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Avoiding A Frozen Earth
Forty million years ago, Earth began slipping from a "hothouse" climate to an "icehouse" climate. Currently the planet is in a brief warm interlude know as an interglacial—a period of retreating ice sheets and shrinking glaciers. As the word interglacial suggests, our current comfortable climate is not permanent, but merely a pause between frigid ice age conditions. Though climate alarmists and media talking heads continue to natter on about uncontrollable rising temperatures a more devastating climate change would be a descent into an ice age so cold and so deep that the entire globe freezes over—it has happened before. A new scientific paper reveals what researchers say is a feedback mechanism that acts as a natural thermostat and keeps Earth from cooling to the point of uninhabitability.
Most of the news regarding climate change is focused on warming and the mechanisms that regulate heat retention. The chosen culprit in the global warming brouhaha is the trace gas carbon dioxide, a known greenhouse gas. What is seldom mentioned is that CO2 does not have a linear effect on heat rate in the stratosphere or elsewhere. It has a much greater impact, proportionately, at low relative concentrations and a decreasingly weaker impact as atmospheric concentrations grow.
One of the upshots of this nonlinearity is that dropping CO2 should yield accelerated cooling, perhaps to the point of runaway global cooling. It is known that Earth has been totally frozen over at a number of times in the past, a condition called "Snowball Earth" by paleoclimatologists. The big question is how can Earth cool without plunging into another Snowball Earth period? That is the subject of a new paper, "Hydrologic Regulation of Chemical Weathering and the Geologic Carbon Cycle," published in the journal Science.
Katherine Maher and C. Page Chamberlain, both of Stanford University, report that Earth's temperature is regulated by a negative feedback between atmospheric CO2 levels and chemical weathering of silicate rocks. This feedback operates over million-year time scales and is strongest when global topography is elevated, as it is today. When mountain rangers are worn and low the mechanism is at its weakest. Here is how they frame the situation in the paper.
Despite substantial changes in solar luminosity, plate tectonics and atmospheric composition, over billions of years temperatures on Earth have remained favorable for liquid water, and by extension, life. A requirement for maintaining such clement conditions is a chemical weathering process that converts atmospheric CO2 and silicate rocks to alkalinity and divalent cations, which are then buried on the seafloor as carbonate minerals. Chemical weathering rates cannot be out of balance with the supply of CO2 from volcanic and metamorphic sources for very long without catastrophic consequences. Fortunately, such imbalances have been infrequent. Yet, Earth's climate has varied between warm, ice-free conditions and cold, extensively glaciated states, suggesting a climate system with variable regulation. The stability of Earth's climate thus requires both a negative feedback between chemical weathering rates and temperature, and a mechanism that allows the strength of the feedback, or extent of regulation, to vary. The strength of the feedback is dictated by the functional relationship between the weathering rate and climate, and when balanced against CO2 degassing rates, determines planetary temperatures. Several processes could allow the strength of the feedback to vary, suggesting the mechanisms underlying one of the most profound features in the sculpting of Earth's history remain unresolved.
The geologic portion of the carbon cycle operates on a much longer time-scale than the cycling of carbon through plants and other living things. Volcanoes supply carbon dioxide that can warm climate. But CO2 also dissolves in water, turning into carbonic acid (H2CO3)that can dissolve rock. The products of this weathering become runoff, flowing down rivers to the sea, where microscopic animals combine them with more carbon dioxide from the air to build hard skeletons. When the animals die all that carbon falls to the bottom of the ocean where it becomes sea floor sediment, which is eventually buried and becomes geologically sequestered for millions of years.
Since spare Earths that can be used for experimentation are in short supply, the authors created a model to test out their hypotheses. The proposed model combines two equations: "(1) a solute transport equation that quantifies weathering-derived solute as a function of the mean fluid travel time in a catchment; and (2) an equation that relates the supply of fresh rock from erosion to the downward propagation of a weathering front." Fundamental to their calculations is a measure called the Damköhler number.
The Damköhler number is a dimensionless number that compares the mean fluid travel time (Tf ≈ Lϕ/q[yr]) to the time required to reach equilibrium (Teq ≈ Ceq/Rn[yr]), where q[m/yr] is runoff, the reactive flowpath length (Lϕ) is flowpath length (L[m]) times effective porosity (ϕ), Ceq[μmol/L] is the "thermodynamic limit" (i.e., maximum concentration), and Rn[μmol/L/yr] is the reaction rate. The authors then introduce the Damköhler coefficient (Dw), which is modified to account for the supply of fresh minerals through erosion. For the actual equations and other assumptions please refer to the paper.
