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The union representing most newsroom staffers at The Wall Street Journal is telling workers to seek "every dime" they earn in reaction to recent cutbacks and increased workload.
In a fiery email sent to 1,500 union members Wednesday, Steve Yount, president of the Independent Association of Publishers' Employees Local 1096. noted that 62 employees of parent company Dow Jones were laid off this year, including 31 in late June alone.
IAPE represents journalists at the Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's, SmartMoney, SmartMoney.com, MarketWatch, and all sales, support, and technical staff within those outlets, Yount said.
The email goes on to urge staffers to seek any additional compensation -- such as comp time, vacation time, and holiday pay -- they earn, a practice that had not always been followed to the letter. According to Yount, "The company is counting, as always, on your willingness to work for free: stay late or work weekends and never charge the company," but "Those days of free labor have to end."
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Since the first of the year, Dow Jones has laid off 62 of your co-workers (31 of them in the last week of June) and once again senior management is telling you "we simply have to do more with less." That means they get more and you get less.The company is counting, as always, on your willingness to work for free: stay late or work weekends and never charge the company.
Those days of free labor have to end.
Not everyone is eligible for overtime (most reporters aren't eligible for overtime, but all are eligible for, at least, comp time) and everyone is eligible for holiday pay and a premium for working on a scheduled day off. From now on, you have to file for every dime the contract says that the company owes you. We have to clearly demonstrate that we're tired of "Doing More With Less" and that there's No More Free Labor from Dow Jones employees. I promise you that IAPE will aggressively pursue each and every claim. If you have any problems or questions, let me know or reach out directly to union organizer Tim Martell.
Dow Jones reported on many of the most recent layoffs last month when it announced the shutdown of SmartMoney's print production.
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The BC women's soccer match that was slated for 2 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 21) against Queens has been pushed back to 2 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 22) while the men's soccer match that was originally scheduled for Saturday at 4:30 p.m. will now begin Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Both matches will take place at BC Soccer Field in Brevard, N.C.
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Whether you're replacing an old, rickety set of deck stairs or building a set for your new deck, deck stairs are among the most challenging projects for the average do-it-yourselfer to tackle.
One little mistake in calculations or layout and you'll wind up wasting lots of expensive wood, or worse, you'll build a downright dangerous set of stairs. But building a strong, safe set of stairs is doable if you meticulously follow the layout and cutting rules outlined in this story.
You almost always have to design site-built stairs yourself because the number and height of the steps will vary with the landscape. Begin by drawing a side view of your site and adding dimensions (Fig. A). That usually means going through the calculations a few times to determine where the stairs will fall and to figure out how long your skirt and stringer material needs to be. This sounds complex, but if you work through it a few times and rely on your sketch, it'll become clear.Here's what to do
- First determine the approximate height "X" (Fig. A). Start by estimating where you think the last stair will fall by using a 40-degree slope (Photo 1). Rest a straight board on the deck and level over to that spot and measure down to the ground. That'll be the approximate height of the stairs, "X."
- Now find the approximate number of steps. Divide "X" by 7 in. (an approximate step height) and round off the remainder, up if it's .5 or more, or down if it's less than .5. That'll give you an approximate number of risers (Fig. A). The actual recommended riser height is 6-1/2 to 8 in., but you'll determine that later. If the riser height is too short, re-divide "X" by 8 and start again. On uneven ground, find the number of treads so you can find the exact stair landing point. Simply subtract 1 from the number of risers. (There's always one fewer tread than risers, as you can see in Fig. B.) Then, multiply by 10.25 in., the ideal tread width for two 2x6s, to get the total run. Measure out that distance from the deck to find the exact landing point. From this point, you can measure the exact stair height and determine the stringer and skirt length.
- Measure the exact total rise (Photo 1). Divide the height (X) by your estimated number of risers to find the exact riser height. The figure will usually fall between 6-1/2 and 8 in., the ideal range. Use this figure for your stringer layout (Fig. B). If the riser height isn't in this zone, add or subtract a riser and divide again. This will change the number of treads and shift the landing point, so re-measure the exact height and divide again.
- Draw a sketch (Fig. B) to confirm the plan in your mind and lay out the first stringer (Photos 2 and 3) using the exact riser and tread dimensions and your framing square. Plan to establish a solid base at the landing point. The base can be a small concrete slab, a small deck or even a treated 2x12 leveled in over a 6-in. gravel base. After you cut the stringers, use them as guides to position your landing. Cut and mount the stringers by following our photos.
- The top tread is 3/4 in. shorter than the other treads.
- The bottom riser is 1-1/2 in. shorter than the other risers. Be sure to test-fit the first stringer (Photo 4) before you cut the others. If you made a mistake, you'll at least be able to save the other two 2x10s.
Buying the Materials
Measure from the deck rim to the landing spot and add 2 ft. Buy three treated 2x10s, two 2x12 skirts and two 2x4s sized to the next larger length and you'll have plenty of material to work with (the worst mistake is buying material that's too short!). Get a 6-ft. 2x6 for securing the stairs to the deck (Photo 8). You'll also need two 2x6s for each tread and a 1x8 for each riser. Use 3-in. deck screws to fasten the skirts and treads to the stringers and the skirts to the deck. Fasten the risers to the stringers with 8d galvanized nails.
For extra-strong stairs, reinforce the middle 2x10 stringer with 2x4s nailed to both sides (Photo 7). There are a million ways to fasten the stringers solidly to the deck. Photo 8 shows a simple, foolproof, extra-strong method that works especially well even for open-sided stairs built without skirts.
There you go—a pretty, rock solid set of stairs ready for balusters and railings.
Solid 2x12 skirts for solid stairs and rails
Photo 6: Outline the pattern onto the skirt boards
Outline the pattern onto one of the skirt boards. Redraw the top and bottom lines with the carpenter's square and gauges at the original settings. Cut the top off so it will be even with the bottom of overhanging deck boards (see Photo 7) and cut off the end of the bottom so it's about 5 in. high. Fasten stringers to the skirts with 3-in. deck screws spaced about every 8 in., alternating from the front and from the back. Nail 2x4 supports to both sides of the middle stringer flush with the bottom for extra support (Photo 7).
These stairs call for 2x10 treated material for the rot-resistant notched stair stringers (also known as jacks or carriages, Photo 1) that won't be seen. This design also uses 2x12 skirt boards that attach to the sides of the outside stringers. The skirts serve several purposes:
- Cosmetically, they hide the unsightly notched, treated stringers to make your stairs look polished.
- They make it easy to attach the stringers.
- Structurally, they make for rock-solid stairs by reinforcing the stringers, which have been weakened by notching.
- And when it comes time to attach guardrails and handrails to the stairs, you'll have a solid board to fasten pickets or posts to for a wobble-free rail. (If you'd rather not use the 2x12 skirt boards, be sure to use 2x12s for the notched stringers for adequate strength.)
Designing safe, comfortable stairs
Photo 7: Attach the skirt boards to the rim joist
Use a level to draw two plumb lines to mark the left and right positions for the skirts and horizontal lines to mark the top tread location. Tack the skirts to the rim with 3-in. deck screws. Then screw through the back of the deck rim into the skirts with three more deck screws (Photo 8). Center the middle stringer and screw it into the rim with two deck screws.
Photo 9: Check the stair assembly to make sure it's square
Nail on the bottom riser with three 8d galvanized nails into each stringer and square the stairs by "cross-taping" the assembly and shifting it back and forth until the measurements are the same. (The bottom riser will probably need to be ripped to height.)
Building codes contain specific requirements for safe stair design. If you follow the directions in this story, your stairs will be legal and safe. In a nutshell, treads should be more than 9 in. deep and risers 6-1/2 to 8 in. high. Riser heights can vary no more than 3/8 in. from one step to another to reduce trip hazards. However, even a 1/4-in. variation can cause tripping.
If you use 2x6s for tread material like we show, you can build stairs up to 48 in. wide with only three stringers because 2x6s can span up to 2 ft. But if you use the common and thinner 5/4-in. bull-nosed decking for your treads, you'll have to keep stringers no more than 16 in. apart and you'll be limited to 32-in. wide stairs with three stringers. For wider stairs, add one or more evenly spaced stringers depending on the width of your stairs and the tread material you choose.
