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text: I don't really see the need for separate SP and FS medals, since both segments test the same skills (how well you can integrate jumps, spins, footwork, and other elements into a performance with choreography and music on the ice). It could have worked in ice dancing with medals for CD/OD/FD because the skills performed in each are subtly different. And I agree with the IOC, giving two medals for the same performance really doesn't make sense. Different medals for just jumps, just spins, just skating skills (figures), just interpretative/choreography would make more sense, but I don't think we'll see it anytime soon. The team event is of course testing the same skills as the SP and FS, which I find a little redundant, especially since they will be mostly skating the exact same programs (I could see someone like Lambiel switching it up, but probably not the current skaters). But there is precedence for this in gymnastics with both a team final and an all around final testing the same combo of skills.


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Late Friday afternoon, the Canadiens announced they have signed RFA centre Lars Eller to a two-year contract.
Renaud Lavloie of RDS reports it's for $2.65 million, which is a small increase on what he made last season .
As some members of the HIO Commentariat may know, Eller came to the Canadiens in 2011 in the deal that sent That Other Goaltender to St. Louis.
Eller is a favourite of HIO … not least because he looks like he's 16 years old but is married and has a recently-born child.
His nickname in the room is "Larry" … which Eller hates … which means his teammates use it all the time.
One of the more pleasurable games at the Bell Centre last season was Eller's four-goal explosion against Winnipeg:
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Discussion in 'March 2013' started by roscoe36, Oct 29, 2012.
BTW...what was teh attendance tonight?? Couldnt have been more than 500 fans, could it???
I would go ahead and call Drummond's game "great". He sparked the team to an early lead right from the tipoff. How many guys can give you 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocked shots in only 19 minutes? Free throw shooting is his only real weakness, in my opinion.
The box scores says 19,322. I think they were counting anyone within a 50-mile radius of the Palace as part of that figure.
Sad coaching. Time out after timeout just to ignore the glaring issue at hand, the starting unit can't function because it has no shooting guard. On occasion in this game, we ran a set where Calderon acted strictly as a shooting guard, and those worked. The idea that he, as a point guard, can do anything at all with no shooting guard in the game is preposterous. For those who want to lose the rest of the games, you probably love that Frank can't coach not even a little bit. No chance of winning games with him at the helm. JJ had a decent game, on offense. But he is by no means an NBA power forward. I would say move him to small forward, but hey, Middleton should be playing that spot. Backup maybe. No CV in this one. Middleton and Kravtsov only played in garbage time. Note, the game was not as close as the final score, as we were down near 30 shortly into the 4th quarter. English continues to do fine, every time he gets a chance to play. But it some kind of crazy game of late, where if English plays, Middleton does not, or vice versa. Play them both if you care to win any games. Knight may have suffered a broken nose. Which won't matter next game as he may have reinjured his ankle. Lets see. If Knight joins Bynum in a suit next game, that will leave only about 8 more injuries before Frank stumbles upon putting a shooting guard in with Calderon to start a game. It would probably have to be the last guy on the team available, hmm, of course the league would have to let us play with just two guys on the floor. Drummond did look very impressive, but nobody can fix how bad our starting guard combo is. Except Frank of course who could simply start his choice of Middleton or English at shooting guard next game. My recommendation: (assuming Knight is injured now.) Start) Calderon, English, Middleton, Monroe, Drummond. 2nd unit ) Stuckey, Middleton or English at shooting guard playing with the 2nd unit, JJ or Singler depending on matchup at small forward, CV, Kravtsov. JMAX is an extra big. English is the emergency point guard.
That was fun for a little while. Drummond is fun to watch. I get excited when he's playing with Monroe and they're winning. They could win out this year doing that and I wouldn't complain. Drummond went at the refs pretty hard and they let him get away with it. I love how he carries himself, his drives to the basket. That's pretty bad getting blown out at home by Toronto. I'm almost numb to it. Drummond, Monroe, Knight, Calderon, Singler, JJ, Middleton, English, Bynum would be a fun little team to watch.
That was a very important loss. We are only 1 game behind Phoenix for the 3rd worst record. Unfortunately, it looks like Phoenix might be able to lose out the season if they can fail against New Orleans. The rest of their games are tough.
Saw parts of the Piston game during the Michigan/Kansas halftime and time outs. Drummond looked good, but I was just wondering what was the rush in getting him back on the floor? I mean I probably would have waited to bring him back only after we had tanked clinched the 3rd or 4th worst spot (notwithstanding the lottery draw) and then brought him back in games 80-82 to satisfy the fans that he was OK. I don't think I turned back to see the 4th quarter, especially when a one point Raptor halftime lead ballooned to 21 at the end of three. Tanking seems to be their specialty when you are losing by double digits on your own floor to non-playoff teams.....good job LFrank...
With Drummond starting I'm excited to watch the Piston games again and I'm almost as excited watching Max not start.
