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Before her stands an old woman, trembling in the cold.
"Are you alright?" Mitsuko asks her.
The old woman slowly raises her head, ice cracks around her lips as she begins to speak. "My dear, how nice of you to ask. But I fear it is already too late".
"What do you mean?", Mitsuko asks, "What's happening?"
The old woman reveals a snow globe from under her cloak. She shakes it, causing the snow to whisk around the inner structure. Mitsuko gazes upon it, feels light-headed and stumbles to the dirt.
She wakes on a snowy ground. Rising to her feet, she expects to see the old woman before her, but she is alone. This is not the same land. Not only that, but her entire outfit has changed. "What sorcery is this!" she says aloud.
The trees rustle, something approaches. She draws her blades. Whatever it is, it's big.
Towering before her, the beast, exhausted, trembles at the sight of her blades. Noticing this, Mitsuko lowers her weapons, trying to calm this "gentle beast". The creature's hind legs give out, tumbling it into the snow beneath it.
"What was it running from", Mitsuko thought to herself, "It must have something to do with why I've been brought here". She carefully walks up to the beast.
"Please", she hears. "Please, help us". It's black as night eyes glisten with a tear. "Help us."
She doesn't know how, but somehow this creature is able to communicate with her telepathically. Her heart fills for the beast, "I will help you", she says determined.
The creature slowly rises to it's feet. "Please, follow me". It turns and heads back in the direction from where it came, with Mitsuko following behind.
They arrive at a clearing. A sled appears to be abandoned here. "I will scout ahead", the beast telepathically tells Mitsuko as he bounds towards the sled. Mitsuko feels that something isn't quite right here.
The beast steadily looks around the sled, nothing appears out of the ordinary. Without warning, danger strikes! The beast places it's hind leg into a steel trap, it's jaws snaps shut, crushing the bone, maiming the beast. The beast roars, screaming out in pain, its cries echo the mountainous region.
Mitsuko wades through the snow towards it as it collapses in agony. As the creature struggles, a trail of snow lifts from a chain attached to the trap. Mitsuko watches in horror as spears are sprung into the air, as the second trap is put into motion.
For a brief second, time grinds to a halt.
Mitsuko arrives at an encampment with surrounding structures of stone. She can see small figures carrying bladed weapons in the distance, that appear to be guarding a nearby shack. Upon entering the camp she's spotted by one of the dwellers, a short statued man with pointed ears, who immediately forms an attack stance at her with his bladed staff. Backing off, she notices the staff's design, the very same that killed the creature which led her here. Frantically, she draws her blades. The man, in fear for his life, turns to run away as Mitsuko cleanly severs his spinal column, bringing him down before her.
"Whatever it is they're guarding up there" Mitsuko thinks to herself, "it's important enough to die over. Is THIS why I'm here?!" Ready to find answers, she heads up the hill, through the camp towards the guarded building.
Nothing best stand in her way.
Mitsuko swings each of her blades, creating trails of blood spots either side of her across the snowy ground. She gazes at the building before her and wonders the importance of this guarded place, then enters.
Inside it is freezing, much colder then the outside. Encased in ice, in the opposite corner of the room, is a white bearded man dressed in red and white clothing. Mitsuko places her right hand upon the ice. "Who are you?" she asks. The floorboards to her left creak, she turns in their direction, and there stands the old woman from before.
"You made it here safely I see" the old woman smiles. "I am sorry for taking you without explaining the situation, time operates very differently here. It's time I explain." They each sit on two nearby chairs. "When the vale between your world and the underworld collapsed, it too had a negative effect on our world. Corruption spread throughout the land. Here in a prison of ice, is our worlds last hope for spreading joy and happiness. Please, only you can set him free, Mitsuko, child of the light.
Mitsuko stands and stares towards the man. "I have vowed to force back the night, repair the vale, and bring order back to the world." She draws a blade and walks towards the icy prison. Raising the blade above her head, she continues to talk "To bring order back to all worlds!" The blade is thrust into the ice.
The ice splinters around Mitsuko's blade, forming hairline cracks throughout the entire icy prison. Mitsuko focuses her energy, and with no more then a gentle twist, the block ruptures. Ice comes crumbling in front of her, releasing the bearded man. Stepping back from him, avoiding the falling ice, she loses focus as her vision blurs, a side effect of her power. Without even knowing it, she crashes to the ground.
Waking now in a familiar place, the forest where she met the old woman, she stands bewildered. "Did all that really happen?" she asks herself.
She'll never know.
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Building the clinic was a project undertaken with great care and consideration. The Seekers Centre hired top environmental consultants and ‘house doctors,’ Paul Battle and Stephen Collette, who have specialized skills in the field of Bau-Biology. This discipline, born in Germany in the 1950s, is about designing and building spaces that promote human health at home and work.
Our team worked closely with Stantec, a major construction consulting firm that has built hospitals, airports and office buildings across Canada. We believe that by creating relationships between the construction and environmental communities, we are serving as an example for larger construction projects in the city, and contributing to a movement towards healthy, sustainable building. Some aspects of this project that received special attention in order to make the clinic healthier for patients, practitioners and staff included:
- Hard-wired internet throughout the building to eliminate exposure to Wi-Fi and other electromagnetic fields
- More light fixtures to allow for incandescent lighting instead of fluorescent light bulbs, which create harmful magnetic fields and contain mercury
- A large skylight to increase natural light in patient areas
- Purified air from a central air exchange system that goes beyond HEPA to filter out fine particulate matter from car exhaust
- Design and layout according to the principles of Feng Shui to promote calm, well-being and happiness
- Purified drinking water that is ionized, filtered and mineralized
- Nontoxic glues, paints, floors, furniture, walls and ceilings that do not emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or other airborne chemicals or pollutants
These features will be for the benefit of all our patients and staff, but will be particularly appreciated by our patients with cancer, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and other conditions that make some people hypersensitive to synthetic chemicals and other allergens. As you can tell, we put a lot of work into creating a space that promotes health, healing and well-being. So why not come see for yourself the place that Seekers call home?

