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PHOENIX SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE IS REGISTERED AGENT FOR III% GROUP, LED ANTI-LGBTQ CAMPAIGN
June 10, 2022 by ARIZONA RIGHT WING WATCH
UPDATE 10 JUNE 2022 10:30AM
This article was updated to include a sentence about the typo in Carver's campaign website and how the URL with the correct spelling leads to this article.
A far-right takeover is happening throughout the country at the local level. In Florida, at least half a dozen former and current members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys have secured official positions with the Miami-Dade Republican Party. Across the country, white nationalist propagandist Vincent James Foxx relocated from California to the small Idaho town of Post Falls, where he's already cozied up with far-right politicians as high-ranking as the Lieutenant Governor and expressed interest in running for local races himself. These are just a few examples.
School boards have become hot spots for the far-right to make their presence known. During the COVID-19 pandemic, fascist militias and affiliates of various "patriot" movements responded to school safety measures by literally storming school board meetings in Vail, AZ and Portland, OR. In Washington, over a dozen Three Percenters have quickly gained political positions throughout the state, including five school board seats.
Similarly, a member of an Arizona sect of Three Percenters has been identified to be running for Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix.
Paul Alan Carver Jr. made no real attempt to hide his connection to the The Union of Three Percenter American Patriots (UTPAP), which displays the traditional III% logo of the far-right militia movement. UTPAP is registered as a non-profit under the Arizona Corporate Commission with Carver named as the lead agent; he even lists his own home for their registered address, which also matches the address under his candidate statement of interest.
Header of The Union of Three Percenter American Patriots website.
The Three Percenters are a decentralized militia movement that spawned out of the Obama-era. They're often described as "anti government" but they're more than happy to take local political offices to get what they want. UTPAP is only one of many chapters spread throughout the country. Over 330 different Three Percenter groups were active between 2016 and 2019. Throughout the years, members affiliated with Three Percenter groups have been connected to violence, including the bombing of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, MN. Three Percenters were also present for Unite the Right in Charlottesville, VA and several members have been indicted for charges related to the January 6 Capitol attack. In Canada, the Three Percenters are a designated terrorist group alongside other extremist networks like the Proud Boys, Atomwaffen Division, and The Base.
On UTPAP's website, the first two questions on their FAQ lazily attempts to address the accusations they're racists and domestic terrorists.
"The government says Three Percenters are domestic terrorists," the website asks before immediately disregarding the question and blaming the label on a "rumor" started by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Carver already has a small presence in Arizona conservative politics, serving as a precinct committeeman in Legislative District 15. On September 6, 2020, he also co-hosted "Silent No More Red Wave Vehicle Parade," a dud caravan-protest where he and about two dozen vehicles drove around the valley in support of Trump. Others in attendance included 2020 Phoenix Mayoral candidate Merissa Hamilton and Gateway Pundit disinformation writer and alleged domestic abuser Jordan Conradson.
Arizona state senator Nancy Barto swears in the new batch of LD-15 precinct committeemen on August 17, 2021, including Paul Alan Carver.
On April 4, Carver spoke and gathered signatures at a North Valley Constitutional Republicans meeting in Anthem at Amped Coffee Company. Carver's speech focused on the usual conservative school board-related grievances like "critical race theory."
North Valley Constitutional Republicans founder Basil Fernimos hosts the bi-monthly meetup where aspiring politicians like Carver and conspiracy theory-friendly Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake campaign to the crowd. Last year, Fernimos told Anthem-based newsite, The Foothills Focus, he was previously active with the local militia movement but he's also listed as an incorporator for the Union Of Three Percenter American Patriots. Fernimos' own Facebook page also lists the website for the Anthem Minutemen under his "Intro" section.
"I started in the militia in Arizona," Fernimos told The Foothills Focus. "I decided that the more realistic and intelligent path was to take the political way first and use that as a backup."
The North Valley Constitutional Republicans is affiliated with the D.C.-based conservative interest group FreedomWorks, known for its role in boosting the Tea Party and blatant climate denialism. FreedomWorks also tries to get far-right candidates elected and hosts seminars to train potential candidates. In May, FreedomWorks hosted a "Parents Know Best" conference with "critical race theory" propagandist James Lindsay and potential school board candidates, including Paul Carver.
Paul Carver's recent FreedomWorks-sponsored trip to D.C.
Unsurprisingly, Carver's political activism at Deer Valley Unified also includes leading a hate campaign against LGBTQ+ students. At a March "School Board Candidate Night," Carver explained the reason he decided to run:
"We have so many different things attacking \\[children's] innocence. They don't get to make it to 18 anymore and still be children. They get to school as early as preschool and kindergarten and they have to deal with 'does Johnny really think he's a boy' and that kind of nonsense. And that's unacceptable, so I need for us to get back to a more basic kind of schooling."
For the April 12 Deer Valley Unified School District board meeting, Paul Carver organized parents to speak out against the upcoming Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network's "Day of Silence." The GLSEN Day of Silence is a decades-old annual event where students take a day-long vow of silence in solidarity with LGBTQ students. No official event related to the Day of Silence was being hosted by the district.
