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The United Conservative Party will be notably absent from this year’s Edmonton Pride parade after the festival rejected its application.
The request “did not speak to any direct action they take or will take to support the inclusion of all segments of the LGBTQ2S+ community,” said a Thursday news release from the Edmonton Pride Festival Society.
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In its application, the UCP campaigned to march in the parade and touted the party as a “welcoming and inclusive organization.”
“As our leader has repeatedly stated, ‘In our party it doesn’t matter what God you worship or who you love,'” the application said, referring to Opposition leader Jason Kenney.
The NDP and Alberta Party will be permitted to march in the parade while UCP members stay on the sidelines.
“It’s hardly surprising that a celebration that’s designed to support LGBTQ kids, adults and families across the province would resist having a party that clearly doesn’t stand with them,” Premier Rachel Notley said Thursday.
She referenced the UCP’s opposition to Bill 24, an Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances. The legislation, which took effect Dec. 15, makes it illegal for teachers to inform parents if their child had joined a GSA, unless the child has consented.
Kenney argued the act gave the education minister unnecessary powers and was introduced as “a political instrument to attack their partisan opponents as part of their desperate effort to talk about anything but their failed economic record.”
UCP executive director Janice Harrington said the party made its application to march in the parade in good faith.
“We are disappointed in their decision, especially considering Jason Kenney was intending to be there for this event,” she said. “We will still have members there to participate in any way we can.”
The festival society said the UCP is welcome to attend the celebration and can re-apply next year.
UCP caucus members wouldn’t comment on the issue Thursday.
“Pride is well within their right to choose who marches in their parade,” said Alberta Party MLA Greg Clark. “I’m very proud to say (we) will be there.”
Alberta Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda said it’s no surprise the NDP application was accepted.
“We’ve been very solid on this particular issue,” he told reporters, flanked by NDP MLAs Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Michael Connolly. “Our community has seen themselves represented in the three of us who have put forward policies and government directions.”
The festival society cited other concerns with the UCP application, including the relative sparseness of the party’s answers to questions, as well as a lack of official policies to suggest the application was sincere.
“With no official policies at the time of selection, the committee could only look at past policy of the organizations that formed the UCP, as well as the ideas and opinions shared publicly by their representatives,” said the news release.
Miranda pointed to UCP draft resolutions that will be considered for debate this weekend at the party’s founding convention in Red Deer. One includes defining family only as the union of a man and a woman. The final list of resolutions won’t be disclosed until Friday.
“I think it’s shameful; it is really out of step with every Albertan,” said Miranda, who became Alberta’s first openly gay cabinet minister in 2016. “The fact that they want to drag us back in time is frankly disheartening.”
In August, Calgary Pride banned the party from marching in its parade, only a month after the UCP was officially founded.
The Edmonton Pride Festival will take place June 8-17.
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SINGAPORE — Though local produce costs higher than imported ones, Ms Doreen Chan still believes she is getting more bang for her buck by buying local, as they are “fresher” and “better in quality”.
Mr Leon Hay, owner of goat farm Hay Dairies, said that he placed a “high bidding amount” for his current land lease, which is valid for 20 years — a period of time that he described as “very short”.
“On top of that, we have the additional overheads to show SFA to prove that our produce adheres to very high food safety standards.
“We have to pay substantial amounts of fees yearly to be certified and audited for food safety, which imported produce are not subjected to since they undergo a different system of quality control and food safety,” said Mr Hay, adding that it costs about S$2 million per year to run the farm.
Another factor is the sharp rise in electricity costs in the last couple of years.
The price difference between local and imported produce varies according to the food category.
For produce like eggs and vegetables, the price difference can range from a few cents to a dollar by weight. But in terms of percentages, the difference can be significant.
For example, a tray of 10 eggs weighing 60 grams each from Chew’s Agriculture costs S$3.65, whereas the same product weighing 55 grams per egg from Malaysia costs S$3.30 at NTUC FairPrice supermarkets.
A 100-gram bag of pre-cut baby spinach from Artisan Green, for example, costs S$6.95 on local fine food purveyor Merchant Brothers’ online shop Pantry Selects, whereas the same product with the same weight from Australia and Italy costs S$3.80 and S$4.80 respectively on online supermarket RedMart.
This means the local produce can cost about 83 per cent more than imported ones.
Despite the odds stacked against them, local farmers are taking concrete steps to improve their marketing and branding, in an effort to boost local demand.
These include marketing their produce as fresher, more value for money, and better in quality compared to imported produce.
Mr Ray Poh, founder and managing director of indoor hydroponics Artisan Green, said: “We brand our products as being fresher, locally grown and pesticide-free. This is a prominent feature throughout our packaging, which is made from sustainable paper, to make us stand out more on the supermarket shelves.
“I think it works because our loyal customers tell us they are willing to pay more for our produce since they are fresher and last longer.”
Besides marketing, local farmers also invest in efficient and quality customer service to retain and expand their consumer base.
Some also sell directly to the public rather than through supermarkets while others work with local food establishments on a “farm-to-table” concept to attract customers who seek an authentic experience of having fresh, local produce on their plate.
Food producers and industry experts say that more can be done to boost the local food production sector.
Public education should be the emphasis, said Professor William Chen, a professor in food science and technology at Nanyang Technological University.
“We can push for more volume in production, but we cannot keep producing more if no one will buy it.”
Agreeing, Mr Hay said: “We need more public education on buying local produce to boost local demand, which is lacking.”
Associate Professor Matthew Tan, an aquaculture expert at James Cook University, added: “I believe we can start education from young in schools, not just about food security and sustainable consumption, but also about reducing food waste.”
He said that while SFA is already providing financial help in the form of grants to local producers, this support must be increased, along with public awareness on improving the nation’s food security.
He added that other countries have mitigated similar problems by imposing import taxes, and using the tax gains to subsidise local farmers.
“However, this may not be viable here as Singapore prides itself as a free port, and may be hesitant to impose an import tax.
“We must then find a balance between maintaining our stance as a free port, while also increasing support for local farmers, so that we can achieve 30 per cent food self-sufficiency by 2030.” Assoc Prof Tan said.
While the costs of production may be high, particularly for tech-reliant farms, Prof Chen believes that such costs can eventually be recovered through higher levels of production and consumer buy-in.
Agreeing, Assoc Prof Tan said: “We can achieve 30 by 30, and we have to. We are lucky that we have enough food in our generation. We must ensure that our future children have the same luxury. This is about investing in their future.”

