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James Hoggan | October 12, 2007
By James Hoggan • Friday, October 12, 2007 - 08:06
First, our warmest congratulations to Al Gore. The Nobel Prize is one of the world's great honors and, in our view, one that is extremely well-deserved.
But I'm conscious that the standing ovation Gore is enjoying today is not exactly unanimous. The climate change conversation has become polarized - and belligerent - over the last decade. And Al Gore - a politician who dared to address a controversial public issue outside the conventional political process - has become a lightning rod for some hyper-political criticism. How can we get people from all points on the political spectrum to celebrate Gore's Nobel Prize without feeling that they are sacrificing their own cherished political interests?
It is, first of all, a shame that we have to ask such a question. It's a shame that North American society has grown so adversarial that it is impossible to congratulate a political opponent without appearing weak. It's also a shame that the fossil-fueled climate change deniers were originally so successful in defining global warming as a political issue. It's a shame that many Republicans agreed early on to ignore the science, reasoning simply that "if Al Gore's for it, then I must be against it."
A lot of credit is owed to people like California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain for getting us past that political polarization. These smart and courageous men broke early from the Republican pack to salute science over self-interest.
But the Nobel committee seems to agree that an even larger portion of credit should go to Al Gore. In a public education and advocacy campaign unprecedented in history, Gore was instrumental in alerting North Americans to this global threat. He got our attention.
Of course, he was not working alone. If I may be allowed a personal aside, I'd like to credit the David Suzuki Foundation (full disclosure; I'm the Chair) which produced its first major climate change campaign in 1996. And, more obviously, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a global scientific collaboration that is also unprecedented in human history - has done almost two decades of exemplary work in advancing our understanding of this issue, even as certain self-interested parties were trying to keep us locked in confusion.
Still, for all the effort that everyone else has expended, I think it's clear that, in the American conversation, Al Gore tipped the balance. For which we all should offer an unequivocal: Bravo!
But we won't. Too many of us, today, are brooding about this honor, entirely because of its political implications. Too many are arguing, for example, that Gore was "only" trying to use his climate change advocacy campaign as a stepping stone to a presidential run for 2009. Well, if Gore planned all this - if he planned to win an Oscar, write a best seller and capture the Nobel Prize by publicizing the risks of anthropogenic global warming - he may be smarter than any of us suspected. If he's that prescient, he might make quite a good president.
But you don't have to commit a hypothetical vote to Al Gore for president. You don't have to forgive him for not fighting harder for the White House in 2001. You don't have to abandon any of your own political preferences just because you stand up today, with the the Nobel committee and the whole world, and say, thanks Al. Thanks for the hard work. Thanks for the good judgment. Thanks for refusing to let Exxon's baffle brigade continue to sew doubt about this critical global issue.
We have not turned the corner on emission controls, but I believe this Nobel Prize will demonstrate that we have turned a corner on a dark time of dissembling and denial. North America has finally acknowledged the scientific consensus and joined the global political consensus. For which, once again, we should say: Thanks Al. And congratulations. Today, you deserve it.
Adam replied on Permalink
F$%* Al Gore! He is the
F$%* Al Gore! He is the worst person to represent global warming. He naturally politicizes the issue. The inconsistencies of his film put him in the Michael Moore league of documentarians. Of course, I will now be put into the "fossil-fueled climate change deniers " section. Climate change is happening and we need some real scientists to study why?
The point is . . .
the real scientists HAVE studied why and are working away at the science all the time, fine-tuning and improving our understanding of the phenomenon. But without someone like Al Gore (who has never claimed to be a scientist) to raise global awareness they would be labouring in obscurity. Meanwhile governments like the Bush and Harper administrations would not be held accountable by the public for doing nothing to curtail GHG emissions. Without Gore and a few others like him, we'd be in a tailspin right now, with precious little time to pull out. It's bad enough as it is!!!!
danny bee replied on Permalink
Polar Cities in future
Al Gore should look into polar cities too!
climate criminal replied on Permalink
Politicizing Climate Change
I haven't seen 'An Inconvenient Truth', but I have seen the slide-show
upon which the movie is apparently based.
Assuming the movie is similar to the slide-show what you say is quite untrue!
The text of his speech can be found at http://civic.moveon.org/gore3//speech.html
Al Gore is even-handed and non-political in his comments, I failed to noticed him differentiate between the policies of Republican and Democratic administrations - until and excepting the disastrous current Bush Administration that is! He then goes on to list the deceptions, lies and tactics of the industry lackies otherwise known as the Bush Administration.
It is the Bush Administration and their industry backers alone that have politicized climate change, not Al Gore! They have adopted the underhand tactics of the Tobacco industry and some of their paid representatives to spread lies and disinformation about the science.
None of the so-called deceptions featured in the slide-show, so I suspect that they never occurred in the movie and the claims will turn-out to be just yet more contrarian fallacies, lies and exaggerations! I'm sure there are far more contrarian lies to come.
Since the guys at RealClimate thought the move was generally correct but had one or two minor flaws. I went to check RealClimate but I received the following message
'Error establishing a database connection. This probably means that the server is busy due to heavy traffic. Please try again later.'
Since DeSmogBlog gets DDoS attacks, I suspect that RealClimate might be currently under a DDoS attack, in the light of the Nobel Prize news, of course it just might be heavy traffic.
Now if it is a DDoS attack, I wonder who might be responsible?
Congratulations to the IPCC and Al Gore.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Claimae change, Bush, Politicization
It is absolutely clear, that recognizing scientific consensus on climate change that George Bush acted in a timely fashion to show good support for the IPCC and its efforts, and doing something about about CO2.
