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Top 10 global warming stories of 2007
What events or actions had the most positive or negative impact on the likelihood that the nation and the world will act in time to avoid catastrophic warming? Here are my picks:
#10. Over a barrel: Oil nearing $100. Technically not a global warming story — but who can doubt that part of the renewed interest in energy policy in general and alternatives/efficiency in particular is due to record oil prices? Certainly OPEC is a bit worried. And if, as many believe, this is evidence that we are nearing peak oil — then this story foreshadows even more dramatic changes in the future.
#9. Australian denier bites the dust — literally: Conservative Prime Minister John Howard of drought-riddled Australia lost perhaps the first national election in which global warming was a pivotal issue. The immediate impact was Australia signing the Kyoto protocol — further isolating this country. But a much bigger impact may be felt if U.S. progressives come to see that fighting global warming is not just the morally right thing to do — it is winning politics.
#8. The climate, it is a changin': The painful reality of global warming is becoming obvious to more and more people in 2007, as the weather gets more and more extreme. Australians reversed their thinking in large part because of the brutal multi-year drought they are now in (see here and here and here). Then we have the brutal droughts in this country (see here), which are increasingly being linked to global warming. Same for the record-breaking wildfires. The Brits know climate change is behind their record flooding. Same for the Chinese.
#7. Delayers/Deniers Double Down. In spite of the painful obviousness of climate change, the incontrovertible science linking it to human activity, and the graver and graver warnings of potential catastrophe — many Deniers, like Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), just continue putting out the same old disinformation in new packages or obsessing over meaningless NASA data revisions. A lot of people seem simply impervious to the facts and to science — and desperate to cling to any media stories or studies, however inaccurate, that seem to undermine the overwhelming body of evidence. And then we have the emergence of the Delayers, who say they believe in global warming but show that they really don't get it by embracing only voluntary technological strategies, which can't get us to 550 ppm, let alone the 450 or less we need to avert catastrophe. Remember, only 41 Senators representing a small fraction of the American people, can stop serious domestic action — if they so choose. Heck, they stopped a measly 15% renewable electricity requirement and a shift of money from unneeded oil subsidies to vital clean energy technologies — imagine what they'll do with a serious climate bill. And 34 Senators can stop this country from ratifying any international treaty. The mindless — and self-destructive — implacability of conservatives could easily be the top story of the year and — spoiler alert — in some sense it is.
#6. Fewer fools on the Hill. While the deniers/delayers remain locked in the past, those who believe in action took control of both houses of Congress this year, a key reason we got tougher fuel economy standards passed and a real climate bill out of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee. The only way we'll get serious enough climate action domestically to give us the credibility needed to bring China and other countries along is if we have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Let's hope 2008 Congressional elections continue the trend.
#5. A Convenient Truth: Outside of the Washington DC Beltway, most people, politicians, businesses, and even the media are open to the facts and the science. Inspired by Al Gore and climate scientists — who shared a well-deserved Nobel Prize — we've seen a sea-change in thinking and action on global warming. States have taken the lead in climate action, accelerating clean energy, and shunning new coal plants, while businesses have embraced carbon regulations and many have begun spending serious dollars on clean tech. Eventually, political leaders will have to catch up with everyone else.
#4. The China Syndrome: China's rapacious construction of coal power plants continues unabated, driving global CO2 emissions to much faster growth than even the IPCC had projected in its worst-case scenario. And the Wall Street Journal just reported "In the last two years, China has built nearly 20 plants that convert coal into a gas that can be used to make such things as plastic and pharmaceuticals." 2007 may be the year China passed this country in total carbon dioxide emissions. If China won't agree to cap emissions in the not too distant future, say, 2020, then it can, by itself, make any global climate deal unworkable and kill any chance of stabilizing below 450 ppm (or 550, for that matter).
#3. Ice, Ice maybe not: Shocking Arctic ice loss this year, coupled with further evidence that the great ice sheets are losing mass a century earlier than the IPCC had predicted — and two major studies saying sea level rise by 2100 may exceed one meter. The most dramatic evidence of global warming is what happened to Arctic ice this summer, which itself has direct implications for drought in the Western U.S. (subs. req'd). Probably the most serious threat humanity faces is rapid sea level rise from the disintigration of the ice sheets (and loss of the inland glaciers that provide hundreds of millions with fresh water). If the planet becomes motivated to act in time, I think ice — or the lack of it — will be a major driving force. Certainly it has alarmed some of the top climate scientists in the world….
#2. Desperate Scientists: The world's top climate scientists beg for action. First, we saw the IPCC's bleak Fourth Assessment Report (summarized here), which warns that human emissions, left unchecked, could lead to rapid, multi-meter sea level rise; loss of most species; and widespread drought and desertification. Second, we heard IPCC head, Rajendra Pachauri, warn, "If there's no action before 2012, that's too late. What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment." Finally, more than 200 scientists signed a statement asserting that, to avoid catastrophic impacts, global greenhouse gas emissions "must peak and decline in the next 10 to 15 years, so there is no time to lose." (And this isn't even counting the repeated dire warnings of our nation's top climate scientist, James Hansen, such as here and here and here, for instance.) Any sane person would be listening to our climate scientists — and an increasing number are, but not everyone….
#1. Bushwhacked: Thanks to the misleadership of our President, the world took no action at Bali to reduce emissions, we had a sham international "climate summit," the country continues to take no national action on greenhouse gas emissions, Congress was forced to drop almost all non-oil-related provisions to cut GHGs from the energy bill, the EPA blocked California and other major states from regulating tailpipe GHGs on their own, the Administration keeps muzzling climate scientists, and it keeps misallocating scarce clean tech dollars to hydrogen fuel cell vehicle research at the expense of real and timely solutions like energy efficiency and renewables — and that's just the stuff we know about for sure!
Thanks to
Cheney Bush and his henchmen (and henchwomen), the nation and the world have lost another crucial year — and are almost certain to lose another one next year — when, in fact, "What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future." Our person of the year, who mistakes inflexibility for leadership, and consistency for wisdom, has also made the story of the year: President George W. Bush doesn't just fiddle while the planet burns, he actively fans the flames and thwarts the fire-fighters.
41 Responses to Top 10 global warming stories of 2007
That's a great and worried roundup to the year. To bad it doesn't get out to the Mainstream Media.
