Berkeley Earth confirmed the global temperature data showing a warming trend, much to the chagrin of the Koch funders and denier cheerleaders who hoped in for the opposite conclusion. Koch foundations also fund most of these groups heavily. Heartland declares War on the climate The climate deniers of course feel vindicated by the Trump election.

The question is…Who is paying for this? We can update those numbers here with a new Mercer from , recently acquired. In , the Mercer grant to Heartland more than doubled. In other words, a decade ago,the Heartland Institute position on climate was too extreme for even Exxon and then CEO Rex Tillerson to stomach… Koch foundations also fund most of these groups heavily. For the time being, then, we blurnalists must blunder bravely forward on our own.

I write, in part, in the hope that somebody out there is looking at the missing piece of the puzzle without realizing it. I want to correct the misunderstanding that arose, here and elsewhere , that based on what I'd posted, Barre Seid must be a billionaire.

I'm not aware of any reason to assume that his net worth is that large. His known behavior seems equally compatible with wealth in the nine-figures range: big enough to be able to make occasional eight-figure donations without undue pain, but still small enough that he has to think long and hard about how to make those donations as effective and long-lasting as possible.

Or to put it another way, he's no Sheldon Adelson. I stated in the previous diary that this was the only known photo of Seid as an adult. That is not quite accurate. I should have said it was the only known recent photo of him; there is at least one other photo of him, viewable here ; it dates from when Seid was still working actively in opera.

So far, those are the only factual issues that have come to my attention. If you're aware of any others, please mention them in the comments. A few people have observed that if Seid is the anonymous donor, it seems odd that he would make such a big deal about being anonymous when he was already a known and major supporter of the Heartland Institute.

This is certainly odd, but it fits Seid's known pattern of behavior in other cases. To illustrate that, let's take a quick look at three cases -- the two that were discussed in the previous diary, and one more that I hadn't paid close attention to until today.

In this case , Seid's anonymous donation was completely out of the blue; there are no previous donations from the Seid Foundation to Clarion, nor any other obvious association between Clarion and Seid. If the Clarion Fund staff hadn't erred in including their disclosure of "Barry" Seid's donation in a public filing , there would be very little reason to even suspect Seid was behind the Obsession video. But the expenditure dovetailed far too neatly with Seid's known MO, interests and wealth for the attribution to have been erroneous.

Even if such an error were plausible. So this is one case where there was just one anonymous contribution, and no prior donation history. Admittedly, that doesn't fit especially well with the Heartland donation pattern. Before I go into this one, I want to be extremely clear: there is absolutely nothing wrong with Seid's donations to the Foundation for Jewish Camp, anonymous or otherwise.

FJC is a good cause, and Barre Seid is a good man for supporting it, particularly in the way that he probably did. Anyone who says otherwise had better have a hell of an argument on their side.

Now then Nothing unusual there, apart from generosity. Beginning with a pilot program in Chicago in , FJC rolled out a nationwide program of subsidies for children attending Jewish camp for the first time. FJC identified this donor as a " highly successful " " Chicago businessman. The channel used for the first two donations is unknown -- perhaps the donor simply wrote a check -- but the donation was made via Seid's favored vehicle, Donors Trust.

This donation had already been linked to Seid based purely the size, channel and receiving organization; that the donor was a "highly successful Chicago businessman" provides additional corroboration. In , Seid was awarded an honorary doctorate by Israel's Bar-Ilan University, in part for "playing an instrumental role with the Foundation for Jewish Camp in initiating and expanding a novel program for subsidized summer camp. The case for Seid having been the anonymous donor to FJC seems pretty solid.

Clearly, he didn't take nearly the pains to conceal his identity in the case of FJC that he took in the cases of Clarion or Shimer. But why would he? He was doing an uncontroversially good thing. Ordinarily there would be no reason for anyone to want to expose him, and no shame even if he were exposed. Try something thought out;. Some short answers, paragraph by paragraph.

Christy and Spencer have made some valid scientofic contributions. And the attacks on science are highly evident. But you are just too blinded by ideology to see that.

Revkin or Pearce. And then we have right-wing propganda on the editorial pages of ideologically committed right-wing outlets like the Wall Street Journal and the National Post. They are a disgrace to an honourable profession. And then you end by linking to SPPI, yet another ideologically driven purveyor of claptrap, associated with the lauaghable and throughly discredited Lord Monckton.