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- The Wall Street Journal•2 hours ago
PC and printer maker HP apologized for how it handled a recent move that stopped others’ ink cartridges from working with some HP printers, and said it would offer new software that lets those cartridges ...
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HP Inc. has apologized to customers for a software update that made some of its printers stop working with ink cartridges from competing suppliers, even if the printers had accepted the same cartridges ...
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Guillermo del Toro's rumored new supernatural movie project will be titled The Shape of Water, and we have the movie's first intriguing details.
Just about everything Guillermo del Toro touches turns into geek gold, and now the acclaimed director is turning his sights on a Netflix original series. Here’s our first look at Trollhunters.
Casting on Guillermo del Toro's new movie is also currently underway with an Oscar nominee and an Oscar winner set to star.
If you tought the Silent Hills P.T. Teaser was scary, you should see this live version of the playable teaser.
Just when it looked liked the Pacific Rim sequel wasn’t going to happen, Hollywood pulls a fast one and surprises you — but there’s a bit of a twist.
In a Blastr exclusive, we debut an exclusive feature from the Crimson Peak DVD/Blu-ray, and chat with creature actor Doug Jones about the ghosts of Guillermo del Toro's gothic movie.
A film adaptation of the teen horror books Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has been in the works for a while, and it just scared up on heck of a good director.
If you’ve been holding out hope that Pacific Rim 2 might get back on track, we have some bad news. But there could be a silver lining. Maybe.
Two of our finest genre storytellers might have brought us the tale of the Sorcerer Supreme if things had gone a bit differently.
The Walking Dead actor who was set to star in Guillermo del Toro's Silent Hills explains why the video game "needs to happen."
Though he hasn’t given up on the project, odds are getting longer and longer that Guillermo del Toro will actually get to make Pacific Rim 2. But that doesn’t mean the universe is dying anytime soon.
If that filmmaking thing doesn't work out, Christopher Nolan might have a career in journalism ahead of him.
Geek icon Guillermo del Toro seems to keep at least a half dozen projects in perpetual states of development, and it sounds like there’s one more he’d love to take add to the list. Can someone please put this man in touch with Stephen King?
Del Toro talks Crimson Peak influences, building a full-sized haunted house and where his kaiju sequel stands.
Guillermo del Toro's new film is more than a horror movie, but a valentine to Gothic literature and the paranormal. To fully appreciate it, we examine the roots of the genre.


Katy Perry crashed a wedding at the Four Seasons. This is video she posted:
Bride Hayley Rosenblum and groom, Blonie Dudney were dancing when Katy Perry showed up at their party.
Their guests said Perry came at the end of the reception and danced with the guests for about 10 minutes.
Perry played at the Scottrade Center Sunday.
And video from one of the guests:


West Orange Girls Soccer Heads to NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 Finals after 1-0 Ridgewood Shutout
WEST ORANGE, NJ - West Orange Girls Soccer has advanced to the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 state sectional finals with a 1-0 shutout of Ridgewood High School on Nov. 7.
West Orange's Emma Mitchell scored the lone game goal in the first half, taking a pass from Natalie Nevins. Mountaineer Cassidy Joyce made six saves and Ridgewood goalie Britt Cunningham also made six saves.
It was a well-matched game from the start as Ridgewood struggled to get to the net. Strong play on both sides made for an exciting match throughout.
Undefeated West Orange will take on Livingston in the final in a home game on Nov. 9. The Mountaineers have already defeated the Lancers twice this season, most recently 4-0 in ECT play.


How To FIX if Web Browser Back Button Not Working.
Does nothing happen when you click or hit the back button in your web browser? Does it just reload the current page instead? Or is the back button grayed out?
Typically, the back button in a browser does not work as expected due to reasons such as link redirects and conflicting browser extensions. But rarely will you be dealing with something as serious as a malicious add-on or browser hijacker.
Check out the suggestions and solutions below to fix when the back button is not working in Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari.
Switch Tabs or Windows
Most of the links you click on usually open in the same browser tab. But if the back button on the page you just loaded is grayed out, it’s likely because it opened in a new tab or new window.
In this case, you will not be able to use the Back button. The only way to go back to the previous page is to switch tabs or windows.
If you are using an extension that forces your browser to open links in new tabs or windows, you can disable it (more on that below).
Some links are redirected through one or more web addresses before downloading. In this case, pressing the Back button may cause the same page to reload.
One way to fix this problem is to press and hold the Back button. This prompts browsers like Chrome to display the history stack for the tab. Then just select the page you want to go to and you can skip the redirection addresses. This also works in mobile browsers; just press and hold the back button to open the history of the tab.
Another workaround is to quickly press the Back button a few times. This helps prevent any previous redirects from firing.
Also Read :Â Fix Back Button Not Working in Internet Explorer
Disable Conflicting Browser Addons
In particular, on desktop devices, extensions can prevent the back button from working properly in a browser. For example, add-ons like content blockers and custom script managers call this often. Disabling them should help.
If you can’t think of anything in particular, disable all browser extensions first. You can access the extensions page through the browser menu (look for the icon with three dots or lines). In Chrome, for example, choose More Tools> Extensions from the Chrome menu to open the list of extensions.
If the Back button starts working correctly after deactivating all extensions, start re-enabling them one by one until you figure out what the problem is.
Clear Browser Cache and Cookies
Corrupted or outdated browser cache is another reason why websites or the browser itself are not working correctly. If clicking or tapping the Back button does nothing or causes the same page to reload, clearing the page may help remedy the situation. Here’s how to remove cache in two popular desktop browsers.
Open the Chrome menu and go to Settings> Privacy & Security> Clear Browsing Data. Then check the boxes next to Cookies & Other Site Data and Cached Images & Files, set Time Range to All Time, and select Clear Data.
Open the Firefox menu and go to Settings> Privacy & Security> Cookies and Site Data> Clear Data. Then check the boxes next to Cookies, Site Data and Cached Web Content and select Clear.
If you’re using a different browser, see our essential guide to clearing cache in any browser for specific instructions.
Update Your Web Browser
An outdated browser can lead to all sorts of weird problems. If the Back button does not work for some unknown reason, try installing the latest updates. This should help eliminate any known errors from the equation.