The weather channel had its top ten global warming doers on a few days ago. Joe, you weren't in the top ten. But the New York Times Andy Revkin and Thomas Freidman were 3 and 4 on their top ten list. Most of the others were community activists.
A technical (web) suggestion. You might want to use a blue (web standard) font for all links embedded in the blogs. They currently appear black and don't stand out. Many more people would click more readily on them if the links were more obvious. Hopefully, it will be a simple CSS change.
Other than that – been following this site for some time now. Thanks for keeping this extremely important topic on the radar. Hats off to you for all your work. Can't say enough about the importance of this site and your work.
Joe & Abijheet:
1) it is green on:
a) Deskside Dell Linux PC, Firefox.
b) Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop, WinXP.
c) iPhone, Safari
However, the green in a) is pretty obvious, but especially at smaller font sizes (ctrl+, ctrl- to explore), the green in b) and c) needs very close examiniation to see that it's green, which is why a lot of people use underlined links. I.e., the contrast between dark green and black is not high, especially in smaller font sizes.
2) Abhijeet: you may want to check this by zooming sizes in your browser, and also, looking at other computers to make sure there isn't something about your system's display.
Finally, if you haven't before, you may want to check for a touch of red-green color blindness.
Google: color blindness
Google: web-safe color palette color blindness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness :
'For example, in the evening, dark green cars appear to be black to Deuteranomalous people"
Since ~6% of males have some degree of this, it's really a good idea to use the underlines.
You left out the part of the story about the 'unusual winds' that strongly contributed to the melt. They have not been linked to AGW. And you left out the part of it re-freezing in record time.
And what also is usually overlooked is that Arctic ice thickness has only been recorded and studied since 1978.
Roald Amundsen sailed the Northwest Passage in 1903-05. Harry Larsen did it in 1940-42, and then again in 1944.
We don't even know for sure if what we are seeing is unusual.
And you link to your recent post on sea level rise
But exactly what does Arctic ice melting have to do with sea level rise?
Re #4 –
If you can't depend on our government, why do you think China's government can be depended on?
Yep, all sorts of things are being 'linked to global warming', but not much really being scientifically linked. It sure has been a year of hype, hasn't it?
Last time I checked Greenland was in the Arctic.
You are correct. Greenland melting would have an effect on sea level. I stand corrected. I was not thinking about Greenland.
So I also forgot about the discovery of the other reason for at least some observed Greenland melt. The magma under Greenland. Joe left that out too.
These 'other factors' may not interest those only looking for stories to hype, but they do matter to scientists. The 'unusual winds' and the magma might rank up there somewhere as important science stories of 2007.
One hot spot…northeast corner.
Majority of Greenland melt…southern 1/3 and west coast.
US Navy has data older than 1970s on sea ice thickness. It shows thinning – their observations started the whole thing.
Could you post a link? The articles I've seen so far haven't mentioned US Navy records.
Joe: I mostly use the laptop display (Dell LCD), and am forced to use IE (company authentication software makes Firefox problematic). The green appears almost black. I tried a CRT monitor and it looks pretty green. I've always noticed that (cheap) LCD monitors don't reproduce colors as well as CRTs. Guess Dell used a cheap one (surprise!).
John: I'll ignore your sarcasm and agree with your suggestion to use underlines. As far as I know, I have 20/20 vision with no color-blindedness, but (as Joseph Heller would have written) that's only as far as I know. You might want to perform the same tests with your dyslexia, though. Or you may want to ignore it because dyslexic people are supposed to be pretty gifted (intellectually). No offence intended or taken :) Peace.
To Ron and all his co-believers: Even if one accepts for a callous and uneducated moment that all the "global warming hype" as you call is were really hype, wouldn't you rather have people working on this "hype" and in the process improving air quality and thereby improving health for all denizens of this polluted planet, reducing international tensions resulting from the oil supply-and-demand disparity and thereby saving lives of innocent victims of oil-producing countries too weak to protect its citizens from the attack of both the pipeline-protecting-team-of-combatants called the US army and the pipeline-destroying-team-of-combatants called Al-Qaeda, utilizing lost solar and wind energy instead of burning anything and everything they can burn and therby ensuring that generations to come will have access to fossil fuels that should actually be the last reserve we use instead of the first source we burn, instead of wasting their time on dangerous and/or fascist hypes like "Kill all Muslims" or "Buy that Hummer, Bubba" or "It's a Hemi" or "We will impose our philosophy on all countries that don't agree with us" or "Kill all communists"… Oh, there are so many of these "hypes" you'd rather succumb to than the "hype" of global warming. Or is it that "I want world peace" is only meant for the evening-gown-clad sexy supermodel just about to cover her mouth after winning the Miss Whatever contest and "Love thy neighbor" is only meant for Sunday School, but none of these are to be practiced – only preached? Which "hype" would you rather subscribe to? Do you inspect all the propaganda your government has been feeding you for decades with the same amount of detail as you dissect each and every phrase of each and every report that qualified scientists have been coming up with time and again? You do not believe that your own politicians had anything to do with 9/11. You do not believe that everything leading to the last two terms of the Bush administration has been a systematic set-up to rob the American taxpayer and kill the poor Iraqi, Irani, Syrian, and North Korean child-or-woman-or-man-on-the-street only so that narcissist Weapons Manufacturers can make profit. But you do believe everything Bill O'Rielly blabbers in his conceited, uneducated, narrow-minded, arrogant, and despicable (read as Stupid White Man) attitude about how the "Global Warming Hoax" is only about Hippy and Gay Liberals trying to save polar bears. Why don't you use your intelligence and education to dissect, inspect, scrutinize, and expose the criminal actions of your totalitarian and fascist government which has now become the "executive" arm of a congolerate of narcissist corporations who are nothing but officers of the "Fourth Reich" who should all be taken to some Nuremberg, tried, and hung for crimes against humanity just like the officers of the Third Reich were? Why don't you really "think". Why don't you read some George Orwell? Why don't you read some history? Why don't you read some Geography? Why don't you remove the flaps that have been put around your eyes and, for one moment, actually LOOK around?
I do not digress when I say all this. It's all related. You cannot inspect one problem without looking at all allied problems and going to their common root – Ignorance.
To quote somebody who must be indeed a great thinker:
"Only after the last tree has been cut down.
Only after the last river has been poisoned.
Only after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."
It's so simple, Bubba!