The bottom line here is to relate temperature to the weathering of rock, which impacts CO2 absorption, as shown in the figure below. Note that a craton is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere.
The upshot of the curves above is that rocky areas absorb more CO2 and the rate of absorption rises with temperature. Of course it is not really that simple, there are multiple interrelated factors at work here. "We propose that removal of CO2 is regulated by the intensity of the hydrologic cycle, rather than directly by temperature," the authors state. "Increases in global mean temperatures (GMT) are associated with more precipitation and attendant changes in runoff, although climate model predictions vary widely."
This uncertainty is to be expected whenever models come into play—models only give a general idea of how the modeled phenomena behave, not exactly how they will respond to specific inputs. What can be concluded from the model is that, during times of global warming and amplification of the hydrologic cycle, weathering fluxes will increase disproportionately between tectonically active and inactive areas. In short, as it gets hotter more carbon dioxide is removed through weathering, and when it gets colder CO2 removal slows down.
We are currently lucky that our planet has a number of relatively young, tall mountain ranges: the Himalaya, the Rockies, and the Andes to name the most prominent ones. New ocean crust is constantly being created at mid-ocean ridges, which means that old crust must either be destroyed or otherwise reduced at the same rate. One of they ways to deal with excess crustal rock is to make mountains. When two continents carried on converging plates collide they crumple and fold under the enormous pressure, creating great mountain ranges.
Currently geologists tell us that all three of the world's newer mountain ranges are still growing, still getting higher. For example, the Sierra Nevada mountain range in North America is growing at a rapid pace—one to two millimeters per year along the entire range, according to researchers. Both the Himalaya and the Andes are also still growing.
As a result, global cooling slows weathering all across the continents and reins in cooling due to mountain building. This connection between weathering and climate is not new, it was first proposed in the early 1990s. Maureen Raymo, of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and colleagues proposed that the rise of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau 40 million years ago increased erosion and thus acid weathering. This reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide and cooled the climate to the point that permanent polar icecaps formed at both poles for the first time in 600 million years. Earth remains in an Ice Age today, called the Pleistocene.
But the mountain-building-causes-cooling theory has a number of critics, who asked how the process could have stabilized before driving climate into a deep, permanent icehouse—and nobody had a good answer. The work by Maher and Chamberlain answers those earlier criticisms that the Himalayan scenario would have threatened the planet with runaway cooling. We should all be thankful that Earth's climate system includes such a mechanism or we would be extinct, along with all other higher life on the planet. Conversely, could enough human generated CO2 cause a shift to a much hotter stable temperature range? It is doubtful.
According to Information is Beautiful, we have added 1020 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 since 1850 with another 3000 Gt or so left in our fossil fuel reserves. According to some scientists volcanoes put out about 600 Mt a year, but this is a more or less constant outgassing rate. On geologic time scales, man's contribution is an instantaneous pulse and not of great significance. Indeed, there have been events in the past where nature has released huge volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses.
In "CO2-forced climate thresholds during the Phanerozoic," Dana L. Royer reviewed the variation of carbon dioxide during the last 550 million years or so. One of the real problems with proxy records is that, as you go further back in time, the resolution of the timescale becomes less precise. Go back several hundred million years and resolving changes on a scale more exact than 10,000 years is problematic. Still, there are some interesting things in that study, particularly having to do with the glaciations preceding the Permian-Triassic extinction, the worst extinction in the history of life on Earth. Is seems that there were two distinct glacial periods prior to the Great Dying.
The older phase begins 326.4 mya and ends 311.7 mya. Evidence for ice at this time comes from western South America and eastern Australia. The second cold phase commences around 302 mya and ends 290 mya. Evidence for ice during this interval is geographically more extensive, coming from South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and India. There is no convincing evidence for ice between these two phases (311.7–302 Ma). But here is what I find interesting:
Between the two glacial phases, CO2 coverage is sparse, but a period of high CO2 (1500 ppm) falls at the end of this interglacial phase. Concomitant with the initiation of the second glacial phase, CO2 quickly drops to below 500 ppm and remains at these levels for the duration of the cold phase. After the termination of the second icy phase (290 Ma), the Earth shifted to a cool state until 267 Ma. During this cool phase, CO2 remained below 500 ppm except for at least one excursion to levels between 500 and 1000 ppm. Directly after the termination of this cool phase, CO2 increased to 1000+ ppm and remained high until the early Triassic.