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The Pretty Reckless - The 2014 Tour
Post grunge alt rockers The Pretty Reckless are back, bringing their cutting
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the leading groups behind the post grunge movement. Under the tutelage of visionary producer Kato Khandwala, musicians Taylor
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eventually headlining two of their very own worldwide tours, bringing in crowds around the world from the Americas to Asia.
band's tour schedule hasn't slowed down since, playing some of the biggest festivals and arenas all across North America.
They made appearances at Download Festival, Lollapalooza, and European based festivals Rock Am Ring, Optimus Alive!, Montreux
Jazz Festival, and T in the Park. They've also been nominated for multiple big name awards, including Best Group and Best
Newcomer by Virgin Media Music Awards and Song of the Year by Revolver for the single "Kill Me".
Pretty Reckless' debut album, Light Me Up, would drop in 2010 and make worldwide success, charting high all across the world.
They would secure a #10 position on the US Alt board, #6 in Billboard's UK board, and #18 both in US rock and the Ireland
Billboard. The album would be certified silver, and feature the hit singles "Make Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing" and "Just
Tonight". Critics would fawn over the album, with media critic website Allmusic giving it four stars and Artistdirect bestowing
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The band's 2014 followup again made inroads worldwide, hitting the #2 spot on both US
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Danceability has always been a crucial part of pop music throughout the ages, but which decade -- the '80s or the '90s -- had the songs that can still make modern feet move? That very question will be answered in one night at The Fillmore as Biz Markie and several top cover bands curate a stream of hits from both the '80s and '90s. Markie, a beatboxer and rapper known for his 1989 top 10 song "Just a Friend," plays host and DJ while '80s cover band The New Romance and '90s cover band Here's to the Night open and close the lineup with expert renditions of your favorite dance-worthy songs from their respective eras. Hosted by HOT 99.5, Washington, D.C.'s Top 40 and pop radio station, The Fillmore Flashback will prove once and for all which decade had the best tunes. Learn More
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(NewsReady.com) – Sometimes children play in places that they shouldn’t. That’s what some kids in Argentina were doing recently when they made a grisly discovery.
On September 2, kids in Rosario, a city about 190 miles from Buenos Aires, found an abandoned house to play in. While at the property, they discovered a body in advanced stages of decomposition. Law enforcement was contacted, and when police arrived, they confirmed the body was a male.
A large part of the man’s body was burned. Investigators noticed the ground near the home was disturbed as well. They are now trying to find out if more bodies were buried on the property. They also reportedly found hair at the crime scene that didn’t belong to the deceased victim.
Rosario is known for its violent drug trade. As of the day of the discovery, 168 violent deaths had been recorded in the city. Many of those are linked to narcotics. Newsweek reported that Rosario Mayor Elvio Cotterli told a local news outlet that the “city is appalled” by the murder.
This wasn’t the first gruesome discovery in Argentina. Children in Buenos Aires were playing in a stream in late July, when they found a suitcase. Inside were a set of arms and legs.
Police identified the body parts as belonging to Fernando Perez Algaba, a crypto-millionaire who was very active on social media. He’d been reported missing on July 18. Algaba had reportedly been shot three times, and someone dismembered his body.
A few days after his limbs were discovered, authorities found his torso and head floating downstream inside a backpack. Reports indicate he’d been receiving threats in the weeks before he was murdered. Someone even told him that they were going to chop off his hands and cut out his eyes.
Law enforcement has not identified Algaba’s killer.
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Physical causes of flooding:
long periods of rain.
impermeable rock (doesn’t allow water through)
very wet, saturated soils.
compacted or dry soil.
Also to know is, what are the effects of a flood?
Floods can have devastating consequences and can have effects on the economy, environment and people. During floods (especially flash floods), roads, bridges, farms, houses and automobiles are destroyed. People become homeless.
What are the positive effects of a flood?
The impact of flooding. Floods can cause damage to homes and possessions as well as disruption to communications. However, flooding can also have positive impacts on an area. Flooding deposits fine silt (alluvium) onto the floodplain, making it very fertile and excellent for agriculture.
How much damage can Floods cause?
In terms of lives lost and property damaged, floods are just behind tornadoes as the top natural disaster. In the United States, flood damages totaled $8.41 billion in 2011. There were 113 flood-related deaths. Floods can affect any area to some degree; wherever rain falls, flooding can occur.
How do floods affect humans and the environment?
As most people are well aware, the immediate impacts of flooding include loss of human life, damage to property, destruction of crops, loss of livestock, and deterioration of health conditions owing to waterborne diseases. Floods can also traumatise victims and their families for long periods of time.
How does relief lead to flooding?
Flooding occurs when a river’s discharge exceeds its channel’s volume causing the river to overflow onto the area surrounding the channel known as the floodplain. The increase in discharge can be triggered by several events. The most common cause of flooding is prolonged rainfall.
What do you think is the best way to reduce flood damage?
This checklist can help you prepare to reduce the impact of water or a flood on your home and family.
Know your flood risk.
Move valuables to higher locations.
Preventing sewer backup.
Check floor drains for a float plug.
Plug basement floor drains with removable grids.
Cover basement floor drains with permanent grids.
How can snow cause flooding?
Snowmelt and flooding. Besides flooding, rapid snowmelt can trigger landslides and debris flows. In alpine regions like Switzerland, snowmelt is a major component of runoff. In combination with specific weather conditions, such as excessive rainfall on melting snow for example, it may even be a major cause of floods.
How can we prevent flooding?
Introduce better flood warning systems.
Modify homes and businesses to help them withstand floods.
Construct buildings above flood levels.
Tackle climate change.
Increase spending on flood defences.
Protect wetlands and introduce plant trees strategically.
Restore rivers to their natural courses.
Introduce water storage areas.
How do human activities contribute to droughts?
Human activities causing drought. Human activities that can help trigger droughts include: Widespread cutting down of trees for fuel reduces the soil’s ability to hold water – drying out the ground, triggering desertification and leading to drought.
How can we control floods?
Control of Floods. Some methods of flood control have been practiced since ancient times. These methods include planting vegetation to retain extra water, terracing hillsides to slow flow downhill, and the construction of floodways (man-made channels to divert floodwater).
How does urbanization affect flooding?
The changes in land use associated with urban development affect flooding in many ways. Removing vegetation and soil, grading the land surface, and constructing drainage networks increase runoff to streams from rainfall and snowmelt.
