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1632 – Italy
'Discounting air resistance, all bodies fall with the same motion; started together, they fall together. The motion is one with constant acceleration; the body gains speed at a steady rate'
From this idea we get the equations of accelerated motion:
v = at and s = 1/2at2
where v is the velocity, a is the acceleration and s is the distance traveled in time t
The Greek philosopher ARISTOTLE (384-322 BCE) was the first to speculate on the motion of bodies. He said that the heavier the body, the faster it fell.
It was not until 18 centuries later that this notion was challenged by Galileo.
The philosophers of ancient Greece had known about statics but were ignorant of the science of dynamics.
They could see that a cart moves because a horse pulls it, they could see that an arrow flies because of the power of the bow, but they had no explanation for why an arrow goes on flying through the air when there is nothing to pull it like the horse pulls the cart. Aristotle made the assumption that there must be a force to keep things moving. Galileo contradicted. He believed that something will keep moving at the same speed unless a force slows it down.
He contended that an arrow or a thrown stone had two forces acting upon it at the same time – 'momentum' pushes it horizontally and it only falls to the ground because the resistance of the air (a force) slows it down enough for it to be pulled to the ground by another force pushing downwards upon it; that which we now know as 'gravity'.
This is the principle of inertia and led him to correctly predict that the path of a projectile is a parabola.
His insights were similar to the first two of the three laws of motion that Newton described 46 years later in 'Principia'. Although he did not formulate laws with the clarity and mathematical certainty of Newton, he did lay the foundations of the modern understanding of how things move.
Galileo resisted the notion of gravity because he felt the idea of what seemed to be a mystical force seemed unconvincing, but he appreciated the concept of inertia and realized that there is no real difference between something that is moving at a steady speed and something that is not moving at all – both are unaffected by forces. To make an object go faster or slower, or begin to move, a force is needed.
Galileo would take a problem, break it down into a series of simple parts, experiment on those parts and then analyse the results until he could describe them in a series of mathematical expressions. His meticulous experiments ('cimento') on inclined planes provided a study of the motion of falling bodies.
He correctly assumed that gravity would act on a ball rolling down a sloping wooden board that had a polished, parchment lined groove cut into it to act as a guide, in proportion to the angle of the slope. He discovered that whatever the angle of the slope, the time for the ball to travel along the first quarter of the track was the same as that required to complete the remaining three-quarters. The ball was constantly accelerating. He repeated his experiments hundreds of times, getting the same results. From these experiments he formulated his laws of falling bodies.
Mathematics provided the clue to the pattern – double the distance traveled and the ball will be traveling four times faster, treble it and the ball will be moving nine times faster. The speed increases as a square of the distance.
He found that the size of the ball made no difference to the timing and surmised that, neglecting friction, if the surface was horizontal – once a ball was pushed it would neither speed up nor slow down.
His findings were published in his book, 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems', which summarised his work on motion, acceleration and gravity.
His theory of uniform acceleration for falling bodies contended that in a vacuum all objects would accelerate at exactly the same rate towards the earth.
Legend has it that Galileo gave a demonstration, dropping a light object and a heavy one from the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa. Dropping two cannonballs of different sizes and weights he showed that they landed at the same time. The demonstration probably never happened, but in 1991 Apollo 15 astronauts re-performed Galileo's experiment on the moon. Astronaut David Scott dropped a feather and a hammer from the same height. Both reached the surface at the same time, proving that Galileo was right.
Another myth has it that whilst sitting in Pisa cathedral he was distracted by a lantern that was swinging gently on the end of a chain. It seemed to swing with remarkable regularity and experimenting with pendulums, he discovered that a pendulum takes the same amount of time to swing from side to side – whether it is given a small push and it swings with a small amplitude, or it is given a large push. If something moves faster, he realised, then the rate at which it accelerates depends on the strength of the force that is moving it faster, and how heavy the object is. A large force accelerates a light object rapidly, while a small force accelerates a heavy object slowly. The way to vary the rate of swing is to either change the weight on the end of the arm or to alter the length of the supporting rope.
The practical outcome of these observations was the creation of a timing device that he called a 'pulsilogium'.
Galileo confirmed and advanced COPERNICUS' sun centered system by observing the skies through his refracting telescope, which he constructed in 1609. Galileo is mistakenly credited with the invention of the telescope. He did, however, produce an instrument from a description of the Dutch spectacle maker Hans Lippershey's earlier invention (patent 1608).
He discovered that Venus goes through phases, much like the phases of the Moon. From this he concluded that Venus must be orbiting the Sun. His findings, published in the 'Sidereal Messenger' (1610) provided evidence to back his interpretation of the universe. He discovered that Jupiter has four moons, which rotate around it, directly contradicting the view that all celestial bodies orbited earth, 'the centre of the universe'.
'The Earth and the planets not only spin on their axes; they also revolve about the Sun in circular orbits. Dark 'spots' on the surface of the Sun appear to move; therefore, the Sun must also rotate'
1610 – Galileo appointed chief mathematician to Cosmo II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, a move that took him out of Papal jurisdiction.
1613 – writes to Father Castelli, suggesting that biblical interpretation be reconciled with the new findings of science.
1615 – a copy of the letter is handed to the inquisition in Rome.
1616 – Galileo warned by the Pope to stop his heretical teachings or face imprisonment.
1632 – when Galileo published his masterpiece, 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems' – (Ptolemaic and Copernican) – which eloquently defended and extended the Copernican system, he was struggling against a society dominated by religious dogma, bent on suppressing his radical ideas – his theories were thought to contravene the teachings of the Catholic Church. He again attracted the attention of the Catholic Inquisition.
His book took the form of a discussion between three characters; the clever Sagredo (who argues for Copernicus), the dullard Simplicio (who argues hopelessly for Aristotle) and Salviati (who takes the apparently neutral line but is clearly for Sagredo).
In 1633 he was tried for heresy.
'That thou heldest as true the false doctrine taught by many that the Sun was the centre of the universe and immoveable, and that the Earth moved, and had also a diurnal motion. That on this same matter thou didst hold a correspondence with certain German mathematicians.'
'…a proposition absurd and false in philosophy and considered in theology ad minus erroneous in faith…'.
Threatened with torture, Galileo was forced to renounce his theories and deny that the Earth moves around the Sun. He was put under house arrest for the rest of his life.
After Galileo's death in 1642 scientific thought gradually accepted the idea of the Sun-centered solar system. In 1992, after more than three and a half centuries, the Vatican officially reversed the verdict of Galileo's trial.