In other words, a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels did not terminate the ongoing glacial period. For an excursion to 1000 ppm to register in the proxy record it must have been much longer than anything humanity will generate. This tells us that all of the hand-wringing about drastic and irreversible changes to the climate from human emissions are overblown. By the way, current thinking is that the Great Dying was caused by extensive and long term vulcanism spewing massive amounts of CO2 into the environment.
More over, on shorter time scales CO2 levels are always bouncing around, contrary to what some would have you believe. Friederike Wagner, Bent Aaby, and Henk Visscher, in "Rapid atmospheric CO2 changes associated with the 8,200-years-B.P. cooling event," found a great deal of natural variation. Quoting from their PNAS paper: "In effect, there seems to be every indication that the occurrence of Holocene CO2 fluctuations is more consistent with current observations and models of past global temperature changes than the common notion of a relatively stable CO2 regime until the onset of the Industrial Revolution."
This could happen again, but it is unlikely.
So it would appear that Earth's current configuration has created some feedbacks that prevent the bottom from falling out of global temperatures when the climate dips into an Ice Age. It is logical to assume that there are similar feedbacks that prevent a runaway in the opposite direction, preventing the global warming catastrophe that the climate change alarmists are always babbling on about. Currently, global temperatures aren't rising and there is conclusive evidence that elevated CO2 levels are good for plants. It seems that all of the bad things predicted by the climate alarmists are not coming true, but the good things they deny are, so let's stop all the scaremongering and deal with the real problems facing humanity.
Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.
Climate Driver
So CO2 is THE long term driver of the Earth's climate?
Climate Driver
No, the Sun is the ultimate driver of Earth's climate, but CO2 has a role to play. Particularly when the planet is in the grip of an ice age and the atmosphere is depleted of water vapor. Then it can help. Note that the levels of CO2 needed to end a Snowball Earth were thousands of times higher than today, reflecting the inefficiency of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. While it can have a significant impact under cold conditions and low atmospheric concentrations, at warmer temperatures and higher concentrations CO2 rapidly reaches saturation and further increase has only marginal impact, at least under pressures found in Earth's atmosphere.
Proof of this can be found in the termination of glacial periods, where the planet emerges from frozen conditions by starting a deglaciation and eventually arrives at an interglacial warm period (like the one we are in now). There is no burst of CO2 that precedes the sudden thaw, rather carbon dioxide follows and acts as a positive feed back. CO2 is a helper, but it does not drive the glacial/interglacial cycles Earth has been subject to for several million years.
Under "normal" conditions H2O is the major GHG. It should be noted that the configuration of continental land mass is also a factor in determining the susceptibility of Earth to icehouse conditions, as are orbital perturbations, ocean circulation, ground cover and a myriad of other things. As usual, warmists grasp for simple explanations when climate change is not simple at all.
As I suspected
Thanks, Doug. Your reply goes along the lines I was thinking. I remember reading some where that the biggest GHG bang for the buck for CO2 was the first 20 ppm in the atmosphere and every molecule added after that had diminishing effect.
The false claims about back radiation
Because the Second Law of Thermodynamics has to (and does) apply to thermal energy apparently transferred by radiation, back radiation from a cooler atmosphere does not penetrate water surfaces, even though such surfaces are almost completely transparent to the infra-red radiation that makes up about 48% of the incident solar spectrum. If back radiation were to penetrate and warm the water beneath the surface, this would be a violation of the Second Law, despite what climatologists teach climatologists about so-called net effects.
Radiation one way is a completed independent process, and cannot be combined with any other process in order to derive a "net" result. You cannot have entropy decreasing in any such natural (spontaneous) process. You cannot justify a decrease in entropy just because entropy may increase more in some subsequent independent process.
I was probably the first in the world to publish in March 2012 a comprehensive explanation as to why the apparent transfer of thermal energy by radiation is in fact a one-way process, with the amount being transferred corresponding to the area between the Planck curves.
The rest of the radiation is common to both the Planck function for the warmer source and the Planck function for the cooler target. It is this radiation which undergoes what I called "resonant scattering" but others were starting to call "pseudo scattering."
This process involves photons raising electrons between energy states, but then the electro-magnetic energy (that became electron energy, but not kinetic energy) is immediately re-emitted as part of the target's Planck function, because the target can indeed radiate that frequency and intensity. Hence the target uses less of its own molecular kinetic (thermal) energy and so its radiative cooling rate is slowed. However, non-radiative cooling is not affected and can indeed accelerate to compensate.