Can earthquakes be caused by human activity?
Scientists pretty much agree that the earthquakes are being caused by human activity in the area. But there’s some confusion among the public about exactly what activities are causing the rumbles, with the major misconception being that hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is the main culprit.
How is flood related to cutting down of trees?
Deforestation plays many roles in the flooding equation because trees prevent sediment runoffs and forests hold more water than farms or grasslands. The flood equation is simple. If a river cannot handle the load of water it is required to carry, it will rise above its banks. This is when floods occur.
Why does a river flood?
Floods are natural events. They mainly happen when the river catchment, (that is the area of land that feeds water into the river and the streams that flow into the main river) receives greater than usual amounts of water (for example through rainfall or melting snow).
Can you measure a flood?
How do you measure flood levels? With a stream gauge. The weather service reports flooding in terms of river crest height or “stage” for a particular site along the water. This value corresponds to the number of feet water has risen above a local reference height known as the “gage 0 datum.”
How does farming cause flooding?
Erosion caused by deforestation can also lead to increased flooding. In banana plantations, for example, flooding occurs partly because of deforestation (soil is no longer there to absorb the water) and partly because of poorly constructed plantation drainage systems.
Is cutting of trees is responsible for droughts and floods?
Frequent droughts and floods in eastern Africa can partly be blamed on widespread deforestation in the region, experts have said. “Trees actually do two processes. They drill water into the ground. The loss of ground cover due to deforestation resulted in flash floods during heavy rainfall, leading to soil erosion.
What is a flood hydrograph?
A hydrograph is a graph showing the rate of flow (discharge) versus time past a specific point in a river, channel, or conduit carrying flow. The rate of flow is typically expressed in cubic meters or cubic feet per second (cms or cfs).
What is flood control?
Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water levels.
Why is there flooding in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh is prone to flooding due to being situated on the Ganges Delta and the many distributaries flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Flooding normally occurs during the monsoon season from June to September. The convectional rainfall of the monsoon is added to by relief rainfall caused by the Himalayas.
How does a spit form?
A spit is an extended stretch of beach material that projects out to sea and is joined to the mainland at one end. Spits are formed where the prevailing wind blows at an angle to the coastline, resulting in longshore drift. An example of a spit is Spurn Head, found along the Holderness coast in Humberside.
What is it called when a river overflows its banks?
Most common is when rivers or streams overflow their banks. Excessive rain, a ruptured dam or levee, rapid ice melting in the mountains, or even an unfortunately placed beaver dam can overwhelm a river and send it spreading over the adjacent land, called a floodplain.
What does the river flow in?
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.

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News, notes and updates from the Bay Area arts and culture scene
Orson Welles rarities
Two programs of rarities by Orson Welles will be shown Jan. 17 and 18 at Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive. The event is co-presented with the Goethe-Institut San Francisco.
The Jan. 17 program includes footage Welles shot for TV shows such as "Around the World With Orson Welles" and "Orson's Bag." The material focuses on the director's visits to Paris, London, Vienna and other European locations. Also on the program, according to the archive, is material showing "different approaches by Welles to Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice.' "
The programs will be presented by Stefan Drössler, director of the Munich Filmmuseum. The archive says Drössler, working with Welles' companion Oja Kodar, has assembled the world's largest collection of Welles rarities.
The events begin at 5 p.m. Jan. 17 and 2 p.m. Jan. 18. The Pacific Film Archive is at 2575 Bancroft Way in Berkeley. For information on advance tickets, call (510) 642-5249. For general archive information, call (510) 642-1412 or go to bampfa.berkeley.edu.
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Musical AIDS benefit
Since 1995, the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation has raised more than $2 million for AIDS service agencies in the Bay Area and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. One hundred percent of proceeds from ticket sales go to beneficiary partners.
This year, proceeds will go to Lyon-Martin Health Services, Maitri and Sunburst Projects. Tickets are $45 and $65 general reserved seating (show only), underwriter level $125 and up (preferred seating for show and post-party). For more information, call (415) 273-1620 or go to www.helpisontheway.org.
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If you missed seeing last year's Sundance Special Jury Prize winner in documentary, Lisa F. Jackson's "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo," here's another chance.
At 4:15 p.m. on Jan. 10, Enough Project founder John Prendergast will be joined onstage by actress Robin Wright Penn to discuss the film, which takes a highly personal look at the thousands of women who have been kidnapped, raped and mutilated by soldiers in foreign militias and in the Congolese army. Jackson, a rape survivor herself, proves extremely skillful at interviewing both traumatized women and soldiers to help understand how these horrific crimes became the modus operandi in Congo and other places.
Former State Department employee Prendergast, whose organization aims to end genocide and other crimes against humanity, will lend his perspective on the use of sexual violence as an instrument of war.
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26 March 2024
‘We already knew there’s a bias against creativity — I’m saying it’s something that can be addressed’ /
Wayne Johnson, a postdoctoral scholar specialising in the evaluation of novel ideas, on why people reject creativity, and how you can overcome that bias
A study published in Nature earlier this year found that people were more likely to disagree about the value of truly novel ideas than incremental innovations.
The paper also found that people tended to interpret disagreement about an idea’s usefulness as a bad signal, which made them less likely to want to invest in it.
Previous research had already established that people have a bias against creativity. A 2011 study out of Cornell University, for instance, found even people who claimed to want creative ideas still associated them with words like ‘poison’ and ‘agony’.
But this new research paper, called Greater Variability in Judgements of the Value of Novel Ideas, explored the dynamics that cause people to reject novel ideas in more detail.
Across five experiments — that used examples of creativity from the Sundance Film Festival, business pitches and sandwich fillings — the authors asked participants to rate the novelty of ideas and then make judgements about their usefulness.
The ideas that were ranked as the most novel consistently elicited the most disagreement over their value, and the researchers posit that this is because people have ‘relatively few common templates’ against which to evaluate new concepts, meaning they rely more on idiosyncratic (and less relevant) knowledge and preferences to make decisions about them. (For more detail about the paper, read our Strategist’s Digest, here.)
It seemed to us that ad agency staff and marketers, who must frequently sell ideas to people, could learn a thing or two from these findings. So we spoke to one of the authors of the study, Wayne Johnson, a postdoctoral scholar within the University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business, to learn more.
What made you want to study why people reject creative ideas?