DRUMMOND!!! ...and then just the other usual mediocre stuff
I use the term " coach " loosely, at what point last night did everyone else notice how badly Singler was getting his @@@ handed to him? Is Singler the new sacred cow? Coach even yelled at Jose at one point when Singler made another horrible pass and over threw Jose at the top of the arc and Lowry was off to the races, Jose got back to attempt to challenge and fouled Lowry and Tidbit screamed at him as if he made the mistake...to which Jose screamed back. I dont think it would do any good to fire Tidbit now, but it might show the players that the organization is tired of this crap. Anyone that thinks he is still a good coach? if you do please enlighten me. I am not even trying to say that the squad that Joe has assembled should be winning and heading to the playoffs, but the young players should be developing and growing as players. The team should have an identity by now. This squad that stepped on the floor is worse than the squad that stepped on the floor to start the season. Thats a direct example of poor coaching, and a team that has had enough of their coach. They have quit trying, and I think Tidbits rediculous rotations and dnps for players has finally run its course and they see through his " earn your minutes" line.
I disagree. This roster is still crap. No coach would be doing much better.
so you think another coach couldnt be teaching these kids? and actually forming an identity for the team? and getting an effort out of them?
Frank sucks but I don't wish him bodily harm. Dumars should have cleaned house. Now he is going to be part of some house cleaning. We're like the wizards and that is truly sad.
I think Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, and the Ghost of Red Auerbach (appearing like Obi Wan) could will this team to seven more wins and the 15th spot in the lottery. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Frank makes me tired. His insistence on the stupid 3-guard lineup with JJ & JMAX as your 4&5 is stupid stupid stupid. Why play a 3-guard lineup (2/3 can't shoot btw), an undersized PF and an undersized C when you have CV, Middleton and Slava swapping cobwebs on the bench? JJ is the new Garbage All-Star.
Does anyone think another coach could have found more than 19 minutes for Drummond last night? I understand the need to ease him back into playing, but it seems like he sat for an unusually long time after he came out in the 1st Q. If he came out with 4 minutes to go in the 1st he could have sat until there were 8-6 minutes to go in the 2nd and been able to finish up the half with 16-14 minutes of PT. Instead he barely played more than that for the game. Frank (and not Larry Brown or Phil Jackson) has done this all year. It has nothing to do with being injured.
The coach has direct orders from Arnie Kander on what Drummond is allowed to do. Frank said in an interview before the game that Andre would play in 5-6 minute spurts and they would monitor his condition as the game progressed. He did exactly what he said he was going to do. Drummond played the first and last 6 minutes of the 1st half, and the first 2 minutes of the 2nd half. If the game was close, perhaps Drummond would have played the last 5-6 minutes of the game. No sense putting him out there with scrubs running around wrecklessly during garbage time.
except for the fact that every game he plays in he is playing with scrubs and blowouts...have we watched this team this year? By that method of thinking he wont play on this team ever
The whole season is garbage time.
If the purpose of playing him is development, there was absolutely no reason to put him into the game in the 4th quarter yesterday. Not to mention, you have about 1% as much information about Drummond's status available to you compared to what the coaches and trainers do.
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Men's Soccer Earns 2-1 Triumph Over Western Illinois
By Rachel Buck (@GBRachel)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – A game that saw a momentum shift from the first to second halves after a one-hour weather delay still saw the Green Bay men's soccer team pick up the win as it held on for a 2-1 triumph over Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon at Santaga Stadium.
It was all Phoenix from the onset, as the home team came out and set the tone for the match. Controlling possession in the opening minutes, Sam Krenzien (Wauwatosa, Wis.) saw the first quality opportunity to score six minutes in after he was taken down just inches outside the box. Krenzien set up the free kick opportunity on the play, but sent the ball just over the goal. Less than a minute later Jordan Dover (Ontario, Canada) saw an opportunity squandered as his header was collected by WIU keeper Yves Dietrich.
Maintaining the offensive pressure, Sabastian Xiong (Cottage Grove, Wis.) put a header on goal and Krenzien followed with another challenge forcing Dietrich to make yet another save in the 24th minute. Green Bay was finally able to capitalize on its opportunities with two quick-strike goals in the 26th and 28th minutes to go up 2-0. Tyler Swanner (Glen Carbon, Ill.) put one on frame first, settling a pass from Lawrence Talery (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and sending it past the right side of the keeper for his first collegiate goal. Talery had a hand in the second goal as well, collecting a loose ball and chipping it to Krenzien, who headed it home directly in front of Dietrich.
It was a strong half for the Phoenix defense as well as the squad led in shots, 12-4, including 6-1 on goal.
Returning to the pitch for the second half, five minutes passed on the clock before the match was delayed for lightning in the area. After a one-hour delay, momentum switched to the visiting team when play resumed as the Leathernecks regrouped and came out strong. Outshooting Green Bay 9-7 in the second stanza, the game grew tense in the closing minutes as WIU was able to put several shots on goal, testing keeper Kyle Ihn (Wales, Wis.).
With less than two minutes remaining, Krenzien sent the ball back toward his own keeper from midfield and under pressure from the Leathernecks, Ihn picked up the ball. Immediately called for a foul to stop the clock, WIU set up for a free kick from eight yards out. Erick Bloom tapped the ball on the indirect and Husref Jupic sent it toward the net, hitting the crossbar before it bounced in to pull the visitors to within a goal, 2-1.
Chippy play remained in the closing minute, but the Phoenix maintained its composure to hold on for the win and remain unbeaten on the season, 2-0-1.
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This is what I am talking about with bands for releasing the blades. Then a switch could be modified to hold and release the blades.
