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Meet the American type designer whose 100+ typefaces include Goudy Old Style, the graceful, easy-reading serif that Harper's Magazine still uses for text, and Copperplate Gothic, a gothic/serif hybrid over a century old and still on your lawyer's business card. Prolific and experimental, Goudy's (b. 1865, d. 1947) life and career mirrors the period of U.S. history between the Civil War and World War II.
Known as one of the world's greatest type designers in 1933, when The New Yorker profiled him as "Glorifier of the Alphabet," Goudy advocated harmony and simplicity in design. He championed beauty and refinement − but not at the expense of personality. In fact, says FontShop Type Expert David Sudweeks, "You can tell it's Goudy before you're close enough to read it."
If we had our way, Goudy would be on the list of all-American highlights we cheer about at Fourth of July picnics, right up there with baseball, apple pie, and backyard fireworks.
As fortune had it, however, European Modernism and Bauhaus design − with their assertively angular buildings and clean-edged letters − swept the Western world with enough force to cloud our collective memory of Goudy's stature.
"Much of it was lost in the shuffle. When the Erbars and Futuras and Helveticas came in, the Goudy was tossed out, recast into slugs, leading, bullets and fishing weights," explains Sudweeks.
Fortune wasn't consistently good to Goudy during his lifetime either. He showed early promise but later found himself deep in a rut. A childhood encounter with an artist's camera and winning a drawing prize at the county fair creatively inspired young Frederic. As a teen, he seemed destined for a career in the arts. That's when he provided his Bloomington, Ill. Sunday school with a stenciled version of the Ten Commandments. Impressed, the church paid him for his work.
In his early 30s, Goudy married Bertha M. Sprinks, a stenographer and officemate about whom he later wrote, "her intelligent and ready counsel I welcomed and valued; her consummate craftsmanship made possible many difficult undertakings."
A decade later, though his marriage may have been a match made in heaven, Goudy's career was barely out of the gate. In a 1942 retrospect, Popular Mechanics reported, "At 40, this short, plump, pinkish, and puckish gentleman kept books for a Chicago realtor, and considered himself a failure."
Eventually things started looking up. The Popular Mechanics article continues, "During the next 36 years, starting almost from scratch at an age when most men are permanently set in their chosen vocations, he cut 113 fonts of type, thereby creating more usable faces than did the seven greatest inventors of type and books, from Gutenberg to Garamond."
He was among the founders of Camelot Press, where he sold his first typeface, Camelot, to a Boston printer for $10. He helped found Village Press and served as art director for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company from 1920 till 1940. He taught at the Art Students League and New York University. Goudy wrote several books, including The Alphabet (1918), Elements of Lettering (1922), Typologia (1940), and the autobiographical A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography, 1895-1945 (1946).
Upon Goudy's death in 1947 the New York Herald Tribune's warm and reverent obituary read, "The entire reading public is in Mr. Goudy's debt." It also said, "Only time will tell how his type faces endure, but he gave a vast impetus to the art of printing."
Endure they did. Designers still use Goudy Old Style for a classic, American feel, and should you come across it, Goudy Ornate still holds a contemporary appeal. The 1922 Goudy Sans has occasionally fooled a type expert or two into thinking it's a more recent font. (Though the capital "A" is a dead giveaway; it sends us right back to the days Charlie Chaplin.) There's even a free Goudy webfont, Sorts Mill Goudy, a 2011 revival of Goudy Old Style. (Use it in "light line jobs like poetry," advises Macworld Magazine.)
So next time you get an attorney's contact information or page through the print edition of America's oldest general interest monthly, be sure to light a bottle rocket or dish up a slice of apple pie in memory of Frederic Goudy.
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…for Discarded American Clothing
Early on in our travel in Central America and other developing countries, one of my observations was the number of children and adults who wear clothing with American logos or slogans. At first it wasn´t so striking however t-shirts from fun runs, athletic teams or corporate events are regularly seen on children and adults in Central America, especially Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. As I began to observe the shops and markets, it became clear to me that discarded US clothing is a major source of clothing for people in the Central American countries. What follows is what I´ve learned to date.
PACA Stores or Tiendas
Clothing from donation programs such as Goowwill Industries, packs clothing into large bales or ¨Pacas¨. The bales are shipped and a wholesaler in the Central American country who in turn sells the bales to local people. For example in Coban, Guatemala, bales could be purchased for 100, 500, 800 or 1000 Quetzales (7.7 Quetzales/dollar). The purchaser may have a small storefront or tienda which then is essentially an American style ¨second-hand store¨ where clothing is sold for several dollars per garment. In Coban, where this photo was taken, there were probably 20 or 30 stores within an area of 6-7 square blocks.
Public Markets
Another option for selling used clothing is in the public markets, which is where the majority of people shop anyway, whether for fruits and vegetables, household goods or new clothing. You can always see when a new pack of clothing comes in because women are elbowing for a good spot from which to look through the clothing, just like an US ¨after-Christmas¨ sale. As you can imagine, this is quite a feat as the clothing isn´t sorted by size or type. Nevertheless, for people who don´t have the resources to purchase new clothing, getting an early look at a new shipment is probably a pretty good shopping day.
In several cities, and again in public markets, we saw pick up trucks of shoes only or as in the following photo, a large tarp was laid out with a huge pile of clothing dumped on the ground. Any piece of clothing could be purchased for $0.50.
In the US, I´ve heard and read about the controversy – if you donate to places to Goodwill or other similar donations services, the goods might be ¨sold overseas¨ and won´t get to the people who need the goods. I can´t say that I understood why this is controversial, possibly I don´t understand the whole story. However after seeing that the vast majority of people in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua benefit directly from this phenomenon, it is apparent to me that the clothing that we discard is getting into the hands of people who appreciate and value what we eagerly discard as no longer useful.
If any of you have more information to help me understand this phenomenon from another viewpoint, I´d love to hear your thoughts. Until then I stand firm – having discarded US clothing available for resale is working for the people.

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The latest annual Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics is out, and Nokia has lost its three-year reign at the top to an up-and-coming HP.
Before anyone starts popping compostable champagne corks, it's worth pointing out that none of the 15 companies studied over the last year managed more than six out of ten on Greenpeace's scale of eco-purity. That said, a number of companies have been righteously walking the walk when it comes to operating more sustainably.
HP scored best this year, jumping three places to the top of the crop, in part due to getting its suppliers to cut emissions, and for reducing the amount of energy it and its products use. The company also scored points for fighting California's proposition 23, which sought to weaken environmental standards in that state. Greenpeace did, however, ding HP for having short product lifespans and a lack of long-term servicing and repairs.
Dell clinched the number-two position, and moved up eight places this year after it agreed to eliminate PVC and bromide flame retardants from its products. The company also won praise for disclosing its own energy use and for aiming to cut emissions by 40 per cent by 2015. It lost points, however, for not listing which of its products were Energy Star compliant.
