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North Eastern Health Board. (1999) Adolescent drug use in the North Eastern Health Board, 1997. Navan: North Eastern Health Board.

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This report presents the findings of both quantitative and qualitative research into adolescent drug misuse in the North Eastern Health Board area. A confidential questionnaire was randomly administered to 1,516 adolescents, aged between 13 and 19 years, from 21 schools in the four counties of the North Eastern Health Board area. The results of the research showed high smoking and alcohol rates, especially when compared to national figures. Regular smoking prevalence rates were substantially higher in the Board's area compared to 1993 national rates for both male and female adolescents. Regular consumption of alcohol (i.e. one or more drinks per week) varied from 26% at age 13 years, to 81% at age 17 years and 57% overall.

In relation to illicit drug use, more than 92% of adolescents in the study claimed that they had never used drugs. Where substances had been misused, solvents and cannabis were the most common. Qualitative research was also carried out. Focus groups were held, including young people of both sexes, aged between 13 and 19 years, from a variety of social, geographical, and educational backgrounds. Seven in-depth interviews were conducted with young people who were still abusing or had abused drugs in the past.

The study found that the most commonly-cited reasons for drug use were boredom, personal problems almost always involving family problems, experimentation, enjoyment and sociability, and peer influence. Principal barriers to initial use were identified as fear and parents. Positive peer association was also found to act as a barrier to initial use. Recommendations were sought from young drug users or ex-users on the expansion and improvement of drug education and health promotion initiatives. Proposals included the provision of more amenities for young people, for example drop-in social centres run by young people under the mentorship of adults, and the involvement of young people in advertising health promotion schemes. It was also recommended that a holistic approach to drugs education in primary school be devised, and that harm reduction measures be promoted. Respondents were generally found to be of the opinion that alcohol abuse was a bigger problem than drug abuse, and that it should be addressed more urgently.

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FDP leader Lindner apologizes in Bundestag debate over Thuringia

The party's chairman said the Free Democrats were "ashamed" of the results of last week's contentious election. He also announced the creation of a working group to further analyze the events.

A special session in Germany's national parliament in Berlin over the controversial election of a state premier with far-right backing was met with accusations, heckles, and an official apology on Thursday.

Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) chairman Christian Lindner apologized on behalf of his party during debates in the German parliament over the shock election in the eastern state's parliament, in which the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) threw its support behind an FDP candidate at the last moment, swinging the vote in his favor.

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The FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich was elected to the post last week, but resigned within 25 hours after an immense outcry. All Germany's major parties refuse to work with the AfD, but the party saw an opportunity to influence a key outcome nonetheless because in the case of Thuringia's divided parliament, no natural coalition allies command enough seats to set up a stable majority.

"We are ashamed that we have allowed the AfD to mock parliamentary democracy," said Lindner, after the FDP faced criticism for having fielded a candidate at all for the post, giving the AfD scope to support him and skew the vote.

"We made a mistake that we are working on," he said, adding that there should be no cooperation with the AfD. "Erfurt was a mistake, but we are doing everything we can to prevent it form happening again," he said, citing the creation of a working group to further analyze what happened.

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The Left Party complained that the CDU and FDP had approved the election of Kemmerich with the AfD's support; the candidate had a brief moment — immediately after the vote count — when he could have refused to take up the office. However, he meekly nodded while struggling to say very much at all, which was taken as consent.

The leader of the Left Party, Amira Mohamed Ali said that the event was "No accident," and that the "FDP and CDU knew what could happen" when they both elected to support Kemmerich.

Greens leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt also slammed the AfD, saying "They don't love this country. They want to burn it down, and that is why the Democrats are standing here together."

Meanwhile, the AfD described it as undemocratic that Kemmerich had to resign, following an appeal from Angela Merkel for the results to be undone. Party leader Alexander Gauland called Kemmerich's election "the most natural and democratic thing in the world," for a democratic member of parliament to be elected to the role, akin to that of a governor, by his elected peers in the parliament. What was not normal, however, is for the results of that election to be reversed, he argued.

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CDU Secretary-General Paul Ziemiak, however, rejected suggestions that the simplest solution would have been for the CDU to support the socialist candidate and incumbent Ramelow in the vote, providing him a majority. The Christian Democrats have a blanket ban on cooperating with either the AfD or the Left, and Ziemiak said this would stand. Ramelow, "like every other candidate of the Left," could not count on CDU support, he said.

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LAWRENCE — Sharing the parking lot with a Dunkin', the building looks a lot like a strip mall.

That's because at one time, it was.

From the outside, the Child Care Center at 581 Andover St. is quite non-descript. A bunch of cars, some buses, the aforementioned Dunkin' are all visible from the street.

Then there is the building, emblazoned with the sign indicating it is a school facility owned by the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, or GLCAC.

Once a supermarket, the inside of the pre-school for low-income children and their families has been transformed over the years into a warm, inviting learning environment.

Teachers have created beautiful murals in the hallways. Classrooms are adorned with decorations. Mini chairs and low tables are filled with smiling children, eating raspberry yogurt "and granola," as one young girl with curly red hair explains.

But the building, and the grounds around it, have outlived their usefulness. Quietly, almost stealthily, the board of directors of GLCAC over the past three years has raised $7.9 million to build a new school on the same piece of property. The group just received a $1 million donation from the state, bringing the total raised to $8.96 million.

Another $440,000 is needed to meet the goal of $9.4 million, and school officials are bullish about the project and the fund-raising.

"We looked for another building," said GLCAC Executive Director Evelyn Friedman. "We wanted to stay in Lawrence and build a facility for 250 kids. Everything we found was too big or too small, so we decided to rebuild on-site."

The existing building is about 20,000 square feet on one level. The new building will be 30,000 square feet on two levels and the number of students will increase from the current 200 to the goal of 250.

"We only have $441,000 left to raise," said Jennifer Carter, director of program planning and evaluation, who is also responsible for grant-writing. She said $660,000 has been raised from individuals and family members, another $70,000 from staff and board members.

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During a tour of the facility last week, it became clear very quickly how much the school needs more space.

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Other problems abound in the old school.

For example, the 13 employees in the transportation division are jammed into a small room in the center of the building. A room for teachers to do lesson plans is even smaller, but it is the only place in the building with WiFi.