The well-known (1999).
Apparently, the Navy data is sonar records from 37 submarine cruises between 1958 and the late 90s. That pushes the records back to about 50 years. And we know a few intrepid explorers had sailed the Arctic previously. But 50 years isn't much of a sample in the time scales climate operates on.
I can't tell which side you're on, but I really enjoyed your post.
Have any ideas where this is going to lead us, say over the next 40 years or so?
But 50 years isn't much of a sample in the time scales climate operates on.
Ah, well. It's good enough to make decisions on.
Otherwise, we'd have analysis paralysis, and I'm sure denialists wouldn't want that, would they?
No doubt that global warming is very debated. I, however, have never heard that man is causing global cooling. For this – all I can say is that I hope that the people that believe this is natural are not wrong. But if man is causing at least part of the problem then why not do all we can. One thing not in dispute is that we cannot continue to use non-renewable sources on energy forever.
Are you familiar with the ground floor movement to take solar to the masses by a company called Citizenre? They are trying market solar with an approach similar to satellite TV, cellular telephones, and alarm systems. That is to provide the customer a complete solar system with no upfront charges and make money from a service contract. In this case the service contract would be a rent agreement. They intend to put a complete solar system on clients home. When the system produces electricity, it will lower the bill from the current utility provider. In most cases the savings from the lower bill will more than cover the rent fee that the company intends to charge. The company currently has no product available but intends to deploy in the middle of 2008. They are currently taking reservations and have over 26,000 takers so far. I have written several articles on this company in my blog and even have a couple of videos that I have recorded at http://www.solarjoules.com. Feel free to take a look. I welcome comments. As in any start up business, a chance exists that they may never get off the ground and fulfill any preorders, but if this is the case – the potential client has not lost anything. If you cannot afford the upfront cost of solar today, this may turn out to be a great alternative. This solution would mean that we could produce at least a little less pollution and would be a great step "just in case". And hey, the fact that you will save money on your electricity bill over time is a pretty good reason to look into it as well.
If anyone would like company information you can go to http://www.jointhesolution.com/razmataz.
It took about 400 years of trying before the Northwest Passage was 'conquered'. Those explorers knew that year to year variability is extreme. One year 1 ship saw more than everyone else and still made it home in one season. (sorry, I have no reference material here). But I'm pretty sure there are no observations in that time that would correspond to this year's satellite data.
Still, the fact that the passage has been used in the past by tiny boats doing multi-year trips has little to do with this year's opening. Not many people will bother when they expect to freeze in for a winter or two.
However, If I owned a big ship and satellite data showed the passage was clear for a couple of weeks I might consider it.
Unfortunately nobody know where the rocks are yet, but if the ice leaves even seasonally there is no reason why it won't in the future be as busy as the Panama Canal. I'm not sure if that's a good thing.
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"Even if one accepts for a callous and uneducated moment that all the "global warming hype" as you call is were really hype, wouldn't you rather have people working on this "hype" and in the process improving air quality and thereby improving health for all denizens of this polluted planet,"
Sounds good, except now we are discovering that biofuels, encouraged in part due to AGW hype, has serious environmental and economic downsides. Deforeestation in tropics and higher food prices.
Nothing is 'free'.
So climate modelers finally discover the PDO can control climate–global cooling for 10-20yrs–you idiots!
This is all hog wash. Wind, Geothermal, Hydro Thermal are all viable sources of energy especially at the current prices of oil. However this is all about exaggeration, and fraud. Global warming is not being caused by cars, or trucks. Volcanoes spew out more carbon dioxide that all the cars in the world combined. The sun is in a solar cycle, and is heating up. All the planets in the solar system have increases in temperature. The surface is heating not the atmosphere. This is all about money. How can we fool the people into accepting a new tax, and governance. The IEA (i.e. UN is pushing Global Warming along with a number of environmental groups on "computer models" that model whatever data you put in. This data is highly subjective – meaning you have to guess what you think the number should be, not what they actually are.
What science does this article refer to? Is the science UN report of non-scientist? Is it the report of a "scientist with a skewed objective – i.e. funding. I am sorry, but "scientist" are not necessarily the smartest group of people. They are supposed to be concentrated in a specific field, but offered suffer the same corruption of their work as in any industry. The mighty dollar skews result of many reports. If you remember scientist used to be railing about sea level rise. Funny it has not happened yet. I guess that theory waned after a number of geologists (real scientist – what is a climate scientist – who gives that degree away?) reported that tectonic plate movement was the cause of sea level rise not polar melt.
This discussion on Global Warming is crazy. It seems that you are offering "scientific data", but in reality it is not accurate. The Earth is always changing there have been cycles of warmth, and cold throughout this planets history. Everything is not centered on the earth. The biggest generator of heat is the sun. The oceans if you can believe compromise 75% of the earth's surface. It takes a significant amount of energy to raise, or lower the temperature of the earth's oceans. Can you imagine heating water at a depth of 4000 feet or greater. This all has an impact on the atmosphere. The current "global warming movement" is really a political movement to control people. Look at the price of gas, food, and energy. For years the powers that be have been trying to convince people to move closer to the cities, and develop public transportation. Humm – looks like the mew tactic is working. The theme seems to center it self around live in an agrarian society, but let me keep my 30,000 sq ft mansion with all the amenities.
lol. the contrast between dark green and black is not high, especially in smaller font sizes..
I agree Chris.
Global warming is destroying your web font colors!!!!!
For those of you thinking that if they implement this it will eliminate some of the waiting and lines…
Abhijeet — thx. Both my browsers, Firefox and IE, show links in green. Do you not have a color screen?
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"The closest the squid industry has to a rock star."
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Apparently, the Navy data is sonar records from 37 submarine cruises between 1958 and the late 90s. That pushes the records back to about 50 years. And we know a few intrepid explorers had sailed the Arctic previously. But 50 years isn't much of a sample in the time scales climate operates on.
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Apparently, the Navy data is sonar records from 37 submarine cruises between 1958 and the late 90s. That pushes the records back to about 50 years. And we know a few intrepid explorers had sailed the Arctic previously. But 50 years isn't much of a sample in the time scales climate operates on.
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You are correct. Greenland melting would have an effect on sea level. I stand corrected. I was not thinking about Greenland.
So I also forgot about the discovery of the other reason for at least some observed Greenland melt. The magma under Greenland. Joe left that out too.