The scariest part of all this is that the next President of the U. My conspiracy theory is that the Illuminati are using chemtrails sprayed from commercial airliners owned by the Koch brothers to control the minds of Republicans and make them think climate science is a conspiracy. This will result in a disintegration of the political discussion in the US, with a concomitant rise in power of The Catholic League in concert with the election of President Santorum with support from the Heartland Institute, eventually leading to the Pope becoming the United Nations Dictator and abolishing all our precious freedoms and polluting our precious bodily fluids through forced Communion with adulterated crackers.

Ever notice how close the words communion and communism are to each other. That was my first clue. Their main devices for controlling minds are tinfoil hat. You put one on and you become a robot. Ironic, eh? Regarding part 3. There are 3 in Highland Park including a school choir booster club. Now they love Santorum. Ironic eh? The Pontifical Academy of sciences has some of the most famous scientists in the world, such as Ramanathan and Crutzen.

These two scientists also work on the IPCC. What on earth is so hard to understand about that? But apparently many people find it hard to understand. Heartland has released emails received from Peter Gleick impersonating a board member, apparently starting on January So it will be possible to see if there is any info there that could have only come from previous knowledge.

But besides that, there are still enough oddities in the fakegate. I may write about them once I get around to it. We are extinguishing primarily global warming projects in pace with declines in his giving , and we were careful not to hire staff based on his past generosity.

It gets better. First, as an excuse for his fishing expedition, if he got caught. Second, self aggrandisement by painting himself as the nemesis of the Heartland Institute, and to smear Andy Revkin and Judith Curry by associating them with it.

If he did indeed fake it and of course we must remember that he has not yet been charged, let alone convicted it is inescapable that the second motive above was present, but the others seem probable too. Why would he want an excuse?

He would probably have known that many in the green blogosphere would consider him a hero, after all. But shortly prior to his obtaining the documents by deception, he had — in the course of an email exchange with Jim Lakely of the Heartland Institute who had invited him to a debate — asked for and been refused a list of Heartland donors. After obtaining the documents, it might have occurred to him that if he were caught, his actions in obtaining and publicising them might be construed as being carried out with the precise intention of causing Heartland donors to be harassed in various ways.

He might have reasoned that if he could claim to have been sent — before his conversation with Lakely — an anonymous document mentioning him by name, it would provide plausible deniability for such a charge. More likely Heartland traced his emails. The claim that Mosher, Kaminsky or anyone else figured out the memo was faked by Gleick solely from the writing style is not believable.

The claim some have made that the memo was a pastiche does not necessarily mean it was faked, since it is quite plausible that a Heartland employee might draft such a memo using previous writings by Heartland, including Bast. OT for this thread perhaps but I was wondering whether DC has looked at all into these robocall allegations and the links between the conservatives and various companies and forms of electoral fraud involved there?

Numerous bloggers are working on that, including these bloggers who each have several blogposts on the topic, and lots of links:. A mysterious phone campaign exhorted NDP supporters to vote for the NDP candidate who had withdrawn but was still on the ballot. I have waded into Climate Audit and numerous people are claiming that some sort of timeline and other details point almost exclusively at Gleick being the author of the memo.

Does anyone know whether their reasoning is valid? So much for scepticism. The Board of Directors of the Pacific Institute is deeply concerned regarding recent events involving its president, Dr.

Peter Gleick, and has hired an independent firm to review the allegations. The Board has agreed to Dr. Following a distinguished career in energy and environmental policy, Elena Schmid has been appointed as the Acting Executive Director.

The Pacific Institute will continue in its vital mission to advance environmental protection, economic development, and social equity. Since Gleick has already admitted to other allegations using deception to obtain Heartland documents , presumably this review will cover the allegation of forgery of the Climate Strategy document.

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Gleick has nothing whatsoever to do with Climate Crock of the Week.

He got admission in Cotton College. He did his graduation from Scottish Church College in Calcutta in Lokapriya passed MA from Calcutta University in Returning from Calcutta he worked as a headmaster of Sonaram High school. After passing the law examination he practiced in Guwahati. He did not rise much as a freedom fighter, but his dedication to the national freedom movement was showed during the time period between This was the time when a majority of the muslim political leaders from Bengal most of them under the mislim league, wanted to include the Hindu dominated Assam into East Pakistan.

His understanding of the deep rooted problems of Assam earned him the respect of the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi- his political and spiritual mentor.