In my former career I worked for a very large and bureaucratic organisation [Johnson was in the US Army], and I saw how difficult it was to get ideas through. One idea I had [a new technique for clearing landmines] took five months to develop but five years to get fully implemented. It seemed to me that the problem wasn't generating ideas, it was evaluating and getting those ideas put into practice.
What made you think that disagreement about how people evaluate novelty would play such an important part in whether they accept or reject an idea?
A lot of things lead to that. When you’re doing a PhD, you come up with an idea and then you take it to this person and you say, ‘Hey, what do you think about this?’ And they may say, ‘This is a great idea.’ And then you get feedback from another group and they say, ‘This is the stupidest thing we’ve ever heard.’ What do you do with that? How do you interpret that information? Because it can be kind of paralysing.
I had the same thing with the bomb idea. I said, ‘Who wants to volunteer to try this?’ And some people said, ‘Absolutely, sign me up,’ and some people said, ‘You’re not going to live two weeks if you do this.’
So, those areas led me to consider there is a significant problem with uncertainty.
And there was a paper from the 1980s, about persuasion, called The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion, by Petty and Cacioppo, and one of their arguments is that the less ability people have to scrutinise information, the more likely they are to be influenced or focus on things that aren’t important. That helped me come up with the intuition that differing feedback is a widespread problem, and that a new idea is something you don’t know how to evaluate.
So I said, ‘Oh, creative ideas — this is going to be a situation where people don’t know how to evaluate the idea. And that would then mean that they’re more likely to be influenced by irrelevant factors.’
Wayne Johnson, University of Utah
What was the established thinking about novel ideas when you came to the subject?
Our patron saint of creativity in organisations is Teresa Amabile. She developed something called the consensual assessment technique, which is about how we judge creativity. And the conclusion that we have been operating under for 40 years is that your best bet is to ask experts to judge it, and then take the average score.
In practice, even though it’s supposed to be experts, mostly we’ve just done it by asking people in online samples. But what this paper shows is that the consensus is a little sticky because you evaluate creativity on both usefulness and novelty. What we found here is that as one of those pillars [novelty] goes up, variance [in people’s opinions] in the other one increases, which would make the consensus assessment technique a little less trustworthy because we found less creative ideas had more agreement.
I don’t want to dump on [the consensual assessment technique] because I’ve been using it and there’s value in it, and I don’t necessarily have a better tool. But it seems there’s a limitation.
Can you explain what your research has contributed to the field?
People have known that there are often adverse reactions to creativity. Particularly Jen Mueller’s work, which found what they call a bias against creativity. That bias so often is associated with irrational thinking and unreasonable perspectives, and you can’t really do anything about that. With this study, I’m saying this is an artefact of how people evaluate information — it’s predictable, and it’s something that you can address.
You’ve said that the best definition of novelty is ‘distance from a reference point’. What does that mean?
You have absolute novelty and you have relative novelty. Absolute novelty would be something that nobody has ever seen; relative novelty is something that I haven’t seen. For example, today I actually gave somebody maple syrup who was from a country that doesn’t have maple syrup, and they were like, ‘Is this honey?’ I had to explain to her what a maple tree is and what maple syrup is. So is maple syrup new? Absolutely not. Is maple syrup new to that person? Yes. So you can’t really define novelty in absolute terms. And so the research community has concluded the most precise form is ‘distance from a reference point’. Why? Well, maple syrup would be less new to someone who had already been eating synthetic syrup than to someone whose reference point was honey. And we can quantify that by comparing flavour profiles and structures, and so we can say that to the honey person, maple syrup is newer. That’s why it’s defined that way.
How much of an effect does disagreement have on people’s willingness to back novel ideas?
Effect sizes are basically how you quantify the difference between two groups, and one of [those methods] is ‘Cohen’s D’. And so a D of 0.1 means that 50% of the participants in group two score higher in [whatever you’re measuring] than the average person in group one, which means there’s no difference. If the effect size is 0.2, that means 58% of the people in group two were above the mean in group one, and so forth.
Overall, our average effect size across all these studies was 0.63, which means about 75% of highly creative ideas would have more variation [in terms of people disagreeing about their value] than the average of non-creative ideas.
You said there wasn’t enough data to know if exceptionally creative ideas were exempt from the disagreement effect. What’s your hunch?
Certainly, there are ideas that are so clearly and obviously excellent that it’s kind of hard to find someone who would be against it. So we recognise it’s not perhaps not a universal pattern.
In your paper you say something about the effect not being reducible to ‘scalar variability’, which sounded significant but I didn’t understand. What does it mean?
Basically, the bigger the numbers that you play with, the bigger the standard deviations [how much individual members of a group vary from the average] get. What’s really cool here is that we’re saying that as the [perceived] utility [of an idea] increases, the variance [in how much people disagree about its utility] decreases. Because overall people tend to judge creative ideas as a little less useful than non-creative ideas. So that means, overall, the mean of creative ideas is lower than that of non-creative ideas. We find a greater standard deviation or greater variance in the lower mean. And that goes against what you should expect to see in the math. That’s one of the reasons we feel this is a really cool effect and study, because we found something that statistically should not occur.
Given your findings, what advice would you give to people who have to sell novel ideas to clients for a living?
One thing would be to expect that you’re going to get more mixed reactions to a newer idea — and understand the cause of this is that people are using different reference points. So, how do you stack the deck in your favour? You help choose the reference point. You see entrepreneurs do this all the time, ‘This is the Uber of pet food,’ etc. What they’re doing is trying to select the reference point for the audience.
The other thing people should do is not be too hasty to interpret mixed feedback as a negative signal. It’s an ambiguous signal, and that means you should dig deeper. Say, for example, that you have clients that you’re pitching to and some people who really hate the idea. Ask them what their evaluation criteria are.
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- Publisher: Gameguyz, R2Games
- Release Date: 2014
- Platform: PC, Web Browser
- Genre: Fantasy
- File Size: 100MB
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Magic Barrage – Bitferno is a free-to-play action MMORPG developed by Gameguyz and also published by R2Games. Magic Barrage is available for download on Steam and can also be played on a Web Browser. The game features retro-style graphics, fast-paced action gameplay, and tons of activities such as PVE, PVP, World Bosses, etc.