These 'other factors' may not interest those only looking for stories to hype, but they do matter to scientists. The 'unusual winds' and the magma might rank up there somewhere as important science stories of 2007.


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Pope Benedict XVI has put ecumenism high on his agenda. Right from the start of his papacy, he has reached out to other churches and stressed the unity of all Christians. Yet despite good intentions, fault lines in his approach are beginning to show. Recently, German Catholics and Protestants have fallen out over a common Bible edition they have been using for twenty-five years. The dispute is symptomatic of other problems in the pope's homeland, where more than words are being lost in translation.
Ecumenism is part of daily life for churches in Germany, where the balance between Catholics and Protestants is roughly equal and mixed marriages are common. Since 1980, Protestants and Catholics have used the so-called Unity Translation in joint prayer services and Bible study. In early September, only weeks after meeting Benedict at the World Youth Day in Cologne, the country's Protestants announced they were ending their support for the joint translation. Bishop Wolfgang Huber, chairman of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), an association that represents most German Protestants, said the Catholics were trying to impose a Vatican order to make the translation hew closer to Latin texts.
This storm in a theological teacup speaks volumes about the state of relations between Catholics and Protestants—especially Lutherans—in Germany. A former German theology professor, Benedict knows...
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Yes, there is a silver bullet for gas prices
Published: Friday, June 3, 2011 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 5:20 p.m.
In November 2006, Heath Shuler was initially elected to represent the 11th District, and as Nancy Pelosi prepared to take the speaker's gavel, she announced that Democrats had a common-sense plan to bring down high gas prices. The price was around $2.25 at the time.
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The so-called plan was the same then as it is now — to end price gouging by evil big oil. A couple of weeks ago, President Barack Obama used the same gambit, promising to root out fraud in gas prices. The fact that the "price gouging" fiction still works is a testament to the gullibility of some of the American public.
For some rides in an amusement park, you have to be taller than a certain height to ride. And, in fast-food restaurants' playgrounds, you have to be shorter than a certain height to play. But there are no such restrictions on buying common stock. If you have folding money and a Social Security number, you can buy shares of big oil. So step right up. You, too, can share in the fantastic riches.
If you really believe that big oil is making outrageous profits, just walk into any brokerage house and become a part owner. Your broker likely has the phone number of the nearest Rolls Royce dealer, so you can place your order as soon as you become a proud owner of big oil. By the time the car comes in, you will be filthy rich.
For the record, ExxonMobil earned $10.7 billion in the first quarter of this year, of which $2.6 billion came from U.S. operations. Refining and selling motor fuels netted 7 cents of profit per gallon, considerably less than state and federal taxes per gallon. Keep that in mind the next time you complain about the profits of big oil.
Next, let's dispense with the flimsy arguments floated by Democrats about the causes of high gas prices. According to them, there are two main reasons that the unreasonable anti-energy policies of the Obama administration are not responsible for the skyrocketing price of gasoline: (1) Drilling today affects oil production years from now, therefore it has no effect on current price, and (2) the U.S. doesn't produce enough of the world's 85 million-barrels-per-day crude oil appetite to make a difference.
OK, but neither does Libya. Yet the unrest in Libya caused the price of gas to increase by more than 60 cents per gallon, even though it caused only a minor disturbance in the world's supply of oil. If you plug Libya into the model postulated by Democrats, the obvious result is "does not compute" — which indicates that the model is invalid. The real cause is what Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has called Obama's war on American energy.
The price of crude oil is based on current supply as well as projections of future supply. And as long as the U.S. government deliberately suppresses domestic supply, the price will stay up. A simple announcement that ANWR is open for drilling and that the de-facto moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted would cause the price to drop instantaneously.
Rep. Shuler consistently votes in favor of higher gas prices, and again on May 12 he voted against a bill (HR1231) to reverse the Obama moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Remember that each time you pull up at the pump.
In his weekly radio address on April 23, Mr. Obama said, "There's no silver bullet that can bring down gas prices right away." I beg to differ. The silver bullet will arrive in November 2012, when Obama is sent back to Chicago and Shuler is sent back to Tennessee.
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Reed Saxon, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more electronic eyes on their streets.
From Los Angeles to Philadelphia, efforts include trying to gain police access to cameras used to monitor traffic, expanding surveillance networks in some major cities and enabling officers to get regular access to security footage at businesses.
Some in law enforcement, however, acknowledge that their plans may face an age-old obstacle: Americans' traditional reluctance to give the government more law enforcement powers out of fear that they will live in a society where there is little privacy.
"Look, we don't want an occupied state. We want to be able to walk the good balance between freedom and security," Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Michael Downing, who heads the department's counter-terrorism and special operations bureau.
"If this helps prevent, deter, but also detect and create clues to who did (a crime), I guess the question is can the American public tolerate that type of security," he said.
The proliferation of cameras — both on street corners and on millions of smartphones — have helped catch lawbreakers, but plans to expand surveillance networks could run up against the millions of dollars it can cost to install and run the networks, expert say.
Whatever Americans' attitudes or the costs, experts say, the use of cameras is likely to increase in the coming years, whether they are part of an always-on, government-run network or a disparate, disorganized web of citizens' smartphones and business security systems.
"One of the lessons coming out of Boston is it's not just going to be cameras operated by the city, but it's going to be cameras that are in businesses, cameras that citizens use," said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. "You'll see the use of cameras will skyrocket."
Part of the push among law enforcement agencies is for greater integration of surveillance systems. For decades, law enforcement has contacted businesses for video after a crime. An integrated network would make that easier, advocates say.
Since the Boston bombings, police officials have been making the case for such a network.
In Philadelphia, the police commissioner appealed last week to business owners with cameras in public spaces to register them with the department. In Chicago, the mayor wants to expand the city's already robust network of roughly 22,000 surveillance video.
And in Houston, officials want to add to their 450 cameras through more public and private partnerships. The city already has access to hundreds of additional cameras that monitor the water system, the rail system, freeways and public spaces such as Reliant Stadium, officials said.
"If they have a camera that films an area we're interested in, then why put up a separate camera?" said Dennis Storemski, director of the mayor's office of public safety and homeland security. "And we allow them to use ours too."
In Los Angeles, police have been working on building up a regional video camera system funded by about $10 million in federal grant dollars over the last several years that would allow their network to be shared with nearby cities at the flip of a switch, Downing said.
