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Man Killed, 2 Others Injured In Howell Crash
One man was killed and two others were injured when a car overturned and crashed into several trees in Howell.
Police say 21-year-old Mark Chilton of Freehold was sitting in the back seat when the accident occurred around 11:25 p.m. Friday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The car's driver, Jacob Cannizzaro, and his front-seat passenger, Angelo Capasso, both 22-year-old Howell residents, were treated for injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Authorities say Cannizzaro was driving southbound on Fort Plains Road when he lost control of the car as it came around a sharp bend in the roadway. The car then overturned and struck the trees.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)

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Tatiana De Rosnay
Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay
Sarah's Key
Release Date: 9/30/2008
LIST PRICE: $15.99 (you save $4.80)
A New York Times bestseller.
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.
""A wonderful book."" --Joy Behar, The View"This is the shocking, profoundly moving and morally challenging story... It will haunt you, it will help to complete you… nothing short of miraculous." -Augusten Burroughs
"Just when you thought you might have read about every horror of the Holocaust, a book will come along and shine a fierce light upon yet another haunting wrong. SARAH'S KEY is such a novel. In remarkably unsparing, unsentimental prose... through a lens so personal and intimate, it will make you cry--and remember." -Jenna Blum, author of Those Who Save Us
""A haunting, riveting novel... This book grabs your heart in the opening chapter, and its scenes and characters stay with you long after you finish."" --Publishers Weekly, a PW 2008 Staff Pick
"Masterly and compelling, it is not something that readers will quickly forget. Highly recommended."-Library Journal, Starred Review
"Exceptional, emotional, and compelling…" – Sacramento Bee
"A powerful novel… Tatiana de Rosnay has captured the insane world of the Holocaust and the efforts of the few good people who stood up against it in this work of fiction more effectively than has been done in many scholarly studies. It is a book that makes us sensitive to how much evil occurred and also to how much willingness to do good also existed in that world." --Rabbi Jack Riemer, South Florida Jewish Journal
"A remarkable novel written with eloquence and empathy." -Paula Fox, author of Borrowed Finery
""A story of hearts broken, first by the past, then by family secrets, and the truth that begins to repair the pieces. A beautiful novel."" -Linda Francis Lee, bestselling author of The Ex-Debutante
"SARAH'S KEY unlocks the star crossed, heart thumping story of an American journalist in Paris and the 60-year-old secret that could destroy her marriage. This book will stay on your mind long after it's back on the shelf." –Risa Miller, author of Welcome to Heavenly Heights
"This is a remarkable historical novel... it's a book that impresses itself upon one's heart and soul forever." –Naomi Ragen, author of The Saturday Wife
""Sarah's Key is told from both the perspective of an 10-year-old girl whose family is rounded up during the Vel D'Hiv in France in 1942 and an American who presently lives in Paris. The heartbreak is real, the love is true, and the need to find out how their two lives are connected made this one of my absolute favorites!"" -Sarah Galvin, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY
""Just read Sarah's Key and LOVED IT... SUCH FUN TO DISCOVER A TREASURE. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING."" -Diane Garrett, Diane's Books of Greenwich
""I was overwhelmed by a novel that I had missed when it first came our way--Sarah's Key. It is a page-turner about World War II, the Holocaust and contemporary Paris. I couldn't put it down."" -Roberta, The Book Stall at Chestnut Court (Front Line, Newsletter)
"Just as gripping as The Diary of Anne Frank and Schindler's List." -Ginny Thompson, Book Club Member
"Sarah's Key is the most compelling, gripping novel I've read in a long time. Loved everything about it." -Audrey Raclaw, Book Club Member
"An incredible story, beautifully written. Could not put it down." -Georgia Kelly, Book Club Member
"I will remember this story…..I enjoyed the characters and learned something about this period that was not a popular tale." -Barb Toslosky, Book Club Member
"Wonderfully written. Kept me on the edge of my seat every moment. An emotional journey. One of my favorite novels. Up there with the best- If walls could talk. An outstanding personalization of the horrors of the hococaust." -Charlotte Hanebuth, Book Club Member
"A beautifully written, poignant novel based on a shameful period in French history. A must read for all lovers of historical fiction." -Barbara Mix, Book Club Member
"Totally excellent book. Read it in one day. The book made me aware of the French round up. I would like to know if Julia and William got involved." -Kathleen McCann, Book Club Member
"Wonderfully written page turner. Such an interesting and mysterious story!" -Sue Sneary, Book Club Member
"Tatiana's ability to get me into the 'head' of her characters is phenomenal. I had such empathy for Julia and Sarah." -Kathleen Voight, Book Club Member
"The book is beautifully written – two stories that intersect in a Paris apartment. Sarah's love of her brother filled her life with guilt, overshadowing her life with sadness." -Beth Carpenter, Book Club Member
"Wonderfully written one woman's quest for the truth." -Carol Adams, Book Club Member


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Bioavailability of Ancient Terrestrial Organic Carbon in the Mackenzie River System
Amanda Spivak, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Marco Coolen, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Arctic Research Initiative
2011 Funded Project
Arctic permafrost soils are estimated to contain vast pools of organic carbon, much of which may become biologically available or mobilized as the soils thaw with continued global warming. Recent studies indicate that a portion of thawed permafrost carbon is exported from the landscape to rivers and coastal waters. For instance, the age of suspended carbon in North America's largest arctic river (Mackenzie River) is 4430 - 7970 radiocarbon (14C) years old, and is predominantly derived from permafrost thawing and river-bank erosion. If the river borne permafrost-derived organic carbon is biologically available, then it may be microbially decomposed, assimilated, and respired as CO2, a major greenhouse gas. This ancient carbon may also be channeled into the food web via invertebrate grazing of microbial biomass. Although sediment invertebrates likely constitute a small fraction of the fate of carbon exported from the landscape, they represent important trophic links to larger animals, such as fish. Despite the potential importance of these two pathways to atmospheric CO2 pools and microbial and animal biomass production, there is little information about the biological availability of permafrost derived organic carbon. Through this proposal, we will address this knowledge gap with a series of laboratory experiments and a field investigation focused on the Mackenzie River system. The experimental component will focus on processes controlling ancient organic carbon decomposition and incorporation into microbial biomass in both terrestrial soils and river sediments. More specifically, Co-PI Coolen will (1) examine microbial decomposition of riverborne permafrost soil organic carbon to smaller compounds that can be easily assimilated by the microbial population, (2) identify the major players involved in these processes, and (3) determine the extent to which microbes can assimilate and respire ancient carbon as CO2. The field investigation will examine potential entry points of ancient carbon into benthic food webs in the river system. PI Spivak will determine (4) the sources and approximate age of particulate organic carbon in the water column and sediments and whether ancient permafrost carbon subsidizes sediment invertebrate animal communities. Results from this combination of experimental and field-based work will provide unique insight to the bioavailability of ancient permafrost carbon, the processes controlling its decomposition and subsequent release of CO2 into the atmosphere, and the potential importance of this globally significant pool of organic matter as a carbon source to higher trophic levels. This research builds on previous and on-going studies in arctic habitats and the Mackenzie River system and will contribute to our collective understanding of carbon dynamics in high-latitude ecosystems.


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The Latest: A gold tax in the Silver State?
Nevada's tax on mining was set in its 1864 Constitution at "a rate not to exceed 5 percent of the net proceeds," and never fundamentally changed -- even with recently skyrocketing gold prices in a state desperate for revenue. Advocates for a higher mining tax have for years been frustrated by legislators unwilling to go up against the Silver State's legacy industry ("Nevada's Golden Child," HCN, 4/26/10). But after hearings in 2011 revealed that mining companies were claiming questionable deductions to pay an effective tax of just over 1 percent, the effort to strip mining of its tax protection gained momentum.
In late May, Senate Joint Resolution 15, which would remove the mining tax limit from the State Constitution, won the second of two legislative approvals required for a constitutional amendment. Now the issue goes before voters on the November 2014 ballot. If they say yes, legislators who meet next in 2015 can set a new tax rate.


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Tintin (voiced by Jamie Bell) might be charming if he were an overachieving school kid with a passion for the truth and a trusty pooch sidekick named Snowy to help him out of a jam.
In actuality, Tintin's a young reporter who has his own apartment and gun, with no discernible past or friends. The guy lives for adventure and apparently has unlimited time and resources to travel the world on any mission that captures his interest, without realizing that a reporter isn't a cop and can still cover the story if the bad guy wins. (Side note: Is Snowy on the newspaper's payroll, and with what do they pay him?)
In director Steven Spielberg's 3-D animated mystery, based on the book series by Herge, Tintin's curiosity about a model ship leads him to drunken Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and an ages-old mystery they chase over land and sea and sky as a ruthless villain (Daniel Craig) follows in hot pursuit.
Co-written by Steven Moffat (creator of the British series "Coupling" and lead writer for "Doctor Who"), "Hot Fuzz" director Edgar Wright and "Attack the Block" director Joe Cornish, Tintin offers the persistent presence of mild cleverness (best gag: a sailor who's a restless sleeper because he lost his eyelids in a card game) without ever being truly funny, especially when repeatedly leaning on Haddock's drunkenness for jokes.