Galileo's thermoscope operated on the principle that liquids expand when their temperature increases. A thermoscope with a scale on it is basically a thermometer and in its construction Galileo was probably following directions given by Heron of Alexandria 1500 years earlier in 'Pneumatics'. As with the telescope, Galileo is often incorrectly given credit for the invention of the thermometer.
Related sites
- The Galileo Project (galileo.rice.edu)
- Museo Galileo (www.imss.fi.it)
- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (calstatela.edu)
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Great, lucid post from Joshua David at Jezebel:
Being thin is a priority for some people. This is a fine and perfectly valid thing. But your priority is yours and yours alone, and the ease with which one can make this a priority is irrelevant. It's obvious if you make the same arguments about any other lifestyle choice that it's absurd on its face. You know what's easy? Being really knowledgeable about film and film theory. It's something that I make a priority in my life. I don't go to the gym; I go home and watch French New Wave films. But people aren't crashing the comment section of reviews for Michael Bay movies to tell fans how easy it is to hang out and watch François Truffaut films and how much better you'll feel, if you just make it a priority.
If you place a great deal of importance on being thin and athletic and in amazing cardiovascular shape, I think that's just swell. You made something a priority in your life and you are doing things you enjoy. That's great and I encourage you. But you're no better than the person who doesn't place a priority on those. Your choices aren't better than the person who is fat and in great shape (I ran a half-marathon at 275 pounds, I know from being fat and in shape), or who is thin and in terrible shape, or even the person that's fat and out of shape. Those people have different priorities than you, and to suggest that their priorities are inherently and obviously lesser, whether with outright nastiness or couched in pseudoscientific – hell, even solid scientific – concern trolling, is high-minded arrogance.
As someone trying to slim down — preferably by early September when I start teaching two college classes a week, (i.e. being more publicly visible than working alone) — this hit home.
I admit it. I'd easily shed 30 pounds in a few months if I immediately stopped consuming: alcohol, cheese, any sweets, bread/pasta/rice — and made time to exercise vigorously for an hour every single day.
I'd rather weigh a larger size and enjoy my life.
I lost some serious weight a few years ago by going on a super-strict diet, the kind where you measure everything you consume, eat no fruit and in which my only allowed "snacks" were a tiny handful of almonds or sour, wet, cold, unflavored o% fat yogurt.
Neighbors were asking my husband: "Is she OK?" Meaning — the weight loss was so quick and noticeable (and I enjoyed it, believe me), they assumed serious illness.
But it wasn't sustainable.
Women's bodies are used every day in our toxic culture to shame us into silence and submission, as though wearing a smaller size of clothing somehow makes one of us more valuable in the world than another.
Which is bullshit.
Some of the nastiest women I've ever met were petite and chic, and some of the kindest are pillowy and zaftig.
And some women simply have no time or no money to focus all their energy on the size of their ass. And/or they work multiple jobs and/or face underlying health issues and/or are helping needy family members — all of which make getting and staying skinny a much lower priority than mere economic and emotional survival.
Here's a lovely and inspiring post about taking a photo of herself — while overweight — by a professional photographer, L.A.-based Stephanie Simpson. As I did for the AT cover shoot, she had the services of a make-up and hair artist and a pro shooter to do it.
When the AT team of five (!) — makeup/hair, photographer, art director, stylist and assistant — came to my one-bedroom apartment, flying in from Chicago and Atlanta to NY just for me — I was excited and happy. I could have been terrified but I really enjoyed it.
I think my confidence both surprised the team and made the day, and the photos, much better than we probably expected.
I've modeled twice now at this size, both times for pro photographers, one time (yes, really) in a bathing suit, albeit with most of me underwater demonstrating water aerobics. It was a lot of fun.
Yes, I would like to be thinner. But until I am, I do not measure my sole value in the world — whether to friends, family, work — by the size of my ass.
The size of our hearts — as evidenced by our acts of compassion and generosity — and our brains' ability to create art and science and music and dance and solve difficult problems — matters most.

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1-May-13 we were near Groom Lake watching the usual range activity such as the Nellis fighter weapons school. In the afternoon, when the scanner had been really quiet for a while, we looked up as there was a faint sound through the 30mph wind and....
Unfortunately we only noted 2 circuits between 1515-1530; but given the alck of other range traffic, it could have been there for ages. The most likely callsign was DOBBY17, cleared tactical at around the time it RTB.
F-117A over Rachel, NV 1-May-13
On the way north from Mojave to Tonopah we saw a Twin Otter descending into Bishop , CA. We pottered up to the airport to find an electronics-laden N83AR refuelling. There were 4 POB and it departed at 1750 to the south.
well-wired DHC-6 N83AR at Bishop Apr-13
30-Apr-13 we visited Brainwash Butte for a look at the TTR. Much to our delight, RAT55 called the Tower as it had some sort of APU/start issue. It was on the ramp on the far right (northern end) near what I thought were smallish F-117A hangars but perhaps it lives down that end. I assume RAT is RAdarTest and 55 is the last two of the serial 73-1155. They swept the runway before its departure at 1200ish, leaving VFR to the north. We hung around until 1530 but it failed to return suggesting it may have landed away, somewhat odd as I don't think there's any photos of it since 2008.
NT-43A 73-1155 taxying at Tonopah Test Range (by the Tower)
and airborne (the smudge top right)
TTR was fairly active but nothing much of interest, VAMPIRE21 flight 2x F-18 departing from the Janet ramp for an afternoon in the ranges to the south east.
30-April we stopped at the Aerospace Valley overlook on Rte14 as it winds down from the mountains from LA towards the high desert.
I watched N27NG Beech 1900 land and taxy to an area to the west of the Northrop Grumman labelled hangars. When I looked again, the hangar was open and this very large black object had been dragged out of the hangar for about 20mins 1230-1250 around the time when N27NG departed. Maybe the two aren't related but it looked like a touch and feel or photo opportunity to me.
The black thing could have been a B-2A, but it's oddly high off the ground and had either a 'proud' (think F-22A) cockpit or a cover over the cockpit area which glinting in the sun made it look like that. It looked like inward canted fins, B-2A style wings and not as 'dolphin' shaped as a B-2A. Unfortunately the frame grabs off my small camera don't help much, but it's oriented cockpit to the left end, having been dragged cockpit first out of the hangar.
In case you are wondering why no high-res photo. my colleague with the expensive camera was very unwell at the time, not capable of lifting his camera. Shame.
Plant 42 at Palmdale. Answers on a postcard regarding the black craft outside what I assume is a Northrop Grumman hangar
1-May over Groom Lake this B-2A was on a test. Fabulous manoeuvres, then at the end of the test the pilot said 'this will be my last trip so thanks for all the good times working with you over the years' before departing back to Whiteman as DEATH11 at 0930.