Most desktop browsers update automatically, but you can always run a manual check for updates. Here’s how to do it in Chrome and Firefox.
Open the Chrome menu and choose Help> About Google Chrome. Then wait while Chrome searches for the latest updates. If it finds any updates, it should start installing them automatically.
Open the Firefox menu and choose Help> About Firefox. Then wait while Firefox finds and installs the latest updates. Then restart your browser.
On your mobile device, you can install the latest browser updates by going to the Play Store (Android) or App Store (iOS).
Check for Malware and Browser Hijackers
Malware and add-ons can intercept the default browser. Besides the broken back button, you may also notice other unusual behavior like slowing down, crashing, etc.
The best way to fix this is to scan your device with a dedicated malware removal utility. For example, Malwarebytes can help you remove malware on both PC and Mac.
If you use Chrome on Windows, you can also use its built-in malware removal tool to remove malicious extensions and browser hijackers. To launch it, open the Chrome menu and go to Settings> Advanced> Reset & Clean> Clean Computer> Find.
Reset Your Web Browser
Most desktop web browsers provide a factory reset option to solve serious problems. If none of the suggestions or solutions above helped fix the Back button, do so now.
Here’s how to reset Chrome and Firefox preferences. You can back up your browsing data by syncing it with your Google or Firefox account before starting. If you are using a different browser, look for specific instructions on its online support pages.
Open the Chrome menu and select Preferences. Then choose Advanced> Reset & Clean> Reset to Original Defaults.
Type about: support in a new Firefox tab and press Enter. Then select Refresh Firefox.
On a mobile device, you can uninstall and reinstall your browser to fix any underlying issues preventing the Back button from working. However, this is not possible in standard mobile browsers such as Chrome (Android) and Safari (iOS).
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[JP movie]Aibou movie two
G(For all ages)
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2017/02/06 Good(+1 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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Prior to this, the latest work was released on terrestrial waves as it was made public, but it was the 2nd work of the Aibo series theatrical version.
Although it was a serious beginning as the interrogation by the prosecution was done from the beginning, was it a feeling that the combination of Sugishita Ukyo et al. Ranked to reveal the black corruption by the upper level as the main axis?
Since the brain warfare is the center, the action was relatively small, but it was impressive to stop a woman who was trying to assassinate from revenge heart at a place where Sugishita lives.
At the end of the day, we finally approached the Chief Cabinet Secretary who was talking with Sugitoshi at a sake in the early Izakaya, and the part of darkness is becoming bright one after another so that the moment of payment Immediately after I confessed or confronted the Chief Cabinet Secretary directly after confronting the thugs who had a deep grudge against the Chief Cabinet Secretary who was stabbed with a knife and dumped as it was, there was something that could make you feel a bit sluggish as it stood as a character until then .
Although it is a place to worry about what the content of the latest work really is, I think that it was finished in that kind of honorable mention concerning this work.
Although it is an evaluation, I will assume it is "good".
2014/05/27 Very Good(+2 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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Cast playing the upper part.
Especially the quiet force of the scene where confrontation between Hasegawa deputy general director who plays Kunimura Funa and Chief Cabinetor Onoda who plays Kishibe Ichinu confronts.
However Mr. Utsui died the next after Nagato, and Mr. Kazuoki Kishibe was also exiled in this work, gradually feeling lonely ....
The character of Kobe which is the second generation companion looks deceptive personally.
If you are just a hot-blooded person, it will not change from Kameyama.
Although "Komatsu" also does not see much after Kameyama left, in the long series, the quality is maintained by the power of high-quality scenario and cast.
Scenes that Kobe encounters with Yaega and Keiko at the beginning to help a woman who seemed to be a hostage such as scenes that the criminal does not fire until the door of the elevator is closed (unnecessary depending on viewers) Unnatural scenes and the like also become hints The plot of the whole is also depicting the stories multifaceted from both the upper view and the lower view.
I am convinced that the impact of Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinomi Onoda's death also lacked the viewpoint of small citizens rather than the confrontation with Sugitoshi.
Just because the personality that confronts Sugishita will be gone, I wonder if the "Aibo" series ended here.
I thought that. The evaluation of this work is "very good".
2013/05/05 Normal(+0 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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〓〓〓The upper part of the police who tried to lid regardless of whether it was inconvenient is Ukyo who was trying to reach the truth.
〓〓〓Exquisite expertise of investigating the truth of the occupation occupied terrorist police case.
〓〓〓A serious serious performance of veteran actors.
〓〓〓Depending on the occasion, the cabinet chief who was also on the side of the enemy and "friend of the chief" and "the shocking upset" that was inspected.
Mid-career actors and others also saw some misc casts.
I caught on terrestrial broadcasting in commemoration of the latest release of the previous day, but maybe it was a bit difficult to evaluate?
There was a feeling of excitement to see whether it was saying that it was not a popular drama series for Date.
The sense of tension and realism were transmitted well, as well as the battle in the occupied cases of the Metropolitan Police Department and the conflict between the Ukyo and the Chinese Mafia people, the sense of urgency and realism was also transmitted well, the dead body discovery scene of Cao Akira was also vivid, .
Although both the acting team and Mitchie were well-worked as Mr. Yasufumi Teruwaki's successor, it was transmitted,
There was a momentum that Mr. Kishibe Ichinoku had eaten him or Mr. Yutaka Mizutani at the end of the final stage. "There are 100 kinds of justice if there are 100 people, there is absolutely no justice etc." Although it may have been somewhat obsolete if it says badly, the cabinet chief who Mr. plays is exactly like that "Justice It was a complex strange "straw" that embodied "theory". Whether it was a terrible experience that made me feel like a valve with more weight than it actually was, it was fluffy.
Although it may have been severe to compare with veterans, it seems to be hard to compare with veterans, but due to important functions such as Mr. Seiya Ozawa of Mr. Okashi and Masami Konishi of Asahina role and Mr. Hirakake Hirakake as role of Maruyama, It was disappointing that the casting which was also outstanding was also disappointing.
