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After extensive reporting on "Climategate," Special Report ignores Penn State scientist's exoneration
Written by Kate Conway
After reporting extensively on the "Climategate" controversy, Fox News' Special Report has not mentioned that a Penn State scientist named as part of the "Climategate" "scandal" has been exonerated by an investigation into the matter. Further, Special Report offered a misleading report on a Dutch study that found that a U.N. panel's report on climate change contained "no significant errors" in its conclusions.
Special Report ignores report exonerating Penn State climate scientist
Special Report details investigation into PSU climate scientist's involvement in "Climategate." In December 2009, Fox News host Bret Baier reported that the Penn State University administration would be investigating the involvement of one of its researchers -- Michael Mann -- in the "scandal" generated by emails stolen from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. Climate change skeptics distorted these emails to falsely claim that they undermined the scientific consensus that man-made global warming is occurring. Specifically, skeptics twisted CRU director Phil Jones' statement that he had used a "trick" invented by Mann to "hide the decline" in temperature data based on tree rings to claim that Jones and Mann had been "doctoring" or "fudging" data. From the December 1, 2009, edition of Special Report (accessed via the Nexis database):
BAIER: Director of a prestigious British climate research center is stepping down pending an investigation of his conduct. E-mails allegedly from Phil Jones indicate he and colleagues tried to downplay data contradicting the theory of manmade global warming.
Meantime, the administration at Penn State University here in the U.S. reportedly will investigate the alleged involvement of one of its researchers in the scandal.
Special Report doesn't mention that investigation has cleared Mann. Penn State assembled a committee of scientists and department heads to investigate whether Mann had engaged in "research misconduct." In February, Penn State released the initial results of its inquiry. Among its conclusions was that there was "no credible evidence" that Mann had "ever engaged in, or participated in, directly or indirectly, any actions with an intent to suppress or to falsify data" and "no credible evidence" that Mann had "engaged in, or participated in, directly or indirectly, any actions with intent to delete, conceal or otherwise destroy emails, information and/or data."
The results of a final investigation were obtained by The Washington Post on July 1. The committee stated that "there is no substance to the allegation against" Mann:
The Investigatory Committee, after careful review of all available evidence, determined that there is no substance to the allegation against Dr. Michael E. Mann, Professor, Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University.
More specifically, the Investigatory Committee determined that Dr. Michael E. Mann did not engage in, nor did he participate in, directly or indirectly, any actions that seriously deviated from accepted practices within the academic community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research, or other scolarly activities.
The decision of the Investigatory Committee was unanimous.
A search of Nexis revealed no mention by Special Report of either the initial or final investigative reports by Penn State.
Special Report misleads on Dutch assessment of U.N. climate change report
Special Report highlighted errors in IPCC report as evidence against scientific consensus of global warming. Special Report has falsely suggested that errors discovered in the United Nations' 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cast doubt on the scientific consensus about global climate change. On the February 17 edition of Special Report (accessed via the Nexis database), Baier stated that there is "a very heated debate about whether man-made global warming is real." Fox News correspondent Molly Hennenberg reported later that "the science that climatologists have been using certainly has come under fire. Recently the 2007 United Nations panel report on climate change was found to contain mistakes, including a claim that the Himalayan glaciers would melt away by the year 2035, later said to be incorrect." During the February 22 edition of Special Report, Baier addressed the IPCC report's mistake regarding rising sea levels and called it "another chink in the armor of man-made global warming supporters" (accessed via Nexis):
BAIER: There appears to be another chink in the armor of manmade global warming supporters as a top science journal has withdrawn a study of sea level rise tied to global warming after finding mistakes that undermined the projections.
The study, published last year in "Nature Geo-science," predicted sea levels would rise between seven and 82 centimeters by the end of the century. That backed up the U.N.'s climate change group.
Now "The Guardian" reports the scientists involved in that study say there are two separate technical mistakes in their research that led them to realize, quote, "We no longer have confidence in our projections."
In recent weeks, the U.N. has been forced to acknowledge several other mistakes within its 2007 U.N. report.
Special Report misleadingly emphasized "errors" found by Dutch assessment of IPCC report. On July 5, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PLB) released an assessment of the conclusions of the IPCC report. Baier reported on the Dutch assessment, highlighting criticisms leveled by the agency. From the July 5 edition of Special Report (accessed via Nexis):
BAIER: A leading Dutch environmental agency says the United Nations report on climate change is too generalized and has even more errors than previously noted. Despite the newly discovered flaws, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency maintains the fundamental conclusion of the report is correct, that man-made global warming is happening.
The agency acknowledged it is responsible for incorrect statement that 55 percent of the Netherlands is below sea level when only 26 percent really is. They also found other mistakes in the 3,000-page report, mistakes that future studies should have better reviewed procedures.
In fact, the primary finding of the Dutch assessment was that the IPCC summary conclusions did not contain "any significant errors." The Dutch report "investigated the scientific foundations for the IPCC summary conclusions" and found that "[o]verall the summary conclusions are considered well founded and none were found to contain any significant errors." The report further stated:
Our findings do not contradict the main conclusions of the IPCC on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability related to climate change. There is ample observational evidence of natural systems being influenced by climate change on regional levels. The negative impacts under unmitigated climate change in the future pose substantial risks to most parts of the world, with risks increasing at higher global average temperatures.