B-2A 'DEATH11' over Dreamland on a test 1-May-13
On the morning of 2-May the range chatter was strangely absent so we ventured up to Groom Lake Road to see if anything was going on. Around 0900, ELLA66 (Janet 737) was cleared STAGE-STYMY-DARLO for a Keyhole 2A and then told to hold out. This added to the interest as most flights had been on 'media day' arrivals thus far. ELLA66's hold was then cancelled as JESTER61 was cleared to depart VFR to the northwest climbing to 14,500ft.
A large aircraft was seen shortly afterwards, its speed/climb profile were consistent with a UAV or helo, but its size was significant, perhaps 3/4 of a 737.
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Another crop of new lawyers has entered the legal workforce in Virginia. We have seen some slight easing of the job crunch: Here's hoping that law firms and other organizations decide that it's time to hire and that the new lawyers can put their new law licenses to work.
But what type of workplace culture will a new lawyer face and what are the expectations he or she will endure? That question applies equally to the one-, two- or three-year associate who was fortunate enough to secure a position just before or during the recession.
There are literally thousands of law firms across the commonwealth, and as a result, there are an equal number of dress codes or sets of office mores about the appearance of the lawyers who practice there.
Some offices are pretty traditional, while others may take a more casual view. So we put together a Web poll to determine your thoughts about what is the most appropriate attire or appearance in a law office.
On this page, you will see eight numbered pictures. Tell us whether that feature of an associate's appearance is appropriate. We've chosen four that apply to men and four that apply to women (for a few, admittedly, there might be some crossover). They are:
1. Nose rings or other facial jewelry.
2. The unshaven, stubbly look
3. Stiletto or other very high heels
4. No tie
5. Visible tattoos
6. Cleavage
7. Very short skirts
8. Earrings or ear studs for men
You can vote thumbs up or down here. We also ask your gender, your age and your location. Also, we would like to know if your firm has a written dress code or other rules applying to lawyers' appearance. Each question will provide a space for comment.
We'll leave the Web poll open until June 28 and report the results in our July 5 issue. Thanks in advance for your participation and input.


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YPO Innovation Week Launches Across Africa
By Angela Mers, YPO
Annual Event Connects Global Leaders of the World's Most Innovative Companies
27 April 2017 – YPO, the world's premier network of chief executives, today announced the launch of Innovation Week across Africa. Through a series of more than 50 events around the world, the second annual YPO Innovation Week will connect 24,000 YPO members in more than 130 countries through a series of events focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.
In four regions throughout Africa, including Ghana, Tanzania, Johannesburg and Durban, YPO will bring together the world's most dynamic innovators for a chance to connect, challenge conventional thinking and gain actionable, applicable insight. YPO Innovation Week is the world's largest and most impactful global innovation initiative, and throughout Africa, the world's most innovative companies will share their inspiration and insights with African leaders.
YPO Innovation Week in Africa
Africa is a leading innovator in technology, pioneering mobile technology to increase financial access to medical care, and e-learning platforms providing access to quality education. Africa is also sparking innovations in cybersecurity, ecological sustainability, communications and more.
In recognition of how innovation can be employed to overcome many of the continent's challenges, improve lifestyles and grow the economy, YPO Africa is hosting a variety of events with industry leaders, agents of change, technologists and start-up visionaries from a cross-section of African industries, open to YPO members only.
"YPO's global network of young chief executives are interested in, and actively involved with, innovative solutions that can positively impact their businesses," noted YPO Innovation Week Africa Chair and co-CEO of Integ8IT Rob Sussman. "The valuable insight, key connections and respected expertise provided during YPO Innovation Week will leave African leaders inspired, with the tools to infuse innovation in their companies and communities."
Leading Innovation – Accra, Ghana; 11-13 May 2017
The first YPO Innovation Week event in Ghana will offer a creative journey by the "Team from Nowhere," a leader in building innovative cultures. This three-day event will be led by CEO, Dr. Nick Udall, former Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership, Andy Kitt, a Group Director of Nowhere, and Janet Goldblatt, of Nowhere Africa and YPO Pan Africa Chapter.
The Making of an Innovator – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 11 May 2017
Tanzania will host an impressive line-up of innovators who will discuss the importance of disruption and innovation for business success, as well as reveal what it takes to be a true innovator.
Event speakers include:
Albany James, Marketing Manager at EasyBuyAfrica.com, a hassle free online retailer
Forbes 30under30 list 2016, Edwin Bruno, CEO of Smart Codes, a digital services agency
Rose Funja, MD of Agrinfo, linking smallholders to finance
Sameer Hirji, Executive Director of Selcom Tanzania, a fintech innovator
Xavier Helgesen, CEO of Off-Grid Electric, providing affordable, pre-paid solar energy
Dr. Gordon Carver, Silverleaf Academy, innovating in education
Award-winner Lilian Makoi, Founder of Jamii Arica Health, micro-health insurance
Live to Innovate – Johannesburg, South Africa; 11 May 2017
David Garrison, Chief Navigator of Garrison Growth, adviser to CEOs and former mobile technology pioneer, will discuss Authentically Curious Leadership. David points out that today's workforce is the best educated ever, yet ideas about management are largely based on concepts created for industrial factories in the late 1800s. This session explores what it means to be authentically curious as a leader to leverage members of the organization and get them as involved in success as shareholders and the CEO.
The Story Behind Hirsch's Success – Durban, South Africa; 10 May 2017
Hirsch's is a household name in South Africa and is a true entrepreneurial success story and family business. Since its inception in 1979, it has grown into a chain of mega appliance and home furnishing stores in KZN, Cape Town and Gauteng. Having reached the R1 billion milestone in 2012, five years later, Hirsch's anticipate achieving R2 billion in turnover by the end of 2017.
Founders Allan and Margaret Hirsch and son, MD and YPO member Richard Hirsch, will share their story.
For more information, on the larger, international events visit the YPO Innovation Week website.
The premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world.
YPO is the global platform for chief executives to engage, learn and grow. YPO members harness the knowledge, influence and trust of the world's most influential and innovative business leaders to inspire business, personal, family and community impact.
Today, YPO empowers more than 24,000 members in more than 130 countries, diversified among industries and types of businesses. Altogether, YPO member-run companies employ more than 15 million people and generate USD6 trillion in annual revenues.
Leadership. Learning. Lifelong. For more information, visit YPO.org.
Note: While the events are member-only, the media is invited to contact YPO to arrange post-event interviews.