Spielberg's action sequences also move swiftly without really exploding off the screen, no matter how lively the animation or energetic the voice work. The story's not as absurd and overextended as Spielberg's "War Horse," opening Christmas Day, but it's also a pretty ordinary caper lacking emotional involvement.
Tintin may be an international man of mystery who looks like a redheaded, animated Neil Patrick Harris, but he can't overcome the sense that we don't care if he succeeds.
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Every year before the kids get down to business with Trick-or-Treating, we invite all of our neighbors over for a big soup supper. Everyone puts a sign on their door that the candy is at our house, and we all hang out by the fire pit in our driveway and pass out Halloween candy. It's a really fun time to hang out with our friends! This year will be no exception, I'm sure.
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text: Global Politics Chicago's Polish Village businesses hope immigration reform leads to revival PRI's The World July 30, 2013 Chicago's Polish Village thrived as Polish immigration to the United States soared through the 1980s. But changing migration patterns and the economic downturn of a few years ago dramatically cut into business. Now owners are hoping immigration reform might be a jolt to the area.


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Here's a review written by COHS student Jade:
"Dead Girls Don't Write Letters" by Gail Giles gets five stars from me! If you're in the mood for confusing but riveting mystery, this is a good book for you! You must also check out Music paradise pro.
Sunny Reynolds' older sister Jazz dies in a fire. Her mom is devastated–can't eat or sleep, and has to be put on sleeping pills. Her father goes back to being a drunk. Sunny comes home one day to find a letter on the counter, and it said "from Jasmine." It said she wasn't dead, and she'll be coming home on Sunday. Sunny tells her parents, and when Sunday arrives, jazz walks in the door. But this girl….didn't look like Jazz, and Sunny knows it's not her sister… But if it's not Jazz, then who is it?
Read about casas de aposta esportiva to find out!
December 14, 2009
Dracula by Bram Stoker
As vampire tales are so popular lately, I decided this summer that I would read one of the original vampire novels—Dracula. The author, Bram Stoker, created the character of Dracula by pulling together lots of myths and legends. Though Vlad the Impaler, a real man who lived in the 1400's in Romania, was one of the inspirations for Dracula's personality, there were others. In turn, Dracula as a vampire set the criteria for many years of vampire lore—can't behold daylight, sleeps in a coffin, turns into a bat, has no reflection in a mirror, and preys on beautiful young women. Of course, he also has lots of sex appeal—and, very recently, this is the only vampire quality that survived in teen vampire literature. So—would you like to read a book about a vampire like Dracula? About potential victims who would prefer to die than be transformed into vampires? (So unlike that whining Bella of Twilight, who finally gets her wish. Think of it—now she can whine and throw temper-tantrums through eternity!)
My sense is that you might enjoy this read although there are things about the writing and the sometimes sentimental view of perfect Victorian angel girls that won't appeal to you—you'll probably speed through parts.
The greater measure of the book is written as journal and diary entries as well as letters. It begins with Jonathan Harker, an up and coming attorney, making a trip from London to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula and discuss Dracula's purchase of some real estate in London. Several days into the trip, Harker knows that something is very wrong in the castle (seeing Dracula climbing the outer walls is a big hint), and that he is a prisoner. There are female vampires in the castle who attack Harker. This is pretty horrific stuff—the details aren't as gory as those in current novels, but Dracula does give the women a baby to eat, and then when the mother of the child stands outside the castle demanding the return of the child, Dracula has a pack of wolves eat her. Harker manages to escape.
Once home, Harker will enlist others to help him rid the world of Dracula (who moves to London—remember the real estate deal?). The plot will involve Harker's finance Mina and her friend Lucy who is engaged and has had two other suitors. All three are good men and risk their lives for the women, as does Harker. Poor Lucy has a pretty rough time with Dracula and needs several blood transfusions, direct form the bodies of her friends (never mind the science of blood type. . .). Professor Van Helsing, a vampire hunter, is there to conduct all this business. He knows medicine and he know vampire lore. Should all their efforts fail, the men take an oath that they will not allow Lucy to suffer the fate of being a vampire—they vow to do anything—cut off her head, drive a stake through her heart—to ensure her the peace of death. They take these vows out of love for Lucy. (How different from Twilight!) Mina, being female, is also under threat.
There is a lot of exciting action throughout the book. However, the roles of the women are a bit off-putting—as I said, they are Victorian angels, and can't get a whole lot done by themselves, although Mina is very, very smart. Being bitten by Dracula has the same sense of sleeping around—not fair. Another thing that bothered me over the long run (and this is a long book) was Van Helsing's too frequent and very long speeches. You wouldn't find this kind of pontificating in a modern novel. Still for vampires that are true to legend, and for suspense, this is a good book to read. I know that Bram Stoker is on the 'author list' for the senior project here at COHS. He'd be a good choice.
By the way—if you need to read a biography and are looking for someone whose insanity and cruelty is riveting, you could try Vlad the Impaler, one of the models for Count Dracula.
December 11, 2009
1776 by David McCullough (Another title I read in keeping my promise to find good non-fiction.)
This is a great story written by a great storyteller. David McCullough has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. (If this doesn't mean anything to you, let's just say this guy is among the best of the best American history writers.)
As a book about a momentous period of history, it's short—under 300 pages excluding the endnotes—a factor that is often a deal breaker here at COHS. And its brevity is part of its success—it's a tightly woven story of the trials and triumphs of George Washington and the Continental Army. The reader meets many players in the American Revolution from both sides of 'the pond'.
Previously, I had only read of King George III as a madman, and was surprised to find him pretty reasonable in this account. I learned why the leaders of the British Army and Navy made some costly decisions that, on the surface, appear blundering and foolish, but on closer examination, had merit. I understood why Washington 'crossing the Delaware' is so famous an event. I even learned about William Lee, the slave who served with Washington, always by his side and in the thick of things.
Though the success of the American Revolution depended on many people—and they are given credit here—George Washington is the star of the book. He takes the most ragtag, miserable group of diseased, undisciplined men, who several times flee from battle (you won't read that in your history book!), and wins a war for independence. Success didn't follow a straight line, and many important battles were lost along the way, causing Washington to despair and his second in command (Charles Lee) to privately question Washington's ability to lead.
1776 began so badly for Washington that he wrote to Joseph Reed (an adjunct general):
"I have often thought how much happier I should have been if, instead of accepting of a command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket upon my shoulders and entered the ranks, or, if I could have justified the measure to posterity, and my own conscience, had retired to the back country, and lived in a wigwam."
Reed, along with Charles Lee came to criticize Washington for indecision—which was, as 1776 shows—a valid criticism. But Lee is the worst sort of backstabber. In an encounter that seems like it should have come from a fictional tale of intrigue, Lee wrote a letter to Reed about Washington:
"[I] lament with you that fatal indecision of mind which in war is a much greater disqualification than stupidity or even want of personal courage. Accident may put a decisive blunder in the right, but eternal defeat and miscarriage must attend the men of the best parts if cursed with indecision."
This letter was accidentally delivered to Washington, who opened and read it! Imagine if you were risking your life, your reputation and the future of the colonies for independence and then found out that your 'second in command' guy is doing this behind your back! You'll be surprised to found out what Washington does. (And don't worry, fate will eventually deal with Lee.) Persevering through these kinds of trials points to Washington's greatness. As I read, this story was one of the most memorable in the book because my mind linked it to the stories of some politicians today who whine about being criticized and then throw in the towel (or their job as governor), moving on to write their own scathing criticism of those who don't agree with them. Maybe they should be reading this book instead of having their own screeds ghostwritten.
The other scene that stuck with me was the story of Henry Knox and the movement of cannons from Fort Ticonderoga (New York) to Boston. That's 300 miles in the dead of winter—horrific conditions—with 120,000 pounds of artillery. This was amazing in that it was brilliant and almost impossible at the same time. It's the kind of thing that inspires true admiration. Read it!
December 9, 2009
I've said before that I love this series–The Ranger's Apprentice. This is the sixth book. Will, the ranger's apprentice of the series' title, now has his own fief to protect. It is a cold northern area with little activity–at least in normal times–but it has strategic value as a gateway to Arulen. However, in the fifth book of the series, Will is fooled into trusting treacherous people. Now in book six, when the Castle of Macindaw has been overthrown, Will must save Alyss by recruiting the outcasts of the fiefdom, an apparent wizard, and his old enemies-turned-friends, the Scandians.
Lots of fun and magic tricks! I'm waiting for book seven, which I understand is the last of the series.
December 9, 2009
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
This book was originally published in 1994 and was revised in 2007. I'd been thinking about reading it for a long time, but finally put it on the top of my list when I realized I should be reading more non-fiction because I had little to recommend to you.
And I do recommend this one! It challenged just about everything I learned in my history course (dinosaur days, yeah), and shows that not much has changed in the courses you are taking now—unless your own U. S. History teacher is challenging the textbook by sharing information with alternate points-of-view.