Dutch study determined that "newly discovered flaws," which Baier emphasized, are "not significant." The PLB assessment does note inaccuracies in the IPCC report but emphasizes that the errors range from "small errors in numbers to imprecise literature references" and "do not affect the investigated 32 summary conclusions." For example, the assessment indicates a "minor inaccuracy" in an estimate of the number of people in Africa whose access to water may be affected by climate change, but concludes that there are "large uncertainties surrounding such projections" and that the difference between the reported and actual projection is "not significant." From the report:
No significant errors found in summary conclusions
The foundations for thirty-two IPCC Fourth Assessment summary conclusions on the regional impacts of climate change have been investigated. These conclusions show examples of projections of climate-change impacts on food, water, ecosystems, coastal regions and health, for all the earth's continents. These conclusions have not been undermined by errors, although one of the conclusions contains a minor inaccuracy: in hindsight, not 75 to 250 million people, but 90 to 220 million people are projected to be exposed to increased water stress due to climate change in Africa, by 2020. Given the large uncertainties surrounding such projections, this difference is not significant.
Additionally, the Dutch report stated that the errors it discovered in regional chapters of the IPCC report "do not affect the investigated 32 summary conclusions or other parts of the IPCC summaries." From the Dutch report:
In the underlying regional chapters, in addition to the two already known errors about the melting of the Himalayan glaciers and about the Dutch land area below sea level, another significant error was found: a 50 to 60% decrease in productivity in anchovy fisheries on the African west coast was projected on the basis of an erroneous interpretation of the literature references. It appeared to be about a 50 to 60% decrease in extreme wind and seawater turbulence, with some effects on the anchovy population that were not quantified. We found certain inaccuracies, ranging from (very) small errors in numbers to imprecise literature references. In addition, the PBL has some critical comments to make. One of these relates to the fact that the report does not specify how many of the additional heat related deaths projected for Australian cities are actually attributable to climate change -- a sizeable fraction is due to demographic changes alone. However, these shortcomings do not affect the investigated 32 summary conclusions or other parts of the IPCC summaries.
Dutch report did not find overall IPCC report to be "too generalized." Contrary to Baier's assertion that the Dutch report found the overall IPCC report to be "too generalized," the Dutch report stated: "In most cases, the generalisations contained in the regional chapters are well underpinned by the chapter material." It continued:
In the text examined only two instances were found where the generalisation is questionable (both major comments). ... First, it is questionable whether freshwater availability will decrease in all parts of Asia as indicated (Central, South, East and South-East Asia) (see Section 6.1). Second, it is questionable, on the basis of evidence presented in the chapter, whether productivity will decrease also for livestock farming other than cattle, and, more generally in Latin America, because the evidence provided relates only to Bolivia and Argentina."
The report did not suggest that the above generalizations undermined the report as a whole. Rather, it merely recommended that in cases in which the impacts of findings were "generalised or extrapolated," the authors of the study "ought to make clear why they think that the evidence in the references justifies such generalisation."
PLB: In report "thousands of pages long," errors are "unavoidable." In a press release on the key findings of its investigation into the IPCC report, the PLB noted that "in a document that is thousands of pages long, representing the state of the art in science, errors seem in actual practice unavoidable."


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Revenue bonds are another source of funds for transit systems. Revenue bonds may be issued directly by a transit agency or by a state or local government and secured by repayment from the transit agency.
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A public referendum may be required before a revenue bond can be issued. In most jurisdictions public transit systems are authorized by statute or ordinance to issue debt secured with a variety of revenue sources, such as motor vehicle registrations, sales taxes, property taxes, farebox revenues and anticipated grant receipts.
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The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorized the use of farebox revenues and anticipated grant receipts as collateral for revenue bonds. Revenue bonds can only be backed by fare box revenues if the level of State and local funding committed to transit for the three years following the bond issue are higher than the funds that were committed in the three years prior to the bond issue. Agencies' must identify another source of funds for the agency's operating expenses before issuing a revenue bond.
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- Bay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco, CA.
- Regional Transit Authority, Chicago, IL.
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- Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA.
- Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, NY.
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Grant Anticipation Notes (GANs)
Revenue bonds that are backed by anticipated grant receipts are called grant anticipation notes (GANs). GANs were made possible by the establishment of program funding firewalls in TEA-21. They are a source of financing for FTA programs as the principal and interest on GANs are eligible to be repaid with FTA capital funding. In addition, the proceeds raised by a GAN can be used for the local match for a transit project. New Jersey Transit was the first agency to issue bonds backed solely or primarily by anticipated Federal funding in 1997.

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Something that the Europeans have been doing for decades has finally made its way over the Atlantic Ocean to North America: the trend is called micro housing, and it's turned into an entirely new way of living.
With micro housing, we're beginning to do away with oversize condos and even detached homes, learning to live in a more minimalistic manner and curbing our hoarding habits for good.
The affordability of micro housing is making it possible even for young adults and students to purchase their homes in the city centers across North America. But one must ask, is the micro housing trend good for the globe too?
Sustainability Of Micro Condominiums
Being able to pack a higher number of salable units into one building and lowering the prices to widen the market and encourage young buyers to purchase instead of rent is certainly economically beneficial; but is this trend sustainable and beneficial for the planet too?
As it turns out, the cost of building a micro-apartment structure over a regular sized one has a much lighter footprint on our earth. Micro-housing is a sustainable part of urban design because it is made to be a contributing asset to compact cities across North America, requiring less infrastructure cost, fewer resources, and a smaller environmental impact from shipping to construction to ongoing management and maintenance.
Some micro-buildings even have shared areas like kitchens and lounges; this helps to cut back on building costs even further and lessens air pollution from shipping.
Micro Homes: Are They Green?