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The new facility will have one, large kitchen, where food will be prepared for the six schools under the GLCAC banner throughout the city. The agency will hire at least 20 new teachers and staff.

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Outside, the differences will also be dramatic.

The way the construction is planned, the new building will be adjacent to the existing building, on top of the playground for the older kids and on top of what is now the parking lot for buses. It will go from the back to the front of the property at Andover Street.

When the new building is done, everyone will be moved over and the old building will be razed, making way for a brand-new playground, more parking, and a driveway that will carry buses and cars out the side of the property, onto Diamond Street.

Currently, buses trundle into the front entrance, pick up students, and then back up and out the exit/entry. Making matters worse is that customers going to Dunkin' have a tendency to use the entrance to the school before going left to the drive-through.

Under the new scheme, the Dunkin' driveway will be isolated from the rest of the property with landscaping and curbing.

Friedman said she was very thankful for all the support the agency has received for the new school, especially the $1 million grant from the Baker-Polito administration through the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation.

The grant was announced last month as part of a $6 million gift to child care programs across the state.

“Our administration is pleased to support facility improvements at early education and care programs throughout the Commonwealth to provide families with the resources necessary for success in and out of the classroom,” Baker said during a ceremony Dec. 19 at the YMCA Cape Cod in Hyannis, one of the facilities benefiting from the state program.

"Renovating and repairing child care facilities helps achieve the administration's goal of providing quality early education and care in all Massachusetts communities."

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The Province of East Anglia enjoyed a Provincial visit to Dunwich Priory No. 538 at Southwold, onTuesday 23rd.April 2019, to witness the Installation of four Brother Knights plus the Installation of a new Prior.

Starting at the earlier time of 5.30 p.m. the Priory was opened by the E. Prior E. Knight Brian Caton and his Officers, the Provincial Mareschal E. Knight Robin Shaw then announced that the Provincial Prior was outside and demanded admission, and an escort of active Provincial and Grand Officers was formed and the Provincial Prior preceded by the Sword Bearer entered the Priory followed by the Banner Bearer, after being offered the baton of the Priory, which the Provincial Prior graciously refused; the Brother Knights were then requested to be seated.

The minutes we then confirmed and signed, and a letter was read from the Sub Prior V.E. Knight William Hagger, saying how much he had enjoyed the last meeting.

There were two Officers who had not been present at the last meeting and Knights Barry Spall and Robert Champkin were duly invested, Chris Golding was still unavailable.

The E. Prior then invested Knights Alan Barrett, Henry Ferris from Dunwich Preceptory and Knights Murry Phillips and Adrian Dyer from Preceptory of St. John No. 418, assisted by many of the Brother Knights present, in a delightful manner.

The E. Prior then Installed into the chair, E. Knight Chris Dearing, who after reciting his obligation, as he had been Installed on a previous occasion, he was then reminded of the secrets appertaining to the chair.

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The V.E. Knight William Hagger, Sub Prior and Prior of Malta, then presented Malta certificates to Knights, James Burvill, Tom Blackett, Robert Champkin and Barry Spall in a delightful and informative manner, he then asked the Provincial Prior to present them formally to each of the recipients.

The Priory then had to elect a Prior and Treasurer for the forthcoming year and as the Capt. General was not qualified to go forward E. Knight Chris Dearing had agreed to a further year as E. Prior and as there were no other nominations he was declared elected, and E. Knight Nigel Gibson was the only nomination for Treasurer, he was declared duily elected.

A collection was taken during the singing of the closing Hymn, and the Provincial Prior with his escort retired from the Priory under the direction of the Provincial Mareschal.

The Brother Knights then retired to the Randolph Hotel, Reyden, where a delightful meal of Pork Chop with all the trimmings had been prepared, together with a dessert or cheese and biscuits, and from the noise emanating from the tables was enjoyed by all who were privileged to have been present.

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Commuter anger after signal failure causes more delays for Southern services from Croydon

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Commuters from Croydon have faced more delays in the most recent set of failings from rail service providers in south London.

On Thursday, rail passengers were asked not to travel into London after signal failures in the Streatham area caused mass delays. There were no trains running between East Croydon and London Victoria all day and delays across all of the southern network with delays and cancellations carrying on this morning. Crucial Gatwick Express services were also halted.

This is the most recent failing after Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) who operate Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick express services have struggled with delays for over a month now since a new timetable was brought into use on May 20. The new timetable, which had hoped to streamline rail services and increase reliability, has faced widespread criticism with many commuters facing longer journeys due to delays.

In a statement, John Halsall, Network Rail’s managing director for the South East route, said yesterday: “I would like to offer a sincere apology to everyone who has had their journey disrupted today. Our job is to provide a reliable railway for train operators and the travelling public and today it’s clear we’ve failed in that task.”

Tom Lawrence, 22,  has been commuting to work in central London from Croydon for over two years. “Before the timetable changes it took me the best part of 30 minutes to get into work if everything ran smoothly, now I’m very lucky to do it in an hour. It’s been terrible,” he said.

“Wednesday night has been my worst journey, I was trying to get home from Victoria at about 23:00 and every single train was cancelled. There was then an announcement that there would be one train reinstated, so along with everyone else who had been waiting we piled onto the train.” Lawrence explained.

“Two men began fighting outside after pushing each other trying to get onto the train, which was horrible to see. The packed train was then made to wait there for another half an hour, we were then told that this train was cancelled and that we would need to get off and then board another. This happened six times. The train eventually left and after another series of delays on the ride home I arrived at Croydon at 02:00.”

“While we were stuck in between stations one woman who had a bladder problem had to try and get through two carriages to get to the toilet, only to find out that they were out of order. She eventually wet herself, luckily everyone was really nice about it but you can’t begin to imagine how embarrassing that was.”

Lawrence is not alone in his frustration, commuters from across the south of England have been victim to the failings of service providers.

In an address to the House of Commons yesterday, Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South called for GTR to be stripped of their franchise, saying: “The performance of GTR has been abysmal, not just for the past few weeks but for a number of years.”

However, commuters are apprehensive that no matter who holds the franchise problems will continue. “I used to live in West London and the trains were run by South West train and they were pretty awful, eventually they were stripped of their franchise, and it was given to another company. Apparently, it is now even worse, so maybe the problem is with the whole franchise system,” Lawrence said.