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Realme has launched a new budget smartphone in the Indian market. It comes with a 90Hz 6.74-inch display, a 50MP camera, and a 5,000mAh battery. Read more to find out about Realme C51 Price in India, Specifications, Features
Price and Availability
The Realme C51 is priced in India at Rs 8,999. It comes in Carbon Black and Mint Green colour options. The new handset will be available via Realme.com, Flipkart, and offline stores.
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The new smartphone is powered by an octa-core Unisoc T612 processor along with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. It also supports up to 4GB virtual RAM.
In terms of optics, the Realme C51 features a dual-camera setup on the back. It comes equipped with a 50-megapixel primary sensor (f/1.8 aperture).
For selfies and video calling, the new handset sports an 8-megapixel front camera (f/2.0 aperture). It is backed by a 5,000mAh battery that supports 33W SuperVOOC fast charging.
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The Realme C51 runs the Android 13 operating system out of the box. It comes with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The dual-SIM smartphone sports a 6.74-inch display with HD (720 x1,600) resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate, a 180Hz touch sampling rate, and a peak brightness of 560 nits.
In terms of dimensions, the Realme C51 measures 7.99 mm in thickness and weighs 186g. It comes in Carbon Black and Mint Green colour options.
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Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty of all three felony firearm counts over an incident in which fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, whose real name is Megan Pete, alleged he shot her in the feet after they left a Hollywood Hills party at Kylie Jenner’s home in 2020.
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Peterson was convicted on one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. The Canadian rapper pleaded not guilty in November 2020 and faces up to 22 years and eight months in prison along with subsequent deportation. A sentencing hearing is set for Jan. 27.
“I want to start by highlighting the bravery of Megan Pete,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “You showed incredible courage and vulnerability with your testimony despite repeated and grotesque attacks that you did not deserve. You faced unjust and despicable scrutiny that no woman should ever face and you have been an inspiration to others across LA County and the nation. Women, especially Black women, are afraid to report crimes like assault and sexual violence because they are too often not believed. This trial, for the second time this month, highlighted the numerous ways that our society must do better for women. I’d also like to thank the jurors for their time and thoughtful deliberation, and our trial team for their tireless pursuit of the truth. You spent countless hours away from your families during the holiday season preparing this case and finding justice for Ms. Pete. Your sacrifice is appreciated.”
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Mandorlini: 'Toni deserves title'
Andrea Mandorlini feels Luca Toni “deserves to be Capocannoniere” with 22 goals after Verona held Juventus 2-2.
Allegri: 'Pogba stop showboating'
Max Allegri told Paul Pogba off after a 2-2 draw with Verona and prepares Juventus for the Champions League Final with Barcelona.
Toni on target in Juve thriller
Luca Toni got his 22nd goal for Capocannoniere, but Carlos Tevez missed a penalty, Simone Pepe saw red and Verona pegged Juventus back 2-2.
Marotta confirms Khedira deal
Juventus director Beppe Marotta confirmed a deal for Sami Khedira, while they also “need” Paul Pogba.
Juventus have a dry run for the Champions League Final, as Carlos Tevez battles Luca Toni for top scorer.
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Join us for all the action as it happens from Verona v Juventus, as Luca Toni and Carlos Tevez fight for the Capocannoniere title.
Astonishing Platini Heysel claim
The man who organised the Juventus trip to Heysel claims Michel Platini wondered “why make such a fuss” about 39 fans who died.
English trio break into Juve HQ
Italian media report three English fans were arrested trying to steal Champions League Final tickets from Juventus.
Garcia: 'Roma won our League'
Rudi Garcia said Roma “won our tournament” because Juventus are a class above, but was “astonished” by criticism.
Lichtsteiner awaits ankle surgery
Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner will need ankle surgery after months of pain-killing injections, claims Tuttosport.
Totti: 'Roma can close the gap'
Francesco Totti said he has an “excellent” rapport with Rudi Garcia and trusts Roma will “reduce the gap” from Juventus.
Juventus offer €12.5m for Oscar?
According to the Daily Mirror, Juventus have offered just £9m (€12.5m) for Chelsea talent Oscar.
Juventus name squad for Verona
Massimiliano Allegri has named a 22-man Juventus squad for the trip face Verona tomorrow evening.
Nainggolan: ‘Happy at Roma’
Radja Nainggolan says he’s ‘happy at Roma’ ahead of his co-ownership being resolved in the summer.
‘Inter, Juventus want Abdennour’
Inter have made a ‘concrete proposal’ for Monaco’s Aymen Abdennour, according to the player’s agent, with Juventus also interested.
Inzaghi: ‘Give me more time’
Pippo Inzaghi pleads for more time, insisting his Milan squad can become competitive with some ‘important players’.
Allegri: 'No Messi anxiety'
Max Allegri says Juventus must have no 'Messi anxiety' ahead of the game against Barcelona.
'Juve duty to play well'
Max Allegri looks forward to the 'final conclusion' to Juventus' season after the game against Hellas Verona.
‘Juventus must be more than perfect’
Juventus striker Carlos Tevez has his sights on the Champions League trophy, but warns they must be ‘more than perfect’.
Icardi: ‘Europa? You never know…’
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…and thoughtful, honest conservatives should no longer be Republican.
It’s been building to that point over the last 20 or 30 years. That was the broad subject of my book.
But now, it is no longer building. It is built.
To be clear (and in the interest of full disclosure): I’ve always been a conservative but I’ve never been a Republican. Since my political awakening, that tent has always been big enough to embrace, alongside those I agreed with, a variety of people and agendas that I couldn’t, in good conscience, support.
Nonetheless, I have voted for Republican candidates more often than not. Not for Trump, certainly, but for others. Because the tent was, indeed, big and it included good guys along with bad guys, and always more of the former than of the latter.
I think, at this point, that is no longer true. Unless something changes, they have lost my vote for good.
Because anyone who associates themselves with the current mob of self-absorbed, unprincipled, power-mad thugs, and with their ignorant and deluded supporters, is dragging too much baggage along with them. It is no longer possible to distinguish between the good guys and the bad guys: as long as the good guys insist on swimming in sewage, they will look and smell like sewage and will contaminate and corrupt everything they touch — including the idea and the practice of conservatism.
Part 2 of a 2-part sequence on different aspects of how American society deals with risk:
It seems that government policy – and social convention, and cultural aspiration, and the tyranny of public opinion expressed through social media mobs – is now all too often fashioned by a destructively self-reinforcing partnership between those, on the one hand, who have lost all trust in their fellow citizens and who want so badly to be protected from risk, and even from discomfort, that they will trade away almost any freedom for a promise of a bit more security; and those, on the other hand, whose innate and fervent proclivity is to tell everyone else, with great piety and self-assurance, how to organize and operate their lives.