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July 24, 2012 -- The FDA has approved a new inhaled drug for the treatment of the lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
The drug, called Tudorza Pressair (aclidinium bromide), is a dry powder inhaler. It improves airflow by relaxing the muscles around the large airways of the lungs. Patients use it twice a day.
Tudorza Pressair is approved for the long-term maintenance of COPD only. It is not a "rescue medication" -- a drug used for sudden breathing problems.
COPD is the umbrella term for chronic lung diseases that include emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The symptoms include:
- chest tightness
- chronic cough
- shortness of breath
- excessive phlegm
Treatment typically involves the use of bronchodilators to open the airways and make breathing easier, and steroids to help reduce airway swelling and mucus production.
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of COPD.
Tudorza Pressair Approved
The FDA based its approval of Tudorza Pressair on the results of three studies. The studies included more than 1,270 people with COPD.
All the people in the studies had a history of smoking at least one pack of cigarettes a day for 10 years. Those who used Tudorza Pressair showed improvement in lung function measures.
There are some serious side effects associated with Tudorza Pressair. They include:
Common side effects include:
- headache
- inflammation of the nasal passage (nasopharyngitis)
- cough
Tudorza Pressair is distributed by St. Louis-based Forest Pharmaceuticals.


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So it's over between George Clooney and Stacy Keibler because she wanted marriage and babies, according to PEOPLE. According to US Weekly, they hadn't been spending any time together, with him in Europe shooting a movie and her in America trying to build a career hosting reality tv shows and attending video game launches. Because of the distance, apparently they weren't f-cking enough and a girl needs to get some. OK so the easy joke here is do you want marriage or do you want sex?
Anyway, Page Six has a different version of the story. They report that it was George who ended it and, three weeks ago, called up Stacy and told her to pack up out his house. Page Six asked Stacy's publicist about it at the time but she denied it. And now both sides are distributing their respective interpretations of what went down. Or at least what they want you to think went down.
So is Stacy bitter, or what?
George Clooney has always been… generous… with his lovers. Whether it's one night or two years, he never, ever cheaps out. Stacy has a proper B List career in entertainment now, probably a lot of cash, jewellery, and maybe even a little real estate. What's the problem? After all, you don't actually go into a relationship with George Clooney on a different set of expectations, do you?
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At least 19 young men have settled with Penn State over assertions of abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to lawyers for the claimants.
Many, if not all of them, have received checks from the university, the attorneys said over the past two days. The school has set aside $60m to pay claims, though several lawyers say the settlements prevent them from disclosing details, including the amounts their clients were paid.
"They're getting the resources they need to navigate hurdles which have been thrown in front of them," said Harrisburg lawyer Ben Andreozzi, part of a group of four lawyers who have resolved nine claims. They have three other cases, including two that have not been presented to Penn State.
"Does it wipe out all their problems? No," Andreozzi said. "Does it give them the resources they need to get their lives back on track? Yes."
Among those who reached settlements were some who testified at Sandusky's trial last year. Sandusky, the school's longtime assistant football coach under Joe Paterno, is serving 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years.
Harrisburg attorney Chuck Schmidt confirmed his client has settled, as did Williamsport attorney Clifford Rieders.
"He is a very responsible, thoughtful, intelligent man," Rieders said Tuesday of his client. "His reaction is that this was a terrible tragedy and he'd like to move on with his life and get the help he needs for a meaningful life."
Rieders said his client was paid September 30. Schmidt said his received a check about two weeks ago.
Philadelphia attorney Tom Kline previously announced his client had settled, as did the Philadelphia firm Ross Feller, which represents seven.
Jeff Anderson, a lawyer from St Paul, Minnesota, said his two cases remain unresolved, as did a spokeswoman for Baltimore attorney Howard Janet, who represents one claimant. Two other lawyers who have clients in the Sandusky civil claims did not return phone messages.
A Penn State spokesman declined to comment, but the school has said it plans to eventually release the number of claimants and the total amount they have been paid. Lawyers for the school say at least 31 have come forward but it's unclear who some are or whether they have lawyers.


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- VandalBot - A script or "robot" that attempts to vandalize or spam massive numbers of articles (hundreds or thousands), blanking, or adding commercial links. Another type of VandalBot appears to log on repeatedly with multiple random names to vandalize an article.
- Childish vandalism - Adding graffiti or blanking pages. (The female cyclist vandal is an example of this type.) Note that this page, itself, has been repeatedly blank page vandalized since June 11, 2005.
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- Sneaky vandalism - Vandalism which is harder to spot. Adding misinformation, changing dates or making other sensible-appearing substitutions and typos (e.g. [2] which was reverted because the source material is easily available).
- Attention-seeking vandalism - Adding insults, using offensive usernames, replacing articles with jokes etc. (see also wiki doc:No personal attacks)
- User page vandalism - Replacing User pages with insults, profanity, etc. (see also wiki doc:No personal attacks)
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- Template vandalism - Adding any of the above to templates.
- Page move vandalism - Moving pages to offensive or nonsense names. Most infamous example was Willy on Wheels. However, wiki doc now only allows users with 25 edits or above to make page moves, and the reason must be stated.
- Redirect vandalism - Redirecting articles or talk pages to offensive articles or images. One example is the Autofellatio redirect vandal.
- Link vandalism - Rewriting links within an article so that they appear the same, but point to something irrelevant or ridiculous (e.g. France).
- Avoidant vandalism - Removing afd, copyvio and other related tags in order to conceal or avoid entries to risk deletion.
- Random character vandalism - Replacing topical information with random characters, or just adding random characters to a page. "aslkdjnsdagkljhasdlkh," for example.
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- Official policy vandalism - Deleting or altering part of a wiki doc official policy with which the vandal disagrees, without any attempt to seek consensus or recognize an existing consensus. Improving or clarifying policy wording in line with the clear existing consensus is not vandalism.
- Copyrighted material vandalism - Knowingly adding copyrighted material to wiki doc articles in violation of wiki doc policy is vandalism. Because users may be unaware that the information is copyrighted, or of wiki doc policy in this regard, such action only becomes vandalism if it continues after the relevant policy and copyrighted nature of the material have been established.
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- Learning Wiki Markup and Manual of Style - Some users require some time to learn the wiki-based markup, and will spend a little time experimenting with the different ways to make external links, internal links, and other special characters.
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- NPOV violations - The neutral point of view is a difficult policy for many of us to understand, and even wiki doc veterans occasionally accidentally introduce material which is non-ideal from an NPOV perspective. Indeed, we are all blinded by our beliefs to a greater or lesser extent. While regrettable, this is not vandalism.