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Matthew Hornell is a gifted singer/songwriter, aware that the muse often directs the master. Ideas and emotions both personal and universal are channeled throughout “Have It All” his sophomore, soulful folk album. Accompanied by an amazing group of musicians and gorgeous, soothing female backing vocals, Have It All is a record of spiritual awakening.

Matthew Hornell deservedly won a plethora of MIANL. Awards for his CD debut. Clearly upon a few listens you realize Hornell has the key ‘chops’ as a singer/songwriter. The lyrical content is diverse, arrangements succinct and vocal delivery unquestionably honest.You can usually tell when a songwriter is being clever or cute, going for a pretty shot. But Matthew Hornell wears his authenticity like a badge of honor.

The thing that hits you immediately upon watching him perform is the sheer jubilation he possesses and exudes to his audience. That unmistakable joy is absolutely genuine.

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Yvonne “Muzz” Marshall began her musical career at age seven, in classical training that later embraced all genres of music with emphasis focused on soul music and jazz.  It would later be her husband and musician Coleman Howe, who was first to realize she was something special and from that day forward, Muzz embarked on a journey that gained her recognition as a performing artist.

With her sights set high, she eventually shared the stage with artists of international acclaim such as Mavis Staples, Martha Reeves, Ron Winans, Omar Hakim of Sting and Sister Sledge and has collaborated, performed and recorded with a host of artists including Canadian artist Rita McNeil.   She has been quite busy over the past two years providing vocal coaching to those seeking to up their game as well as collaborating on the CD projects of artists such as Ian Janes, Trobiz, and Kenny Hamilton of Montreal to name a few.

The award-winning singer/songwriter’s dedication to the art of music along with the support of her musical family, have kept Muzz in the forefront of the music scene.  Her expertise ranges from acting, singing, writing, performing and teaching, but it’s that special thing that gained her, not only broad recognition and awards, but also a nod from Billboard, taking 2nd place in Billboard’s 13th Annual, 2009 World Songwriting Competition for her song written with husband Coleman Howe, entitled “Never Too Late” in the Inspirational Category.  More recently, this year, Muzz was the recipient of the African Nova Scotian Association’s Heritage Award.

In January of 2017, Muzz re-released her CD entitled Soul Serious, which features a few of her oldies along with her latest releases that includes  “Someone Special”, “Never Too Late”, “Whatcha Know Bout Me” and “Thinking Bout You Babe” (produced by her Son Tremayne “Trobiz” Howe and husband Coleman Howe).

Professionally, Muzz has served on Boards such as the African Nova Scotia Music Association.  She also served as a Judge from time to time, for peer-reviewed grant applications on behalf of Music Nova Scotia Association.  Other national music agencies include, participating on the JUNOS Committee as a Judge in their process of selecting some of our finest Canadian talent.

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State of the climate: 2018 set to be fourth warmest year despite cooler start

While the Earth was cooler in the first half of 2018 over the same period for the three previous years, scientists detect, however, a quick and more dangerous switch to a warmer temperature.

This was due, in part, to a moderate La Niña event during late 2017 and the first half of 2018. However, the world is quickly switching to El Niño conditions, which should contribute to a somewhat warmer finish to the year.

Sea ice has been at record or near-record lows in the Arctic for much of the year, but has recovered slightly over the past two months.

Antarctic sea ice extent has generally been on the low-end of normal for the first half of 2018.

With the data now in for the first half of the year, Carbon Brief estimates that 2018 is most likely to be the fourth warmest on record for the Earth’s surface. Depending on what happens in the remaining six months, it could be as high as the second warmest in some temperature datasets, or as low as the sixth warmest in others.

La Niña fading, El Niño growing

Global surface temperatures have warmed about 1.1C since 1850—with 0.8C of that warming occurring since the 1970s. The best estimate provided by scientists is that almost all of this long-term warming is due to human emissions of greenhouse gases.

However, there is still a sizable amount of year-to-year variation on top of this warming trend. Short-term variations in the Earth’s climate are mainly associated with El Niño and La Niña eventsfluctuations in temperature between the ocean and atmosphere in the tropical Pacific which help to make some years warmer and some cooler. (Large volcanic eruptions can also lead to a run of relatively cooler years, though there has been no eruption with a major climate impact since Mount Pinatubo in 1991.)

For example, 2016 was exceptionally warm with help from a strong El Niño event. In contrast, 2017 was largely “neutral”, having no strong El Niño or La Niña conditions. The first half of 2018 was cooled by a modest La Niña event, while the second half of 2018 will likely feature modest El Niño conditions.

The figure below shows a range of different El Niño forecast models produced by different scientific groups, with the average of all the models shown in blue. Nearly all El Niño forecast models expect modest El Niño conditions for the remainder of 2018, with sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific around 1C above the recent average.

Ensemble of El Niño/La Niña (ENSO) forecast models as of July 2018 provided by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University. Both physics-based dynamical models (squares) and statistical models (circles) are shown.

Typically, there is a lag of about three months between El Niño or La Niña conditions in the Pacific and their effects on global surface temperatures. This means that La Niña conditions in late 2017 and early 2018 may have a larger impact on 2018 temperatures than El Niño conditions in the latter part of the year.

Surface temperatures

Global surface temperatures are reported by a number of different international groups of scientists, including NASANOAAMet Office Hadley Centre/UEABerkeley Earth, and Cowtan and WayCopernicus/ECMWF also produces a surface temperature estimate based on a combination of measurements and a weather model—an approach known as reanalysis.

Carbon Brief’s figure below compares the annual global surface temperatures from these different groups since 1970—or 1979 in the case of the Copernicus/ECMWF reanalysis. It shows the temperature for each year, as well as the 2018 to-date estimate—the January-June average—as coloured dots. Values are shown relative to the 1979-2016 average temperature for each record as a common baseline period.

All the surface temperature records from the different groups agree quite well on the warming experienced over the past 40 years. However, there are growing differences over the past three years between the groups. For example Berkeley EarthNASA and Copernicus/ECMWF had 2017 as the second warmest year on record after 2016, while NOAAHadley/UEA and Cowtan and Way had 2017 as the third warmest after 2016 and 2015.

The differences in recent years are more easily seen in the monthly data. The figure below shows monthly data from each record between January 2012 and June 2018. The 2015-16 El Niño event stands out as particularly warm, with temperatures having fallen modestly to around 2015 levels in the months since.

