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“Whether it’s masturbating with water pressure, using eco-friendly lubricant, or literally having sex with a tree — a person of any sexual proclivity who finds eroticism in nature, or believes that making environmentalism sexy will slow the planet’s destruction, can be ecosexual,” the magazine explained in its June article.

A feature published in August in Women’s Health Magazine added to the description.

“We chatted with Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D., and Beth Stephens, Ph.D., performance artists, ecosexual experts, and the authors of ‘The Explorer’s Guide to Planet Orgasm’ to get the scoop on this trend. They describe being ecosexual as this: ‘you don’t look at the Earth as your mother, you look at it as your lover.’ You also experience nature ‘as sensual, erotic, or sexy.’ This could mean anything getting off while writhing around naked in the mud to simply getting joy out of doing it in a hot tub or going on a naked hike,” the magazine reported.

Last November, a report it Breitbart also spotted the emerging trend. It cites part of Sprinkle’s and Stephens’ self-described “manifesto.”

The document states: “We make love with the Earth. We are aquaphiles, teraphiles, pyrophiles and aerophiles. We shamelessly hug trees, massage the earth with our feet and talk erotically to plants. We are skinny dippers, sun worshippers, and stargazers. We caress rocks, are pleasured by waterfalls, and admire the Earth’s curves often. We make love with the Earth through our senses. We celebrate our E-spots. We are very dirty.”

In an email to The College Fix, Stephens said she is inspired by living and working in Santa Cruz as well as growing up in West Virginia.

“I grew up around farmers, hunters, fishermen and miners. They all loved the earth and in fact, their health and livelihoods depended on loving the earth,” she told The Fix.

“Ecosexual art is an art project,” she added. “It really depends on the audiences’ reception as to whether it is cultural or political form of art. … An ecosexual is someone who loves the earth.”

> chair of the art department
Once again the art department finds innovative ways to make government funding disappear

For this study*, the researchers examined the remains of 84 individuals using genetic and isotope analyses in conjunction with archeological evaluations. The individuals were buried between 2500 and 1650 BC in cemeteries that belonged to individual homesteads, and that contained between one and several dozen burials made over a period of several generations. "The settlements were located along a fertile loess ridge in the middle of the Lech valley. Larger villages did not exist in the Lechtal at this time," states Stockhammer.

"We see a great diversity of different female lineages, which would occur if over time many women relocated to the Lech Valley from somewhere else," remarks Alissa Mittnik on the genetic analyses. Corina Knipper also explains, "Based on analysis of strontium isotope ratios in molars, which allows us to draw conclusions about the origin of people, we were able to ascertain that the majority of women did not originate from the region." The burials of the women did not differ from that of the native population, indicating that the formerly foreign women were integrated into the local community.

From an archaeological point of view, the new insights prove the importance of female mobility for cultural exchange in the Bronze Age. They also allow us to view the immense extent of early human mobility in a new light. "It appears that at least part of what was previously believed to be migration by groups is based on an institutionalized form of individual mobility," declares Stockhammer.

>>174943
Traveled willingly, or by force? Seems like this could be explained by warring tribes capturing the others women.

>>174956
I wondered the same. The idea of women travelling alone ir even in groups sounds really risky for that time period.

LAND OF THE FREE

are ameriucan cops mind controlled?

Police can arrest you for any reason. He did it to scare the staff into giving him blood. They're adult bullies.

>So what is a subsidy anyway? Well, that too isn’t black and white. Typically, people on the street think of a subsidy as a direct financial cost that result in consumers paying a price that is below the opportunity cost of the product (fossil fuel in this case). However, as pointed out by the authors, a more correct view of the costs would encompass:

>>not only supply costs but also (most importantly) environmental costs like global warming and deaths from air pollution and taxes applied to consumer goods in general.

>The authors argue, persuasively, that this broader view of subsidies is the correct view because they “reflect the gap between consumer prices and economically efficient prices.”

>Without getting too deep into the weeds, the authors discuss both consumer subsidies (when the price paid by a consumer is below a benchmark price) and producer subsidies (when producers receive direct or indirect support which increases their profitability). The authors then quantify what benefits would be achieved if the fossil fuel subsidies were reformed.

>Interested readers are directed to the paper for further details, but the results are what surprised me. Pre-tax (the narrow view of subsidies) subsidies amount to 0.7% of global GDP in 2011 and 2013. But the more appropriate definition of subsidies is much larger (8 times larger than the pre-tax subsidies). We are talking enormous values of 5.8% of global GDP in 2011, rising to 6.5% in 2013.

>The authors also broke the results down by fossil fuel type and usage (coal, petroleum, natural gas, electricity). It is not clear to me how the authors separated the various fuel sources out of electrical generation; however, the results show that petroleum and coal receive much larger subsidies compared to their counterpart fuels. The authors organized results by geographical region and found that the top three subsidizers of fossil fuels are China, USA, and Russia, respectively. The European Union is a bit less than half of the entire US subsidy. Other notable countries and regions are discussed.