I've tried to have a clearer picture of American history by reading selections from Columbus's journal (now, that was eye-opening—his own words prove him to be a vicious brute) and paying attention to alternate versions of wars and presidential policies. But Loewen tackles treatment of Native American (from Columbus forward) in detail; he dishes the dirt about American policies from the time of the Pilgrims forward. Did you know:
- Christopher Columbus did not discover that the world is round (lots of people already knew this)? He, with the Spanish explorers he brought to the New World, hunted and murdered Indians for sport and dog food? That he had the hands of Indians cut off as punishment for disobeying the Spaniards?
- Plagues had killed off so much of the Native American population before the Pilgrims arrived that those Pilgrims arrived to lands that were already cleared and ready to be populated (i.e., a lot of the hard work of 'settling' was already done)? That Squanto, famous for helping the Pilgrims, was not just an Indian traveler who happened to speak English, but had been enslaved twice by Europeans? That when he finally got home again, his tribe had been wiped out by a plague—probably a good reason for him to align himself with the Europeans?
- That John Brown was not mentally ill and/or deranged?
- That Abraham Lincoln, who was idolized when I was younger, and then demonized as a racist later (at least in some books I've read), was actually deeply thoughtful about race and country—and probably deserves much of the respect he receives (although for reasons more complex than textbooks allow)?
- President Woodrow Wilson (whom I've always thought of as a decent man because of his championing of the League of Nations) was an open racist who removed African Americans from all levels of government?
- Helen Keller was a 'left-wing socialist' who wrote extensively championing the common person?
- That several U. S. history textbooks say the same thing, almost word-for-word, as if they've all been written by one person with one point-of-view? (Unless they are plagiarizing from one another and no one has noticed!)
Lies My Teacher Told Me discusses lots of the stuff history book publishers are afraid to let you know about our history because they are afraid you won't be able to take it—you'll be unoptimistic about your future. (Hum. . .) The thing is—as bad as some these facts are—they are incredibly interesting. Loewen argues that if the facts were in your history books, you'd like the subject a lot more—and people of all ethnic backgrounds as well as both genders would have role model from the past.
There are people who won't like Lies My Teacher Told Me. I read a review on it that stated, "To account for the deplorable situation, [Loewen] offers this quasi-Marxist explanation: 'Perhaps we are all dupes, manipulated by elite white male capitalists who orchestrate how history is written as part of their scheme to perpetuate their own power and privilege at the expense of the rest of us.'" (Gilbert Taylor) These words are taken out of context as Loewen is asking a rhetorical question, and then answers that, no, it's really unlikely that this is the case. Ironically, this is just the kind of 'tweaking' that Loewen is decrying.
Read it. You may be disgusted by the facts, but you'll be fascinated as well.
December 8, 2009
Endgame by Nancy Garden
Here's a new one,and I admit I haven't read it yet, but it intrigues me. Here is the blurb from the book jacket.
A new town, a new school, a new start. That's what fourteen-year-old Gray Wilton believes as he chants, "It's gonna be better, gonna be better here." But it doesn't take long for Gray to realize that nothing's going to change–there are bullies in every school, and he's always their punching bag. Their brutal words, physical abuse, and emotional torture escalate until Gray feels trapped in a world where he has no control, no support systems, and no way out–until the day he enters the halls of Greenford High School with his father's semiautomatic in hand.
December 8, 2009
"Girlfriend Material," "The Waters & the Wild," "The Disreputable History of Frankie Landu-Banks"
I've mentioned before that we purchase books from the Junior Library Guild because they make great choices. Here are recent purchases that looks good:
Excerpted from the Junior Library Guild Reviews:
Girlfriend Material
Kate had been looking forward to a fun summer at home in Utah taking a fiction writing class, playing tennis, and hanging out at her best friend's pool. Instead, she is on her way to Cape Cod with her mother. The only saving grace for Kate is the chance to renew her friendship with Sarah, the daughter of her mom's friends. But two things soon become clear to Kate: Sarah never considered Kate a friend, and Kate's mom isn't just spending time away from her husband; she is considering a divorce. Could anything save this from being the worst summer of Kate's life?
JLG Reviewers Say: Although filled with references to the literary classics Kate adores (Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, and Agatha Christie), Girlfriend Material has all the trappings of a great beach read, including a fast-paced storyline, relatable characters, and a setting one can get lost in. Through Kate, readers are transported to idyllic Dryer's Cove, where well-to-do New Englanders summer in spacious homes situated along the bay. Readers join Kate as she explores her relationships and picturesque surroundings.
The Waters & the Wild
Bee believes she is a changeling. Always feeling somewhat awkward and out of step with other kids her age, Bee finally finds her place in the world when she befriends two other outcasts, one a self-professed alien and another who insists she is a reincarnated slave. Their friendship works a magic that lets Bee feel as if she can do anything—except stop her shadowy double from haunting her.
JLG Reviewers Say: As spiky and otherworldly as Bee herself, Francesca Lia Block's slim novel, The Waters & the Wild, gives readers a visceral sense of the hazards of adolescence through the imagery of magic and fairy tales. With language both ethereal and sparse, Block brings to life the feelings of what it is like to be young and strange with all the energy and immediacy that accompanies it. "And then with the curse, or, in this case, blessing, of the unpopular, the unathletic, the overweight, the strange, they vanished like shadows into the spring night."
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
JLG Reviewers Say: Frankie Landau-Banks, a sophomore at the prestigious Alabaster Preparatory Academy, thought she had her school's social dynamics figured out. But when she begins dating the gorgeous and witty senior Matthew Livingston and hanging out with his rich, popular friends, Frankie senses there's something that they're not telling her. She soon discovers that they are members of an all-boys secret society. Frankie lets them keep thinking she's just a cute, clueless girl, all the while implementing a plan with a seemingly impossible goal: to take over the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound. A 2009 Printz Honor Book.
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"The Best American Short Stories 2008″
The Best American Short Stories 2008 edited by Salman Rushdie
More great short stories! I had to buy this book for a class I was taking—then I lost the book and bought another one—then I found the first one—so, I donated one of my two copies to the COHS library. I've read many of the stories and they really are the best!
Some stories such as "Man and Wife" will shock you by taking as very ordinary situations that are taboo. Others speak to the difficulties of growing up, such as "Virgins." Still others deal with the supernatural as a part of ordinary life as in "Vampires in the Lemon Grove." (By the way, the author of "Vampires in the Lemon Grove"—Karen Russell—also has a great short story in the 2007 Best book—about girls raised by werewolves. You'll love both of these stories!)
If your teacher assigns short story reading—or if you just like to read them—you can't go wrong with this volume. In addition, if you are an emerging author yourself, you may like the contributors' notes at the end, in which the authors discuss the inspiration for writing the story.
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"The Worst Hard Time"
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Here's another book I enjoyed reading while I was looking for non-fiction I thought you'd like. The Worst Hard Time is about the Dust Bowl—the southern Great Plains, particularly the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and Kansas—during the Great Depression.
I think you'll like it just because it's hard to believe the sheer enormity of the Dust Bowl—the idea that dust storms could roll in like 10,000-foot high mountains and suffocate all the farm animals (and people stuck outside) in their paths. That people could lock themselves inside on a regular basis and tape around all the window and door seams, drape wet sheets over all, and still come out coughing and spitting up black muck, could die of the 'dust pneumonia' that these "black blizzards" caused. (The animals outside would die because their lungs were so full of dust that they literally suffocated, unable to breathe air.)
Egan tells us many times that the environmental disaster was manmade. Settlers who came in and tore up the grasslands—which had been intact for thousands of years—created the perfect ingredients for a plague of Biblical proportions once a drought came. And 'plague' isn't hyperbole—the loss of farms and livelihoods led to hunger and even starvation. The loss of arable land, the constant streams of dust led to other plagues—of rabbits, clubbed and killed in the thousands in Sunday recreational round-ups; of grasshoppers in the millions, eating everything in their paths; of centipedes crawling through the walls of houses.
It's difficult to imagine how anyone could have managed to stay through years of the dust bowl conditions, but some people did. Egan makes the book interesting by following them from the early days when the land was plowed and wheat was planted through the 1930s when all their dreams were shattered.
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"Queen Bees & Wannabes"
Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman
Although this book is directed to parents of girls, it's a great book for the girls themselves to read (as it is for anyone who deals with girls such as teachers and counselors). It is the basis for the movie Mean Girls; in fact, the Queen Bees in the book are sometimes referred to as the RMG (Really Mean Girls).
I'm afraid that the introduction to the book—in which Wiseman establishes her credentials as someone who is a natural to author such a book (she's spent years teaching classes for girl and started Empower, an organization for girls)—will be a bit off-putting. But keep reading. You'll recognize yourself and your friends (both true friends and those that you are afraid will ostracize you). You'll recognize the roles that girls play in their cliques (although they many not call them cliques)—The Queen Bee, the Sidekick, the Wannabes, the Messenger, the Banker, the Torn Bystanders, the Target. And you'll get a lot of good advice about how to navigate these shark-filled waters of teen girlhood, about recognizing the patterns of behavior in cliques.