Temperature records from the groups differ based on how much data from the Arctic and Antarctic that they include, as well as what sea surface temperature record they use. For example, in early 2018 records from NOAA and Hadley/UEA showed considerably cooler temperatures than other groups, as they did not fully account for unusually warm conditions in the Arctic. As the UK Met Office points out, when they are restricted to areas of common coverage, all of the records match up quite well.

The figure below shows the distribution of temperature anomalies—namely, differences from the 1979-2016 baseline period—in the Berkeley Earth record over the first six months of 2018.

January-June 2018 average surface temperatures from Berkeley Earth. Anomalies plotted with respect to a 1979-2000 baseline.

The Arctic has been strikingly warm so far this year, with many areas 3C warmer than the global average. Turkey has also experienced unusual warmth of about 2C above average. Southwestern US and northern Mexico have experienced temperatures about 1.5C above average. And there has been a noticeable La Niña pattern in Pacific off the coast of South America, with its characteristic cold “tongue” of water.

Conditions have been a bit different in June (and July), with much of the Arctic experiencing cooler temperatures. At the same time, there has been near-record warmthover many mid-latitude land areas. The figure below shows temperatures in June, also from Berkeley Earth.

June 2018 average surface temperatures from Berkeley Earth. Anomalies plotted with respect to a 1979-2000 baseline.

La Niña had mostly faded in the Pacific by June and land temperatures were at least 2C above normal over much of the US, UK, northern Europe, Middle East and Siberia. Much of Antarctica was also experiencing warmer-than-usual winter temperatures. The heatwaves experienced in June and July across Europe were made “up to five times more likely” by the human-caused warming experienced over the past century.

High temperatures and heatwaves in the northern hemisphere were also likely driven, in part, by unusual behaviour of the jet stream. A split jet stream pattern has led to stagnant high-pressure and low-pressure systems sticking around for longer than usual. These persistent northern-hemisphere weather patterns may be linked to the rapid Arctic warming experienced over the last few decades, though this is still an area of active research among scientists.

Land warming faster than the ocean

In recent decades the Earth’s land areas have been warming twice as fast as the oceans. The figure below shows the two different ocean records most commonly used in global temperature estimates—Hadley’s HadSST3 and NOAA’s ERSSTv5—as well as three different land-only records from Berkeley EarthNOAA, and Hadley/UEA (CRUTEM4).

Global oceans are a bit cooler in 2018 then over the past few years. Temperatures to-date would be the fifth warmest on record, below the annual values for 2016, 2015, 2017, and 2014.

Global land areas were relatively warmer. Values to-date would be the third warmest in Berkeley after 2016 and 2017 and the fourth warmest in NOAA and CRUTEM4 after 2016, 2017, and 2015.

Temperatures of lower atmosphere

In contrast to the surface-based measurements used by the groups mentioned above, satellite-based temperature records from microwave sounding units (MSU) have also been providing estimates of changing temperatures since such instruments were first launched into orbit in 1979. They measure the temperature of a broad part of the lower atmosphere rather than the surface. On average, their lowest atmosphere measurements come from a region around 5km above the surface.

Two groups provide estimates of temperatures of the lower troposphere (TLT), the part of the atmosphere closest to the surface. The TLT records from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) and the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH) are shown in the figure below.

While these measurements have similarities to surface temperatures, they are not measuring the same thing. The region of the atmosphere that they measure tends to be influenced more strongly by El Niño and La Niña events than the surface. Therefore, satellite records show correspondingly larger warming or cooling spikes during these events. This is why, for example, 1998 shows up as one of the warmest years in satellites, but not in surface records.

There are also much larger disagreements between the two satellite records than between different surface temperature records. These disagreements become particularly pronounced after the year 2000, with the RSS record showing a rate of warming similar to surface records, whereas UAH shows considerably slower warming. These differences are largely due to choices in how each group handles corrections for the “orbital decay” of satellites changing the time of day over which different parts of the world are measured.

Estimating where 2018 will fall

With half the year’s data recorded and forecasts of El Nino development over the next six months now published, it is possible to estimate with reasonable accuracy where 2018 annual temperatures will likely end up.

Carbon Brief has examined global temperature data from seven different climate centres around the world, both for the Earth’s surface and the lower troposphere. Temperatures for the full year of 2018 were estimated using the data available to-date for each dataset, along with a projection of the El Niño Index for the remainder of 2018.

multivariate linear regression model was used to forecast the best estimate of the annual temperature – and the uncertainties—based on the first six months of each year between 1950 and 2017, as well as the El Niño/La Niña index for the first and last six months of each year.

The results are shown in the figure below. Annual temperatures from 1979-2017 are shown in black for each record, while the likely range (95 per cent confidence interval) of the 2018 annual temperature is shown by the red bar.

For all surface temperature records, 2018 will likely be in the top four warmest years. Carbon brief estimates that four groups—NASA, NOAA, Hadley/UEA and Berkeley Earth—will likely have 2018 as the fourth warmest year on record, after 2016, 2017 and 2015. The reanalysis-based Copernicus record will likely have 2018 as the third warmest year on record, after 2016 and 2017. The two satellite-based lower troposphere records will likely have 2018 as the 6th warmest year on record.

The probability of where 2018 will fall on the leaderboard of warmest years based on 2018 temperatures so far this year is shown in the table below.

There is effectively zero chance that the temperature reported by any group will show 2018 to be the warmest year on record. There is a small chance that NASA, Berkeley, or Copernicus might show 2018 as the second warmest year on record and a somewhat larger chance that those records might have 2018 as the third warmest. Similarly, NASA, Berkeley and Copernicus all suggest a near-zero chance that 2018 is the 5th warmest or below.

Hadley/UEA and NOAA show somewhat different results due to less coverage of the Arctic than other surface temperature records. While both have 2018 as most likely being the fourth warmest year on record, they see almost no chance of it being 3rd or above—and a modest chance of it being the fifth warmest or below.

Satellite temperature records from UAH and RSS predict that 2018 will have a considerably lower rank, reflecting, in part, the larger impact of El Niño events on prior years in the satellite lower troposphere record. RSS and UAH both suggest that 2018 will most likely be the 6th warmest year on record for the lower troposphere, but could be as high as the 3rd (in RSS) or as low as the 10th (in UAH).