And remember, you need one right and one left skirt assembly, not two lefts or rights.
A Carpenter's Square and a Set of Stair Gauges are Crucial
You'll need a 4-ft. level, tape measure, calculator, circular saw and a handsaw. If you don't already have a carpenter's square, now's the time to buy one ($10; Photo 2). To do the job right, pick up a set of stair gauges ($5), too. Stair gauges are little clamps that you tighten onto the square at the proper rise (vertical stair height) and run (horizontal tread depth) for exactly duplicating each step as you draw it onto the stringers (Photo 2). The gauges save time and ensure that all the steps are consistent.
Converting Decimals to Fractions
Not many calculators are set up to give you fractions, and a readout like 7.65 isn't much help for setting the carpenter's square and stair gauges. Use this chart to help you convert the readout to fractions or for converting fractions to decimals for calculator entries. Choose whichever fraction is closest to the decimal reading for setting your gauges when you lay out your stringers. .125 = 1/8 in. .25 = 1/4 in. .375 = 3/8 in. .5 = 1/2 in. .625 = 5/8 in. .75 = 3/4 in. .87 = 7/8 in.


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On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the AAVMC's Salute to Our Nation's Military Veterinarians was Featured Prominently in New York's Times Square
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– It's not only humans who serve in our nation's military. There are also more than 2,500 military working dogs (MWDs) on duty worldwide and Colonel Bess Pierce, DVM, DABVP, DACVIM, associate professor at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), is one of the veterinarians responsible for their care. MWDs train alongside soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines; they also might parachute out of planes and accompany Special Forces soldiers on dangerous and secret missions.
It's a career that aligns well with Dr. Pierce's long-held interest in canine sports medicine and conditioning for all working dogs, either as a part of their intense physical conditioning or for rehabilitation of injuries.
Pierce explains that, in addition to fulfilling their roles as military service dogs, canines work closely with law enforcement agencies and the Transportation Safety Administration to detect drugs or explosives. Almost all working dogs receive scent training and assignments might include everything from a presidential detail to search and rescue or border patrol, with most dogs involved in explosives detection. Pierce says that working dogs are capable of tracking target odors for either an object or a person, and that the lowest known level of a scent tag detected by a dog is 500 parts per trillion.
After graduating with a doctor of veterinary medicine degree (DVM) from Auburn University in 1992, Pierce joined the Army Veterinary Corp, which is responsible for military dogs' veterinary medical care and conditioning across all branches of the military. During the 15 years she spent on active duty, Pierce worked with MWDs in many parts of the world and, from 2003 to 2006, served as chief of internal medicine at the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Veterinary Service (DODMWDVS) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Since then, the veterinary facilities have expanded into an area known as "Dog Center" at Lackland, where Veterinary Corp officers (VCOs) work closely with a U.S. Air Force unit that is primarily responsible for the dogs' training. Now a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Pierce works with military canines as the reserve director of the DODMWDVS at the Holland Military Dog Working Hospital, a "state-of-the-art facility that offers every possible treatment," where she also helps establish and maintain policy related to U.S. military working dogs worldwide. At the same time, in her civilian job as a VMRCVM faculty member, Pierce and the community practice team provide care for a variety of working and service dogs.
Dr. Pierce explains that the military screens and chooses working dogs in a manner akin to how it chooses elite soldiers, selecting those with suitable temperaments and physical characteristics. They're looking for healthy, athletic dogs that are not fearful or easily startled. The dogs also need to have a particularly acute sense of smell and demonstrate that they have the heart and the drive to work hard. "These dogs love to work and they're miserable when they don't have a job to do," she says.
About 26 percent of working dogs are Belgian Malinois, about 46 percent are German shepherds, and the remaining are Labrador Retrievers, German short-haired pointers or other breeds. Malinois are particularly favored for military missions that require high maneuverability and heat tolerance. Malinois have a "legendary work capacity and drive," says Pierce, and their lean body mass makes them light and portable. "They're long and lean, like marathon runners."
In the past, working dogs were primarily assigned to teams or units with rotating handlers, but today's trend is to pair dogs with single handlers and deploy as a team, she says, depending on the dog's function. "We try to match personalities. Like with any relationship sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When it does work, the dogs and their handlers often form a very intense bond."
With so much time and training invested in the dogs, it makes sense to keep working dogs as healthy as possible. Consequently, in her role, Dr. Pierce practices some of the most advanced veterinary medical care available. "We owe it to (the dogs) for their service," she says, "and they receive a very high level of preventive and rehabilitative care."
Those who aspire to have a veterinary medical career that involves working with military dogs can consider joining the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and can apply for the Health Professions Scholarship Program, which offers a competitive scholarship for students who are willing to commit to military service. At the time Pierce attended veterinary medical school, the scholarship program was not available to veterinary students but a fellow Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)-scholarship recipient introduced her to the Veterinary Corps. After being commissioned as a VCO, Pierce specialized in small animal internal medicine through the Long Term Health Education and Training (LTHET) Program, the Army's competitive advanced training program that often includes clinical residencies, pathology residency, doctorates or Masters of Public Health (MPH).
"Vet Corps officers work with military working dogs from day one of their careers, and I had MWDs at every assignment," Pierce says. But she points out that Vet Corp service is about more than animal care and health, with officers also involved in public health and food safety and inspection.
According to Pierce, the best preparation for a student interested in serving the working dog population is to gain a solid foundation in a range of disciplines, including surgery, medicine, radiology, emergency medicine, and dentistry. "While my veterinary college did not have specific training in working and service dog medicine and care, Auburn did provide an excellent foundation in both theory and practical hands-on training that enabled me to successfully apply these skills to working dogs once on duty," she says. Pierce gained the remainder of her training through on-the -job experience, mentoring, and continuing educational opportunities in sports medicine and rehabilitation.
Other opportunities exist in a variety of settings to care for law enforcement and service dogs such as guide dogs or search and rescue dogs; interested students may want to augment their education with education in canine behavior and sports medicine, as well as with on-the-job training through internships or externships.
Dr. Pierce relishes the rewards of her profession. In an essay titled, "In Praise of the Working Dog," she wrote, "I would encourage anyone to embrace the opportunity to become involved whenever possible. There are those who are concerned that dogs are 'forced' into service and unduly stressed. Worry not. When properly trained, managed, and appreciated, the happiest creature in the world is a dog with a job."
A working dog's career usually lasts seven or eight years. In the past, attack-trained military dogs were euthanized at the end of their useful working life if they could not be placed with a state or municipal law enforcement agency. Non-attack trained dogs were routinely adopted. Today, by law, all military working dogs are evaluated for potential adoption and any MWD found suitable for adoption is adopted. Go to www.lackland.af.mil/units/341stmwd/index.asp to learn more about the MWD program and how to adopt a former military working dog.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - City officials will begin outreach efforts to educate residents in the city's largest landscape maintenance district about either increasing rates or reducing service.
Officials may consider either option, or a combination of both, because maintenance costs have risen substantially and rates have not changed since 1993. The annual budget shortfall for the city's District 2 has been calculated at about $222,000.
Officials said the public engagement process would cost about $40,000 from the district's funds.
Recent City Council discussion over the outreach effort centered on presenting the residents with a menu of rate and maintenance scenarios.
Options include the possibility of raising rates by $38 a year to keep landscaping maintenance the same; increasing the rates by an even larger amount in the short term to pay for the installation of drought-tolerant, and potentially less costly, landscaping; or removal of 1.5 million square feet of grass.
"If at the conclusion of the process the council determines that we move forward with maintenance reductions and a removal of landscaping, then we would go back to a survey we're conducting online about community priorities," said Assistant City Manager Lori Sassoon.
"Frankly, it's staff's opinion that is not a desirable outcome for the benefit of the preservation of property values, and the integrity of those neighborhoods. We feel it is our duty to share that information with residents. Ultimately it is up to them."
Public Works Services Director Bill Wittkopf said if the city were to decide to re-landscape District 2 with more drought-tolerant plants, it would take a significant capital investment. Officials said that would mean an increase in rates over the initial $38 proposal and a later drop in rates after cost-savings are achieved.
"We have heard from residents that they're interested in that and a more sustainable method for that landscape district, but we have to look at the costs," he said.