The more we have come to – and the more we have been taught to – rely on government to regulate the behavior of others, the less we have come to rely on – and the less we have been taught or practiced – the virtue of regulating ourselves. The more success the solipsistic fringe – economic more than cultural on the “right”, cultural more than economic on the “left” – has had in attacking and emasculating the economic and religious and social and cultural mores that historically disciplined such self-control, the less able we are to count on self-regulation and the more pressure there is to empower government to impose yet more external regulation upon us.
We can no longer negotiate and compromise – we can no longer embrace a shared process for governance rather than seeking a raw power over others – because we no longer trust each other either to have empathy or, more importantly, to act in good faith. Why are we intolerant of risk? Because we feel a lack of control. Why do we feel a lack of control? Because we don’t trust each other to do the right thing, either as individuals or as a polity. In the absence of trust, even small risks loom large.
Here’s a proposal: If you want agencies that set policy and priority to be independent of the Executive, don’t make them part of the executive branch!
The issue with such agencies is really that their missions are split: they are as much legislative as they are executive. Congress, in its wisdom (or recklessness) has delegated some large measure of its legislative authority, the authority to create the rules by which we live, to such agencies; but they have also tasked those same agencies with enforcing the rules that they, themselves, concoct.
Does that not violate the spirit, if not the actual text, of the Constitutional separation of powers?
It is no more reasonable to demand that Pete Buttigieg disclose who he did work for at McKinsey and what that work entailed than it would be to demand that a doctor or a therapist running for office disclose his or her list of patients and all their medical and psychological histories, or to demand that a lawyer running for office disclose his or her list of clients and the details of all their legal troubles.
The leaders of the Democratic Party have spent the last three years creating an appearance of partisanship and an atmosphere of skepticism: by first raising the specter of impeachment (or an invocation of the 25th amendment) to remove Trump from the Presidency immediately after his election, even before he took office and, therefore by definition, literally before it was possible , never mind reasonable or necessary, to impeach him; by encouraging various candidates in the mid-term Congressional elections to campaign on that promise (“If elected, I will vote to impeach Trump”), thus making impeachment appear to be a convenient electoral strategy rather than a serious and ethical act of accountability; and by allowing their rhetoric about his alleged crimes to get so far out ahead of any actual investigations that the rhetoric was very rarely tied in any concrete way to demonstrable facts and seemed to be driving the investigations rather than resulting from them. The message they have communicated is simple: they always planned to impeach him; they were simply looking for a good excuse.
To be clear: Trump is both an appalling human being and an awful President. He deserves to be defeated at the polls in the next election, now less than a year away. From the latest evidence, he has also abused both the powers and the oath of his office and deserves, in this moment, to be impeached. And the Congressional Republicans have forsworn any claims either to integrity or to principle by making it clear they intend to judge him solely as partisans and enablers, not as defenders of the Constitutional order and of the national interest.
But everything that preceded this moment has primed those who are not self-declared members of the “resistance” to presume that attempts to impeach Trump are not, and have never been, about “accountability” but, rather, are, and have always been, about power — about overturning the result of an election that the Democrats really, really didn’t like. And there is a legitimate question about which is worse: Trump’s tawdry abuse of the authority of the Presidency, by using the levers of foreign policy to help in his next election; or the Democrats’ tawdry abuse of the authority the Congress, by politicizing and cheapening the power of oversight, investigation, and impeachment in order to undo the results of the previous election. If either of those becomes a common part of our political culture then we are, indeed, in trouble. No matter which way this goes, some set of bad guys gets rewarded for their bad behavior and some damaging precedent gets established for the future conduct of politics and governance.
The question is, what could Democratic leaders do now to overcome that sorry history and to convince the justifiably skeptical that, this time, they are actually and truly acting on honest principle instead of from base partisanship?
To use an analogy that is, admittedly, intentionally, and consciously way over-the-top in order to make the point utterly unmissable:
Yes, Trump is Hitler. But, if the choice you offer me is to get rid of Hitler by embracing Stalin, can I be blamed for, instead, wishing that a pox descend upon your house as well as his?
Please keep in mind that the purpose of the debate is not supposed to be to make the moderators look clever, or to promote anyone’s candidacy, or to stir up the “horserace” aspect of the campaign that so obsesses political junkies. It’s supposed to be about informing the voters as to what their choices are.
You don’t facilitate that by getting the leading candidates to regurgitate whatever has already been reported about them ad nauseum or to pick petty fights with each other over subtleties and minutiae; you do facilitate that by actually giving the other candidates a voice.
I have a suggestion: Perhaps your moderators for the upcoming debate could actually direct more of their questions toward the lesser-known candidates!
It is true that people — not only ignorant self-described “conservatives” but also many ignorant self-described “Socialists” — often throw the word “Socialism” around without seeming to understand what it means. But,it is also true (OK, it is at least my not-so-humble opinion) that the many articles published recently trying to explain why various brands of “liberalism” are not actually the same as “Socialism” have been overly narrow and parochial in their view of what Socialism is and entails, limiting their argument to the simplistic (and flawed) formulation that it can’t really be Socialism if the government doesn’t “own” the means of production.
But, if that isn’t the defining nature of “Socialism”, then what is? For that matter, what is the defining nature of “Capitalism”? And how do either interact, for better or worse, with the moral premises and practical structures of our Liberal Republic?
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For as long as I can remember — and my memory goes back to Lyndon Johnson – the electoral message of the Democratic party has included, fairly prominently, the following proposition:
Vote for me! I’ll give you something and make somebody else pay for it!
In recent elections that proposition has not only been featured prominently, it has been the highlight. Remember the 1%? Remember how “the rich” are not paying their “fair share”? Remember Thomas Frank’s lament, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” What was his argument?
Hey, we promised to give you something and make someone else pay for it! You must not have been listening!
Yes, the Republican Party has been featuring its grumpy old men and its “back in the day…” cultural attitudes, and it has paid for that. Yes, it needs to have a serious internal conversation about what really are the core Republican principles, to differentiate them from the cultural and emotional fetishes that seem to absorb its “activists”.
But, in the end, even if they could get past all that, the question remains: how do you convince people to refuse a free lunch? How do you counter the allure of getting something for nothing?