Though micro detached homes are also on the rise, they have run into problems with bylaws in certain cities across North America. They may just be the way of the future, though, with the real estate prices in many areas growing out of control. These micro homes are similar to the micro condominium units in their petite sizes, however they typically do not have a standard foundation, instead resting on screw piles that are attached to the ground.
These easy-to-assemble micro homes, though perhaps battling with particular municipalities and their bylaws, offer practical housing that is sustainable too. Green features of these micro homes include the additional options of a composting toilet, solar power energy systems, grey water treatment system and a rainwater collection system.
The Lifestyle Of The Micro-Housing Trend
Another factor that should be taken into consideration when looking at the sustainability of the micro-housing trend in the kind of lifestyle it is promoting. Generally situated in the dense city centers, micro housing encourages a lifestyle that is affordable, thereby attracting residents who will take public transit or be within walking distance to work or school, and lessening the need for the daily use of a vehicle.
Perhaps we're looking a little too enthusiastically at the future, but as it seems, the micro housing trend is bringing with it all kinds of benefits, both economically and sustainably. A lifestyle and housing solution that finally benefits the planet is always accepted among our modern cities across North America, and soon it may just be the reason to purchase instead of rent, allowing us to walk instead of drive.
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"Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves: high school students from low-income families; and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
Upward Bound projects provide academic instruction in mathematics, laboratory sciences, composition, literature, and foreign languages. Tutoring, counseling, mentoring, cultural enrichment, work-study programs, education or counseling services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students; and programs and activities previously mentioned that are specially designed for students who are limited English proficient, students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths, students who are in foster care or are aging out of foster care system or other disconnected students."
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"Let's say there's an awesome image you've found on Motherless," LinkedIn CEO Jim Nottaway said, "that if anybody else – even your wife – knew you were jacking off to this, you'd be institutionalized. Well, now they know."
Leaving a remark on a photograph such as, "wat i wuldnt give to bust a load into her tight pussy" automatically shares the comment and video to your LinkedIn account, and emails a copy of itself into your subscribers' inbox.
The speed of social networking has advanced beyond confirmation dialogues, so information and content is shared without warning at the time of consumption.
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"Destroying your own life has never been easier," said Nottaway. "With the power of LinkedIn, users will soon be able to share their favorite surreptitious jailbait photographs with people they know in real life, at unprecedented profits to us."
Mark Daffadin has been on LinkedIn for years, where he said he got his first full time engineering job after college. Now, they're taking it all back. "All my loved ones should know what I do on the Internet without my consent.," Daffadin said. "LinkedIn is making huge progress to that end. It's fun, and I'm horrified by what my future holds. Three days ago, Friday, I commented on the veracity of a lesbian three-way pink salad. Now, it's Monday morning, and I've already started packing my desk."
But not all people are happy with the merger. Thomas Mulligan of Dublin, Ireland said he works from home, and therefore can not be fired, but told reporters he has grown sick of seeing his inbox spammed with invites to join exclusive groups dedicated to images of pre-teens in bathing suits.
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1850 Greek Revival
Eufaula, Alabama 36027
Conner-Taylor Home
Elegant Historic Home. Completely Renovated and Ready for the next 100 years.
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Bedrooms | 5 |
Full Baths | 4 |
Half Baths | 0 |
Heated Sq. Ft. | 5,656 |
Acres | 2.0 |
Lot Size | 180' x 480' |
- 1st Floor Bath
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- 1st Floor Laundry Room
- Breakfast Room
- Crawl Space
- Den
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Historic 1850's Stately Mansion that Captures the very Essence of Southern Charm with Modern Conveniences. Owner has just Completed a Total Restoration of this Property. Features Include: Pine Floors, 8 Fireplaces with Original Mantles, Double Parlors, Formal Dining Room and Butler's Pantry. The Spacious Eat-In Kitchen has Stainless Steel Appliances and a Large Island. Solarium with Hot Tub.Newly Painted Interior & Exterior, Sprinkler System and Refinished Pine Floors. The Grand Front Porch has been Totally Rebuilt with Slate Flooring.
Located in the Quaint Southern Town of Eufaula, Alabama in the Historic District. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Eufaula, Alabama is know as The Big Bass Capitol of the World. The Town Boasts over 700 Historic Properties. Eufaula is surrounded by the World Renowned 46.000 Acre Lake Eufaula that Provides a Variety of Lake Activities Including: Fishing, Boating, Water Skiing and Birding. A Downtown Area with Boutiques and Restaurants.History
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Anyone who has ever watched an episode of any of the Star Trek television shows has wanted a replicator in their home. Honestly, who doesn't want the ability to create anything from delicious food to medical equipment at the touch of a button? While currently we can't snap our fingers and make things appear by rearranging matter atom-by-atom, we can create items designed in a computer thanks to 3D printing technology. With companies like MakerBot and Solidoodle making large strides towards affordable, consumer-oriented 3D printing devices, the question arises about the impact extrusion printing will have on our everyday lives and on the global economy as a whole. There are large questions facing the technology before it can be called useful, but the answers are closer than ever before.
The most pressing issue is whether or not we will ever be able to create items that actually have some sort of intrinsic value that would preclude you from simply ordering them from Amazon or other online retailer. The convenience of being able to click a button from the comfort of your home and have your desired item show up on your doorstep two days later is a powerful influence on today's consumer. Can 3D printing compete with these retailers in its current form? The answer is of course, not yet. While enthusiasts for the technology are currently printing items like the working wood lathe that you can watch in the video below, having to actually design and assemble the item yourself is something that's alien to a large majority of people. However, with sites like Thingiverse(Opens in a new window), which allows people to share ready-made designs in an open-source manner, I think we will see a gradual shift that will help speed along advances in the technology.