Nokia, the greenest company ranked by Greenpeace since 2008, slapped down to third after failing to decide on an energy policy that includes more renewables – although it did score top marks for the energy efficiency of its products. Apple came in fourth, faulted for also lacking a decent energy policy.
At the bottom end of the scale was troubled Canadian smartphone manufacturer RIM. This was its debut on the green table, but it scored a mere 1.6 out of ten. The company failed on energy policy and on reporting efficiency statistics on its products, but it did win praise for its ethical sourcing policy.
This latter point was one of the big problems identified by the survey. Of the 15 companies on the list, only HP and Dell have a policy on sourcing their paper supplies from sustainable sources, checking that the wood is sourced from renewable forestry and excluding conflict logging.
"HP and Dell are heaps better than others on this, so far," Greenpeace coordinator Casey Harrell told The Register. "There are a host of other big multinational companies that have more farsighted procurement policies than most of these consumer electronic companies, so it's definitely doable. Hopefully this puts the issue squarely on these companies' radar and we'll see improvement."
The other big area of concern was greenwashing. Many of the companies surveyed lost points for espousing green positions in their own companies, but also supporting lobbying efforts via trade associations for looser environmental controls.
"An additional issue is one where companies hide behind their trade associations," Harrell explained. "It's tough to sometimes see who is driving a particular agenda at the trade association level – it's often just a few companies. This is why we push for public statements of opposition when a member company's policy is different than what their trade association is advocating." ®


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John Mashey | November 30, 2011
By John Mashey • Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 06:00
Imagine for a moment that climate change skeptics actually submitted their anti-science arguments for publication in a credible peer-reviewed journal. Now imagine that, after thorough examination and debunking by their peers, these skeptics finally admitted their many false claims and assumptions, and perhaps some or all moved on to contribute meaningfully to the vast body of science confirming manmade climate change?
Ok, back to reality.
Instead, the skeptics' greatest and most-often cited (by them) "peer-reviewed studies" appeared in the journal Climate Research between 1997-2003. This journal has been considered credible at certain points in its history, and many fine papers have appeared there.
But according to my new analysis [PDF] of the papers published in Climate Research, there is a very clear gap in credibility during the years 1997-2003 when Chris de Freitas served as one of the journal's editors. During this time, de Freitas oversaw the publication of 14 papers from notorious skeptics - half of them authored by fossil fuel industry pal Pat Michaels - many of which would not have survived rigorous and honest peer review at any other credible journal.
A few months ago, another journal's editor resigned over a paper that should not have been accepted due to a poor peer review process. It reminded many of us of the more drastic case of Climate Research (CR), where several editors resigned in 2003 in the wake of a colossally poor paper by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, accepted for publication by none other than Chris de Freitas.
It was certainly not the first de Freitas-endorsed paper to pass weak editorial processes at Climate Research, but when incoming Editor-in-Chief Hans von Storch suggested the paper should not have been published, he endeavored to fix editorial processes to prevent such problems. The publisher did not agree, so von Storch and other editors resigned.
At the time, climate scientists were rightly concerned that CR had become a magnet for poor science. When the hacked CRU emails appeared in 2009, climate skeptics tried to invert reality, claiming that several widely-published climate scientists had conspired to subvert peer review.
The skeptic echo chamber lauded Chris de Freitas as a noble martyr, a cry that has grown louder this month in the aftermath of the so-called "Climategate 2.0" illegal release of more of the CRU scientists' emails.
This isn't a novel experience when it comes to skeptic "science" efforts. Recall The Wegman Report for example, which attempted to criticize legitimate climate science for "bad" peer review, although it had no such peer critique itself. A follow-on article, which also had bypassed peer review, ultimately earned a retraction for plagiarism.
If there seems to be a pattern here, there is. Reality bites back, and it appears set to do so again now.
Last June, Pat Michaels wrote "Pal Review and Peer Review…" This inspired me to revisit the Climate Research episode in a more detailed fashion, and I began checking 700+ papers published there.
As it turns out, the problem was more pervasive than climate scientists had suspected at the time.
My analysis of the Climate Research papers shows that:
From 1990 to 1996, CR published zero papers from any of the pals:
Sallie Baliunas, Robert Balling, John Christy, Robert Davis, (Chris de Freitas), David Douglass, Vincent Gray, Sherwood Idso, PJ Knappenberger, Ross McKitrick, Pat Michaels, Eric Posmentier, Arthur Robinson, Willie Soon, and Gerd-Rainer Weber. DeSmogBlog readers may recognize these names, since most appear in the DeSmogBlog Research Database. They have long histories of cooperation in climate anti-science.
- Chris de Freitas became an editor and then accepted 14 papers from the pals between 1997-2003. With de Freitas as an editor, Climate Research provided a platform which the pals would quickly embrace to sneak through anti-science papers.
- After the mass resignation of CR editors in 2003, no more pals' papers were accepted via de Freitas. After a few more papers via others, the pals published no more in CR.
- But clearly the Climate Research + Chris de Freitas combination presented a skeptic-friendly opportunity to publish questionable papers, while it lasted.
Not all papers were bad, but some others were dubious. Even reasonable-looking pals papers often included messages that might not be justified by the text, but that might make nice quotes for doubt-production.
Michaels authored 7 of the 14 papers, about half of his total "peer-reviewed" production during that period. Perhaps Michaels might fairly be called "King of the Pals."
The attached PDF analysis shows the chronologies and social networks of the pals, followed by summaries of the papers in the context of Michaels' and de Freitas' publications. The Excel spreadsheet lists the papers and their attributes.
The scientists were defending peer review from abuse, as was their responsibility to science. de Freitas a martyr for good science? I don't think so.
Image credit: John T Takai / Shutterstock.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Intellectual hypocrisy
The "climate skeptics" have long practiced intellectual hypocrisy. Good work highlighting their ethical deceptions here.
RickJames replied on Permalink
out of step use of the word skeptic in this article. If I call these guys skeptics, I get voted down and some smart alec says I "have no clue"what the word skeptic means.
I supposoe this article gives me licence to call the contrarians skeptics.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
No it does not
'I supposoe this article gives me licence to call the contrarians skeptics.'
No it does not, they are just liars for hire, even if it is only lying to themselves but that is not a valid excuse in reality.
RickJames replied on Permalink
See - basic double standard.
See - basic double standard. You guys really have to rise above that if you want to be taken seriously.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"If I call these guys
"If I call these guys skeptics, I get voted down and some smart alec says I "have no clue"what the word skeptic means."
Rick , it has been pointed out to you on numerous occasions what the difference is.