Wiseman also discusses boys, boyfriends, parties, drugs, sexuality, and homosexuality. She also has a chapter on the roles of guys in their cliques (again, they'd never use the word 'clique,' even though that's what they are). She shows how easily something can go wrong for a girl, wrecking her reputation or putting her on the bottom of the social ladder. She quotes many teen girls and points to parenting styles that work and don't work. (The best style of parenting teens is "The Loving-Hard-Ass Parent.") Finally, she talks about getting professional help for girls when it is needed.
I picked this book because I wanted to read some non-fiction that I might, in turn, recommend to you. It's amazing how quickly it brought me back to the days of Queen Bees and the struggles to be happy when the RMG's are calling all the shots, deciding who they will invite to parties, who will be able to sit with them in the cafeteria, who will be the Target and isolated at any particular time. The good news is that the social hierarchy of teen girls loses all power in adulthood. It's very rare to find an adult Queen Bee, and if you do, you'll probably be able to ignore her. But in the meantime, Queen Bees and Wannabes will help you to stand up for yourself without leaving you to stand alone.Navigate here
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THE LOW ROAD - Chris Womersley
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From the book: A young petty criminal, Lee, wakes in a seedy motel with a bullet in his side and a suitcase of stolen money, his memory hazy as to how he got there. Soon he meets Wild, a doctor who is escaping his own disastrous life and the two men set out for the safety of the countryside.
As they flee the city, the develop an uneasy intimacy, inevitably revisiting their pasts even as they desperately seek to evade them. Lee is haunted by a brief stint in jail, while Wild is on the run from the legacy of medical malpractice. But Lee and Wild are not alone: they are pursued through an increasingly alien and gothic landscape by the ageing gangster Josef, who must retrieve the stolen money and deal with Lee to ensure his own survival. Ultimately, all three men are forced to confront the parts of themselves they sought to outrun.
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Bleak, stark, pitiless, violent, hypnotic and strangely satisfying was my immediate reaction to THE LOW ROAD, and interestingly it's staying with me for quite a while after I've finished it. Mind you, THE LOW ROAD is not by any means an easy or enjoyable book.
Bleak - well the landscape in which the book takes place could be any dirty, grimy, lost city and the despairing suburbs. In fact it's very very hard to tell where the book is actually set until very late in the finale, so it could be New York, Stockholm, Sydney, anywhere really. Not only is the landscape bleak, the characterisations are bleak - there's nobody much in this book who, on first reading, seems much like anybody you'd want to know. Lee's just another pathetic little gangster - shot in the process of pinching something that doesn't belong to him - who could possibly care what happens to him. Wild is a drug-addicted, suspended General Practitioner - self-loathing and self-justification in equal parts.
Stark in that there's an honesty to these characterisations that is searing - everybody's stripped back to the bare essentials of who they are.
Pitiless in that Womersley lays out the stories of these characters without asking for understanding, pity, sympathy or acceptance for who they are or the situation they are in - and yet....
Violence is implicit in most of the moves that the 3 characters make - they intimidate, kill, demand their way ahead to their ultimate goals. Even in attempting kindness there is a violence in their approach which is startling and very confronting.
Hypnotic in that despite all of the previous components you just can't put THE LOW ROAD down.
Strangely satisfying in that the main characters slowly reveal their human frailties and you can't help but feel a connection - despite their intrinsic awfulness - to people who have placed themselves into their respective positions, but perhaps, just perhaps, there's reasons why we all do what we do.
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Today's Meditation
Read Esther 4:12-17
Who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?
- Esther 4:14 (NIV)
Esther faced a difficult, lifethreatening decision. She could decide to insert herself into the situation of her people, or she could stand aside. Mordecai told her, "If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance . . . will arise from another place" (v. 14). Esther chose to be an instrument of God. If she had not made that decision, however, God could have worked in another way, through another person.
Even today, I might be called on by God just as Esther was. It is unlikely that I will be asked to intervene for a nation, but I might be called on to serve God in a way that is just as scary to me. I know that God is working all around us every day, and I want to be ready to step up to the task if God needs me. I don't want to remain silent. I don't want God to have to work in another way. If God chooses me, I want to be ready--at all times.
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Among the American Tonalists, Charles Melville Dewey expressed a depth of refinement and glittering nuance that drew extensive praise from his contemporaries. With technical finesse and deep feeling, Dewey endowed the Tonalist style of landscape painting with classic form. He painted many bucolic scenes of Long Island, but by the first decade of the 20th century, he was considered a master of the nocturne or moonlight picture, then en vogue thanks to James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Ralph Albert Blakelock, and Albert Pinkham Ryder. The artist's dazzling brush work, akin to that of his friend John Singer Sargent, weaved dream imagery and symbolic form in the shapes of expressive trees and hazy atmosphere. Dewey could be quiet or expressive in his paint handling, which allowed him to transform intimate out-of-the-way landscapes into scenes of dramatic wonder, full of elegiac ambiguity.
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Former Speaker O'Brien appeals dismissal of 'robo-call' suit against NHDP Chair BuckleyBy JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
January 29. 2013 1:08PM
CONCORD -- Republican former House speaker Bill O'Brien is appealing the recent dismissal of his lawsuit against Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley over "robo-calls" jabbing O'Brien in a 2010 primary election campaign.
O'Brien said he is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court judge's ruling that he lacked standing to sue Buckley for as much as $1.2 million over the prerecorded calls to O'Brien's constituents.
O'Brien said his former attorney in the suit, Chuck Douglas, is no longer representing him. An attorney himself, O'Brien said that since he is no longer Speaker, he has "more time in my life than I did in the past" and will pursue the matter himself.
Buckley said, "It's disappointing that Bill is continuing to waste taxpayer dollars on this frivolous lawsuit."
Added Democratic National Committeewoman Kathy Sullivan, "This may prove the old lawyers' theory that he who represents himself has a fool for a client."
The suit stemmed from O'Brien's attempt in the September 2010 state primary election to have his name appear on the Democratic ballot as well as the GOP ballot in his House race in the Mont Vernon-New Boston area.
After he filed to run on the Republican ballot, O'Brien, a staunch fiscal and social conservative, sent mailers to Democratic voters in his district asking them to write in his name on the Democratic ballot.
The mailers did not identify him as a Republican, but O'Brien said he sent the mailers in the spirit of bipartisanship.
Buckley responded by having automated calls, also known as "robo-calls," placed to 394 Republican homes in O'Brien's district the night before the primary election.
In the calls, tinged with a bit of sarcasm, Buckley said:
"This is state Democratic Chair Ray Buckley calling with the important news that current Republican Bill O'Brien has asked to join the Democratic Party's ticket for the November elections.
"If he succeeds tomorrow, we expect Bill O'Brien will embrace the Democratic Party's platform, support President Barack Obama, national health care reform and stand up for gay marriage, and protect a woman's right to choose and our agenda to move New Hampshire and America forward," Buckley said in the calls.
"Once again, we wanted you to know before you vote tomorrow that Bill O'Brien has asked to join the Democratic ticket and our progressive agenda," Buckley said.
O'Brien, who appeared only on the Republican ballot in the general election, quickly filed a complaint against Buckley with the Attorney General's office.
He charged Buckley and the Democratic Party violated state law because the call script contained no specific legally-required disclaimer that the Democratic Party had paid for the call.
The Attorney General agreed, and in August 2011, the Democratic Party signed a consent agreement under which it paid $5,000. Under the agreement, however, neither Buckley nor the Democratic Party admitted to wrongdoing.
Buckley said it was clear from the script of the calls who paid for them, but rather than continue to fight the matter, he said, he and the party decided to make the payment and move on.
However, the consent agreement led O'Brien to exercise his right under state election laws to sue for actual damages or for $1,000, whichever is more, over pre-recorded campaign calls that violate the law.
In a case of a "willful or knowing violation," the law allows for treble damages, meaning O'Brien could have been eligible for as much as $1.18 million had the court found in his favor.
But the case never went to trial because several weeks ago, Superior Court Judge David Garfunkel granted Buckley's motion to dismiss the case, finding that O'Brien lacked standing to bring the suit.
Garfunkel found that O'Brien, although the subject of the call, was not an "injured party" under the law that governs prerecorded political messages.
The judge wrote in a seven-page ruling that the law specifies that the involved parties in such calls are only the person delivering the telephone message and the person receiving the message.
"The statue does not mention persons who are the subject matter of the phone call and places conditions only upon the person delivering the message," the judge wrote.
"Accordingly," the judge wrote, "because (O'Brien) has not alleged that he received a phone call from the defendants, he lacks standing to assert a cause of action.
"Because the court finds that (O'Brien) does not have standing to bring his lawsuit, it grants the (Democratic Party) motion and dismisses the lawsuit."
O'Brien said Tuesday he disagreed with the judge's ruling and has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court.
"There hasn't been any case law under the statute," O'Brien said, "and my opinion is that if you set out by violating the statute to injure a political candidate, the political candidate can identify himself as an injured party and claim damages."
O'Brien said that while he decided to pursue the appeal himself, if it is remanded to the Superior Court by the Supreme Court, Douglas may try the case on his behalf.