- Bold Edits - wiki docs often make sweeping changes to articles in order to improve them—most of us aim to be bold when updating articles. While having large chunks of text you wrote removed, moved to talk, or substantially rewritten can sometimes feel like vandalism, it should not be confused with vandalism.
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- If you are interested in how accurate wiki doc is, a less destructive test method is to try to find inaccurate statements that are already in wiki doc, and then to check to see how long they have been in place (and if possible, correct them).
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Today I find out that my scheduler was too busy to execute all jobs in my crontab !?
* * * * * (while :;do ssh example.com :; done)
59 23 19 06 * touch /tmp/bang
my while loop is going to produce so much hangs on the cron deamon that it may not be able to read the crontab once a minute. If it reads it at 23:58 and at 00:00, the 23:59 won't be run.
This is actually the first time I see this behaviour. And -believe me- it's annoying!


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The accolade honours hospitality excellence and is awarded only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding travelers reviews on Trip Advisor .To qualify for the Certificate of Excellence, hotels must maintain an overall rating of four higher, out of a possible five, as reviewed by travelers on Trip Advisor.
LUX*'s CEO Paul Jones, is delighted ."It's fabulous news for the Group, especially as all our resorts are included! The Trip Advisor awards are very important to us as their website is one of the first places potential visitors consult. This strengthens our belief that the Group is on the right track and reflects very well on the team members of all our properties. They're doing a great job!".
LUX* Resorts & Hotels aim to distinguish themselves by providing a different kind of luxury with hospitality that is Lighter and Brighter.


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Privilege Is Like Money: Reflections From France
The Atlantic in Paris: Dispatch #1
We hit the ground running with no time to look pretty or cool or like anything more than what we are--Les Américains vont à Paris. I was there but I wasn't alone. I was there with my family--my wife and my son. We have bumbled into everything we've ever gotten, smacked into it sideways and awkward and shameless. We are living in le 6e arrondissement, and we got here in our particular fashion. A year ago I did not know what an arrondissement was. Two years ago I could not pronounce the word. I can barely pronounce it now.
We talk about a culture of poverty as a way of damnation, but not as a way of comprehension. America loves winners, and tells us that we can all be winners, and it says this at such a volume that when you do not win, you might believe that something deep in your bones condemns you to losing--and believing that you might take whatever is given to you. You might be thankful for your squalor. You might come to believe that it is a divine plan for you to be under and down. I don't want to overstate this. I simply want to say that if I punch you in the face enough times, and you lack the power to stop me, you might come to believe that it is what you deserve. Rousseau says that strength must be transformed into right; likewise, weakness becomes destiny.
But the game is rigged. I know this because I loved my craft for many years and it meant nothing to anyone save my mother, my father, my siblings, my wife and a few close friends. At 25 my only noteworthy success was playing some part in the creation of my son. I stayed loyal to his mother. I think I stayed loyal because I could park myself there--perhaps I failed at all other things. But I was a good father and I was a loyal spouse. And then one day a man of some privilege (bearing his own struggles) spoke to another man of some privilege and I became a man of some privilege with a megaphone, which I now employ, across an ocean, to bring these thoughts to you. And I love both of these men of privilege--power is a fact, it is not morality. Losing is tragic, but it is not noble. How many freedom fighters turned despots in the possession of superior guns?
But the game is rigged. Let me tell you how I came here. I write for a major magazine and this is a privilege. I would say that it is earned, except that many people earn many things which they never receive. So I shall say that it was earned and I was lucky. I shall also say that my whole aim when I write is to blow a hole in that great forever, to make you feel the particular fire that burns in me. Someone who felt that fire wrote me. He lived in Paris. We struck up a friendship. Now he is in New York with his family, and I am here in Paris with mine. Privilege multiplied many times over.
And we are here now, and all around me is the incredible music of French. I walk into stores and bumble my way through. I take my family for le boeuf et frites and bumble through. I inhale a bottle of red wine with my wife, and stumble out. I walk into pharmacies with my son mishandling verbs, fumbling pronouns, wrecking whole grammars. And by my heel, I care not. It is not for them. It is for me. I know how we got here. I do not know when we may be called back.


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21st Century Learning #84: Dr. Scott McLeod on Disruptive Innovation and the Future of K12 Education
21st Century Learning #84
Dr. Scott McLeod on Disruptive Innovation and the Future of Education
November 13, 2008
This week Dr. Scott McLeod joined us to discuss his K-12 Online Presentation entitled Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations. An must listen for anyone interested in leadership and school change. Thanks to Scott for his time and the excellent conversation.
Next Thursday, 11/20 we'll have Will Schwalbe co-author of the book SEND: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home.
We have a going a special show scheduled on Monday, 11/24 at noon with Michael Horn co-author of Disrupting Class,


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This comic, which begins a new mini story arc, is 100% true (except for all the parts that didn't happen). I did find the three movies listed in panel 1 in the Walmart bargin bin for less than $8 apiece, and I did feel a pang of bitter sweet irony upon being happy that I was able to acquire three films I consider to be essential classics for 24ish dollars and sad that they were crammed into a sadness tub with Scary Movie 2, Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Fantastic 4: Rise Of The Silver Surfer. Oddly enough, most of the non-essential movies in the bargain bathtub were squeakquels… er, sequels. Interesting. Maybe the lesson is to make one impossibly shitty movie, then stop. Just resist the urge to explore the heretofore unknown avenues of shit the first film left open. Hmm, something to think abou… Oh, wait. What's that, Hollywood? "No," you say? Just a flat out, "NO?" Oh, and a, "Hey kid why don'tcha go fuck yerself while yer at it?" as well? Fair enough. I appreciate you taking the time to hear me ou… oh, just get right on to fucking myself then? Got it. Can do.
COMMENTERS: What's your favorite seemingly underrated movie? I'm not saying Stand By Me or Willy Wonka are underrated. I assumed they are perfect rated. But I bet dollars to Death Blossoms that The Last Starfighter doesn't always get its due.
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Adam D.· 103 weeks agoHudson Hawk, to me was an underrated film. Bruce Willis (with hair… some of it, anyways.) and Danny Aiello, ripping off one liners and comebacks like they never go out of style.
"Oh Bunny! Ball Ball!"
"I think Bunny's got today's ball-balls…."
I still get razzed whenever I suggest it, but… I'm glad I got my $5.00 blu ray copy, to treasure forever.