Anyway, this is how and why the Second Law of Thermodynamics applies to radiation. So back radiation never transfers thermal energy to a warmer surface. Thus it cannot raise the maximum temperature to which the Sun's radiation can heat a surface.
In any event, it doesn't work that way, and you need to understand the whole new paradigm relating to temperatures that are supported by the tropospheric thermal profile, the gradient for which is formed by the gravito-thermal effect.
The whole new paradigm
Whenever someone starts babbling about a "whole new paradigm" you know you have entered La-La Land. This is pure fringe science mumbo jumbo.
And your point is?
Is there a point in there somewhere that is pertinent to the subject discussed above? And if you have published on the subject why have you not given your name. Also, if you are basing your arguments on the Loschmidt Gravito-Thermal effect, that theory is disputed and considered a gross oversimplification of a thermal gradient in a gravitational field, if not a direct violation of the second law of Thermodynamics. Most physicists would agree with Maxwell and Boltzmann, as do I and many others. For an exhaustive discussion on this topic please see "Refutation of Stable Thermal Equilibrium Lapse Rates."
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I followed the link and here are some summary quotations for those too lazy to do so on their own:
As we can see, it is an introductory physics textbook exercise to demonstrate that an adiabatically isolated column of gas in a gravitational field cannot have a thermal gradient maintained by gravity. The same can readily be demonstrated by correctly using thermodynamics at a higher level or by using statistical mechanics, but it is not really necessary. The elementary argument already suffices to show violation of both the zeroth and second laws of thermodynamics by the assertion itself.
In nature, the dry adiabatic lapse rate of air in the atmosphere is maintained because the system is differentially heated from below causing parcels of air to constantly move up and down...
...The EEJ assertion, that the dry adiabatic lapse rate alone explains the bulk of so-called "greenhouse warming" of the atmosphere as a stable feature of a bulk equilibrium gas, is incorrect.
Thank you Dr. Robert G. Brown, Duke University Physics Department.
Volcanic activity.
I think any estimates of volcanic CO2 emissions have to be very rough, there are thousands of undersea volcanoes we know nothing about, including their contribution to ocean temperature and pH. The largest volcano in the solar system, was only recently discovered on earth, another massive volcanic chain in the north atlantic, just off shore. Until we have an accurate picture of whats going on under the sea, estimates are mostly useless.

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The Arc of the Moral Universe and Russia
Following the passage in recent days of two bills embracing full marriage equality in Britain and France, Andrew Sullivan reflects on the remarkable progress he has witnessed on gay rights in Great Britain:
In the crazed frenzy of this week's transition, I realized last night that something truly profound had just happened. The country I grew up in – where I never heard the word homosexuality in my home and barely in the culture, except in hushes and shudders – is now on the brink of bringing actual equality and dignity to all its gay citizens. I remember touring Britain with "Virtually Normal" almost two decades ago and finding both Tories and lefties uncomprehending, if not actively hostile. The culture has changed beyond recognition. And undoutbtedly, clearly, unequivocally, for the better. And the argument was made even stronger by the fact that there are over a dozen openly gay Conservative members of parliament – an indication of how conservatism as a governing philosophy can and must include everyone in its ranks, or die a deserved and bigoted death.
Indeed, Andrew believes these recent steps may in fact signal a certain kind of inevitability in the Western world on marriage equality and gay rights. One problem: Russia:
Russia's State Duma is preparing a bill that will ban "homosexual propaganda," which even supporters admit will effectively criminalize almost any overt public expression of gay sexual identity.
The public battle over the draft law has highlighted two different visions of Russian "democracy" and pitted them against each other.
Supporters of the bill, which is strongly backed by the powerful Russian Orthodox Church, argue that Russia is a non-Western and "conservative" democracy that defends traditional values and shields the feelings of the majority from the aggressive encroachments of pushy minorities. They say they're not out to persecute gay people, but that they must not be allowed to bring their sexual orientation into the open, where it may influence the attitudes of minors and offend the beliefs of most Russians.
Russian political scientist Sergei Markov, a proponent of LGBT "private zones" in the country, reveals the Kremlin's thinking on this:
The idea that Russia is somehow more backward than the West is a typical error based on the linear understanding of progress that dominated in the 19th and 20th centuries. In fact, that notion also served as the basis for the initial, fairly primitive concepts of modernization and democratization in the West. According to this concept of linear progress, all countries are on the same path, and Russia is several decades behind Europe and the U.S. Russia's legislation on LGBT propaganda only reinforce that gap. But modern humanitarian science sees society as multifaceted and allows for different approaches to a single problem. Only time will tell which solution to the issue of minority and majority rights is more effective and humane: Russia's or the West's.