- Scepticism is part of the scientific process of observation and experimentation; good scientists are sceptics. Good sceptics are willing to be lead by the facts, wherever they lead in the spirit of open inquiry. Good sceptics are motivated by the desire to advance our knowledge in a particular field and are open to changing their minds in light of compelling evidence.
- Denialism is driven by ideology where the need to maintain the belief takes precedence over the evidence. A denier has decided their position in advance and looks through the data with the aim of confirming their pre-existing beliefs, ignoring the rest of evidence. A denier is not motivated by the desire to improve our understanding; many appear motivated by the desire to promote confusion and doubt about climate change. They are often linked in this case to the fossil fuel lobby or vested interests.
These denier scientists are not lead by the facts. Nor are denier commenters here. Their/your position on every facet is predictably immovable. The denier commenters here appear to be more ideologically motivated. Where as the denier scientists appear to be not only ideologically motivated, by financially.
RickJames replied on Permalink
read the title of the
read the title of the article. "Skeptic"is used here in an incorrect way. I'm calling the author on that because he's doing what I am not permitted to do under the Phil…osophy you've just expressed.
(unrelated - the comment buttons work really well now - good job whoever fixed it)
HengistMcStone replied on Permalink
Email from Chris de Freitas
FWIW Chris de Freitas says "…I am not a global warming sceptic…." (?)
Make of that what you will.
As always excellent work Dr Mashey
BillW replied on Permalink
The deniers will claim "suppression"
Of course, the deniers will simply claim this as evidence of suppression of dissenting opinions under editors other than de Freitas. You really can't win any argument against them.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
I agree
As Rick James proves with every post he makes.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Of course they will
But this wasn't really written for them :-)
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
What makes you think you are arguing with them?
Its a perfectly reasonable question.
Specifically, what I am saying is that the purpose is to argue, and not actually resolve anything, but to pretend that there is some sort of debate going on.
Now consider that your political persuasion is a clear indicator of what you believe;
Nothing here points to this having anything to do with facts.
PS. Its a good movie by the way.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
What lows won't they sink to?
Denier caught Lying, Cheating, AND stealing.
The Dangers of avoiding Peer Review
(There's a great section of similar scandals at the bottom.)
The other reason Peer Review is important is that it does present the data for others to see and use. Falsifying anything will cost you your degree and\or your job.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
Well done John.
Your exhaustive work deserves all the traction it can get. Time and again you are delivering 'the goods' on these scum.
The intracy of the contrarian networks beggars belief. If only they could be made to obey FOIA. What was that you said GWPF?
Hank_ replied on Permalink
If only......
"If only they could be made to obey FOIA"
The state of Virginia and many honest citizens have been saying the same thing about Michael Mann for literally YEARS without redress!
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
That is misdirection...
It has nothing to do with his work at all. I don't want to know about his sex life. I don't care. Why you want to know it, is simply sickening.
What you need to do is do some REAL work. Read some papers, and try to understand what is being said, and why. All of Mann's work is available for you to read.
Instead you seem to be focused to conspiracy theories promulgated by McExperts.
Buut if you want to see a real tear down on those emails watch this, the guy is unrelenting.
RalphNader replied on Permalink
I think your missing the point. The cliamteers are trying to save the planet, regardless of how debunked the science is it is a good thing for you to stop using fossil fuels. The ends justifies the means, you don't think that climateers should abide by freedom of information requests or have there journal articles peer reviewed by someone that might provide scrutiny do you? Seriously though any scientific evidence that is contrary to global warming dogma should be supressed or at the very least peer reviewed by the cliamteers. You know they would do the right thing as we can see from climategate 1 and 2.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Forget the diversions
I see some people are into "look! A squirrel" Mode, unwilling to actually discuss the topic.
"Skeptics" is a diversion from discussing the best example I know of a "rogue" editor subverting peer-review for his pals … and then wanting to be thought a martyr.
Read the PDF itself, where the term "skeptic" appears only once … because it's in a title of Idso's paper.
Since the term "skeptic" is badly abused and has been made ambiguous. I general use the term anti-science (i.e., a subset of that studied in agnotology) and speak of anti-science papers or activities or people who promote anti-science. See CCC p.7 for discussion.
I occasionally write for Skeptical Inquirer, for skeptics in the classic positive sense that I learned as a kid. Of course, most scientists are skeptics in that sense as well, always probing at hypotheses and willing to change their minds with new evidence, which (contrarians, denies, denialists) don't, but want to be called skeptics undcer its alternate meaning. By now, the term has been shredded.
I've often found it useful to distinguish between:
1) Someone who repeats anti-science memes, such as the hordes of commenters.
2) Someone who creates them, actively promotes them, organizes anti-science, i.e., like the pals (who after all, included 2 coal guys, 2 astrophysicists, an economist, a chemist who works in the woods and has dead guys on his "faculty, etc. )
Some have used "denier" for 1) and "denialist" for 2), but others just lump them al together as "deniers" or "contrarians."
Anyway, I urge people to ignore the terminology issue in favor of substance.
Q: if I don't use the term skeptic much, why was it here?
A: My language was a bit clumsy for a blog post, I was pressed for time and Brendan helped me with some quick editing, which generally made it more readable, but used the skeptic term (to mean denier, which he might have used instead) … of course, people would have nit-picked that …
ANYTHING to avoid discussing the actual topic, which is that the scientists recognized subversion of peer review (but didn't know the pervasiveness) … and later, the very subverters try to quote-mine emails to claim the scientists were the culprits.
RickJames replied on Permalink
good explanation - substance
good explanation - substance is more important than precise terminology - somebody tell Phil.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"good explanation - substance
"good explanation - substance is more important than precise terminology"
Nice selective interpretation of a comment again Rick *golf clap*. But a nice segue never less into the substance of the article. What did you think about :
"When de Freitas became editor, CR was ―open for business‖ and it arrived quickly from the pals, a group of people who have accumulated a long history of climate anti-science activities, papers and involvement with organizations that promote anti-science, not just for climate, but often for other areas.17
Some papers seemed fine, if not necessarily very important, but some very dubious papers were accepted. Michaels' 7 papers accounted for half of his entire peer-reviewed production during the period.
When de Freitas left, the flow of papers from pals effectively dried up."
Ouch. What else could you call that but deniers & liars for hire? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen? Thanks John.
RickJames replied on Permalink
that stuff is the minutia
that stuff is the minutia Phil. I'm not interested in defending or not defending contrarians - they're just contrarians - they're small potatos. The spotlight needs to be kept on the consensus scientists. They're the ones that matter. They're the ones who want to change how the world works and that's why they have to attain to a higher standard.
The one thing I take from your comment is that peer review is an imperfect system and therefore we need to stop throwing around the term "peer review"as if it's the last word on anything. Apparently it's a filter that lets stuff through.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Your vision is myopic.