This is what I am talking about with bands for releasing the blades. Then a switch could be modified to hold and release the blades.
Yeah, that'd work very well. I'd probably substitute springs to avoid the hassle of having to replace old or worn elastics. Glad you could "use" my model .
Ya you are right, springs are better. Your model is very good, hope you don't mind me messing with it.
Yeah dudes! Go for it!!!
Ok check this out. Again, like MMM, this is very rough....just an idea I had which really looks like it will work well. All of the blades are just cardboard cutouts and are larger than they should be. The model was done roughly and definetely needs work....ok so here we go.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, LEGOS!
Okay like I said the gearing needs work and the blades are not the right size (not to mention everything is taped). BUT i think gearing will work. Notice how the blades go in and out in different directions. Also, you can see how I cut a groove into one of the hooked blades to clear the gear rod. I cut it way to big but it works and you wouldnt see that area when installed. You may even be able to eliminate that if done correctly. Also, I intended for the wide blade to actually come straight up (which it can because the two gears in that area go in opposite directions and could force a geared blade up) but didn't have the time right now. I'll try to perfect this later.
I just realized my mistake. The hooked blades should come out from the right instead of the left. That would solve the problem and take less space.
That is some great thinking gang...
You guys are nuts lol..... looks good though.
oh yeah, LEGO's???????
You guys are scaring me!
If you weren't scared enough, here is a template for everyone that I took off those screenshots. The template only includes the visible area. The second one is color coded to demonstrate the layering of the blades (at least how I see it). In order for these all to fit, every blade needs to be thought of as a circle. If any two circles intersect, they need to be on separate layers. No one circle's radius can pass another circle's midpoint without needing to be mounted on it's own plane (like in the back of the black legos) or having a notch cut in it for clearance of the pivot point.
OOOOOOH! I get it
(the pivot and intersecting circle stuff is so far beyond my comprehension it hurts my noodle)
This is what I mean (and why my mind hurts ).
nope.... WAIT A SECOND!....nope
hehe sorry, sometimes I get this way. I'm gonna take a break.
Actually, now that I look at I see where your coming from
The pivot points needed to be moved in order for everything to retract fully. The wide blade should retract straight down if possible by gearing its sides.
My goodness Brak's, what have you started here?!
Now I definitely understand.
So when will the prototype be done?
Here you go. The left blade had to be moved outward on the pivot point a bit which is no big deal and is actually better placed according to the real thing.
All we need to know is the maximum value for X and Y and then scale the blades accordingly for functional gauntlets.
This all looks very complicated so Im glad someone else understands it. Shockwave appears as though you have something pretty cool in the works.
MMM anymore word on your design.
You lost me with the X and Y stuff....
In other words, I need to know how much space there is to work with inside a popular gauntlet. I actually need X, Y, and Z (length, width, and height) inside the side of a guantlet.
mgr even though I lose you here and there, I couldn't do it without you around to keep me going .
Thanks man
Actually, I hadn't put any more thought into it. Figured I had tossed the bone into the cage and the rest of you dogs could fight over it .


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Dr. Breeden is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Austin Peay State University and the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Breeden has clinical pharmacy experience in critical care, operating room, ambulatory care and long-term care settings. Her most recent position was in Pharmacy Informatics in the health-system software development industry. She was responsible for the development of core application software in Pharmacy, Nursing and CPOE. In this role, Dr. Breeden served as a principal lead in understanding the industry, defining product strategy, managing the software development life cycle, and meeting the regulatory requirements for clinical products.
She joined the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy faculty in September 2010. Dr. Breeden's research, teaching and service activities are focused on the optimal use of healthcare information technology to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Breeden guided the efforts to develop and is the Director of the Master of Health Care Informatics (MHCI) program. This new graduate program is focused on the education and preparation of future leaders in the high-demand field of health care informatics. In addition, she is currently practicing in affiliation with PharmMD, a provider of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services.
Dr. Breeden is active in national pharmacy associations, standards development organizations and is a leader in Pharmacy HIT. She has served in several leadership roles in the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology and has participated in the NCPDP Workgroup on Professional Pharmacy Services and the Health Information Partnership for Tennessee (HIPTN) technology workgroups.
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There are many blessings that I recall from my youth. Some notable examples include being reared in a wonderful Christian family and growing up in a small, idyllic Southern town. I have a large immediate and extended family, and as a child, was often unsure where family ended and friends began. So I counted many of the townspeople as family then and still do today.
My family owned and operated Lockert Drug Co. which had a pharmacy, soda fountain and view of Main Street that was second to none. Patrons could get a prescription filled (or not) and enjoy a cup of coffee, a sandwich or the best milkshake around. It was here that I was introduced to Lance crackers and Coca-Cola, with and without peanuts.
More importantly, I was also introduced to a faith and values system which was taught in church and lived out in the lives of those around me. I accepted Jesus as Savior and Lord and was baptized. The opportunity to grow and develop my faith through a personal relationship with Jesus was a tremendous blessing, and I could see His hand at work during those formative years.
Daily activities in this small town pharmacy taught valuable lessons which will remain with me always. I saw people who were sick and people who were well, those with plenty and those in need as well as some who were wise and some who were not. I learned about service, ethics, morals, the value of good works and how these attributes are a reflection of spirituality. It was apparent that these should guide my interactions with others, with family and friends and in business and professional endeavors.