Paul Alan Carver's flier/post calling to "Stand against the National Day of Silence."
Carver's complaint lay with an email that circulated amongst district principals, teachers, and staff to inform one another that students might be participating in the Day of Silence or wear tape over their mouths, a popular symbolic gesture on the day. DVUSD was not officially endorsing, prohibiting, or coordinating any school-related events but Carver used his 3-minutes of allotted time to whine about it anyway.
"And if this topic were to be discussed, then it falls under the umbrella of sexual education. This, in turn, requires if not legally, then ethically for parental permissions to be involved. The school is not the place to teach or preach sexual alignment or personal beliefs," Carver said at the DVUSD board meeting.
The school district didn't cancel the event they weren't hosting in the first place, so in response Carver encouraged parents to keep their children home "as not to expose them to this lunacy."
Carver's nonsensical grievances over GLSEN's Day of Silence was just one of many recent hate campaigns against the LGBTQ+ community. Another nearby school district, Peoria Unified, was also experiencing similar complaints over a faculty email explaining that some students might be wearing the colors of the trans flag in support of Trans Day of Visibility. Again, there were no actual events being sponsored by the district, the email was simply to encourage teachers to be supportive of any LGBTQ+ students possibly participating on their own free will. Yet, PUSD was also met with angry Republicans complaining about the possibility of LGBTQ+ students existing, including Peoria School Board candidate Heather Rooks and Jan. 6th participant and state senate candidate Anthony Kern.
The far-right taking over more positions of power coinciding with the increased legislative attacks against the LGBTQ community is no coincidence. Arizona has been particularly hostile, with Republican legislators trying to pass over a dozen restrictions on LGBTQ rights. Some bills failed, while others are on indefinite hold but next session will surely see more anti-LGBTQ bills introduced. As LCRW previously reported, two transphobic bills were signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey on the eve of the year's Trans Day of Visibility, one targeting healthcare for trans youth, the other banning trans women from school sports.
Sponsors of many of these passed and proposed anti-LGBTQ+ laws included Oath Keeper lawmakers Wendy Rogers, Quang Nguyen and Mark Finchem. Rogers has openly expressed her hatred for the LGBTQ community, regularly referring to transgender people by slurs, characterizing LGBTQ people as "groomers," and "joking" about trans people being killed. Rep. Jake Hoffman, who operated a troll farm for anti-LGBTQ hate organization Turning Point USA, also sponsored of several the anti-LGBTQ bills over the last session, including one that sought to ban books with any mention of "homosexuality."
In May, the Arizona Republican Party even targeted an LGBTQ+ student chat room resource service provided by the Arizona Department of Education. The attacks mirrored a similar right-wing hate campaign against the Trevor Project and was amplified by the anti-LGBTQ+ hate account Libs of TikTok run by New York real estate saleswoman and Capitol riot attendee Chaya Raichik. In a fundraising email, the AZ GOP characterized the LGBTQ online resource as a "groomer-inspired sex chat."
Carver's campaign for DVUSD school board has been endorsed by councilmember for Peoria's Mesquite District Brad Shafer and Rep. Steve Kaiser. Kaiser was the lead sponsor of HB 2161, which expanded Arizona's "Parental Bill of Rights" and originally included a measure that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students to their parents. In North Carolina, lawmakers are also seeking to pass a Parental Bill of Rights that would specifically target LGBTQ students and includes a similar measure that would require teachers to forcibly out trans students to their parents. Carver's campaign has heavily highlighted his own support for the Parental Bill of Rights.
"The pro-education Democratic groups need to take a deeper look at what the extreme-right and GOP groups are doing to support school board candidates who are actively trying to destroy public education. They need to step up and protect education at all levels, not just the bigger races," a local parent who asked not to be named at DVUSD told LCRW news.
DVUSD is no stranger to school board controversy. In March, TorchAntifa identified Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican committeemen William "Bill" Fisher as a longtime white supremacist. Fisher operated virulently racist social media accounts under the pseudonym "Preston Brooks," a nod to the pro-slavery Representative revered by white supremacists for beating an abolitionist to near-death. Under the numerous alts, including an active account on the neo-Confederate site Occidental Dissent, Bill Fisher openly referred to Black and Jewish people by slurs, praised Hitler, and fantasized about lynchings. Bill's wife, Kim Fisher, was aware of the racist activities of her husband as she followed his pseudonym account on Gab and Facebook and openly expresses pro-Confederate views herself. Parents called for Fisher to resign, but she refused.
Signs placed outside the Deer Valley Unified district office calling for Kim Fisher's removal.
"We will have to decide on the best two candidates for DVUSD and promote them a lot because the liberal team will work hard," Kim Fisher commented on a post of Carver's.
Strangely enough, Carver's campaign website has a typo. "Paul for DVSD School Board" omits the "Unified" in the district's name. A corrected URL, paulfordvusd.com, redirects to this article.
Paul Alan Carver Jr. did not respond to LCRW's request for comment.
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Ocean views from the large deck of this beautifully decorated home. Only steps to direct beach access on a quiet cul-de-sac make this an ideal vacation spot. Bright and airy, this home is very well maintained and equipped. Pelican Court House offers a great spot to bring the bikes for the kids to enjoy a ride in front of the house or even the bike trail that spans throughout South Nags Head. Don't forget the fishing poles and boogie boards because in only moments you can be enjoying the beach and so much more.