Oops, that was George H. W. bush, and it was 1989:
Only nit is a typo (mis-scan) about devoting 0 million…
It is a reminder that politicization of science to the current extent is a recent (and very unwelcome) phenomenon.
Congratulations Al Gore
Al Gore, congratulations on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Now it is time to announce your wish to become America's president, take your seat in the White House, and be the leader we have all been waiting for to move beyond the corrupt system of Empire and towards Earth community. Kudos to the Nobel Committee for realizing that sustainability is peace.
President Gore?
The problem with that is that if he did throw his hat in now, the whole thing would collapse under cynical accusations that it was his goal all along to ride this hobbyhorse to the White House. It would also add fuel to the claim that AGW is all politics, not science. Gore has found an issue and a platform that transcend politics. He would be wise to distance himself from petty national politics and focus on the Big Picture.
Go AL!
John Dowell replied on Permalink
What A Fraud!
The Nobel committee has further debased the currency of what once was a prestigious award. When they awarded it to Yasser Arafat, its stock went down. Now it has plunged further with this award to a man who deliberately crafted a movie that a British judge just this week ruled "assumes facts not in evidence". That's nice legal speak for "contains lies and distortions".
Now Gore can expand his already considerable carbon footprint by jetting around the world bragging about his latest triumph. Oh wait. He will make things right by buying carbon offsets – from himself. What a fraud!
Steve L replied on Permalink
Kissinger too
Don't you think that if the legal speak meant what you suggest, then phrases like "broadly accurate" would not have been used to describe the movie? How do you explain the judge not ruling against it being shown in schools if it contains "lies". Funny how when someone uses the word "lie" in connection to Tim Ball's writings you throw a fit….
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
Tim Ball's lies, the notion
Tim Ball's lies, the notion that anyone can make sense of what he says is even better. He contradicts himself all the time, is he lieing to himself perhaps?
Erin replied on Permalink
Video: Greenpeace hails Nobel decision
cyb3r_ph4ntom replied on Permalink
Nobel Peace Prize
Congratulations to Al Gore and the IPCC panel for finally getting the recognition they deserve in their attempt to educate and take action on global warming.
The IPCC is a very large group of scientists from various countries and disciplines. It looks as though there are a lot of real scientists all ready studying why global warming is happening. Al Gore is not a scientist. Scientists make poor orators. Al Gore is delivering the message in a way that everyone can understand.
It may be true that in recent years the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a few individuals who really didn't deserve it. But this is not one of those instances.
The British judge who decided that An Inconvenient Truth contained errors "in the context of alarmism and exaggeration", reached his conclusions using erroneous data. When I first read this story I wasn't at all surprised by this conclusion. But, as I read through the nine points of "inaccuracy" it became clear to me that this was an attempt to not only discredit this documentary but also Al Gore himself. It appears as though this judge has taken some of the same data that anthropogenic global warming deniers use as scientific fact, to pass judgment against Al Gore and his attempt to increase awareness of the growing threat of global warming. That would mean that the judge has come to his conclusion in a fraudulent manner, unless he wasn't aware of the fallacy of the data he was using.
Once again personal attacks against the messenger are used to "prove" that the message is nothing more than "extremist alarmism". Al Gore is "jetting" around the world to raise awareness of the threat of global warming everywhere.
Yes he is contributing to the very thing he is talking about but he's not alone.
Stop the warming!
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Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
The claimant's "expert" witness was Bob Carter
"It appears as though this judge has taken some of the same data that anthropogenic global warming deniers use as scientific fact, to pass judgment against Al Gore and his attempt to increase awareness of the growing threat of global warming".
The claimant's "expert" witness was Bob Carter, the well known Australian AGW denier.
I don't understand why the defendants (the UK government) didn't question this.
Ian Forrester
I doubt it matters
Kids, being what they are, are now more likely to take Gore's film seriously, now that someone has told them they can't watch it in school!
John Dowell replied on Permalink
They Can Watch It
The judge didn't ban the Gore sci-fi film from classroom viewing. He said it could be shown but there must be caveats. Teachers must explain that there is no scientific validity to much of what is in the film and that the science connected to so-called global warming is not settled.
Sounds about right to me. These are the sort of contextual explanations that should accompany any piece of propaganda shown to impressionable young people.
cyb3r_ph4ntom replied on Permalink
I agree.
Such as the Great Global Warming Swindle, Global Warming: Doomsday Called Off and many other "highly informative and scientifically accurate" documentaries.
To quote, "These are the sort of contextual explanations that should accompany any piece of propaganda shown to impressionable young people."
I agree that this sort of warning should be on all propaganda videos.
The only question is, who decides which ones get it and which ones don't? cyb3r_ph4ntom
cyb3r_ph4ntom replied on Permalink
The "new" UK. government.
The 'new" UK. government is stacked with former heads of business and lobby groups.
These new ministers now have control over the very agencies they used to oppose. Their mandate is to further the needs of big industry at any cost. This ruling was "tailor" made to further their cause.
The Bush administration has been doing this since day one.
In Canada Stephen Harper has recently been more open about this practice, and the UK. government of Gordon Brown is now at it as well.
Not only is this practice destructive environmentally, it is an erosion of democracy. cyb3r_ph4ntom
John Dowell replied on Permalink
Judge Agrees With Al
Ian, The Goracle had this comment on his Nobel laureate: "The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level."
Regardless of how the British judge arrived at his decision, in the end he simply agreed with Al. "An Inconvenient Truth" is not about science.