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12:00 amPBS NewsHour [#10519H] Syria Update * Fiscal Cliff * Medicare Eligibility * Addiction * Afghanistan/Pakistan Envoy duration 56:46 STEREO TVRE
1:00 amDownton Abbey Revisited In this riveting special, savor great moments from the series' first two seasons, along with cast interviews, rare behind-the-scenes footage and a sneak peek at what's in store for the Crawleys as they enter the Roaring Twenties. What will become of Bates? What new mischief will villainous footman Thomas and scheming lady's maid O'Brien instigate? Will wedding bells finally ring? And how will the formidable Dowager Countess (Dame Maggie Smith) handle the arrival of Lady Grantham's American mother (Shirley MacLaine)? duration 51:23 STEREO TVG
2:30 amTenors: Lead with Your Heart, The The Tenors, a group formed in Canada, have traveled the world since 2008. From Johannesburg to Shanghai, London to Los Angeles, they have inspired millions of music lovers with their rich harmonies, addictive charm and powerful songs. Now they're back with a dazzling concert which takes place in the breathtaking 2050 seat Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center. They perform all new music from their second album, Lead With Your Heart.
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4:00 am3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D. [#1B] This program directly addresses the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America. Over 65% of Americans are overweight or obese - and that number is growing just like our waistlines! Dr. Joel Fuhrman's revolutionary health plan is not about will power, it is about knowledge. It offers a healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding weight quickly and reclaiming the vitality and good health we all deserve. duration 1:55:52 STEREO TVG
6:00 amZoboomafoo [#128] Horses A young Belgian colt follows a trail of oats that Chris unwittingly left in his wake as he and Martin carried food supplies to Animal Junction. The appearance of the colt and then his mother gets Chris, Martin and Zoboo talking about horsetails, hooves and different breeds of horses. Jackie tells the guys that she's helping horses by cleaning up their meadow. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
6:30 amRaggs [#204H] Love Its Puppy Love Day (Valentine's Day) and Razzles wants to find an extra special way to show her friends how much she loves them. All the dogs explore different ways to express love for their friends. < br />Pido loves his new surfboard so much he does everything with it, except surfing. But when he accidentally breaks it, the other pups show Pido the best way to love a surfboard is to actually use it to catch a wave. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
7:00 amSesame Street [#4310H] Afraid of the Bark Elmo and Zoe are playing a game with Zoe's pet rock, Rocco. When it's Elmo's turn to roll Rocco, he rolls him all the way to Barkley the dog, who picks him up and plays with him in his mouth. Bob gives Rocco back to Zoe and explains that Barkley just thought they were playing fetch. Elmo wants to continue playing, but Zoe explains that Rocco doesn't want to play anymore. Just then, she sees Grover with three dogs on leashes, and she becomes frightened. Soon after, a barking dog passes by and Zoe zooms off again. Elmo finally realizes that Zoe must be scared of dogs. When Elmo tells Zoe what he thinks, she says that Rocco is the one afraid of dogs, not her. Elmo offers to help Rocco to not be afraid anymore and introduces Rocco and Zoe to a woman and her dog. At first Zoe is reluctant to meet them, but she becomes more comfortable when she sees that the dog is wearing a tutu just like she is! As soon as the dog barks, though, Zoe runs off again and hides with Rocco. Gina comes upon Zoe and teaches her what to do when she meets a dog. Zoe and Rocco follow these steps to meet Barkley and Zoe becomes more comfortable. She even asks him to sit and give her his paw. Zoe says that she isn't afraid anymore, but corrects herself and says, "Rocco's not afraid anymore." Bob asks if Zoe would like to hold Barkley's leash and she says yes! They take Barkley for a walk and sing together about how much fun it is to walk a dog. duration 58:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
8:00 amWordWorld [#117H] Superhero Sheep/Pirate Ship * Superhero Sheep: Sheep becomes Word World's first superhero, saving the day with the letter "S"! Duck is eager to be her trusty sidekick, but Sheep repeatedly points out that "superheroes don't need help." But Sheep learns that everyone needs help sometimes when she gets stuck on top of Pig's barn and it's up to Duck to save her.
* Pirate Ship: While playing on the beach, Sheep, Duck and Shark find a message in a bottle. It's one of several rhyming clues that will lead them to a special treasure! Like hearty pirates, the trio follows the clues and rhyme their way across the sea-if only they had a ship! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
8:30 amDaniel Tiger's Neighborhood [#109H] A Trip To The Enchanted Garden/A Trip To The Crayon Factory * A Trip to the Enchanted Garden - The Tiger family is making strawberry pancakes for breakfast this morning, but when Mom looks more closely in the kitchen, she realizes there are no more strawberries left. They all head to the Enchanted Garden, where Mom Tiger shows Daniel the strawberry patch. Daniel is very curious, and learns that if he looks closely, he may be able to answer his own questions about how strawberries grow and learn something new
* A Trip to the Crayon Factory - Daniel Tiger, Miss Elaina, and Katerina Kittycat take a fun trip to the factory to see how crayons are made but, O the Owl can't come because he's sick. At the factory, the kids watch the crayons being made, and Daniel looks and listens closely. Daniel has an idea to take pictures at the factory and give them to O at the end of the day, so that O can learn about crayons too! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
9:00 amCaillou [#405] Imagine! Today, Caillou discovers something inside him that makes ordinary things fun: imagination! Unable to fly his kite on a windless day, Caillou stares at the clouds and finds they're really wagons, balloons and dinosaurs, if you look at them just right. When rain grounds his kite another day, Caillou and Dad turn the living room into a pirate ship. Just like his Daddy, Caillou loves anything to do with cars, so he's very happy when Dad asks him to help wash the family car. And while he sits in the car, he imagines he's driving a car to the beach. It's also fun playing with his friend George, who no one can see but Caillou. Later, Caillou, Rosie and Julie the baby-sitter travel to all sorts of pretend far away places. Among them are the desert with its camel and oasis, the big mountain they climb and finally the river and waterfalls in the steamy tropical forest. duration 28:55 STEREO TVY
9:30 amSid the Science Kid [#131] Sid's Rainy Play Date Sid is supposed to have a playdate outside, but the forecast calls for rain! Sid isn't too happy and wonders if the rain knew he wanted to play outside? At school, Sid and his friends discover that rain actually comes from rain clouds! They also learn that rain is really important because it helps living things grow. duration 28:55 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
10:00 amCurious George [#702H] We Otter Be Friends/Sir George and the Dragon * We Otter Be Friends - After an otter swims away with Mr. Quint's boat keys, a stranded George tries everything he can to retrieve them. But the otter is a faster swimmer, a quicker runner, and a better hider than George. Can George out-otter the otter and get the keys back?
* Sir George and the Dragon - George is starring in his first play. Under the hot stage lights, George falls asleep and dreams he's a guarding a medieval castle! Can the clever monkey figure out how to keep Dragon Charkie out of the castle and be the hero of the play? duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
10:30 amCat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! [#106H] Dress Up Day/Bathtime * Dress Up Day - Nick and Sally are playing dress up, but oh no! Sally's princess dress has torn, and mom doesn't have any silk thread to fix it. Cat takes them to his good friend Mindy, the silk caterpillar. Mindy shows them how she makes silk. Sally uses the silk thread to fix her swirly twirly princess dress!
* Bathtime - Nick and Sally have been playing in the mud, and now they need to get clean! The Cat in the Hat knows some friends who have some very wonderful ways to bathe! In Bana Bana Savanah, they meet three different animals who all keep clean in very different ways. Even though it was fun to try bathing how the animals do, Sally and Nick decide that good old soap and water works best for them! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
11:00 amClifford's Puppy Days [#206] Clifford The Scary Puppy/Things That Go Bump Clifford the Scary Puppy: Evan goes a little too far when he's playing spooky tricks on the kids, until Clifford accidentally gives him a good scare. Things That Go Bump: There's a costume camp out party in the courtyardon Halloween night. Everyone drifts off to sleep but Clifford, who's too spooked by unfamiliar sounds to close his eyes. Norville comes to his rescue, and together, they nervously uncover that the "things that go bump" are only frightening in their imaginations. duration 28:55 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
11:30 amClifford The Big Red Dog [#103] Birdy Makes Three/Home Is Where The Fun Is And Birdy Makes Three - When Emily finds a baby bird, she decides to take care of it until it learns to fly. Clifford learns that even when she's busy with other things Emily never stops loving him. Home Is Where the Fun Is - First, Emily feels jealous that Jetta gets to go and see the amazing Titanic Tower in the exciting big city. But she soon learns that there are some pretty amazing things right in her own backyard. duration 28:55 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
12:00 pmSesame Street [#4313H] The Very End of X Big Bird and Snuffy are the hosts of "The Letter of the Day Show" on Sesame Street! The only problem is that the letter they were supposed to introduce and sing about is broken into two straight pieces. Big Bird and Snuffy need help determining which letter it is, so they use the guests on the show as clues. Their first guest is a box, which begins with the letter "B", so they think the letter must be "B". When they try to put the broken pieces of the letter together, however, it does not form a "B". Big Bird and Snuffy realize the letter must have two straight lines. The next guest is wax, so Big Bird and Snuffy think the letter must be "W", but that letter has four straight lines. The next guest is Leela dressed up as a Tyrannosaurs Rex. Big Bird thinks that this has all become too hard because all of the guests start with a different letter - box, wax, and Tyrannosaurs Rex. After he says the words out loud, Snuffy realizes that all of the letters end with the same sound. They figure out that these words don't start with the same letter, but end with the same letter-"X"! Leela helps them cross the two straight lines of the broken letter together and they form the letter "X"! Other guests that end with the letter "X" appear on the show and they all sing a song together! duration 58:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
1:00 pmBarney & Friends [#1119] Gift of the Dinos and a Visit to Santa * Gift of the Dinos: It's Christmas and BJ dreams of getting a new baseball glove to go with his baseball, while Riff hopes for new drumsticks to use his drum. Barney reminds them that Christmas is more than just getting gifts and helps them learn the meaning of Christmas.