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My date time consist of date and hour, i tried to split it up by using
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df['Various', 'Day'] = df.index.dayofyear
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but it is always returning error, im not sure how i can split this up and get it to a new column.

A: I think problem is there is no DatetimeIndex, so use to_datetime first and then assign to new columns names:
df.index = pd.to_datetime(df.index)
df['Day'] = df.index.dayofyear
df['Hour'] = df.index.hour

Or use DataFrame.assign:
df.index = pd.to_datetime(df.index)
df = df.assign(Day = df.index.dayofyear, Hour = df.index.hour)

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When you think you're the smartest person in the room, it's tempting to make up your own grand strategy.
It is a criticism I have heard from more than one person who has worked with President Obama: that he regards himself as the smartest person in the room—any room. Jeffrey Goldberg's fascinating article reveals that this is a considerable understatement. The president seems to think he is the smartest person in the world, perhaps ever.
The president is also bluntly critical of traditional American allies. He is said to have told Prime Minister David Cameron that Britain "would no longer be able to claim a 'special relationship' with the United States" if it did not "pay [its] fair share" by increasing defense spending. The Pakistanis and the Saudis get especially short shrift here, as—predictably—does Israel.
"Bibi, you have to understand something," he tells the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. "I'm the African American son of a single mother, and I live here, in this house. I live in the White House. I managed to get elected president of the United States. You think I don't understand what you're talking about, but I do." Netanyahu may have wondered what exactly in Obama's biography gives him such insight into the present-day predicament of Israel.
The president is also dismissive of a number of past presidents as strategists. "We dropped more ordnance on Cambodia and Laos than on Europe in World War II," he tells Goldberg, "and yet, ultimately, Nixon withdrew, Kissinger went to Paris, and all we left behind was chaos, slaughter, and authoritarian governments that finally, over time, have emerged from that hell." So much for Nixon and Kissinger.
Which brings us to Syria, the central foreign-policy failure of the Obama presidency. The grim details of what has happened as the Syrian Civil War has escalated are all too familiar: a death toll of 470,000 according to the Syrian Center for Policy Research, nearly 4.8 million refugees according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and a flood of displaced persons and migrants arriving in Europe by sea at a rate of roughly 100,000 a month. Aside from the human suffering, the escalation of the conflict has had grave strategic consequences, not least of which has been the return of Russia to the region as a major player for the first time since the early 1970s.
The consequences of American non-intervention in Syria have, in some ways, been as bad as the consequences of American intervention in Iraq, though fewer American lives and dollars have been expended. Yet the realist in Obama has no regrets. Goldberg does future historians a valuable service by setting out in detail the president's reasoning.
The president's rationalizations of his U-turn need not detain us ("Assad would place civilians as 'human shields' around obvious targets … U.S. missiles would not be fired at chemical-weapons depots, for fear of sending plumes of poison into the air," and so forth). The point is that if those arguments had been any good, there would have been no need to circumvent his own cabinet and advisers.
Susan Rice was "shocked." When he found out that evening, Kerry told a friend: "I just got fucked over." Even Vice President Joe Biden was on the other side of the argument ("big nations don't bluff"). The usually loyal Gideon Rose, the editor of Foreign Affairs, thought it was a mistake. So did the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. So did the king of Jordan. And so, of course, did Hillary Clinton.
At the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, which was held the week after the Syria reversal, Obama pulled Putin aside … and told the Russian president "that if he forced Assad to get rid of the chemical weapons, that that would eliminate the need for us taking a military strike." Within weeks, Kerry, working with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, would engineer the removal of most of Syria's chemical-weapons arsenal.
Now, some of us would argue that the foreign-policy establishment's playbook said "Keep the Russians out of the Middle East" for a reason. Some of us would point to the sharp escalation of violence in Syria since Putin sent Russian bombers into action in the country. But, no, the president is one step ahead of us again. Letting Putin into the Syrian conflict, we learn from Goldberg, is known in Obama's National Security Council as the "Tom Sawyer approach"—meaning "that if Putin wanted to expend his regime's resources by painting the fence in Syria, the U.S. should let him." Smart! Except that if any of Tom Sawyer's friends had taken Putin's approach to fence-painting, there would quickly have been no more fence to paint.
At first sight, all Obama has done has been to exclude Syrian stability from the A-list of U.S. vital national interests. Goldberg mentions "a handful of threats in the Middle East" that the president decided early on "conceivably warranted direct U.S. military intervention": the threat posed by al-Qaeda, any threat to the continued existence of Israel, and the related threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran. By contrast, "the danger to the United States posed by the Assad regime did not rise to the level of these challenges." On this point the president has been consistent.
This analysis helps explain why the president underestimated—and still underestimates—the Islamic State, the principal beneficiary of the Syrian disaster. In a 2014 interview, as is well known, he called the group a "jayvee team." More recently, he has come up with a new analogy. ISIS, the president has explained to his advisers, is like the Joker in the Batman movie The Dark Knight. When the Joker started decapitating American citizens, the president abandoned his policy of non-intervention in Syria. But his low-intensity air campaign against ISIS has conspicuously failed to destroy the organization.
Large numbers of Indonesian women, [Obama] observed, have now adopted the hijab, the Muslim head covering. Why, Turnbull asked, was this happening? Because, Obama answered, the Saudis and other Gulf Arabs have funneled money, and large numbers of imams and teachers, into the country … [funding] seminaries that teach the fundamentalist version of Islam.
The "tiny faction" theory of Islamic extremism is also hard to reconcile with the conduct of the country on which the president has placed the biggest bet of his career: Iran.
Not intervening in Syria may have been the toughest decision of Obama's presidency, but it shrinks to strategic insignificance alongside his deal with Iran to slow down that country's nuclear-arms program. The president assures Goldberg that he "actually would have" struck Iran's nuclear facilities if he had seen the Iranians "break out," or get to the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet the essence of his deal is that Iran's breakout has merely been postponed—and Iran's brazen testing of ballistic missiles in recent days strongly suggests that Tehran sees it that way.
The president may yet prove to be the smartest person in the world, or at least the smartest person in Washington. Perhaps Iran will become more politically liberal in the 10-year life span of the nuclear deal. Perhaps, too, the world will realize that climate change is a more serious, existential threat than, say, Islamic extremism. And perhaps future presidents will thank Obama for his "pivot" to Asia, which reflects his belief that the rise of China is a more important strategic challenge than the disintegration of the Middle East.
If you think you are smarter than every foreign-policy expert in the room, any room, then it is tempting to make up your own grand strategy. That is what Obama has done, to an extent that even his critics underestimate. There is no "Obama doctrine"; rather, we see here a full-blown revolution in American foreign policy. And this revolution can be summed up as follows: The foes shall become friends, and the friends foes.
Yet grand strategies are judged by their consequences, not by their intentions, and in the Middle East—not to mention North Africa and parts of South Asia—the consequences are not looking pretty.
If the arc of history is in fact bending toward Islamic extremism, sectarian conflict, networks of terrorism, and regional nuclear-arms races, then the 44th president will turn out to have been rather less smart than the foreign-policy establishment he so loftily disdains.