Gandhi always stood by him and supported him. Gopinath Bordoloi was an eminent politician. He is the prime architect of modern polity of Assam. In the Congress decided to participate in the regional Assembly elections. They won but decided to remain as the opposition. They took oath on September The new government did not last long and his government resigned in After the new constitution was formed the Congress formed the government and Gopinath Bordoloi was made the chief minister.

He played an important role in opening up the North east for the Congress. Repartitions were made by public leaders, including Bordoloi to wind up the Assam Association in The Assam Provincial Committee was established in and Bordoloi was elected as the secretary.

He also made a significant contribution in securing the future of Assam from being part of the East Pakistan. Due to the courageous stand of Bordoloi Assam was saved from being included in East Pakistan. He was also constantly demanding a separate university and High Court for Assam. He also helped to organize rehabilitation of millions of Hindu refugees who had fled East Pakistan. He laid the basic foundation in almost all the spheres including sports, music, performing arts, and work culture.

He succeeded in uniting all the sections of the society. Gopinath Bordoloi was also a good writer. Biography of Gopinath Bordoloi will remain incomplete without the mention of various honors and awards bestowed upon him. Gopinath Bordoloi was the first and the only person from the Northeastern region to be the awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna. The award came half a century after his demise in The delay in the recognition was due to the fact of Assam being far from the Centre and the indifference towards the northeastern region.

As a matter of fact it was only when Atal Bihari Bajpayee government came to power at the Centre that the it was thought of giving national recognition to the icons of Assam including Gopinath Bordoloi, Lachit Borphukan and Srimanta Shankardeva. Login Using Google. Not a member yet?

Create Account. There are only three images before the people of Assam — that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development and service to people, of Rahul Gandhi's tourism and Ajmal's agenda of infiltration, Shah said. Nadda made the remarks after releasing the Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto for Assam, which came just four days before the state Assembly elections.

The video shows water showering down through the air-conditioning vents, light sockets and the gaps between ceiling tiles. Ashok Gajapathi Raju laid foundation stone for the project. In a statement, the airline confirmed that Mumbai-Guwahati flight 6E experienced turbulence due to the ongoing monsoons and climbed about feet. The land swap would facilitate the construction of the hangars at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.

Assam bandh called by BJP, to protest Constitutional Amendment Bill to facilitate swapping of land enclaves with B'desh, evoked mixed response. A packet, suspected to be carrying explosives, recovered from the cargo section of a Guwahati-New Delhi Spice Jet aircraft, created panic. Have you read these stories? Covid jabs now at railway, bus stations Updated: Nov 11, , Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya urged states and union territories to ensure the entire adult population is administered the first d ET NOW.

Brand Solutions. Video series featuring innovators. ET Financial Inclusion Summit. Malaria Mukt Bharat. I am thankful to the Government of Assam for inviting me to this special occasion. Sisters and Brothers,. Assam is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Apart from its rich history and splendid cultural diversity, its breathtaking scenic beauty, flora and fauna, lofty hills, lush tea gardens, undulating plains, mighty waterways and dense forests, have abiding appeal.

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi was one of the makers of Modern India. He was a self-made leader with many outstanding qualities of head and heart and who came to be revered as the builder of modern Assam. A front-ranking freedom fighter, he threw himself into the Non-Cooperation movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi for which he was arrested in As the first Chief Minister of Assam in independent India, he implemented an array of progressive industrial policies.

A farsighted thinker with a vision to unify people, he was also responsible for establishing a number of educational institutions including Gauhati University. He firmly believed that sound education is the cornerstone of progress. As a recognition of his unwavering commitment towards the state and the all-round welfare of its people, the then Governor of Assam, Shri Jayram Das Doulatram conferred upon him the title, "Lokpriya".

It would be apt to say that Gopinath Bordoloi was Lokpriya loved by all in the true sense of the term. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi is said to have been a gentle giant—soft-spoken and mild mannered yet committed to truth and wedded to his ideals. His statesman-like personality had transcendental appeal—not only his colleagues but people across communities, denominations and political affiliations looked up to him.

The rest of her family were also targets of jokes in her opening monologue. She pretended to use the opportunity to announce a political campaign but then backtracked, joking that there "can't be three failed candidates in the family", which references estranged husband Kanye West's attempted presidential campaign and stepfather, Caitlyn Jenner's run for Governor of California.

Kim got involved with a number of comedy sketches, as comes with the SNL territory. In the first one, she played Jasmine opposite Pete Davidson's Aladdin, with them holding hands on a magic carpet.