Where 3D printing will most likely take off in a way that impacts your everyday life is in the "on-demand" arena. For example, the US military right now has the ability to email a tool to maintenance units stationed around the world so that they can print it off rather than wait for a supply drop. This coupled with the fact that 3D printers are able to create just-in-time parts for planes and land-based vehicles that use composite materials make the technology incredibly vital. To put this in a practical perspective for you, imagine you were going on a long road trip, where you would be camping at various locations. Your storage capacity is limited by physical size and fuel costs to haul items around. Instead of packing cups, plastic utensils, plates and other various sundries you could simply pack one of the smaller 3D printers and a computer to create these items on an as-needed basis. Even better, if you use PLA-based resins, the items you create will be compostable!
Now apply that concept mentioned above to your everyday life. Because PLA filament is made from corn, it's something that could be very plentiful in the US. With all the government subsidy that exists to encourage farmers to grow nothing but corn, it stands to reason that there could be a quite a supply of printing material for sale right in your backyard. Now, say that you had a 3D printer like the Solidoodle(Opens in a new window) (pictured above) in your home. It's a small, affordable unit that would cost you $499 to own, not much more than a nice laser printer for documents and certainly less than an iPad. You could save yourself money and fuel by printing items off at home rather than going to Wal-Mart and buying them. There is a trade off -- the time it takes to actually create the items on the printer -- but with the ability to set and forget today's available models, you could be busy doing other things while it was busy creating items.
So is 3D printing going to change your life? Yes and no. There's certainly an interesting value in the idea of being able to print things to fix items in your home or vehicle, or a new pair of kicks for your rapidly growing children like the one pictured above (which was made by Clarks, using a 3D ZPrinter). But this technology is in its infancy, and needs time to grow and mature into a robust method of production. Right now, it's an exciting area of development that has a lot of potential -- but big questions still remain about the overall efficiency of 3D printing, the ability to create complete devices that don't require self-assembly, and the durability of finished 3D objects.


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In previous sessions on dominion, we learned that the definition of authority is the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior. Throughout the history of the ministry of Aglow, leaders have walked in authority in various ways. Decade after decade by way of messages, training sessions, workshops, seminars, mandates, prayer strategies, and other ways too numerous to mention, Aglow has consistently and quietly walked in Heaven's delegated authority influencing thought, opinions, and behavior. - Reigning With Authority
Those in Aglow, as well as the Body of Christ, have been walking, moving, and participating in spiritual authority or dominion since the day they first believed and accepted Jesus into their hearts. Calling in finances, calling in leaders, praying for governmental leaders, praying during times of crisis, and calling in the lost, God has shown forth His power through countless answers to prayer.
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Some time ago, like in about 2007, Brian came to Eli offering a poisoned pawn. Eli, said, well actually wrote, Brian, how would you as a tip top climate blogger, like to take part in an Oreskes redo, with a bunch of other usual suspects (they are welcome to out themselves). Sounds interesting saith the bunny, only to find out that it would involve reading something like 200 abstracts from 2002-2007 selected from 664 by random chance (Didn't know that Random Chance was Brian's other name did you). The idea was to apply some granularity and different eyeballs. Brian and helper bunnies pulled down the abstracts and set them up in a data base and assigned four eyeballs to evaluate each for fit into several categories
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Before the reveal, Eli needs to talk about the teeth gnashing and the recursive fury that Cook's on line survey open to all has stirred. The curious thing is that it's the self styled lukewarmers who are going bats, lead by Lucia and Brandon Shollenberger. Rank Exploits has something like ten posts on the survey, trying to get people to muck it up, doing the McIntyre on John, accusing him of mopery and today postulating all sorts of ethics violations. Victory has been declared because the open survey closed. All sorts of IRB reasons given by the folks at Lucia's but John says it was simply because the original paper will be published this week.
One might ask why the fuss? As has become clear from recent work (not just Lewandowsky, et al.) climate change, because the damage arises in the future presents ethical threats to future generations with a global reach, presents a dilemma for those who object to national and international responses. They can't stand it and they really can't stand the fact that increasingly those who study climate are becoming more convinced that climate change will seriously damage our earth in the future.
UPDATED: The graph, clearly shows that denial remains low
There's a problem with the sentence below your graph explicit endorsement decreasing in the published literature, as one would expect, since "no position" increases, as one would expect since taking boiler-plate positions is not abstract-worth
No bunny is perfectSeparately, of the subset of papers that do take a position, the fraction of endorsers increases somewhat, as per one of the graphs in the SkS post, but that's not what your chart is on about.
Skeptical Science has more details for those interesting in picking nit or not, but the take home abstract is that
We analyze the evolution of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, examining 11,944 climate abstracts from 1991–2011 matching the topics 'global climate change' or 'global warming'. We find that 66.4% of abstracts expressed no position on AGW, 32.6% endorsed AGW, 0.7% rejected AGW and 0.3% were uncertain about the cause of global warming. Among abstracts expressing a position on AGW, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing global warming. In a second phase of this study, we invited authors to rate their own papers. Compared to abstract ratings, a smaller percentage of self-rated papers expressed no position on AGW (35.5%). Among self-rated papers expressing a position on AGW, 97.2% endorsed the consensus. For both abstract ratings and authors' self-ratings, the percentage of endorsements among papers expressing a position on AGW marginally increased over time. Our analysis indicates that the number of papers rejecting the consensus on AGW is a vanishingly small proportion of the published research.The Rabett Run and friends survey was done late 2007 into 2008 for 664 abstracts. 36% endorsed AGW, 31% partially endorsed, 2%(16) rejected AGW or doubted it and the remainder appeared to be neutral, unconcerned or besides the point. About 2% were subjects of violent disagreement.