Above all else, safety is our most important concern. Motorcycling is a dangerous activity and we will be riding in remote areas far from good medical facilities. Therefore you must follow all our instructions with regard to protective clothing and safe riding.
Our motorcycle tours in Mongolia are not suitable for beginners and the more experienced you are at off-road riding, the better you will enjoy the trip. Get in as much practice as you can before the tour and if necessary take some lessons. Understand that this is NOT A RACE or COMPETITION. See more information about safety issues here: TERMS & CONDITIONS (SECTION 12). To ensure the smooth running of our motorcycle tours everyone is obliged to follow these instructions and to abide by our tour leader.
If you get lost, stop and wait for us to find you.
Do not ride under the influence of alcohol.
Treat other riders with respect.
Follow the instructions of the Tour Leader.
Do not stray from the trail.
Be alert for animals and local drivers.
Don't let anyone else ride your bike.
The road conditions are unpredictable. Sometimes it looks perfectly safe, flat and easy, but suddenly you come to a place where the rain has worn away the road into deep grooves which are treacherous for motorcycles. Also, beware of other road users. We drive on the right hand side, so always keep to the right when facing oncoming vehicles. Although drinking and driving is banned, it is not unusual in the countryside to come upon local drivers who are drunk and drive erratically, so be aware that other drivers might not do what you expect. Local people will all be fascinated to see us and want to know what we're doing and where we're going. Domestic animals, on the other hand, will not be impressed that they have to share the road with you and they might suddenly walk or jump. However, they are unlikely to walk or jump backwards, so it's usually safer to pass their rear end rather than their head.
Everyone must have good enough protective clothing otherwise we cannot allow you to ride, for your own safety and the smooth running of the tour. Proper off-road rigid boots are essential. Please DO NOT arrive with ordinary 'ROAD MOTORBIKE RIDING BOOTS'. A helmet, full chest and back body armour, knee and elbow pads are required.
In the case of a serious medical emergency, we may have to call the helicopter rescue service to take the injured person to hospital in Ulaanbaatar.
We have a contract with "A JET AVAITION" Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters H145) who are on standby 24 hours a day, but before being mobilised, the rescue should be authorised by the patient's travel insurance company.
Check the conditions of your insurance provider in case a situation arises. When purchasing travel insurance, make sure that the company knows that you will be riding a motorcycle of 450cc. Also be sure that you comply with their requirements relating to your driving licence. If you do not have a driving licence in your own country that is specifically endorsed for riding a motorcycle, it is likely that the insurance company would not pay out in the event of a claim.
We carry with us a good supply of medicine and 'PARAMEDIC EQUIPMENT' which is used in emergency medical situations. Usually the tour is accompanied by a doctor who has spent his life working with the Mongolian Defence and is highly experienced in treating traumatic injuries. Since injury of any kind is to be avoided at all costs, riders must follow our rules and be alert the whole time.
No doubt you all have family and friends back home who will be wanting you back all in one piece. You have to take responsibility for yourself and besides that, enjoy your trip. It will be an amazing adventure, but much less so if you are injured. Mongolian traffic police have a zero tolerance policy on drinking and driving, so do not drink heavily on the evening you arrive in Ulaanbaatar. What a shame if you can't start riding the next morning.
Ulaanbaatar is not a particularly dangerous city at all, but you should exercise the same caution here as you would in any other large city. Pickpockets and bag/ jacket snatchers are disappointingly common in crowded areas. Pickpockets tend to work in groups of three and are usually easy to spot if you keep your eyes open; they soon disperse when they realise they have been sprung and are easily embarrassed if you make a fuss. Be particularly careful in the Narantuul (Black) Market, in the Central Post Office, in the Mercury Market, and around Gandan Monastery.
It is safer to keep your money on your person in a hidden pocket, not in a separate bag or rucksack, and definitely not in the back pocket of your trousers !
After dark it is not advisable to walk alone and if visiting night clubs or bars always be on your guard.
a) Off-road motorcycle trips with 'MOTORCYCLE MONGOLIA' are intended to be a positive experience for all involved. The tour is not a RACE or COMPETITION and dangerous riding will not be tolerated. All participants are expected to respect the culture, nature and people of Mongolia.
b) It is our duty to travel through Mongolia without damaging its pristine environment, nor disrupting the lives of the local population and their animals. Sometimes we will be riding through National Parks and Natural Reserves where flora is protected by law. Sharp braking or spinning wheels will be frowned upon by the locals and damage the reputation of the Company. Arrival at camp signals the end of the riding day. DO NOT request use of motorbikes to explore the surrounding area.
c) Most of the roads we travel on are not black-topped, but clear trails are obvious. Straying away from the tracks risks damage to the environment and the motorcycle. Places which are or have been inhabited by nomadic families are likely to be surrounded by bits such as metal or bones which can easily damage the tyres. Additionally, if you divert from the trail to an area that cannot be accessed by the support vehicle, it will be difficult to rescue you in case of accident.
d) All riders must follow the instructions of the TOUR LEADER. Often Mongolian roads are a like a maze, splitting and re-joining so it is not possible to describe in advance every trail and split in the road. Everyone must stop and re-group with the support vehicles at river crossings. If the water is deemed to be too deep the bikes will be loaded onto trailers and taken across, or we will find an alternative route. No one must attempt to make a river crossing by themselves when they are alone.
e) Due to weather conditions and other factors, tracks can change from one year to the next. Bridges can break, rivers flood and roads become impassable.
f) Fuels for the motorbikes will be supplied by the Company and is included in the price of the motorbike hire. It is your responsibility to inform the Tour Leader if your tank needs refilling. If every motorbike needs refilling on the trail at the same time it will cause delay.
g) Mongolia has a zero tolerance law in relation to alcohol. DO NOT DRINK excessively the night before the start of the tour. Police in Ulaanbaatar are particularly vigilant and may seize the motorbike if the driver gives a positive alcohol reading.
h) The bike allocated to you is your responsibility until it is returned at the end of the tour. You MUST NOT allow local people to sit on it or ride it.
i) Mongolia is a great country for off-road riding and our tours offer a wonderful opportunity to see the way of life of the nomadic people of Central Asia. To ensure the smooth running of our motorcycle tours everyone is obliged to follow these instructions and to abide by our Terms & Conditions.