The amount and quantity of failures in Peer Review is microscopic.
Furthermore, folks such as yourself fail to offer any reasonable alternative to a functioning system.
Notably its crappy climate science deniers who are working hard to at subverting the system, and getting caught out for liying cheating and stealing. This isn't a problem for them since they aren't experts. Its not like stripping them of their fake credentials will impact their careers as PR agents for oil companies.
This stands in sharp contrast to the work of a real expert who will pretty much loose everything for engaging in what appears to be standard practice for silly little climate change deniers.
RickJames replied on Permalink
could be - but to the layman
could be - but to the layman it just doesn't look like that. When climategate emails are dismissed as nothing and yet the scientists seem to at times express the same doubts as contrarians, it makes the man on the street pause and wonder.
The average guy like me - the public - doesn't read science papers or science magazines. We read blogs at most and that isn't going to change.
It probably seems silly for me to offer an alternative to the system scientists find to work for them, but seeing as how this is just a comment thread on the internet… here goes…
Instead of relying on the blessing of particular magazines (who will have editors with their own particular bias) magazines that are not likely accessed by the averge Joe, - why not just have the scientists just focus on their own blogs and write in such a way as to be accessable to everyone.
That's supposed to be what Realclimate is but it doesn't really work. They just preach to the choir there instead of developing open communication that could win over the masses.
Even contrarians like Watts and McIntyre are too sciency for the average person. Now you can disparage the education of the average man all you want, but thats just foolishness. Scientists have to speak the language of their audience or it all gets lost.
Scientists have to decide if they want to communicate or if they would rather talk to the wind. So far, they mostly go with option b.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
I appreciate the effort. But no.
The purpose of publishing has nothing to do with informing the public. They are not the audience. I don't know why you'd even suggest it.
To read the average paper you need a steep 7 years of post high school education, and a further several years (minimum) to steep yourself in a narrow range of material.
While I can read much, they usually get into details beyond me. Furthermore demanding that they dumb it down for the public will drop all the detail. As you know, the devil is in the detail.
Journals are not magazines don't confuse the two. They are in many ways held to a higher standard than anything else. If I journal does stupid things or produces ignorant papers it will be sidelined and thrown out of the community. The purpose of the journal is to ensure that proper procedure and technique is used and make sure that the facts support the conclusions.
This is an unbiased process. Lots of crap gets published… lots of contrarian information gets published. It's easy to do, as long as the science is held up correctly. (You will find that objection from the community occurs when simple understanding doesn't seem to occur within the paper.)
Do watch this (the issue is discussed in the climate gate emails);
The job of disseminating information falls on larger organizations to put together the tens of thousands of pieces into a coherent package. This is the role of the IPCC. I recommend that you read the summaries here;
So, in engineering and manufacturing a similar problem occurs. How do you know whether your product will work if you manufacture it? You are grabbing parts from all over the place and many of them are custom made. The answer is simple. You review the processes in place in the other organizations and ensure that they are robust. You double check the veracity of the work by boring into a few spots and seeing whether the work is done soundly correctly. After this you can place your trust in the processes making the product.
Now you have an idea of where I come from. I know the review process, and the processes seem correct. The papers I've reviewed are correct because I reviewed them. So the science is correct.
By contrast, deniers consistently get caught lying cheating and stealing. Their process seems incorrect. The science they produce is incorrect and unsubstantiated. There is something wrong with their science.
PS. You have to look pretty long and hard to find any science from Watts and McIntyre.
Hank_ replied on Permalink
Re; Dismissing climategate emails...
Joanne Nova had a funny article on her blog recently about dismissing the climategate email, it has more than a little truth to it. As they say, if the shoe fits…
"The top 10 excuses for PR writers who pose as "journalists" to ignore ClimateGate emails"
1. "The emails are old"
(No one has seen them before, and what makes two-year-old lies acceptable now?).
2. "The timing is suspicious"
(Alarmists release alarming stuff all the time in the lead up to big meetings, but look out, it's suspicious when a skeptic releases alarming stuff about those scientists at the same time!)
3. "They're out of context"
(We won't explain the context, or quote the email, trust us, they just are, OK?)
4. "The emails show a robust scientific debate"
(But that is the whole point isn't it? We were told the "science was settled"? It is dishonest to discuss uncertainties in private while you tell the public "the debate is over" and call anyone who questions that a "denier".)
5."They've been investigated"
(Even though the investigations didn't have these emails, didn't investigate the science, and were at least in one case, chaired by a windfarm expert, this point is supposed to have credibility?)
6."They're hacked" or "stolen"
(After years of investigation there is no evidence they were hacked. They could have been leaked. Police can't or won't say. Does this journalist "know" something the police don't?)
7. "Aren't the skeptics nasty people?"
(Crikey, imagine reading emails written by paid public servants on the job about their professional work? What victims! Those poor scientists can't even threaten journal editors, conspire to ignore peer reviewed papers they don't like, or discuss their ignorance in private… what's the world coming too?)
8. "This doesn't change the science"
(Since most of "the science" is merely a consensus of these same experts, whom we are told to respect, then actually it does change "the science" when they are caught cheating.)
9. The emails "mean nothing" according the scientists caught cheating
(The sock puppet earns bonus points if those same scientists also get to slur the whistleblower and skeptics with unsubstantiated implications that "they are funded by fossil fuels".)
10. The public response is a "yawn"
(And given how few journalists are reporting the actual emails to the public, that's entirely predictable eh? Circular reasoning strikes again.)
HarryW replied on Permalink
So, with all the 'contrarian' talking points you've iterated above, I'd LOVE to know whast you think of the hugely conspiratorial BEST study, and how the analysis of over 1.6 BILLION pieces of data comport with your worldview.
HarryW replied on Permalink
I've been reading this site for a long while...
…so, I'm familair with your tactics, Rick: if I've EVER seen a better definition of a concern troll, I cannot remember when. You truly typify what John Mashey and others write about all the time: the hand-waving of so-called 'skeptics,' and how successful your ilk has been in derailing effective action.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Most journals have an Editor-in-CHief or other processes to avoid such problems.
A few poor papers still get through; climate science is rare in having a well-organized anti-science effort trying to slip bad papers through. Of course, many sciences have to deal with academic fraud, i.e., see <a href="http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/">Retraction Watch</a>.
Atomic physics doesn't have to worry about others trying to subvert peer review to inject articles that prove electrons don't exist. :-)
Usually, bad climate articles have had to go off to E&E, physics journals, statistics journals because the peer review is good enough. I have sympathy for von Storch, who certainly deserved to be E-i-C.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Here's a great video that touches on much of this.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
Ah yes good ol' Potholer54 - excellent work
Rick James needs to take this in, if he is capable that is.