It might be amusing to post the list of those that the prequel team (played by Jar Jar Binks) thought rejected AGW
Shaviv (2005) | On climate response to changes in the cosmic ray flux and radiative budget |
Zhen-Shan et al. (2007) | Multi-scale analysis of global temperature changes and trend of a drop in temperature in the next 20 years |
Berliner (2003) | Uncertainty and climate change |
Gerhard (2004) | Climate change: Conflict of observational science, theory, and politics |
Rejects or Doubts
Dorman (2005) | Estimation of long-term cosmic ray intensity variation in near future and prediction of their contribution in expected global climate change |
Karner (2002) | On nonstationarity and antipersistency in global temperature series |
Lai et al. (2005) | Global warming and the mining of oceanic methane hydrate |
Partially Rejects or Doubts
Belov et al. (2005) | Prediction of expected global climate change by forecasting of galactic cosmic ray intensity time variation in near future based on solar magnetic field data |
Bryden et al. (2003) | Changes in ocean water mass properties: Oscillations or trends? |
Chappell et al. (2004) | Modelling climate change in West African Sahel rainfall (1931-90) as an artifact of changing station locations |
Dorman (2006) | Long-term cosmic ray intensity variation and part of global climate change, controlled by solar activity through cosmic rays |
Guglielmin (2004) | Observations on permafrost ground thermal regimes from Antarctica and the Italian Alps, and their relevance to global climate change |
Hubalek (2005) | North Atlantic weather oscillation and human infectious diseases in the Czech Republic, 1951-2003 |
Lahsen (2005) | Seductive simulations? Uncertainty distribution around climate models |
Leiserowitz (2005) | American risk perceptions: Is climate change dangerous? |
McDonagh et al. (2005) | Decadal changes in the south Indian Ocean thermocline |
Raghavan et al. (2003) | Trends in tropical cyclone impact - A study in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Staeger et al. (2003) | Statistical separation of observed global and European climate data into natural and anthropogenic signals |
Tiwari et al. (2006) | Paleomonsoon precipitation deduced from a sediment core from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
van Poppel et al. (2005) | Electron tomography of nanoparticle clusters: Implications for atmospheric lifetimes and radiative forcing of soot |
Vandergoes et al. (2003) | The Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT) in south Westland, New Zealand: paleoecological insight into mid-latitude Southern Hemisphere climate change |
Vitas (2004) | Tree rings of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karsten) in Lithuania as drought indicators: dendroecological approach |
Zhang et al. (2003) | Archaeal lipid biomarkers and isotopic evidence of anaerobic methane oxidation associated with gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico |
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The practice of nuclear medicine includes procedures by which radiopharmaceuticals are administered to patients and images then obtained by nuclear detectors and various electronic devices. These procedures thereby provide an image of the distribution of the labeled drugs and thus aid in medical diagnosis. In addition, there are tests of function of organs and tissues where radioactive drugs are administered and the flow of these compounds is followed to determine whether or not the organs are working nor mally. It is also possible to analyze materials derived from the human body such as blood and excreta to study organ and system function, Furthermore, there is a large and growing field, commonly termed in vitro testing, where radioactivity is added to material removed from the human body in order to measure the concentration of important biological materials such as hormones, vitamins and drugs. The field of nuclear medicine encompasses all of these methods as well as the use of radiopharmaceuticals for certain types of therapy. While the ACNP agrees with and supports the goals of S. 1470 we have several suggestions which we would like to offer concerning the bill. While S. 1470 preserves the eligibility of radiologists, pathologists and anesthesiologists to be paid by medicare and medicaid on a fee-forservice basis for patient care services when certain criteria are met, the bill does not specifically include nuclear physicians. Section 12(a) (3) on page 32, line 21, should be amended to read "Laboratory diag nostic services," in lieu of "Pathology services," since the specialized in vitro procedures performed by nuclear physicians and other specialty areas involved in such procedures, frequently termed radioimmunoassay, do, in fact, represent a consultative service to individual patients within the meaning of section 12(a) (3). The performance of these tests require special competence and constant review and supervision, particularly in difficult cases, and the nuclear medicine physician is intimately engaged in consultation with both patients and their referring physicians. The nuclear medicine physician as a consultant is required to interpret the special tests which are performed in his laboratory for the referring physician and therefore, participates directly in the care of these patients. Over the last year, there has been considerable controversy over the use of relative value scales in determining physician reimbursement. We believe that a system of relative values can promote more effective administration of medicare and medicaid, and we support the intent of the bill to provide a means by which such scales may be developed and utilized. However, we are concerned that placing unrestricted decisionmaking authority in the hands of one person-the Secretary of HEW-may not be the best way to achieve this purpose. We would suggest, instead, that an independent board should be created to accomplish this task. This board should be directed to utilize the expertise of medical societies and colleges in developing relativevalue scales that would serve the public while maintaining the high quality of medical services which our country now provides. Finally, the college would like to note that we oppose the concept of applying a fixed administrative cap on hospital revenue as a means to controlling the cost of Government health care programs. Prospective reimbursement is a more effective tool, since it provides the flexibility which the Government needs in dealing with different types of hospitals. In general, the ACNP agrees with the substantive proposals of S. 1470 and wishes to commend you for its content. It is our hope that under this bill, as modified, the needs of our important specialty field of nuclear medicine and the needs of the medical profession in general will receive the consideration requested above. Thank you for your consideration in this important matter. The American College of Nuclear Physicians stands ready to assist you or