It was regrettable somewhat as it got interesting as it approached the final stage. (Even in the final stage,
Although a certain man who stabbed the civil servant's chief was modestly ordinary. )
"Aibo" series certainly has charm of coloring in recent dramas and I do not dislike it,
You can even think of them as extra small grains by themselves. Evaluation was a little lost,
With "normal" that is a little less than "good".
2012/06/28 Very Good(+2 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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I watch it on terrestrial as well as the first one.
Was there a bit of impression compared with the first one, but there was still interesting that I could not get closed at all.
The story that depicted the darkness of the organization was also on the TV version, but this time there was a fresh life that is not extraordinary anyway.
I was forced to think again that the police people are not allies of justice.
And although it is the death of Mr. Onoda Chief Director ... Although it was more ridiculous than expected, it was shocking.
Although the last was not too refreshing, it was a slightly disagreeable feeling, but if it says that this is also a buddy, it seems to be a buddy.
2012/06/28 Very Good(+2 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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It depicts the darkness and problems of the National Police Agency. Unlike my partner, I have a bit of a dark impression, but I think that the interestingness of contents is very good. The acting of the actors is also wonderful. I feel sorry for Onoda's death, but one piece that seems to be a part of a buddy series
2012/05/12 Very Good(+2 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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There is nothing that will appear to the right of your partner if you draw the darkness of the organization.
Compared to the previous work, there was no flashy, but it was content that went into the darkness of the police organization by that much.
And Onoda's death.
Onoda 's death, which appeared from the beginning of the series, was shocking.
And the plan to be talked about before the death, it also hurts by his death ....
It is likely to be a work of one break of a work called Aibo
2011/04/04 Very Good(+2 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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〓〓〓There is little spoiler
Blackness unique to Aibo, the depth is fully out.
A director 's luxurious cast.
Commissioner of the National Police Agency who is acting Ken Utsui who can see the blackness comparable to the cabinet secretary.
A surprising trick (Kana?)
Last in the shock.
Compared to the previous work a little bit.
The end is indigestion.
The luxurious character such as Manami Konishi, Ken Utsui, and Fuwa Kunimura was fascinated by a black development unique to the buddies, but the sense of being brought all to the last event is amazing.
Death of Mr. Onoda Chief Director who was mentioned in the TV series. His last time as a best enemy and ally was strongly imagined as a masterpiece and it was too shocking to do from now. However, I saw many deaths in my eyes.
I was also interested in the idea of 〓〓〓〓〓quot;Police Ministry" to upgrade his police agency and put the police minister.
The future of the specialist who lost the back shield is very anxious.
2011/02/01 Very Good(+2 pnt) [Original Japanese review]
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The acting power of the actor.
Staff 's spirit.
It may not be the neat way to finish.
Do you think it's okay by the police ... I think.
Scene where Mr. Ukyo descends on the rope, which was also on the CM.
Although it may be plain as compared to Hollywood and special effects, I felt the laughter somewhat more remarkably than those, but I felt the excitement of Mizutani Yutaka after all.
Personally I want to pay attention to music.
Lightly as if to bounce at times, the heaviness that makes the chest hard at times.
I do not put the theme song like publicity in the ending, I also know where I use BGM.
I also saw the theatrical version of the previous work, but I think that II is better than ryosaku.

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27 May, 1998
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos was received here yesterday by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and Governor General Romeo Leblan.
The Patriarch began an official nine-day visit to Canada on Monday.
The Patriarch also had a meeting with Turkey's ambassador in Ottawa, after which he appeared optimistic over the imminent re-opening of the Halki School of Theology by Turkish authorities.
"The Turkish government has given us good signs on that matter, and we can now be more optimistic than we were in the past", Vartholomeos said.
The Turkish diplomat declined to comment, but stressed that he was pleased at the Patriarch's visit.
Vartholomeos later attended a reception hosted by the Greek ambassador in Ottawa, Yiannis Thomoglou, during which he announced that Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos will visit the Ecumenical Patriarchate in early June.
Mr. Thomoglou stressed the historic importance of the first-ever visit of an Ecumenical Patriarch to Canada, with some 380,000 ethnic Greeks and 76 Greek Orthodox communities.
Source: Athens News Agency


June 23, 2010
Questions Remain About Water On Mars
It was ten years ago that NASA announced the discovery of photographs revealing gullies on the surface of Mars, something that suggested water might still be flowing on the surface of the planet.
The breakthrough was followed by years of additional discoveries that pointed to the presence of water on the red planet.But a decade later, there is still no conclusive proof that such water exists. However, the search for evidence, along with the many revelations that have emerged along the way, has altered our perception of the planet.
"We are definitely on the path to exploring the habitability of Mars "” what it's been like in the past and even potentially now," said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, in an interview with Space.com.
Ten years ago, researchers reviewing data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft discovered what appeared to be gullies formed by flowing water, along with mud deposits and debris the flows may have left behind. At the time, scientists noticed that certain features of the gullies appeared so recent that they might still be in a formation stage.
NASA announced the findings in June 2000, and the research was published in that month's issue of the journal Science.
Evidence is plentiful that water once formed massive oceans in the distant past on Mars, sculpting valleys and other features that are clearly visible on the planet's surface today.
Yet, the potential presence of liquid water on the surface of Mars today is puzzling, because it could not exist there due to sub-zero temperatures and the sparse atmosphere. This conundrum has caused a contentious debate over the idea of whether or not water could flow on the surface.
Just last year, scientists suggested that semi-solid blobs of salty water observed on the legs of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander were water, while others on the same team suggested the globs might have been frost instead.
However, there was no doubt that water ice was present near the site of the Phoenix lander that touched down in the Martian arctic. Indeed, water ice has been discovered at the planet's poles inside craters and lying beneath the surface across large areas of the planet's mid-latitude regions.
But scientists still question when water last existed on the surface of Mars.
"There's been no smoking gun evidence yet as to whether liquid water has been on the surface of Mars in the recent past," Meyer said.
One of the most significant challenges about proving whether or not water still flows on the Martian surface is that "where we have seen gullies also tends to be where we don't want to land spacecraft," he said.
"The hope is that orbiter missions can catch something in the act involving liquid water near the surface today," he explained.
"We do suspect there's liquid water in the subsurface "” it's just depends on how deep you have to go."