You have to explain why that can’t work!
I don’t like the current administration and its boosters any more than you do, but really? In what country are you living where they control “nearly every element of our government and society?”
It seems to me — and much to their obvious chagrin — that there are vast swaths of society — and even significant portions of government — over which they exercise very little control at all…


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‘There Was Not A Party’ Downing Street Insists Amid Pressure Over Lockdown Claims
Written by thehitnetwork on December 6, 2021
Downing Street insisted there was “not a party” last winter amid mounting pressure over claims they flouted covid rules.
Boris Johnson and his team have faced repeated questions over allegations that No10 staff held two parties during lockdown in 2020.
Insiders allege that the prime minister attended one of the gatherings on November 27 when meeting indoors or in private gardens was not allowed under pandemic rules.
A separate one the PM did not attend allegedly took place on December 18 when London was under Tier 3 restrictions – banning mixing between households.
When asked about it previously, the prime minister did not deny reports that members of his team held a party in Downing Street on December 18.
However, No10 ramped up its rebuttal today and insisted that there was not a party held on the premises.
Asked if Downing Street had spoken to anyone at the party, a spokesman for the prime minister replied: “As the press secretary set out at a number of occasions, when questioned about this originally, there was not a party and the covid rules were followed at all times.”
Asked how they established the rules were not broken, he replied: “It’s simply the case that guidance has been followed at all times.”
Pressed how they established that, the spokesman added: “I don’t need to get into the positions we’ve taken, it’s simply just a statement of fact.”
Asked how it was a statement of fact if they had not investigated, he replied: “I’m not going to get into internal matters. As I said, guidance has been followed at all times.”
It comes after policing minister Kit Malthouse said he would “expect the police to have a look” if a complaint had been made but that he took at face value Downing Street’s insistence that no rules had been broken.
Meanwhile, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said yesterday that having a party would have been wrong, but described the reports as “unsubstantiated”.
Raab said: “Until there is something substantiated, until it is more than anonymous sources, I think we are chasing shadows. If there is a breach of the rules, there is a breach of the rules. But I don’t know the full facts because I wasn’t there.”
However, he was ridiculed after telling the BBC’s Andrew Marr show that the police “don’t normally look back and investigate things that have taken place a year ago”.
Separately, the prime minister’s spokesman also confirmed that Downing Street intends to hold a Christmas party for staff this year.
He added: “We haven’t confirmed any dates at the moment. I think there is an intention to have a Christmas party this year.”

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Soil particle size fractions harbour distinct microbial communities and differ in potential for microbial mineralisation of organic pollutants
Due to differences in mineralogical composition and organic matter density, soil particle size fractions (PSF) provide different surface properties and micro-environments, which may affect the adsorption of chemicals and select for distinct microbial communities. Using soils from a long-term fertilisation experiment, we examined the structural diversity of microbial communities associated with different PSF and their potential to mineralise two organic pollutants (phenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP)). The soils were taken from 0 to 18 cm depth of arable field plots that have been kept unfertilised (UNF), mineral fertilised (NPK), or treated with animal manure (AM) for 117 years. Sand, including particulate organic matter (POM), coarse silt, fine silt, and clay were isolated by gentle ultra-sonication, wet-sieving and centrifugation. Animal manuring increased the abundance of the three microbial domains Bacteria, Archaea and Fungi, with coarse silt being most responsive. The impact of manuring declined with decreasing particle size. Genetic profiling indicated that the composition of the bacterial communities was primarily shaped by soil particle size classes, while archaea responded predominantly to fertilisation. Particle size as well as fertilisation was equally important in structuring the fungal communities. All PSF showed capacity for phenol mineralisation with rates correlating negatively with particle size (except for the sand-POM fraction), and long-term fertilisation enhanced the mineralisation potential. In contrast, DCP mineralisation was associated with the clay fraction only and was highest for soil treated with mineral fertiliser. This study demonstrates that PSF harbour structurally distinct microbial communities with different functional potentials for mineralising organic pollutants.

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Faster and more cost-effective than traditional building methods, modular or prefab has a bright future ahead in the construction arena, with real estate developers in a perfect position to lead the charge.
Has your company made the switch yet? Find out why you should!
What is Modular Construction?
Modular construction refers to a type of building method where components (such as panels, beams and columns) are built offsite in a controlled factory setting, built into pods or modules and then transported to the jobsite for easy assembly.
In more detail, according to the Modular Building Institute (MBI):
“Modular construction is a process in which a building is constructed off-site, under controlled plant conditions, using the same materials and designing to the same codes and standards as conventionally built facilities – but in about half the time. Buildings are produced in “modules” that when put together on site, reflect the identical design intent and specifications of the most sophisticated site-built facility – without compromise.”
Allowing developers to build up to 50% faster than ever before – modular construction is a no brainer. Why, you may ask?
- Modular construction is greener and more sustainable.
Since modular construction is essentially modules being repeated over and over, builders have more flexibility and reuse of components. Additionally, prefab construction is notorious for less material waste because panels are produced with precision lead CNC machines and prefabricated construction reduces a building’s carbon footprint by using modules. Meaning that, modules make better use of materials, are more cost-effective, and do not create as much wastage compared to traditional construction.
- Prefabricated panels are ‘smarter’
Prefabricated panels are built using building information modeling (BIM) software which means that panels are better engineered and there are limitless design opportunities. Often known as a “boring” style of build, modular construction has come a long way in the last few years. Designs can be completely tailored to the client’s needs and offers a wide range of designs to pick from.
Check out this video from our CNC partners Howick assembling a bathroom pod:
Modular, prefab, offsite - what's the difference? Learn more about it in this blog post:
How can Developers Take Advantage of Modular Construction?
Essentially, shorter build timelines inherent with modular construction helps to mitigate risk, since the developers’ time and money is not tied up in empty lots for that long (as seen with traditional methods). “Furthermore, developers have what modular suppliers need: a forward-looking pipeline and control of the product to put through it” according to the McKinsey & Company.
With that said, making products that are repeatable for efficient factory production is critical. For example, developers can repeat rooms (like bathrooms or even condos and hospital rooms) to reduce the need for factory alterations (i.e. rejigging CNC controllers to accommodate different types of profiles). In order to benefit from modular construction, developers need to stray away from operating on a project-by-project basis and begin to create a pipeline of repeatable projects. Establishing a design that can be reused means less time in the design phase and therefore more output. Not to mention faster turnaround for less of a cost.