Even as anti-gas tax riots raged in France this week, naturalist David Attenborough warned a crowd at a United Nations climate change summit in Poland that "the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon." U.N. General Assembly President Maria Espinosa told the media that "mankind" is "in danger of disappearing" if climate change is allowed to progress at its current rate.
Speakers, who flew in to swap doomsday stories, advocated radical changes to avoid this imminent environmental apocalypse. These days, "the point of no return" is almost always in view yet always just out of reach.
Sorry, but by now, this rhetoric is familiar. You can go back to 1970, when Harvard biologist George Wald, riding a wave of popular environmental panic during the decade, estimated, "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind."
Or you can go back to 2006, when Al Gore warned in his Oscar-winning documentary that sea levels would rise by 20 feet "in the near future." The producers even offered chilling depictions of cities underwater. Gore was only off by 20 feet or so. Anyway, South Beach is still with us.
The problem for alarmists is that warming is now here — allegedly the cause of an untold number of disasters, small and large — yet somehow humanity slogs onward, living longer, safer, richer lives. People internalize this reality, no matter what they tell pollsters.
At a big 2005 conference of concerned climate scientists and politicians in London, attendees warned that the world had as little as 10 years before it would reach "the point of no return on global warming." They warned that humans would soon be grappling with "widespread agricultural failure," "major droughts," "increased disease," "the death of forests" and the "switching-off of the North Atlantic Gulf Stream," among many other terrible calamities.
Who knows? Maybe one day, humanity will be ravaged by new diseases because of a rise in temperature. Right now, though, we are on the cusp of eradicating such diseases as polio, measles and syphilis.
There is new hope that all mosquito-borne diseases will be eradicated someday, that a cure for AIDS is within reach and that a vaccine will be able to cut Alzheimer's disease cases in half. Cancer survival rates have soared.
So perhaps in some far-flung era, humans will be toiling in a dystopian world of "widespread agricultural failure" as alarmists have been warning for many decades, but trends do not look promising for the Chicken Littles. Since 2005, humans have seen a spike in the use of genetically modified crops, as well as advances in heat-resistant crops, leading to booming yields in agriculture. According to the U.N., there were 200 million fewer hungry people in 2015 than there were in 1990.
Although not so big as the massive spike in climate change hysterics since 2005, there also has been a spike in fossil fuel consumption among nations that are slowly embracing the most effective poverty-killing program ever invented by man. And capitalism, even its worst iterations, runs best on cheap energy. This reality has produced a giant reduction in poverty, the extreme variety being cut in half around the world, according to the World Bank. The less poverty there is the more cars we will see and the less the U.S. and Europe can do about it.
Fortunately, Attenborough, Gore and the 22,000 delegates attending the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change can't begin to contemplate the staggering number of advancements in productivity and science that await humans.
Of course, simply because Malthusians have been completely wrong about human ingenuity and adaptability for more than 100 years doesn't necessarily mean they are wrong now. On the other hand, at no point in history has a massive top-down social engineering project ever worked as intended. It's worth noting, for example, that the 10 worst famines of the 20th century were caused not by the excesses of capitalism or by environmental disasters but by collectivists trying to control human nature.
Trade-offs, ignored by doomsdayers since the beginning of history, are something people intuitively understand. That's why the fearmongering hasn't worked and probably never will.
David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and the author of the book "First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History With the Gun." To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.


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One round-trip ticket in a time machine — Where would you go, back in time?
If I had just one round trip ticket to use in the way-back time machine, I think I'd go here. How about you? Where, when? Seriously. Or not.
Anne, Carol, Judi, Emily and Pat: Who are these Formica trade show mystery women?
Oh, MUST the ticket be round trip? Couldn't I just stay there? Oh, please!
But if I must return, I'd like to go to an early Beach Boys concert. Or maybe hear the first live performance of The Association's Windy. Or maybe at Cape Canaveral for John Glenn's launch for his trip around the earth.
Fact is, those days are just way cooler than today. I know there is a heaven, and wish so very much that we can live the life we want there. My house would be filled with Danish Modern stuff, and I'd have a stack of 33 1/3 albums that would never, ever scratch!
If we can do "do overs" I'd buy my grandmother's cottage after she died instead of selling it to the neighbours as she wished, it wasn't in the will. Yeah, I'm that kind of horrible person but I do so miss it and spending the summers at the shore. Besides, they tore it down…..sob….
I'd have my Valet pack the Louis Vuitton steamer trunks with my Tuxedos, and the Chauffeur would load them into my Model SJ Duesenberg, and we'd all motor to LeHavre the last week of May 1935 for the Maiden Voyage in a port-side DeLuxe suite aboard the S.S. Normandie to New York.


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Q: Find the selected radio button value from the displayed group of questions I have 3 sets of questions. At any given time I have only one of it displayed. How do I find the value of the selected question from the displayed set of questions?

Questions on Insert Operation

                    <form action="">
                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i1" checked="checked">Insert 44 to the binary search tree.

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri1" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i2">Insert 56 to the binary search tree.

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri2" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i3">Insert 68 to the binary search tree.

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri3" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i4">Mark the parent node of the newly added node?

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri4" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

<input type="radio" name="radio" value="i5">What is the height of the newly formed tree?

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri5"></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                    </form>

Questions on Delete Operation

                    <form action="">
                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d1" checked="checked">Delete the root of the tree

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd1" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d2">Delete the 3rd largest value in the remaining tree

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd2" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d3">Mark the child node(s), if any, of the node which replaced the deleted node in (2).

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd3" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d4">What is the height of the newly formed tree?

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd4" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                    </form>

Miscellaneous questions

                    <form action="">
                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m1" checked="checked">Do the inorder traversal of tree.

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm1" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m2">Do the preorder traversal of tree.

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm2" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m3">Do the postorder traversal of tree.

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm3" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m4">Mark the lowest common ancestor of the first two leaf nodes(from left)?

                        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm4" readonly></textarea>
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
                        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

                    </form>

A: Add a class to each questions div:

You can then use querySelector() to target the visible checked input like this:
document.querySelector('.questions:not([style*="display: none"]) input:checked').value

var ins = document.getElementById('insert_questions'),
  del = document.getElementById('delete_questions'),
  misc = document.getElementById('misc_questions');

var currentAlg = {
  submitAnswer: function() {
    console.log(document.querySelector('.questions:not([style*="display: none"]) input:checked').value);
    console.log('Submitted');
  }
}

document.querySelector('.buttons').addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  ins.style.display = 'none';
  del.style.display = 'none';
  misc.style.display = 'none';
  document.getElementById(e.target.id + '_questions').style.display = 'block';
});
#insert_questions,
#delete_questions,
#misc_questions {
  display: none;
}

  <button id="insert">Insert questions</button>
  <button id="delete">Delete questions</button>
  <button id="misc">Miscellaneous questions</button>

 Questions on Insert Operation

  <form action="">
    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i1" checked="checked">Insert 44 to the binary search tree.

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri1" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i2">Insert 56 to the binary search tree.

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri2" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i3">Insert 68 to the binary search tree.

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri3" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i4">Mark the parent node of the newly added node ?

Output :
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri4" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i5">What is the height of the newly formed tree ?

Output :
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri5"></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

  </form>

 Questions on Delete Operation

  <form action="">
    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d1" checked="checked">Delete the root of the tree

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd1" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d2">Delete the 3rd largest value in the remaining tree

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd2" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d3">Mark the child node(s), if any, of the node which replaced the deleted node in (2).

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd3" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d4">What is the height of the newly formed tree ?

Output :
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd4" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

  </form>

 Miscellaneous questions

  <form action="">
    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m1" checked="checked">Do the inorder traversal of tree.

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm1" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m2">Do the preorder traversal of tree.

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm2" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m3">Do the postorder traversal of tree.