Bro kim is in Aladdin. Maybe SNL just hit a home run lmfao pic. I would actually like a full reality show of this tbh. Ever the entrepreneur, a fourth sketch sees Kim bring the focus to Skims, her shape-wear brand, except she's trying to sell it for "thick dogs". The overwhelming response to Kim's SNL hosting gig has been positive. The fact that she "roasted" her famous family has been applauded by many on social media.

One fan tweeted: "Kim Kardashian West understood the assignment and delivered. Respect her for once in your lives! Of course, there were critics. One viewer said they "turned to HBO Max" after the opening monologue. A second wrote on Twitter: "Wasn't particularly impressed with Kardashian, but they went all out this week, and I laughed at multiple sketches. A lot better than last week where I thought [Owen] Wilson did well but the writing just wasn't funny.

Kim Kardashian on 'Saturday Night Live': 'I know, I'm surprised to see me here too' Reality star impressed critics in a show peppered with a family roasting, John Cena and Chace Crawford cameos, and Skims for 'thick dogs' sketch. Farah Andrews. Opening monologue The mother-of-four tackled the critics head-on, proving that she has a degree of self-awareness and can poke fun at herself. Kim Sharma wished Harshvardhan Rane with an adorable message. Other tennis stars like Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters played tennis after becoming a parent.

From a distance, the mosaic-like screen of shifting colors almost appears to be electronic, lighting up a North Korean stadium like a huge TV. But on closer look, it's not a screen at all: It's thousands of people holding up colored placards, shifting them in synchrony to create the effect of a moving image. She may be turning 5 years old, but with birthday presents as plush as this, we have to admit that we're a little jealous of North West. North Korean state media warned the United States of a "super-mighty preemptive strike" after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear programme.

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She runs into trouble when she tries to set up her new friend and protegee Tai with the popular Elton, who turns out to have been after Cher all along. It's still hard to look at Sisto's face without immediately remembering him singing along to "Rollin' With the Homies" in Clueless , but the actor has actually done so much more over the course of his career. Let's take a look at what he's been up to since the '90s. Cher's group comprised of her best friends Dionne and Amber, Dionne's boyfriend Murray, new girl Tai and bad guy Elton.

Elton was the arrogant member of the gang who was interested in Cher but she wanted to set him up with Tai. With his classic Hollywood good looks he made for the perfect high school jock. Jeremy Sisto in Clueless?? Sisto kept audiences on their toes after playing obnoxious rich kid Elton, starring in everything from Waitress and Six Feet Under to voicing Batman.

From to , he played Det. Sisto also appeared on the series FBI. In , he married actress Marisa Ryan, but the couple divorced in ; he married Addie Lane in They have two children, Charlie Ballerina and Bastian Kick. After he finally left the grassy knoll, Meyer continued to play slackers and stoners like Travis Birkenstock for a while, until his breakthrough leading role in Road Trip.

In addition to acting, Meyer is an accomplished musician, and drums for Tom Morello's side project, The Nightwatchman. He had a guest-starring role on Monk as the title character's long-lost father and most recently appeared in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. In addition to wrangling high school students and falling in love with Miss Geist, Shawn is an accomplished actor and playwright who has appeared in everything from The Incredibles and BoJack Horseman to Gossip Girl and Toy Story.

Walker is still best known for playing Christian, Cher's love interest who dresses even better than she does. He had some small acting roles through , but left show business around then.

After her wedding to Mr. One such character in the film was Elton a. Jeremy Sisto. Jeremy Sisto played the role of Elton in the film. Elton is one of the popular and handsome students in Beverly Hills High. Cher is good friends with him.

Cher tries hard to create a barrier between Tai and Travis. After working in a music video, Sisto made his film debut in with the drama film Grand Canyon. His role as Elton in Clueless gave a major boost to his career.

She is ready to hug Madame Grope, and at the same time, she sincerely asks Gran to say Miss Emma how sorry she is about Jefferson. Both sides have their pains and Edna is compassionate with all of them.

It is not accurately told, but we can easily notice the hint on this condition. Toggle navigation Menu. Edna Guidry. Small Business Enterprise. Henri is married to Sheriff Guidry's sister, and remembering Emma and Lou's years of service, uses his influence to allow Grant to visit Jefferson in prison. A wealthy friend of Henri Pichot, Louis frequently appears drunk and bets on whether Jefferson will face his death with dignity.