That effort is in addition to a recent request by an LA councilman who wants the city to examine allowing police access to cameras used to monitor traffic flow. If that happens, the LAPD's network of about 700 cameras would grow to more than 1,000.
"First, it's a deterrent and, second, it's evidence," Downing said, adding, "it helps us in the hunt and pursuit."
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The time is coming, you will see this time around when the stock goes down again, ABT will make the final move and announce bid on BDX.
Run for your life (Check out that message board) if its JNJ breath easier.
"Stocks go up, stocks go down". All the hype,
fear, "irrational exuberance, and emotional swings
don't change the fact that "stocks go up, stocks go
If you are worried about BDX, STOP IT. Instead of
about the "tick by tick" movements of BDX, go to
and see what they picked this week. You can find
their "member's only"
They have a great track record (this week, 11 of their
hit new highs), and they stress DISCIPLINE over
Personally I do not think there will be any
offers this quarter.
The company just issued a pretty
strong warning. The price is cheaper but is it cheap
enough for the additional risk an acquirer would be
taking on. Since most deals today are done at a premium
why pay a premium and take on debt for a company that
may not be growing very fast.
I think BDX is
on a lot of companies radar screens but that many
will wait for one or two Quarters to assess how bad
the BDX situation atually is before any moves are
Long term this is still a great company. I was happy
to get in under thirty and if I am wrong and a
buyout happens I made a great short term trade but if it
doesn't I still like the prospects 2 to 3 years out.
Sounds like you've done you're homework b_zerkley! All my info. comes second-hand from a friend at BD. Should be interesting.
they don't ever want to be in diagnostics or devices...ditto Lilly. However, if Gilmartin wanted a big piece of a leveraged buy-out....
Ray Gilmartin, now CEO of Merck (MRK) was CEO at BD before Castalini. He still has connections and knows the company like the back of his hand. Watch for a Merck takeover.
Here's my read on who might like B-D:
Tyco...Medical division. Could add to earnings immediately,
which is a stated goal. They could slash $250-400M of
costs out and get extra leverage w/ purchasing in the
hospital market. Score 9.0 (out of 10).
2) J&J. Would
like to add B-D's clout in diabetes with their $1B
Lifescan division. The diagnostics would be a fit also.
Syringes is a push. Cost savings could even be greater
given location. Score 8.5
3)Roche / BMD. Ditto to
J&J accross the board. Score 8.5
4)Abbott. Ditto
again, although Abbott has a syringe deal with Sherwood,
and could value diagnostics lower Score 7.5-8.0
Cardinal Health (DARK HORSE). Good fit with their long
term care, disease mgt, pharmacy, and Allegiance
hospital and laboratory supply divisions. They have been
putting out big bucks recently. Score 7.0 but could go
Net net...B-D could be in play and at these prices
it's a very tempting morsel.
Do you have any time frame for this supposed buy out? What makes you feel BD is a good candidate?
Agree with b_zerkley. Heard people there are uptight, scared. Likely buyer = Abbott.
is here again. The last couple of days I've
talked to several people at B-D and they say the company
is back in the BUNKER mindset. Staff cuts, travel
cuts, projects cut or on hold, and another round of
write offs (early retirement program is a catch all for
the big bath).
Let me say this up front...B-D is
a company with some GREAT products and some
EXCEPTIONAL talents (mostly in production). However, their
great products are in slow growth markets where they
already have exceptionally high market shares (90% plus
for some products). A return to the old B-D and it's
risk adverse ways isn't going to get 10% top line
growth. IMHO year 2000 top line growth will be back at
the 2% level if they only focus on downsizing the
organization & cut expenses (haven't they been doing that for
the last 3 years already).
But don't worry, this
baby is ripe for a take over and shortly I'll take a
shot at predicting the candidates and explain why they
would love to have B-D at it's new reduced price tag.


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BETHLEHEM - We didn't have to wait very long to find out Asante Samuel's reaction to the Eagles' blockbuster signing of Nnamdi Asomugha.
Minutes after the news broke early yesterday evening that the Eagles had outbid the Cowboys and Jets for the All-Pro cornerback, Samuel sent out this tweet to his followers: "Alright eagles let's get it going. I'm ready to win."
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With 8GB of memory installed, Dino PC's Plutosaur 2500 has double the RAM of any of the competition. As such, it delivered the fastest score in our WorldBench 6 speed test with 160 points. However, in other areas the PC falls short of its rivals.
As we've mentioned previously, the standard i5-2500 chip has slower integrated graphics than the 'K' version. Framerates in the five-year-old game Fear didn't highlight a huge difference in performance, but the Dino PC Plutosaur 2500's lack of pace was more noticeable in our intensive Crysis test.
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Dino PC has provided the lowest-spec motherboard on test. It lacks 6Gbps SATA and HDMI, and the Plutosaur 2500 is the only PC here not to include USB 3.0 ports.
The 21.5in 2236SWA has a more traditional design than the other AOC monitors in the group. It incorporates a handy USB 2.0 port, which could be used to hook up a webcam or other device at desk height. But like the Eclipse's F22s+, the Dino PC Plutosaur 2500's display has only a VGA (analogue) connection. Image quality will suffer as a result.
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Processor: Until recently, Intel's Core i3 processor had the sub-£500 PC category sewn up. While you'll still find good value in systems based on this architecture, second-generation Core i5 'Sandy Bridge' chips blow them away in performance terms. Identify these chips by their four-digit model number.
'K' versions of Intel's Sandy Bridge processors support overclocking, but you'll need a pricey Z68- or P67-chipset-based motherboard (the latter also requires a discrete graphics card). A Z68 chipset provides additional support for SSD caching and auto-switching graphics.
Sandy Bridge chips also improve the integrated graphics performance. They provide accelerated graphics encoding, plus VGA and HDMI outputs. The 'K' chips come with more powerful integrated graphics than the standard versions. While neither option should be considered fast enough for a true gaming PC, some titles remain quite playable.
Memory: Expect 4GB at this price and don't settle for less than 2GB. Most CPUs require DDR3 RAM, while older ones can also use DDR2. Check your motherboard has free slots if you plan to upgrade later.
Storage: Falling prices mean that 1TB is well within the budget of even a budget PC. You can never have too much storage space, and digital media will quickly fill a reasonably sized drive. Hard-drive space is easy to add later, however.