Wittkopf said there may be an opportunity to increase drought tolerant landscaping in the district in the future, but "we really need to look at where the highest maintenance costs are .. we would be going through that district and doing that analysis to see where the best place to start would be and move forward with that incrementally through the years."
Before officials raise district rates however, an election must be held. While an election in 2011 saw voters reject a rate increase in District 2, officials said they're giving residents another opportunity to decide whether to hold another. It's because not enough residents were aware of the consequences of significant service reductions, they said. Only 30 percent of ratepayers participated in the last election.
Some residents had expressed unhappiness over the city's rejection of those results, while other residents have called for another round of consideration. Council members said they would follow the will of the people if they decide against another election.
District resident Jerie Lee said she's all for more drought-tolerant landscaping, but prior to the survey, she said residents are interested in seeing a concrete plan for implementation before even considering raising their rates.
"Before they can get positive election results, they've got to have a plan because the last time they just said, `Give us more money,"' Lee said.
The cost for conducting the ballot process last year for District 2 was $26,000. Funds for that election were from the general fund, and the general fund would have been reimbursed by District 2 funds if it passed, Sassoon said. The cost would be about the same if residents choose to pursue another mail ballot process in the future, though nothing is budgeted at this time, she said.
Three neighborhoods, in recent years, held elections to determine their landscape service rates.
The Terra Vista community voted for an increase in 2009, while the Caryn and South Etiwanda community voted against it.
The Caryn community in 2010 supported raising rates after a resident effort to hold a second election.
District 2 is comprised of properties in an L-shaped area of land bounded by Etiwanda Avenue in the east, the 210 Freeway in the north, the halfway line between Milliken and Haven avenues in the west, and south above Base Line Road and Church Street in the eastern part of the district.
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This OS X only guide will teach you how to jailbreak your Apple TV using Seas0nPass 0.8. The current version of Seas0nPass 0.8 is Seas0nPass 0.8.1. Note this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning you can reboot your Apple TV just like you normally would.
This guide should be used with the Apple TV running firmware version 4.4.4 (iOS 5.0.1).
Alright, let's get started. You'll need:
- Your Apple TV.
- The latest version of iTunes.
- Micro-USB cable.
- Disconnect any other iDevices from your computer.
First thing you'll need to do is download the Mac version of Seas0nPass 0.8.1 from mod.my/Seas0nPassmac081. Double-click the zip file to unzip it, and open the Seas0nPass folder to see the Seas0nPass icon. It's a good idea to move it to your Applications folder, but not necessary.
Making sure your device is NOT yet connected, double-click Seas0nPass to launch it. You will see the Seas0nPass home screen - press the Create IPSW button.
Seas0nPass will now download the current Apple TV firmware file, and go through various steps on it's own to create a jailbroken firmware image. The final step it will show is Creating IPSW.
NOTE: Depending on your internet connection speed, this could take upwards of 20 minutes as it downloads the firmware.
At this point, you'll be asked to connect the Apple TV to the computer using the Micro-USB cable. Do NOT connect the power cable. The Apple TV light should blink a couple times, then begin blinking rapidly. Once it is blinking rapidly you should point the silver included Apple TV remote at the Apple TV and hold PLAY/PAUSE and MENU at the same time for 7 seconds. This enters your Apple TV into DFU mode.
Assuming you've done this correctly (I had to use a separate Micro-USB cable as my first was cheap and didn't work), Seas0nPass will say it has Found device in DFU mode and run through a couple quick uploads to your device, then launch the iTunes restore script.
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Once that is done, you've now got a jailbroken Apple TV. Not too bad, eh? Reconnect the Apple TV to your TV, and the first time it starts back up you'll see a red fireCore icon in the bottom right of the home screen letting you know the jailbreak was successful!


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Andre Galvao's Drill to win & Jeremy Lazarus Ahead of the game
Andre Galvao's Drill to win & Jeremy Lazarus Ahead of the game
Not strictly bjj but got some fumetsu knee pads which are a nice lil luxury when rolling etc. Lol.
Also, don't get the concept - why do a drill etc for a week and then not bother with it for the next 52 weeks? Great book if you've access to mat space / training partners and can structure your own training sessions but hard to make good use of otherwise.
On the subject of books, I bought The Cauliflower Chronicles and it arrived just before xmas - very good read, won't make your jiu jitsu better but is very well-written as a combination of a journey of self-discovery / Hawaii travelogue / BJJ training account. Recommended.
Jiu Jitsu University is the best book I bought this year and possibly the best BJJ book I own (although I'm liking my copy of the Gracie Way more and more now I know what it's worth second hand!).
Fighting Films Master Gi - looks like a beast next to my puny BJJ Gis, grrrrrrrrrr.


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Cool perspective on climate change in a National Geographic article entitled "What's Happening to Our Climate?" quoted the U.S.A. National Science Board:
"During the last 20 to 30 years, world temperature has fallen, irregularly at first but more sharply over the last decade
The article also quoted: USA National Academy of Sciences:
"The climates of the earth have always been changing, and they will doubtless do so in the future. How large these future changes will be, and where and how rapidly they will occur, we do not know"
National Geographic, vol. 150, No. 5, pp576-615, Nov 1976
Editorial Comment:A different perspective eh? Actually its what was being said 30 years ago in 1976 by the experts. Thought you'd find it useful to keep things in perspective, just to keep you from thinking Gobal warming is a fact and that present day farmers, flatulent cows and fast cars are responsible, when this climate change has been going on since the end of Noah's flood.
Evidence News 25th October 2006


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Hi! I tried this solution but when come to step3 i says wrong command. My card is recognized by bt :
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 AR9001/9002/9271 usb - [phy0]
yeah it looks weird , its like i have 3 drivers installed but not. I just installed offical version. I can coonect to internet and all, but when i try to scan with airodump-ng wlan0 i got this :
ARP linktype is set to 1 (Ethernet) - expected ARPHRD_IEEE80211,
ARPHRD_IEEE80211_FULL or ARPHRD_IEEE80211_PRISM instead. Make
sure RFMON is enabled: run 'airmon-ng start wlan0 <#>'
Sysfs injection support was not found either.
So what drivers i need, i have bt 5 card wn422 v2 ( i tried all methods and non of them worked)? And yeah it seems like i need to set ARP from 1 to 11?
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1 Indianapolis Colts-Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2 Washington Redskins-RGIII QB Baylor