Europe's Mars Express spacecraft has been using ground-penetrating radar to search for unseen pockets of ice and liquid water. NASA's impressive Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has also been searching for evidence of the history of water on Mars.
Despite the current debate, the past ten years have given scientists near certainty that there was once large quantities of water on Mars, and that there is much frozen water that remains hidden there today.
"We've gone from suspecting there was water on Mars once upon a time to deciding there definitely was water, and not only that there was water, but lots of water," said Meyer.
"Now with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, we've found frozen water even at mid-latitudes, so the inventory of water on Mars is looking better and better as we learn more."
The importance of water on Mars derives from the critical importance of water to life here on Earth.
"How much water has been on Mars, how long we think it was there and how many places might have had it makes a difference in how habitable we think it might have been," Meyer said.
While scientists continue to search for water on Mars, "in many ways we are moving beyond specifically looking for water on Mars and more at what the consequences of water might be "” for example, minerals formed in the presence of water, particularly maybe organic matter, which might have preserved what went on in early Mars," Meyer told Space.com.
The entire effort is centered on determining whether or not life does, or ever did, exist on the planet.
"Currently we're holding landing site workshops for the Mars Science Laboratory, which is set to launch next year, for specific places to go to look at such minerals," he said.
Image Caption: This image taken by Mars Global Surveyor spans a region about 1,500 m (4,921 ft) across, showing gullies on the walls of Newton Basin in Sirenum Terra. Similar channels on Earth are formed by flowing water, but on Mars the temperature is normally too cold and the atmosphere too thin to sustain liquid water. Nevertheless, many scientists hypothesize that liquid groundwater can sometimes surface on Mars, erode gullies and channels, and pool at the bottom before freezing and evaporating. Credit: Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, JPL, NASA
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EDMONTON—April Eve Wiberg was treating herself to a rare hot breakfast at the Canada Place food court when a string of jarring words left her in disbelief.
“I am going to knock your f--ing head off!” Wiberg says a middle-aged woman screamed at her on Feb. 1 after accusing her of cutting in line, followed by an ethnic slur for Indigenous women hurled at her over and over.
“I was just in shock that this was even happening,” Wiberg said.
But Wiberg said she stood her ground and told the woman she didn’t know who she was or what she was going through, but that she had no right to speak to her that way.
That’s when she noticed people staring.
“I turned around to the few people that were observing and I said, ‘Is anyone going to do anything? Can someone please call security?’”
Only after the woman was taken away by security did two women approach Wiberg to ask if she was OK, she said. Wiberg, a community activist who started Edmonton’s Stolen Sisters and Brothers Awareness Movement, decided she needed to call attention to the incident.
She filed a report with security at Canada Place, as well as with the Edmonton Police Service. Initially, she said police were very supportive and told her the incident sounded like it met their definition of a hate-motivated crime.
But Wiberg quickly learned that reporting a hateful incident can be complicated.
She says when she first reported the incident to Canada Place security, she was told a copy of the video surveillance would be saved and she’d be provided a copy of the report. But in a subsequent interaction, Wiberg said she was told they could only provide the report and video to police for privacy reasons.
Wiberg said an Edmonton police investigator then told her they were told there was no video footage or report for the incident.
She says this made her feel frustrated, deceived and dismissed.
“I don’t think they took it seriously because I’m an Indigenous woman,” Wiberg said. “And we know that this issue is very common and very much often under-reported.”
Maple Leaf Property Management, the company in charge of security at Canada Place, did not respond to multiple requests for comment by press time.
Wiberg says police then told her the incident didn’t look like it fell under their definition of a hate crime because the woman wasn’t motivated by racism, it was because Wiberg apparently cut in line.
“I’m just so frustrated right now,” Wiberg said. “I’m even starting to question myself — am I making something out of nothing? What has to happen in order for any of them to take any action?
“My fear is this is going to continue to happen to other people and it will just be swept under the rug,” she added.
She also believes this person has likely verbally attacked others, and she’s worried how it would have played out if the woman targeted someone more vulnerable.
“I also worry about her safety. Especially if she’s someone who goes around and does this to other people,” Wiberg said.
Sgt. Gary Willits, with the Edmonton police hate crimes unit, says Wiberg did all the right things. She got a description, a witness, and reported the incident to security and police. But even then, laying charges for a hate-motivated crime is tricky territory.
Willits, who confirmed the incident is under investigation but could not speak to the details, said there are four very specific charges in the Criminal Code that fall under hate crime: advocating genocide, public incitement of hatred, wilful promotion of hatred, and mischief to religious property.
However, anything can be categorized as a hate-motivated crime if there is evidence the person or property was specifically targeted because of race, gender, religion, sexual preference or other identifiable features.
The key is the motivation. If a person gets into a parking dispute and the other person throws out a racial slur to add insult to injury, it’s not a crime. But if they went out and specifically targeted someone’s car with vandalism because of their race, it could be classified as a hate-motivated crime.
“I understand it’s tough waters to navigate for the average person,” Willits said. “That’s why we say, call us.”
Willits encourages anyone who has been the target of hate to call Edmonton police. Even if it isn’t considered a crime and no charges are laid, police keep a database of hate-motivated “incidents.”
“For us, that can be a flag of a bigger issue. It also assists us because we can talk about what bigger trends we’re seeing in the city,” Willits said.
In the last five months, the Edmonton area has seen many incidents of reported hate receive media attention. In October, an Indigenous family in St. Albert received a racist letter telling them to move out. In early November, an Edmonton Transit Service driver stepped in after a woman hurled racist remarks at an Indigenous woman on the bus. Also that month, several north-side schools were targeted with racist graffiti.
In January, there was another racist letter incident, this time targeting an Indigenous family in Leduc. A barbershop owned by a Muslim man was spray painted with racist words and symbols. Al Rashid Mosque also received a racist letter.
Willits said these incidents are just a snapshot of what the hate crimes unit deals with, and he actually believes things are getting better in Edmonton.
Bridget Stirling, co-founder of Hatefree YEG, said her organization is concerned about the pattern of incidents.
“It’s not just our feeling. I think Edmonton is experiencing the same thing that’s happening in a lot of places,” she said.