"How's my commenting? 1-800-I'm Gonna Fuckin Die!'
geekfangirl· 103 weeks agoBaby Geniuses is a guilty pleasure of mine. It is also consistently rated among the worst movies of all time.House of the Long Shadows . . . a very wink-wink riff on Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" from the early 80's, with a bunch of horror greats: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and an ancient John Carradine (father of Wild Bill, Kung Fu, and Nerd Revenge Carradine)Mine is probably Ice Pirates. Though, admittedly, it isn't aging particularly well. I'll still watch the hell out of it, though.
Dave· 103 weeks agoThe Hudsucker Proxy. Everybody jumps to the Big Lebowski as the Cohen Brothers' comedy masterpiece but I tell ya, The Hudsucker Proxy can give it a solid run for its money.
You know… for kids.Mrs. Doubtfire and Cool Runnings were staples of my childhood. Neither is considered particularly great, but I love them both to this day.
leeapeea· 103 weeks agoThe Sandlot (though this may be one everyone loves enough that they don't need to talk about how much they love it?). The Cutting Edge. Stigmata. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. That one I quite literally wore the tape out on the VHS. Nothing like cute optimistic teens and goofy optimistic dictators and historical figures to make a 12-year-old's day.
Царь· 103 weeks agoThe gold and silver for underrated films has to go to "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions." Granted, they were not groundbreaking, iconic cinematic masterpieces like "The Matrix." But, lets be fair, little could have matched what the original accomplished. They are good in their own right.
The bronze goes to "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within." Again, people compare it to the deep and intricate story lines from the games. An unjust comparison, to say the least. Please, lets give it its due. And, for the love of all things good and holy, please stop trying to convince me that "Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children" is anything but flashy fan service with a nothing of a plot. It is excruciatingly overrated, and in that category earns the gold.
Jason· 103 weeks agoSpace Jam. Never has there been a finer piece of cinema involving a professional athlete teaming up with animated characters to defeat aliens in a basketball game.
JeffCG· 103 weeks agoJoe vs. the Volcano. It's the only Meg Ryan movie I watch intentionally, and Abe Vigoda and Nathan Lane as nativzied Jews addicted to orange soda is probably the most ridiculous thing ever to appear on screen.
HeyZeusKreesto· 103 weeks agoI always feel like Watchmen gets rated poorly, but I thought it was one of the best comic book movies of all time. Snyder captured the world of Watchmen as best you can. You could see specific panels from the comic come to life. I also thought the ending worked much better than the comic ending when translating it into a movie. Not to say the ending of the comic was bad. Just different mediums.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Though I can appreciate "Willy Wonka," (that word used to be "tolerate"), and I can admit that Gene Wilder is the better Wonka, I feel like "Charlie" is just a better adaptation of the book overall, and it's one of only two films (the other being Little Shop of Horrors) that I can just watch to feel joy.
And then there's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Oh god, what an awesome way to spend an hour and a half. It was everything I ever wanted out of a film titled "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
Kirby· 103 weeks agoI like Scary Movie 2… at least compared to every other possible piece of crap that has the word 'movie' in it that's been out in the last few.years. I've never cared for Willy Wonka… for the same reason the author tried to.violently wrest the rights away from them after it was made.
As for a favorite under-appreciated movie… I've really got nothing, mostly because I've never really disliked a movie. Except Jarhead for reasons. I can find something to like in just about everything.
Guest· 103 weeks agoDemolition man, It is hilarious and entertaining every time I watch it, Despite the fact that it's rated lowThe Rock, despite Michael Bay's penchant for explosions where there need not be any and despite Nic Cage it is a very watchable film helped largely by Sean Connery and Ed Harris with a stellar supporting cast. Just not sure how under appreciated it is, most of which would be down to Bay & his Transformer efforts. And Nic Cage.
Lynne· 103 weeks agoI tend to get made fun of for how much I love Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman). It's ridiculous and over-the-top and the source of one of the worst Mary Sues I've seen (quite an accomplishment), but it's pretty clear that everyone involved knew all of that and decided to have fun anyway. It's my go-to film for when I just want to enjoy myself and not have to think too much.
Mary· 103 weeks agoPhantom of the Paradise and Shock Treatment. Both weird cult flicks likely to show up in the Bargain Bin."Undercover Blues" is a constant joy to my wife and me (and now our daughter, too). There are horrible plot holes and just a lot of silliness — but there's some great bantering super-spy romance between Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner."Time Bandits". That is all
Timothy· 103 weeks agoA better way to look at it is that them being in the bargain bin means most people either have or have watched those movies. The rest don't have taste.My favourite movie of all time is "Battle Beyond the Stars". I've had a movie night with "The Seven Samurai", "The Magnificent Seven" and BBtS.Or, maybe look at the bright side of that sad tub. Some poor sad sack who was looking for Michael Baysplosions IV may just stumble upon an awesome really good movie instead and buy it cuz its so cheap and then bam! That person's life is changed forever!I liked "The Last Starfighter" myself, though I had to wonder about the long term viability of a civilization that essentially walls itself IN.
I'd have to suggest Weird Al Yankovic's "UHF". Assuming one likes his rather bonkers form of humor, it's a really fun movie.
And it's not really a "movie" and more overlooked now than underrated – but it's stunning to me how many people these days are completely unaware of how important "Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts" was to the development of music video – and thus to TV and movies.
lou· 103 weeks agoI have a soft spot for the movie adaptation of HITMAN. Tim Olyphant is just so cool as Agent 47 and they didn't jack up his look or his methods at all. Just crazy awesome action start to finish. Oh, and we got Olga Kurylenko topless. Winning!I feel like am one of the few fans of Quantum of Solace. Two other favs of mine that I don't think are much watched are James Franco/Sophia Myles' Tristan and Isolde and Ewan McGregor/Renee Zellwegger's Down With Love. I also don't understand why the Jason Momoa Conan wasn't better received – it's everything I could imagine wanting from a Conan movie!
skoby· 103 weeks agoI actually quite like wild wild west and waterworld even tho they were total flops I really ebjoyed them and have seen both several times. When a mate came round recently he laughed at my dvd collection… not at my girlfriends disney films and johnny Depp collection but wild wild west and waterworld
coasterbear· 103 weeks agoI don't think I've seen it in the bargain bins, but FDR: American Badass! is one of those movies. Machine guns in the arms of his wheelchair, Hitler as a werewolf, and hot tub action all over the place. This one has it all…..
Jon· 103 weeks ago"Hawk the Slayer" is a brilliantly story, hamstrung by a non-existent budget, and Jack Palance. Now THERE is a remake waiting to happen.