Much like everything else, the Kremlin appears to be looking at this, er, "problem" through a geopolitical lens.
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Welcome Carnival of Breastfeeding readers! Celebrating my…chest!
On Friday May 15th, 2009, I did something that some may find crazy or irresponsible or, crazy or painful, or crazy or all of the above.
I visited a local tattoo parlor and walked out with two new piercings.
Yes, as those who know me already know, I am one of those tattooed and pierced mommies who has sported every hair color known to man and refuses to officially grow up.
I stood tirelessly in the front row at Emo's in Austin, Texas, watching the likes of Clutch and Dub Trio as my five-month pre-born daughter swam about in utero.
My son was with me when I got my navel pierced at age 24, and now my toddler daughter has been with me through two additional tattoos and now, these, my latest additions.
(Note: The piercings in question are NOT nipple piercings—they are dermal anchors, which are similar to surface piercings. For more info, read on!)
For the past two years, I have pretty much, worn only tank tops, as I have found that nursing my baby is easier in a tank.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a girl with two VERY cute "piercings" on her décolleté area and was immediately intrigued. After a little research, I learned that these little "sparklies" were technically NOT piercings—they are called "dermal anchors," and are actually considered body modifications, not unlike sub-dermal implants.
I thought about it, then thought about it some more, and after discussing it with my heavily tattooed hubby, I decided I wanted some of my own.
The more I thought it over, the more I realized that the reason I liked these modifications so much, is that they adorn an area that has become sacred to me.
(I have an eyebrow piercing for much the same reason; while everyone else was getting their noses pierced, I decided that I'd rather highlight my eyes, which, in my opinion, are some of my better facial features.)
I have my daughter at my chest NUMEROUS times per day. In public. At home. Here, there, and everywhere.
My chest is a different chest than it was before I had her.
So, why not decorate and celebrate it?
The whole procedure was quick and relatively painless, and I am extremely happy with the results.
My nursing toddler stares at them with intrigue as she nurses happily away.
Almost every one of my body piercings, aside from my ears, I got for a "reason." My tattoos have meanings, too.
I guess someday I will be a walking, talking story-book.
Until then, I am simply a nursing mama who just gave her little nursling some interesting bling to look at!
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Caption under photo: "Children Evacuated – One of the hardest hit areas in Colorado Springs was the 500 block of E. Bijou St. which was swept by churning flood waters over-flowing Shooks Run. Shown here are rescue works removing two children from their flooded homes." Photo appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph on June 4, 1961, page 1.
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Your way to cook baked is not the best for best result in oven. If you pierce before baking, it lets out too much moisture. After many years and lots of experiments, the best method I have found is this: Scrub outside of good sized grade a russet (Idaho) potato with brush under warm water to remove all dirt or residue; let dry; brush with light coating of butter; oil could be used; bake at 400 degrees for one hour if at elevation of 4000 feet; adjust time for elevation; half way through cooking cycle, prick each side twice with fork to let moisture escape during last of cycle. Do not over cook.Result is perfect. I prefer to eat with skin on. It is crunchy, tasty and full of nutrients.
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February 1 through 28. Black History Month Display. Penn-Griffin School for the Arts. 825 Washington St., High Point. The display will cover a variety of topics, art, music, history, etc. The event is free and open to the public. Visitors should check in at the front office in the Griffin bldg. For more info, call 336.819.2870
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Harry Potter actor-cum-thespian Daniel Radcliffe has said he hopes the United Kingdom stays together in the forthcoming Scottish Independence referendum.
Speaking to Buzzfeed in New York the 24-year-old said: "I personally like the UK being how it is."
But Radcliffe conceded that the debate could not be solved by the simple wave of a wand and opted not to take a firm stance on the issue.
"I can totally see why some people in Scotland might want independence," he said.
"But it's also not up to me; I don't get a say in the future of Scotland and that's fair. I'm sure they'll make the right decision for their country."
His on-the-fence position contrasted with that of Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who earlier this month donated £1million to the 'No' Campaign.
Explaining the reasons for her choice, Rowling wrote on her website: "My hesitance at embracing independence has nothing to do with lack of belief in Scotland's remarkable people or its achievements.
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"The more I listen to the Yes Campaign, the more I worry about its minimisation and even denial of risks."
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Scottish Independence: For and against
1/23 Vivienne Westwood
YES: "I hate England. I like Scotland because somehow I think they are better than we are. They are more democratic."