The Lord's blessings continue to be with me. My husband, Jerry, and my family are wonderfully sweet blessings. I also count my family at Lipscomb University as one of these blessings. Of great importance is utilizing the opportunity to be a blessing to others. My roles and responsibilities as a professor provide vast opportunities to do just that. Interactions with students, staff and faculty continually provide circumstances favorable to giving and receiving and the chance to be a blessing. It is my hope that the knowledge, values and example I provide are evident to those around me. It will be a sweet blessing indeed to know that I have helped others in this regard and, in doing so, offered them a path to achieving successes of their own. That small town pharmacy has long since gone. The lessons it taught still remain and are more valuable than ever.


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again...DRE'S FAULT!
I don't blame HQ for showing up in the chat. The problem was he was cheering for the Wings. If he would have came in and said "the Wings have no chance," then perhaps there would have been a different outcome.
Nyquist and Andersson sent to Grand Rapids to help out their playoff run. They are in the Western Finals.
Next season is Datsyuk's last under contract. With cap limitations...it may be hard to resign him.
WoW, they got to be drained. And why Nyquist did well.
Pavel is a Wing for life.
B- Hawks though the same thing about Chris Chelios,
Mike Ilitch doesn't own the Blackhawks!
Told ya. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.... Pavel Datsyuk plans to sign extension with Red Wings | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Pretty much everything that Skoo says about the Wings happens in an opposite, bizzaro-world manner. This tool could be pretty darn valuable as a strategy to deploy in the Vegas sports books next year. We could be extremely wealthy when it's all said and done.
Nemo's predictions are usually wrong about 90% of the time. Perhaps it's not enough to bet the house on, but you could make some cash as a long-term return strategy.
I chose to use my powers for good not for evil.
Griffins are in the finals and doing quite well winning first 2 on the road and leading series 2-0. The shot in the arm that Nyquist, Andersson, Lashoff, and now DeKeyser that joined the team in the finals, has team winning 5 of the last 6. Watched both games in the finals - it's different than NHL, not as fast, broadcast quality is horrible, but entertaining non the less.
After watching the Kings backup you wonder how close the Wings are. So who do you like Bruins or Bhawks ?
The Wings could EASILY be in the Stanley Cup Finals right now. They took the best team to game #7. They were one break, shot off the crossbar, puck off the skate, etc. from winning that series.
I don't like either.
Like the break that Chicago got? I say they blew it when they lost game 6 while leading after 2nd. Coming out flat in that 3rd period was what doomed the team. It's nearly impossible to win game 7 on the road against the #1 seed.
Hey boyce. ...Hah's it goin' eh?
Wings totally tanked ! Bhawks are better ! very resilient
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I posted this on the MAC forums but I thought it would get more visits here. My hats off to the members of the Janesville club. This was their second MAC qualifier for the year and the course was totally different compared to the first one. No way to breeze through it if you shot it a month earlier. I suppose it really helps having as much land as they do but, they still deserve alot of credit for what they did. Now if I could only enjoy a cold adult beverage after the shoot.
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As far as I'm concerned, this is the sound of lying in a sunny meadow. DON'T TRY TO CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE.
This lovely, happy song was written after Bobby Hebb saw his brother and President Kennedy both killed within a 48 hour period. That's just amazing. It's such a happy song to come from that kind of disaster!
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
A song about the sun needs to feel as bright and shiny as the sun itself. Stevie Wonder kinda set the bar high for others. Maybe this is why songwriters got so dark. He did it too well!
Roy Ayers - Everyone Loves The Sunshine
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Biodiversity Balderdash
Evidently 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, a year long celebration of Earth's glorious variety of species and ecosystems. Unfortunately, the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has failed to meet its ambitious goal: a significant slowdown in biodiversity loss by 2010. The AAAS journal Science has acknowledged this celebration with special News Focus section and a Review article. "After failing to meet its major conservation goal, the Convention on Biological Diversity is setting new targets for stemming the loss of species," its lead article states. But the news is not all bad. In some countries, conservation efforts have helped species recover and reportedly large-scale deforestation in the Amazon has declined by 47.5% over the past 12 months. With eco-alarmists shifting their panicked attention from climate change to biodiversity, it is time to look at the facts.
Biodiversity is the variety of genes, species, and ecosystems that constitute life on Earth. It represents the diversity of materials available from nature that we humans turn into food, timber, medicines, and fibers for clothing. Some estimate that the economic value of benefits from biodiverse natural ecosystems may be 10 to 100 times the cost of maintaining them. So how are we doing in this International Year of Biodiversity? In "Despite Progress, Biodiversity Declines ," Science reporter Erik Stokstad lays out a number of key areas, taken directly from the CBD report Global Biodiversity Outlook 3:
|Degradation of Habitat
|The Good
|The Bad
|Some progress. Canada's largest timber companies agreed to caribou protection and ecosystem-based management of 72 million hectares of boreal forest.
|Many regions rich in biodiversity, such as Indonesia, continue to lose habitat. In the Amazon and a few other places, conservation action or economic recession has slowed the loss. Sustainable forestry is expanding but remains small.