I think you will find
that the Nobel committee stated that AGW is not a POLITICAL issue. They were not saying that it isn't about science, but rather that the implications of the science will challenge us as a species in moral and spiritual ways as we look for solutions. By recognizing the work of the IPCC in this joint award, the Nobel Committee has acknowledged that both the science and informing the public about the science are hugely important.
And the judge in the Dimmock challenge found that AIT was broadly accurate. Read the whole decision carefully.
John Dowell replied on Permalink
"And the judge in the Dimmock challenge found that AIT was broadly accurate. Read the whole decision carefully." – Femack
Yeah, that's why he pointed out 11 scientific errors in the movie.
I don't think so
Have a look. If you are serious about informing yourself thoroughly on the issue, check this out:
In a nutshell, "There were nine [not 11] points where [Judge] Burton decided that AIT differed from the IPCC and that this should be addressed in the Guidance Notes for teachers to be sent out with the movie… Where political issues are involved there should be "a balanced presentation of opposing views" so Burton states that the government should make it clear when "there is a view to the contrary, i.e. (at least) the mainstream view". Burton calls these "errors or departures from the mainstream".
So contrary to all the reporters' claims Burton did not find that there were 9 scientific errors in AIT, but that there were nine points that might be errors or where differing views should be presented for balance."
This is a far cry from finding that there were factual errors in AIT.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
See: http://scienceblogs.com/
which is a careful analysis of what the judge said and didn't say.
I think you're being a little harsh on the judge. There are knowledgable people who thought that overall AIT was quite good in representing the current science, but there were a few minor soft spots. [I thought the same.]
If we're lucky, the foofaraw may help educate people about denialists, and actually help educate students in critical thinking. When I was in high school, we used sets of history books that were deliberately picked to disagree with each, which was terribly confusing to people that expected perfect truth in any one place … but overall, really educational.
Dan Johnson replied on Permalink
Congratulations to Al Gore, and to Desmogblog
Congratulations to former US Vice-President Al Gore for the recognition he has received for bringing the climate change message to the people.
Congratulations to Jim Hoggan and all Desmogblog staff for their perseverance and respect for science and the environment.
A mountain of kudos to Desmogblog for continually taking the climate message further, clarifying the issues, bring new findings to our attention, and exposing the cynics, ignorant or otherwise, who try to twist questions regarding the quality of the environment into political and personal gain.
Dan Johnson,
Professor of Environmental Science,
University of Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada. [email protected]
Amen to that!
BTW, Dan, thanks for holding fast & forcing Tim Ball to back down. I got a good laugh out of that conclusion.
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
Ohh....I think we all did,
Ohh….I think we all did, glad things concluded that way but there should have never been a lawsuit to start with.
Dan replied on Permalink
bad ties and frivolous suit
Thanks. It was worth it.
danny bee replied on Permalink
Polar Cities in future
Dan, did you ever hear about or think about idea of POLAR CITIES? google or wiki the term. email me at
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Dan replied on Permalink
In general, it seems inevitable that where limiting factors decrease (and others don't pop up next in line), development will expand, and where limiting factors become more severe, development rates will slow or reverse. This holds as long as markets, resources, transportation access and regulation allow. The interesting questions are when and how well it will be planned. I guess that applies to every region (although big islands that are already heavily populated don't have so much choice…).
Dan2 replied on Permalink
PS, on Nobel, the person
Thanks for the link to the Malkin commentary. Hilarious. One of the 'shocking' revelations:
"And what about Alfred Nobel, the founder? What did he do to forward the cause of 'peace'? He invented dynamite. That's right! Not only did Nobel invent the modern-day explosive, he benefited richly from it."
Talk about "not clear on the concept".
Dan replied on Permalink
not clear
I guess the history of the Nobel prize is all new to the blogger.
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
Come on Malkin is Green!
With envy
. replied on Permalink
Not since Yasser Arafat has there been a more appropriate Nobel Peace prize choice.
As has been noted, nowadays a Nobel Peace prize carries all the weight of a letter from Ed McMahon and Publishers Clearing House.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
GW Bush Award
We can all look forward to George W. Bush Jr. being awarded the Prize for Environmental Vandalism.
Envo replied on Permalink
and you?
No doubt the Brave Mr. Dot either has a whole wall full of such awards, or a good reason why the rest of the world conspires to ignore him.
. replied on Permalink
Ah, good one!
"We can all look forward to George W. Bush Jr. being awarded the Prize for Environmental Vandalism."
Presumably the point you are trying to make is that George Bush is equally deserving of your imaginary award, as Gore is deserving of any "peace" prize.
Good one!
climate criminal replied on Permalink
My comment was intended to emphasise the enormous difference between 'Hail to the thief' George Bush, whose claim to fame is that first he stole the election, and ever since he has been busy aiding his industry pals to destroy the environment. Whereas Al Gore has made it his business to educate the public about the dangers of climate change. Bush deserves our derision, while Gore deserves our applause.
You are wrong about Al Gore not deserving the peace prize.
The effects of climate change are already being seen, just consider the reductions in precipitation feeding some of the world's great rivers. Even a TROLL has enough imagination to envisage the likely consequences of increasing water shortages. Conflict is sure to result! If we cap our emissions, the worst effects of climate change could be averted. Al Gore is part of this!
Erin replied on Permalink
good abc news video
lkjlkj replied on Permalink
Free Koolaid at the temple, folks! All your pain will be gone!
" The climate change conversation has become polarized - and belligerent - over the last decade."
Hmm, that's odd. I wonder how that happened? You'd think shrilly denouncing your critics as "denierists", and shouting them down by insinuating they are in the pay of "big oil"(tm), would invite (cough-cough) "conversation"?