Stirling said it’s alarming to hear that in Wiberg’s experience, no one intervened. But it’s not surprising.
“I think when people don’t feel equipped with the knowledge on how to respond, the first reaction is a sort of paralysis of not knowing what to do in this situation,” Stirling said.
That’s why her group tries to educate people on the right thing to do.
It’s important to step in, if it’s safe to do so, but you don’t have to confront the harasser directly. The best approach is to simply ask the person being targeted if they’re OK.
“Just really show that that person is not alone in that situation … bullies and harassers rely on being able to isolate a victim,” Stirling said.
Willits agreed with that approach, emphasizing the importance of safety. For someone being targeted, he says, don’t escalate the situation, and get as much evidence as you can — a description, a witness, and if possible, video or photos.
But even in the age of public shaming on Facebook, video evidence is not a smoking gun.
“Even when we get videos of the offence, I want to know what happened before, I want to know who took the video, what transpired around it,” Willits said. “Because there’s always more.”
Hate speech, even when there’s no criminal element, is harmful to people and communities because it makes people feel unsafe, marginalized and isolated, Stirling said.
“The other piece is: it normalizes this kind of thing,” she added. “If you look at some of the research on things like racist jokes, what starts to happen is it becomes acceptable. People become kind of desensitized to it. So it raises the threshold of what people find acceptable.”
Wiberg is frustrated that even though she did what she’s supposed to, it may not lead to anything.
But she hopes her experience will get more people thinking of the harm these incidents can cause. For her, it brought back memories of experiencing racism as a child, when she was just one of two Indigenous children in school.
“The trauma I experienced as a child, being called racial slurs, it was awful,” Wiberg said. “And we were helpless.”
That’s why she knew this time around, she had to stand up for herself. She credits her human rights training, community work and teachings from elders for the way she defended herself. And she recognizes the incident could have unfolded differently if it happened to someone else.
“We have to take action, but in a non-violent way, by calling these things out … saying, ‘Tsk, tsk,’ it’s not enough.”
Omar Mosleh is an Edmonton-based reporter covering inner-city issues, affordable housing and reconciliation. Follow him on Twitter: @OmarMosleh

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Such problems where only very incomplete and uncertain information is available are very well addressed by probabilistic approaches, which allow to rigorously quantify the uncertainty with probability distributions and to reason about the relevant variables in a mathematically grounded way.
The use of hardware accelerators allows to use more expressive models, which increase the quality of the recommendation, while keeping a low latency of a few tens of milliseconds.
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Under the agreement, McPhy will supply the electrolyzers, while Technip Energies will handle the design and construction of the 20 megawatt plant. The final investment decision for the project is expected to be made by HyCC later this year.
Situated in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, Djewels will be an advanced electrolysis facility. Operated by HyCC, it will utilize McPhy’s electrolysers to produce up to 3,000 tons of green hydrogen annually from renewable power and water. This green hydrogen will be utilized by OCI Methanol Europe for the production of renewable methanol, resulting in a reduction of up to 27,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Other project contributors include Gasunie, DeNora, and Hinicio.
Djewels will be the first plant of its size to employ McPhy’s “Augmented McLyzer” technology, featuring higher current density, enhanced production flexibility, and reduced spatial requirements. This development is crucial for scaling up green hydrogen production and supporting the decarbonization objectives of European industries.
As a flagship project for the Province of Groningen and the broader Hydrogen Valley in the Northern Netherlands, Djewels contributes to the sustainable growth of regional industries. The project received support from the regional Waddenfonds and is also backed by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership (formerly FCH-JU), with an application for a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to facilitate the deployment of this innovative technology.
Marcel Galjee, Managing Director of HyCC says: “Green hydrogen production needs to significantly scale-up in the coming years if we want to reach the European climate goals for 2030. This means we need to deploy innovative technology at scale to gain practical experience. The work of Technip Energies and technology from McPhy allow us to do exactly that.”
Jean Baptiste LUCAS, Chief Executive Officer of McPhy, states: “Collaborating with a major industrial company for an emblematic green hydrogen production project in Europe represents a major step forward for McPhy and the green hydrogen sector. There are significant projects set up over the last few years, now entering their implementation phase, and we have the resources to seize this opportunity.”

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Spicy and Delicious. Sneak your veggies into this creamy soup.
The perfect summer lunch. Full of fresh veggies and lean protein. I make a double batch, use smaller papers and serve as appetizers when I have guests.
2 tablespoons toasted sliced almonds
1 cup mixed fresh berries, such as blueberries and raspberries
1 cup chopped nectarine
2 cups cooked whole-wheat couscous
¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons finely chopped shallots
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Perfect for when the girls come over. Use any extra fruit from your fruitbowl. Make into a delicious meal by topping with a grilled chicken breast. Packs beautifully for lunch. Serving size 3/4 cup
Light crunchy refreshing. save calories by using the small tortillas.
I can't eat eggs bennie in a restaurant anymore because this is so good and so easy. Careful - it's a treat for once in a while!
My kids absolutely love this salad. I make the double the chicken cutlets the night before and save half for this salad. Great in a time pinch.
This is sooo good. It uses up the last of my fridge and pantry. Especially nice on a cold day. BONUS: It fills you up when you're trying to count calories.
Smoothies are the easiest way to get in breakfast when you're in a rush. Our fave is mango, but just as good with strawberries, peaches, blueberries or bananas. Add some protein powder or flax seeds for extra nutrients
fast, easy, yummy... Need I say more?
These may be the best cookies I've ever made - crispy with a buttery coconut flavor. This recipe uses only half a cup of butter and is loaded with rolled oats for fiber. Secret ingredient? Rice Krispies!
A quick easy meal, ready in half an hour. The balsamic zips up the chicken and balances out the sweet luscious peaches. Prep Time: 9 minutes Baking Time: 11 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Difficulty: Easy
Delicious. Warm chicken mixed with cold and crunchy veggies, will satisfy the biggest appetite. We added cilantro, but basil and mint are equally refreshing.
Colorful, crispy and delicious with snap peas, red peppers and carrots. Delicious with Easter Ham. The dressing is a favorite in my house for any asian inspired dish.