|Conservation Status of Species
|The Good
|The Bad
|Some progress. In some countries, conservation efforts have helped species recover.
|The golden toad (Incilius periglenes) of the cloud forests in Costa Rica was declared extinct in 2008. Global warming, pollution, and disease contributed.
|Funding for Conservation
|The Good
|The Bad
|Some progress. New money being invested to prevent climate emissions from deforestation will help save biodiversity. In 2008, Norway contributed $1 billion to Brazil's Amazon Fund.
|From 2005 to 2007, official aid increased from about $3.1 billion to nearly $3.9 billion, but the emphasis is shifting to fighting climate change. Even rich countries spend just a tiny fraction of their national budgets on biodiversity.
|Consumption of Biological Resources
|The Good
|The Bad
|The goal has not been met globally and is a major reason for biodiversity loss. Prized for sushi, the northern bluefin tuna is considered critically endangered. In March, conservation groups failed in their attempt to get an international ban on trade.
|Protected Areas
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|The Bad
|The target has been achieved for more than half of the terrestrial ecoregions. The United Kingdom recently designated the Chagos Archipelago as the largest marine reserve in the world, setting aside 544,000 square kilometers.
|Overall, 12% of all land is protected, but less than 0.5% of the oceans.
|Invasive Species
|The Good
|The Bad
|Some progress. Global trade and travel continue to spread alien species, some of which become invasive. Most countries don't have management plans.
|The voracious snakehead fish (Channa striata) of tropical Asia has spread around the world. Around 2007, it arrived in southern Papua New Guinea and is eating native fishes.
While things could probably be better, this report does not sound like humans are creating a sixth major extinction event as some have claimed. Progress is being made all but one area, consumption of biological resources, and that is to be expected. We will either hunt/harvest some species to extinction or learn to conserve and manage those resources. If you are really into sushi, learn to protect the bluefin tuna. Many nations are taking active steps to protect and restore marine harvest, from cod to krill. What's more, nations like Brazil and Indonesia are taking steps to preserve their forests. Perhaps things are not as bad as some eco-alarmists would have us believe.
Besides, it is hard to judge humanity's impact on biodiversity when science still doesn't have a firm idea of how many species share the planet with us. Appearing in the same issue of Science, a news focus article by Dennis Normile, "Joint Expedition Discovers Deep-Sea Biodiversity, New Volcanoes," report that scientists are still discovering new species by the thousands:
The shallow water reefs of the Coral Triangle, which stretches across Indonesia and north through the Philippines, host the world's greatest diversity of corals, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and marine plant species. Now preliminary results from a joint Indonesian–U.S. marine survey indicate that the biodiversity runs deep. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has captured stunning images of massive corals, as well as unusual crustaceans and fish living at depths never before surveyed, thousands of meters below the surface."
The deep ocean "is hugely unexplored," states Stephen Hammond, chief scientist for ocean exploration at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Meryl Williams, a former director general of The WorldFish Center in Penang, Malaysia, and a member of the Census of Marine Life steering committee adds that large swaths of the oceans "haven't been touched yet."
Some new species of ocean life recently discovered. Photos NOAA.
Back on land, large-scale deforestation in the Amazon has declined by 47.5% over the past 12 months, according to a preliminary survey by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment using a low-resolution satellite. This is one of the largest declines since measurements began 20 years ago. If confirmed by a second set of satellite measurements due out later this year, it would mean more than an 80% drop in forest loss since a 2004 peak.
According to the report "Brazil Says Rate of Deforestation in Amazon Continues to Plunge ," by Antonio Regalado, recent decisions by large food processors and supermarkets not to buy soybeans and beef from newly deforested areas has helped to slow the rate of deforestation. Naturally this report is not welcome news to the professional eco-alarmists and green NGOs. Greenpeace in Brazil labeled the government's use of such preliminary figures as "propaganda." Evidently, environmental activists are incapable of accepting good new.
In the review article, "Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010," Michael R. W. Rands et al. paint a grimmer picture. In 2002, scientists with WWF published a map of 238 ecological regions selected to represent the range of Earth's ecosystems. The color coding, shown in the figure below, groups the terrestrial regions into 14 biome types. The eco-regions include areas with particularly rich biodiversity or unusual ecology or evolutionary phenomena, such as the radiation of Galápagos finches. Many of these areas face dire threats, whereas others are better protected.
Rands et al. claim that continued growth of human populations and rising individual consumption have resulted in unsustainable exploitation of Earth's biological diversity. Exacerbated by climate change, ocean acidification, and other anthropogenic environmental impacts, biodiversity continues to decline. "We argue that effective conservation of biodiversity is essential for human survival and the maintenance of ecosystem processes," the authors state. "Moving beyond 2010, successful conservation approaches need to be reinforced and adequately financed." They sum up the current state of affairs this way:
Pressures on biodiversity continue to increase. The key pressures driving biodiversity loss are overexploitation of species, invasive alien species, pollution, climate change, and especially the degradation, fragmentation, and destruction of habitats. Agriculture is an expanding land use in about 70% of countries, generally at the expense of biodiversity. Much of the global timber trade is based on unsustainable or illegal logging that destroys biodiversity-rich habitat, as shown across five major timber-producing countries in 2009 where, on average, only 14% of licensed logging area was sustainability-certified, while up to half of all harvesting was illegal.
