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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Sports Wagering: MLB
National League
Braves (-125) @ Rockies with a total of 9; J. Jurrjens vs. E. Rogers;
I'm not a monster fan of Jurrjens and his teammates on the road, but at this price, it's almost too good to pass up. I don't believe it's a shady line, since we've seen all 3 games in this series hovering between Braves as a small favorite and a pick. Yes, Rogers is coming off his only good start since hitting the Bigs, but how good will he really be in only his 2nd career start in Coors Field? My guess is not that great. Jurrjens is 4-1 with a 3.02 ERA lifetime against the Rockies, and he seems to be rounding into form, healthwise, or at least his numbers would seem to indicate as such. He has strung together 4 straight quality starts, and the Braves have won all 4.
Reds @ Giants (-111) with a total of 8; H. Bailey vs. M. Bumgarner;
Let's not forget, Homer Bailey was one of the best pitchers in all of baseball near the end of 2009, so the fact that he's back, healthy, and dealing shouldn't be a huge surprise. Since returning from injury, Bailey has gone 13 innings over 2 starts, allowing just 1 combined run on only 7 hits to the Marlins and Dodgers. I expect another decent showing against the Giants. Bumgarner just continues to rumble right along, giving solid outings every time and putting the Giants in a position to win, or at least compete. I don't much care for the side in this one, as I feel the game is close to a coin flip, anyway, but the Under in the afternoon is a possibility.
Cubs (-120) @ Nationals with a total of 8.5; R. Dempster vs. J. Marquis;
Here's an interesting one. The line certainly isn't all that tasty for a bad team on the road, but at the same time can we really put our money behind Jason Marquis? The guy is 0-6 with an ERA of 11.39 this year, for goodness sakes. He did pitch better in his last start, in Philadelphia, but still isn't going deeper than 5 innings in any game. Could it really be this easy? The Cubs hit the ball well in the opener, and maybe the new Manager syndrome is kicking in for a few days? Either way, Dempster is 6-1 with a 3.18 ERA lifetime against the Nats, and only Ryan Zimmerman has really given him any trouble in the past. I don't know, sometimes I think lines really are gifts. Tough call, though.
Astros @ Phillies (-325) with a total of 7; J. Happ vs. R. Halladay;
Don't even stop to think about it. Put a quarter unit on the Astros, and a quarter on the dog RL and just move on to the next one. Hell, we even have a revenge angle!
Cardinals (-169) @ Pirates with a total of 8.5; J. Westbrook vs. J. Karstens;
We might also be hitting that point where the Pirates are just a fade every time out, so awful in every respect that there's simply no point in even considering them. Karstens, for what it's worth, is 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA against the Cardinals, so at this price, I'd just stay away from this game, altogether.
Marlins @ Mets (-125) with a total of 8; A. Sanabia vs. M. Pelfrey;
This line is low for a reason. And yes, I'm trying to be more decisive in my writeups, if you're wondering. Sanabia is just a youngster, but he's been serviceable, only making one truly awful start, and that came in San Francisco. He bounced back his last time out with the best start of his young career with 7.2 solid innings against the hapless Pirates. Today, he'll get a better test, but I suspect we'll get about 5 innings of 2 run ball out of Sanabia. Not good, by any stretch, but not bad, and definitely enough to keep the Marlins in this one. Pelfrey hates facing Florida. Flat out - he got roughed up by them earlier this year in Puerto Rico, and he's been slapped around by the Marlins throughout his career. I know he's on a little bit of a "warm" streak, but I wouldn't touch this eerily low line on a big name starter at home. Marlins or nothing.
Dodgers @ Brewers (-110) with a total of 8; H. Kuroda vs. R. Wolf;
This line is interesting only because it's all kinds of crazy compared to yesterday's number. Ted Lilly opened as a -140 road favorite over Dave Bush, and today's matchup, which features pitchers of almost the exact same numbers, is a good 30-50 cents off from that number, depending on where you look. Kuroda is 1-0 with a 7.36 ERA against the Brewers, so that might have something to do with it, but considering how well he's pitched in his last 3 starts, this game is a true head-scratcher. After trying to be extra-decisive above, now I'm slipping back into waffling mode. Given the Dodgers are about ready to unload Manny Ramirez, something tells me they won't score much this series.
D'backs @ Padres (-166) with a total of 8; J. Saunders vs. W. LeBlanc;
This line is pretty fair. Of course, that also means it's too high for me to back the favorite, and not enough reason to back the dog. Screw this one.
American League
Royals @ Tigers (-165) with a total of 9.5; S. O'Sullivan vs. A. Galarraga;
This line is actually a little cheaper than I expected, and again I can't help but worry that there's this impending sense of doom at Comerica. Sure, the Tigers whipped up on Bruce Chen, and they've been hitting the ball extremely well on this cake of a homestand, but shouldn't Galarraga's namesake get this thing up to -175? Well, believe it or not, I happen to think that at -165, this Tigers side might still hold some value. Galarraga has solid career numbers against KC (2-0, 2.78), and he's coming off his best start since the almost-perfect game (also had 8 strikeouts). I don't play home run lines, so either lay the chalk or leave the day tilt alone.
Mariners @ Red Sox (-150) with a total of 7.5; F. Hernandez vs. J. Lester;
It's funny, actually. Two of the most electric starters going head-to-head in this one, and I have almost zero opinion on the game. I honestly just don't feel like I have a good read on the Red Sox right now, and the Mariners seem to stink, but then jump up and win one when you least expect it every so often. King Felix should keep them in the game, and Lester is outstanding and on bounceback. I might look at the Over, but I'd rather just move on.
Rays @ Angels (-120) with a total of 8.5; J. Niemann vs. D. Haren;
I know I said I don't like backing guys coming off an arm situation, but Niemann has been a complete cash cow this year. On top of that, he beat the Angels here in Anaheim earlier this year, so we know he's comfortable on this mound. And even on top of that, Dan Haren is continuing to get ace-like betting love even though his ERA is 4.55, and he's coming off getting drilled by the Twins. The guy just isn't having his type of year, and getting an amazing road club at a dog price is pretty darn tempting. The concern, of course, is whether Niemann's shoulder is alright, because backing an injured pitcher is a sure way to age at double-speed.
Athletics (-150) @ Indians with a total of 7.5; T. Cahill vs. M. Talbot;
Looking at the stats and box scores, it appears that Mitch Talbot has just about run out of steam for 2010. Arm fatigue, perhaps, but he was slowing heading into the All Star Break, had about 2 decent starts coming out of the Break, then ran out of gas, again. We faded him in his last start, and everything was going swimmingly until the KC bullpen melted down in dramatic fashion. Trevor Cahill is having a ridiculous season, now 13-5 with a 2.54 ERA for a team that's hovering right around .500. Very impressive. He's 0-1 with a 12.27 ERA against the Indians, though, and I can't help but think that if he walks a few guys, and Talbot stinks again, we could get to 8 runs.