Developers will face many challenges, that is true, but for those willing to take the risk the potential reward is undeniable.
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Malin and Goetz Acne Treatment
Dosage form: cream
Ingredients: SULFUR 10g in 100mL
Labeler: Malin and Goetz Inc
NDC Code: 53634-010
Disclaimer: Most OTC drugs are not reviewed and approved by FDA, however they may be marketed if they comply with applicable regulations and policies. FDA has not evaluated whether this product complies.
Active ingredient purpose
Sulfur 10% Acne Treatment
dries up acne pimples
helps prevent acne pimples
Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a poison control center right away.
Stop use and ask a doctor if too much skin irritation or sensitivity develops or increases.
For External Use only
Do not use on Broken Skin
When using this product
-Apply to affected areas only
-do not use in or near the eyes
-using other topical acne medication at the same time or right after the use of this product may increase dryness or irritation of the skin. Only one drug should be used unless directed by a doctor.
-do not shake solution
-lean the skin thoroughly before applying
-dip clean cotton swab into sediment and apply directly to blemishes
-because too much drying of the skin may occur, start with 1 application daily then gradually increase to 2 or 3 daily if needed or as directed by a doctor
-if bothersome drying or peeling occurs, reduce application to once a day or every other day.
Isopropyl Alcohol, Water, Zinc Oxide, Camphor, Salicylic Acid, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
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Medically reviewed on Dec 22, 2017
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I try to keep appeals to my readership to a minimum, but I saw this and thought I would share. If you are able to make a donation, I encourage you to do so. Sparky is in the local animal shelter, and needs some help.
Sparky is a 6 month old wire-haired Dachshund pup who was born with a liver shunt. This is a blood vessel that’s in the wrong place and keeps the liver from properly doing its many important jobs, resulting in a sick little doggie who has to be on medication and a special diet. The shunt can be surgically treated – but it’s not a routine surgery – and it’s costly. Please help us raise the money for Sparky’s surgery. You can donate via PayPal with the Chip-in icon below, or you can send a check to BARKS, PO Box 593, Stanhope, NJ 07874. Please write ‘Sparky’ in the memo. Thank you!

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A country full of a rich history and amazing wilderness, Greenland can offer you a unique and memorable experience. With a population of only 60,000 people, this truly peaceful country can be a real getaway location. It might surprise you, but there is a lot to see in Greenland, too.
1. Watch the Northern Lights
The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, can be seen all across the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, which, of course, includes Greenland. The Northern Lights are visible starting in fall and all through the winter into spring. You can’t see them in the summer because the days are so long there isn’t really a night within which to view the phenomenon. You don’t have to be in any particular spot in Greenland to be able to see them either. There is not much in the way of light pollution in the country, so you should be able to see them wherever you are.
2. Go for a hike
Of course, you can hike most anywhere in the world, but hiking in Greenland is definitely a one of a kind experience. The nature in Greenland is completely unspoiled. And despite what you may have heard, Greenland is not actually all covered in ice. There are plenty of hiking trails, rocks, and even green areas to traipse through and enjoy. Even close by the towns, you will feel like you have escaped to another world. With the mountains, lakes, and vast valleys, you are going to get the hiking experience of a lifetime.
3. Head to Tasiilaq
Tasiilaq, the biggest town on the Eastern side of Greenland, has amazing and colorful houses unlike any others you might find. The town has a population of 2,000, making it a small-town getaway destination, even though it’s the largest town around. The town is on the coast but also nearby to mountains, meaning you are bound to find some amazing tourist activity any time of year.
4. Go Kayaking
Believe it or not, kayaking is one of the oldest forms of transportation in Greenland. A common belief is that the first European settlers came to Greenland using kayaks. In modern times, kayaking in Greenland is a way to fully experience the country’s amazing scenery. Due to the amount of kayaking companies in the area, you can easily rent a kayak and go gliding in between icebergs and mountains, taking in views of whales and seals.
5. Pay a visit to Ilulissat Icefjord
Something that is often said about Greenland is that it is a land made up of ice, contradicting the country’s name. And even though there is a lot of different terrain across Greenland, there is undeniably a lot of ice. Visiting Ilulissat Icefjord will give you an opportunity to take a close up look at the ice of Greenland firsthand. Literally made up of thousands of icebergs, the fjord is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites on Earth, making the area protected. As a tourist, you can pay a visit to Ilulissat via plane, helicopter or ferry and take in the natural wonder first-hand.
6. Explore the Blue River
The name Blue River may not seem impressive, but the river is a natural wonder. With crystal-clear bright turquoise water, the river creeps in between the icy land, creating a landscape that almost looks more like a map than an actual place. Kayaking down the river is the best way to see it, but there are also other tourist opportunities to be found if kayaking is not your ideal way to go.
7. Visit Nuuk
If you are going to take in anything at all in Greenland, you had better pay a visit to Nuuk. Nuuk is the capital of Greenland, but that does not mean that it is a large city. Within Nuuk, you will be exposed to the history and the culture of Greenland. The capital is full of art galleries, museums, shopping, and all of the standard tourist fair that you would expect to get from a capital city. This is also the best place to try out Greenland’s cuisine.
8. Check out the world’s largest park
The largest national park in the world resides in Greenland. The park covers over 375,000 square miles and is full of arctic creatures and untouched natural landscapes. Even though the park is 77 times the size of Yellowstone National Park, it averages only 500 visitors annually. This is naturally because of the remoteness and extreme temperatures of the park itself, but it has also acted as an excellent way of protecting the natural environment and wildlife. Only 40 humans live within the park’s preserve at the moment, but the land was previously inhabited by a number of Inuit families. You have to get a permit to be granted permission to see the park, but you can get one from the Ministry of Nature and Environment.
9. Take a cruise
One of the more popular ways to see Greenland, taking a cruise will give you an opportunity to see country in the comfort and luxury of a modern liner. Cruises are nice because they will take you to the most popular destinations, letting you see as much as possible, and in style.
10. Have an Inuit village experience
For those who would like to immerse themselves more fully into the native culture of Greenland, you can take a tour of an Inuit village. By hiking with a special tour guide, you can get a taste of what Inuit village life is like as well as what it was like before European settlers arrived. You should remember to be respectful of the Inuit culture, and that you are visiting them for the unique experience such a tour provides.
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