3 Minnesota Vikings-Matt Kalil OT USC
4 Cleveland Browns-Trent Richardson RB Alabama
5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Morris Claiborne CB LSU
6 St. Louis Rams-Justin Blackmon WR OKST
7 Jacksonville Jaguars-Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
8 Miami Dolphins-Ryan Tannehill QB TAMU
9 Carolina Panthers-Dontari Poe DT Memphis
10 Buffalo Bills-Riley Rieff OT Iowa
11 Kansas City Chiefs-Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi St.
12 Seattle Seahawks-Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College
13 Arizona Cardinals-Melvin Ingram DE/OLB South Carolina
14 Dallas Cowboys-Mark Barron S Alabama
15 Philadelphia Eagles-Michael Brockers DT LSU
16 Detroit(Trades #23, #85, and #117 for #16 and #224)
-Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
17 Cincinnati Bengals-David Decastro G Stanford
18 San Diego Chargers-Courtney Upshaw OLB Alabama
19 Chicago Bears-Quinton Coples DE North Carolina
20 Tennessee Titans-Nick Perry DE USC
21 Cincinnati Bengals-Dre Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
22 Cleveland Browns-Kendall Wright WR Baylor
23 New York Jets-Jonathan Martin OT Stanford
24 Pittsburgh Steelers-Cordy Glenn G/T Georgia
25 Denver Broncos-Jerel Worthy DT Michigan St.
26 Houston Texans-Dont'a Hightower ILB Alabama
27 New England Patriots-Whitney Mercilus DE Illinois
28 Green Bay Packers-Shea McClellin OLB Boise St.
29 Baltimore Ravens-Peter Konz OL Wisconsin
30 San Francisco 49ers-Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech
31 New England Patriots-Janoris Jenkins CB North Alabama
32 New York Giants-Mike Adams OT Ohio St.
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33 St. Louis Rams-Kevin Zeitler G Wisonsin
34 Indianapolis Colts-Cony Fleener TE Stanford
35 Minnesota Vikings-Alshonn Jeffery WR South Carolina
36 Tampa Bay Buccaneers-David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
37 Cleveland Browns-Brandon Weeden QB OKST
38 Jacksonville Jaguars-Andre Branch DE Clemson
39 St. Louis Rams-Lavonte David OLB Nebraska
40 Carolina Panthers-Vinny Curry DE Marshall
41 Buffalo Bills-Rueben Randle WR LSU
42 Miami Dolphins-Harrisson Smith S Notre Dame
43 Seattle Seahawks-Jaryon Hosley CB Virginia Tech
44 Kansas City Chiefs-Alemade Ta'amu NT Washington
45 Dallas Cowboys-Brandon Brooks G Miami of Ohio
46 Philadelphia Eagles-Bobbie Massie OT Ole Miss
47 New York Jets-Chandler Jones DE Syracuse
48 New England Patriots-Kendall Reyes DT UCONN
49 San Diego Chargers-Brandon Boykin CB Georgia
50 Chicago Bears-Devon Still DT Penn State
51 Philadelphia Eagles-Zach Brown LB North Carolina
52 Tennessee Titans-Ben Jones C Georgia
53 Cincinnati Bengals-Doug Martin RB Bosie St.
54 Detroit Lions-Michael Kendricks ILB Cal
55 Atlanta Falcons-Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
56 Pittsburgh Steelers-Kelechie Osemele G/T Iowa st.
57 Denver Broncos-Mohammed Sanu WR Rutgers
58 Houston Texans-Brandon Taylor SS LSU
59 Green Bay Packers-Josh Robinson CB UCF
60 Baltimore Ravens-Ronnell Lewis LB Oklahoma
61 San Francisco 49ers-Lamar Miller RB Miami
62 New England Patriots-Jeff Allen OT Illinois
63 New York Giants-Bobby Wagner LB Utah St.
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Two things wrong with the 9ers pick in the 1st: Hill has become a rather hot commodity and I believe he will be gone before this. Another is that you had Fleener available. With the 9ers Offense and its emphasis on TEs, Fleener would be the choice.
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chandler jones will be a first round pick.
The jaguars I think will shy away from floyd for the multiple alcohol related incidents
cox and gilmore are potential players there
in the 2nd i believe that rueben randle or vinny curry are both good options
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We trade up... FOR GILMORE!! I'd be furiated... wait... and we pass on DECASTRO!!! WHAT?!?!?!? No....
no.... Also, Lamar Miller in the 2nd, please...
The Lions will pick BPA, and Gilmore is FAR worse than DeCastro, and Miller is FAR better than Kendricks.
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Noe to Poe.
Love Curry.
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You have Bobby Massie going twice - Eagles (46) and Steelers (56).
If he is still on the board at 55 I expect the Falcons will select him. I don't think the Eagles need tackle depth so early with the signing of Bell.
If Massie goes to the Eagles, Dwayne Allen is a fine selection.
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Bills will not take OT at 10 other than if Kalil falls or we trade up for him. Reiff is a huge reach at 10 when we can take best CB. Good with Randle in rd 2 though.
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Would do a dance if the Bengals draft ended up like this..Prefer Mercilus in the first over Kirk, but I wouldn't complain if we landed my favorite G and RB (not named Richardson)
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Bills will not take OT at 10 other than if Kalil falls or we trade up for him. Reiff is a huge reach at 10 when we can take best CB. Good with Randle in rd 2 though.
I wouldn't say that Rieff is a reach he has always been projected anywhere from 9-13. I've only seen him higher then that to the Rams but never seen him lower then 13 so i don't find that a reach
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Kevin Grandia | August 25, 2008
By Kevin Grandia • Monday, August 25, 2008 - 14:53
The Register reporter Steve Goddard is admitting today that his article last week on melting Arctic Sea Ice (Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered) is incorrect.
Too bad the damage has already been done.
In his article, Goddard claimed that National Snow and Ice Data Center plot of Arctic Sea Ice Extent was wrong and that,
Today, Goddard is retracting the claim:
"… it is clear that the NSIDC graph is correct, and that 2008 Arctic ice is barely 10% above last year - just as NSIDC had stated."
But as Joe Romm at ClimateProgress points out it may be too little too late. Goddard's article has already caught fire in the climate denier-sphere with over 70 references to the story according to blog search engine Technorati, with titles like:
- Arctic Ice Grows 30 Per Cent In a Year
- The Global Warming Theory takes a hit
- Fishy Data From the Government
- Here's another installment about the silliness of "global warming" as posited by politicians and "environmentalists".
- Cooking the Books to Cook the Ice
- Global Warming is about global government and depopulation
Unless Goddard, or intrepid DeSmog readers, have the time to go out and urge bloggers to correct this latest misinformation, it will be popping up as yet another false piece of information on the true state of our planet and the realities of global warming for some time to come. And as the old adage goes , "If you repeat something long enough it eventually becomes true."
For more on the who's who of the climate denial industry, check out our comprehensive climate deniers research database.
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Last one, Feb 09, 2008
Re: Re: Re: Must reads, it IS starting to fall apart
"The whole idea of being skeptical is that you CAN BE wrong! Can you!"
Ug! You just don't get it! Yes, I might be wrong. What would be the consequences of that? YOU might be wrong, too. What would be the consequences of THAT?
I've built that possibility into my decisions and advocacy. You appear to have not.
THAT is why I will harbor deep and bitter resentment to you and your kind if the carbon hits the fan–because you bet the whole ball of wax (including me and my kids) on your confidence. What am I betting on my confidence? Economic harm. Not comparable.
I keep writing more, and then erasing it, because I've realized that your debating consists of countering a few tangential points, which gives you the appearance of countering my argument, while ignoring the central point.
So here's the central point: what if you're wrong? When the stakes are so high, surely it is prudent to build that possibility into your decision.
As I repeatedly pointed out to him, first he must show that the radical extreme alarmist position has any validity to it at all. Yet he never, and no one has yet, presented ANY evidence that such alarmist predictions will come true. Does anyone? Nope. That's why more and more scientists are coming forward denouncing the radical alarmist predictions.
Don't you know how to use
Don't you know how to use quotation marks?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
What's the problem?
I used cite tags since some of his emails have quotes in them. Cite is often used for just this.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Actually this kinda exposes him again
Steep decline in oil production
Interesting that you blame global warming hysteria for the demise of the world.
What were you doing to campaign FOR awareness and action on PO that was at all comparable to your campaign AGAINST AGW?
That's why I don't buy your story that you're against AGW because it steals the show from PO. The imbalance between the effort you take to discredit AGW and the effort you take to educate people about PO instead makes it obvious that you are dogmatically against AGW for some other reason. It's quite clear the reason is a bias against government, as I covered in my video series (particularly "Get What You Want," and "No Holds Barred"), and tipped off by your featured statement "Don't you know that the AGW spin is nothing more than a socialist/communist attempt to take over the world? They are playing you!"
I hope for your sake that you have enough self-awareness to recognize that before you are irrecoverably lumped in with the Holocaust Deniers and Moon Hoaxers. Because that's about where you've put yourself now.
Notice the attempt to insult people at the end. Common tactic used by dogmatists who cannot defend their position and uncomfortable being questioned on that dogma.
Learn to use quotation
Learn to use quotation marks; right now what you claim he wrote is not distinguished from your own ill-informed opinion. Each paragraph needs its own html tags at the beginning and end.
The emails you claim to be quoting are correct that you do miss the point.
Edited to add: and for the sake of showing the context, you should include your own message that he is responding to, so that everyone can see whether you insulted him.
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Must reads, it IS starting to fall apart Must reads, it IS starting to fall apart
Just in case you are not interested in visiting sites with contrary evidence. Better check this out.
No change in global temps according to 2 different satilite measurments since 2000. How many more years of flat or downturn in global temps will it take before you realize that AGW may not be from us at all? 5 years, 10 years? Or next year?
BTW, come April is a report coming on polar bears in the arctic. You won't like the outcome. only 2 of the 17 populations are in decline, the rest are stable or growing. The population has recovered from a low of 10,000 in the 1950's to 25,000+ today. At least one of the two declines is due to over hunting. Polar bears survived the last warm trend during the medeval warm period, they will survive this one, unless they are all hunted.