Yankees (-132) @ Blue Jays with a total of 8.5; P. Hughes vs. B. Cecil;
With Toronto playing with a bit of a chip on their shoulder, I'm not sure I could bet the Yankees in any game this series. I know the numbers probably say that Hughes is the way to go with this one, but he's been a little up-and-down against the Jays, and Toronto's power is always threatening. Plus, he seems to be going shorter distances in games, even when he pitches well. Cecil is a solid young arm, not great against the Yankees, but I think this game is about a 50/50 proposition, so at the price listed, it's Jays or nothing at all. As you all know, when I say that, I'm usually leaning towards the nothing at all option, but hey, you never know.
Twins @ Rangers (-144) with a total of 8.5; B. Duensing vs. C. Wilson;
What the hell, man? Why didn't someone tell me Brian Duensing was going to roll back into the Bigs and crush fools? I mean, damn. He's 1-1 with a 1.74 ERA against the Rangers, and should probably put together another decent start. C.J. Wilson is coming off a dominant performance in Baltimore (with the help of a truly colossal strike zone), and though he's 0-2 with a 3.41 ERA against the Twins, he's certainly a threat to throw another solid game. I'd say the one thing tipping the scales towards the Rangers is that Minnesota has looked out of sorts a bit, the last couple games, and Duensing has been markedly better at home, which is pretty impressive considering he hasn't been that bad on the road. Wilson, by the way, had a great game going against the Twins earlier this year, but made a few mistakes, and the Twins hit them all hard as hell.
Orioles @ White Sox (-185) with a total of 9; B. Matusz vs. M. Buerhle;
There's always value with a motivated dog. That being said, unless we're putting some money on Baltimore every single game from this point forward, this game, to me, doesn't look like the best time to jump on the bandwagon. Buerhle is 5-4 with a 2.81 ERA against the O's, and while Matusz is coming off a strong start at home, he's still pretty damn erratic. Again, I'm not backing the White Sox, either, but with the Sox desperately needing wins, the Orioles will probably sneak a game in this series, but I'd feel better backing Baltimore in a series that means less to its opponent.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Legislation establishing a minimum age of marriage in the Show-Me State was in front of the House again on Wednesday and, even, with fewer restrictions, many still saw issues with some of the provisions.
Rep. Jean Evans proposed — and succeeded — in adding an amendment to Sen. Scott Sifton's SB 655 that is compromise language of HB 1630. The version that was adopted by the House on Wednesday would set the minimum age of marriage in Missouri at 16-years-old and prohibit anyone over the age of 21 from wedding an individual younger than 18-years-old.
Several Representatives stood in objection to the latter provision offering anecdotal stories either own personal experience, their parent's experience, or experience of friends.
Rep. Don Rone marred his wife when he was 25 years old and she was shy of her 18th birthday.
"If that's the case, my wife and couldn't have married. My wife was 17-years-old when I married her…we've been married for almost 52 years," Rone said. "I just wonder where I'd be today with someone else."
But that wasn't the only issue many Republicans took with the legislation. Opponents expressed concern that this impedes on folks religious beliefs, particularly Amish communities across the state.
"They feel biblically that it's better to marry than to burn," Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch said.
One Representative pointed out that sexual relations between a minor and anyone 21-years-old and over is considered statutory rape under the law.
Supporters of the issue said that this doesn't prevent anyone from marrying, it just makes them wait until both parties are of age.
Evans' mother married at 17-years-old and understands that there are love stories out there but "…more often than not they are situations of abuse."
Cited on the floor was stories of young woman being forced to marry much older men. One example offered was that of a 14-year-old getting off the school bus and being told she was getting married that day. Another story was of a 15-year-old brought in to the state to marry a man convicted of raping her.
"I think it's time where we need to respect and protect young people," said Evans.
The version offered as the amendment differs, and is less restrictive, than HB 1630 that the House passed early this session.
The original bill would have required approval from a judge for a minor over the age of 15 seeking to marry. The current version sets the age at 16-years-old and only requires the approval of one parent — which is the current standard.
"We live in new times. We should be coming together and doing what's best to protect our children," said Bruce Franks.
The provision was added to SB 655, which was truly agreed and finally passed on Friday, with less than three hours until the end of session. It now needs the governor's signature to become law.
Alisha Shurr was a reporter for The Missouri Times and The Missouri Times Magazine. She joined The Missouri Times in January 2018 after working as a copy editor for her hometown newspaper in Southern Oregon. Alisha is a graduate of Kansas State University.


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We had tickets to the Padre game last week and what with gas prices what they are and the fact that out of three cars at our house together they don't equal one good car, my dad had the great idea that he wanted to take the Coaster down to the Padre game. He dubbed the evening, "Patch's Big Adventure".
I said no, thank you because I hate the Coaster. Not because I hate trains but because I hate not having a car i.e. some way of getting the heck outta Dodge if mom or dad attract the fuzz and we have to make a quick get away like we have so many times before. Also it kind of smells. But Pop insisted, in fact I believe the quote I heard was "I am not going unless we take the Coaster". So, we got in the car and headed west. We first stopped at Angelo's in Carlsbad to carb-load on cheeseburgers and fries, a staple for my people. After feeding our arteries we had time to stop at a store for candy, how could we say no to Pop, they are so cute at that age. I went in with him and mom guarded the van, it's a rough neighborhood and we didn't want to take any chances. I grabbed a packet of gum and Pop bought 2 ice cream cones. One for him and the other for him as well, as I said, we had a big adventure and we needed to be prepared for it.
We got to the Coaster station and dropped mom off while we parked so she could buy Pop a ticket. She already had two tickets she scored from being a juror that she and I would use, you see once again the perks to the Coaster, we save money! She promptly headed to the ATM machine to buy the tickets before being yelled at that it was the wrong machine. Who yells at a sweet lady like that? I do. I have traveled with her through Europe twice and know how to keep us both alive and it involves yelling.
Once we got on the train we headed upstairs and sat down. I read the ticket and right away noticed it said NOT VALID FOR THE COASTER. In my most respectful voice I calmly pointed this fact out. Mom had read her ticket that was valid and assumed the other was too, it was not. Immediately both me and Pop turned white...we knew for sure the fuzz would be coming to take her away. I said I would go buy a new ticket but it was too late and the train started. We were law breakers. Or at least Gin was after I made her hold the naughty ticket that WAS NOT VALID FOR THE COASTER. She swore it would be fine and when questioned she would just explain that she made a mistake...yes, that one always works. We were convinced every time the police officer patrolling the train walked by that he was about to arrest her, especially because every time he walked by I would point to her and cough "criminal". It also didn't help the man sitting behind us was talking very loudly about all the times he and his common law marriage wife were arrested for drugs, and I knew my mom definitely had baby aspirin in her purse. It further justified my sense of "ickiness" I receive while riding the train.
Well, nneedless to say my mom only learned that riding the train with the wrong ticket is not only illegal but extremely exhilarating.
We made it to the San Diego train depot, walked to the trolley station, made it to Petco Park, walked 5 miles to get to our seats, spent $35 on nachos and a Diet Pepsi, watched the Padres lose and got back on the damn train. This time I bought Gin her ticket so Pop could enjoy the thrill of riding the train without feeling like his wife would get arrested at any minute. We spent the time riding back up the coast playing "Name That Tune" off my ipod (luckily I have hours of age appropriate music for such an occasion).
All and all I thought Patch's big adventure was just short of an episode of Intervention and C.O.P.S. mixed together, but Patch and Gin seemed to have fun so overall it was a wash.