These show more uncertainty in their 2018 projections than the surface records, as there is a less clear historical relationship between the first six months of the year and the annual temperature in satellite records.

Low sea ice persists

Despite the slightly lower temperatures in 2018 compared to the past three years, sea ice has been at record lows in the Arctic and quite low in the Antarctic for much of the year. The figure below shows both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice in 2018 (solid red and blue lines), the historical range in the record between 1979 and 2010 (shaded areas), and the record lows (dotted black line). Unlike global temperature records, sea ice data is collected and updated on a daily basis, allowing sea ice extent to be viewed through to the end of July.

For the first four months of 2018, Arctic sea ice extent set a new record low nearly every day. It recovered slightly in June and July, though in recent days has fallen back close to the record low for this time of year. It is still likely to be too early to tell how low the summer minimum in the Arctic will be, as the size of the summer low will also depend on Arctic weather during the next two months.

2018 has also seen record low amounts of “multiyear ice” in the Arctic—ice that has survived without melting for multiple years. In 2018, multiyear ice comprised just 34 per cent of sea ice, with only 2 per cent at least five years old. Back in the 1980s, upwards of 60 per cent of Arctic sea ice was multiyear ice.

Antarctic sea ice extent set new record lows for a brief period in February and has generally been on the low-end of normal for the first half of 2018.

Methodological note

A statistical multivariate regression model was used to estimate the range of likely 2018 annual temperatures for each group that provides a temperature record. This model used the average temperature over first six months of the year, the latest monthly temperature value combined, the average ENSO 3.4 region value during the first six months of the year and the ENSO 3.4 value during the last six months of the year to predict the annual temperatures over the period from 1950 through 2017 (or 1979 through 2017 for satellite TLT records). The model then uses this fit to predict both the most likely 2018 annual value for each group, as well as the 95 per cent confidence interval. The predicted ENSO 3.4 region values for the last six months of 2018 are taken from the NMME model mean forecast.

The per cent likelihood of different year ranks for 2018 is estimated by using the output of the regression model, assuming a normal distribution of results. This allows us to estimate what per cent of possible 2018 annual values fall above and below the temperatures of prior years for each group.

This story was published with permission from Carbon Brief.

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When people emigrate out of the UK they are warned to make sure that they know what their future entitlement to the state pension will be.

This is because the UK does not have reciprocal agreements with some countries so that annual inflation increases are not added to some pensioners' state pension payments depending on which country they have retired to.

For example, those moving to the USA or France will receive annual increments, but those that choose Canada or New Zealand had better (at present) ensure that they do not rely on that state pension as they will not get the cost of living increases.

But riding to the rescue are two Tory MPs knights , Sir Roger Gale and Sir Peter Bottomley. They are tabling an amendment to the Pensions Bill, which is currently going through parliament, that would, if included, make sure that all those living abroad (and at home) received the same level of state pension.

This does seem fair and logical – after all they have paid in over the years. It should also help simplify the state pension system.

Although those that move abroad could be seen as no longer contributing to the UK as they are spending their money in another country, it should also be remembered that they do not use the NHS and other entitlements such as free bus passes.

Sir Roger said that it was worth a try to attempt to give these disadvantaged pensioners a fair deal.

There had been an attempt earlier this year to get the UK suspended from the Commonwealth over this issue after the Queen had signed the Commonwealth Equity Charter in March.

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Opening the door, a little

A visit from the Japanese prime minister, the reconnection of a border railway and an appearance at the Asian Games could mean big changes are underway in North Korea

What is Kim Jong-il up to?

THE ONE certainty about the regime of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, is its unpredictability. This is why a series of major events due to take place this month may yet come to nothing. But if things do go according to plan, then a major turning point will have been reached in North Korea's relationships with the rest of the world. That could lead to the start of a re-evaluation of a wayward nation that President George Bush includes in his “axis of evil”.

A big indication of whether the stirrings of change in North Korea are genuine or not will come on September 17th, when Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, is due to hold talks with Mr Kim. No Japanese prime minister has ever visited North Korea, and the two countries have no diplomatic relations. Talks have always been scuppered before by two outstanding grievances: North Korea's demand for $10 billion or more in compensation for Japan's colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, and Japan's demand for information about Japanese citizens that it says were abducted by North Korean agents.

Whether any of these subjects even get on the agenda remains to be seen. But as far as Mr Koizumi is concerned, simply breaking the ice with Mr Kim is important. “I want to discuss directly with him the possibility of restarting efforts to normalise our relations,” says the Japanese prime minister.

The day after Mr Koizumi's visit, work is due to begin reconnecting a road and railway which passes through the heavily-fortified Demilitarised Zone, a 4 km (2.5 mile) wide strip of land that divides the two Koreas. Transport links between North and South Korea have been cut since the Korean War ended in 1953 in a truce, but no formal peace treaty.

The railway will make the delivery of aid and other goods easier. Last week, the South Korean government agreed to provide, on credit, 400,000 tonnes of rice to North Korea. The South has a surplus of rice, but in the north people are malnourished and, according to some reports, many have starved to death. Although no official announcements have been made, North Korea is said to have adopted a new agricultural policy in July, which has allowed some farmers to embark on small-scale private enterprises.

These reforms appear similar to those begun when its giant neighbor, China, started to modernise. Mr Kim has held talks with Chinese officials and could be heeding their advice that market-based reforms are the only way to rescue the bankrupt North Korean economy and save the wretched nation from collapse.

But Mr Kim would have to do much more than just give farmers a little more freedom. Like China, he also needs to open the country to foreign trade and investment. The railway could make that possible, by providing a major export route to Asia and Europe for both North and South Korean goods. Mr Kim recently visited Russia's Far East and met President Vladimir Putin to discuss economic cooperation and the linking of the railway with the trans-Siberian line. Even the transit fees that the North could earn from South Korean freight would be a valuable source of income.

Other events will provide a more public display of the North opening up. The two Koreas are supposed to play each other at soccer later this month. Then on September 29th, the Asian Games will open in the South Korean city of Busan. For the first time, a North Korean team will take part. Some (carefully chosen, of course) North Korean supporters are expected to show up to cheer their athletes on. Symbolically, the North Korean flag (normally banned in South Korea) will also be flown.