Comforting, tasty and little to no work. Spiced with cinnamon, anise and chile, filled with carrots and turnips.
Whip this easy salad up in 5 minutes. Great for those looking to add fiber to their day.
Delicious with Ribs. Adapted from a favorite recipe from Sante Fe
Comfort food. Yum. Serve with mashed potatoes
Mixes the fresh flavors of Hawaii. A full meal in a bowl.
My mom's banana bread - moist, and so banana-y! A Christmas Tradition
Add this to the under 100 calories snack list. Just like the Del Monte Real Fruit, without the sugar and way less fat. So easy too. My kids love making it. The "cooking" time refers to freezer time!
Light and Fluffy. Perfect for strawberry shortcake or with a hearty soup such as our Five Minute Broccoli Cheddar Soup!
Boiling then baking makes tender, flavorful ribs. Uses my favorite Sante Fe BBQ Sauce (separate recipe) but for a fast alternative, use bottled BBQ sauce.
It's hard to believe that there is no cream or milk in this amazing soup. The secret are the navy beans, which add richness and thicken without all of the fat. Literally takes 5 minutes to make. I keep a can of beans in the cupboard and broccoli in the fridge as my emergency meal when the fridge is almost empty and I don't feel like cooking!!!
Note: Feel free to swap in low fat cheddar to reduce the fat content, but make sure it's OLD/AGED cheddar, to maintain the cheesy taste.
Banana Cream Pie without the fat! Straight from Newfoundland, my girlfriend served this amazing dessert and I had to have the recipe. It is surprisingly simple to prepare, combining fresh bananas, with vanilla pudding, light cool whip and saltines which make a flaky, low fat pastry layer. Would work just as well with other fruits like strawberries. I used regular vanilla pudding but light pudding should work as well.
The perfect italian salad to serve with my bolognese sauce and spaghetti recipe
Delicious, fresh mint and basil compliment the goat cheese and tomatoes.
Although this sauce has no tomatoes, it makes a rich, savory pasta sauce, superior to what we normally consider `Bolognese` Sauce here in North America.
Quick fast and a family fave!
We love this recipe because the bits of sushi ginger add little sparks of flavor to this delicious fish. It's super easy. Avoid farmed salmon. Sushi ginger can be found in Superstore by the sushi counter or in the asian aisle.
Grandma Anderson makes this amazing salad every Easter with her delicious ham. It's always a favorite. Grapes, Broccoli, sunflower seeds, red onion and bacon. Yum.
It doesn't get much simpler. Made with healthy ingredients avoiding all of the high salt additives in most slow cooker recipes. I make my veggies separate as they tend to get mushy in the slow cooker.
Impress your guests with this elegant and easy dish. The tanginess of the capers offset the rich tenderloin beautifully. Serve with a side of steamed snap peas or a spring mix salad
We've been making this dish for at least 10 years and have never gotten tired of it. It's delicious and nutritious. No need to add any sides.
I bought pizza yeast and making pizza dough is a breeze in my kitchen aid. No rising needed. Use whatever veggies you like.
Once you try these, you'll never go back to the high gluten, white flour kind. Made exactly as directed on the bag. These pancakes have flax which make them high in fat - the good kind!
Sweet and Salty and so Delicious. Steak should always be served this way. Experiment with different cheeses - gorgonzola and blue cheese work just as well.
Another fave from my nutritionist. It is sooo good and has tons of veggies. You don't need to serve with anything else, but you could make some brown rice or a green salad.
Not your typical soft taco! A great summer fave. We always need extra avocado. The corn tortillas add depth and substance. Delicious. Fabulous when we need a quick, healthy dinner.
Delicious! I never share this salad. The leftovers are hidden in the fridge for me to eat the next day! This recipe exchanges fruit very well. Try any berry, or switch the nectarine for peaches or mangoes.
About the Ingredients:
To toast sliced almonds, heat a small dry skillet over medium-low heat. Add nuts and cook, stirring, until lightly browned and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
My nutritionist gave me this recipe. The five spice powder and hoisin give it a a real Asian flare. My kids love to wrap their own.
About the ingredients:
Brown basmati rice cooks faster and is much tastier than regular brown rice.
Water chesnuts should be rinsed before using
Use fresh ginger.
Sesame oil should be cooked at moderate temperatures. If overheated, the fatty acids are damaged and the nutritional value of the oil is greatly affected. If it starts to smoke, wipe out pan and start again at a lower temperature.
Hoisin sauce can be found in the asian aisle with oyster sauce and soy sauce.
Five-spice powder is usually in the spice aisle but can sometimes be found in the imported/asian aisle.
To easily take apart a head of iceberg lettuce, hold the lettuce with two hands and firmly whack the stem on the counter. Pull out the stem and the leaves should easily come off. Wash once separated.
A summer staple in my house. Use fresh garlic, as it mellows nicely once it cooks. All of my kids love this recipe.
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I buy the frozen New Zealand lamb in the 500g tube. It is quite lean and never tastes old.
The nectarines can easily be substituted with peaches or our favorite Mangoes!
Freeze the goat cheese before using it, then break it into dime size chunks so you get a great bite of goat cheese every so often
Ichiban, peanut butter, peanuts... who would have thought that under all those yummy foods are bok choy, carrots, and peppers? Surprise!
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I have completely replaced TAMARI for soy sauce in all of my cooking. It is lighter, tastier and can be bought in an organic, low sodium variety, which is delicious.
Red pepper flakes can be omitted for those sensitive to spicy foods (like my six year old!)
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Handle: 370mm × 45mm × 24mm
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text: Stonework of native limestone showcases the masonry skills of Barry Antich, who built this home for his wife Katie and their five children in 1893. The circular ornamentation in the wooden window insets is characteristic of Helena’s early architecture. The Antichs came from Croatian Austria, and like other established immigrants in the neighborhood, they took in new arrivals. In 1900, the Antichs’ four male boarders were all recently from Austria and worked as laborers at the East Helena smelter. Antich worked there, too. The economic depression that halted construction in the 1890s forced him to find other jobs until the building trade revitalized in the early 1900s. In 1912, Frank Polich, who came from Czechoslovakia with his brothers, married the Antichs’ daughter, Elizabeth. By the 1920s, the couple and their two teenage children had moved in with the Antichs. Elizabeth Polich continued to live in the house built by her father until her death in 1975. The sturdy home continues to reflect the strong work ethic and modest lifestyle typical of south-central Helena’s hard-working emigrant families.