No insults to him, just evidence.
It had some grammar and
It had some grammar and spelling problems, and a link to a denialist blog, plus some really dumb statements.
Polar bears survived the MWP? Do you have any evidence that they experienced the MWP? The MWP took place in Europe; so are there any polar bears in Europe today? Did the MWP melt all the Arctic ice?
(Edited to remove an insult) The reason you get insulted in these arguments is that you make dumb statements and when people show you what is wrong with them, you ignore them. You think your opinion is as good as any one else's; but it is not because you don't know what you are talking about and you are not willing to learn.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
MWP was world wide
The MWP was world wide. www.co2science.org. Lots of peer reviewed papers shows it was. Recall that there were no people in NA at the time who wrote a history of their weather. So just because there are written records in Europe does not mean it was just in Europe.
And I don't need to edit out insults. The only people who throw insults are dogmatists who do not like being challenged.
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Right back at'cha
And now I turn around and ask you the same question. What would falsify your skeptical position?
This is not an idle question. What would it take to convince you to shift sides? Is your position even falsifiable, or does it fall in the realm of a Climatati conspiracy theory?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Interesting you ask this.
Interesting you ask this. There is no faslification of a skeptic position. Theories are falsifiable, not one's skeptical view of a theory. The onus is on those presenting the theory to provice evidence for it, not those who are skeptical to provide negative evidence. Skepticism is not a theory, hence is not subject to be falsified.
What would make me switch to accept the theory, not the dogma? Sea level accelarating for one. The models predicting the future would be second. And the planet continuing to warm in step with CO2 increases would be third. Since none of those are happening I remain skeptical.
Steve L replied on Permalink
I doubt your sincerity
That's a rather rude thing to say, but it's true. The reason I say it is:
Accelerating sea level rise– "Church and White (2006) found a sea-level rise from January 1870 to December 2004 of 195 mm, a 20th century rate of sea-level rise of 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per yr and a significant acceleration of sea-level rise of 0.013 ± 0.006 mm per year." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise
Models predicting the future and planet continuing to warm with CO2 increases– "From 1984 to 2006, the trends in the two observational datasets are 0.24+/- 0.07 and 0.21 +/- 0.06 deg C/decade, where the error bars (2) are the derived from the linear fit. The 'true' error bars should be slightly larger given the uncertainty in the annual estimates themselves. For the model simulations, the trends are for Scenario A: 0.39+/-0.05 deg C/decade, Scenario B: 0.24+/- 0.06 deg C/decade and Scenario C: 0.24 +/- 0.05 deg C/decade." http://tinyurl.com/29e53y
I may be mistaken, but I suspect you were skeptical back in 2006 when all three of your conditions were met? No matter, be skeptical if you like. Just put your skepticism to better use (ie, better than repeating talking points on websites).
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
On the decadal rates of sea level
Nine long and nearly continuous sea level records were chosen from around the world to explore rates of change in sea level for 1904–2003. These records were found to capture the variability found in a larger number of stations over the last half century studied previously. Extending the sea level record back over the entire century suggests that the high variability in the rates of sea level change observed over the past 20 years were not particularly unusual. The rate of sea level change was found to be larger in the early part of last century (2.03 ± 0.35 mm/yr 1904–1953), in comparison with the latter part (1.45 ± 0.34 mm/yr 1954–2003). The highest decadal rate of rise occurred in the decade centred on 1980 (5.31 mm/yr) with the lowest rate of rise occurring in the decade centred on 1964 (−1.49 mm/yr). Over the entire century the mean rate of change was 1.74 ± 0.16 mm/yr.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 34, L01602, doi:10.1029/2006GL028492, 2007
There is no accelaration in the rate of sea level. What we are seeing is normal decadal ups and downs in the rate.
If the alarmists were right the rate would have to be severl TIMES the current rate. In Gore's case 30-40 TIMES the current rate. Not physically possible.
Realize that the IPCC has lowered their predictions every time, so that their lowest prediction is actually the last 100 years average of some 1.35mm/yr
Abstract: Mean-sea-level data from coastal tide gauges in the north Indian Ocean wereare used to show that low-frequency variability is consistent among the stations in the basin. Statistically significant trends obtained from records longer than 40 years yielded sea-level-rise estimates between 1.06–1.75 mm/ yrear-1 , with a regional average of 1.29 mm yr-1, when corrected for global isostatic adjustment (GIA) using model data, with a regional average of 1.29 mm-1.. These estimates are consistent with the 1–2 mm /year-1 global sea-level-rise estimates reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Church et al., 2001).
Steve L replied on Permalink
Look at years, answer question
I questioned your position on AGW when research indicated sea level rise was accelerating and temperatures sat right on the projections of old models. You responded with a 2007 abstract that disagreed with previous results indicating acceleration, but used fewer data and arbitrary time blocks (dichotomized around 1950). Here's the abstract of the paper the Wikipedia article cited ( http://tinyurl.com/6bb3sj ):
"Multi-century sea-level records and climate models indicate an acceleration of sea-level rise, but no 20th century acceleration has previously been detected. A reconstruction of global sea level using tide-gauge data from 1950 to 2000 indicates a larger rate of rise after 1993 and other periods of rapid sea-level rise but no significant acceleration over this period. Here, we extend the reconstruction of global mean sea level back to 1870 and find a sea-level rise from January 1870 to December 2004 of 195 mm, a 20th century rate of sea-level rise of 1.7 ± 0.3 mm yr−1 and a significant acceleration of sea-level rise of 0.013 ± 0.006 mm yr−2. This acceleration is an important confirmation of climate change simulations which show an acceleration not previously observed. If this acceleration remained constant then the 1990 to 2100 rise would range from 280 to 340 mm, consistent with projections in the IPCC TAR."
Perhaps you can explain the relevance of your last quotation referencing Church 2001 in the abstract, compared to the more recent TAR which has a higher projection? Seems to me that your citation of Unnikrishnan and Shankar disproves the point you try to make.
Steve L replied on Permalink
good question
It's a good idea to ask people what they would find convincing enough to change their minds. It's also a good idea to ask oneself. So here's to everyone who asks with genuine interest and answers sincerely.
I tried this conversation with Gary a while ago but we didn't get very far. JR, very briefly, here is my answer. In my own view, catastrophic AGW has three components:
(i) Increasing levels of CO2 enhance the greenhouse effect.
(ii) Other, unrelated effects on temperature will balance out over the next 100 or so years, such that greenhouse gas forcing will dominate changes to climate, resulting in warming.
(iii) Feedbacks including albedo and water vapour changes will also act to increase temperatures.
The most effective way to convince me that AGW is not a concern would be to knock down (i) or (ii), with the special requirement for (ii) that the other factors will result in a net cooling of global temperatures.
Now, I can't claim that I'll certainly be able to understand any potential analysis that demonstrates (i) or (ii) to have been knocked down. But hopefully others could. So I am forced to appeal to authority – if scientists in credible, peer-reviewed journals take (i) or (ii) to be knocked down, then I'll stop advocating for a lower carbon future (er, if increased ocean acidity is shown not to be a problem).
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
"The most effective way to
"The most effective way to convince me that AGW is not a concern would be to knock down (i) or (ii), with the special requirement for (ii) that the other factors will result in a net cooling of global temperatures."
Which is the case right now. Temps leveled off, and dropping last 10 year in spite of increasing CO2.
"Now, I can't claim that I'll certainly be able to understand any potential analysis that demonstrates (i) or (ii) to have been knocked down. But hopefully others could. So I am forced to appeal to authority – if scientists in credible, peer-reviewed journals take (i) or (ii) to be knocked down, then I'll stop advocating for a lower carbon future (er, if increased ocean acidity is shown not to be a problem)."
What about credible scientists who do not accept AGW?
400 of them. If you appeal to authority (which I NEVER do) then who are you going to side with? The majority? The majority have been wrong before (continental drift). Actually the majority are only assuming that the minority who actually promote AGW are correct. And that majority is erroding very fast. Soon the majority will be against AGW, will you swtich whenthat happens?