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As a country that has regularly broken agreements and is capable of suddenly launching hostile action, such as opening fire on South Korean ships even when diplomacy seems to be improving, plenty of suspicion will remain about North Korea's true intentions. Last week, John Bolton, an American undersecretary of state, said on a visit to South Korea that there were hopeful signs of “potential change.” Yet he did not know if this came from Mr Kim's utter desperation or a real desire to reform. The regime in North Korea remained an evil one, he added, and the foremost peddler of ballistic-missile technology to other rogue nations.

Urging North Korea to come out of its shell will be the main legacy of the South Korean president, Kim Dae-jung, whose term of office is coming to an end with presidential elections in December. Kim Dae-jung received the Nobel peace prize after the first-ever North-South summit, held in North Korea two years ago. Since then, despite events such as visits by families separated since the war, the South's dealings with North Korea have remained frustratingly slow, awkward and occasionally dangerous. If the events planned for this month go ahead, then they could be the first sign that things are finally about to change.

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28 September, 2018

Judges make decisions on the evidence before them - but Parliament may change the rules and bring in new climate laws. At this recent EDO Qld event, prominent jurists looked at Climate Law now, and into the future.

On 22 August 2018, in Brisbane’s Supreme Court, more than 100 lawyers and community folk heard from leading Judges on the state of climate law cases, the complexity of economic evidence and dealing with the impacts of climate change.

Chaired by EDO Qld’s patron retired Justice Alan Wilson QC, the event speakers were Queensland Land Court President Fleur Kingham, the Hon Judge Michael Rackemann, the Hon Justice Nicola Pain of the NSW Land and Environment Court, and EDO Qld CEO and Solicitor Jo Bragg.

Justice Pain has generously provided her presentation.

President Fleur Kingham of the Land Court of Queensland will upload her presentation to the Land Court’s website shortly.

Why does Queensland need a Climate Act?  Read this recent paper by EDO Qld's Jo Bragg and Revel Pointon.

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Our Intensive and Super Intensive Combined Italian courses for Foreigners in Milan are aimed at students who require a combination of Italian language group courses in the morning and individual tuition in the afternoon.

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Getting started with Embedded Linux

August 08, 2018 //By Manuel Gschwend
Getting started with Embedded Linux
Single board computers (SBCs) have been credited with rekindling an interest in electronics across all age groups, young and old. SBCs themselves have been around for a very long time and can be found in many industrial automation systems, but it was the advent of boards such as the Arduino and Raspberry Pi that really established the maker trend. Today there are many different SBCs available on the market, and many of them have one thing in common: they all use the Linux operating system.

Linux’s origins can be traced back to the commercially available Unix operating, but it wasn’t until Finnish student Linus Torvalds announced a free Linux kernel in 1991 that the open source operating system movement really started to gain traction Today, there are several popular Linux distributions that are designed for use with SBCs, an example being the Debian-based Raspbian distribution for use with the Raspberry Pi.

Figure 1 – Raspberry Pi

You will also find Linux in use with desktop computers, and in fact, the vast majority of the world’s datacentre servers use Linux. There isn’t a specific version, or distribution, of Linux for use on embedded single board computers – it’s just that some distributions contain less in the way of specific resources or peripheral support, although it may be easy it add them later. Another reason for this is that some SBCs are headless, that is to say they do not have a video output, such as HDMI or composite video. Video controller ICs and associated memory add component cost, size and power consumption, so applications such as an IoT sensor can be kept extremely compact, power efficient and low cost without such capabilities.

Most embedded developers will interact with Linux through the command line interface (CLI) rather than using any desktop graphical environment. But before we embark on some of the basic Linux commands, let’s first of all consider why we are using an operating system.

The alternative to using an operating system is usually nesting your application program into a single ‘round-robin’ or ‘super-loop’ structure and programming using a ‘bare metal’ approach. While this can yield an efficient design, it can become rather cumbersome if the application starts to add features, particularly those requiring networking and connectivity. For those familiar with using an Arduino, this is the approach you experience, where additional libraries and associated drivers need to be added in order to facilitate, for example, an internet connection.

While any operating system adds a degree of memory and resource overhead to any design, the capabilities it provides without any additional effort makes it highly desirable.

Some of the standard Linux functionality includes the provision of a file system, network connectivity and task scheduling, to mention just a few of the many essential features. Linux is an extremely scalable and efficient operating system that has hundreds of commands available, a few of which we’ll cover in this article. Linux also makes it extremely easy to interface to the real world, using GPIO, ADC/DAC and serial interfaces such as I2C.

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LC3807 Mercury

Order number Packaging Quantity Price €
AC30807 Plastic bottle 250 g 189.9
AC30807 Plastic bottle 1 kg 636.3

Product information
Hill Formula Hg
HS Code 2805 40 90
EC number 231-106-7
Molar mass 200.59 g/mol
EC index number 080-001-00-0
CAS number 7439-97-6

Chemical and physical data
Solubility 0.02 mg/l (25 °C)
Melting point -39 °C
Molar mass 200.59 g/mol
Density 13.55 g/cm3 (20 °C)
pH value (H2O) neutral
Boiling point 357 °C (1013 hPa)
Vapor pressure 0.17 Pa (20 °C)

Safety information according to GHS
Hazard Statement(s) H360D: May damage the unborn child.
H330: Fatal if inhaled.
H372: Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure.
H410: Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
Precautionary Statement(s) P201: Obtain special instructions before use.
P273: Avoid release to the environment.
P304 + P340: IF INHALED: Remove victim to fresh air and keep at rest in a position comfortable for breathing.
Signal Word Danger
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Storage class Non combustible substances, toxic
WGK WGK 3 highly water endangering
Disposal 20
Mercury residues and salts. Elemental mercury must be taken up with Chemizorb® Hg (Cat. No 112576): container G.