your staff in any way and we thank you for the opportunity to present our views. Senator TALMADGE. Thank you, Dr. Reba. It seems to me that you have made a reasonable request and one that can be worked out with staff. Senator Curtis? Senator CURTIS. I have no questions. Senator TALMADGE. Thank you very much. The next witness is Dr. Thomas G. Dorrity, director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons; accompanied by Maurice A. Kramer, assistant executive director, Washington office. Dr. Dorrity, we are delighted to have you with us. STATEMENT OF THOMAS G. DORRITY, M.D., DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS; ACCOMPANIED BY MAURICE A. KRAMER, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON OFFICE Dr. DORRITY. Mr. Chairman and Senator Curtis, we appreciate this opportunity to present the views of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons on S. 1470 which, as we see it, is intended to further extend the bureaucratic grip on the Nation's hospitals. I am Thomas G. Dorrity, M.D., chairman of the AAPS legislative committee. I am a practicing surgeon in Memphis, Tenn. With me is Maurice Kramer, AAPS Washington representative. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is a free, independent, nongovernmental, voluntary organization of physicians who take care of patients. We have been devoting our energies since 1943 to trying to prevent any kind of interference with the freedom of physicians to exercise their best judgment for the benefit of their patients. We may be distinguished from most other nationwide medical organizations by the fact that we are unalterably opposed to Government subsidies, which only the naive do not recognize result in suffocating and brutally destructive bureaucratic regulation and control. We believe that Government subsidies corrupt and massive subsidies corrupt massively. Members of AAPS are against compulsory political medicine, whether called medicare, medicaid or falsely labeled national health insurance. We are for individual responsibility and freedom, which are the basis for the glorious and noble successes of mankind. On May 27, Senator Talmadge, announcing these hearings on S. 1470 commented on the alarming report of trustees that the way things are now going, medicare will come up to $9.5 billion short every year for the next 25 years. And that was calculated on constant 1977 dollars, excluding the factor of inflation. Senator Talmadge said: There are those who advocate transferring tax money from the Medicare trust fund to the cash-short old-age assistance and disability funds. Under the circumstances, that would be akin to the Federal Government trying to borrow money from New York City. Given the enormity of the medicare actuarial deficit, this is the time to face up to the issue and not to compound the problem. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons heartily agrees with Senator Talmadge-up to a point. That point is that we do not believe S. 1470 or anything like it is the proper solution to the twin disasters known as medicare and medicaid. With all due respect to Senator Talmadge, S. 1470 will not solve the financial problems of these programs. It will simply prolong and intensify them. The reason is that S. 1470 does not as the Senator wishes-face up to the issue. It seeks to clamp new forms of artificial cost curbs on doctors and hospitals. The spurious reasoning is that they alone are responsible for the calamitous increase in the cost of these programs. What is wrong with S. 1470 is that it ignores the real villain in this financial mess-the wholly irresponsible deficit spending habits of our profligate Federal Government-a tragic habit for which the Congress must accept considerable blame. When Members of Congress and the bureaucrats in HEW, the White House, and other executive departments try to solve such problems by blaming someone else, they are simply, in true Machiavellian style, dodging and ducking their own responsibility for the problems and sliding away from the real solution. The only long-term, permanent solution to the fiscal woes of medicare and medicaid is to abolish both programs and simultaneously, start an honest attempt to stop robbing the citizenry through inflation. Let's quit kidding ourselves and the American people and make a bold and forthright confession of the truth-the real culprit in rising costs of everything is inflation and the real cause of inflation is the financial excesses of the Federal Government. We know the bleeding-heart liberals who do not care what they do. to people as long as they can convince them they are doing something for them, will pretend to be aghast at the suggestion of wiping out medicare and medicaid and will accuse us of callous indifference to human needs. And to that, we say hogwash. Physicians who take care of the health needs of the American people have more compassion and know more about human needs than any other group, certainly a lot more than the career politicians and bureaucrats who persistently push the Government into programs it has no business being in. The Federal Government had no business getting into medicare in the first place. It was conceived in error and promoted by fraud. Let me remind this committee that when politicians, bureaucrats and labor bosses were promoting medicare, they argued that most people over 65 were being denied medical care because they could not pay for the care they needed. But Members of Congress were publicly challenged to produce names of elderly people in that situation. It was promised they would get the care they required without charge. Local medical societies advertised free medical care to the elderly, with confidentiality guaranteed, who needed care but felt they could not pay for it. Out of the 18 million people who were then over 65, a scattered handful sought care from those appeals-and the Members of Congress produced no names. It will be remembered that the late President Lyndon Johnson pleaded for passage of medicare, promising it would cost no more than |


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Wisconsin unionists are saying that a copycat attack on 191 Machinists at a crane-building company is one more reason to recall Governor Scott Walker, as if more were needed.
Taking a cue from Walker's legislation that decimated public unions in the state, Manitowoc Crane is demanding an open shop and an end to dues checkoff, in a plant that's been union for at least 60 years.
"They want to Walkerize us," says bargaining committeeman Gary Miller of Machinists Local 516, on strike since November 15.
Miller said the company first wanted workers to vote every year whether their union would continue to exist, then proposed that at the beginning of each month each worker could choose.
Christina Brey of the statewide teachers union called the language "almost identical" to Walker's bill that touched off last winter's rebellion that saw 100,000 march in Madison against the attack on bargaining rights.