"It is, first of all, a shame that we have to ask such a question. It's a shame that North American society has grown so adversarial that it is impossible to congratulate a political opponent without appearing weak."
That's a pretty brazen statement, coming from Diamond Jim Hoggan – who's PR company's website (this one) is absolutely solely devoted to promoting this adversarialism, of which he now pretends to decry.
Hoggan pretends befuddlement at the failure of universal bowing and scraping before a huckster like Gore. It puts me in mind of the bewilderment members of The People's Temple must have felt, when confronted with skepticism about Jim Jones.
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AIT Judgement is MISREPORTED and FLAWED
The recent much hyped UK Judgement about An Inconvenient Truth was both FLAWED and MISREPORTED!
For the facts, see Tim Lambert's point by point dissection [link below] and a link to the actual judgement.
Tim Lambert also names and shames the journalists who got it wrong!
Extreme Makeover
The far-right's prejudice against any global warming mumbo-jumbo stems from a perception that talk of global warming was just a ruse from the far-left to interfere with free enterprise. However, that extreme view is getting a makeover as the chorus of scientific voices begin to harmonize upon the same tune: the Earth's getting warmer, and humans are likely contributing to the situation. All it will take to start approaching the problem a little more rationally is for a leading member of the far-right to retreat from this particular battlefront. I have to believe that the soldiers out there still loyally denying global warming would welcome a transfer to another, more productive zone.
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Meanwhile, back on Earth ...
"The far-right's prejudice against any global warming mumbo-jumbo stems from a perception that talk of global warming was just a ruse from the far-left to interfere with free enterprise."
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck …
It's reality, not a perception. Amusing, though, that your complaint is the "far-right" should keep a more open mind to mumbo-jumbo!
Not sure what this mythical "far-right" you refer to consists of. I'm guessing that's your epithet for anyone even slightly more conservative than Che Guevarra, since you evidently believe the chief characteristic of the "far-right" is support for free enterprise.
You are wrong when you say that environmentalism is something originating from left wing politics. Nothing could be further from the truth. Historically, socialists care nothing for the environment. However, it is well known that socialists of every stripe began co-opting and subverting environmentalism not too long after the Berlin Wall fell, futily seeking regain any relevance in the modern world. How's that working out for you?
"However, that extreme view is getting a makeover as the chorus of scientific voices begin to harmonize upon the same tune: the Earth's getting warmer, and humans are likely contributing to the situation."
Only one problem with that – the opposite is happening. So ironically, that is merely your perception. Climate alarmists are coming under increasing scrutiny and their claims are being increasingly exposed as simply bad science.
...Historically, socialists
…Historically, socialists care nothing for the environment. However, it is well known that socialists of every stripe began co-opting and subverting environmentalism not too long after the Berlin Wall fell, futily seeking regain any relevance in the modern world. How's that working out for you?…
Wow, what hogwash! Did you pick this nonsense up from some denialist site, or do you just simply make it up? If not, provide evidence.
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Socialist Stewardship
In case you are too young to have remembered, VJ, the apalling environmental stewardship of the socialists who ran Eastern Europe from 1945 to about 1990 supports the contention that being socialist doesn't automatically translate into environmental caring. These wonderful lovers of humankind could have cared less about poisoning the air and water people use.
It is also a fact that the looney left of the West embraced environmentalism as their best hope to hobble free enterprise after the fall of the Soviet Empire eliminated any faint hope that this task would be accomplished from that quarter.
As a member of the "looney left"
for about 40 years, I take exception to your characterization of us as a bunch of band-wagon jumpers. Environmentalism has been a part of my life since I had a life, thank you very much! And as for Eastern Europe, you are betraying a very simple-minded world view if you think it had any similarities whatsoever with the movement for social support and responsibility that has developed here in Canada.
This isn't about politics, it's about lack of imagination and the will to develop alternative systems & technologies that will ultimately benefit everyone. If the folks in the oil patch had any kind of foresight, they'd have figured out ages ago that they can profit by getting in on the ground floor of those technologies, rather than being dragged in kicking & screaming, suffering a real hit to their public relations along the way. Phew! That wore me out. I'm going to walk the dogs and plot world domination now.
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"And as for Eastern Europe, you are betraying a very simple-minded world view if you think it had any similarities whatsoever with the movement for social support and responsibility that has developed here in Canada."
Now who's the denieralist? You are very naive to imagine that North American socialist groups never had any direct links, funding, and other support from the Soviet Union. But then, I'm only going by what de-classified KGB and Stasi files tell us.
"This isn't about politics, it's about lack of imagination and the will to develop alternative systems & technologies that will ultimately benefit everyone."
Heh. I guess it's that same "lack of imagination" which has denied us the "benefits" of a centrally-planned economy and a gulag system to deal with political dissenters (or, deniers, if you prefer).
I started to respond, but I
I started to respond, but I won't dignify your remarks by trying to counter them.
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In other words, you CAN'T. Q.E.D.
From what I've seen, I doubt any attempt on your part to counter my statements is neccessary to confer them with dignity. To the contrary, it would further deprive you of yours. So, good call.
Can't be bothered, more like.
What a sad, frightened little person you are
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Not surprising
Odd that you can't be bothered to make a coherent argument, and yet you can be bothered to make childish personal insults. Par for the course.
Thanks – yet again – for demonstrating my point.


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Danks tosses eight scoreless innings to defeat Royals
KANSAS CITY -- John Danks was tough on the Royals prior to his shoulder surgery a year ago, and he's still tough on them now.