Grant's beautiful mulatto girlfriend, Vivian, lives in Bayonne. Like Grant, she has a college degree and works as a schoolteacher. But while Grant is often frustrated by his job, Vivian loves working with the children and is kind and encouraging to them. Vivian is estranged from her family because she married her first husband without their permission. She has two sons from this marriage and has never legally divorced her husband, a situation that prevents her from eloping with Grant.

The owner of the Rainbow Club, Grant's favorite haunt in Bayonne. Joe keeps a close eye on the bar to prevent fights from breaking out, but he is a generous spirit and helps Grant to buy the radio for Jefferson.

Joe's wife, Thelma Claiborne, manages the Rainbow Club. She knows many members of the community and often chats with patrons. Grant's student teacher, Irene Cole, is often left in charge of the class when Grant does not show up for school. Although she behaves girlishly, Vivian believes she is in love with Grant. A handyman often employed by Henri Pichot. Henri often sends Farrell to make deliveries and bring news to Grant. Sam Guidry, the local sheriff, is in charge of the prison where Jefferson is kept.

He is also close friends with his brother-in-law, Henri Pichot. It is hinted that she is an alcoholic. The superintendent of schools in St. Raphael parish. Although he is an important figure, Grant does not respect him, noting that he is fat and lazy, and spends twice as much time at the white schools as he does at the ones for African-American students. While Grant despises Dr. Joseph for believing that black children should grow up to work on white plantations, Grant observes that the two men who bring the wood to the school truly enjoy themselves while performing their work.

He also sees how much the children enjoy physical labor, chopping and sawing the wood. They are acting exactly as the old men. Is it just a vicious circle? Gaines suggests that racism is particularly difficult to root out when it comes cloaked in kindness.

Edna Guidry feels empathy and goodwill for Grant, but she treats him as her inferior. She asks him questions but answers them herself. She makes observations about his life and the lives of his friends without letting him make his own observations. Edna acts out the role that she learned to play. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Suggestions for Further Reading Ernest J. Summary Chapters 6—8. Page 1 Page 2. Just do the best you can.

Summary: Chapter 7 During the next few weeks, Grant awaits the annual visit by the superintendent of schools. Summary: Chapter 8 The next week, the school receives its first load of wood for the winter. Analysis: Chapters 6—8 In these chapters, Gaines illustrates the racism that plagues Grant. Previous section Chapters 3—5 Next page Chapters 6—8 page 2.

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Woods laughed, but maybe he decided he wants a little less of that jocularity in his team room? The other explanation is more prosaic: the two times Kisner has had a chance to win a major championship he crumbled on Sunday, shooting a 74 at the PGA Championship while holding the hole lead and another 74 at the Open Championship when he again began the round with a share of the lead.

For Tiger the majors are the ultimate measuring stick and Kiz has come up short. Thanks — forearmshivers. Reed is definitely on double secret probation, on and off the course. You gotta figure this is his last freebie so, for his sake, I hope he uses it wisely.

Of the players you mentioned I think Na is a closest to a breakthrough, and now he does indeed have a little extra motivation. Na has gotten in the habit of winning and now married reliable ballstriking to one of the best short games on the planet. That works on any golf course.

In the wake of the Eddie Pepperell imbroglio I asked a couple of Tour caddies what is the typical number of balls most players have to begin a round, and was the consensus. Some players are superstitious and will take a ball out of play after every birdie Ernie Els or every bogey Bob Estes.

And caddies will definitely talk smack about any excesses. By Alan Shipnuck. Anatomy of a DQ: Billy Mayfair broke two rules in seven holes. Thanks — forearmshivers Reed is definitely on double secret probation, on and off the course. Quail Hollow Championship: Round 3 notebook.

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Mayfair eagles the 9th hole in round 3 of the Puerto Rico Open. Mayfair birdies the 16th in the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. No Recent Photo Activity from. Odds and Lines are subject to change See Odds Leaderboard. Season Career Tournament Majors. Season Course. No additional profile information available.

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Arizona State University College. Public Links U. Insperity Invitational: Posted his first top of the year at the Insperity Invitational, as he finished T7 after rounds of Rapiscan Systems Classic: Rebounded from a second-round 74 to finish the Rapiscan Systems Classic at 6-under par, good for a T7 finish. Chubb Classic: Mayfair, who was in the seventh-to-last group on Sunday, made it a four-way tie for the lead at under when he birdied No.

