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Video: The North Atlantic ocean current, which warms northern Europe, may be slowing – Yale Climate Connections

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Video: The North Atlantic ocean current, which warms northern Europe, may be slowing By Peter Sinclair on Aug 8, 2019 ‘We are 50 to 100 years ahead of schedule with the slowdown of this ocean circulation pattern,’ says climate scientist Michael Mann. Watch the video A stubborn blue spot of cool ocean temperatures stands out like the proverbial sore thumb in a recent NASA image of the warming world – a circle of cool blue on a planet increasingly shaded in hot red. A region of the North Atlantic south of Greenland has experienced some of its coldest temperatures on record in recent years, a cooling unprecedented in the past thousand years. What explains that anomaly? Climatologist Michael Mann of Penn State University, in this month’s “This is Not Cool” video, explains that this phenomenon may be an indication that the North Atlantic current, part of a larger global ocean circulation, is slowing down. This current played a role in the 2004 science fiction...
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On judicial nominations, Klobuchar’s bipartisan votes puts her out of step with the Democratic field – MinnPost

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Senator Al Franken had a problem. He believed Judge David R. Stras, who clerked for Clarence Thomas and served on the Minnesota State Supreme Court, was qualified. But he was concerned that Stras was too conservative for a lifetime appointment. Franken decided to try to stop the nomination from going forward. Franken did not return his blue slip — a literal blue piece of paper with a senator’s opinion of a judicial nominee on it. At least under the prior Chairman, Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, if a judicial nominee’s home state senator did not return a blue slip, there would not be a hearing, there would be no vote, and the nominee would not be appointed. But then the vote came anyway. Franken’s counterpart in the Senate, Amy Klobuchar, said she was “deeply concerned” about the end of the blue slip process. But she said she personally believed Stras deserved a hearing. “I by no means agree with every case that he has decided,” Klobuchar said during Stras’ hearing, “But I believe...
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Stalking wildfires to capture the horrible beauty of climate change – Columbia Journalism Review

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The Rocky Fire burns overnight near the town of Clear Lake, California, in 2015. Detail of a photo by Stuart Palley. At around 3am on November 9, 2018, photographer Stuart Palley stood on the sidewalk of a residential street in Thousand Oaks, California. A wildfire known as the Hill Fire was burning down from the foothills, driven by Santa Ana winds and fueled by unseasonably hot and dry conditions. Palley had been on the scene for 13 hours. His fire-proof clothing, boots, and helmet were covered in soot. “I had a gut feeling something was about to happen,” Palley says. “I saw a firefighter pounding on the front door of one home and I thought, ‘Holy shit, somebody’s still inside.’” Palley raised his camera just as the resident came running out of the front door wearing only his boxer shorts and a T-shirt, wincing at the flames around him as he fled. Palley snapped a picture that Time magazine named one of the top 10 photos of 2018 . “Countless images of destruction...
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This Week: “A Sunday Morning in Florence” (August 18) – CBS News

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Jane Pauley hosts a special broadcast of “Sunday Morning” from Tuscany, sharing stories on all things Italian – art and design, traditions and culture, fashion, food, music, entertainment and history. (This show was originally broadcast May 19, 2019.) Thank you to Ecoframes Film & TV , Florence Castello Sonnino , Montespertoli Caterina de Renzis Sonnino Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore , Florence “Sunday Morning” theme in Italy OPENING: “Ablassen” (Video) The “Sunday Morning” theme is performed by cellist Christian Grosselfinger on the streets of Florence.  For more info:  Christian Grosselfinger         COVER STORY: Emigration, full circle: Returning to the old country | Watch Video Mark Phillips meets with Americans whose Italian ancestors emigrated to the New World, who have themselves emigrated back to the Old World.  And thanks to Italian citizenship laws, the Italian blood that has flowed in their family’s veins through generations has opened up doors...
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New co-working space helps female entrepreneurs meet multiple challenges to launching a business – News 5 Cleveland

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CLEVELAND — EVOLV, a new event space and co-working studio, is introducing itself to the downtown Cleveland community Thursday with its launch party. Most of the Inside of the 5,000-square-foot-building is event space, with a co-working space for more traditional office work. A large, open event space takes up most of EVOLV’s square footage, giving clients room to host a variety of events while also being a creative space for EVOLV’s co-working tenants. “With a co-working space adjacent to an event space, there’s nobody else that has that,” said Glo Founder and CEO Shelly Gracon. Glo is part of the movement that is opening EVOLV. EVOLV is focusing exclusively on helping out female entrepreneurs. One of the founding companies is Sugarbowl Creative , owned by Theresa Crockett, who helps other companies use video and social media to expand their brands. Graco...
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A Prison Guard Drove A Truck Through A Group Of Jewish ICE Protestors, Injuring Several – BuzzFeed News

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“If they’re willing to do that to us, we can’t imagine the violence the ICE detainees behind those walls may be subject to every day,” an organizer said. Posted on August 15, 2019, at 11:54 a.m. ET @amornetwork @CosechaMovement @FangCollective @Fuerza_Laboral BREAKING: Here is HD video of an ICE guard driving his truck into us as we sat peacefully blocking the Wyatt Detention Center. We’re putting our bodies on the line because we see the camps and the roundups. We’ve learned from our ancestors: NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE. 03:36 AM – 15 Aug 2019 Several people were injured Wednesday night when a guard at a Rhode Island prison that works with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement drove a truck through a crowd of Jewish protestors, organizers said. The protestors from Never Again Action , a group of young Jews calling for ICE to be shut down and immigrant detention centers to be shut down nationwide, had been protesting outside t...
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Videographer’s contract extended | News, Sports, Jobs – Gloversville Leader-Herald

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