If you're planning to upgrade hard drives internally, ensure that you've got spare drive bays inside your PC's case. Get a drive that can write to the DVD+/-R formats at 16-speed or better. If you want to get 8.5GB on to one disc, get a drive that can write to dual-layer discs at 12- and eight-speed respectively.
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Flat-panel: It's the component you'll be spending all your time looking at, but PC makers often compromise on the monitor.
Good-quality full-HD monitors are available even in sub-£500 systems. Expect to find a 21.5in model, although these are often marketed as 22in screens. It's best to get one with dual inputs and a digital connection, letting you get the best image quality available and hook up additional devices.
Graphics card: With the best graphics cards retailing for more than £300, a sub-£500 PC is unlikely to satisfy a hardcore gamer. However, decent graphics cards get cheaper all the time, and budget PCs can now handle games that were unthinkable a few months ago.
Intel's Core i3 and i5 CPUs come with integrated graphics processors that deliver better performance than older Intel integrated solutions. The new Sandy Bridge chips are even faster and offer features such as dual monitor outputs. These machines support HD video without the need for a separate graphics card.
AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5450 is a popular choice for a budget PC. It doesn't offer a great speed advantage over Intel GMA integrated graphics, but it offers support for DirectX 11.0. Many cards can also drive multiple monitors.
If you really want to play games, nVidia's GeForce GT 240 will provide some extra speed. Be prepared to lower your graphics settings, however.
Power supply: Expect only a basic PSU at this price point. A 450W or 500W model is a good starting point.
Sound card and speakers: You're unlikely to get a sound card at this price point.
Dino PC Plutosaur 2500: Specs
- 3.3GHz Intel Core i5-2500
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
- 8 x USB 2.0
- Asus P8H61-M LE motherboard
- 500W EZCool PSU
- 21.5in AOC 2236SWA (0.25mm pixel pitch, 1920x1080)
- Intel GMA HD 2000 (games scores: Fear = 16fps, Crysis [Low] = 9fps)
- onboard sound
- 2 x Dino PC speakers
- 22x DVD-R/22x +R/12x -R DL/16x +R DL/6x -RW/8x +RW/12x -RAM/16x -ROM
- three-year return-to-base warranty
- WorldBench 6 score: 160
- 3.3GHz Intel Core i5-2500
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
- 8 x USB 2.0
- Asus P8H61-M LE motherboard
- 500W EZCool PSU
- 21.5in AOC 2236SWA (0.25mm pixel pitch, 1920x1080)
- Intel GMA HD 2000 (games scores: Fear = 16fps, Crysis [Low] = 9fps)
- onboard sound
- 2 x Dino PC speakers
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It is the recommended beads which put crystal and the rose quartz which are the most popular among women together. The crystal has strong power in every stone and grants a wish and is a stone bringing harmony. The boss and the rose quartz of the Brahma-Deva and Sakra dev-an-am Indra ball are soft; accentuate. Of the impression that the bunch is hard to become the wrinkle, and is pretty "crossed it, and finished it with a string Brahma the Creator bunch". Because the bunch color is ash cerise with the presence of mind, it is beads to be able to use for a long time regardless of the generation. Marriage is most suitable for the celebration of the adult. It is the beads of the special price that was able to be realized because "the Kyoto family's Buddhist altar is a palm" of home, Kyoto of beads!
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I love my Windows Home Server based MediaSmart ex470. It is great to see HP bump up the standard ram...it was sorely needed to have the best experience. I'll be curious to see what if anything Microsoft announces at CES regarding WHS. New partnerships? Maybe we'll get a preview of Power Pack 2. My wish list for PP2 includes Live Mesh integration, Server backup/restore and more customization of web interface. And for WHS 2010..we absolutely need file versioning, WebGuide (or variant of) and better Media Center integration.
It's just too bad that the SATA port on the back doesn't support SATA multipliers. That's a dealbreaker for me if HP doesn't promise to send out an update in the future.
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Cranberry & Turkey Meatloaf
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 1 hr
I concocted this recipe for a change from the usual ground beef meatloaf. It is easy to prepare, moist and tasty.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 lbs ground turkey
- 1 (120 g) box turkey stuffing mix
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄3 cup milk or 1⁄3 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup onion, diced
- 1⁄2 cup celery, diced
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well.
- Transfer to a greased loaf pan,.
- Bake uncovered for 50-60 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
- Remove from heat and allow to rest for ten minutes before slicing.
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One of our favorite holiday recipes. I change it a tiny bit to accommodate our leftovers...I leave out the milk/water and use 1 cup of leftover HOMEMADE whole cranberry sauce. It makes this recipe over-the-top delicious. My cranberry sauce is a simple recipe from the Joy of Cooking cookbook and it gives this meatloaf the perfect taste. My husband likes Thanksgiving and Christmas more because he knows the meatloaf will follow....hahahah! My two <4 year old boys also love it, which is amazing.
very good, but will definitely saute the onions first next time; too undercooked for my taste.
This was delicious and a big hit with my partner. I omitted the cranberries (don't like fruit with meat), but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. I'll be making this one again, thanks lily!


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RivalGaming.com. How to Remove? (Uninstall Guide)
What is RivalGaming.com?
RivalGaming.com is a website that offers free online flash games. These games are included to Action, Adventure, Puzzle and other categories. However, the premium games section requires installation of Rival Gaming software. After doing so, you may start noticing lots of ads during your browsing. In addition, you may also need to deal with constant redirects to unknown websites and other mess on each of your Internet browsers. These activities are initiated for a very simple reason - the developers of RivalGaming.com are trying to earn the money. They do that by promoting third parties and their websites. Unfortunately but developers of commercial browser add-ons, extensions and plugins are hardly monitoring third parties, so there is no guarantee that RivalGaming.com redirects won't trick you into visiting suspicious, questionable and similar websites. Besides, before installing Rival Gaming on your computer, you should check what is said in its privacy policy and end user's license agreement. In most of the cases, such programs notify their users that they will track their browsing on the web and will collect their search terms, information about mostly visited websites, data that is added by people while visiting these sites and so on. It is claimed that such information is personally non-identifiable. However, you can never know who it is revealed to. If you want to keep your PC in its normal condition, you should think about RivalGaming removal. You can prevent RivalGaming.com redirects and annoying pop-up ads by scanning your computer with Reimage or other reputable anti-spyware.