He closed with four pars and finished with a final-round 64 and tied for second at the Chubb Classic. Three straight rounds in the 60s, including scores of on the weekend led to a T3 finish, his best finish of the season at the time. Regions Tradition: Earned his first top finish of the year when he posted four straight sub-par rounds to finish T10 at the Regions Tradition in May. Sanderson Farms Championship: Improved on an even-par 72 in the first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship, with a under 62 in the second round at Annandale GC to finish T9 with four others.

His 62 was highlighted by a pair of eagle-3s in a three-hole stretch Nos. Went on to finish T4 for his lone top finish of the season 10 starts. The following day, his playing partner Bob Estes also had a hole-in-one. Since , only nine players have more aces than Mayfair's six, led by Hal Sutton's Posted four sub-par rounds at Disney to finish T6. With the performance, moved from outside the top on the money list to No.

His 67 was his lowest final-round score in any previous start in New Orleans. Aced the yard eighth hole at TPC Southwind in the first round, using an 8-iron.

Attributed success to hard work during offseason and switch to the belly putter. Open Championship: Posted his third top in his last five U. Open Championship: Earned second career top at the U. Open with a T5 finish.

String of seven birdies and one eagle broke TOUR's best birdie-eagle streak of seven set by Al Geiberger in and matched by Webb Heintzelman in Nissan Open: Earned first of two victories that season at Nissan Open, where closing 67 forced playoff with Tiger Woods. When found, he asks whether he is entitled to embedded ball relief, but is turned down. He makes a seven.

We knew it was getting close to the three minutes. I did not touch it, I did not get near it. I had the club up by it, but it was not in the ground. It puts us in a bad position. After the round Mayfair tells Brian Claar, the Champions Tour head rules official, he took three minutes, the allowed time, to find his ball at Claar then invites Mayfair to watch the footage from

So what does Audit the Fed actually do? The principal effect of the bill would be to make meeting-by-meeting monetary policy decisions subject to Congressional review and, potentially, Congressional pressure.

The bill would do this by repealing existing restrictions, imposed by Congress nearly forty years ago, on what the GAO can examine when reviewing the Fed. Effective Congressional oversight of the Fed is essential, of course, but it involves some complex tradeoffs. On the one hand, Congress has the ultimate responsibility of assuring itself and the public that monetary policy is being conducted reasonably and in the national interest.

On the other hand, institutionally, Congress is not well-suited to make monetary policy decisions itself, because of the technical and time-sensitive nature of those decisions. Moreover, both historical experience and formal studies for example, here , here , and here have shown that monetary policy achieves better results when central bankers are allowed to focus on the longer-term interests of the economy, free of short-term political considerations.

In turn, the Fed must regularly report and explain its decisions to Congress and the public, and in particular it must demonstrate that it is meeting its Congressional mandate. For example, in speeches and other public appearances, Fed policymakers lay out in detail the considerations affecting current and future policy moves, including arguments on both sides of the issue.

The Fed chair faces reporters in four press conferences each year and testifies before a variety of Congressional committees, including two rounds explicitly focused on monetary policy.

Public Congressional testimonies are supplemented by dozens of meetings and calls each year between the chair and members of Congress, as well as frequent contacts between Fed and Congressional staff members. Detailed minutes of each FOMC meeting are released three weeks after the meeting is held, and verbatim transcripts after five years. Fed activities are also periodically audited by the U. In addition, the Board of Governors publishes the Fed's balance sheet on a weekly basis, rather than quarterly as many companies do.

The weekly report includes a statement of condition of each Reserve bank. See the Board of Governors' audit page for additional information. Monetary policy is not audited in the traditional sense because there are no clear-cut standards for auditing policy decisions as there are for auditing financial statements, for example. However, the Fed has become increasingly transparent in its decision-making over the past few decades. The Federal Reserve Act seeks to balance political accountability and operational independence for the Federal Reserve System.

About Us. About Us Menu. About Us Home. Mission and Core Values. What We Do. Bank Officers. Board of Directors. Advisory Councils. DEI at the St. Louis Fed. Employee Resource Groups. Supplier Diversity. Our Branches. External audits were instituted in recent years in place of annual examinations by the Board of Governors to ensure total independence in this process. However, GAO auditors are restricted by law from reviewing monetary policy operations and transactions carried out by the Federal Reserve on behalf of foreign central banks.

This restriction was imposed by Congress to assure the independence of the Federal Reserve from political influence. The Scope of Audits The scope and frequency of audits are based on the specific risk factors inherent in each Bank's operations, including the nature of the activities it conducts, the prevailing level of controls surrounding these activities, and the quality and experience of the individuals assigned to the operation.