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I'm sad that my Mom and Dad turned down the contract TLC offered them to do a reality show about us. Right after they turned them down TLC offered it to Jon and Kate plus 8. In retrospect it was a good move on my parents part. Gin and Patch Plus One would have been awkward and bad for my image. I want to seem bad to the bone but undoubtedly after seeing hours of footage of me at home everyone would know how saintly and humble I am and my cover would be blown.
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Jimmy Bartel welcomes decluttering of AFL fields on gameday
Jimmy Bartel has welcomed a crackdown on the number of staff allowed interchange benches during AFL games.
Clubs will only be allowed 12 staff members this year, compared to 14 last year. The number of overall club personnel permitted in the coach's box has also been reduced.
Bartel told the Hour of Power players should be educated so they can take drinks or gels during matches themselves, rather than having a club staff member provide it to them.
He said money would be saved with the reduction in both the number of people allowed on the bench and upstairs in the coaches box.
"It's cost-saving as well," he said.
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Taking technology cues from nature
From viruses to the human brain, the interaction between nature and engineering provides solutions and greater understanding of how the world works, writes Alan Finkel.
The deadly AIDS virus is a master of exploitation. Using receptors on our cells like door handles, it gains entry, multiplies using our DNA, and then sends off its progeny to infect more cells using the cell's export system. But some individuals are able to foil the virus. Either minor differences in their DNA code mean the virus can't exploit their cellular workings or their immune systems are more adept at searching and destroying infected cells. So even if we did not have medicines to treat the virus, the human species would still survive, just as it has survived countless other viral campaigns through the eons. In other words, species survive deadly viruses through biodiversity.
Like their biological namesakes, computer viruses also exploit their hosts' machinery. They insert themselves into the code of computer programs and force them to do wicked things they were never intended to do.
Taking a cue from nature, it has recently been proposed that every newly installed copy of software, such as Microsoft Outlook or Apple's OSX operating system, should be engineered to be internally unique. This would be a huge break from traditional manufacturing in which the code in a particular version of the software is identical to every other copy. In the proposed scenario, each copy's internal code would be subtly different. However, the way the programs communicate with disks, screens, keyboards and the internet would be preserved and identical.
The advantage of this proposal is that because internally each copy of the code would be slightly different to every other copy, malignant viruses would not know how to insert themselves into the code sequence without breaking the program and therefore their own prospects of spreading and doing harm. If this new practice were widely adopted, it might be the ultimate defence against computer viruses, or at the very least it would set the malicious hackers back a giant step. Chalk one up for nature.
Sometimes we fail to take the cue from nature because its strategy is so sophisticated we cannot understand it until we have independently invented the same thing. A stunning example is our understanding of how the cochlear in our ear works.
Although not every clever trick in nature is applicable
to the world of technology, there are some terrific examples.
In 1807, long before the era of cellular neuroscience, a French genius named Joseph Fourier developed a mathematical theory that every complex repeating wave found in nature, such as the trill of a canary or the high C of an opera singer, can be broken down into its pure components or "sine waves". This technique is known as transforming the signal into the frequency spectrum.
Much later, in the 1940s, the Hungarian scientist Georg von Békésy studied the cochlear in the inner ear of human cadavers. He found that the tubular, coiled bone was filled with liquid and lined with cells that sprout bundles of tiny hairs. The hairs vibrate in response to individual sine waves in the sound wave, with the hair cells at one end responding to the lowest frequencies and the hair cells at the other end responding to the highest frequencies. In short, the cochlear actually picks apart complex sound into its component sine waves. In engineering terms the cochlear is a mechanical "spectrum analyser". It biologically achieves exactly what Fourier developed mathematically in 1807, and Fourier's theory is now widely used in the construction of electronic keyboards and cinema sound systems. Nature has been transforming sound into a spectrum of frequencies since ears first evolved; but we needed to invent the same technique before we could appreciate nature's achievement.
Not every attempt to learn from nature works. Take bird flight. Inventors have tried to make flapping-wing aircraft with little success. Ornithopters, as they are called, featured in Frank Herbert's 1965 book Dune – but the reality is that flapping wings are not as efficient for large, high-speed aircraft as fixed wings with propeller or jet engines.
Similarly, none of nature's creatures use wheels to travel despite them being wonderfully efficient and the dominant means of mechanical transport. An obvious reason why wheels never evolved for creature transport is the difficulty of connecting the blood supply to continuously rotating appendages.
Although not every clever trick in nature is applicable to the world of technology, there are some terrific examples. For instance, there are growing successes developing "neuromorphic" computers that use silicon to mimic the computing logic of the human brain, helping computers at Google and Facebook perform hitherto intractable tasks such as recognising human faces. And in the world of 3D printing, researchers are developing materials that mimic the structure of bone to provide great strength at low mass.
It's a circular activity – the more we understand, the clearer we see; the clearer we see, the more we understand. The interaction between nature and engineering is a marvel to behold.
This article appeared in Cosmos 58 - Aug-Sep 2014 under the headline "Taking technology cues from nature"


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Monday, 13 January 2014
The King and I by Ann Evans
4 comments:
- Chris Longmuir said...
Sorry you lost all your old photos, but I bet your mum couldn't wait to get that room redecorated once you were safely out of the way! Great post.
- 13 January 2014 at 10:19
- Ann Evans said...
Thanks Chris. Yes, I think she was hovering with scraper and paintbrush behind the door!!
- 13 January 2014 at 11:52
- Lydia Bennet said...
aw fandom is great, I love it when people are really enthusiastic about something or someone! I've noticed books or poems which mention famous people in their titles often seem to do well...
- 13 January 2014 at 12:04
- Kathleen Jones said...
That really took me back Ann! I was a member of the Official Elvis Fan Club and my dad had to get an international coupon to pay the subscription in dollars. Like you, I had my bedroom pasted floor to ceiling in Elvis pics. Sat 3 times through Love me Tender in the cinema. Still go weak at the knees when I hear his voice on the radio. Oh boy...... he was the real thing.
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Lisa Feinman, owner of Old Saybrook's Atlantic Seafood, never had dreams of cornering the shoreline's market on fresh seafood. Like perhaps many small business owners, she fell into it after recognizing her independent spirit that told her she needed to not only be her own boss, but to do something of which she and her family could be proud.
After purchasing the business in 2005, and expanding the store's footprint a couple years later, Feinman was off and running. Customers were loyal and business was steady. Being in the exact right spot in the state didn't hurt.
"The shoreline's been good to us," Feinman says. "I always felt like we had the potential to be a small giant here – a niche kind of establishment. That might have been my one true goal as a local business owner."
Modesty notwithstanding, Atlantic Seafood has proven to be far more than a niche; its speciality, after all, might just be the bread and butter of the Connecticut Shoreline. Known for its all natural delicacies – a difficult feat in the seafood business – Atlantic Seafood has evolved into a one-stop-shopping dinner destination. With head chef Jerry Doran at the helm – a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America – as well as a full on kitchen staff, the market offers all natural seafood without an ounce of preservatives, GMOs, or other artificial ingredients.