Increasing demand for vegetable oils—for food, cosmetics, and biofuels—has put further pressure on biodiversity. Expanded corn, sugar cane and palm oil production threatens uncleared forest lands. Marine biodiversity is also under increasing pressure, with steep declines in fish populations and loss of marine habitats resulting from over fishing. As though rapacious human nature isn't bad enough, some say we are also threatening biodiversity through anthropogenic climate change:
Further anthropogenic climate change and rising human resource demands will pose immense interlinked challenges. Climate change may force species to shift their ranges and disrupts ecological communities. Lack of continuous semi-natural habitat or networks of connected habitat patches can restrict the capacity of species to adjust to changing conditions. Enhanced levels of atmospheric CO2 also threaten corals through ocean acidification. New initiatives and technologies aimed at mitigating climate change may have negative effects on biodiversity. For example, technological developments in biofuel production from cellulose could drive the planting of high-yielding perennial C4 grasses, such as Miscanthus, on millions of hectares of temperate-zone land not currently used for agricultural production.
Some how you knew that AGW would enter the argument. And evidently, we are damned if we do and damned if we don't—mitigation strategies like biofuels make the cure worse than the disease. That is why this blog has called for the end of all government backing for the biofuel industry. Wind, solar, hydro and geothermal can also damage ecosystems. These facts have become clearer over time but that has not stopped fatuous ecotards like John Holdren from calling for the "de-development" of the industrial world.
I'm sorry, but all of this wailing and gnashing of teeth has a familiar sound to it. One would think that species had never before gone extinct or been forced to shift their ranges. I guess the all those glacial-interglacial and interglacial-glacial transitions don't count, only the supposedly man made changes. Or maybe, because it takes a long time for continents to bash into one another, it is only a terrible thing when humans introduce "invasive species." Species invade new habitats all the time, and an invasion doesn't always require a new land bridge.
There used to be giant ground sloths in South America. The first sloths arrived in North America about 7 million years ago, presumably by swimming between islands from South America. Some sloths even evolved into fully aquatic creatures similar to modern seals, though they are now extinct. By 13,000 years ago, all North American ground sloths were also extinct, except for a few populations on Caribbean islands. H. sapiens did not create them, did not move them from continent to continent, and did not drive them to extinction. Face it, when it comes to killing off species, nature is the champion.
Aquatic sloths evolved and went extinct, with no interference from man.
Those who would vilify humanity while ignoring the sanguinary 4 billion year history of life on this planet are contemptible. No matter how bad you think humans are, nature is worse. Humans have even come close to going extinct. I have repeated this statement from the Smithsonian's paleobiology web site before:
Extinction is the complete demise of a species. It takes place when all individuals of a species die out. Extinction has occurred throughout the history of life on Earth. It is the ultimate fate of all species. In fact, it has been estimated that 99.9% of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
And while humans have undoubtedly become a significant additional cause of extinction for many species over the past 25,000 years, our impact is trivial compared with nature's own killing sprees. Again quoting from the Smithsonian site:
Species are constantly going extinct, often for reasons that are not particularly obvious, and at other times for reasons that are peculiar to the species in question. The processes that lead to this pattern of constant background extinction occur continuously, so that at any given time, while some species are going extinct, others are making their appearance for the first time. Over time, this process of continual turnover produces great changes in the species composition of the Earth's ecosystems. However, there have been times in the past when rates of extinction have been significantly higher than normal background rates. These are referred to as mass extinctions. During such events, vast numbers of species disappear in a relatively short period of time.
Personally, I am all for preserving biodiversity. All of those field tested, successful genomes running around represent a wealth of useful information that mankind can tap. According to a PNAS article, "What lies underneath: Conserving the oceans' genetic resources," by Jesús M. Arrieta et al., "human appropriation of marine genetic resources (MGRs), with over 18,000 natural products and 4,900 patents associated with genes of marine organisms, with the latter growing at 12% per year, demonstrates that the use of MGRs is no longer a vision but a growing source of biotechnological and business opportunities."
This reflects my long standing opinion that if you wish to save a species put it on the menu—cows and chickens are certainly not endangered species. While the growing commercial importance of MGRs bodes well for their future preservation, Arrieta et al. further state that diversified human use of marine resources calls for an urgent revision of the goals and policies of marine protected areas.
The protection of MGRs or any other natural genetic resources is a good thing, and better international laws, treaties and cooperation in this area are certainly called for. But trying to elevate biodiversity decline to the level of "crisis" or declaring the beginning of an Anthropocene Epoch will backfire, just like the climate change "crisis" self-imploded.
The CBD will meet soon to adopt a new strategic plan. The new plan revises several of the 21 previous sub-targets, such as controlling invasive species, creating more nature reserves and of course, climate change. "The challenges of addressing the social and behavioral contexts for biodiversity conservation are daunting," state Rands et al. "This is the year in which governments, business, and civil society could decide to take seriously the central role of biodiversity in human well-being and quality of life and to invest in securing the sustainable flow of nature's public goods for present and future generations."
It could be, but I wouldn't bet on it. People are more interested in raising themselves out of poverty, curing the ravages of childhood diseases or simply eating regularly. Nature lovers and ecological NGOs must learn that people do not respond well to hyped up claims of a biodiversity "crisis." Particularly calling humanity evil for the piddling impact we have had on biodiversity.