Internal audits at each Reserve Bank involve verification of assets, liabilities, and items held in custody. Auditors check both the physical presence of these items and the timely and accurate reporting of their movement.

An evaluation of the adequacy of controls throughout the Bank and of compliance with prescribed procedures also is done. Audits are performed periodically in order to determine if the auditors' perceptions of prevailing risk levels and operating conditions since the last review remain valid.

Periodic audits also help to determine whether previously identified problems and issues were adequately addressed and remedied, and to ascertain whether new problems or issues have emerged.

They are all movies that drive horror into the human heart with blood-thirsty werewolves. Stories like this drive fear into our hearts and are common throughout human history. One of the earliest known werewolf legends comes from Greek mythology.

According to the legend, a man named Lycaon angered Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, when he served Zeus a meal made from human flesh.

Other shape-shiftings were far more sinister. In what is now Ethiopia, the lowest caste of laborers was said to transform into hyenas and other creatures to plunder graves. Such frenzies are reminiscent, of course, of the ravages of rabies. Persons bitten by a mad wolf generally went mad too. They trembled and their limbs jerked, they made their jaws work and foamed at the mouth, often trying to bite other people.

In , L. The affected go manic-depressive and hysterical and delirious. Might people suffering from porphyria be the source of the legend? It does, after all, cover the physical transformation, whereas rabies is more behavioral. Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present.

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when it was believed the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead become blurred. It has since evolved into a holiday when spooky legends, myths and folklore take center stage. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States , is remembered for his vital role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process that led to the end of slavery in the United States.

He's remembered for his Vampires are evil mythological beings who roam the world at night searching for people whose blood they feed upon. They may be the best-known classic monsters of all. The Devil, also referred to as Satan, is best known as the personification of evil and the nemesis of good people everywhere.

His image and story have evolved over the years, and the Devil has been called many different names in various cultures: Beelzebub, Lucifer, Satan and Over the course of years, the outlaw from Nottinghamshire who robs from the rich to give to the poor has emerged as one of the most enduring folk heroes A mummy is a person or animal whose body has been dried or otherwise preserved after death.

When people think of a mummy, they often envision the early Hollywood-era versions of human forms wrapped in layers upon layers of bandages, arms outstretched as they slowly shuffle Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in the lake date back 1, years, all efforts to find any credible evidence of the animal have failed. The zombie, often portrayed as an undead, flesh-eating, decaying corpse, has enjoyed a popularity surge in recent years.

Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. The Bedburg Werewolf Peter Stubbe, a wealthy, fifteenth-century farmer in Bedburg, Germany, may be the most notorious werewolf of them all. Their rampage ended when the father attacked his son, causing a lethal wound. The son only survived because a kind raven gave the father a leaf with healing powers.

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The sum of an arithmetic sequence is the sum of all the terms in it. We use the first term a , the common difference d , and the total number of terms n in the AP to find its sum. Learn Practice Download. Sum of n Terms of an AP An arithmetic progression is a sequence of numbers or variables in which the difference between consecutive terms is the same.

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Explore coding program. Sum of n Terms of an AP Worksheets. Looks like we nailed the conjecture. You might like to think about the following questions before you go on. But we are dividing by 2 on the Right Hand Side of the equation. Suppose that we wanted to add up all the numbers from 8 to How could we do that? Method 2: On the other hand, we could first add 1 to 7 and then 1 to 93 using our formula.

Then we could subtract the smaller from the larger. Like this:. In other words, can you generalise conjecture? This is the way that mathematics always tries to go to increase what we know about the world. What is the next way to extend what we are doing? Can we make any progress if the steps are bigger than one?

What might this formula be in words? Let them work on it for a moment. Then let them know that an 8 year old can do this in his head. That should lead to a hunt to find some patterns in the numbers 1 to that might make it easier to do the summation quickly.

But you can add the numbers from 1 to together quickly this other way too. Then try them with other examples. If you arm yourself with a calculator you might challenge them to add the numbers from 1 to anything they choose quicker than you can. Get them to do a few examples and ask them to conjecture what the pattern is. Depending how well things are going you might press on to some Arithmetic Progressions where the common difference is not 1 see section 8.