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Dinner is a cinch at Atlantic Seafood. They not only have scrumptious entrees like Crab Stuffed Flounder and Spinach Feta Salmon, but breads, soups, salads, and sauces, all made from scratch as well as locally sourced ingredients. One of their trademarks is their ever popular Lobster Bake in a Can. A hearty lobster dinner served in a borrowed pot with…." lobsters, corn on the cob, fingerling potatoes and your choice of shellfish. Butter, seasonings and bibs included.
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something that always draws me to a photo is seeing great catch lights in the eyes. catchlights are the reflections coming from a light source captured in someone's eyes in a photograph.
sometimes i'll take a picture just because of the catchlights. i see them all the time, when i'm talking to someone, especially my kids. it's not unusual for one of my boys to be talking to me & i'll interrupt them saying "stay right there - don't move, let me get my camera!". i know, real nice mom… but sometimes i just can't help myself!
when you're taking photos you normally try & position someone toward the best light, which should in turn result in getting some nice catchlights in their eyes. it makes a huge difference in the entire result of the image, especially a close-up. in studio, many photographers use soft boxes just for this reason, to mimic the the look of the reflection of window light in the eyes. many even have preferences over square, rectangle & hexagon shapes depending upon which shape of catchlight they like best!
since i shoot natural light, indoors i like a big window (or set 'em right next to a small window) or french door/s. these work niiiiice! so... next time you're taking photos, set out to capture some catchlights. let me know what happens!


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The Best Thing About Joe Romm…
…is his ability to carry people over with him towards the realm of pure silliness.
Of course I still think that Gavin Schmidt should be considered as the best thing that ever happened to climate skeptics. But while Schmidt's innate ability is to undermine his own arguments to no end (I am sure they guy would lose a debate about UFOs against an astrologer), Romm is becoming an inspiration for a great number of his followers to go along wherever he takes them.
There we have, for example, Tom Friedman's obsession with praising Dick Cheney (!) and China (who cares about its treatment of journalists, when it's investing in "clean energy"?). Yes, Friedman believes every word Romm says. Now however the game is reaching new heights, so to speak, with the most incredibly stupid rhetorical attack this side of Philipp II of Macedon threatening Sparta. The attack, that is, against solidly-warmist Scientific American for the one and only reason of having spoken about Judith Curry.
Romm takes a long long road around the problem, of course, but the main trouble (what? An article about Curry?) is never far…suffice it to say that the article's own author, writing in Climate Central of all places, goes straight to the point, and tries to justify why he "wrote about Judith Curry" and if it is "irresponsible to discuss Curry's views" (rather than deal with Romm's empty complaints about online polls and the use of the IPCC AR4 report).
Lemonick keeps hammering on and on about his crystal-clear orthodoxy…of course, Curry's "valid points" are "often points the climate-science community already agrees with". And of course, "some of her other points are not very persuasive at all". So for Lemonick, Judith Curry either talks trivial, or stupid. Tertium non datur. We're back among miracles.
None of that will ever be enough now that Romm is on the case. And his believers: Salon.com wonders about a "new barbarism" (cue the usual, trite conspiracy theory), whilst the FAIR blog denies there is any (any) "worthy argument" ever made by any climate skeptic (or Judith Curry). So for Jim Naureckas Scientific American did something pretty bad, as "skepticism" is "not a respectable scientific position" because everything the mainstream scientists do is right from day one, and everything the non-mainstream scientists do is wrong by definition. This will go into the miracles list as well.
I tell you, one day Romm or somebody in his coterie will come up with the equivalent of the GIA's 1996 declaration that the whole of Algerian society (apart from a few people) were to be massacred as some kind of "fake Muslims". Even Osama bin Laden could not stomach as much, and we only have to wait until even the most rabid AGWers will have their "Zouabri" moment and wake up to the only possible consequence of Romm's scorched-earth policy: complete and absolute inaction about anything that is climate-related.
And that's why Romm's attack against Scientific American is so incredibly stupid.
Postcards From Climate Racism
There are 14 "photomontages imagining how London could be affected by climate change" in the web pages of the Daily Telegraph, at the "Postcards from the Future" website and "on display at the Museum of London".
Images numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 seriously stink of racism (either in the picture, or in the accompanying text), with the Great Unwashed from the "equatorial belt" ruining a once-beautiful landscape (either themselves, their camels, or their rice).
The most awful picture is surely #3, about the Gherkin having "slid down the social scale" becoming "a potential slum" full of "refugees from equatorial lands".
I guess "Postcards from the Future" could be a great idea if anybody wanted to get the openly-xenophobic British National Party on board of the AGW train.
AGW's Logical Impossibility: The 'Argument Ad Providentiam'
(slightly expanded version of this)
UPDATED with #9 from Dick K, plus #10, 11 and 12 (this inspired also by a blog by Steven Goddard)
UPDATED with #13. And #14.
UPDATED for the last time As the list keeps growing, it has now become a page on its own.
Only the most careful readers of my quasi-live blogging about President Vaclav Klaus's GWPF Inaugural Annual Lecture in London on Oct 19 will have noticed a quick remark I wrote, inspired by what Pres. Klaus was saying at the moment: argument ad providentiam.
That's a concept I have mentioned sometimes in the past in some part of the web, not under that name of course. Very briefly, it goes like this: philosophically speaking, an interpretation of the world is fallacious when it implies the existence of divine, or divine-like intervention.
And so for example, AGW is logically fallacious as it has providential undertones.
Why? Because for (catastrophic) AGW to be happening right now, several amazing coincidences must have recently happened:
- Relatively widespread availability of computer power just enough strong to simulate the right climate projections on a multi-decadal scale
- Climate science developed just beyond the minimal level needed to understand how to simulate the right climate projections on a decadal scale
- Novel statistical approaches devised just in time, and correct from the get-go, for Mann's Hockey Stick to emerge from the jumble of dendro- and other proxy data
- Governmental willingness to co-operate together all over the world (after the end of the Cold War) just in time for a worldwide problem like AGW to happen
- AGW recognized as an issue just as heavily-populated places such as India and China start getting their living standards on track to reach the Western world's
- Western Governments discovering that there's no money to be made out of making poverty history, just when poverty is discovered to be caused by taxable carbon (*)
- Invention of satellites capable of photographing the poles, just at the moment they start to melt (*)
- Data homogenization adjustments invariably the more negative the older the data
- Suddenly, actions previously known to be good are now coincidentally necessary to fight climate change (**)
- Climate change materializes as a worldwide emergency to be solved by typically-leftist social order interventions, immediately after the Soviet Union collapses and Communism with it
- A great number of scientists of various repute goes ga-ga upon reaching pension age, and speak openly of their skepticism just because they're too old to understand a thing
- AGW mechanisms are such that the vast majority of warming happens in remote, very cold places where there's a dearth of actual data and people that would notice any change, and where changes are hard to tell anyway as average temps go from hyperfreezing cold to slighly-less-than-hyperfreezing-cold (***)
- As the world gets warmer, plenty of Bad Things proliferate whilst plenty of Good Things dwindle in number or occurrence
- Just like controlled nuclear fusion, AGW catastrophes are firmly placed decades in the future, often beyond the AGWer's own lifetime
I am sure one could continue a lot longer.