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R Phrase R 61-26-48/23-50/53
May cause harm to the unborn child.Also very toxic by inhalation.Also toxic: danger of serious damage to health by prolonged exposure through inhalation.Very toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment.
S Phrase S 53-45-60-61
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Categories of danger toxic for reproduction, very toxic, dangerous for the environment
Hazard Symbol

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Dangerous for the environment

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Declaration (transport by sea) IMDG-Code UN 2809 MERCURY, 8, III, Segregation Group: 7 (Heavy metals and their salts (including their organometallic compounds)), 11 (Mercury and mercury compounds)
Declaration (transport by air) IATA-DGR UN 2809 MERCURY, 8, III

Purity (metallic) ≥ 99.9999 %
Al (Aluminium) ≤ 0.01 ppm
Ba (Barium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Be (Beryllium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Bi (Bismuth) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Ca (Calcium) ≤ 0.05 ppm
Cd (Cadmium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Co (Cobalt) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Cr (Chromium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Cu (Copper) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Fe (Iron) ≤ 0.05 ppm
In (Indium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
K (Potassium) ≤ 0.1 ppm
Li (Lithium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Mg (Magnesium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Mn (Manganese) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Mo (Molybdenum) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Na (Sodium) ≤ 0.05 ppm
Ni (Nickel) ≤ 0.01 ppm
Pb (Lead) ≤ 0.005 ppm
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Ti (Titanium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
Tl (Thallium) ≤ 0.005 ppm
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A grade Electrician - Domestic

Company Name: Ezzy R Electrics

Industry: Electrician

Location: Caulfield North

Category : Industrial Electrician,Domestic Electrician,Commercial Electrician

Experience : Experience will suit the job description set below

Position: Full Time

Job Description:

About the business:

  • Ezzy R Electrics is an established business which has experienced consistent growth in recent years.
  • This is due to a clear direction and outstanding work/service from all its staff members. It is because of this growth we now require an additional member to join our team.
  • If you are an experienced Service Electrician who is focused on quality and is wanting to progress your career this is a great opportunity to do so within a professional and fast-growing company.
  • Experience in working in this type of environment is a must as our customers will rely on your experience for advice.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Victorian A Grade Electrical Licence
  • Hold a current red/white card
  • Drivers Licence
  • Experience in working in this type of environment is a must as our customers will rely on your experience for advice.
  • We are looking for a junior and a senior A Grade Electrician.

About you: You are an intelligent, organised and trustworthy individual with the ability to think laterally and problem solve on the go. You strive to be part of a team and are committed to being the best in the industry. You are a team player who portrays the following:

  • Impeccable customer service – At Ezzy R Electrics we offer a professional service above and beyond our competition.
  • Excellent work ethic with pride in your work and your appearance.
  • Experience in domestic/commercial maintenance and installations.
  • Highly motivated and enthusiastic attitude- Willing to learn and willing to teach.
  • Demonstrated punctuality – We pride ourselves on being trustworthy and reliable

What we offer you:

  • Plenty of variety
  • Company vehicle
  • Friendly and supportive team environment

This is an exciting opportunity for a good operator to join our dynamic team. If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role we welcome your application.

If you would like the opportunity to work for Ezzy R Electrics please email your cover letter and resume via the apply button below.

The job can start immediately or in January 2020.

Job Type: Full-time


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"Dao Ming Si", "What's up Madlang People"... these are just some of the memes came out after newly elected House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's photo & video losing the microphone's functionality making her do a 'shouting' gesture to be heard by her colleagues.

Representative Pantaleon Alvarez was replaced by the former president of the republic of the Philippines, Arroyo, and became the first woman to hold office as House Speaker.

Image from Facebook/Jadee Dafielmoto

The photo and video went viral and most of the people make fun of it not because they are against what happened --- some may be, but some are just enjoying the moment.

Below are the other photos and videos spun around the web making it viral.

Images from Facebook/Aksyonradyo Iloilo

Many netizens had a great time viewing the images and videos online, some were not happy about it due to their support to the Pampanga Representative, but some are having fun though expresses their support to Arroyo at the same time.

Arroyo is the 2nd female president of the Republic of the Philippines, she has famous meme before as well during her presidential years like "I am very sorry, noh", the "ang saya saya noh" (very funny/happy noh), and more.


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Entwine pendant in sterling silver and beryl

  • £265.00

Sterling silver pendant set with three beautiful beryl gemstones.

The elegant silver swirl is 2mm thick and curls around a 5mm green beryl, 3.5mm morganite and 2.5mm aquamarine gemstone. The pendant is 23mm long.  The delicate belcher chain discreetly runs through the back of the pendant.

All gemstones are ethically sourced and conflict free. Read about the gemstones here.  Various other gemstones and colours are available - please get in touch for quotes.  The exact colour of the gemstone and metal may vary from the on-screen photo due to natural variation of the gemstone and different monitors and screens.

Handmade using recycled sterling silver, causing less environmental and ethical damage.  Your pendant has been handmade and then hallmarked by the London Assay Office. Read more about hallmarking here.
Your pendant will be presented in a recycled black and silver box with a luxury silver logo.

Also available in:  9ct gold, 18ct gold, palladium and platinum with various other gemstone colours and sizes.  Please get in touch for quotes.

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6 Ways 'Friends' Comforted Me During The Uncertainty Of My 20s

I remember when I was 14 years old, watching the very last episode of "Friends."

It was a show I loved as a kid, and I was incredibly sad to see it end.

What I didn't realize then, however, was I had no idea what the hell I was watching.

I knew nothing about friendships that close, relationship problems, breaking up and getting back together with the same person, dating a friend, singing in a coffee shop or finding a career.

Basically, I knew nothing about the show because I hadn't lived through my 20s yet.

Throughout my teens, I continued watching "Friends" reruns.

I believed I was the real-life version of Rachel Green.

Again, I didn't have even the slightest insight about the concept of the show or what the characters represented.

It wasn't until recently, on a Saturday afternoon when I was binge-watching season 10 on Netflix, that I got to the last episode.

It is the one I like to call, "The One I Always Avoid."

I thought about turning it off, but in an emotional, PMS rage, I decided to let it play.

I sobbed, balled my eyes out and cried like you wouldn't believe.

I realized "Friends" became a sense of comfort to me, and not just because it was filled with familiar faces and plots I already knew the outcomes of.

After my seventh year in my 20s, I can really, actually relate to what the show is all about: figuring sh*t out, or thinking you have it figured out until you realize you don't.

Here are a few things rewatching "Friends" has taught me in my 20s:

1. You have no clue what person you're going to end up with.

Relationships are quite honestly the most unpredictable aspect of our 20s.

When you think you won't repeat the same patterns, you do.

You most likely won't marry the person you assume you will.

I don't mean this in a pessimistic sense.