Ending a winless drought that stretched back to July 2, Danks delivered eight shutout innings Tuesday night and boosted the White Sox to a 2-0 victory at Kauffman Stadium. Danks scattered seven hits and improved his career mark against Kansas City to 6-0.View Full Game Coverage
KANSAS CITY -- John Danks was tough on the Royals prior to his shoulder surgery a year ago, and he's still tough on them now.
Ending a winless drought that stretched back to July 2, Danks delivered eight shutout innings Tuesday night and boosted the White Sox to a 2-0 victory at Kauffman Stadium. Danks scattered seven hits and improved his career mark against Kansas City to 6-0.View Full Game Coverage
Chicago couldn't muster much offense against Royals right-hander Ervin Santana, but a Gordon Beckham solo homer in the first gave the White Sox all they would need for Danks and closer Addison Reed.
"Today was probably the best command he has had all year long," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said of Danks. "He was continually throwing strikes with all of his pitches. For him to go eight innings against a lineup which has been tough on us is pretty good."
Danks had been 0-5 with three no-decisions before taming the Royals. He got double plays in the first and third that enabled him to settle in nicely as the White Sox (50-74) won their fourth in a row. The Royals (64-60) lost their third in a row.
Danks induced a double-play grounder from Billy Butler in the first and then felt a huge momentum surge in the third after Chris Getz led off with a single. Trailing 2-0, Getz took off and Jamey Carroll put the ball in play with a soft fly to center. Alejandro De Aza came racing in to make the catch, and Getz was easily doubled off at first.
"Off the bat, I thought that was a hit and it was going to be first and third," Danks said. "You go from two on and no outs to nobody on and two outs. That's a big turnaround."
Beckham's homer in the first came off Santana's money pitch -- a slider. It was just the fourth for Beckham this year after the second baseman hit 16 in 2012.
"To take a line from Clark Griswold, I don't think I would have been any more surprised if I had woke up with my head sewn to the carpet," Beckham said. "I definitely didn't think that was coming, but it was good to hit a home run."
Chicago's second run came in the second inning on a bizarre passed ball. With Paul Konerko at third, a Santana pitch eluded catcher Salvador Perez and disappeared under a padded area in the backstop. Konerko, who initially held up for fear that the ball would bounce right back to Perez, was awarded home plate.
"If we have to do the hidden-ball trick to win, we'll take it," Beckham said. "We haven't really had a lot of bounces go our way this year, so it's nice to have that. I don't even know where it went. Still missing."
The Royals, who won 17 of 20 after the All-Star break to zoom onto the playoff radar screen, have now dropped six of eight. Whereas Kansas City seemed to catch all the breaks in a late July sweep over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, it was just the opposite on Tuesday night.
The Royals put their leadoff man on in the eighth when Getz singled, but Danks promptly picked him off.
"I decided I would give them my best [pickoff move] and see what happened," Danks said. "Fortunately, it worked."
Kansas City manager Ned Yost gave credit to Danks for keeping the Royals hitters in a general state of frustration.
"He kept his fastball down on the corner of the plate for the most part and had a good changeup and a good breaking ball," Yost said. "I don't think we really smoked a bunch of balls."
Danks went eight innings for the second time this year, and the White Sox are hopeful that Tuesday's outing is a sign of things to come.
"He has worked hard to get back to where he is," Beckham said of Danks. "The last four or five games, I feel like he has really picked it up. You can tell his stuff is a little bit better, getting back to the John Danks that we know."
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26 June 2010
New rankings now in place
Over the weekend, we put into place a modification to the algorithm by which we score and rank players.
Before going into the details of the change, please note that on the Rules page we say:
"We reserve the right to change the scoring and ranking algorithms at any time; such changes may be applied retroactively in the current quarter. We guarantee, however, that the algorithm will always be applied equally to all players."
We don't make such changes lightly, but in this case it was required - and the result is a much more accurate reflection of the way players compete on the PL/SQL Challenge.
Some background: in the process of analyzing quiz answer data, we noticed that many players were visiting the quiz page more than once in a day. That is, you log in, press Take the Quiz button and then "I'm Ready! Start the Quiz Now" button, at which point you see the quiz for that day. But these players were not submitting their answer at this time. Instead, they were coming back later in the day to go through the same steps and then press Submit Answer.
Of course, in many cases, this is happening because a player might lose a connection or have to "get back to work!" (so sayeth the unenlightened manager). But in several other cases, we have players who routinely "double visit" the quiz page - which can offer a significant advantage, and might even be considered a form of cheating.
Putting aside the issue of cheating for a moment, we decided that we can and should adjust our algorithm to take this behavior into account by changing the way we calculate the number of seconds used to answer the question. Previously, the number of seconds was computed as the amount of time between pressing the "Start the Quiz Now" button and the "Submit Answer" button, in that same session (this will be referred to as TQ below).
From now on, the number of seconds will be computed as follows:
FV = Time of first visit to quiz page
LV = Time of last visit to quiz page
Number of seconds = (LV - FV) + TQ
The downside of this change is that if you visit the quiz page and then lose your connection and cannot return for a long time (or some other similarly innocent scenario), you will receive a greatly-reduced score. If this happens you can contact us via the Feedback button and request "forgiveness" for that gap in time. We will likely make the adjustment if it happens only very rarely.
The upside is that the score now much more accurately reflects the time that a player takes to figure out the correct answer to a quiz.
We hope you agree with these changes; if you have any questions of concerns, please reply to this blog or provide feedback through the PL/SQL Challenge site.