2/23 Bob Geldof
NO: "This argument needs to be had among us all, you can't selfishly resolve it amongst yourselves by taking an easy opt-out clause."
3/23 Leonard Cohen
UNDECIDED: "People are trying to make their lives significant," he said. "[They] are engaged in a struggle for self-respect and significance."
4/23 James McAvoy
UNDECIDED: "If you vote for continued unification or independence there is no protest vote – that's it. And that could be it for decades, for centuries. There's no going back from it."
5/23 Bill Clinton
NO: "Unity with maximum self-determination sends a powerful message to a world torn by identity conflicts that it is possible to respect our differences while living and working together. This is the great challenge of our time. The Scots can show us how to meet it."
6/23 George Galloway
NO: "There will be havoc if you vote Yes in September. Havoc in Edinburgh and throughout the land and you will break the hearts of many others too… I know which side I'm on. I'm with JK Rowling. Just say No."
7/23 David Beckham
NO: "We want to let you know how very much we value our relationship and friendship. Of course regardless of your decision that will never change, however, my sincere hope is that you will vote to renew our historic bond which has been such a success over the centuries and the envy of the entire world. What unites us is much greater than what divides us. Let's stay together."
8/23 David Bowie
NO: "Scotland stay with us"
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9/23 Eddie Izzard
NO: "You can be Scottish, you can be British and you can be European. We can have that. "I say have the parliament, have the more power, but be with us. Like David Bowie said, 'Stay with us Scotland' and I'm saying the same – don't go."
10/23 Frankie Boyle
YES: "It's an 'aye' (for Independence) from me, man."
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11/23 Andy Murray
NO: "I started competing for Great Britain when I was 11. A lot of people forget that. I didn't like it when Salmond got the Scottish flag up at Wimbledon"
12/23 The Proclaimers
YES: 'Scotland has huge national resources, with its people, its wave power – all the possibilities that this country has...we need to take charge of our own affairs'
Gary Calton
13/23 Susan Boyle
NO: "I am a proud, patriotic Scot, passionate about my heritage and my country. But I am not a nationalist."
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14/23 Chris Hoy
NO: "It will weaken the British team obviously if Scotland went separately, and it would be harder for the Scottish athletes, initially, to establish themselves in a new training environment, with new coaches, with a different environment altogether."
15/23 Alan Cumming
YES: "The evidence is clear - in the past 15 years we have become stronger economically, socially, culturally and globally. The world is waiting for us and I know Scotland is ready."
Kalpesh Lathigra
16/23 Emma Thompson
NO: "Why insist on building a new border between human beings in an ever-shrinking world where we are still struggling to live alongside each other?"
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17/23 Billy Bragg
YES: Independence would "create a new settlement that puts people before profit. Those in England who believe that our own society needs to be rebalanced along similar lines should wake up and join the debate"
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18/23 Marcus Brigstocke
NO: "If Scotland go their own way (based on fingers crossed, f**k the Tories, William Wallace bollocks it'll be a damn shame. Still wish 'em well"
19/23 Rod Stewart
NO: "I'd hate to see the union broken after all these years. It's always been a spiritual home - but as I don't live there I shouldn't comment on independence. If it's good for the Scots I'm happy."
20/23 Sean Connery
YES: "As a Scot and as someone with a lifelong love for both Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss"
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21/23 Al Kennedy
NO: "Salmond has the warm potato head of a man who is Scottish and – we hope – no threat"
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22/23 Annie Lennox
YES: "There is an opportunity for something innovative and visionary. Scotland could have some kind of new, ethical, visionary stance and it could take on some fresh ideas. That could be amazing, really amazing."
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23/23 Morrissey
YES: "They must cut ties with the United King-dumb. I love Scotland, and I love the Scottish spirit and they do not need Westminster in the least."
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The writer was subjected to vile abuse on Twitter after coming out in favour of the Better Together Campaign; she was branded "politically corrupt", "insufficiently Scottish" and a host of derogatory names.
Radcliffe, who eschews Twitter, admitted that such incidents confirmed his choice to avoid social media.
"It is just a whole lot of craziness," he said.
"Twitter is brilliant for some things … but for me I am not that concise anyway so I wouldn't do that well out of it as a format."
The young actor, who has carved out an impressive stage career since the days of wands and wizardry with roles in Equus and The Cripple of Inishmaan, is to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.
An ICM poll released last Sunday suggested that nearly half (42 per cent) of all Scottish families are divided on whether the country should become independent.