It's actually great to not have it all mapped out in front of you.

I like Monica and Chandler for this example. Who would have thought season four would bring these two together?

And we can't forget everyone's favorite couple, Ross and Rachel.

Ross is divorced a total of three times before he ends up with Rachel, his high school crush.

2. Breaks usually lead to more problems.

While we're still riding the Ross and Rachel relationship train, let's touch briefly on "taking a break."

If you need a break, it's more than likely you should just break up with your significant other.

No one wants to cross the cheating line because there was no definitive line between break and breaking up.

3. Persistence is key.

I love this idea.

We see characters like Joey, the struggling actor, start from nothing and go on to star in "Days Of Our Lives."

Then, he's written off and has to start over again.

This is so typical of an actor's life, yet we never see him give up.

The same goes for Rachel. She starts off as a waitress at Central Perk and ends up working for Ralph Lauren.

Put yourself out there, and don't give up.

And while you're at it, take a note from Phoebe and keep playing at that coffee shop.

4. Condoms are only 99 percent effective.

Enough said. Be careful out there.

5. Your friends are your family, and therefore, they are the most important people in your life.

In my late 20s, I realized just how important my friends are.

These are the people you call first, cry to and celebrate milestones with.

What better example of this than the actual "Friends?"

6. You don't know anything, so stop trying to figure it out.

If "Friends" has taught us anything, it's that we have no idea what or who is going to happen to us.

The only thing we can do is go with it.

Eventually, we'll get it right.

Your 20s (and even 30s) are for learning lessons and establishing your life.

Just don't put the blueprints in pen.


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Maisie Williams Pranks 'Game Of Thrones' Fans By Pretending To Work At Store

Here's the deal: Maisie Williams is the best person to ever exist. OK? OK.

In a video for Nylon, Maisie Williams, aka Arya Stark, sat in as the check-out clerk at an RPG store. If you don't know what that is, just think of it as a store for super mega-nerds.

Maisie tells customers they have to act out scenes from "Game of Thrones" if they want to make their nerdy purchases. The reactions of the hardcore fans are entertaining, but it's Maisie's ad-libbing that makes this video hilarious.

I'm just saying, she's only 19, so my bets are on a promising comedy career after Arya gets the Iron Throne. (OK, that will probably never happen, but a girl can dream.)

The sixth season of "Game of Thrones" premieres this weekend, April 24, on HBO.

Citations: 'Where do I know you from? Tinder?': Maisie Williams pranks unsuspecting Game Of Thrones fans at a hobby shop (Daily Mail)


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Florida Guy Gets Bitten In Tongue After Attempting To Kiss A Rattlesnake

Clearly, you can’t kiss the devil and get away with it.

If there’s one thing we all know about snakes, it’s probably the fact that you should never attempt kissing it – or you might as well end up regretting it. One man from Florida learned his lesson the hard way and he eventually made headlines because of it.

According to reports, Charles Goff captured a rattlesnake one day and Ron Reinold, his neighbor, went to play with the serpent the following day. Strangely, Reinold attempted to kiss it at one point and so the snake felt threatened and fought back.

Why kiss a snake in the first place? Ron Reinold did the unimaginable and immediately regretted it.

Source: CBS 47

In an IFLScience article, we are told it is not known “what type of kiss the man went for, or where on the snake the man was attempting to kiss, or frankly why anyone would think attempting such a thing was a good idea, but the snake proceeded to bite him fiercely on the tongue.”

According to Goff, he found the venomous serpent and kept it in a tank because he had no idea what to do with it. Later on, Reinold together with a few others checked out the animal on the tank.

In an interview with Action News Jax, Goff shared:

“The next morning before I got up, they were playing with the snake. One boy said, ‘I’m going to kiss it in the mouth,’ and the snake bit him in the face.”

Clearly, you can’t kiss the devil and get away with it.

Source: KMOV

Goff also added:

“Ron was just acting silly, you know? I guess he said he could kiss the devil and get away with it, but evidently he didn’t.”

Reinolds was taken to the hospital by a helicopter and ended up in a coma. Fortunately, he’s now recovering from the bite.

As Russel Colburn of ANJax tweeted:

Reinold’s family member’s post: “He was put in a coma & was not supposed to wake up for days. He woke up & is signing with his hands.”

Texas Guy Sues His Date For Texting While Watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

“It was kind of a first date from hell,” Brandon Vezmar said.

First dates is always an opportunity to make a positive first impression. For the most part, it will help both parties determine whether they want to continue going out with the person or not. Needless to say, some couples discover early on that they are not meant for each other.

Case in point, this couple’s first date went so bad they probably now dread the fact that they said ‘yes’ to the idea in the first place. What exactly happened, you ask? Well as the title above tells us, a man from Texas decided to sue his date after she spent the time texting on her phone – instead of watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Talk about the worst date ever! ...

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Photographer Hired to Capture Proposal on a Cliff Snapped a Different Couple By Mistake

The pictures were amazing…but it was of the wrong couple!

Wedding photography has gone beyond taking snaps of the ceremony, the reception, and the preparation before the event. Now it also includes taking pictures of the proposal, the prenup shoot, and of course, the big day itself. This is why wedding photographers are very much in demand and they need to be more creative and very flexible when it comes to conceptualizing and taking great photos.

Photographer Jacob Peters was hired to capture a man’s proposal to his girlfriend, which will happen at a peak of a hiking trail. He did managed to take pictures of a couple’s proposal, but it was actually the wrong couple; another couple had the same idea and he didn’t know!

He woke up before sunrise and went on to hike in the Hawkbill Craig trail in Wisconsin. He agreed to meet there with the couple who called in earlier for his services. When he got to the place, he discovered that there was no phone signal, so he had no way to contact them and decided to just wait for them. ...

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49-Year-Old Chinese Mom Often Gets Mistaken As Son’s Girlfriend Because She Looks So Young

She surely looks half her age!

It has to be a flattering compliment when people often mistake you, a 49-year-old mother, as the girlfriend of your 22-year-old son. Take it from Liu Yelin who definitely looks half her age.

This mother from China is so young-looking that others make the wrong notion that she is with her boyfriend when she goes out with her son. Their photos together went viral on social media recently and numerous netizens have been mind-boggled since.

Has this Chinese mother found the fountain of youth?

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