* A Visit to Santa: Melanie spends so much time helping her friends at Christmas that she is late writing her own letter to Santa. Barney takes her on a trip to the North Pole to deliver the letter in person. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
1:30 pmCaillou [#318] Caillou's Christmas Caillou Goes Caroling - Caillou goes out caroling for the very first time with Mommy, Daddy, Rosie, Grandpa and Grandma. He finds out caroling is lots of fun - you get to stay up late and surprise your friends with carols, and you even get treats! They finish up the night with a big finale at the seniors' home and Caillou imagines he's really 'dashing through the snow' in a horse and sleigh. A Playschool Party - It's a very special day at playschool as they celebrate the many ways of celebrating the holiday season. The children bring various seasonal objects for show and tell - Caillou brings his Christmas stocking to show. After a potluck feast the children go outside and build a snow fort together. Caillou's Christmas Eve - It's finally Christmas Eve and Caillou just can't wait for nighttime. He's planning to stay up all night to see Santa, but when the time comes he finds this to be a lot harder than he thought it would be. Just as he's dozing off he faintly hears Santa calling out "Merry Christmas!" And in the morning his stocking is full of treats! duration 28:55 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
2:00 pmDaniel Tiger's Neighborhood [#114H] Thank You, Grandpere Tiger!/Neighborhood Thank You Day * Thank You, Grandpere Tiger! - Grandpere Tiger comes to visit, but is only in town for a short while. Daniel is sad that Grandpere can't come to the special Thank You Day celebration later that day. Daniel learns to be thankful for the time they DO have together, and is then surprised when Grandpere appears at the celebration after all!
* Neighborhood Thank You Day - The neighborhood celebrates Thank You Day by putting notes in the Thank You Tree. Daniel has trouble deciding what to put in his note. Then, when a gust of wind blows the notes off of the tree, Mr. McFeely saves the day by catching and delivering everybody's thank you notes! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
2:30 pmThomas & Friends [#708H] Sounds and Smells O the Indignity - Gordon is horrified when Sir Topham Hatt announces that he is to take charge of Whiff's Waste Dump for the day. Gordon arrives at the Waste Dump and decides that the only thing for him to do is to hide when other engines arrive at the dump. Gordon just cannot be seen at such a smelly place! As the day progresses, Gordon hides from Spencer, Diesel and Thomas. As Gordon hides from each engine, the waste trucks get higher and higher and Whiff's Waste Dump becomes smellier and smellier. Sir Topham Hatt arrives with Whiff to a state of chaos. What Gordon didn't know is that the Island Inspector is arriving to view the Waste Dump. Gordon realizes he has been a silly engine! He gets straight to work to clean up the mess, and with Whiff's help, everything is clean and tidy for the Inspector's visit. Pop Goes Thomas - Thomas has to take crates of lemonade to the children's picnic. He goes over bumpy track and a cork pops. Thomas doesn't know what the sound is, only that he likes it. To make it happen again, he goes over more and more bumpy track. All the corks pop, wreaking havoc! Mr. Bubbles the Clown is delayed, the picnic cakes are spoiled, and James has a bump. When Thomas realizes what he has done, he goes back for more lemonade, stopping on the way to pick up more cakes and Mr. Bubbles. He arrives back at the picnic just in time to the cheers of the children. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
3:00 pmCat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! [#105] Flower Power/Snowman's Land Flower Power - Sally's mom has a cold, so Sally wants to pick her some colorful flowers to make her feel better. The Cat in the Hat takes Nick and Sally to the forest of Flora-Fah-Zoom where they meet three different creatures that all depend on flowers to live. Sally decides to make her mother a picture of their adventure in Flora-Fah-Zoom instead of picking a flower that animals need in order to survive. Snowman's Land - Sally and Nick have just finished making a statue of the Cat in the Hat out of snow, but he's starting to melt! Good thing Cat knows where to take the melting snowcat: to the cold and snowy north! In the arctic, the kids skate on a frozen lake, make snow sculptures, and learn that water can freeze and melt when it's cold or warm outside. Because it's getting warmer back home, they leave their snowcat sculpture there so they can come back and visit him! duration 28:55 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
3:30 pmZoboomafoo [#133] Sand A sandstorm has buried Animal Junction in sand, which is perfect for the meerkats, scorpion and camel that stop by for a visit. Zoboo, Chris and Martin explain how each of these creatures is suited for living in a dry, desert climate. Jackie walks along the beach looking for shells, but she doesn't take any with her because some of these shells are homes to the hermit crab. She decides to build a beautiful sand castle for her crab friends instead. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
4:00 pmWild Kratts [#108H] Build It Beaver The Wild Kratts team must lend a hand to help a beaver rebuild its damaged lodge and restore the ecosystem for all the creatures who live there. Science Concepts: Beavers make dams that block the flow of water down a stream. Through building dams, the beaver single-handedly transforms the landscape, creating homes for a variety of wildlife. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
4:30 pmArthur [#1505] To Eat Or Not to Eat/S.W.E.A.T. * To Eat or Not to Eat - A brand new candy bar is in town! But why is it making everyone act so strangely? And what exactly is this ingredient called Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly, anyway? Buster decides to do a little digging into these mystery chemicals before he takes his first bite but he - and all the other kids - may not find the truth appetizing.
* S.W.E.A.T. - It's time for the kids at Lakewood Elementary to take the Stoddard-Wilkins Elementary Aptitude Test, or "S.W.E.A.T." But with anxiety running high, it becomes clear that the kids need to learn some relaxation techniques. Luckily, Mrs. MacGrady is on hand to teach them a thing or two about de-stressing. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
5:00 pmMartha Speaks [#104H] Martha to the Rescue/Martha Camps Out * Martha to the Rescue - Martha is inspired by her favorite show, "Courageous Collie Carlo." Unfortunately, her attempts to become a doggie hero don't quite work out the way she plans. In the end, both Martha and Helen discover they can be courageous when it really matters. Vocabulary - (E) rescue, courageous, danger, protect(ion), hero(ic) (I) save, strong, harm, escape, trouble.
* Martha Camps Out - Ronald finds out that Helen and Alice plan to go camping and warns them about Big Minnie, a mythical monster who lives in the woods. Undeterred, the campers set off. After all, everybody knows Big Minnie's imaginary. Or is she?
* Vocabulary - (E) honorary, brave(ry), earn, merit badge, frighten(ed) (ing), helpful (I) guard, scared, afraid. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
5:30 pmThe Electric Company [#308H] Revenge of the Zeros Upset about their score of zero points in the banana sculpture contest, Danny and Annie decide to ruin Paul the Gorilla's banana festival party that is being held at The Electric Diner. The Electric Company catches on, and does everything they can to stop the pranksters and save the party and preserve Paul's sanity. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
6:00 pmWild Kratts [#138H] Birds of a Feather When Aviva reveals that dancing is just not her thing, Chris and Martin set out in the New Guinea forest to inspire her to give dancing a try by uncovering some of the greatest dancers in the creature world - the Birds of Paradise. They soon find that the male birds use their showy bright feathers and extraordinary dances to display to potential female mates that they are healthy and strong. But when the gang gets caught up in Donita's plan to capture these fashionable birds for her latest clothing line, Aviva must put her dancing skills on the line to save them. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
6:30 pmNightly Business Report [#32008Z] This is the eve of a critical weekend for retailers. Will stores be filled with buyers? Or, just browsers? The answer could decide how this holiday season turns out. NBR's Suzanne Pratt reports from New York. Just in time for the holidays...cheap gasoline...and the prices could keep falling. NBR's Susie Gharib speaks with Again Capital's John Kilduff. And, why a new program to help student loan borrowers cold mean a big win for high earners with graduate degrees. NBR's Sylvia Hall reports from Washington. duration 26:46 STEREO TVRE
7:00 pmDoc Martin [#309Z] Happily Ever After Martin manages to offend the local vicar who is due to conduct Martin and Louisa's wedding ceremony by suggesting he has a drinking problem. In a struggle over a bottle of whisky, the vicar stumbles and fractures his pelvis. As the ambulance takes the vicar to hospital, Martin is left with the dilemma of finding a replacement vicar with just three hours to go to the wedding. With less than an hour to go to the ceremony, pregnant bridesmaid Isobel goes into labor. Martin is summoned by Louisa, and on a windswept hill top above Portwenn he delivers a healthy baby boy. Now it's a race against time for Martin and Louisa to get to the church on time.... duration 47:11 STEREO TVPG
8:00 pmInspector George Gently [#203H] Gently Upside Down A schoolgirl's killing brings Gently into the alien world of pop and media celebrity. duration 1:28:52 STEREO TVG
9:30 pmSherlock Holmes [#210] Wisteria Lodge A baffling and intriguing case for Holmes and Watson at Wisteria Lodge involving a foreign tyrant, an English governess and an unorthodox police inspector. What transpires is a wild-goose chase which tragically ends in murder. duration 51:59 STEREO TVG
10:30 pmAdventures of Sherlock Holmes [#109] Perfect Husband Russell Partridge, a rich and respectable art collector, threatens to kill his wife at nine o'clock on their first wedding anniversary. She doesn't know if she believes him, and Lestrade doesn't either. Holmes takes the threat seriously and is able to thwart an attempt on her life. He also makes a gruesome discovery in a secret hiding place. duration 26:36 TVG
11:00 pmMoyers & Company [#149H] Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities * When it comes to America's economic health, all anyone seems to talk about is the "fiscal cliff," and the perils of our inevitable plunge. But media's favorite metaphor is distracting us from actual and crucial fiscal realities. This week, independent political and economic analysts Bruce Bartlett and Yves Smith join Bill in a discussion that's become as rare as it is necessary - why are Washington insiders talking about the deficit crisis and not the jobs crisis?