Wisconsin unionists and thousands of others announced today they have gathered 507,000 signatures in four weeks in their drive to force Walker into a recall. They need 540,208 by mid-January.
The strike in Manitowoc is providing a flashpoint that's further galvanizing supporters. A quickly organized rally on December 10 in the Lake Michigan town, heavily supported by the state AFL-CIO, drew 2,000, with buses sponsored by the statewide teachers union, AFSCME, and the Laborers.
"They know if it happens here it's going to happen to everyone else," Miller said.
Thus far there is no attempt to stop the out-of-state strikebreakers who are readying completed cranes for shipment.
Walker's assault on union power has galvanized members and retirees to collect recall signatures at basketball and football games, in malls, on public sidewalks, and door to door. Because of the cold, a Wisconsin specialty is creating spaces where drivers can pull over and sign without getting out of their cars.
Petitioners number at least 20,000 and include far more than organized labor. Walker has "gored everybody's ox," says South Central Federation of Labor President Jim Cavanaugh.
Some are angry about the new voter ID law intended to suppress votes for Democrats. Farmers resent rules that will put Badgercare, the state's medical insurance program, out of reach for many. Anyone with children in school sees the effects of $1.6 billion in cuts to education. Brey says 4,000 fewer adults are working in Wisconsin schools now than last year.
Because state aid to localities was cut, local governments have slashed staff and services. In October, Wisconsin was the only state to lose jobs, 9,700 of them.
John Matthews, executive director of the Madison teachers union, says people are steamed about Walker's violation of the state's ethos of "Wisconsin nice" and outraged by the betrayal of Wisconsin's legacy of progressive legislation. Wisconsin was the first state to let public employees bargain collectively, for example.
Wisconsin firefighters gathered December 3 to kick off their own petition-gathering, though firefighters and police are exempt from Walker's anti-union law.
President Mark Sanders of the Ohio firefighters union told the group that though most fire stations there are tuned to Fox News, last winter's uprising in Wisconsin "lit a torch in Ohio and now we are here to pass it back to you."
Ohio firefighters played point in voters' massive turn-down of their own governor's anti-collective bargaining bill, in November.
Matthews said police are enforcing the law against defacing petitions, a felony. One Walker backer who scribbled over a petition and drove off was arrested, as was another who tore up a recall sign.
The organization driving the petition-gathering, United Wisconsin, began as a website put up by one Appleton resident, Michael Brown, during the February-March revolt.
Today the site lists 50 local offices. Retired educator Mary Rehwald is United Wisconsin's coordinator in the town of Ashland near Lake Superior, population 8,000. She's proud that by December 2 her 250 volunteers had already exceeded their 3,500-signature target for the area by 900 names.
The "100 percent volunteer effort" "has more energy in it that the Obama campaign did," she said, raising its money through a donation can. "I identify this movement as part of the Occupy movement," Rehwald said.
Everyone wants to know who will run against Walker, in an election that will happen six weeks after signatures are verified. Though many Democratic challengers are interested, that question is up in the air.
Some pollsters say Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, whom Walker defeated in 2010, has the best chance to beat him because of his name recognition. But Cavanaugh says, "I have detected no enthusiasm from union folks for a Barrett candidacy."
Others say Barrett was a "wet dishrag" during the 2010 campaign, turned down invitations to meet with union members, and has been hard on public workers in Milwaukee unions.
At a Steelworkers legislative conference December 2, some activists directed questions to "Governor Erpenbach"—state senator Jon Erpenbach, who was spokesperson for the 14 senators who left the state in February to block Walker's bill. Erpenbach, who has a near-flawless labor voting record, was point person in the senate for the state AFL-CIO's universal health care legislation.
National unions have not yet entered the fray, though they are sure to buy ad time once the election period begins. State law allows unlimited spending by either side, and the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity front group is likely to spend big.
Walker began his TV ads during a Packers game the night before the recall petition was to be launched, featuring a school board member from a rich county praising the governor for giving her the "tools" to deal with tough times.
Unionists believe that Walker is running scared. He does not appear in public in Madison, and when he travels in other parts of the state, he is met by picketers. His attempt to avoid demonstrators by moving the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Capitol to 8:15 a.m. was unsuccessful. Later, protesters unfurled a giant red Recall banner from the top balcony.
In Manitowoc, Gary Miller says his bosses should be worried that Walker will be recalled. "He might not be here to help them," he said.
This article was originally published by Labor Notes.


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Fossil-fuel subsidies hurting global environment, security
A comprehensive assessment of global fossil-fuel subsidies has found that governments are spending $500 billion annually on policies that undermine energy security and worsen the environment.
The study, titled "The Politics of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies" by David Victor, a professor of political science with UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), was one of five released April 22 by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
GSI's goal is to reform, reduce and ultimately eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies, which are highest in Iran, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, India and Venezuela. The reform effort received a boost September 2009 when President Obama and other world leaders met in Pittsburgh, Pa., for the Group of 20 Summit. They agreed in a non-binding resolution to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies, but the measure didn't attempt to resolve difficult political issues such as how governments would actually achieve a phaseout. Victor's study addresses the political challenges.
The U.S. was one of the governments pressing for subsidy reform at the G20 Summit in September 2009. Such policy reforms are a relatively easy way to improve energy security for all nations and reduce growth in emissions of gases that cause global warming.