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UK – Flood Defences or Foreign Aid: A Fool’s Argument
Up to now I’ve resisted writing about the inundation of Britain’s seafronts, valleys and floodplains. But as the umpteenth storm sweeps across the land, dumping a month’s worth of rain upon us, causing elderly people and Shetland ponies to be rescued and disabling infrastructure we have long taken for granted, there’s one aspect of the emergency that troubles me.
Before I sound off, I should declare an interest – or rather a non-interest. Though I live in Surrey, I’m not one of the unfortunates whose ground floor is several feet deep in effluent-charged floodwater. I’m lucky enough to live a good bit above sea level, so it would take a monster tsunami or the melting of both polar icecaps for the murky waters to reach my doorstep.
What has seriously raised my hackles is a campaign by a nasty rag called the Daily Mail to divert funding from Britain’s overseas aid budget into the creation of new flood defences. It was first mooted by Nigel Farage, the leader of an amalgam of special interests, closet racists and xenophobes, homophobes and God-knows-what-else-phobes masquerading as a political party – The UK Independence Party. The Mail then hoisted the flag, and yesterday announced that 100,000 people had signed the petition.
It seems to me that popular reaction to disaster largely depends on the speed with which it unfolds. If it strikes suddenly – as it did in London on 7/7 – the disaster usually sparks an instant response – heroism, compassion and generosity of spirit. Recrimination usually follows in the aftermath.
If it develops gradually with a cumulative intensity – as is the case today – the finger-pointing starts during the event rather than after it. And if it happens within striking distance of a general election, the real-time response to the crisis tends to be calibrated by political calculation – what plays well with this or that section of the voters. So both blame and restorative action are dished out with one eye on the polling booths. Politicians of all stripes make pious noises about now being the time to deal with the emergency, not to debate its origins and perpetrators, while doing exactly the opposite through unattributable briefers, mavericks and proxies.
So the Daily Mail, acting as Farage’s proxy, has a go at foreign aid. The natural home of hypochondriacs, alien abductees and xenophobic Tories seems be moving towards endorsing UKIP at the next election. Certainly UKIP’s utterances seem ever more fine-tuned to be in harmony with the Mail readership. Either way, the attack on foreign aid is opportunistic, unprincipled and illogical. Prime Minister David Cameron should resist it.
Yes, there’s a superficial connection. You could argue that instead of funding efforts to alleviate the effects of monsoon flooding in countries like Bangladesh we should build river barriers and new coastal walls in England and Wales. But there is not a single family in the United Kingdom at risk of death, water-borne disease and economic melt-down every year as millions are in other parts of the world. Should we really withdraw assistance from populations whose standard of living – even on dry land – is a tiny fraction of ours?
Of course we should look at every project we support through foreign aid to determine its effectiveness and value for money. And no, perhaps we shouldn’t provide aid to countries that send rockets to Mars. But even in the case of India, we should look at whether we are delivering a benefit that the recipient country is incapable of delivering, or lacks the political will to do so. Why otherwise would we send aid to Syria?
So while I agree that foreign aid should be continually reviewed and reallocated as necessary, I don’t believe that the ring fence around it should be abandoned to suit short-term political expediency.
The Government has access to contingency funds to deal with emergencies. If flood defences are rapidly becoming a long-term priority for government spending, then the cost should be factored into the overall mix of spending and saving that is the perennial concern of thousands of civil servants in the Treasury and the spending departments. If the defence of the realm is clearly threatened, we have no qualms in increasing our spending on soldiers, ships and aircraft even if it means that a few libraries have to close, or that we have to live with less high-speed railway lines. And if we are concerned about the enemy within, we’re quite happy to allocate a few million to the security services if that keeps us safe from the murderous ambitions of jihadis returning from Syria.
To create a link between overseas aid and domestic flood defences is as specious as arguing that we should buy less cars because too many of them are manufactured by foreign companies.
Charity doesn’t begin at home, or at least it shouldn’t. It should begin with those who need it most. Otherwise I don’t see how you can call it charity. And while we can argue that foreign aid is sometimes misdirected, it’s still capable of making a difference to lives that are immeasurably less privileged than those we live in our home country.
I don’t doubt the sincerity of those who signed the Daily Mail petition. They are most likely angry people, especially if they’re entertaining ducks in their sitting rooms. But that anger is being channelled by unscrupulous politicians and newspaper editors with political axes to grind. The thinking is at the same level of rationality as calling for the death penalty to be re-introduced after a particularly gruesome murder. A knee-jerk reaction where long-term thinking is called for.
If the flooding we are seeing today is no longer a once-in-a-century event, then we need challenge many assumptions about the future of our countryside and coastal areas. If it costs millions to re-house the inhabitants of fifty houses in the Somerset Levels, but hundreds of millions to protect them from future flooding, which option makes most sense? If we need to revise our farming techniques to make the land more permeable, how does the cost stack up against dredging rivers and destroying the natural habitats of our wildlife? And ultimately why are we so often presented with alternatives rather than complementary measures?
If the current weather is the result of climate change, regardless of what measures we take globally to reverse the effects, it could still take a hundred years for those measures to make a difference. And I’ve not heard any scientist able to tell us whether the actions on the table now will return us to the pre-industrial Arcadia to which we seem to aspire.
As the birthplace of the industrial revolution, we in the United Kingdom have been both the beneficiaries of industrialisation and one of the leading causes of climate change – if as, seems likely, that change is proven to be man-made. So it’s a bit rich for us at this stage to disclaim all responsibility for the underprivileged beyond our shores to whose plight we have directly or indirectly contributed.
We are not yet at the stage where we declare every man for himself. So I sincerely hope that the British electorate will see Farage’s argument as a red herring, and treat it with the contempt it deserves.