Greg· 103 weeks agoI thought Mall Rats was pretty good. Jason Lee was hilarious.I have soft spots for a number of poorly rated films. I still like to watch "Antitrust" which managed to capture some of the spirit behind Open Source software. Die Hard 2 isn't as bad as many people make it out to be (granted, it's the weakest of the bunch)
Other firm favourites for a lazy evening's viewing: TimeCop (best JCvD sci-fi evaar), Fire Down Below (not sure why I like this film so much, but it's definitely one of my favourite Seagal films).Congo is a guilty pleasure of mine. Smart gorillas, a young and biscuity Laura Linney, goofy dialog, an afropop infused Jerry Goldsmith score and a Bruce Campbell cameo.I'm the only person that thinks Waterworld was a good film or what? Because I've seen it three times and i still like it.
Robert· 103 weeks ago"Toy Soldiers" A drug cartel takes over a boys' boarding school full of pranksters and boys that have a problem with authority. Great phone sex scene and nice recipe for hidden booze.
Just mention the title to the uninitiated and they as if it's the one with the army guy toys that go crazy.
Laikai· 103 weeks agoRavenous.
Quirky, funny and also horror all in the one movie – the wendigo myth done it's justice. So few people even know of it, let alone have watched it.Flight of the Navigator. It's dated now, but I still have a squishy spot in my heart for it. And it was the first use of that 'liquid metal' CGI that looked absolutely AWESOME! Possibly responsible for my being a massive sci-fi geek.
Also David Lynch's Dune. Again, dated but still LOVE it as an adaptation.As odd as it may sound, considering its critical acclaim at the time it came out, but I think people have begun sleeping on The Untouchables. I don't know if it's because The Sopranos hijacked the mob genre or what, but damn that movie is good.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the original movie) was a victim of terrible marketing as someone decided to sell the campiest of camp B-movies as an action flick. Paul Reubens' death scene is worth the $5 all by itself.
I'm also a huge fan of Blood of Heroes, a Rutger Hauer post-apocalyptic flick that features a couple of "before they were stars" appearances and some awesome action. The story is simple and the execution is great.
Lastly, Grandma's Boy is the funniest Happy Madison production I've seen (probably because Adam Sandler isn't in it). The cast is brilliant and it's constantly hilarious.
Honorable mentions – Repo: The Genetic Opera; The Pretender (TV series), Blind Fury, Beastmaster, Darkman, Cloak and Dagger, Gotcha!, Blitz and The Rocketeer.
zee· 103 weeks agoI'm going to have to call Tremors and Tremors 2. So, so bad, and yet so funny in its badness….
Eric· 103 weeks agoWell one of mine was mentioned but all of Ernest movies are a guitly pleasure for me and some of my friends…Just classic humor that's create to make you laugh and not worry about anything else…Also another one…The 3Ninja's…i'm 28 and i still enjoy the bad sound effects and how they try to make you believe that a 80 year old guy could fight like that. I can't wait until my son is a bit older and watch all those movies with him!I still think Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days is one of the best distopic sci fi films of all time. And yet no one I recommend it to has ever heard of it, much less seen it. Plus you can't tell me that with the advent of Google Glass we aren't one small step away from the "playback" experience. Memories sold underground like street drugs! A murderer that makes his victims watch from his POV as he kills them! Angela Bassett as a total badass who saves the day and gets the boy!
Dewy· 103 weeks agoI absolutely LOVE Kung Fu Hustle. It's like a live-action martial arts cartoon. Runner up would be Kung Pow! Enter the Fist. What can I say. I guess I just love wacky Chop Socky.
90percentgeek· 103 weeks agoThere's an awesome Mel Brooks movie called "To be or not to be" which isn't very well known but I love. It's not as zany as his other stuff but it has Christopher Lloyd as a batty german colonel, and Mel Brooks dressed up as Hitler.
Also Murdered by Death which features Peter Falk as himself and Peter Sellers as a mad chinese detective. Its a massively underrated film but I think it's comedy gold!
Lurkie· 102 weeks agoI know I'm among geeks here, but the rest of the world doesn't seem to appreciate The Fifth Element. Yes yes, Milla boobies are good, but aside from that, it's just a goofy fun time. Bruce Willis playing a sullen tough guy, what a novel idea! I've even taught my 9yo daughter to say "Corbin, I have no fire"Lake Placid.
A horror movie that was more of a comedy. Betty White is in it. She says to a cop "If I had a D**k, this is when I'd tell ya to suck it!" Love Betty! 😉"Addams Family Values" is an underrated classic for the ages.The Shawshank Redemption. I always recommend it. http://shawshankr.com
KingMeIV· 102 weeks agoSunshine. I don't know how it's rated, but surprisingly few people seem to have actually seen it considering how amazing of a sci-fi flick it is. Lots of similarities to Event Horizon, but with what I consider to be a much tighter story with superior characters (and actors playing them).
BaneDeadpool· 102 weeks agoBill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! That movie was swapped out almost daily with Wayne's World for much of my tween years.
Bryce· 102 weeks agoEveryone who's seen it loves it, but The Princess Bride is not something that looks like it'd be as good as it is so I know a lot of folks who skipped it. Then it hits you with absolute sincere charm and you feel ten years old again, without a cynical bone in your body.Uwe Bowl. What a payoff.
FSilvermane· 102 weeks ago"The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" was, from what I can tell, relegated to the dustbin of failure after it came out because I can find almost no one who has heard of it. That movie to me was amazing,..I mean Robin Williams as the King of the Moon ["you must refer to me by my full title,.. King of Everything. Rei di Tutto. But you may call me Ray."] ,….. John Neville as the Baron,…. Uma Thurman as Venus,…its just a good all around movie ,..its funny and actually has a moral to it which is something most movies these days lack,….Dragonslayer. Amazing stop-motion dragon scenes and the first Disney boobies since Fantasia.
Mndrew· 102 weeks agoEquilibrium and Ultraviolet (the Mila J. movie, not the even better BBC mini-series) are two that I can't help but watch every time they come on.
Cherie· 102 weeks agoStrictly Ballroom (the least known of Baz Luhrman's films)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (a MUST, MUST, MUST See! Seriously! Go watch it now if you haven't seen it yet!)
And the one's everyone thinks I should be ashamed of but I am not:
Tango and Cash
Big Trouble in Little China
Chaucer59· 99 weeks agoI really enjoyed Ahhnold's "Last Action Hero." The jokes were mostly well-timed and brilliantly executed. The kid on bike is riding down hill, leading a high-speed chase after convincing himself he can't get hurt in a movie and suddenly realizes he's the comic relief–that was priceless. And the villain, transferred out of the movie, shooting an innocent bystander only to realize that he doesn't hear sirens. He shouts out "I've just shot this man in cold blood!" The only response is a disgruntled neighbor shouting at him to shut up so people can sleep. It had its clunky moments, but overall it was a lot of fun. I later saw that the New Yorker gave it a positive review. Everyone else panned it.