"Fossil fuels are often the most cost-effective way to provide useful energy, especially in poor households living on already stretched budgets," said Victor, director of IR/PS's Laboratory on International Law and Regulation. "But the pervasive role of fossil fuels in countries' economies makes them attractive for politicians to subsidize, which leads to over-consumption. Virtually every analysis of fossil-fuel subsidies has shown that most are a complete waste of money, or worse, because money spent on subsidies isn't available for other purposes that yield much greater social benefits, such as education and rural agriculture."
Victor's assessment found that as of November 2008, Venezuela had the lowest gasoline prices of any country, prices maintained at their low levels by subsidies. While Iran's fuel prices are nearly as low, the financial burden on that nation is much higher because its fuel consumption is greater. "Iran's fuel subsidy totals about $55 billion (U.S.) a year, or roughly one-tenth of global energy subsidies," said Victor.
He said the largest subsidies are usually found in oil-producing democracies: fuel prices often are a major campaign issue, and politicians who face contested elections would most likely lose if they attempted to reform subsidies. "When leaders don't feel secure in power, as in Iran or Venezuela, they find it particularly difficult to roll back massive subsidy programs," Victor said. "As a result, consumers in those countries are not only using more fossil fuels, but also are demanding more subsidies, which are plunging those countries into an economic death spiral."
The pressure for subsidies extends to many other countries as well. India spends a conservatively estimated $15 billion (U.S.) to subsidize fossil fuels as part of its official policy to make energy services more affordable to the country's poorest citizens. Victor noted that the subsidies help provide power and irrigation services to farmers at low regulated prices. However, his assessment and others have found that many of India's fossil-fuel subsidies don't actually help poor households, but instead benefit those who can already afford to own vehicles and electrical appliances.
"When the price of crude oil jumped a few years ago, the Indian government was stuck paying the difference between the regulated price to consumers and the actual price of oil on international markets," said Victor. "The money that the India government spent on those subsidies was not available for other more beneficial programs to reduce poverty and facilitate economic development."
As a large oil importer, India's energy security remains vulnerable to interruptions in its supply of crude oil or to sudden spikes in price.
"China was in a vulnerable energy-security situation similar to India's, but the Chinese government took the major political step of reducing subsidies sharply and exposing consumers to market forces," said Victor. "It makes China more secure by reducing growth in its consumption of fossil fuels and forcing consumers to respond when markets tighten. It also helps China reduce its rate of increase of greenhouse gas emissions and enables it to invest in renewable energy and other sustainable development projects."
"In facing today's global challenges - be they economic recession, rising temperatures, or the need for sustainable development - governments worldwide are beginning to take a closer look at how they use public money to favour the fossil-fuel sector," said an IISD statement accompanying the release of the report.
Beyond reducing subsidies, Victor's report suggests that governments also need to look more closely at raising fuel taxes. Among the advanced industrialized countries, major fossil-fuel subsidies are rare, but fuel-tax rates vary widely. As a percent of its total economic output, the U.S. has low fossil-fuel subsidies; however, only 20 countries had lower retail gasoline prices than the U.S., according to the 2008 International Fuel Prices report. That report said 152 countries had retail gasoline prices higher than those in the U.S., primarily due to higher gasoline taxes and other country-specific duties and taxes.
"The U.S. does not tax fossil fuels to the level needed to offset the costs of burning them," Victor said. "The more that consumers in every country in the world pay the full price for fuels—a price that reflects the true costs of fuel combustion on the economy and environment—the easier it will be for market forces to encourage more secure and cleaner energy supplies."
Although most fossil-fuel subsidies are harmful, Victor said some are beneficial. Notably, subsidies for research on new energy technologies are essential since companies and universities are unlikely to perform such research otherwise. Victor's study shows that political forces in favor of these good subsidies are usually much less powerful than the forces that promote pernicious subsidies.
The five-part research series, "Untold Billions," produced by the IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative was supported by the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the United States and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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"When you perform a search, the results are often displayed with the information: Results 1 - 10 of about XXXX. Google's calculation of the total number of search results is an estimate. We understand that a ballpark figure is valuable, and by providing an estimate rather than an exact account, we can return quality search results faster." (Google help center)
But recently something has changed in Google's algorithm that estimates the number of results. Here's a comparison between the number of results for [Moby] in May (notice the recently-launched bar that used gradients) and today:
From 15 million results to only 2 million results, there's a long way. For the same query, Yahoo estimates 18,900,000 results, Microsoft finds 7,730,000 results, while Ask only finds 4,089,000 results. Notice that all the other three major search engines show bigger numbers than Google. You might think that this query is just an exception, but that's not the case. Almost every query shows much less results in Google than in other search engines.
A search for [Google] shows (the numbers may vary across different data centers):
* 132,000,000 results - Google (screenshot)
* 1,610,000,000 results - Yahoo
* 244,000,000 results - Windows Live
* 281,620,000 results - Ask.com
And even if this estimate has never been reliable, it's strange to see a such an obvious inaccuracy. If you use complicated queries (more than 3-4 keywords), the estimates become more accurate and Google starts to show more results than other search engines.
In other related news, Google started to treat subdomains the same as directories for some queries. "For several years Google has used something called host crowding, which means that Google will show up to two results from each hostname/subdomain of a domain name. That approach works very well to show 1-2 results from a subdomain, but we did hear complaints that for some types of searches (e.g. esoteric or long-tail searches), Google could return a search page with lots of results all from one domain. In the last few weeks we changed our algorithms to make that less likely to happen in the future," explains Matt Cutts.
Google - Yahoo Comparison
Persistent queries (Greasemonkey script)
Index size and estimation (given two search engines, what are the relative sizes of their indexes?)