So in a sense, belief in AGW implies belief in a highly-improbable series of lucky discoveries and developments to happen just at the right time. That is called "Providence" and it is strong evidence for the existence of a Divine Being. But since such "evidence" is a contradiction in terms, then for catastrophic AGW to be happening right now, that's a logical impossibility.
(h/t Geoff Chambers (*), Dick K (**) for the suggestions, and Steven Goddard for the inspiration to number 12 (***))
Brit Psychiatrists Are Right: Here's A Benefit Of A Low-Carbon Lifestyle
A low-carbon lifestyle could improve the mental health. Yeah? Yeah! A low-carbon lifestyle could improve the mental health…of people that are convinced that a low-carbon lifestyle is needed to save the planet.
Of course!
Professor Dinesh Bhugra, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists which represents 13,000 psychiatrists in the UK, highlighted the indisputable benefits of a low-carbon lifestyle to mental health. "Research shows a low-carbon lifestyle can improve mental health – which is why the RCPsych is proud to be playing its part in the 10:10 campaign," he said. "People who engage in active, low-carbon activities, such as walking or cycling more often, are not only cutting emissions but keeping their bodies and minds healthy. For mild depression, physical activity can be as good as antidepressants or psychological treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy."
(my emphasis)
Think now about all those poor souls, AGW believers through-and-through battered by news upon bad news for more than a year now (Climategate, Copenhagen's abject failure, the IPCC-gates such as Amazongate and Hollandunderwatergate, 10:10 celebrating murder, Pachauri hanging on, Cancun forecasted as yet another failure, and so on and so forth).
Mild depression? I think not!! OF COURSE the AGWers, they must be a bunch of quite depressed people.
Let them show us all without further ado, how to live a low-carbon lifestyle! For their own sake!!
ps I wonder what Prof Bhugra will do when low-carbon-lifestylers will turn up to be ever more depressed, having found out what kind of un-necessarily harsh living a low-carbon lifestyle is…
(H/T Alex Cull and hro001)
President Vaclav Klaus At The GWPF Inaugural Annual Lecture: Quasi-live Blogging
Since I couldn't get enough connectivity in the conference hall tonight, here are my quasi-live notes about President Václav Klaus' Inaugural Annual GWPF Lecture at The Great Room of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce in London (UK):
(these notes are provided as they are, with very little corrections – I will post my own reflections later)
(UPDATE: see also Reuters)
(UPDATE: full text of the lecture at the GWPF website)
Atrocious weather getting worse…is Al Gore in town, by any chance?
Around 70 people. Klaus' book free to all attendants.
I meet Rupert Wyndham of BBC's Complaint Procedure fame
Packing up quickly. Many are diplomats, as I have later learned.
7:07 Lawson and Klaus
Peiser starts. There is a lectern this time and a microphone. Videorecording equipment.
Klaus introduced as political leader but also an intellectual, of the classical liberalism variety: individual liberty, limited government, freedom to dissent.
"couldn't have chosen a more appropriate speaker"
Copenhagen failure, Climategate, IPCC debacle: change in the political atmosphere.
Pres Klaus has been calling for rational and freedom-loving people to respond to the threat posed by collective environmentalist hysteria.
Klaus' accent sounds better than mine
Special thanks to Nigel Lawson. Large range of institutions that support those that doubt current-prevailing dogma. This is not enough. Bias, carefully-organised propaganda needs to be countered with rationality.
Cites Bob Carter. The issue is not the warming, but the "dangerous human-induced warming". Scientific debate is not about the policy. Public-policy debate has enormous implications. Governments, politicians, lobbyists search to grab more decision power for themselves.
Response to climate change can become the most costly mistake in history after Communism.
Cites McKitrick. Nobody is an expert on global warming. Too many aspects. Every body is an amateur on many if not most topics.
There are many respectable but highly-conflicting scientific takes on the subject. We must resist the attempt to shut down the debate. Real risk is to end up renouncing democracy.
Need to separate environmentalist myths from theories.
Has followed the literature. Carbon dioxide is a minor player, not primary cause of global warming. Cites Nobel-laureate: carbon dioxide across geological scales. Planetary changes don't ask for permission.
Dangerous public policy consequences: many have concluded the current hypothesis is very weak. Not sufficiently tested. Can't be used for policy decisions without looking at alternatives, opportunity costs, etc.
That is why he wrote the book about "green shackles". (humor: since you've all got it, no need to continue speaking). Published in 16 different languages including Japanese and Arabic.
A year after publication, "Appeal to Reason" by Nigel Lawson. Klaus wrote the preface.to the Czech edition.
We are not on the winning side yet, but looking back since the launching of the AGW propaganda at the Rio Summit in 1992 and subsequent general pickup of the hypothesis, things have been improving.
Reputation of the scientific integrity of some of the most prominent researchers has been undermined, eg the Hockey Stick that was the basis of the 2001 IPCC report: pseudoscientific mindset, faulty data selection, frenzied propaganda, unscrupulous campaign, dubious statistics, etc etc (it's a citation)
Copenhagen 2009 showed heterogeneity of views,
Three simple facts GW armies should keep in mind
1- Global mean climate does change, has changed, and will undoubtedly change
Over last 10k years, climate has been much the same and average temperature has not changed. Long-term, slight cooling.
GW armies are presenting a few decades as a threat to the planet to respond to with a wholesale change of our lifestyles.
Why are they so successful? Doctrines usually take much longer. Specifics of our time? Constanlty online? Religions less attractive? Desire to refill the emptiness with a new noble cause, saving the planet?
Environmentalists discovered some "more noble" than our down-to-earth lives. Can't be accepted by somebody that lived under "noble" communism.
2- Medium-term timescales, 150 years (joke about Keynes), temperatures have shown a warming.
This is since the Northern Hemisphere emerged from the LIA two centuries ago. Trend was repeatedly interrupted.
Warming is modest and everything suggests future warming and consequences are not a cause for concern and something to battle against.
3- CO2 in atmosphere sometimes precedes, sometimes follows temp increases. Not fully understood.
No need to dispute those facts. Dispute is when people claim the coincidence in time is a "proof" of AGW. This is the current doctrine. This has existed for centuries, always with nature as the "starting point" to go back to. People are considered a foreign element. But it makes no sense to speak of a world without people, because there would be nobody to speak to (laughter).
Mentions his studies of econometric modelling. No conclusion can be based on correlation of two or more time sequences. So simple correlations do not exist.
Eg CO2 emissions did not start to grow visibly until 1940s. Temperatures at times moved in the opposite way of CO2.
Statistical analysis doesn't demonstrate anything. Two Chinese scientists used random walk model for global temp variations. Result shows the model perfectly fits the data. No need to add human effects. No other model has given a btter fit.
There are other aspects of the doctrine, not just the simple relationship between temps and CO2. Another is the idea that increasing temperatures will be detrimental to the planet.
Many environmentalists don't want to save man, but nature. Economics for them is irrelevant. For example the Stern review and its unreasonably low discount rate (that was what prompted Klaus to join the debate). The choice of discount rate is critical (cites Lawson). High discount rate=little meaning in any intervention.
We should use the market rate, as it is the "opportunity cost" of climate mitigation. Stern and others do not want to do that.