With an interested group you could even do the proof. But you should say something about Gauss and his importance on the mathematical scene. You should also find some interesting stories about him in the link I gave above. A bit of history never goes astray. In this section we complete the work that we did in Sections 2 to 6. Of course, how far you go with this problem will depend on the algebraic confidence of your staff, though you can bypass algebra completely if you think that it will go over like a lead balloon.

Anyway, try to push them a little out of their comfort zone but throw them a lifeline when they are drowning. We leave that decision to you but there ought to be enough material here for your seminar.

What I am going to try to do now is to find a formula for the sum of a string of numbers where the step up from one number to the next is always the same.

We can do this in several ways. Straight adding is one, as is dividing all of the numbers in the sum by 2 and using the formula that we know. So, forwards then backwards we have. The only problem now is how many terms are there?

Since there are 34 terms here, there have to be 34 terms in S. You might like to check this by one of the other methods but it does look a bit like the formula that we found in section 5.

Straight adding is one, as is dividing all of the numbers in the sum by 3 and using the formula that we know. You might like to check this by one of the other methods.

The most well-known story is a tale from when Gauss was still at primary school. The teacher couldn't understand how his pupil had calculated the sum so quickly in his head, but the eight year old Gauss pointed out that the problem was actually quite simple. It is remarkable that a child still in elementary school had discovered this method for summing sequences of numbers, but of course Gauss was a remarkable child. Fortunately his talents were discovered, and he was given the chance to study at university.

By his early twenties, Gauss had made discoveries that would shape the future of mathematics. While the story may not be entirely true, it is a popular tale for maths teachers to tell because it shows that Gauss had a natural insight into mathematics.

Rather than performing a great feat of mental arithmetic, Gauss had seen the structure of the problem and used it to find a short cut to a solution.

Principally there are two different kinds of tally sticks, the single and the split tally. The single tally stick is an elongated piece of bone, ivory, wood, or stone which is marked with a system of notches.

The single tally stick serves predominantly mnemonic purposes. The split tally is a technique which became common in medieval Europe which was constantly short of money coins and predominantly illiterate in order to record bilateral exchange and debts. A stick squared Hazelwood sticks were most common was marked with a system of notches and then split lengthwise. This way both of the two halves record the same notches and each party to the transaction received one half of the marked stick as proof.

Later this technique was refined in various ways and became virtually tamper proof. Marks inscribed in three columns on the handle of the Ishango bone tool found in the Great Lakes region of present day Uganda were carved over 20, years ago.

Roman natural philosopher Pliny the Elder described the best wood for tally sticks in his Naturalis Historia encyclopedia published circa C. Venetian merchant traveler Marco Polo — reported that otherwise illiterate residents of Zardandan in the modern Chinese province of Yunnan recorded business transactions by cutting notches in each half of a split stick.

Even after parchment and later paper became a more convenient means for recording such information, tally sticks remained in use because of their durability and security. Cheques are paper-based instructions to transfer money from one bank account to another. But if both banks are closed, then the instruction to transfer money can't be carried out - not until the banks open, anyway. But everyone in Ireland knew that might not happen for months. Nevertheless, people wrote each other cheques, and they circulated.

The publican might then use that cheque to pay his staff, or his suppliers. The system was fragile. It was clearly open to abuse by people who wrote cheques they knew would eventually bounce. As May dragged past, then June, then July, there was always the risk that people lost track of their own finances and started unknowingly writing cheques they couldn't afford and wouldn't be able to honour.

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Yet the Irish kept writing each other cheques. It must have helped that so much Irish business was small and local. People knew their customers. They knew who was good for the money. Word would get around about people who cheated. And the pubs and corner shops were able to vouch for the creditworthiness of their customers, which meant that cheques could keep moving.

When the dispute was resolved and the banks reopened in November, more than six months after they had closed, the Irish economy was still in one piece. Nor is the Irish case the only one in which cheques were passed around without ever being cashed. In the s, British soldiers stationed in Hong Kong would pay their bills with cheques on accounts back in England. The local merchants would circulate the cheques, vouching for them with their own signatures, without any great hurry to cash them in.

Effectively, the Hong Kong cheques - like the Irish cheques, like the Tally sticks - had become a form of private money. If money is simply tradable debt, then tally sticks and uncashed Irish cheques weren't some weird form of quasi-money. They were simply money in a particularly unvarnished form. Like an engine running with the cover off, or a building with the scaffolding still up, they're money with the underlying mechanism laid bare.

Of course, we still naturally think of money as those discs of metal in the Ashmolean Museum. After all it's the metal that survives, not the cheques or the tally sticks.