Steve L replied on Permalink
You appeal to authority all the time. So do I. I don't use my own thermometer readings to understand changes in global temperatures. I rely on the authority of those who receive and interpret temperature measurements from around the world. To whose authority did you appeal in making your assertion that global temperatures dropped between the 1998 El Nino and the 2008 La Nina?
[Is your position so weak that you have to cherry pick those two years? You can go here: http://tinyurl.com/5emc2n
and count how many times a subsequent year was cooler than a previous year during any period where you agree temperatures were increasing. And didn't you notice the part where I wrote about the next 100 or so years?]
If you read what I wrote, I said that I appeal to authority when there is something that I don't have the knowledge or training to interpret and the authority obviously does. I wouldn't go running to a fibber like Tim Ball for example (egad, what a list you provided!), who seems to have no more expertise than I do, to interpret something for me that I can already interpret well.
Will I switch when the majority of scientists … hmmm, I'm curious about what you will do when your prediction doesn't come true. But I think I'll have to say, yes, when the peer-reviewed, primary scientific literature has torn down the whole idea of AGW, I would be a nut to insist I knew better (despite having no formal training and not working much with the data), so I would change my mind. Excepting again that darned ocean acidification, about which there would also have to be some scientific refutation of the problem.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
The end of AGW is
The end of AGW is near…
Environmental terrorism
"I have no more faith in global climate model (GCM) predictions than I have in all those emails from Nigeria advising me that I have won the Lotto, or those proposals from rich widows in Dubai who have just lost their husbands, or from the less frequent emails from my bank asking for details of my banking account.
These GCMs are mathematical dinosaurs. Modern laptops are not only more efficient but they are more understandable. The public no longer have to rely on the edicts of the high priests with their questionable objectives and lack of real world knowledge and experiences."
See the others, in particular the graphs:
But what about the urban
But what about the urban heat island effect around major cities like Babylon and Alexandria? Wouldn't that have affected the thermometers that all those ancient people put up all over the world?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Ask Mann where he got his
Ask Mann where he got his 2000 year temps from. Hardley reliable.
Brian D replied on Permalink
If they weren't reliable, they wouldn't be repeatable or corroborated.
Sadly, this isn't the case:
Maybe if McIntyre would get that stick out of his ass about MBH98/99 and actually mentioned the nearly-a-dozen other independent studies (several of which don't use bristlecones or have any involvement from Mann) that reach the same conclusion, this talking point would die a peaceful death.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Mann et al garbage
"With this new, and pretty much entirely arbitrary hurdle in place, Wahl and Amman were able to reject several of the runs which stood between the hockey stick and what they saw as its rightful place as the gold standard for climate reconstructions. That the statistical foundations on which they had built this paleoclimate castle were a swamp of misrepresentation, deceit and malfeasance was, to Wahl and Amman, an irrelevance. For political and public consumption, the hockey stick still lived, ready to guide political decision-making for years to come."
Steve L replied on Permalink
let's see a different reconstruction
I don't mean a hand-drawn one. I mean, let's see a reconstruction that AGW-deniers would agree, a priori, follows proper statistical procedures. It doesn't affect whether or not increasing CO2 enhances the greenhouse effect, but Mann's hockeystick (and independent reconstructions that show the same pattern) seem to be important to you. Why hasn't McIntyre produced his own reconstruction and published it for others to study? I haven't read much from him lately, but I think his positions on this are: (1) auditors validate and find mistakes, they don't do other people's work; (2) the proxies are too crappy to yield worthwhile reconstructions. The former is a poor excuse and the second can be shown by example. In the interest of advancing knowledge, he should do the best reconstruction he can and then put whatever kinds of error bars he can statistically justify around it.
I'd like an update if this is incorrect.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
The question is, is the Mann
The question is, is the Mann et al, the "hockey team", massaging the data to get what they want? Yes. It doesn't matter what other researcher's reconstructions are. The hockey stick graph started all this, and is still used by the Goricle in his $250,000 per night presentations.
It's not the job of the skeptics to do the research. It's the job of the researches to get their research right. McIntyre doesn't have to provide any alternative. If you say the moon is made of cheeze, all I have to do it show that it is not, not the specific geology it actually is made of.
Will you commit to admitting that the hockey stick graph is at best wrong, or at worse a fraud?
Steve L replied on Permalink
JR, I don't have a ton of time right now, so c'mon back later. But for the moment I can quickly say you are wrong.
Moon-cheese – you can't say that it's not made of cheese: to make the analogy fit, all you can say is that you're not convinced by someone else's evidence that it is. However, if the data are more consistent with the cheese hypothesis than with any competing hypothesis, folks are going to stick with cheese. To replace the cheese hypothesis, you need to do more than show doubts about it. You have to show it is not made of cheese, or at least show that an alternative hypothesis is more consistent with all the best data.
The question is not about Mann. The question is about data interpretation. AGW-deniers say they want to talk about the science, but your focus is on Mann instead of the more recent reconstructions, and of course you want to talk about Gore. If it's about science and not personalities, then I need to see a statistically superior reconstruction to the hockeysticks.
One example: Let's say I'm blind, and 10 people tell me that Gore weighs between 200-250 lbs. If you come along saying that their estimation method is wrong, I'm going to ask how wrong it is. I think that's a good analogy for where things stand. If you also say that he's not 200-250 lbs, I'm going to ask what your estimates are, and if you say you don't have an estimate, I'm probably going to stick with my best guess (based on the estimates I already received).
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Don't agree
There is a middle ground where one can show a theory to be wrong but at the same time no viable alternative has yet to come forth. That was the problem with plate tectonics. Sure scientists knew stationary contintents was not correct, but until plate tectonics came along (specifically magentic anomalies on the sea floor) there was no embracing of another alternative. Limbo was in place for a long time.
There are alternative reconstructions that do not show the hockey stick phenomena, but, instead of having an open mind and seeing if these reconstructions have merit, you guys reject them out right. You also reject the sources those references are in because of a bias that all "deniers" are funded by Big Oil. Blinders.
I ask again, as no one has yet admitted, is the hockey stick graph wrong or worse a fraud? Is your dogma so strong that you cannot even admit to this?
Steve L replied on Permalink
Don't agree all you want,
and allow me to disagree with you without calling my position dogmatic and telling me I can't admit something. My position remains that the hockey stick will be wrong when a better, more robust, more statistically valid reconstruction showing a considerably different shape is generated. And hopefully at that point we'll also know how wrong it is so that work based on it can be re-evaluated.
Plate tectonics – yeah, there were a bunch of things that seemed at odds with stationary continents. I'm not as familiar with this as some, but I don't think you've characterized it properly. It was a matter of which idea had more explanatory power for questions of the day and which idea raised too many other problems that couldn't be resolved at the time. For that reason, many scientists assumed stationary continents in their work, and for many purposes that was accurate enough.
I asked for "better" reconstructions, not "other". But you've decided to lump me in there with "you guys" and call me close-minded rather than providing something useful. It's true, however, that I would be more receptive to a reconstruction published in a peer-reviewed journal that's not Energy & Environment.
Heffer replied on Permalink
A new term that will be
A new term that will be replacing AGW is NGW.
Natural Global Warming.
Watch for it on a media outlet near you.
Steve L replied on Permalink
oooh, a new AGW-denial acronym
I'll become interested when I start reading support for it in credible science journals.
Gary replied on Permalink
The HS Fraud again?
It really shows how desperate the AGW crowd is now, when they try so hard to defend the Hockey Stick.
Arguably the most embarrassing episode of Fraud in the whole sad movement.
Anyway, here is some reality just to even out the mythology.
New Research Indicates Climate Similar to the 1800s Within the Next 15 Years: First Stage of Global Cooling Will Begin During 2008-2009
New research findings released in the peer reviewed book "Global Warming – Global Cooling, Natural Cause Found," links seven different types of recurring gravitational cycles as the cause for all 2200 global warming events during the past half million years, including the earth's current warming cycle. It also links the cycles to a natural 50 percent increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide during the 10,000 year period leading up to the peak of all recurring 116,000 year mega global warming cycles. Meteorologist and climate researcher David Dilley of Global Weather Oscillations http://www.globalweathercycles.com, says the gravitational cycles act like a magnet by pulling the atmosphere's high pressure systems northward or southward by as much as 3 or 4 degrees of latitude from their normal seasonal positions. As the current gravitational cycle declines, global temperatures will begin cooling during 2008-09 with dramatic global cooling by 2023.
skepticism replied on Permalink
To whom is the post replying re hockey stick?