Output:
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm3" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m4">Mark the lowest common ancestor of the first two leaf nodes(from left) ?

Output :
    <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm4" readonly></textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
    <input type="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

  </form>

A: An option is to use jQuery.
Add a class="questions" to the divs that wrap the form.
For example:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.questions:visible').each(function() {
        console.log("In the div with id: " + $(this).attr('id'));
        var checkedRadioButtonValue = $(this).find('form input[name=radio]:checked').val();
        console.log("the value of the checked radio is: " + checkedRadioButtonValue);
    });
});

Questions on Insert Operation

    <form action="">
        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i1" checked="checked">Insert 44 to the binary search tree.

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri1" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i2">Insert 56 to the binary search tree.

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri2" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i3">Insert 68 to the binary search tree.

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri3" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="i4">Mark the parent node of the newly added node?

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri4" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

<input type="radio" name="radio" value="i5">What is the height of the newly formed tree?

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answeri5"></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    </form>

Questions on Delete Operation

    <form action="">
        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d1" >Delete the root of the tree

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd1" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d2" checked="checked">Delete the 3rd largest value in the remaining tree

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd2" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d3">Mark the child node(s), if any, of the node which replaced the deleted node in (2).

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd3" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="d4">What is the height of the newly formed tree?

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerd4" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    </form>

Miscellaneous questions

    <form action="">
        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m1">Do the inorder traversal of tree.

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm1" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m2">Do the preorder traversal of tree.

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm2" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m3">Do the postorder traversal of tree.

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm3" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

        <input type="radio" name="radio" value="m4" checked="checked">Mark the lowest common ancestor of the first two leaf nodes(from left)?

        Output: <textarea class="scrollabletextbox" id="answerm4" readonly></textarea>
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.submitAnswer()" value="Submit" />
        <input type ="button" onclick="currentAlg.resetAnswer()" value="Reset" />

    </form>


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"Group of 20 health ministers [Saturday] finished their first joint table top exercise to simulate the outbreak of a new deadly viral pandemic in 'Anycountry' and passed a seven-page final resolution on pandemic preparedness and antimicrobial resistance. Non-governmental experts and health organizations welcomed the first-ever meeting of health ministers in the G20 format, but see a risk of framing the debate from a global North security perspective. And despite a call of urgency with regard to antimicrobial resistance, the G20 could not agree to include the de-linking of the cost of investment in R&D from the price of medical products…" (Ermert, 5/20).
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Greensboro roads remain frozen as crews work to clear roads
Summerfield woman sees life experience played out through "Come From Away" musical
Summerfield resident, Katja Brown, was on the flight diverted to Gander, Newfoundland on September 11, 2001. Her story is part of the story that inspired a musical.
Author: Stacey Spivey (WFMY News2)
SUMMERFIELD, N.C. — As America was under attack on September 11, 2001, a small island home to about 10,000 people was soon the center of refuge for thousands of stranded travelers. One of those people was Katja Brown.
She was flying back to the states from her hometown in Germany with her two babies and best friend. They had been in Germany for her grandpa's 82nd birthday.
"We're flying, everything was normal until all of a sudden there was announcement that they had to do an emergency landing," Brown said.
Her trip was cut short as talks about the terrorist attacks had people in a panic.
"We were just trying to keep the babies calm," Brown said.
Soon, they landed in Gander, Newfoundland.
This town had to try to figure out what to do with the unexpected 6,500 visitors.
"It took them quite a while to let us leave the plane," she said, "Can you imagine having all these people there from different parts of the world and America was under attack and so they didn't know if anybody on these planes would also be a terrorist."
Amid the chaos came a connection never to be forgotten.
Brown said they found comfort in the small community.
"People were so amazing. We had three hot meals a day. They were making eggs and bacon for breakfast. People were asking if they could hold my baby so I could eat in peace," she said.
Brown said people even offered up their homes for hot showers.
Strangers soon became friends. She still keeps in contact with a woman she met during her three days in Gander.
Her story, along with the thousand others, was turned into a musical.
It's called Come From Away. The musical will start showing at The Tanger Center in downtown Greensboro on December 28, 2021.
Brown first saw it in New York City and will see it again in January in Greensboro.
"I can attest that this was our experience," she said.
However, Brown said she hopes this musical is more than entertainment for the audience, but a way to see how triumph can come from tragedy.
"Just remember even if you don't know somebody, its just a human being and they deserve kindness and compassion," she said.
Come From Away is showing at the Tanger Center December 28- January 2, 2021.
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CHICAGO AUTO SHOW PARTNERS WITH XFINITY TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON CONCEPT CARS
Contact: Mark Bilek
Senior Director of Communications and Technology
Chicago Automobile Trade Association
Email: mbilek@drivechicago.com
Contact: Jennifer Morand
Director of Public Relations and Social Media
Email: jmorand@drivechicago.com
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Chicago Auto Show attendees can find concept cars on display throughout the show floor at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show or at the "Vehicles on Display" section of the auto show website at www.chicagoautoshow.com.
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Additionally, social media savvy Chicago Auto Show fans can post or tweet photos featuring their favorite concept cars and share them using #XFINITYtour for a chance to win prizes at the XFINITY Lounge.
"We are thrilled to have XFINITY as a partner this year," said Chicago Auto Show Chairman, Colin Wickstrom. "The concept cars at the Chicago Auto Show are sure to draw a crowd, and this is a great way to ensure fans get to see and capture each one."
Concept vehicles on display at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show include:
Acura Precision
Buick Avista
Genesis Vision G
Jeep Wrangler Red Rock
Mazda Sema MX-5 Speedster
Mazda Sema MX-5 Spyder
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Extreme
Nissan Murano Winter Warrior
Nissan Pathfinder Winter Warrior
Scion C-HR
Subaru Impreza 5-Door
Subaru STI Performance
Toyota Back to the Future Mirai
Toyota FV2
For more information on the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, please visit www.chicagoautoshow.com.
About the Chicago Auto Show
The Chicago Auto Show is the largest auto show on the continent, spanning more than 1 million square feet of production, concept, and exotic vehicle exhibit space. In addition to hosting multiple world and North America vehicle debuts, the Chicago Auto Show's First Look for Charity raises more than $2 million annually for 18 vital Chicago organizations in a single night. The 2016 public show will be February 13-21. For more information, visit ChicagoAutoShow.com or Facebook.com/ChicagoAutoShow.
About The Chicago Automobile Trade Association
Founded in 1904, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association is the nation's oldest and largest metropolitan dealer organization. It is comprised of more than 400 franchised new-car dealers and an additional 150 allied members. The group's dealer members employ about 19,000 people in the metropolitan area. The association has produced the world famous Chicago Auto Show since 1935. For more information please visit CATA.info.