>There are two key takeaway messages. First, fossil fuel subsidies are enormous and they are costs that we all pay, in one form or another. Second, the subsidies persist in part because we don’t fully appreciate their size. These two facts, taken together, further strengthen the case to be made for clean and renewable energy. Clean energy sources do not suffer from the environmental costs that plague fossil fuels.

>I asked one of the authors, Dr. Coady, why their work is important. He told me:

>>A key motivation for the paper was to increase awareness among policy makers and the public of the large subsidies that arise from pricing fossil fuels below their true social costs—this broader definition of subsidies accounts for the many negative side effects associated with the consumption of these fuels. By estimating these costs on a global scale, we hope to stimulate an informed policy debate and provide renewed impetus for policy reforms to reap the large potential benefits from more efficient pricing of fossil fuels in terms of improved public finances, improved population health and lower carbon emissions.

>As a climate scientist, I focus almost exclusively on the scientific questions related to climate change. But equally important are the economic issues that, when dealt with, will usher in a new era of energy.

FTFY and KYS for those Communist Lies.

>>176116
I think you're confused anon, this doesn't have anything to do with Trump or immigration.

>>176165
Uh no sweetie, I'm sure this somehow targeted POC so those computers are definitely the product of white privilege designed to keep black people in jail.

Anyways fuck companies for dodgy shit like this, 3.5M is not enough of a deterrent

>>176013
cool, maintenant retourne là-bas connard

I do appreciate being insulted by someone as uneducated as yourself. However, I cannot allow your stupidity to go uncorrected.

First, I can tell you are a lazy Liberal. How can I tell this you ask? You used the wording of clean url slugs instead of writing what the article actually said. The title should be "Trump gets millions from gold club members"

Second, you cannot in fact be a Trump supporter by default. It is a choice to support any candidate. Claiming you support him just because he is Republican is the same weak minded thinking that gave someone such as yourself trophies for trying

Finally, you want the word if and then a comma.

But, if you are a Trump supporter by choice you are an idiot.

Yet we have already established you cannot support someone by default. Any support given to a political candidate is an active choice.

Thus, your post should read.

"Trump gets millions from gold club members"

If you are a Trump supporter, you are an idiot.

Next time please put forth some effort in your post.

Have they completely lost their minds?
USA Today is acting like the KGB here. There was ZERO wrongdoing by the club members here. USA Today publicly doxx and shame people for the simple reason that USA Today doesn't like who they voted for and who they play golf with.

I swear to god. If the insane Commie Jews in control of our media are not defeated soon they will turn this nation into another Soviet Union.
Fuck them. I hope they all die.

>>175845
>There was ZERO wrongdoing by the club members here
I don't think the members are the problem here. Although complicity with corruption is underhanded.

>>174812
What is that, a normal sized pepper grinder?

You are right! That is exactly what it looks like.

>>174812
Glorious leader is coming for you capitalist pigs!

>>175414
>"OUR SCHOOLS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR CITY - AS IT RELATES TO WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID - WILL BE A TRUMP-FREE ZONE," HE SAID.
Thank god, wouldn't wish anyone to have to live in that crime-and gang-ridden shithole.

How exactly does one ban the president? This dude seems like a cry baby

>>175441
Well he's a democrat.

>>175833
Regardless of what party you align with, that is a pretty awful question to ask and he deserved to be removed.

>>175833
Wtf kinda question is that

>>175835
qft
how dare he shed an unfavorable light on the congressman's platform with a frightening question.
town halls are for photo ops, not making people think and bring attention to pressing issues.
tbh people should pay a fine or go to prison for asking bad questions in public.

The article tells the story of Shaik Jumaul, a castaway Indian seaman who survived the sinking of the merchant ship Morning Star which was wrecked off the coast of north Queensland in 1814. Jumaul made it to Murray Island, where he lived for four years, learning the language and culture of the Islanders. He was finally rescued by two merchant ships that passed through the area in 1818.

“Jumaul informed his rescuers that he had seen cutlasses and muskets on the islands which he recognised as not being of English make, as well as a compass and a gold watch,” he said.


“When he asked the Islanders where they obtained these things, they related how approximately thirty years earlier, a ship had been wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef to the east, in sight of the island.

“Boats with crew had come ashore, but in the fighting that followed, all were eventually killed, except a boy, who was saved and brought up as one of their own, later marrying a local woman.”

The La Pérouse expedition crew list includes a ship’s boy (mousse), François Mordelle, from the port town of Tréguier in Brittany, northwestern France. Dr Hitchcock wonders if Mordelle could be the last survivor of the La Pérouse expedition.

“The Indian newspaper article featuring the castaway’s account was later reproduced in several other newspapers and periodicals of the day, in Australia, Britain, France and other countries, and observers noted that this might refer to the La Pérouse expedition,” Dr Hitchcock said.

“Somehow, Shaik Jamaul’s story was subsequently largely forgotten.”

While a French book published in 2012 refers briefly to this newspaper article and discounts it as unreliable account, Dr Hitchcock believes otherwise.