Bartlett, former advisor to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, got into hot water with fellow conservatives when he aired concerns about the direction of their ideology and wrote critically of the second George Bush. His most recent book is The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform - Why We Need It, and What It Will Take. Yves Smith, who spent more than 25 years in the financial services industry, is the founder and editor of the popular blog Naked Capitalism, and runs a successful management consulting firm.< br />* Following the conversation, Bill shares his perspective on one of the most corrupt D.C. fixtures - the revolving door between Washington leadership and lobbying. That lucrative pathway ensures that "when push comes to shove, corporate interests will have the upper hand in the close calls that determine public policy... no matter which party is in power."
* Finally on the broadcast, poet and former publishing executive James Autry joins Bill to talk about issues of art and of heart. He shares his poems with Bill and discusses his and his wife Sally's challenging but inspiring experience raising their autistic child. duration 56:46 STEREO TVG
12:00 amPBS NewsHour [#10520H] Connecticut School Shooting * Egypt Update * Shields and Brooks * Dreamers duration 56:46 STEREO TVRE


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Reality TV crew is safely home after Russian ordeal
Stars of "Dangerous Waters", a reality TV show focusing on six individuals riding jet skis around the world, were detained by Russian authorities after crossing the Bering Strait.
"Our goal is to go around the world," Charles Davis of Petersburg Bottled Gas and Dangerous Waters mechanic said. "We tried to go from Seattle to Russia last year and fell short."
This year the crew planned to travel from Nome to Russia and down through Japan but were held in Russia and not allowed to continue.
"We had, what we thought to be the proper paperwork and visa with an invitation," Davis said. "We even hired a professional to make sure all of our documentation was in order."
The papers were expedited and the crew left Nome July 3 and travelled to Wales.
"From Wales we headed to Russia," Davis stated. "We successfully crossed the Bering Strait, and we are the first to cross on Sea-Dos."
Davis explained that the day was a rough one on the water with waves in some spots between Wales and the Diomede Islands peaking at about 10 feet.
"Once we got to the Diomede Islands the waves calmed but then we were going through thick fog," Davis said. "It was an all day ordeal to get across."
Big Diomede Island has a lookout tower for monitoring that part of the border.
"The fact that we got past the island was one of the problems for the Russian authorities," Davis stated. "The fog had settled in and we just went by undetected."
Group leader, Stephen Moll, mapped out the route well before the trip began and the first scheduled stop was to be LaVetrina.
"When Steve Googled the border, part of the area was blurred," Davis said. "But we knew something was there and we needed to get fuel."
The team rode fast onto the beach and were met with a tank.
"We were so happy we made it across, it took us all a little while to see the tank coming toward us," Davis stated. "Stepping onto that beach was like stepping into the Cold War."
He explained that there was a lookout tower that appeared to be about to fall over and rusted spot lights that measured six to eight feet in diameter.
"There were hundreds of barrels along the beach half buried and rusted," Davis said. "It looked like the place had been bombed."
The six to eight armed guards on the tank proceeded to yell at them in Russian.
"We really thought we were in trouble," Davis said. "They were pretty upset that we were there, but the only thing we wanted to convey to them was that we had visas and weren't there illegally."
He explained that the group had come out of the fog onto a KGB military base.
"All of their equipment was very old, all the way down to their flashlights," Davis said. "I remember thinking that it looked like something that belonged in a museum."
One of the Russian guards spoke a little bit of English and the lines of communication were finally open.
"They let us tie up our Sea-Dos and left an armed guard with them," He said. "Then they loaded us onto the tank and hauled us back to the base."
Each of the crew members were questioned. When Moll tried to explain everything, he showed them, on the computer, who they were and what they were doing. Davis said. "They took him then for some intense questioning."
Later, they asked the group to move their water crafts to a safer part of the beach. "They wouldn't let Steve go with us and a guard was sent with us as well," Davis stated. "The guard that came with us rode with me to the new place."
The crew was then taken, with their gear, to a place that reminded them of an old prison.
"They put us up in the gym," Davis said. "But they said we should stay inside for our own safety and armed guards were posted outside our door."
He remembered waking up in the middle of the night and witnessing one of the guards counting them to make sure they were all still there.
"They searched our belongings, but they didn't find everything. We still had our satellite phones on us and we were able to let people know what was happening," Davis stated. "With today's social media, word travelled fast."
Over the next two days this story made the front page of the Moscow Times, New York Times and LA Times.
"They really just wanted us out of there by the time they realized we weren't spies," Davis said. "By the third day they had figured our fines and after they were paid they allowed us to buy fuel."
The crew tried to get the Russian authorities to allow them to continue their trip but Davis explained it would have taken 45 days to acquire the proper documents.
"After six days, we were released and returned to Nome to re-group," Davis said. "We decided to go up the Northwest Passage around Alaska and into Canada."
Davis explained that someday they will go back to Russia and Japan, but from this point they plan to pick up where they stopped in Canada and go up through Greenland, Iceland and hopefully into Europe.
The 10 episodes of Dangerous Waters, Season Two are in production now, but no release date is known at this time.
"This was one of the best adventures of my life," Davis said. "It's a trip I will never forget."


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One hundred years ago this month, C.V. York's construction company started building Jarvis Hall, the first structure to appear on the campus of East Carolina Teachers College.
On Tuesday, July 29,York's grandson, Smedes York, returned to the building to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the original groundbreaking.
Faculty, staff and supporters ofEastCarolinaUniversityattended the ceremony. On display were the historic shovel used to break ground for Jarvis Hall and a photograph documenting the July 29, 1908 event.
"I don't think anybody could have realized then whatEast Carolinawould come to mean to our state," York, chairman of York Properties, said.
York's family is proud of its involvement with ECU. His grandfather's company went on to build four more buildings on campus before moving the business toRaleigh, where it continues today.
Jarvis Hall was named foran East Carolinafounder, Gov. Thomas Jarvis. The governor was present at the 1908 groundbreaking and, according to newspaper reports, did "a more than sufficient job at turning the earth," said ECU Historian John Tucker.
The residence hall was renovated in 1999 and continues to house ECU students.
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Allen Lessels' On Baseball: The journey begins for NH minor leaguers
June 16. 2013 12:03AM
THE journey begins.
The next group of New Hampshire standouts looking to work its way through the minor leagues and ideally up to Major League Baseball gets down to the business of playing for pay this week.
Guys like the University of Maine's Mike Fransoso of Portsmouth and Franklin Pierce University's Kevin McGowan of Nashua and Zach Mathieu of Derry have had a bit of a whirlwind week.
All three had their names called last Saturday in baseball's draft and went to Florida to their organization's spring training headquarters within a few days and by midweek all three had signed.
"It's been wild," McGowan said. "It's been a great experience and I've loved it all."
McGowan, a 6-foot-6 and 215-pound right-handed pitcher, and Mathieu, a 6-foot-7 and 265-pound first baseman, both were drafted and signed into the New York Mets organization. McGowan was picked in the 13th round and Mathieu in the 16th.
Both helped Franklin Pierce to a 37-19 record and into the NCAA Div. II national finals this season as juniors and are passing up their final season of collegiate eligibility.
Fransoso was the America East's Player of the year as a senior and led Maine to a 37-22 record and the league's regular season championship.
Fransoso and McGowan both landed at midweek in the New York-Penn League and their teams start their Single-A baseball seasons on Monday.
Mathieu was still at the Mets' spring training site at Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Saturday.