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My coworkers and I had noticed that over the past several weeks a number of players had apparently dramatically improved their performance on the quizzes. Our suspicion had been that they were using multiple accounts or were getting the quiz questions from someone else in advance of visiting the quiz page. We had not even considered the "disconnection" mechanism to account for their "improved" abilities. In my opinion this method is most definitely cheating. The new scoring algorithm seems to have corrected the rankings of most of the players that we thought showed unbelievable advancement)ReplyDelete
I do have one issue with the new algorithm: using the "back" button after submitting one's responses, if recorded as an access to the quiz page, would negatively affect the player's score. Such an impact would be unfair since there is no mechanism by which the player could change their responses. This concern can be addressed by scoring the time to answer as the time of submission minus the time of first visit to the quiz page.
- Anonymous27 June, 2010 03:09
This sounds completely fair to me.ReplyDelete
I didn't realize the prior method was using (last visit + submit time); I had always assumed it was (first visit + submit time).
Just to be safe, FV and LV would always be the same if you only visit once, resulting in (0 + TQ), correct? I had just imagined a ((0 - FV) + TQ) resulting in a negative adjustment to TQ. :)
John, (JHall62)ReplyDelete
That is a very good point, and that makes more sense. We shouldn't count visits that occur after you have submitted your answer. We will adjust our algorithm and re-score.
Richard, yes, there are never negative adjustments.
Many thanks, SF
- Anonymous29 June, 2010 19:43
I absolutely don't get the new system. Why visiting this page is considered something like cheating? The page describing rules hmmm describes the rules. And, BTW, it is this page the user is redirected to when he enters user name + password and clicks the button next to the input box - IMO it's page design f*ck up. I don't expect this button being there.ReplyDelete
PS. Another rant from me on the same topic: I really don't want to even press login button, I want "remember me" option.
We're not talking about the first step of the page -- we're talking about the next step where you see the question and the options. That's cheating when you see the quiz, think about it for a while, potentially research it, come back it and then answer it, trying to beat the timing algorithm.ReplyDelete
Hope this helps.
FinnIt's cheating to view the question, go away and think about it for a while
- Anonymous29 June, 2010 22:26
Oh, I see. I didn't understand the message correctly, my mistake. Now I agree that it was a bug in the algorithm, and it indeed allowed to cheat.ReplyDelete
I'm 100% behind the improved scoring algorithm even though I {was) one of the cheaters.ReplyDelete
Frankly I have not read in much detail how the new scoring system is working but I am sure SF and Finn must have worked hard to design the new algorithm, so I am quite sure it is good for all of us :)ReplyDelete
But I have one suggestion regarding "time" part in calculating the score. It would be great (IMO) if the clock starts after a minute (or may be less) once you hit "Start Quiz" button. That way everybody will get some time to concentrate and think over the question.
Many times it happens that I lose concentration in a hurry of submitting answer to score more and end up in selecting wrong answers. Actually I just took today's quiz and after submitting answer as usual I tried checking the correct answer and I found I selected "totally" wrong answer even though I knew the correct answer. So in frustration I thought of this idea and posting this comment immediately. Feeling so sad about it :(
As said I haven't gone much in details of new scoring system and am not sure if it is feasible to incorporate this in the new algorithm but guess many players will agree with this idea.
Ramesh, I appreciate your concern and your idea, but I really don't see how that could work. For many people 1 minute is way more than they need to answer most of these questions.ReplyDelete


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Album Rating: 3.5ok_
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good review
Good review.
One suggestion:
Drink the Sea suffers from a disease of ambition:
Drink the Sea is overambitious:
Digging: Sordide - Hier Déjà Mort
ya being ambitious isn't a disease hehe
Album Rating: 3.5Thanks, will mess around with the phrasing
just thought of this if you wanna use it...
Drink the Sea suffers from the double-edged sword that is ambition.
Album Rating: 4.0Drink the Sea suffers from an age-long ailment, with plenty of near-legendary examples in history throughout multiple mediums of art dubbed "overambitious".
Album Rating: 4.0good review review btw
these guys can be pretty inconsistent but they have good stuff here and there
one of the best reviews ive seen from you, man. very nice work. may have to check this out too.
only suggestion is:
hatâs not to say Drink the Sea doesnât succeed at all, though. On the contrary: The Glitch Mob, despite the cynical and jaded attitudes they tend to prompt, has created a surprisingly strong debut full-length.
could probs be shortened to
That's not to say Drink the Sea is a failure of an album. The Glitch Mob, despite the cynical and jaded attitudes they tend to prompt, has created a surprisingly strong debut full-length.
Also, what jaded attitudes do they tend to prompt?
Album Rating: 3.5Thanks! And ask Dev about their commercialization/stagnation and commandeering of the term "glitch" and you'll see what I mean
ah, I can imagine
We Swarm is a lotta fun.
Album Rating: 3.5We Swarm, Woman, and Animus Vox kick ass
some of these tunes are really cool. but as you said, a lot of it comes across as being overblown. some of this shit sounds like Imagine Dragons, and I can't get down to Imagine Dragons.
Album Rating: 4.0I shudder at the thought of Imagine Dragons...but I don't quite get the comparison
While Imagine Dragons do their most to make their sound as overblown as possible these guys tend to take the lower ground; they don't abuse the higher register
Album Rating: 2.5wow fucking don't listen to atari or voivod's bad suggestions
i like those guys but...
i think Omaha's suggestion was fine tho
not crazy about this album or this review but i'd pos it
aw well thanks dawg
I disagree with some people here. This is a very weak review, in fact it does not even seem like a review. The writing tries too hard to be smart, but it does not have substance. Was it so hard to just say you enjoyed this album and therefore you think it is great? All this talk about grandeur, epicness, pomposity, geometric axioms, fallacies...