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Looking back to the bridge, it looked like every other day on this trail, sunny with blue skies, but that was about to change as Washington rolled out a welcome mat of a different kind while the afternoon wore on: a dose of its trademark gray clouds and drizzle.
Though it never was more than a drizzle, it was hard not to view the weather as not only a forewarning of soon-to-be changing seasons but also a change in climate, from the drier, sunnier Oregon to the more moody environs of the Washington Cascades. Before long, we had climbed up into the clouds and were only hoping that the real rains would at least hold out until we'd finished our day and set up camp. Shortly thereafter, a young elk traipsed through the woods next to the trail after spying us moving in its direction. All told, it was a fitting introduction to the state that will be our home for the 500 miles that separate us from Canada.


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The death toll rose throughout the day to at least 52. Those included a prominent judge taking part in Yemen's ongoing Conference of National Dialogue, a government-sponsored effort at settling political differences, and a cousin of Yemen's president, who was killed as he was visiting a patient at the clinic.
The ministry's building sustained extensive damage, while the windows of many nearby buildings were blown out. Gunfire continued to be heard near the building into the early evening, while roads near the building remained shut off as a protective measure. There was no information on how many attackers were involved or whether any had been captured. It was not known how many people died in the initial explosion and how many were shot during subsequent fighting.
No organization immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the most brazen in Sanaa since May 2012, when a suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform blew himself up in the middle of a rehearsal for a military parade, killing more than 100 soldiers.
Suspicion fell, however, on al Qaida's local franchise, al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, with analysts pointing out that the two-stage assault was similar to a 2008 attack on the U.S. Embassy here, when al Qaida militants used a car bomb to breach the building's outer security perimeter, allowing gunmen to open fire on security forces and those waiting outside.
The tactic also was used in recent attacks on Yemeni military installations in the southeast of the country.
The Ministry of Defense is in the center of Sanaa. Other key government buildings, including Yemen's central bank, are nearby.
The Yemeni government, headed by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who replaced longtime leader Ali Abdullah Saleh following a 2011 Arab Spring-inspired anti-government uprising, faces challenges on several fronts as it attempts to return stability to the conflict-wracked nation. Secessionists are battling government forces in the south, there are tensions between Salafi and Shiite rebels in the north, and political divisions continue in the capital.
Yemeni Defense Minister Mohamed Nasser Ahmed, who is in the United States heading a military delegation to Washington, has been targeted in numerous assassination attempts; he's seen as one of Hadi's closest allies.
Many in Sanaa speculated that the attack might be tied to continuing power struggles within the Yemeni military that trace their origin to the 2011 defection of military strongman and former Saleh ally Ali Mohsen. Early in the day, some went so far as to raise fears of an attempted coup, speculation that itself served as stark evidence of Yemen's lingering instability.
Regardless of who was behind the attack, many shocked residents said the larger message of the attack remained the same: Yemen is an unpredictable and volatile place.


The mighty have fallen, one by one in the not so great state of Tax a chusettes. We have seen Billionaire John Kerry, who killed a young unarmed man in Vietnam lose to G-dubya.
the results of climate change and the politics of culture and traditions on our Oceans' life.
Winning Congress for the Democrats won't end the war.
Anti-Racist protest today, anyone reporting?
ELF action foiled last night?
Why do American "Pro Lifers" support "Pro Torture & Murder" George W.Bush???
The Bicycle Film Festival is seeking submissions for its sixth annual Festival. The event will feature dozens of different films on a variety of bicycle styles - from BMX to urban bike culture, cycling to commuting.


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Google Appoints three new Head of Sales
By Alexander Maxham August 11, 2015, 8:24am
Just yesterday, Google caught many of us by surprise. Announcing that they are basically splitting up Google as we know it and putting it all under an umbrella known as Alphabet, Inc. Which is going to be run by Google's co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Basically, in a nut shell, Google has redefined the term "Senior VP" and made them all CEOs. Sundar Pichai was named CEO of Google yesterday, being in charge of basically all of Google's products that actually make money. That includes Ads, Search, Google Maps, Android and a few others.
In the process of appointing Sundar Pichai as CEO of Google, they are also naming a new head of sales. Actually there are three new heads of sales. The current head of sales, Omid Kordestani was head of sales from 1999 to 2009, then returned to the position last summer. He will be stepping down and will be advising Alphabet. In turn, Google is naming three veteran sales exec's to take his spot. It's Philipp Schindler, who is a VP of Sales and Operation. Then there's Daniel Alegre who is director of partnerships and a former Asia-Pacific Lead. Finally, we have Lorraine Twohill who is the director of marketing. Seems like there were big shoes to fill for Omid leaving his position.
Schindler joined Google in 2005, after leaving AOL's Sales team. While Alegre has been with Google since 2007, and Twohill since 2003, and has been the search giant's de facto chief marketing officer since 2009. All three of them have been with the company for quite some time, with Alegre being their the shortest, still at nearly 8 years. However, former Google sales execs have said that these three have not been all that aggressive in the business. Which is a bit strange when you think about it, seeing as they are in sales.
Currently, it's not known how Schindler, Alegre and Twohill will be splitting up the duties for the head of sales position. For a $60 billion company, there is definitely plenty to be done. Hopefully we'll have more on how this shake up affects Google and Alphabet in the near future.
August 11, 2015, 8:24am
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The university's police force will continue to investigate.
An investigator says the laboratory to force-feed a fungicide to beagles for a year.
The statue of Jesus on a crucifix is meant to memorialize those who have perished at sea.