Klaus doesn't deny increasing temps will see losers and winners. Even if overall is going to be detrimental, with proper discount rates the consequences are too small to worry about.
Why do many people think differently? Many have invested too much in GW alarmism. Fear of losing out on the political and professional side. Biz people hoped to make a fortune and are not ready to write it off. There is a coalition of powerful special interests endangering us. (hence the subtitle of his book.
We need to stand up against all attempts to undermine our democratic society.
We need to be prepared to all kinds of future climate changes but never accept to lose our freedom
ends at 19″43
room is packed. >100
there is a video being taken
Peter Glover: Arctic forum. No engagement at all on the two sides. The "other side" never seems to have thought things through logically.
Klaus: Many scientists are engaged Journalist in The Times keeps receiving articles and books about the dogma. The fact that the other side doesn't listen is not new to people that lived under Communism.
Q: Roll back the ETS in Europe?
Klaus: Cap-and-trade is one of the policy measures in the hands of the environmentalists. It's not just the USA staying away from it. But the EU is post-democratic (laughter)
Hartwell (metallurgic engineer): Presentation is political. Royal Society published paper on climate change. Many scientists there are seriously interested. We should manage the risk of future rises in temperatures
Klaus: Not impressed by science established by committee or vote. Remember nobody is an expert in GW. Another quote from Bob Carter: wide range of disciplines among "climate" scientists. Most alarm from scientists from meteor and computer modelling. Geologists see no cause for alarm.
Klaus says he has used computer models too. Computer modellers are not climatologists.
Q: Ecological modernisation used by many groups to look for environmental problems to push for technology. Amount of money in the academic community is very strong. WG-III is real push for IPCC.
Klaus: can't understand sustainable development. Environment should be differentiated from GW.
Physicist: Comment on RS. Previous head didn't' give space to "deniers". current document requires further revision. Draft Copenhagen agreement deals with putting together a world government (57? 58?). Why didn't you use that?
Klaus: Only retirees dare write against AGW. COP-15 was so confused there was no point to go there. Details impossible to follow and not relevant. Documents have no writers and no readers
Q: Bloggers have changed the nature of the debate
Lawson: Yes. Extremely-expensive decisions should not be taken without a proper debate and there hasn't been one. The RS has been obliged to move a little bit, not much, but more than nothing. Even the BBC says dissenting voice ought to be heard.
My questions
What would convince Pres Klaus that there is something to worry about? What would he choose, climate disruption or liberty?
Klaus: Empirical evidence is what is needed. Starting point still remains. Quality of measurements for example is important. Models are not convincing, too many mistakes in the methodologies, statistics, I am not convinced
Philosopher: The psychological side. Green lobbyists want to have cars and dirty industries banned. They found the scientific reason in AGW. Political agenda feeds on fear.
Klaus: One reason for scaring us disproved, another one pops up. My interests at the beginning of the 1970a. Could get only economical reviews and scientific publications. Couldn't understand Club of Rome and Limits to Growth. That's total nonsense. Same computer modellers of LtG continued with AGW. Same people.
Q: AGWers are organised by somebody?
Piers Corbyn: Prepare for extreme events…ask the UN to do that?
Klaus: Anybody controlling? People that have outlived communism are oversensitive regarding the issue of getting controlled
Q: Oxford Union debate, victory. Other side went for ad-homs. Wind farms are completely useless and evidence is transparent. How do rational politicians live with that knowledge?
Klaus`; Times journo asked if other leading politicians are against AGW? Many have similar views but are afraid to say it openly. Anecdote. Some nonsense is very evident. Solar energy during the night. Wind farm generation by electrical motors.
Lawson concludes. Mentions Klaus' bravery as he is still in office.
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Revisiting The 10/10/10 Global Work Party – An Unmitigated Disaster
Nevermind children getting blown up by their teacher and other similar amusements, nevermind the pre-packaged, obnoxiously boring "press releases" by 350.org, nevermind the minimalistic reporting on solidly-warmist outlets such as The New York Times, nevermind the barebone Wikipedia page….the best evidence that the 10/10/10 Global Work Party has been an unmitigated disaster is how little there is about it, in the Guardian's 10-10 microsite.
One has also to wonder why the microsite sports two pictures of Eugenie Harvey. Has she got relations at the newspaper, one wonders?
Deep (Climate) Abstrusity
"Copygate" must be the most abstruse story that has ever come out of the climate debate (and it's getting worse). If Wegman is hanged, drawn and quartered, or elevated to sainthood, by George Mason University, nothing at all will change about anybody's understanding of climate change. No-thing.
Anyway…I am joining late to the party but…didn't Bradley read the Wegman report, when it came out? Would have been foolish if he didn't, as he was a subject to the inquiry (p. 64: "What is the current scientific consensus on the conclusions reached by Drs. Mann, Bradley and Hughes").
On the other hand, if Bradley did read Wegman, how did Bradley manage to fail to spot the plagiarism for so many years?
I surely can spot "my" writing style with no problem. Is Bradley aware of, can he recollect his own writing?
Has Bradley actually written the plagiarized text himself?


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Color is not easy to halo Eyeliner: many products will have iridescent phenomenon. That can draw a hand, dry when touch, will see the halo.
Gentle ingredients: pick some milder products at the time of picking up. It's easier to remove makeup, and warm water can be cleaned.
Whether some products do decolorization: when will fall down, you can choose to draw in the hand, dry, not easy dregs is good.
Eyeliner is faster: when you choose it, paint it on your hand. If it's easy to paint and quick to dry, then it's ok.


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Brynn McGrath, PA-C
Brynn McGrath PA-C is a graduate of St. John's University Physician Assistant Program. She did her training at various hospitals and doctor's offices throughout Manhattan, Queens and Long Island including Beth Israel Hospital, Lincoln Medical Center and LIJ-North Shore Manhasset. She started her career working at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Emergency Room as well as New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Internal Medicine PA Service. She came to work alongside Dr. David Dines and Dr. Joshua Dines because of her love of sports medicine and her interest with the orthopaedic sports medicine specialty.
Brynn is a former collegiate athlete. She played collegiate soccer her freshman year at UCLA and three years at Loyola University, Maryland. Brynn has been exposed to sports all her life and easily relates to patients at Dines Orthopedics.


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HIJUP.com is the world's first Islamic fashion e-commerce established in 2011. With an online mall concept, we provide a wide range of the best products from Indonesian Islamic fashion designers. The products we provide are for Moslem women in particular, from clothing, hijab/headscarf, accessories and more.
Since its establishment, HIJUP.com functions as an agent between designers and their prospective buyers around the world. With HIJUP.com designers can increase their profits more efficiently while making it easier for buyers to find the products they want.
HIJUP stands for Hijab Up (just like in Make Up or Dress Up). Because we believe that we can bring something Up to all Moslem women around the world. That while wearing Hijab, they are not limited to do anything worthwhile, create something wonderful, and earn a lot of respect from others. They deserve to be happy and looking great in pretty but syar'i outfit and fashionable hijab.


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Flooding in Niger caused many people in a poor, rural community to lose everything they owned. But they are still persevering and have hope for the future.
Brittany Breedlove is the program development officer in the Samaritan's Purse Niger office.