“The chronology is spot on, for it was thirty years earlier, in late 1788 or early 1789, that the La Pérouse survivors left Vanikoro in their small vessel,” he said.

“Furthermore, historians and maritime archaeologists are not aware of any other European ship being in that region at that time. This means that this is the earliest known shipwreck in Torres Strait, and indeed, eastern Australia” he said.

“It could well be that the final phase of the La Pérouse expedition ended in tragedy in northern Australia. Future recovery of artefacts from the wreck site on the Great Barrier Reef – yet to be discovered – or the islands, will hopefully provide final confirmation.”

The Torres Strait region, which includes the northern part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, is studded with reefs, rocks and sandbars, and has been described as a ‘graveyard of ships’. Over 120 vessels are known to have come to grief in its treacherous waters.

Can't be worse than the stuff they feed our children in there already.

>>175572
Considering that chicken nuggets and hamburgers cause cancer, this is a huge step in the right direction.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/general-info/known-and-probable-human-carcinogens.html

>>175550
Is it any good though?
>>175578
>Muh meat causes cancer
According to that list red meat has the same odds of causing cancer as working nights and drinking hot coffee or hot tea. Red meat isnt even a "known", just a "maybe" on that list since people who eat red meat overlap with people also get cancer in the west in the same way that people who eat red meat also get the flu or win scratch off lottery tickets or choose to buy a blue car. Maybe if you were talking specifically about overprocessed garbage like whackarnolds or cured meats, but just red meat is largely coincidental

>>174850
Obama has no power he is not president.

>>174864
Oh I see, a BLACK MAN can't be president? Wow we need communism guys.

>>174850
He should have done a better job then trump would never had won.

>>174663
>Technicals in the link
If you don't post it here I'm not going to read it :(

>>174663
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Carbon dioxide (CO2) is society’s ultimate waste product, with billions of tons of the stuff injected into the air every year. But recycling it into valuable fuels and chemicals has always required too much energy to make financial sense. Now, researchers have found two efficient ways to convert CO2 into energy-rich byproducts, they reported last week here at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). If they gain traction, they could help solve another pressing problem: Because both approaches require a steady stream of electrons from a source of electricity, they could siphon up all the “lost” solar and wind energy that can’t currently be stored in electric grids.

To recycle CO2, some researchers are mimicking photosynthesis, harnessing sunlight to convert the molecule into carbohydrates. But these solar fuel reactors often need to run at 1000°C temperatures. Other chemists favor a more traditional approach that would carry out similar reactions, but near room temperature in electrochemical cells that need electricity and special catalysts.

The first step in such an electrolytic approach is splitting CO2, a tough, stable molecule, into oxygen and carbon monoxide (CO), a slightly more energy-rich molecule that can form the basis for hydrocarbon fuels like methanol. That process starts with two catalyst-covered electrodes dunked in a beaker of water into which CO2 has been dissolved. The stream of electrons between these electrodes carry out separate reactions that split water and CO2, ultimately generating CO and more water.

Theoretically, it should take just 1.33 volts of electricity—less than that produced by a AA battery. But in practice, researchers must raise the voltage another volt or so to drive the reaction at a faster clip. This extra voltage, known as the overpotential, amounts to an energy surcharge that lowers the cell’s efficiency. Another problem is that most catalysts channel more of the available electrons into splitting water rather than converting CO2 to CO.

In 2011, researchers led by Richard Masel, a chemist and CEO of Dioxide Materials in Boca Raton, Florida, tested a setup with silver and iridium oxide catalysts and a liquid electrolyte to promote the CO2 to CO reaction. The electrolyte contained a compound called imidazolium that formed a protective layer around the silver-covered electrode. That blocked the water-splitting reaction and encouraged the catalyst to pass nearly all its electrons to converting CO2 instead. It also produced CO with an overpotential of just 0.17 volts. But ionic liquids can be expensive and corrosive. So Dioxide Materials set about making a durable and cheap plastic membrane that could serve the same function when laid atop a silver electrode.

>>175733
Already posted
>>175524

Congress is now expected to approve a package as soon as this week that would include $7.85 billion targeted toward Hurricane Harvey and would raise the debt ceiling and fund the government through Dec. 15.

Trump agreed to the Pelosi-Schumer demands even as Ryan, McConnell and the president’s own Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, called for a longer-term debt-limit hike.

“We essentially came to a deal, and I think the deal will be very good,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he traveled Wednesday afternoon to North Dakota, where he gave a speech touting tax reform.

Republicans initially pushed for an 18-month debt-limit extension, which would have kicked a new hike past the midterm elections.

After a brief standoff, congressional leaders thought there would be no deal. But then Trump interjected and told the leaders that they all should just agree to a three-month extension for the debt limit and a continuing resolution to fund the government.

The White House later hailed the decision as providing room for the president and Congress to work on tax reform.

“We believe that helping to clear the decks in September enables us to focus on tax reform for the American people,” White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters on Air Force One. “We need to get the economy growing again, and that's what we need to focus on.”