How can RivalGaming.com hijack my computer?
If you would check the Internet, you would see that there are lots of people who are asking how to remove Rival Gaming ads or Rival gaming virus from their computers. We can assure you that this program is NOT a virus and if it has appeared on your PC without downloading it, it's because you installed some freeware without checking what optional components are inside it. Fortunately, you can easily prevent adwares, browser hijackers and other potentially unwanted programs. You just need to follow some tips that were created by 2-spyware.com researchers. First of all, you should double check each of freewares to get ability to see whether it's safe or not. In addition, you should select Custom or Advanced installation method and then carefully follow the whole installation process. As soon as you see pre-checked check marks that claim that you want to install Rival Gaming adware on your computer, you should uncheck them. If this is too late, you should think about the removal of this potentially unwanted program. You can do that with the help of a guide that is given below.
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Step 2. Remove RivalGaming.com from Mac OS X
Step 3. Remove RivalGaming.com from Internet Explorer
Step 4. Remove RivalGaming.com from Mozilla Firefox
Step 5. Remove RivalGaming.com from Google Chrome
Step 6. Remove RivalGaming.com from Safari
Remove RivalGaming.com from Windows 7 / Vista / XP systems
- Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
Remove RivalGaming.com from Windows 10 / Windows 8 systems
- If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Here, look for RivalGaming.com or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
- Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties.
- Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafari
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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- Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab.
- Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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- Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General.
- Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
- Click OK to save these changes.
- Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete RivalGaming.com removal.
Remove RivalGaming.com from Google ChromeDelete malicious plugins
- Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions.
- Here, select RivalGaming.com and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
- Click on menu icon and choose Settings.
- Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
- Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
- When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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- Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
- Click Reset to confirm this action and complete RivalGaming.com removal.
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- Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
- Here, select Extensions and look for RivalGaming.com or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
- Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General.
- Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by RivalGaming.com, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
- Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari....
- Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete RivalGaming.com removal process.
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My computer comes with a touch screen. I may want that someday, but right now I don't. Is there a way to disable it? I am running Windows 8.1. Thanks!
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I would like to make an application on xCode for iPad to check the speed of person running on treadmill.
I am really getting no idea, how to do it? Can anyone give me some idea, sample codes etc. to do it? Should we have to use accelerometer/speedometer for this? If yes then how can we use accelerometer/speedometer?
I am very new to iPhone development. Any idea would be appreciated greatly in this regards.


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Community Tickets
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is passionate about providing youth in our community opportunities to experience high quality performing arts. The Open Doors Ticket Fund offers reduced or even free tickets to help local social service agencies, schools and home schools bring children to performances.
Kauffman Center Presents
National Geographic Live!
Steve Winter presenting On the Trail of Big Cats: Tigers, Cougars and Snow Leopards
- Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 at 10:30 am
All tickets: FREE
Recommended for: 5th grade and older
Length: Approximately 1 hour
Go around the world in search of big cats with award-winning photographer Steve Winter. A determined explorer, Winter will lead you from Asian jungles where resilient tiger populations persist, to the Himalaya, home of the rare snow leopard. Co-author of the new National Geographic book Tigers Forever, Winter's mission is to share the beauty of big cars while working to save them.
This performance is not eligible for bus reimbursement.
Follow the link to apply for tickets:
National Geographic Live!
Kevin Hand presenting The Search for Life Beyond Earth
- Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 at 10:30 am
All tickets: FREE
Recommended for: 5th grade and older
Length: Approximately 1 hour
Astrobiologist Kevin Hand is searching for life beyond Earth, designing instruments that will travel to Jupiter's moon Europa in search of primitive forms of life. His work often takes him out of the lab, visiting some of the world's most forbidding environments to investigate how microbes survive under extreme conditions. Don't miss this firsthand report on the search for real extraterrestrials.
This performance is not eligible for bus reimbursement.
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Who can apply?
Any school in the five-county metropolitan Kansas City area can apply to receive free seats for students and chaperones to attend National Geographic Live school matinees. Homeschool groups are also welcome to apply for free seats to the National Geographic Live school matinees.
How will National Geographic Live student matinee applications be approved?
Application approval for students to attend the National Geographic Live school matinees is based on the following guidelines:
1.) Date of application. Groups that apply early are given priority over group's that apply close to the performance dates in spring.
2.) Space in the venue. We have limited space for groups to attend these performances, and applications will be evaluated based on group size.
3.) All public schools with 40% or more of their students participating in the free and reduced lunch program (commonly called Title 1 schools) will be given priority when evaluating applications.
4.) A designated portion of the available seats (approximately 20%) will be set aside for homeschool groups to attend National Geographic Live student matinees.
How long will it take to review my application?
Applications will be processed as they are received and approvals sent to the teacher within 2-3 weeks. Groups that are not initially approved to attend a National Geographic Live student matinee will be added to a waiting list in case seats become available.
Are the National Geographic Live student matinees eligible for the Open Doors Transportation Fund?
Each year, there will be over twenty eligible school matinee performances, listed under the School Matinees tab on the header. Those that qualify for the Open Doors Transportation Fund are noted. Please be aware that National Geographic Live matinees do not qualify, despite their presence on the matinee schedule.
What if my group receives approval to attend a National Geographic Live student matinee, but we need to cancel at a later date?
If your approved group needs to cancel a National Geographic Live student matinee reservation, please let the Kauffman Center know as early as possible by sending a notification to email@example.com. National Geographic Live student matinees are popular with a wide range of students, and we would like to make any released seats available to the next school group on the waiting list.
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We are currently building a network of local social service agencies to help us reach families with Open Doors Community Ticket Fund opportunities. If you are an agency serving families and children in the Kansas City metropolitan area and are interested in learning more about opportunities to participate in Open Doors Community Tickets, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com for more details on how you can participate.


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I am trying to image a drive with SafeCopy and compress the output file on the fly so that it won't take up way too much space. (aka 500GB > 50GB)
Will this command work?
sudo safecopy --stage1 /dev/source | pigz -9 /media/mount/dest.img.gz
Or am I missing something?
- safecopy = image software
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Disc Man in Wauwatosa to close Dec. 28; furniture store to move in
Inventory will be half-off through store's closure
Disc Man, at 6008 W. North Ave., will close its doors for good Dec. 28, owner Dale Darling said this week.