The material world and the photographic image traditionally exist between light sensitivity and the matrix of grain or dye. Technology has enabled the grandstanding pulse of perfection. Dyes and Grain are replaced by byte and pixel in an attempt to dislodge the normative format of physicality within the milieu of the photographic image. In the push for techno-illumination at an unprecedented speed, artists are looking towards what is not controlled. Funny isn't it that when we are given the tools for enabling perfection, a great many look for destabilizing the routine of its clarity of purpose.
Kenta Cobayashi's "Everything_1" for Newfave is a perfect example of work at the crossroads of this charade of techno-illumination. The work is playful, colorful, layered and has within its manifesto an unerring concern for distorting the fabric and pattern of digital image making. The glitch is worshipped and the dream weave of the matrix spews forth an undeniable feeling of dissolve. The patterns are pushed towards the hallucinatory. It is an aside that I make when I reference the 1960s and the push for LSD induced images for potential ways of reading consciousness, but also that of psychedelic imagery that panders towards the lucidity of letting go. The political environment is gravely different, yet there is a key to unlocking its combined mechanism: utopia banished. To regard the glitch or to disembowel the pattern of an image and let it slide, drip or fall into a severe state of unrest is to reflect the corresponding times or zeitgeist if you will.
Cobayashi has succeeded in making the transfer from conditioned reality in a world completely at odds with itself: at once punishing itself for the problems occurring through technology and yet looking inward and letting the automated rule of eye, hand and mouse click fabricate a new vision of the author's psyche. And, why not? We exist in layers, in particles and in light. When I look at the work I feel pinched between metaphorical magnets that cannot connect and maybe this is what its all about-a theory of disconnected outside of oneself and abusing the "tools" given for that purpose. Highly recommended, especially if you can turn off and look on a particle level.
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Last night my electropop duo, Synthetic Division, played at the Dawning, the local goth industrial night here in Charlottesville. Those who have read My Pet Virus will recognize it as the location where I befriended Bella Morte.
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A great weekend out with a variety of wines available from the Stable Winery and five other great South African wine farms.
This event will be hosted by Ilala Lodge which is situated just minutes from the amazing Victoria falls which offers excellent hospitality and fine dining experience.
Friday 19th : Four course dinner with wine pairing from Five guest farms, Ilala Lodge 18:30 for 19:00 – ($50.00/head).


Visit Elderberry Ridge ~ Model home open Wed-Sun 12-5p! Recently updated this plan features a spacious, open concept layout. Beautiful formal dining room is lovely feature of this plan. Bedroom & full bath on the main level. Upper level features a large master suite w/a sitting room and a spacious loft area. Complete with the latest in modern colors & hard surface trends. Fully fenced and landscaped. For GPS use SW Hansen Lane.


I got a couple shots of this orange moth's head and it looked huge! It had a deeper orange color eyes also and didn't appreciate my invasion that much.
No four-letter words from the critter.
He looks to be as put out with you as my Jack was with me while the titmouse got all the goodies. Nice shots.The third is my favorite with its eye bulging.
Popatrzył na Ciebie z nadzieją, że mu ładne zdjęcia zrobiłaś. Wiem jednak, że byłby z nich zadowolony :).
He looked at you with the hope that he did pretty pictures. But I know that would be happy with them :).
Great shot of the moth.
Very pretty, love the color! Happy weekend to you!
Beautiful photos even though the moth wasn't very interested in posing for you.


On the River Congo along the northern edge of Brazzaville is the town of Kintele, the chosen location for a new university campus designed by IAD. The 176,000 sq m campus will encompass 25 buildings with capacity for 30,000 students when it completes in 2016.
This specific site was selected for multiple reasons, including the lack of deforestation needed, accessibility from the main road and the beautiful views over the nearby River Congo. Part of a public-private partnership with Unicon Development, the university will be a modern polytechnic institution merging traditional teaching methods with technical training.
At the core of this scheme are the potential future growth of West Africa's economy and the environmental impact of major construction projects such as this. IAD explains: "The campus project had to be adapted to this African reality by proposing simple, technically accessible and energy-efficient solutions without hindering the contemporary and international architectural image requested by the client.
"This will to provide high levels of comfort, adjusted to the local site, culture and its inhabitants has allowed us to suggest simple, sometimes basic and ancient solutions in order to create the desired atmosphere." These energy-efficient solutions include solar panels for water heating, collection of rainwater, controlled and homogeneous irrigation through the strategic use of earthworks, draft chimneys for ventilation and thermal comfort, and natural ventilation coupled with adiabatic cooling panel systems.
Once completed the campus will include: a rectory; four university services buildings; ten scientific and pedagogic facilities; a library; an amphitheatre; a canteen; and three sports facilities (a 5,000-seat stadium, Olympic certified swimming pool with bubbled ETFE roof and a multi-sport hall with 2,000 seats).


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In schools across the country, educators recognize the power of the arts to change young lives. They know that students' sustained engagement with enriching, high-quality experiences in the arts promotes essential skills and perspectives -- like the capacity to solve problems, express ideas, harness and hone creativity, and persevere toward a job well done. And yet today, educators at many schools that operate with conventional schedules are forced to choose between offering their students valuable opportunities to pursue the arts and focusing on other rigorous core classes that also are necessary for success in the 21st century. This study, which highlights an exciting new approach, is produced by the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL), an organization dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well-rounded education, with support from The Wallace Foundation, a national philanthropy seeking to improve education and enrichment for disadvantaged children. In these pages, we present portraits of five schools that are advancing arts education through an expanded school day as they create vibrant and inclusive models of truly enriching education for all students.


We have two top class, full size tables. Tables can be used by members at a cost of £1 for 30 minutes. We have regular knock out competitions and are also represented in the area Snooker and Billiard leagues.


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Sun Valley session today: King Abdullah II from Jordan will speak one-on-one with talk show host Charlie Rose.
TOP TALKER: "US anti-boycott laws could come into play in Qatar crisis" by Josh Lederman: "Under obscure tax and export provisions designed decades ago to protect Israel, U.S. companies can be punished if they accept a foreign country's demand to comply with a boycott not supported by the United States While President Donald Trump has voiced support for the Saudi-led bloc, the United States isn't backing the Qatar boycott That could put American companies in a difficult position, even if so far there haven't been any public indications of Saudi Arabia or its allies issuing a Qatar-or-us ultimatum. Some groups, sympathetic to the concerns about Qatar, have been pressuring U.S. businesses to cut ties."
Noah Pollak, advocating in favor of the Taylor Force Act, emails us... "The hearing showed that a bipartisan consensus exists for addressing the problem of Palestinian Authority payments to terrorists. Having spoken to members and staff we are increasingly confident a strong bill will be approved out of committee with bipartisan support. "