If the goal is to have people value nature more, then nature must be made more valuable to people. Stop trying to frighten people and work on the harder problem of convincing them that biodiversity is a good thing. Spreading frightening and accusatory biodiversity balderdash will not work, and for everyone's sake, stop yammering on about climate change.
Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.
Thank goodness for your sanity. Now let's cut - no, burn - down all the forest and enjoy the rest of our lives watching Fox news and ogling at Sarah Palin. What's more we can burn coal till the end of time and pollute the seas too. I am with you buddy!
Warmist ineptitude
What stunning wit, what cutting repartee, what blinding sarcasm! That's what I love about warmists, their total inability to frame a rational argument, avoid ad hominem attacks, or restrain hyperbole. You imply that I wish to cut down or burn the world's forests when many of my columns have argued for preservation of nature in general and rainforests in particular. You hint that I spend my time watching Fox News—surely a deadly insult among blindly ideological liberals—yet this site has previously selected Fox as a crank of the week for their uninformed remarks regarding plug-in hybrids.
You also suggest that I spend my time "ogling" Sarah Palin, who has never been mentioned on this site. I suppose that, because my stand on issues is pragmatic and well reasoned, you assume that I am a conservative and hence a fan of Ms Palin. Strange that someone who appears to be a liberal, or at least not a conservative, stoops to objectifying women by using sexist remarks.
Lastly, you state that we can burn coal till the end of time, a statement that is patently untrue as coal is a non-renewable resource. On top of that, if there is anything a reader of my articles would know it is that I hate coal. I have called it the dirtiest, most dangerous energy source on the planet on several occasions and in my book The Resilient Earth. Every point you make is in error, your intended insults flaccid and impotent. Grow up, seek an education, learn to actually read the articles you criticize, then perhaps you will be with me, buddy.
Salanoia durrelli found
Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of carnivore lurking in a lake in Madagascar. Durrell's vontsira is the first new carnivorous mammal discovered in Madagascar in 24 years. Little is known about the species, which is roughly the size of a cat and is described in the latest issue of the taxonomic journal Systematics and Biodiversity.
Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli), named in honor of the late conservationist and writer Gerald Durrell, was first photographed swimming in Madagascar's Lake Alaotra in 2004. Subsequent surveys by scientists at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, the Natural History Museum, London, Nature Heritage, Jersey, and Conservation International confirmed the mongoose-like creature was indeed a new species.
See http://news.mongabay.com/2010/1010-vontsira_madagascar.html
Denialism and Doubt-Mongering
Your site and writings represent an interesting attempt at a compromise between outright ideologically predetermined denialism and an epistemic grappling with real-world science and evidence-based debate. But it still seems very much like a lot of knee-jerk amelioration-mongering and activist-bashing under a thin veil of pretend hard-headedness. Skepticism, of course, is incredibly necessary and valuable, but kabuki skepticism in the cause of tacit complacency, of an environmentally irresponsible defense of status quo trendlines, and of an appeal to the tyrrany of competing demands is just a dumb game. It sure isn't taking a stand I can respect. Half-crazy reactionary propaganda larded with grudging acknowledgements that we've got big biodiversity and extinction-rate problems is still crazy.
I wonder how much of yourself you might recognize here:
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With regard to global warming, rather than "epistemic grappling with real-world science and evidence-based debate" I would call it taking a skeptical view of a field of science that is still in its infancy. Regarding biodiversity, you say I defend the status quo while "grudgingly" admitting that we have a biodiversity problem. I don't think we have a big problem with biodiversity or extinctions, I was merely pointing out that preserving nature is probably a good idea and that having diverse natural organisms to draw on in the future could be both beneficial and profitable. I wouldn't call that hysterical.
As for that blog you referenced, I noticed that it basically said anyone who didn't accept the prevailing scientific opinion was wrong. Their stand is typical of those who are not scientists and do not understand how science works, and is not uncommon among those in the medical and legal professions (the site is run by a couple of MDs and a lawyer). "So while the denialists will inevitably show up and suggest my belief in the validity of carbon dating shows I'm a Bible denialist, or my inability to recognize the wisdom of some HIV/AIDS crank shows I don't understand biology, we won't tend to engage them," they state. "They're cranks and we aim to show how you can instantly recognize and dismiss crank arguments."
If you have actually read a significant number of my posts you must have noticed that I do not employ the tactics outlined on their site. The Resilient Earth site is not about conspiracy theories, though there are those involved in eco-advocacy who do have agendas that are not based in science but personal belief. The denialists bloggers keep rattling on about "creationists" and "holocaust deniers." I make no religious arguments—this site is about science. Fringe science and conspiracy rants don't make it through the comment review process, save to allow me to illustrate a point (witness the appearance of your little screed).
I claim to posses no missing, secret or suppressed knowledge. My articles cite real scientific papers from real science journals. When the evidence has changed or new studies come to light, I have updated the columns by either adding comments or writing whole new articles. If the "overvalued idea" is central to being a crank/denier, perhaps you should consider anthropogenic global warming or claims that every species is infinity precious. Know thyself.