Album Rating: 2.5^altho id phrase it differently, i prob agree with some of what this guys saying. people taking shot at your flowery language when everything that rubs me the wrong way is your broader ideas about the band's attitude and the listener' attitudes towards the band (both of which are completely fucking worthless in a review).
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just got mine and I think I have the SAFE system figured out. You'll need the pulley to get more depower to activate the SAFE system. I pumped up the 8 and it looks solid. Looks like rain is comming so I deflated it. Funny thing, no user manuals, just instructions on the safe and jumpstart. Will give more info later. Need Sleep
Dewey, just got mine last week. The safe system was a pain to hook with those bad instructions. Anyways I got it figured out but when I flew my 10 on land the safe system was not working. Let me know how yours is.
Does this illustration help?
Or is that what you already have?
Yeah I have it (black and white photo copy) I just think it's kind of funny that you have to download the manual. Clearing out the living room now to attach the bridles. By the way, when they say factory direct they mean it. Kites were shipped on the 22nd from Hong Kong!!!
Dewey, did your safe system static bridle lines and the things you attach those to on the leading edge come in the package with the jumpstart instructions? That is where mine were and the safe system bridle (red) came by itslef with the safe system instructions. Let me know if this is how yours were. It doesn't make sense since you don't need the staic bridle lines for the jumpstart system.
I also ordered a quiver of Windwings (Rage II). I'm reading in your posts that it appears I'll be lucky enough to benefit from your assembly experience.
I'm curious, how many weeks did yours take to arrive? I shouldn't be in a hurry as there's no wind and work is going full out but I still want to play with them.
Sorry for the inconveniences, guys. Downloading the manual was the fastest way to make it available. Factory Direct is right -- the kites come from Hong Kong, so we have to set up a printing arrangement over there to ship the manuals with the kites, which we ARE doing, kites will come with printed glossy manuals very soon if not already. This stuff takes time to set up and is doubly hard in foreign countries, etc. You can imagine I'm sure.
As for the SAFE bridle problems, I'll respond to other posts below.
Will Harper
Yes, something is definately wrong. It's either installed incorrectly or somehow you got the wrong bridle (I'm guessing here). Unfortunately all our tech guys are in Baja right now on a photoshoot/product test (yeah right) and won't be back until next week. Please call Windwing in Hood River next week and get John Bellacera or Boarding Bob on the phone and work this out. The last thing we want is for you to have a bad experience because something is not right. Please take advantage of this resource, these guys are nice and very helpful.
You can email them directly by going to the "about us" section of windwing.com and clicking on their direct email links, or call the loft here at 541-386-3905.
I am confident that we can get this working right, we are getting rave reviews from kiters all over the globe since we launched the SAFE system.
Hope this helps,
Will Harper
Thanks wilzone. I also left a message for Mike Pauly. Is he out as well?? Will call your tech guys next week.
jowall - got mine in less than 2 weeks. That was with the upgraded shipping. Could take up to six weeks from hong kong standard.
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Despite Brandon Marshall's super-strong best-friend hopes for Jay Cutler's recovery, the quarterback will miss Monday's tilt at Lambeau. He'll miss the next week against Detroit, too, and the Bears' playoff hopes will be all but over because of tiebreakers.
That leaves a whole lot of football to be played for a whole lot of nothin'. You're gonna need assistance getting through the rest of the season. Let us help with your trash talkin'.
For Monday vs. Packers
Packers fans know they've had our number recently, so it's not an easy task to take down Titletown. Hit 'em where it hurts: bring up their 2011 season. Aaron Rodgers had 45 TDs with only six picks! The MVP! Get ready for another Lombardi, people! Then the Pack dropped a 37-20 stinkbomb at home against the N.Y. Giants. Doesn't get the same pub as New England's 18-1 season, but trust me: Packers fans STILL hate that they lost that game.
For Nov. 10 vs. Detroit
Detroit taunts used to be easy. Make fun of the terrible team, toss in a crumbling economy reference, something "RoboCop," boom roasted. Now that Chicago's looking up at the Lions in the standings and "RoboCop" is 25 years old, you've got to resort to dirty pool. Deadpan to your Lions fan "Too bad about Megatron, man, he's a special talent." They'll freak out and assume awesome-but-fragile Calvin Johnson's injured again and frantically thumb their phone looking for injury info. (This will work every single week, actually.)
For Nov. 24 vs. St. Louis
There aren't many St. Louis Rams fans, but if you find one there's a 100 percent chance they're also a Cardinals baseball fan. Wear a cardboard cutout mask of Boston slugger David Ortiz. Say nothing. You won't have to.
For Dec. 1 vs. Minnesota
Congratulate that Vikings fan on signing Tim Tebow. Strike that; they may love this idea and hug you. Tightly.
For Dec. 9 vs. Dallas
Cutler and Lance Briggs should both be back by this game. There's only one great way to rankle a Dallas fan: super-loud, super-obnoxious hoots of "HOW. BOUT. DEM. COWBOYS?!" every time the Bears score. You may get punched. It will be worth it.
For Dec. 29 vs. Green Bay
This game will be meaningless for the Packers, who will have clinched the NFC North by then. Since the Bears may pick up a cheap win, TREAT IT LIKE THE SUPER BOWL.
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Swedish Medical Center is the first Colorado hospital to earn The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for certification in Pancreatic and Lung Cancer Care. As the third medical center in the country to achieve this award for pancreatic cancer care and the fifth in the country to achieve this award for lung cancer care, this certification recognizes dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for quality health care.
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I am so manly
Cut up fallen trees with the chainsaw and pull out the generator and get it running.
Not bad for a city boy.