Larry Frazier· 99 weeks agoHow can you mock Face/Off? It's one of the best films ever, and how often do you get to see the 2 main actors switch roles between being good and evil? Ok, not including Arnold Schwartzenegger in Total Recall)Scott Pilgrim vs The World is and will always be one of my very favorite movies. I watch it often.
I think it actually lost money at the box office.
Gordon· 93 weeks agoGolden Child!!! "My dear, sweet brother Numsi has forgiven me!"
Also buckaroo bansai!


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Big data project reveals where carbon-stocking projects in Africa provide the greatest benefits
It is increasingly recognized that climate change has the potential to threaten people and nature, and that it is imperative to tackle the drivers of climate change, namely greenhouse gases. One way to slow climate change is to increase the number of trees on Earth, as they, through photosynthesis, take up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, converting it to carbon products which are stored in the vegetation (in the form of wood, roots, leaves) and oxygen.
New forests continue to accumulate carbon for hundreds of years. Therefore, forestation projects are one way of generating 'carbon credits', which are tradable units on the carbon market. The more carbon is stored in the vegetation, the more profitable such projects are.
Restoring forests should bring especially high carbon returns in areas where plants grow fast and to big sizes, but where past disturbances such as deforestation, fires, and degradation have resulted in much of the vegetation being destroyed, because the difference between what is there and what could potentially be there is so large. However, little information exists on where such areas are, and how big their carbon storage potential is.
Researchers from Aarhus University, Denmark, the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa have now developed a method to calculate the difference between the potential carbon that could be stored in vegetation if there were no disturbances and the carbon that is currently stored in vegetation in tropical Africa.
The researchers based their analysis on a satellite-derived map of current carbon being stored in vegetation. Combining it with data on environmental factors that affect plant growth, such as climate and soil, they could model the maximum amount of carbon that could be stored in vegetation across tropical Africa. By subtracting the actual amount of carbon currently stored in vegetation from this, they could thus show where in Africa carbon-stocking projects would be particularly profitable.
People and biodiversity factors are also important
In reality, such a map of where most carbon could be stored is probably of limited use for deciding where to plan carbon projects, because there may be a number of constraints to setting up forestation projects to stock carbon. For example, a densely populated agricultural area with high levels of rainfall and temperatures might bring high carbon returns; however, it would be unlikely to be profitable as land value in these areas is high, and because it would be problematic to have to relocate people. Therefore, such constraints must be considered when planning carbon forests.
In addition, it might be a good idea to consider whether there are wider benefits to setting up such projects.
"We used our map which showed where carbon forests would bring high returns, to ask where carbon-stocking by forestation would not only be highly profitable, but where it would also minimize conflict with people, and benefit biodiversity and people", says Michelle Greve from the University of Pretoria, who led the project as part of her PhD at Aarhus University.
"Therefore, we applied a method to optimally select areas which would not only have high carbon returns, but would also conserve native biodiversity and support ecosystem services, that is, services that the environment provides which benefit humans. The areas also had to have low land value and human population density, so as to reduce conflict with people, and high levels of governance, because setting up projects in areas with high levels of violence and corruption would be too risky and have too low chances of success", Michelle Greve explains.
Michelle Greve and her colleagues could thus identify areas where carbon projects would have wider co-benefits. An example of an area that showed high carbon returns, but was less important when these other factors were considered, was the region around Lake Victoria in East Africa. The area currently has little vegetation biomass due to heavy degradation, but has an excellent climate for tree growth, and thus has a high potential for carbon stocking through forests. However, it does not support as high biodiversity as some other areas and, more importantly, it is also densely populated by people who practice intensive agriculture in the area. So setting aside land here to plant carbon forests would not be optimal.
Rather, regions of the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa, and the Lower Guinean rainforests which are situated on the coast of Nigeria and Cameroon, were identified as having more optimal combinations of high carbon stocking potential, high co-benefits for wildlife conservation and humans and high feasibility.
"There is a great need to reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Our approach exemplifies how strategies to do this can be targeted to optimize feasibility and co-benefits for biodiversity and people", concludes Jens-Christian Svenning, professor at Aarhus University and supervisor on the PhD project.
More information: The article "Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility" will be published in Nature Communications on 19 December 2013.
Journal information: Nature Communications
Provided by Aarhus University


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A reader's comment on my ARMA Models for Trading post asked about different aspects of my experience with ARMA+GARCH for trading forecasting. The more I thought about it, the more it looked like a full post. So here we go.
Starting with the high level – what packages did I try? I have tried a few, the functions from the standard distribution, the fArma and the fGarch packages, the forecast package and the rugarch package. It's clear from the posts that my preference is for the fGarch and fArma. Both feature good APIs, but most importantly, are very stable. What do I mean by that? I have run functions from these packages millions (no joking) times, and I never hit an unexpected error (a crash in other words) or noticed weird behaviour. The only complain I can file against them is that they don't support rolling forecasts, a feature supported by the other packages (this older post of mine illustrates this feature using the rugarch package).
Moving to the parameters, it makes sense to start with the rolling window. Lately I have been using a window of 500 points, which is equivalent to about two trading years on daily data. This time span makes a good sense in terms of length – not too long, not too short, less than half of a normal business cycle.
How often to re-fit the model – daily? Weekly? Or even monthly? The more often the better, but I didn't go shorter than daily.
While I don't have a problem using longer windows, shorter once definitely have issues – the models fail to converge more often. In other words, 250-500 points is the shortest window size that works generally well.
Another parameter is the distribution for the residuals. As expected, the default normal distribution does not work well. My default choice is the SGED (Skewed Generalized Error Distribution) distribution, with SSTD (Skewed Student-T Distribution) distribution showing very similar results (last time I looked at it).
What models to look at? I don't like varying the GARCH components, I usually stay with (1,1). From my experience the big difference is whether the volatility is modelled or not, not how precisely it's modelled. My default range for the ARMA components is (0,0) to (5,5). Longer models may perform slightly better but add too much overhead and in general I decided to stay away from them.
Not much difference between using different metrics (AIC, BIC, SIC, etc), thus, I stay with the default AIC.
For the rest, I tend to use the defaults. Avoiding over-fitting is one reason, but the main reason is that every parameter increases the number of tests I need to perform before committing real money.
Last, one needs to find the financial instruments to apply these methods to. Besides my post, check this paper for applications of a very similar approach to FOREX trading.
So, that's all. Leave a comment if I left out something important, or if you want to share feedback.


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