RickJames replied on Permalink
insulting the lesser educated
insulting the lesser educated man always wins them over to your cause - keep up the good work
HarryW replied on Permalink
…pointing out the gross, repeated errors in those who are UNeducated in the field that they deem completewly wrong is GREAT work, work well-done by John Mashey. Those who are capable of rational, proper scientific inquiry WILL be won over by that, hopefully before it's too late.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
The great blob comment eater in the sky
swallowed my comment once again.
Oh well, Sextus Empiricus would have appreciated it.


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Weather bulletin boards have been abuzz for several days with discussions about a major change in the weather pattern coming later this month for the central and eastern United States, including the Southeast.
This could have major ramifications on a lot of people's travel plans over the Christmas and New Years holidays.
The consensus seems to be that two changes are headed our way:
-- Wetter conditions, which seems rather likely.
-- Colder weather, which is not quite a certain bet.
The computer models, for the most part, show a shift in the pattern at higher latitudes (i.e., Alaska, Canada, Greenland, northern Europe) that would allow much colder air to slide southward into the United States. Some of the models have been inconsistent on the details, but it seems likely that the colder air will at least reach the northern half of the country.
That, in turn, will push the storm track -- which has been north of the Carolinas -- a lot farther south. We could see a hint of that next week, with wetter conditions in parts of the Southeast.
Eventually, the thinking goes (at least for some meteorologists), colder air will seep even farther south. Add that to a much wetter pattern, and you have the chance of cold rain or frozen precipitation in parts of the south.
When will this happen? The consensus seems to be somewhere around Dec. 20, just before Christmas.
My brother Michael, who I've written about before, has been harping about this to me for several days. He's much better at interpreting the models, and Michael insists a colder and stormy pattern will descend into the central and eastern part of the country as December progresses. I'll take his word. He correctly predicted the major pattern shift in mid-February 2011, when the Southeast turned balmy after 2 1/2 frigid months, and last winter's very mild conditions.
Some signs point to the eventual arrival of cold air in the Southeast. There's a negative North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic Oscillation, and the computer models show signs of high pressure building in Alaska. Those are conditions that mean cold in the eastern United States.
But there also is a persistent trough in the Pacific, which has blocked the southward movement of cold air.
I suspect this is a topic we'll be following closely over the next 10 to 14 days.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Big change coming for mid/late December?
Weather bulletin boards have been abuzz for several days with discussions about a major change in the weather pattern coming later this month for the central and eastern United States, including the Southeast.
9 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Didn't you just do a column a week or so ago saying that December's weather was going to be warmer than usual, due to something going on out in the Pacific?
- December 5, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
The article about forgeting a cold December was posted Nov, 27 2012.
- December 5, 2012 at 3:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
- December 5, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jut wait, no matter what, the weather changes. Just because it seems like a certain pattern is likely, the pattern changes, volia! a different weather pattern results in different weather! Don't let it upset you - nothing is fixed in the weather-it changes daily! Good guesses, best shot, computer models always go on previous patterns, no guarntee it will be the same in future. Don't sweat it. God is in charge of it anyway!
- December 5, 2012 at 8:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
If I could get a few days warning, so I can get the fixins for french toast, I'd appreciate it!
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- December 5, 2012 at 8:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
Don't you just love these "six of one, half dozen of the other" type articles?
- December 6, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
Will you please let your brother pen the articles, because you suck at it. And thanks for reading Brad Panovich's blog and writing this...what a joke.
- December 6, 2012 at 1:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
Does this include the northeast? I live Just South Of Boston Massachusetts. I've never seen two unusualy mild Decembers or winters in a row..... I know there's many factors as to why. I've noticed the cold is building in Siberia, Alaska, Canada. sooner or later the other shoe has to Drop
- December 9, 2012 at 8:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Someone wants gto fix some French toast. I just want to fix the guy's French language who said,'Volia!The word is "Voila!"
- December 15, 2012 at 7:58 AM


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If Venus has had a different past than the Earth, could the Earth become similar to Venus and in effect cause a mass extinction sometime in the future?
That was the simple question. Here is a question that its origins are more transparent: If Venus did not have the dynamics of plate tectonics, could the Earth end up like Venus in the respect that it doesn't have plate tectonics and cause a mass extinction in the far future? If you look at the longevity of Earth in respect to the longevity of the sun, there is one conclusion, but that conclusion does not take into account the longevity of the Earth itself.
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Not likely. Venus' current state is likely the result of a runaway greenhouse effect caused by the boiling off of its oceans. The Earth is not likely to suffer the same fate, even with the current climate change trend, because the Earth has many methods of getting carbon dioxide and water vapor out of the air that Venus didn't; most notably, we have life.
Could Earth end up like Venus? Not really. Venus is 25% closer to the sun than Earth. Even if we did have some sort of runaway greenhouse effect on Earth, our atmosphere's composition is significantly different (much more nitrogen, no sulfuric acid. We also have a magnetic field which protects us from a lot of sun damage. The runaway greenhouse effect hypothesis on Venus would have been caused by the sun getting brighter, rather than any real change on Venus itself.
When climatologists write scary stories about global warming they're talking about a change of a couple degrees at most, not the hundreds of degrees difference that Venus has.
I'm no planetary scientist, but the latest information on the probability of the Venus Syndrome destroying Earth's biome is at
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As far as plate tectonics, it's my understanding that active tectonics is needed for a planet to sustain life, because volcanoes return sequestered carbon into the atmosphere. A tectonically dead planet would lose its (non-runaway) greenhouse effect.
Thanks for the best answer to my post. I have a question that delves deeper into the theory that a tectonically dead planet would lose (I am assuming you meant to use the word all at this point) all of the greenhouse effect. Does plate tectonics account for all of the long term and short term carbon dioxide cycles? If not, how much of the carbon dioxide currently (or at any given time) on the surface is due to plate tectonics?
Dear Ian, Ben, Ruth,
I was hoping you would have read my whole post. It has nothing to do with the greenhouse effect. It has to do with the fact that Venus does not seem to have plate tectonics going on there, but the Earth here does. Maybe I should have just asked: Will the dynamics of the plate tectonics on Earth stop at some time in the future? And, if it does, will it happen before the sun burns the Earth to a crisp?
I ask this because it seems that the evolution of life on Earth has been directly tied to the geological processes that include the plate tectonics.
I do appreciate your answers because reading our banter someone else could have learned something about climate change.
The reason that Venus has no plate tectonics is precisely because of the greenhouse effect. Because all the water's been boiled off, the viscosity of the crust is far too low to allow subduction to happen. So the two questions are closely related.
I'm pretty sure that plate tectonics have little or nothing to do with the amount of water in the crust. The reason continents can move is that they're floating on a sphere of magma. The reason continents do move is that the magma they're floating on has currents. We know that the earth's core is spinning (it's what causes our magnetic field), but Venus may have a core that's not spinning.