Quoting from the denialism blog: "We don't argue with cranks. Part of understanding denialism is knowing that it's futile to argue with them, and giving them yet another forum is unnecessary." Change denialism to knee-jerk eco-whack-job and the same statement applies to this blog. You seem to think that using big words makes up for a lack of content, it does not. You have offered nothing in the way of scientific evidence to support your assertions—you are simply, and poorly, arguing for your biased and unsupported point of view.
Ignorance is the real enemy
as long as people are ignorant of a subject, then they are receptive to the fear and guilt these people spread. sadly it isn't confined to nature, but rears its head in all avenues of life, religion, politics, etc.
when more and more people start to make decisions based on FACTS instead of beliefs, then these groups will have much less sway.
but thats a LONG LONG road for humanity still.


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Does that help?
I show up at a field that I never been to before for some rec-play wearing cargo pants with a t-shirt....carrying a old mech Spyder and two pringle potato chip cans for pods shoved in the pants pockets. The stares are priceless and after the first game or so you get to see the grins from the ref and players who know....priceless.
Posted 03 September 2012 - 03:02 PM
Because if it is you cant convert that, you will either have to re download the program for mac, or, not use it.
You cant just convert windows executable files into Mac OSX executables. Thats like trying to get an english person and a German to talk in their native languages to each other, it doesnt work.
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Format it to fat32. Windows and OSX can use fat32.
I have the .dmg file of OSX, but my USB drive can't be formatted into OSX extended from Windows, and I'm unsure of the program to use.
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Nuclear option, or GNU-clear option?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Daniel Koc of polishlinux.org has written an article, translated from Polish to English, about Microsoft "going nuclear" on the Free/Libre Open Source Software movement. His article in translation, which I think is a good read, is here. My reply, which appears here verbatim, is below. As I outline in my reply, I believe we should exercise a GNU-clear option instead, informing the masses about free software and its benefits to computer users in particular and to society in general and I'd be willing to discuss this further, both here and in articles at Open Source Reporter.
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Thank you, Daniel, for providing a very interesting and enlightening perspective on what the FLOSS movement is up against. While I agree with what you have written, I would like to touch on a couple of points you make.
The possibility of Microsoft playing "the nuclear card" in trying to quash FLOSS, although an option of which we should remain aware, is extremely remote. Just as in a real-life nuclear scenario, both sides would perish if Microsoft tried this. As greedy and controlling (and possibly malicious) the Gateses and Ballmers of the world might be, they are intelligent enough to realize that if they used this option, their own destruction would follow.
So Microsoft may present a facade of maniac behavior with a real or imagined "nuclear threat," but we know better. These "street racers," as you call them, will indeed turn the steering wheel at the last moment because their own vast riches and profits will evaporate if they don't.
They know that. And because we also know that, too, we can free ourselves from the submission that this sort of threat tries to impose on both us — those of us working to bring FLOSS to the masses — and the computing public in general.
Rather than the "nuclear threat," Microsoft is taking a page from the U.S. foreign policy playbook. How? History shows that between 1945 to the fall of communism in the former USSR, the U.S. used a policy of "containment" against the USSR, stopping the spread of communism through covert operations or brute force in other countries (a policy that, as a U.S. citizen who has lived through most of it, is completely shameful; but I digress). Substitute "Microsoft" for "U.S." and "FLOSS" for "communism" in the preceding sentence and you have the same situation today when it comes to where we, as a digital society, stand.
So while we should be aware of larger "weaponry" in Microsoft's arsenal, focusing on the constant stream of FUD flowing from Redmond could be of more immediate importance; this FUD campaign primarily consists of the myth that FLOSS is on the margins and cannot be mainstream. We know better, and it's incumbent on us to make sure everyone knows the truth. Coupling the fact that the FLOSS movement is making gains at a time when public distrust of Microsoft continues to rise, we have an opportunity to provide another option.
Promote and exercise the "GNU-clear option," instead of the "nuclear option."
The GNU-clear option is not a proposal to "reinvent the wheel" — the blueprint and philosophy that guides the FLOSS movement is well established and continues to provide a firm foundation on which to build the movement. Among other things, the GNU-clear option offers the choice that the myths about FLOSS can be busted and it truly can transform both the personal computing experience and society as a whole, despite lies to the contrary pumped out of corporate headquarters around the world and printed/broadcasted by a spoon-fed corporate media.
Let me give you an example: When was the last time you spoke to anyone — anyone who was not a computer person, that is; just a friend, relative or even a good-looking guy (or gal) at the bar or pub — about FLOSS? Today, I hope, but if not, make a point to do so. My conversion to FLOSS came as a result of a simple conversation with a supporter during my campaign as Green Party candidate for Insurance Commissioner in California last year — a conversation that lasted only a few minutes (including the exchanges of e-mails), but it clearly made a huge impression. I can't code to save my life, but as a journalist I can publish a magazine (which premieres in July) and maintain a Web site to promote FLOSS principles to those non-geeks wishing to learn more.
That is my contribution. And we all have contributions to make — none of which are too small or insignificant — in bringing FLOSS to the mainstream and fighting the corporate paranoia and maniac behavior that gestates in their boardrooms and executive offices.
Ultimately, a corporate strategy based on fear and manipulation of the public will fail, allowing us to prevail.
Thank you for this article, Daniel.
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