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing" (James 1:2-4, ESV).
Lately God has been teaching me a lot about finding joy in Him rather than in my circumstances. He taught me a lesson on this difficult principal last week when I was visiting beneficiaries from the Samaritan's Purse emergency flood response in Madaoua, Niger.
Although Niger is located in the Sahel Region of West Africa and has a dry, arid climate, flooding is not an uncommon problem. It typically only rains during three or four months of the year in Niger, but during those months, it rains hard and often causes flooding.
Due to torrential rains on August 21-22 last year, many communities throughout the Department of Madaoua experienced devastating flooding. Homes, farms, food supplies, livestock, and even lives were destroyed.
"All of our houses are built out of mud, and the problem is that the mud that we used is not very strong," said Nassirou, whose family was affected by the flooding. "When the rains came and didn't stop, our houses crumbled."
A total of 193 households (1,894 individuals) were identified as flood victims. Families whose homes were destroyed were living in empty classrooms at local schools with other members of the community, or in temporary shelters. They were in desperate need of basic necessities and household items that were ruined in the flooding.
Samaritan's Purse responded to the immediate needs of these victims by distributing kits of non-food items and food. We distributed mosquito nets, blankets, mats, Aquatab tablets for purifying water (plus brochures illustrating proper usage), soap, 10-liter jerry cans, 20-liter buckets, and large tarps. Additionally, Samaritan's Purse provided each family with a sack of rice.
Beneficiaries were able to use the tarps to build temporary shelters and protect them from further rain. The mosquito nets helped protect the families, and specifically young children, from malaria during its peak season. Soap, buckets, jerry cans, and Aquatab tablets allowed the families to improve their hygiene in the midst of stagnant flood waters. Samaritan's Purse taught them how to properly use the tablets to treat their drinking water to decrease and prevent diarrheal diseases.
Fatima is a mother of five whose house was destroyed in the flooding. She is very thankful for all of the materials and aid that she received; however, she said that the most important impact the project has had for her family is that it has helped improve her children's health.
"My children used to have worms in their stomachs, and I would always see the worms in their stools," she said. "Since we have started using Aquatab to treat our drinking water, I have stopped seeing the worms and my children have gotten better."
Patience and Perseverance
Although the project brought much-needed physical relief and change to these 193 families, the thing that struck me the most was the flood victims' outstanding attitudes and unwavering patience and perseverance.
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, and these rural populations didn't have much to begin with. When their houses and possessions were destroyed in the flooding, they literally lost all that they had; some even lost their loved ones. To further compound the problem, the flooding hit at the worst possible time of the year: the hungry season. This is the time of the year when families have exhausted all of their food stocks and are just trying to make it by on whatever they can before the next harvest.
Yet, despite all of these setbacks, the families still carried on with smiles on their faces. When asked about the horrible events that had recently occurred, the common response is that patience is the only solution to the current problems.
Communities and neighbors rallied together to take in the flood victims. Nassirou and the seven members of his household were welcomed into their neighbor's home to sleep and invited to borrow anything that they needed.
They did not allow this incident to send them into depression or cause them to lose hope. They refused to let these unfortunate circumstances take away their joy. They took this tragedy in stride and accepted it as a simple fact of life.
This made me really stop and think. If they can maintain their joy and persevere through a tragedy far worse than anything I have ever experienced, why can't I? The silly things that often put me in a bad mood are nothing compared to what these families have gone through.
Through these beneficiaries, God has taught me to take one day at a time and to try to find joy in the small, simple things of life. I can rest assured knowing that even through the hard times and trials my Lord is in control and has a plan for my life. Knowing that I have a Savior who loves me and died for me is more than enough to fill me with joy each day.


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With the XLU down 15% from its high, you'd think energy prices were tanking. Instead we have $63 crude oil and $13 natural gas. While a warm winter would bring natural gas prices down considerably from here, earnings estimates for energy companies right now are probably based on no more than $50 oil and $7 natural gas, nowhere near where we are now.
Stocks like Chesapeake (CHK), Suncor (SU), and Plains (PXP) are trading at 8-10 times 2006 earnings. Plains is getting crushed today, in fact, on news of charges it will be taking from its hedging positions. However, that will be money well spent since it assured they could get high prices for their product in 2006.
Unless energy prices plummet from here, current earnings numbers will prove conservative. The volatility is hard to stomach, but these stocks are too cheap to ignore if you don't have your 10% position in energy yet.


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Although not a native New Orleanian, once Mina Lea Crais left Wisconsin to accept a Librarian position with Tulane University, she set forth on a lifetime journey dedicated to New Orleans jazz. In January 1958 Mina and her husband, attorney and jazz trombonist Bill Crais, took over ownership of the Vieux Carré Music Shop at 706 Bourbon Street. They would later become part owners of Carnival Records and talent scouts for Golden Crest Records.
Mina was also an active member of the New Orleans Jazz Club, even serving on the board for several years. Returning from more than a decade away from New Orleans, she brought out the first issue of MECCA, a magazine devoted entirely to traditional New Orleans jazz in January 1974. Mina's friendships and love of jazz afforded opportunities to attend recording sessions, parties at the homes of friends and musicians alike, and to document that world photographically with a collection that she recently donated to the Hogan Jazz Archive.
The Mina Lea Crais Photography Collection is a wonderful resource for any scholar desiring an inside glimpse into the world of New Orleans jazz, showcasing photos from festivals, recording studios, jazz funerals and parades, as well as notable musicians such as the Basin St. 6, Sharkey Bonano, Paul Barbarin and Billie and De De Pierce.


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Cannabis Patients Allience Day at the Capitol
CANNABIS PATIENTS ALLIANCE presents CANNABIS PATIENTS ALLIANCE DAY AT THE CAPITOL Meet your legislators and staff! Connect with other patients! Explore the Capitol! Enjoy lunch! And more! PEACE FOR PATIENTS DOVE RELEASE at 10:30! https://www.facebook.com/events/1086885731341855/ Please RSVP so we are prepared to accomodate all the attendees. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-cannabis-patients-day-at-the-capitol-tickets-20259884861 Cannabis Patients Alliance is inviting medical marijuana patients and supporters to meet their 2016 Colorado State Legislators and staff at Cannabis Patients Alliance Day at the Capitol! Patients will be facing many policy issues this year. Bills affecting employment, family rights, medical care, testing and more are in the pipeline. It's important that the elected officials making these decisions know who those decisions will affect and how. This is an opportunity to put a face to what it means to be a medical marijuana patient in Colorado. Tell your story. Share your experiences. Be respectful. Come in advance and watch the Senate and House proceedings from the Gallery. We'll head outside at 10:30 for our Peace for Patients Dove Release on the Capitol steps. Then it's back inside to Room 109 (basement) to join other patients and supporters from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m. Families and kids are welcome. Feel free to stay all day or just drop by for a visit. 9:00 Senate and House start the day's session. Announcement of Cannabis Patients Alliance Day at the Capitol. For those coming early for this, please meet at the House Gallery at 9:00. 10:30 - Peace for Patients Dove Release on the west steps of the Capitol. Reserve your bird today! 11:00 - Gather in Room 109 (Basement, between the elevators). Like last year, we'll be in a small room, so we expect to be spilling out into the marble halls. 12:00 - Food! Thank you Sexy Pizza! https://www.facebook.com/sexypizza/ 11:00 - 2:00 Legislators, staff and VIPs will be stopping by Room 109 to meet and chat with patients. Let your Senator and Representative know you'll be there and invite them to come down for lunch and a chat. If you don't know who your elected representatives are, there's a link to a tool to help you on our web site at http://cannabispatientsalliance.org/find-your-co-legislator/ We'll have people available to help you find your Senator's and Representative's offices, so you can stop by and visit them as well. Visit the Capitol Bookstore. We highly recommend Sen. Morgan Carroll's book "Take Back Your Government: A Citizen's Guide to Grassroots Change." Free tours of the Capitol are available on the hour (approximately 45 minutes) from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The dome should be open this year. It's okay if you can't stay all day. Stop by and show your support. Please be aware: This is NOT a protest or rally. This is NOT a hearing or time for public comment. This is an opportunity for medical marijuana patients and supporters to talk face to face with elected officials about issues they face each and every day. Disrespectful speech or behavior will not be tolerated. Business casual is the attire for the day. WEAR GREEN!!! Parking around the Capitol is a challenge. If you can carpool or take public transportation, please do. Visitors enter on the North or South side of the Capitol. Disabled visitors should enter on the South side. Be prepared to go through security. Greeters will be available to direct you inside the building.