Not the motion of the plates themselves, but the formation of subduction zones and volcanoes. The reason why plate tectonics was brought up was because subduction zones are a way of releasing carbon into the atmosphere, and that's what I was responding to.
As for the core, we know that one of two things is the case; either Venus' core and mantle have completely solidified (in which case you wouldn't have any liquid to float on), or Venus' core is at a completely uniform temperature (in which case, there would be no temperature differential to drive convection currents). I'd say it's probably the latter, as pent-up heat still gets released through what are called "resurfacing events."
Water is key to transport co2 to the surface at subduction zones and volcanos.
You all have great answers. Thank you.
Would you mind if I take this discussion in another direction? The direction I intended from the beginning?
If Venus does not have plate tectonics and we have a couple of theories why, can we use that information to determine if and when the Earth will cease to have a dynamic crust?
gaseous maximus; w/sulfur on top
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The cloud multiplier effect means data breaches in the cloud are increasing -- and becoming more costly. With so many states and localities opting to host their data there, what happens when breaches occur?
The risk of a data breach in the cloud is multiplying and is now costlier and happens more frequently, according to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute.
But this phenomenon, which is dubbed the cloud multiplier effect, can be mitigated by a strengthened security posture, according to Larry Ponemon, chairman of the Ponemon Institute.
"It's funny, I'm a big believer in the cloud," Ponemon said. "I like cloud and I think cloud [has] improved quite a bit from a security perspective."
Cloud computing is not necessarily less secure, Ponemon said, but that is the perception among many of the study's respondents who view on-premises data breach as easier to control and less costly as a result.
"It's kind of a level of complexity you are adding because now you're relying on a third party to do the right steps," Ponemon said.
The fact that many cloud environments are secure is a sentiment echoed by several government CIOs who commented on the security of and possibility of a breach within their own cloud environments. "From what I know, and certainly from a mid-size city characteristic, the reputable cloud vendors have better security than we have," said Michael Armstrong, CIO of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Still, there are notes of cloud security pessimism from IT officials and security practitioners throughout the study, Data Breach: The Cloud Multiplier Effect, published in June. For instance, 66 percent of respondents said their organization's use of a cloud resource diminishes its ability to protect confidential sensitive information, according to the study, sponsored by Netskope.
The study published and commented on the responses from 613 IT practitioners on questions related to cloud security, including who is responsible for a breach after it happens.
Although it's impossible to know the motivations of the study's respondents, Ponemon said he suspects their mixed view of cloud security is itself a mix of truth and perception.
Survey Stats at a Glance
Corpus Christi has had some major business applications in the cloud for five years, including the full Infor Lawson suite of applications in the Infor Business Cloud. Armstrong said there is sensitive information he won't store in the cloud now, though he will likely reconsider in the next decade since cloud vendors are getting more reliable and secure.
Although there is some distrust surrounding security in the cloud, 51 percent of respondents in the study answered that on-premises IT is equal to or less secure than cloud-based services.
"There are things that make the cloud very, very secure. You just have to be careful and have some vigilance," Ponemon said.
King County, Wash., has platforms in place to cover the three areas of cloud computing -- IaaS (infrastructure as a service) with Amazon and DLT, PaaS (platform as a service) with Microsoft CRM, and Office 365 and SaaS (software as a service) with the county's prosecuting attorneys case management system.
Each cloud project was held to the county's security and audit requirements, and had to get clearance from the county's team, including risk managers, prosecuting attorneys, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and criminal justice information services security specialists, an IT security officer, and procurement and contracts officers.
Bill Kehoe, CIO of King County, said he takes time to educate his staff about cloud environments and their risks. "I think you've got to be careful," he said. "You can't just throw your data into any cloud environment."
That's one reason why the county contracts with established cloud vendors, like Amazon and Microsoft, he said, adding that security staff, standard cloud architecture, security controls and diverse audits all figure into the security of larger cloud environments.
According to the study, there is a general feeling that outside forces, not internal security, are to be relied on to protect data in the cloud. That's because 55 percent of practitioners responded that they don't believe their IT leader is responsible for ensuring their information is secure.
"I would submit that it's everyone's responsibility to ensure the safety of the data in the cloud." Encinias said. "It's the service provider's responsibility, it's the data owner's responsibility and, as the commonwealth of Pennsylvania CIO, I'm also definitely responsible."
Though with responsibility distributed, this also makes the terms and conditions with cloud services more difficult to agree on because two parties must decide which will pay and when, said Encinias.
For Pennsylvania's recently executed contract with Unisys, which took four to five months to put together, it states that the cloud provider must offer certain information during a breach and must also help facilitate mitigation. In the case of a breach, responsibility is declared after an analysis, Encinias said.
And once a breach occurs, everything circles back to indemnification, or the protection from having to pay for another's negligence, Corpus Christi's Armstrong said. Indemnification appears in contracts, but cloud users are also protected by regulatory penalties and laws.
"The element of risk that you bear is defined in your contract documents," Armstrong said, "so it really pays, whatever time it takes, to get that right."
King County's Kehoe said he's finding that who is responsible and to what tune varies depending on the cloud environment and what portion of the technology stack the vendor is responsible for. Since breaches are costly, he said this nuance is important for his staff to understand.
"The cloud is so new to government that our security, risk management and legal council need to better understand the risks and how the contracts need to be different in terms of indemnification language for each of the cloud environments," he said.
For instance, IaaS and PaaS can present challenges in parsing responsibility because risk and responsibility are more shared. Whereas with SaaS, the vendor owns everything but the data.
Along with deciding who is responsible for a breach, there also are questions surrounding timely breach notifications from cloud service providers. The survey reports that 71 percent of respondents fear their provider would not immediately notify their organization in a loss or theft of customer data.
Timely notification can be a problem, Ponemon said, along with whether stolen or lost data is discovered by the cloud provider.
Notification of a breach is a contract element, and monitoring data and suspicious activity is the responsibility of the hosting company, Armstrong said. But a lot also depends on the relationship between the vendor and the purchaser.
"At some point you've got to develop a level of trust that they have your interest in mind and that they're going to do the right thing," he said. "If you selected a good partner, if there is a data breach, you'll be able to work through that and understand the root cause of it."
To help with the indemnification and communication questions, many governments, including Corpus Christi, are covering themselves with data breach insurance that protects governments from things like notification costs and federal penalties, which are levied before responsibility is declared.
"None of this stuff is really straightforward yet, so you've got to protect yourself," Armstrong said.
Indeed, the market for insurance is on the rise, with an adoption rate of about 30 percent, Ponemon said. Companies with good security practices are likelier to hold such insurance, according to another Ponemon Institute study quantifying the cost of a data breach.