Why not apply some 'skepticism' to the results of a 'peer-reviewed book'? At least it makes some predictions, though. Very good! But I'm curious, how many non-CO2 hypotheses does this rule out: solar, ocean overturning, cosmic rays, …?
Gary replied on Permalink
Skepticism is good!
This post along with many many others are intended to show that the climate is a complex beast with many and varied controls and drivers.
The point is: assuming that Man made CO2 is the major driver or even "a" major infleuence is gross hubris.
Skepticism is very important here.
Steve L replied on Permalink
If someone says something silly
It doesn't mean that the topic they're addressing is overly complex. I could write all kinds of incorrect crap about gravity … it doesn't mean that people who know better can't make reliable predictions about orbits. The way it works is this: hypotheses that explain things better than others will replace the others; the strength of the best hypothesis is not diminished if you add to a list of poorly performing hypotheses. Evolution is not weaker because FSM was added to other religious explanations as competing ideas.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Bad analogy
There are specific equations about orbital motion. What specific equations are there about climate? None. That's why they build these expensive computers to attempt to model reality. And they are NEVER right. They are ASSUMPTIONS and APPROXIMATIONS, not hard factual outcomes. What they are are predictions that are not predicing anything the planet is actually doing!
Steve L replied on Permalink
Okay, let's play a game
Alright, JR, tell me what a 'specific' equation is. Then show me some that are used for prediting the movements of the heavens. (Note that dark matter was used to explain cases where those equations predict something that's not observed. If it was climate science, I suspect you'd call it a fudge/correction factor. I believe dark matter is real, but if a similar thing occurred in climate science, how would you respond to it?) Anyway, you supply some equations that meet your criterion of being 'specific' and I'll try to find some analogs in climate science; then we'll evaluate the reliability of your assertion that there are no specific equations about climate.
On the other hand, if all you're trying to say is that climate prediction is more complex than orbital prediction, then I'll save you the effort and agree that it is. That wouldn't subtract from my analogy, though. BTW, even orbital models are simplifications that rely on assumptions to yield approximations – no need to capitalize.
Gary replied on Permalink
And this is just poetic justice:
Punishers of the Poor
Some politicians like higher energy prices because it forces Americans to use less energy and adopt a lower standard of living – just what environmental extremists want. But high prices hit the poor hardest. For many families, affordable energy can mean the difference between life and death.
The six politicians who earned top honors as the "worst of the worst" in supporting policies that keep energy prices high and disproportionately hurt low-income families are these:
Joker: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Joker: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Ace of Spades: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin
Ace of Diamonds: U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
Ace of Clubs: U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Ace of Hearts: U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) http://www.stopwaronpoor.org/
gary replied on Permalink
<strong>ARCTIC ICE IN THE NEWS</strong>
You knew it was coming.
"The alarmists and media have been frustrated in their efforts to report global warming evidence as nature has refused to cooperate. Temperatures have been declining for going on 7 years (accelerated this year) even as CO2 increased 3.5%."
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
service unavailable
I have not been able to reply due to repeated "service unavailable" messages. So it's not that I don't to reply, I can't. See how today goes…
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
A parable
A wife says to her husband just before he heads to work:
Wive: Dear, there was a nasty accident on the highway yesterday, a transport truck struck several cars and killed several people. I saw it on the news. Don't go to work today. I have a really bad feeling you will get killed in a car accident.
Husband: I have to go to work. I can't not go to work on your feelings.
W: But the feeling is real strong, I really believe something bad is going to happen, you must stay home.
H: Look, honey, nothing's going to happen. Nothing's happened in the last 15 years I've driven to work, and nothing is going to happen for the next 15 years. Everything is going to be fine.
W: And what if you are wrong?
So the question becomes. Who has the onus to make their case and proved evidence? The wife or the husband?
This is exactly the same issue with AGW. Those who are asking what if I'm wrong is the wife here. Thus the onus is on YOU to provide evidence of the dire consequences of AGW. If I'm going to be wrong, it needs to be wrong on something that WILL HAPPEN, not something that MIGHT happen. All life is riddled with MIGHT happens every day. We never question if we are wrong about those.
Gary: I see you visit Icecap every day. Nice. I tried to post that link but got the dreaded "service unavailable" error.
But you left out the fact
But you left out the fact that the wife knows her husband is a really bad driver based on her own experience, and that he has been drinking booze all night, based on the evidence of his breath and the empty bottles all over the place. Cherry picking again!
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
But you left out the fact...
Fact? No…
That's an assumption I never put in the storyline, so why did you add it? What justification do you have to alter my story? None, you are rewiting my story so that your dogma fits the story line. Very typical.
Fact, is, he does not drink and has a perfect driving record. Now what?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Steve L replied on Permalink
also revealing
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Did you read this?
That article in question was not written by Jennifer, it was written by Alan Siddons of Holden, Massachusetts
There are numerous counter arguments in the comments. So what? Is everything here perfect? Hardley.
frankbi replied on Permalink
The Real Reason(tm) that Goddard issued his retraction!
The secret history of El Reg's Arctic ice kerfuffle
Recently, Steven Goddard writing for The Register backed off his earlier claim that the Arctic ice data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) were erroneous and that there was no massive loss of ice. However, there are still unanswered doubts over the NSIDC data, and diagrams from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), which Goddard now claim to be correct.
So what really happened that led Goddard to issue his retraction? After a few minutes of painstaking research, peer review, and ponies, we at the International Journal of Inactivism have uncovered the True Story behind Goddard's renouncement! Here it is.
Sign the "Sue Us" Petition!
Urge Monckton et al. to sue Gore and Hansen as promised!
Mihcael replied on Permalink
Humans must DIE!
It does not matter if the ice is melting or not. We humans are all f'd because we will destroy ourselves. If not by Global Warming then by NUKES. Lets face it. We are the worse creatures on this planet and if I could I would remove that element from existence. HUMANS must die to save this planet.!


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Tampa, Fla. • Steve Spurrier's plan to use two quarterbacks in the Outback Bowl worked so well that Dylan Thompson and Connor Shaw both earned game balls.
That's a first for the Head Ball Coach, who has a well-known penchant for benching struggling QBs. Except in this case, the Gamecocks' winningest coach used his talented pair of passers by design.
Shaw began Tuesday's 33-28 victory over Michigan with a 56-yard touchdown pass to Damiere Byrd. Thompson closed it out by throwing a 32-yard TD strike to Bruce Ellington in the final minute to help South Carolina match the school record for victories in a season.
"I don't know if I've ever given two quarterbacks a game ball, but today I said: 'Hey, we've got to give them to both you guys,'" Spurrier said.
"Both those young men are just so super team-oriented. There's no jealousy, nothing. ... Those guys are just really, really good teammates. Wonderful team players," the coach added. "We tried to tell Connor: 'It's your game.' And it was his game, but Dylan was going to play. He understood that. It worked beautifully as it turned out."
Thompson replaced Shaw during the winning drive, covering the final 43 yards after Shaw began the march from his own 30 and kept it alive with a 6-yard completion to Ace Sanders on a fourth-and-3 play. Devin Gardner's third TD pass of the game had given Michigan a 28-27 lead.
"I wasn't nervous. I knew I had great guys around me, and I trusted them and just was confident," Thompson said.
Shaw threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns after missing the Gamecocks' regular-season finale with a left foot sprain. Thompson led the Gamecocks (11-2) to a victory at archrival Clemson and threw for 117 yards and two TDs in the bowl.
Gardner threw for 214 yards in his fifth start for Michigan (8-5) since Denard Robinson injured his right elbow late in the season. Robinson took some snaps at quarterback and even attempted his first passes in a game since Oct. 27, but he lined up mostly at running back and rushed for 100 yards on 23 carries.
S. Carolina 33, Michigan 28
South Carolina 14 7 0 12 33
Michigan 3 10 9 6 28
First Quarter
SC • Byrd 56 pass from C.Shaw (Yates kick), 13:26.
Mich • FG Gibbons 39, 7:28.
SC • Sanders 63 punt return (Yates kick), 3:29.