The poll, for the Scotland on Sunday newspaper, also exposed significant fears that Scotland would remain divided after September's referendum.
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Description of Product: " For three generations, La Tortilla Factory and the Tamayo family have been dedicated to baking the best tasting wraps and tortillas that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. This dedication drives every employee, everyday, towards a common vision: To be the world's "Best Specialty Baker". We love what we do! La Tortilla Factory's 253 employees are committed to being the "Best Specialty Baker" by producing delicious, good-for-you tortillas and wraps, everyday! We know that our success depends on our consumers and their trust in us — that we will continuously make the finest products for them. We are deeply committed to earning their trust everyday. So, unlike other tortilla companies, there is not a single drop of partially hydrogenated or fully hydrogenated oils anywhere in our manufacturing plant, which means there are absolutely NO trans-fats in any of our products! Of course, the commitment to healthy, high quality food is enhanced by the vision we see all around us, everyday! Located in the heart of Sonoma County, California, La Tortilla Factory is at the intersection of the culinary arts, farm-fresh produce, artisan cheese-makers, some of the world's finest wineries, and world-class chefs."
Review of Product: I was able to try three (3) varieties of La Tortilla Factory tortillas and I'm hooked! I tried the Smart & Delicious 100 Calorie Whole Wheat Tortillas, the Low Carb/High Fiber Tortillas, and the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Tomato Basil SoftWraps. The SoftWraps were awesome for a sandwich and the tomato basil flavor added an extra umph to my meal! The whole wheat tortillas are very tasty for such a low calorie tortilla and I found them surprisingly tasty. The low carb/high fiber tortillas were my biggest surprise – I expected them to be a little cardboardy or sawdusty but they weren't at all! They are my new fave addition to my diet and they are such a smart choice to make health-wise! I have made little pizzas with these, breakfast burritos, and even enchiladas – the possibilities are endless.
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Hi Upallnight,
The Aux fan just comes on and goes off within a short while. It doesn't stay running eventhough the A/C button is ON.
The pipe that comes from the radiator is just warm and the pipe that goes from the compressor to the interior is hot (might be coz its next to the engine).
Unfortunatly I don't have good understanding of how these systems work, so I never asked the mechanic specifically about the high and low side of the pressure. All that he said was the refridgerant is adequate and has enough pressure. I live in Australia and its summer here. So I guess the day when he was checking, it would have been around 30°C. One thing what I noticed is the air temp what it blows depends on the outside temp. In the morning since its cool (20° - 25°C), it blows cool air and during early evenings when the outside temp is at its max, it blows hot air into the cabin. The other thing that comes to my mind is the part at the very front of the compressor doesn't rotate when the belt rotates the pully on the compressor(not sure whether its supposed to be rotating).
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A hardline but effective operation by Algerian special forces brought to an end the four-day hostage crisis in the desert yesterday, as they swept into the gas refinery at In Amenas, killing 11 terrorists and discovering that seven of the foreign hostages had been shot, possibly executed by their captors. Amid the confusion over the identities of the victims, the British government said that at least five Britons were either dead or unaccounted for.
Yet, as the immediate crisis ended, albeit in the bloodshed with which it began, there were rising fears that the episode might just be the beginning of a far wider Western involvement in the region to try to quell the spread into Africa of Islamic extremism and terror.
Officials in Europe and Washington are to increase assistance, including intelligence-sharing, military aid and training, to states identified as at risk from the march of al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). So, a suicidal terror mission, an energy-rich region, talk of action to deal with countries that are havens and training grounds for extremists – there is an unsettling familiarity about it all.
There was, however, relief that the immediate crisis was brought to an end yesterday. The special forces operation was triggered by a fire in the complex and a suspicion, later confirmed, that the terrorists had mined and booby-trapped the plant.
As it began, there were believed to be about a dozen terrorists still holding at least 30 foreign hostages inside the refinery part of the complex. First, came word that the Algerian troops had discovered 15 charred bodies – identities unknown – then news that 16 hostages, none of them Britons, had been released.
Algerian government sources declared mid-afternoon yesterday that the siege was over, with a total of 32 terrorists and 23 hostages killed in the entire attack. A total of 685 Algerian and 107 foreigner workers were freed.
But the number of Britons who have lost their lives is still unknown. Two were known to have died on Wednesday and Thursday, and there are now palpable fears for others still unaccounted for. The group chief executive of BP, Bob Dudley, said the company is "unable to confirm the location or situation" of four employees at In Amenas, and the firm has "grave fears" that the workers are likely to have suffered fatalities.