Options like insurance can protect municipalities that may not have the right tools or resources in a data breach, Ponemon said.
And if going with cloud makes sense, Ponemon suggests organizations make the decision looking at the whole picture: "Make sure it's not just a cost decision, that it's based on cost, quality, the ability to deploy quickly. All of that good stuff should be determined in advance. Then I think it would be, in many cases, a big improvement for government organizations.
"The key," he added, "is if you're going to do cloud, just do it safely."


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The US Military already uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for risky air missions, but now the Navy is one step closer to using state-of-the-art unmanned sea vessels to perform tasks too dangerous for manned ships.
Government contractor Textron Marine and Land Systems recently demonstrated its Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) at its shipyard in New Orleans. The company has been working on the boat -- which is operated by similar command-and-control technology that powers Army UAVs -- for more than a year.
While unmanned boats are not a new concept, Textron said the CUSV is the first designed from the ground up to be operated remotely to perform risky Navy activities such as approaching hostile ships, detecting enemy submarines, and sweeping the ocean for mines, without endangering lives. Previous unmanned vessels have been made by fitting manned vessels with remote-control equipment.
Outfitted with a command and control system from Textron subsidiary AAI that's also used to operate UAVs, CUSV can be controlled remotely from 10 to 12 miles away from a command station on land, at sea, or in the air, according to Textron. Beyond that range -- up to 1,200 miles -- a satellite control system can be used to operate the vessel.
The vessel also includes data-link technology, a reconfigurable and versatile payload bay, a common payload launch and recovery controller, and a modular unmanned system based on both an open architecture and off-the shelf technology, according to Textron.
The CUSV looks much like a Navy PT boat, with a length of 39 feet, a top speed of 28 knots, and a cruising range of 1,200 nautical miles. It also includes an anti-sinking feature that enables the boat to automatically shut off, right itself, and resume its course if it capsizes, according to Textron. Additionally, the CUSV includes advanced technology that allows it to detect obstacles in its path to avoid collision.
Textron has not yet inked a deal with the US Navy to use CUSVs, two prototypes of which currently exist. However, it is actively pursuing contracts with the US Navy, as well as other navies around the world, to purchase CUSVs for military use, Textron spokesperson Tom Williams said in an email to Design News. The company, which expects to begin commercial production of CUSVs in the next year or so, has not yet disclosed how much the vehicles might cost.
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Time Management in Marriage: A Common Source of Friction
- 2006 20 Jul
A fresh perspective…
Tobi Layton
I love my in-laws. So why did I find myself slumped in the front seat, grumbling about a trip to their house one weekend? Every weekend, a similar disagreement would arise. My husband, Ryan, was ready to relax after a hard week, but didn't want to be stuck sitting around the house.
I, too, was ready to kick back after the workweek. However, my idea of relaxing involves puttering around our home, working on various projects. My discontentment didn't revolve around where we were going. It was that we were going. And like every other weekend excursion, once I got to our destination, I had a great time and was thankful Ryan had dragged me out of the house. Yet next weekend, he'll undoubtedly have to drag again. I like to be busy, but I'm a major homebody. I want to be spontaneous, but I need to plan ahead.
I have come to realize that maybe my problem with our weekend plans is more of a control issue. I want to make plans on my terms. If a trip to visit family is my idea, I don't mind leaving the house. But if Ryan suggests an outing, I don't want to give up the day I've already planned for myself—a day full of organizing magazine clippings and updating my address book. (And yes, I really do look forward to doing such tasks!)
Time management is one aspect of marriage that many are unprepared for. When you're dating, you have your personal time and your couple time. Marry, move in together, and everything changes. Now, any hour not spent at work or another previously scheduled appointment enters the realm of "together time." You can't go home when you get tired of your date. You live with him!
I have to admit I actually enjoy when my husband goes out of town for a few days. Yes, I miss him, but I have the house to myself. I don't have to "check in" before running errands. I don't have to share the remote, or ask the dreaded, "So…what do you want to do today?" But how can we schedule our free time in a way that allows us to enjoy each other, rather than looking forward to a day apart?
This summer will be the first test to that dilemma. Ryan and I are both teachers, now faced with three months at home. Together. All day. We have decided to handle our wealth of time like this: I'll do my thing. He'll do his. We'll meet for meals and some "couple time" every now and then. Weekend plans will be discussed in advance and compromises will be reached.
This is a far cry from what I had in mind when I brought up the subject of our summer time (my plan was more scheduled, detailed, and, yes, color-coded), but our solution seems to be working so far. Today, for example, Ryan mowed the lawn and worked with his hounds, while I took our son and ran a few errands. We took a walk and ate supper as a family. Ryan made a few phone calls while I put our son to bed and read a few chapters of a novel. Then we rejoined to watch a movie.
Not too together, but not two separate lives either. And plenty of time to color-coordinate my sock drawer.
A seasoned perspective…
Deborah Raney
How to spend the twenty-four hours of any given day is a question that has been ripe for conflict since the day I met my husband more than thirty-two years ago. When we first started dating, I was always eager to please and quick to say, "Sure, honey, whatever you want to do is fine with me."
After we married, and especially after the demands of four children began eating huge chunks out of my allotted twenty-four hours, I learned to be more honest about how I wanted to spend my time. But too often that honesty translates to selfishness.
One of Ken's favorite ways to kick back is watching movies. But he really prefers that I watch with him. Unless we're going to the theater, and popcorn and Reece's Pieces are part of the deal, I'd much rather spend my free time reading a novel, working on my computer or looking through magazines.
I've learned that if I bring my laptop or magazine to the family room with Ken, I accomplish what I desire, while still fulfilling my husband's need for me to spend that time with him. It's a compromise that makes us both happy. We've learned to apply that same principle to many situations.
But what happens when we strongly disagree about how our time will be spent and no compromise can be found? Without some serious communication, conflict is inevitable. A recent afternoon was proof of that.
Ken had a few days off from work and we'd agreed to make a trip into a nearby city one day. In the car on the way, it became clear that my husband and I had completely different ideas of what our day would hold. I had mentioned that I needed some new clothes for an upcoming trip—something he surely understood was a full day's pursuit.
He, however, had visions of me coming with him to the garden center to pick out some stone for a backyard project he was working on. I think he intended to drop me off at the mall afterwards, an hour or so before the stores closed.
Ken hoped to see a movie. I thought he would go to the movies by himself while I tried on clothes. He wanted a sit down dinner. I only wanted ice cream. And it went downhill from there.
At the end of the day, the only thing we agreed on was that we needed to find a better way to plan our next trip together. We decided that communication is the key—as it is in virtually every area of marriage. Lack of communication was the reason our trip was such a disappointment. Okay, I cannot tell a lie. The day ended up working out pretty well for me. In less than three hours, I found the perfect pair of black pants, a fabulous jacket that was on sale, and still had time for a pedicure!