"We're just going out of business," Darling said. Sales are "almost non-existent."
Disc Man bought and sold CDs, DVDs, vinyl and VHS, both used and new releases.
Darling said he had one other remaining employee.
"Now I get to join the market of finding a job," he said.
Everything in the store is 50 percent off until the closing date.
The store opened in 1997 and his current lease is month to month, Darling said.
Alderman Bobby Pantuso, whose 5th District includes the east end of North Avenue, chalked up the closure to changing times.
"When's the last time you bought a CD?" he asked. "That whole business model - when Blockbuster was starting to fail, and ultimately closed last year, places like Disc Man are too far behind the times."
Digital sales of movies and music have taken over.
"It's just the world changing," Pantuso said.
The corner of North and 60th was an important one to Tosa - an entry point to the city, the alderman said.
Jim Petersen, owner of the building, said a new furniture business - The Furniture Company - will be moving in this January. He said he would be involved in the outlet.
Petersen said he was the founder and original owner of Disc Man.
"Obviously online sales have been eroding the CD market for quite some time," he said. "It's kind of amazing that he's lasted this long."
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Nancy Pelosi Says GOP Budget Is a 'War on Women'
The minority leader is angered by House Republicans' jabs at reproductive health.
"There is actually a war on women ... Abortion is one issue, but contraception and family planning and birth control are opposed by this crowd too ... We have a big fight on our hands, in terms of respect for women, and our, what is right for our country in terms of family decisions." —House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi takes aim at House Republicans who want to defund Planned Parenthood, restrict access to abortions, and reform Medicaid and Medicare [Politico]


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Camaros on the road
July 16, 2009 - Paul Giannamore
During the past few days, I've seen a yellow Camaro, a maroon Camaro and today, a deep blue Camaro on the road.
I was absolutely thunderstruck by the blue one that I saw on Route 7 on the way home today. It was long and low, but not actually too much larger than Enrico the Cruiser. Same color, thankfully without the wood sides. A woody Camaro would be too much.
But I digress. I followed the guy up Route 7. I moved in for a closer look. I paced him from the left lane. And when he looked over, I gave him a big thumbs-up salute.
I've seen the 2010 Camaro prototype at auto shows. On Easter Sunday, the Camaro's chief marketing exec, Karen Rafferty, a Jefferson County native, was kind enough to stop by and show me the car, talk about the car, and do a high-rpm goodbye ceremony as she left the interview. People were coming from all over Brilliant on Easter Sunday to see the car she had parked in front of Edison North school.
Point is, this is an exciting car, just sitting still. It's an exciting car to see on the road. It harkens back to the days when what was good for GM was good for the nation, when Americans said something needed to happen and they designed and built it, be it moon rockets or high-performance automobiles.
I saw the good old days on Route 7 today. President Obama has said that in the government's takeover of GM that he's not interested in running a car company. That's probably good if the government would decide that cars like the Camaro weren't necessary.
But if Mr. President Obama could understand the passion, the outright automotive lust the new Camaro generates, maybe he and the other Washington folks might just understand what it will take to get GM to be successful.
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Cannot boot into Applejack with wired aluminum Apple keyboard. Another wired keyboard (old but goodie) works. Fault may be a signal failure via the USB cable. Any comments on repair?
Unless I'm missing something, there is no issue with either keyboard. iMacs with Intel Core Duos and G4/G5 machines need that old school keyboard for it to be recognized before the OS is loaded. I've tested this on several Macs including Snow Leopard OS's.


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The six patients taking part in the trial will take the drug
Oraxol, also known as Paclitaxel, in tablet form, instead of
If successful, patients could avoid weekly trips to hospital.
For those in far-flung areas, the potential travel savings
were significant.
''Our patients travel from often great distances and the
burden of travel is considerable for many,'' Dr Jackson said.
''Until now, we have not been able to give Paclitaxel by
mouth because the body doesn't absorb it. This treatment may
change that.''
Pharmaceutical company Kinex Pharmaceuticals is also carrying
out oral tests for the drug in Korea and the United States,
but those studies used different methodology.
''We are testing to ensure that the dose of chemo they are
receiving by mouth is equivalent to the dose they receive by
''This is an essential step before the drug can be considered
for registration and routine treatment in the clinic,'' Dr
Jackson said.
The treatment, if successful, could be available within five
Dr Jackson thanked the University of Otago, the Southern
District Health Board, and the Dunedin oncology unit for
helping to establish the study.
In a statement announcing the trial, Kinex chief medical
officer Rudolf Kwan thanked Dr Jackson and Tak Hung, managing
director of Dunedin's Zenith Technology, which is partnering
Kinex for the trial.
''This is an important component of our global registration
strategy and is complementary to our clinical studies
conducted by our partner Hanmi Pharmaceuticals in Korea and
clinical studies conducted by Kinex Pharmaceuticals in the
United States,'' Dr Kwan said.
Dr Hung said Zenith was excited by the possibility it might
be part of developing the next generation of oncology drugs.
''We are also glad that New Zealand is taking the lead on
developing this exciting treatment, which if successful, will
benefit New Zealand patients first,'' Dr Hung said.
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Definition of impulsion in English:
1A strong urge to do something: the impulsion of the singers to govern the pace
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- Man feels the same impulsion, but he knows that he is free to acquiesce or to resist.
- Moreover, the Romantic painter's impulsion to take risks, eloquently discussed in Anita Brookner's Romanticism and its discontents, throws valuable light on Berlioz's use of rhetoric.
1.1 [mass noun] The motive or influence behind an action or process: attitudes changed under the impulsion of humanitarian considerations
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- I would like to believe that we are all driven by some spiritual impulsion of which we are perhaps not even aware.
Late Middle English (in the sense 'the action or an instance of impelling'): via Old French from Latin impulsio(n-), from the verb impellere (see impel).
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Escalation comes during Texas state delegation breakfast.
Vows not to support anyone who wages personal attacks against his family.
Cruz gives speech, but won't endorse.
Hometowns left behind: Coal's decline helps swell rolls of GOP.
Campaign responds to New York Times article.
GOP leaders hope to boost campaign funds through VP nominee.
Speaker of the House outlines case for party unity.
Battle lines drawn in state GOP.
'Trump/Pence, 'Hillary for Prison' T-shirts are best-sellers.
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