Drafted in the 27th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Fransoso is with the Jamestown (N.Y.) Jammers and will get on a bus this afternoon for a three and half to four-hour ride to Niles, Ohio, where his team will start a three-game set against Mahoning Valley on Monday night.
McGowan is with the Brooklyn Cyclones, who open the season with three games against the Staten Island Yankees starting on Monday night.
McGowan said he's been told he will likely be a starting pitcher, but the first order of business is to acclimate to a new throwing program and it may be a couple of weeks before he gets into a game.
Fransoso played shortstop in his long first workouts with the Jammers on Friday.
"The scout who signed me (Chris Kline) said they'd probably keep me there until I proved I couldn't do it," Fransoso said.
Fransoso has been proving he can do it throughout his career.
"There used to be a lot of critics," he said. "I was too small: I heard that a lot."
He was 5-foot-5 and about 130 pounds early in high school and by the time he was a senior - and helped Portsmouth High School to a second straight undefeated state championship - he was about 5-foot-9 but still only 150 pounds.
He's 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds and looks forward to bulking up in the offseason when he can concentrate on physical training.
For now, Fransoso will take the same approach that led to Player of the Year honors, four home runs and a team-leading 49 runs batted and a .352 batting average this season and an outstanding career.
"Play the game hard, run everything out and play not dirty, but gritty," Fransoso.
It's gotten him this far.
"It's been the dream since I was a kid," Fransoso said. "My mother found an English journal from fifth grade and everything in it had to do with baseball. What I liked playing. What I wanted to be doing in 10 years. What I wanted to be when I grew up."
Fransoso - along with McGowan and Mathieu and others - is doing it.
"It didn't really sink in until my Dad dropped me off at the airport and I was flying to Bradenton," Fransoso said.
Fransoso and McGowan and their families are looking forward to when their teams come to Lowell, Mass., to take on the Spinners, the New York-Penn League entry of the Red Sox.
"It's about 10 minutes from home," McGowan said. "They can't wait."
Fransoso and the Jammers are at Lowell July 13, 14 and 15.
McGowan's Cyclones hit Lowell on July 23, 24 and 25.

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Southern New Hampshire University pitchers Junior Mendez, a junior, and Jon Massad, a senior, were picked by the Oakland Athletics in the draft and both have signed.
Mendez, who had a 9-3 record and 1.67 earned run average with the Penmen with 133 strikeouts in 97 innings, went in the 16th round and Massad in the 25th. Massad was 6-3 with a 1.46 earned run average this season with 57strikeouts and 14 walks in 80 and one-third innings.

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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats close out a five-game homestand this afternoon at 1:35 against Erie. New Hampshire is due to send right-hander Marcus Stroman (2-1, 4.95 ERA) against righty Warwick Saupold (4-3, 2.56).
The Fisher Cats have Monday off and start a three-game series in Altoona on Tuesday. They are in Harrisburg for three beginning on Friday and return to Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on June 24 to start a seven-game homestand against Reading and Portland.
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A Cleantech VC Who is Unconvinced of Man-Made Climate Change
9 comments:
- Kai Stephan said...
Your argument for a lack of correlations between temp and CO2 levels over millions of years is valid. However, how confident are we in the accuracy calculating temp and CO2 levels millions of years back? I'm not trying to make an argument, but am genuinely curious on how they measure temp and CO2 levels from several million years ago, and more importantly, its validity. Thanks.
- December 18, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Penny Stock blog said...
I think natural gas looks like a terrific bargain here. The price of natural gas is down by 75% over the last 4 years. Theirs an exchange traded note trading under the symbol {GAZ} the note tracks the price of natural gas using futures contracts.
- December 19, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- Mission said...
A few simple reactions:
1) Beware the lure of logical fallacies. You list a Wikipedia list of prominent scientists that reject AGW. Several in the list are not in the field, and some have been discredited. But the fact that there could be 10 or 20 or 30 scientists that question the issue conveniently ignores the fact that they represent an infinitesimal percentage of scientists who are in the field.
2) The focus of this debate ought to be whether or not we do anything about AGW and if so what those measures should be. But we can't even get there in this country because we're still paying attention to the "ideology defines my science" crowd.
3) We've been here before, however the last time something like this happened there was no internet. Take a look at the years leading up to SO2 cap and trade legislation. Same arguments against SO2 mitigation: no scientific consensus; will kill the economy; acid rain is a natural phenomenon and, according to Reagan, why the Smoky Mountains are smoky; and the rise in electricity bills will be catastrophic, especially in this period of a recession. The cast of characters against SO2 mitigation are the same ones you see against CO2 mitigation using the same arguments, except this time they are far more stronger financially and they can whip up the most amazing goofy arguments among the public by fueling conspiratorial socialism paranoia among the extreme right. Yet a republican administration passed SO2 cap and trade in 1986, the legislation continues to be effective today and no economies or utility bills were harmed in the process.
- December 21, 2011 at 9:23 AM
"To claim with certainty that man is causing climate change or to claim there is no risk of anthropogenic climate change are equally incorrect and equally polarizing."
No, they are not equally incorrect. The vast majority of evidence supports the position that man is causing climate change - the real debate is about to what extent, which is difficult to model due to the extreme complexity. I'm not saying there is certainty, but there is a lot of support for the position that humans are changing the climate.
On the other hand, there is very little credible evidence out there that says there is no risk of humans causing climate change. The list you cite of scientists who remain unconvinced by climate change pales in comparison the the list of those who believe sciences supports the position that humans are contributing to climate change.
So, both sides may not be correct, but they are not equally incorrect. One side is suggesting greater certainty than exists, though it is also possible that scientists may be underestimating the warming that humans could be causing. The other side is making an argument that lacks much support - either in terms of peer-reviewed research or percentage of climate scientists who take this view.
- December 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Social WIM said...
Clean tech should happen regardless climate change. It just makes sense from a wide variety of perspectives.
And yet there's much more we can do to improve our understanding of global warming, which includes using better quality atmospheric data (e.g. radio occultation) in forecasting models. The use of better data means better forecast quality, better historic context and greater accuracy in discerning weather causes and forecasting potential effects.
Alas, better discernment doesn't always lead to better decisions, else we'd all have clean tech and the best atmospheric data technologies flying on orbit now instead of legacy industries, antiquated technologies and arrogant incompetence that seems easier to access that contemplative insights and tempered analysis.
Nice post. Thanks!
Rob Hanna
- December 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Maia Nilsson said...
Does it matter whether (we believe) climate change is anthropogenic? Yes, it does. Because our behavior is heavily influenced by our beliefs.
If people believe climate change is caused by human activity (i.e., anthropogenic), they will likely (1) invest heavily in measures designed to protect us from environmental change that is harmful to human civilization; (2) invest heavily in measures designed to profit from the opportunities created by those environmental changes; (3) change their own behavior to mitigate its effect on the collective carbon footprint of the human race and (4) do what they can to change the behavior of their fellow human beings likewise.
If, on the other hand, people do not believe (or aren't convinced) it is anthropogenic, they will seek protection – and profit – from climate change, but they will be less likely to prioritize measures to change human behavior.
And if, as the preponderance of evidence suggests, human behavior is the largest contributor to climate change, the time we spend debating its role now will turn out to be time we didn't have. There will be no time for a course correction. Thus the sense of urgency surrounding the statements of those who are already convinced of anthropogenic climate change and its accelerating pace. You can call them greenies or alarmists. I call them responsible.
- December 28, 2011 at 8:27 AM
THis is much easier than you think ... any high school chem teacher can tell a student here's how carbon dioxide molecules react with oxygen, nitrogen and water molecules. On this level pretty simple. Now multiply that single molecule's effect by hundreds billions of tons vented into the atmosphere over decades ... do the math on probabilities and the odds say what ? This is enough to worry about now.
In the past millions of years, many 'events' have affected the climate ... a major supervolcanic event 50,000 years ago only became known 15 years ago .....and impacted the climate with a cooling period of at least a few hundred years ... how many other as yet undiscovered events have had similar results. The gist is it doesn't matter in regards to what is happening now. Within 100 years we could have gondola service in Houston , Miami, DC, and the big apple .... something totally unthinkable a few years ago ... sealevel rise numbers have jumped with recent melt results ....
- January 4, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Randall "Texrat" Arnold said...
Take CO2 out of the picture, and a lot of your qualms diminish, especially vis-a-vis the Vostok data. To me that graph is beyond compelling and can't be so easily dismissed, especially by coupling the data with standard CO2 dogma.
I think it's safe to say man *contributes* to global climate change BUT that the jury is still out on CO2 specifically.
- February 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- PC Games said...
In the past millions of years, many 'events' have affected the climate ... a major supervolcanic event 50,000 years ago only became known 15 years ago .....and impacted the climate with a cooling period of at least a few hundred years ... how many other as yet undiscovered events have had similar results. The gist is it doesn't matter in regards to what is happening now. Within 100 years we could have gondola service in Houston , Miami, DC, and the big apple .... something totally unthinkable a few years ago ... sealevel rise numbers have jumped with recent melt results ....
- January 28, 2013 at 1:40 AM


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