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Glorious Future Ahead of SALT and TNO
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April 12 – 15, 2015
NARIT and TNO
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Following on the successful visit to South African Large Telescope (SALT) in early 2015, Prof. Boonrucksar, in return, had a chance to welcome Dr. David Buckley, Head of SALT Project on his visit to NARIT and TNO.
Dr. Buckley visited NARIT's headquarters – Astropark construction site in Mae Rim, and TNO facility at Doi Inthanon National Park in Chiang Mai with a keen interest as this was his visit to the facilities. A talk on "South African Large Telescope Science" was given to NARIT's audience with a well-accepted atmosphere. The talk focused on the design and construction of SALT and its First Generation visible wavelength (320-900nm) instruments and the operational model for the telescope. These include some unique or rare modes on large telescopes (e.g. high time resolution, polarimetry and Fabry-Perot imaging spectroscopy) and their importance were reviewed. Some science results were also presented, highlighting the various instrument modes and covering a range of astronomical topics. The ability of SALT to undertake target of opportunity programs and the flexibility of a 100% queue scheduled telescope was emphasized. A summary of the current design and capabilities of the new infrared extension (900-1700nm) to the RSS spectrograph, which is currently under construction and is due to begin commissioning in 2016, was also presented. Future plans, including support of multi-wavelength programs with other existing or planned facilities (e.g. HESS II, MeerKAT, LSST, SKA) were widely discussed. Finally, an overview of the other astronomical facilities at SAAO (South Africa Astronomical Observatory) and within South Africa and plans for future developments were also concluded.
Prof. Boonrucksar and Dr. Buckley displayed an utmost interest in joining hands on collaborative efforts as there is a demand for astronomy education at graduate levels as a talk to send Thai graduate students to study in South Africa has been also mentioned. "South Africa is one of main landmarks when it comes to astronomy education. In order to expand our horizon, collaborations in astronomy education and research and development with SALT and SAAO are truly essential" says Prof. Boonrucksar. Prof. Boonrucksar also expressed his interest in collaborating with SALT in improving NARIT's current infrastructure and partnering with SALT in future shared facilities.


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To publish outstanding original research on British art (interpreted in the widest sense), adopting all approaches to the discipline, and with a particular view to seeing British art in a wider international context. To encourage and support the work of younger scholars.
Main articles are usually 3,000 - 7,500 words, but it is a policy of the journal to consider longer articles up to 20,000 words; shorter articles up to 3,000 words.
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We ask you for your personal information so that you can receive care and treatment.
We keep this information, together with details of your care, because it may be needed if we see you again.
All members of staff in the practice are as part of their employment governed by strict confidentiality policy.
There are several methods where information is passed to others. These being:
Referral to other NHS services – when a doctor or nurses refers you to another NHS service, they will need to pass on medical information to them in order to treat you effectively. The referral will be discussed with you by the doctor or nurse and accepting the referral will imply consent for the information to be passed from us with them.
Care.Data – This is a nationwide system where clinical data is extracted from computer systems. This information is used to help us protect the health of the public generally and to see that the NHS runs efficiently, plans for the future, trains its staff and can account for its actions. You are automatically opted into this system, therefore if you do not wish to be part of it, forms are available from Reception.
Summary Care Record – The NHS is also working on providing a summary of your medical information to other Health Care Workers for use in Emergencies. For example, East of England Ambulance Service and West Suffolk Hospital Emergency Departments, these areas would be able to see details on your allergies, current medication and some of your demographic information (such as next of kin details). This will allow for better information to be available to all NHS staff and more holist approach to your treatment. This is an automatic opt-in process, but you can opt-out, forms are available from Reception.
Training – As a training practice for future GPs, information may also be needed to help educate tomorrow's clinical staff and to carry out medical and other health research for the benefit of everyone. If this requires information to be passed outside the surgery, individual consent will be requested.
Non-NHS providers – Some NHS Services are not provided by NHS providers, if you have formally opted out of the Summary Care Record these providers may not be able to undertake a recall. Therefore you may need to make your own arrangements for recall. An example of this is the Diabetic Eye Screening programme, however you will be advised by the service provider what is required. Confidentiality is written into all contracts in order that the same standards or better than the NHS standard is maintained.
In summary, we only ever use or pass on information about you if it is genuinely necessary. The sharing of all types of personal information is strictly controlled by law. Whenever we can, we remove details that identify you.
Sometimes the law requires us to pass on information; for example, to notify a birth to the Registrar of Births & Deaths or infectious disease, illness.
Anyone who receives information from us is under a legal duty to keep it confidential.
Everyone working for the NHS has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential and you have the right to say no if you do not want information about you given to others.
Bounty Pregnancy and Parenting Club
You may be aware of a recent fine issued Bounty, a pregnancy and parenting club, by the Information Commissioner for sharing information with third parties without making the public aware. You can find more information by clicking this LINK. The practice takes privacy and lawful use of information seriously and works hard to ensure that our service providers, partners and suppliers are trustworthy and compliant and although the practice is not directly affiliated with Bounty, we have looked into the matter to provide our patients with reassurance.
The Information Commissioner has recognised that the information sharing was an historic practice that ceased before recent changes in data protection law came into force. Bounty have confirmed that they have stopped selling details of members who sign up and that they have implemented robust data protection practices. They also have a privacy policy that now explicitly states they have stopped sharing data with those data brokerage firms and will never sell members information in the future. Finally, they have appointed an independent data expert who will assess Bounty's procedures annually and publish the findings on the Bounty website.
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Students work year-round to pull off annual fundraiser
July 01, 2019, Allen Wallace
They've raised more than $2 million in the past two years for the kids at Prisma Health Children's Hospital. They've been recognized by Gov. Henry McMaster for their efforts. But just like the dancing at their annual Main Event, the work never stops for University of South Carolina Dance Marathon.