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- Gingerale again10/08/2008 2:47 AM
Um, ok, I hope you don't mind my asking, and you can call me an empiricist, but -- do you have a picture of the wood after you cut it all?ReplyDelete
He said "cut", not "split". Wood in pic is cut, so he was accurate. :)ReplyDelete
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Recent scholarship has sought to translate basic research to the treatment of clinical disorders by exploring techniques and mechanisms for diminishing fear.
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Why Is TV Suddenly Overstuffed With Buxom Bunnies, Sexy Stewardesse...
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I saw a horrifying commercial for one of these things and knew it must mean the death throes for TV. This is what my hubs and I call "Season 4-itis." Many shows start pulling out the T&A because they are failing, most often in Season 4. Using women as sex object commodities is what the desperate do when they've lost their ability to write anything of quality. It is sickening isn't it?
I haven't even read your linked article yet, but it's what I think of this predictable move. Lots of people are ditching TV these days. As an industry it is in Season 4, and it's in fear that it will be cancelled. Funny thing is? The sex-doll strategy doesn't actually *work*. :) TV has jumped the shark.
meh, I'm not really surprised. The women's lib movement got sidelined mid-stream and taken over by women who simply wanted "what men had" instead of looking to change social structures and philosophies, and by men who considered it more fruitful to let women have a few of the male perks, without rocking the boat too much. Now that feminism is out of style, the "old boys club" seems oh so cool ;)
It's really the same essence of our Western politics, keep the poor above drowning level to shut them up and keep the global status quo.
Women are still a purchasable and marketable commodity.
Boob jobs are the American burka and its not just tv. Remember Sam Harris' ted talk where he discusses the "problem of women's bodies." Arg.
We have the pendulum swinging back to the mythical good old days but I hope progress will prevail in the end. Women have made great strides in the west but the work is far from done.
Boob jobs are the American burka
Awesome! :D
How do you make something fantastic even better? Make them plastic!
No no no no no no no no no no no. Ugh.
I actually have something good to add to this. I've just read a book by Stephanie Coontz that deals with this in a very even-handed way. Maybe you have all read it since it's an older book, but it's called 'The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap'.
Here's a video of the author talking on the subject. http://youtu.be/MIeAnU7_7TA
I highly recommend it.
Did you see the abercrombie & fitch little girl's push up bra for 7 year olds? man alive!
i never liked tv, never watched it and no one in my family does. i think its a waste of productive time. i got rid of mine long ago. but thats just me. having said that, many people DO watch tv ... a lot. i think this thing u mention begins with our mistreatment of teenagers (especially). in the united states the prevailing cultural standards and mores are wildly inconsistent with the behavior of commercial interests. but, ironically, both de facto standards are oppressive and violate the human rights of teenagers (and especially the human rights of girls). one is reactionary, ignorant and superstitious and the other is purely opportunistic and exploitative. this oxymoronic situation renders teens devoid of protection from ignorance and opportunists. we are uber uptight about sex, but then commercially exploit people with it mercilessly.
we all know about the irrational taboos and mores about sex that abound here. the exploitation is a clever manipulation of precisely the suppressed urges teens have (due to the reactionary mores - and not just sexual) in order to shape and mold their behavior into patterns of action that consistently and foolishly removes money (earned through honest labor) from their pocket and transfers it to the wealthiest asset holders in the world; *even when it is counterproductive to the better interests of the teenager or adult to do so*. it promotes itself from public persuasion and honest advertising and waxes fraudulent when its kind becomes one in which the victim would never have acceded to the desired behavior if certain information about the transaction was knowable and known to them at that time. in the last 20 years almost all commercial advertising in the u.s. has become fraudulent in this sense. cigarette ads on tv (not regulated in the seventies) was one of the early examples of this kind of fraudulent advertising. it is all based on disinformation, lies, deception and; in sum, fraud. it is creating a pathological society that cannot sustain in this manner.
i think the exploitation of women in this regard is one major component of this overall problem. and no matter the integrity with which we fight the good fight and no matter how many converts we win, if capitalist interests are allowed to continue in this manner, this oxymoronic situation will endure.
this is all just my opinion, of course. kk
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Whoa, wait a minute...America will vote for Jordan IMO. So where is Kevin leading the poll?Are you talking about Kevin winning in the second scenario of America's Vote...Kevin vs Nat?
My husband and I are voting for Jordan. Call us bleeding hearts but I think Jordan will do good things with the money and probably give Jeff a little too. I think Jordan walked through many land mines in being a pretty blond girl with fake boobs. That alone tends to make many women haters and she seemed to befriend almost everyone. Also surviving a showmance is no easy feat. She was not an evil schemer and yet remains and that is to her credit also. She did pull a couple of wins out when she needed to.
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One of the expectations of consumer electronics is that over time, you will get more power for less price. That is certainly true for computers, but there isn't a "Moore's Law" for cameras. If you want a better sensor, then you have to pay more money.
The problem is that people don't necessarily want a better sensor camera, but if they want a camera, it has to be better than their cell phones, which have also been getting better nonetheless. And so, the 1/1" sensor format, which was once considered "large" and premium, is now pretty much the mainstream standard for compact cameras. The 1/1.7" format, which was once the largest format for premium compacts, is now defunct, and so is the premium positioning for cameras built around this format. To that end, the venerable Canon S120 and G16 are now gone, replaced by the G9X and G5X respectively. Of the two, the G5X is the more appealing to enthusiasts. Whereas the G7X is obviously derivative of the Sony RX100 cameras, the G5X is a more unique design... at least for Canon. The overall design could easily have come from Nikon's V3 team, and the pronounced flash/hotshoe/EVF hump is reminiscent of Fujifilm bridge cameras of years past.
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