecurity has traditionally called for creating a sealed-off perimeter, protecting the network from potential exterior threats. However, today, with an increasing number of people and devices connected, this is changing. The lines dividing the intranet and extranet are much more blurred. Now there is just one connected ecosystem in which the best option for a company is to trust no one and nothing.
What is the Zero Trust model?
First proposed in 2010 by John Kindervag of Forrester Research, the Zero Trust model, or ZT, is an updated version of the classic Trust but Verify vision in which the inner circle of a network is trusted by default. In contrast to this, the ZT model calls for total distrust of everything, no matter the origin.
With the frenetic growth of the IoT, trust issues facing networks have grown exponentially. According to Gartner, by the end of 2018, more than 50% of IoT device manufacturers will not be able to effectively deal with threats stemming from weak authentication.
This means companies will need to implement vital changes to their security strategies, with a number of things to be kept in mind: 1. Who is connected to the network and why do they have access?; 2. How long have they been connected and when were they connected till, how did they get access?; and, importantly, 3. What information do they have access to?
Applying this model means that any device that attempts to access the system or any device already connected that changes its location will need to be verified again. Furthermore, all activity by the device will be logged from the first moment it accesses the network in order to detect any unusual behavior.
Other security specialists support Forrester's view: focus on security at all levels; ignoring internal security does not work. According to specialists, the most serious data breaches occur when hackers have gained access to a network by getting through external barriers such as corporate firewalls. Once inside, they can operate with little resistance.
Controlling information is vital in the ZT model as it shifts attention away from the most traditional points, focusing on any breach in security. This is advantageous as it means it is no longer necessary to worry about the origin of breaches or their intention. Therefore, there is no room for surprise and and companies can be prepared for anything as they can control the attack.
Zero Trust eXtended
In 2018, experts at Forrester, such as Chase Cunningham, expanded on the ZT model with a new strategy called Zero Trust eXtended, or ZTX. According to Cunningham, the main problem is that most organizations are not really effectively implementing the Zero Trust model. This is partly due to the fact that companies don't fully understand the technology and the organizational changes necessary to put it into practice.
Like its predecessor, ZTX is focused on information, but allows for a more efficient evaluation of applying the model. The ZTX model focuses on the following pillars:
– The network: What effect does technology have on the principals of isolation, segmentation and network security?
– Data: How are the categorization, outline, isolation, encryption and control of data permitted?
– Human resources: How are network users and the company's infrastructure protected? And how can the threat that users create be mitigated?
– Workload: How are the cloud, applications and other things that a business or organization uses kept secure?
– Automation and orchestration: How does technology handle the principles of distrust and verification of the model?
– Visibility and analysis: Are analyses and useful data available? How are a system's blind spots eliminated?
Any implementation of the ZTX model must address at least three of these pillars, as well as have a powerful API that permits integration. If these two premises are not met, explains Cunningham, then the model is not a ZTX model, although it could fit the definition of a ZT model.
Zero Trust eXtended for companies
The advantages of a company implementing ZT in its strategy are clear: both external and internal attacks can be prevented, and companies have more control over their security. Of course this implies investing time and resources, both in technology and in training, to efficiently implement a change in strategy.
To achieve a ZT (or ZTX) model, one should maintain exhaustive control of authentication, as well as of identity management and encryption. Given that the report on ZTX implementation was published recently, widespread implementation of the model still has a long way to come.
That said, companies can work towards making changes to their security policies by implementing measures that give them greater network control. Something for which tools such as Panda Adaptive Defense 360, have been especially designed for. Thanks to tools like this, we can monitor all activity and detect any suspicious activity, allowing us to focus on the information that attacks are after, even before they take place. Adaptive Defense 360 covers most of the pillars in the ZTX model thanks to its superior combination of EPP and EDR technology. Gartner has praised Panda Security's complete vision and ability to execute and named Panda a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Additionally, to minimize the possibility of an attack (both malware and non-malware derived), Panda Adaptive Defense 360 offers complete behavior visibility of all endpoints, users, files, processes, logs, memories, and networks. That's to say, it trusts no one and nothing.


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Running IPython/Jupyter Notebook Cells
Launching Jupyter Notebook
To run a Jupyter Notebook, follow these steps:
- Open the desired
*.ipynbfile for editing.
- On the toolbar, click . PyCharm shows Start Jupyter Notebook dialog box.
- Next step depends on the location of the notebook whose cell is to be run.
- If the notebook whose cell you want to execute is already started outside PyCharm, and you wish to connect to it, then specify the Notebook server URL (copy it from the command line where this notebook was launched, and next paste to the Start Jupyter Notebook dialog box):
- If the notebook whose cell you want to execute isn't yet started, then in the Start Jupyter Notebook the users should click Cancel, and then click the Run Jupyter Notebook link that appears on top of the editor:
After that, run/debug configuration for this notebook is automatically created.
PyCharm shows the notebook kernel in the Jupyter Notebook tab of the Run tool window:
When running another notebook, the corresponding kernel starts:
To run ALL CELLS in a Jupyter Notebook, on the main menu choose:
Progress indication
Note that each cell has its number to the left:
When a cell is being executed, the number changes to an asterisk:
When ready, the cell number insreases:
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