Ken, unfortunately, didn't have such success. The garden center was closed, the movie started too late and we ended up eating fast food. In spite of his wasted day, my husband was genuinely happy for my success. But his disappointment put a real damper on my delight—as it should have.
Our day held a good lesson for me. When we are living out our marriage vows as we should, we will find joy in each other's successes, even when it means sacrifice on our part. But we will also share each other's failures and disappointments and find their sting diminished, simply because someone understands how we feel and is disappointed along with us.
I'm thinking on our next excursion, I will happily go out of my way to see that Ken gets to do every single thing on his list.
Read Philippians 2:1-4 and Ecclesiastes 3:1-14
• The Bible is clear that we are to put others before ourselves. Philippians 2:3, 4 is very specific: we are to consider others better than ourselves, and to look out for their interests, and not just our own. How does that look in your marriage? Do you think you are successful in putting your spouse's needs before your own?
• What are ways you and your spouse can compromise when it comes to deciding how you will spend the time you have? What tradeoffs could you each make that would help your spouse feel you are putting his/her interests before your own?
• Ecclesiastes famous verses testify that there is a time for everything. In marriage, the conflict sometimes arises when the time to weep and time to laugh, time to keep and time to throw away, time to be silent and time to speak, come at a different point for the husband and wife. How can you honor your spouse's "time to laugh" if it happens to come during your "time to weep?"
• Consider sitting down with your spouse and your calendars and talking about your individual expectations for the coming weeks and months. Discussing your different desires and making a list of goals can help you come up with a game plan that allows time for each of you to do some of the things on your wish lists.
• Why do you think it is wise to continue to find things you enjoy doing together? How can you avoid each going your separate ways more often than you spend time together?
• If you have children, how do you think your time management as a couple affects them?
• How can you honor God by the way you spend time together?
• Pray that God will give each of you the courage to lovingly make your needs and desires known, and the heart to put your spouse's needs above your own.
Deborah Raney is at work on her nineteenth novel. Her first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title. Her books have won the National Readers' Choice Award, Silver Angel for Excellence in Media, and have twice been Christy Award finalists. Her newest series, the Hanover Falls Novels, will release from Howard/Simon & Schuster. She and her husband, Ken Raney, have been married for 35 years. They have four children, two little grandsons, and enjoy small- town life in Kansas. Visit Deborah's website at http://www.deborahraney.com.


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NOTE: [This encryption technique is a one way technique means you can encrypt the string but you cannot decrypt it back to it's original form, So for password recovery you can either send the reset link to the user's email address or you can ask the Security Question. For authentication password will be compared on the basis of Hash Values]
Following are the tools I've used:-
- Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Edition
First I created my database "HashDB" and then table as "utable" with columns 1. uname (primary key) 2. upwd.
and this is the table
Now, moving on to Solution Explorer, I've taken 3 .aspx pages:-
- Default Page (This page is used to register user)
- Login Page (This page is used to login)
- Home Page (This page is used as Home Page on successful login). On PageLoad event of this page I've retrieved the Session that is why it is kept blank and I haven't used any image
Now, I've created a Class File named as "HashString" in App_Code directory of my website. This class will be used to hash the input string and return the encrypted version of the string
There will be two namespaces through which we'll implement our security module;-
- System.Text
- System.Security.Cryptography
I've created a static function "CalculateHash" that will take string as argument and return the same.
using System.Text; using System.Security.Cryptography; public class HashString { #region Calculate Hash public static string CalculateHash(string str) { byte[] originalBytes, encryptedBytes; MD5 md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider(); originalBytes = ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(str); encryptedBytes = md5.ComputeHash(originalBytes); str = BitConverter.ToString(encryptedBytes); return str; } #endregion }
The "str" string variable will be our password and now, we've declared two byte array as "originalBytes", "encryptedBytes". MD5 class variable is initialized by the constructor of MD5CryptoServiceProvider. ASCIIEncoding class is used to get the bytes from the string "str" and store them into "originalBytes" array. Now, the main view, ComputeHash is an instance method is called through the md5 object and given the arguments as byte array i.e. "originalBytes" and is stored into the byte array "encryptedArray". Finally, with the use of BitConverter class it's static method ToString() is called to convert the byte array "encryptedBytes" into hexadecimal string.
Now, back to Default page where users will get registered . This the code of "SUBMIT" button:
using System.Security.Cryptography; using System.Text; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["server"].ConnectionString); protected void submit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string uname = TextBox1.Text; string upwd = HashString.CalculateHash(TextBox2.Text); try { string sql = "insert into utable(uname, upwd) values(@unameParam,@upwdParam)"; var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, cn); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("unameParam", uname); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("upwdParam", upwd); cn.Open(); cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); Response.Write("Record Inserted"); } catch (Exception ex) { Response.Write("ERROR " + ex.ToString()); } finally { cn.Close(); } } }
same thing, we've to use two namespaces as System.Text, System.Security.Cryptography. Now, I've stored my connection string in web.config file as
<connectionStrings> <add name="server" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=HashDB;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False"/> </connectionStrings>
I've stored the values of our both text boxes in two string variables as "uname" and "upwd" which are user id and password respectively. But, notice we haven't stored the password directly rather the control is transferred to Class HashString in App_Code by calling it's static method CalculateHash with arguments as string which is password from the textbox. After performing all the hashing functionalities the CalculateHash method returns the string value and stores it in "upwd" variable. To store the row into the database table a normal insertion is performed.
Login Page, "LOGIN" button code:
using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Security.Cryptography; public partial class Login : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["server"].ConnectionString); protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string uname = TextBox1.Text; string upwd = HashString.ComputeHash(TextBox2.Text); try { string sql = "select uname, upwd from utable where uname = @unameParam and upwd = @upwdParam"; var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, cn); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@unameParam", uname); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@upwdParam", upwd); cn.Open(); var dread = cmd.ExecuteReader(); if (dread.HasRows) { dread.Read(); //Create Cookies / Sessions Session.Add("id", dread["uname"].ToString()); Response.Redirect("Home.aspx"); } else { Response.Write("Invalid Username/Password"); } } catch (Exception ex) { Response.Write("ERROR: " + ex.ToString()); } finally { cn.Close(); } } }
For authentication purpose we'll compute the hash of the password given by the user and a matching password will be find out in the database table by the use of SELECT Query. if authenticated then SqlDataReader wll be used to retrieve the id, store it in Session for state management and redirect to Home Page. Finally, on the page load event of this page I've retrieved the Session for authorization.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (Session["id"] != null) Response.Write("Hello, " + Session["id"].ToString()); else Response.Redirect("Login.aspx"); }
I hope my tutorial helped you, Good Luck