Releasing the latest figures of those feared dead last night, David Cameron said: "Let me be clear. There is no justification for taking innocent life in this way. Our determination is stronger than ever to work with allies right around the world to root out and defeat this terrorist scourge and those who encourage it."
The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, who held a joint news conference with the US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, said: "The loss of life as a result of these attacks is appalling and unacceptable. We must be clear that it is the terrorists who bear sole responsibility for it."
Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, said eight Scottish residents are confirmed safe and secure, but said some of the workers still unaccounted for have family in Scotland or other connections to the country. BP said that 25 of its 56 workers in Algeria at the time of the attack have now left in a "staged process" of withdrawing all non-essential staff from the country.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said that a British consular team is now on the ground at In Amenas, providing assistance to those Britons who escaped, while Britain's ambassador to Algeria, Martyn Roper, is travelling to the area.
"This whole incident underlines the scale and ruthlessness of the terrorist threat that we and other nations face," said Mr Hague. "We underline our resolve to deal with that and to defeat terrorism and murder, working with allies across the world, including in North Africa."
Despite the casualties among the hostages, an Algerian government source quoted yesterday by the Algerian Press Service strongly defended the military operation, saying it prevented a "true disaster" which would have caused "immeasurable" human and material damage. The rescue mission was carried out in "extremely complex circumstances" against terrorists armed with a huge arsenal of missiles, rocket launchers, grenades and assault rifles, the source said.
The French President, François Hollande, backed Algeria's handling of the crisis, saying that "no negotiation was possible". He added: "We don't have all the details, but when there's a hostage situation concerning so many people, with terrorists so coldly determined, ready to kill... a country like Algeria responds in a way which, to my eyes, is the most suitable." Mr Hammond was more ambiguous, saying: "Different countries have different approaches to dealing with these things. But the nature of collaboration in confronting a global threat is that we work with people sometimes who do things somewhat different, slightly differently, from the way we do them ourselves."
Government sources confirmed last night that the UK will extend offers to improve funding, military co-operation and police training to African states, after it was decided that "diplomacy is not enough" to head off the advance of Islamist radicalism across the continent. "We have spent years using diplomacy, and improving relations, to argue for greater recognition of the threat posed by al-Qa'ida in this region, and greater resistance to it," a senior government source said last night. "It has worked, to a degree, but we need more direct engagement."
US Defence Secretary Panetta yesterday made clear that Washington believed the 12-year "war on terror" was still going and had renewed its focus in North Africa. Washington, London and EU governments will increase intelligence sharing, military aid and training to states within the "corridor of terror" at risk from al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb. Mr Panetta told Radio 4's Today programme yesterday: "This is a war. It is the war on terrorism."
Standing alongside Mr Hammond at the London press conference, Mr Panetta said: "Terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in Algeria, not in North Africa, not anywhere... Those who would wantonly attack our country and our people will have no place to hide."
As the final assault on the In Amenas plant was launched, Mr Hague chaired a meeting of the Government's Cobra committee, declaring that dealing with the crisis and ensuring the safety of all Britons remained his "top priority".
By yesterday afternoon, Britain's ambassador was finally allowed to visit the scene of the hostage-taking after two days of attempts to get consular assistance to Britons involved in the crisis.
At 5pm yesterday, Mr Cameron spoke to the Algerian Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, who confirmed the crisis was over. No 10 said there would be a fresh Cobra meeting to discuss the endgame.
With the four-day hostage crisis over, energy industry sources suggested BP and other companies with interests in North Africa would have to reconsider its gas exploration for fear of copycat attacks on their workers. It is understood that BP had been granted new exploration licences in Libya days before the hostage-taking and, although the company is unlikely to be forced out of Algeria, would have to scale back its ambitions in the wider region. Drilling by Total of France, Norway's Statoil and Italy's Eni SpA might also be affected by the hostage crisis.
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My new 1982 house has a blown in insulation, gray color, which I assume is rockwool. There was a paper in the attic saying it was done by a "certified Owens Corning contractor", but not much else and it's faded and hard to read.
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Campus Federal is participating in the Habitat for Humanity fundraiser hosted by Baton Rouge Area Credit Union League. For the last few years the League has held numerous fundraisers to raise enough money to build a home for Habitat for Humanity. To accomplish this outstanding goal, one additional fundraiser is needed to finalize the funds necessary ($75,000) to build this new home in Baton Rouge. Therefore, Campus Federal and other local credit unions will be promoting a raffle starting Monday, July 20th - August 27th.
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