Second Quarter
Mich • Dileo 5 pass from Gardner (Gibbons kick), 12:41.
SC • Sanders 4 pass from Thompson (Yates kick), 10:54.
Mich • FG Gibbons 40, 2:47.
Third Quarter
Mich • FG Wile 52, 6:54.
Mich • Gallon 10 pass from Gardner (pass failed), :02.
Fourth Quarter
SC • Sanders 31 pass from C.Shaw (pass failed), 8:06.
Mich • Gallon 17 pass from Gardner (run failed), 3:29.
SC • Ellington 32 pass from Thompson (pass failed), :11.
Attendance • 54,527.
SC Mich
First downs 17 24
Rushes-yards 17-85 45-141
Passing 341 214
Comp-Att-Int 25-36-0 18-37-1
Return Yards 63 12
Punts-Avg. 3-41.0 3-48.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties-yards 5-44 4-55
Time of Possession 22:01 37:59
Individual Statistics
Rushing • South Carolina, C.Shaw 10-96, Miles 5-1, Thompson 2-(minus 12). Michigan, D.Robinson 23-100, Gardner 12-24,
Dileo 1-7, Smith 6-6, Simmons 1-4, Hayes 2-0.
Passing • South Carolina, C.Shaw 18-26-0-224, Thompson 7-10-0-117. Michigan, Gardner 18-36-1-214, D.Robinson 0-1-0-0.
Receiving • South Carolina, Sanders 9-92, Miles 4-22, Jones 3-78, Byrd 2-63, Ellington 2-36, Carson 2-1, Cunningham 1-37, Anderson 1-7, M.Davis 1-5. Michigan, Gallon 9-145, Roundtree 3-27, Dileo 3-22, Smith 1-9, D.Robinson 1-7, Funchess 1-4.


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Jazz as Culture, Language, Being, and Music Series
Berklee's Africana Studies/Music and Society initiative presents the Jazz as Culture, Language, Being, and Music series. The artists featured in these concerts, lectures, and interviews bring a fluid mix of scholarship, performance, pedagogy, cultural criticism, and music industry experience.
Africana Studies provides innovative, substantive, and sustained connective programs in black music culture at Berklee. Its focus is on the study of black music practice, history and meaning. This includes the study of traditional West African music, spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, gospel, r&b, reggae, soul, music in South America, Cuba, and the Caribbean, and contemporary urban music traditions. Africana Studies aids in curriculum and student development by increasing the understanding and appreciation of the music and culture, and the roles artists have had in transforming modern culture and society.
Except where noted, concerts begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. For ticket information, call 617 747-2261 or visit berkleebpc.com.
February 3-Maria Schneider
Grammy Award-winning composer, recording artist, and band leader Maria Schneider's orchestral jazz music has been described as evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization. Schneider visits Berklee to talk about her work.
Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston. Free and open to the public.
A quintet known for infectious r&b grooves atop a blend of rock, funk, and pop, Mint Condition is also lauded for musicianship that holds up to an old school jazz standard. The band is sure to give new meaning to its hit "You Send Me Swinging," and others, as it shows how jazz influences its sound. Mint Condition performs as part of the Sovereign Bank Music Series at Berklee.
February 10-Kendrick Oliver
Berklee alumnus Kendrick Oliver, who first led a big band 15 years ago during his sophomore year, combines go-for-broke swing and orchestral punch with a dose of spiritual uplift as the bandleader of the New Life Jazz Orchestra, playing tonight.
Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston. Free and open to the public.
February 12-Saying Sounds: The Bob Blumenthal Show with Greg Osby
Acclaimed jazz critic, author, and former RIAA commissioner Bob Blumenthal interviews Greg Osby, who shines just as brightly in his own realm. The saxophonist, composer, and producer has made an indelible mark on contemporary jazz as an ensemble leader and as a guest artist playing with Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, and many others. The evening will include live music by Osby's band.
February 17-Esperanza Spalding
The bassist, vocalist, and composer Esperanza Spalding performs with her band. As Berklee President Roger H. Brown told Down Beat Magazine, the faculty member and recent graduate "incorporates her voice with her instrument in a way in which neither is the accompanist."
Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston. Free and open to the public.
February 19-Soul of the Caribbean
Three student ensembles showcase the music of the Caribbean. The Bob Marley Ensemble, directed by Matt Jenson, the Steel Pan Ensemble, directed by Ron Reid, and the Afro-Cuban Ensemble, directed by Ricardo Monzon, bring some welcome warm weather to midwinter Boston. Grammy-nominated trombonist and Berklee alumnus William Cepeda will be a special guest performer for the evening.
February 24-A Visit with Henry Grimes
Avant-garde bassist and violinist Henry Grimes performs for the public during his Berklee residency. The evening also features an interview with Grimes, conducted by Ralph Rosen.
Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston. Free and open to the public.
Pianist, composer, and educator Geri Allen presents the world premiere of her solo piano work, "Refractions, Flying Toward the Sound." Allen received a Guggenheim Fellowship to create this composition, which celebrates the humanity and embraces the continuity of innovation in jazz, as personified by three of the revolutionary pianist-composers—Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Cecil Taylor.
March 12-Gospel Jazz with Dennis Montgomery and Friends
Minister and faculty member Dennis Montgomery presents an evening of gospel jazz.
Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston. Free and open to the public.
The Jazz as culture, Being, Language, and Music series is presented with support from the Office of Cultural Diversity, Office of Faculty Development, and the Liberal Arts Department.


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Our cute Grandma A. is an amazing cook! Many of our best recipes are from her kitchen. This fruit salad was a staple at most family get-togthers and the best part about it is that you don't have to have any experience in the kitchen to whip it up! It is just a matter of dumping five ingredients in a bowl and mixing it together. It is a perfect side dish to any meal or is great to take to any pot-luck dinner (it can easily be doubled or tripled). There are SO many variations of this salad (I included a couple below), but I like the original way my Grandma makes it best.
Grandma's Five Cup Creamy Fruit Salad
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1-2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup sour cream (light works great)*
*Don't be scared of the sour cream! I know it sounds weird. I promise that all the sweetness from the other ingredients evens it all out. It's delicious!
Make sure your fruit is VERY well-drained or you will have a watery salad. Combine the oranges, pineapple, marshmallows, coconut, and sour cream. Stir until all mixed together. Refrigerate for 4-8 hours before serving.
-Use vanilla yogurt in place of sour cream.
-Use Pina Colada yogurt in place of sour cream.
-Add 1/2 cup maraschino cherries.
-Add chopped pecans for a crunch.
-Top with corn flakes for a crunch.
-Use Cool-Whip in place of sour cream.


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A DAY with the DIRECTOR
11.09.2013 12:30 pm
Join us for an exclusive experience with MOPA's Executive Director, Deborah Klochko, as she talks about the artwork on display in MOPA's Annual Youth Exhibition.
Hear firsthand from student artists whose work was selected to be part of My City, Your City. See selected videos, from both student artists and MOPA artist-in-residence, Cy Kuckenbaker, in MOPA's theater and learn about how the films were created.
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text: Kayven Riese wrote: > I have been running FreeBSD for a few years and I have 1634 pictures > documenting that mess > > http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/index.vhtml > > No need to go too deeply into that. Anyway.. it's just about time to get a > new laptop, I think, and I am planning to buy a second HD to run a UNIX > (unless somebody convinces me that performance of Wine is adequate, I > suppose), and I have decided to switch from FreeBSD to PC-BSD as I have been > advised (some time ago, I am a stubborn Taurus). I am subscribed to some > FreeBSD lists, and have been noticing this thread: > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=17648+0+archive/2009/freebsd-mobile/20090419.freebsd-mobile > > I posted a reply there, with no results yet, but it is seeming like the > answer to the question of whether the same HW would be appropriate for both > PC-BSD and FreeBSD is, yes, use the same HW, but I am hoping for a reply > here, as I am not being OT now. > > Thanks in advance, for the time of day. > Kayven, PC-BSD is 100% FreeBSD, so any hardware which works on one, will work on the other :) Right now PC-BSD 7.1 is based on FreeBSD 7.1-Stable, so any hardware which users recommend for FreeBSD 7.1 should work just fine with our version of 7.1 as well. -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software http://www.pcbsd.com