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After a question arose recently about finding complex eigenvalues of non-symmetric matrices, I wrote this example to show how it can be done with Math::GSL. The current example is called examples/matrix/nonsymmetric_eigen in the Math::GSL source, which will be in the 0.16 Math::GSL release. It uses the gsl_eigen_nonsymmv() function to do all the hard work, the rest is twiddling complex numbers. The documentation for this can be found with perldoc Math::GSL::Eigen or here.(The HTML rendering of the POD needs some work...) You can read the original C documentation for this function here.
It is a well known theorem of linear algebra that symmetric matrices can have only real eigenvalues. Thus it is much easier to find eigenvalues of symmetric matrices because there is no possibility of complex numbers arising. You can do this with Math::MatrixReal, which is written in pure-Perl.
The output of examples/matrix/nonsymmetric_eigen looks like:
Finding eigenvalue/eigenvectors for
[ 0 -1 ]
[ 1 0 ]
u = (0.707106781186547,-0.707106781186547i)
v = (0.707106781186547,0.707106781186547i)
lambda_0 = i
lambda_1 = -i
By the way, sqrt(2)/2 = 0.707106...
I am not quite happy with how long the program is, mainly because I have not written a Perlish interface around Complex Vectors and Matrices yet, so it is all in that script right now. The stringification could be built into the object and therefore reduce the length of that code dramatically.


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Is Katie Hopkins building a career out of being objectionable?
Katie Hopkins first came to the nation's conscience as a contestant on the reality TV show "The Apprentice", even way back then in 2007 her talent for causing raised eyebrows and tut-tutting amongst the chattering classes was quickly established. She famously said of fellow contestant Kristina Grimes – "Kristina is quite frankly too orange to be taken seriously" and of another contestant Adam Hoskins who she claimed over indulged in the odd glass of red wine – "When your best friends are Mr Pinot and Mr Grigio, you want to watch it."
She didn't win the Apprentice, in her words turning down the Sir Alan Sugar's offer, although it was extremely unlikely she ever stood a chance. Rather being a dampener on any ambitions she had, failing to win turned out to be the beginning of her rise to some sort of fame.
Along the way she appeared in "I Am A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, castigated people for naming their children after places, even though she has a child named India, was outspoken on how 'soft' mothers have left us a nation full of obese children, and openly expressed a distaste for ginger-haired children.
Her love of the controversial has meant she has found a niche in the media as the go-to person when you need someone controversial on social issues. Not content with that she is increasingly branching out with her controversial opinions into the world of politics.
She brought her particular brand of rabble rousing to BBC's topical news programme – This Week. Incensed by what she had seen earlier this week on the Channel 4 programme – Benefit Street – she came to do battle with Labour MP and regular pundit on the show, Dianne Abbot.
Despite Dianne's patient attempts to explain to Katie that the bulk of welfare payments are made to pensioners and people who are in work, Katie, not one to have her prepared rant swayed by statistics and considered detailed, ploughed on. She ensured that she used the right words guaranteed to wind up middle England, peppering her ill thought position with repeated mentions of "scroungers", "skivvers" and "work-shy", tried to bait Dianne by being particularly obnoxious and rounding it of with a ridiculous anecdote on how on a recent cruise she took half of the people boasted about how they were claiming benefits.
Just the sort of controversy that producers of bland late night political shows love.

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Alabama's latest championship trophy shattered into pieces Saturday following a major fumble.
After the Crimson Tide's annual A-Day scrimmage, a player's father stumbled on a rug beneath the trophy, knocking the $30,000 crystal award off its display in the Mal Moore Athletic Facility, ESPN reported.
"In 2009 and again this season, Alabama did a great job showing the trophy off to fans," Charley Green, manager of the coaches' trophy, told the Associated Press. "Unfortunately it is fragile."
Mel Pulliam, the spokesman of the American Football Coaches Association, told Bloomberg News that they would work with University of Alabama to put a new one in place as soon as possible.
Alabama won the handmade Waterford Crystal trophy for its 21-0 victory over LSU in the Bowl Championship Series title game this January. Since 1986, AFCA awards a new trophy each year to the winning school.
It's not the first trophy mishap in history: The former Georgia tight end Orson Charles accidentally shattered Florida's 2008 trophy during a recruiting visit. In 2004, Florida State had two trophies stolen, according to CBS News.
Al.com reports that the trophy had been displayed across the state throughout the off-season. On Saturday, hundreds of Alabama fans posed next to it it broke into thousands of pieces.
But the accident could have been prevented. "We use a temporary adhesive called museum gel to keep the crystal from falling off its pegs, Green said. "But we have no way of knowing whether schools use the gel."
Tripping Dad Shatters Alabama's Championship Trophy
The 2012 championship trophy, valued at $30,000, shattered to pieces when a football player's father tripped over a rug.
Alabama's latest championship trophy shattered into pieces Saturday following a major fumble.


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First and foremost, I know that the error "non-static variable 'whatever' cannot be referenced from a static context" has been brought up often, but I think my situation is a little weird.
I have two classes: one called Existing that reads from a file and computes several values, and one called Charts which uses iText to make PDF charts. Charts uses variables from Existing in its process, or, rather, I'm trying to let that be the case.
When I use variables from Existing in my Charts class, I get the "non-static variable in a static environment" error, as expected. I tried removing the static keyword from the method declaration, but that inhibits the production of charts. I tried making another instance of the Existing class and using the object to reference the variables, but the values come out to zero for whatever reason. I've tried making a reference to the Existing class within the generateBarChart() method, but that same method is applied later on, so it can't accept that class.
My question is, are there any other ways to reference the variables in Existing in a static manner?
Thanks in advance and my apologies for the verbosity of my post.


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Starting in the 1980s and culminating in the Kyoto accords of 1997, followed by the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change, international attention has been focused on the dangers of global warming owing to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. In this essay, however, I will argue that humanity faces a much greater danger from the glaciation associated with the next Ice Age, and that the carbon dioxide increases that we have seen during the past two hundred years are not sufficient to avert such glaciation and its associated disruptions to the biosphere and civilization as we know it. Such conflicting considerations have obvious implications for the formulation of public policy regarding human attempts to manage climate changes.
Some terminology: Solar "insolation" is solar radiation measured in watts per square meter at the Earth's surface. It therefore depends on latitude and seasonal atmospheric variations. "Luminosity" of the sun is the total energy that it radiates per second; "irradiance" is the total incident radiant flux measured in watts per square meter (~1367 w/m^2 at the Earth's orbit); solar "variations" refer to changes in the amount of energy radiated by the sun—these are usually, but not always, cyclic in nature, such as the 11 year cycle marked by changes in sunspot number; "albedo" of the Earth is the fraction of incident energy that is reflected (roughly 29%); and "Milankovitch cycles" refer to the periodic changes in the Earth's orbit and tilt that affect solar insolation and are thought to be the principal driver of the ice ages.
During most of the Phanerozoic eon, which began about a half-billion years ago, there were few glacial intervals until the late Pliocene 2.75 million years ago. Beginning at that time, the Earth's climate entered a period of instability with the onset of cyclical ice ages. At first these had a 41,000 year cycle, and about 1 million years ago the period lengthened to 100,000 years, which has continued to the present. Over this period of instability the climate has been extraordinarily sensitive to small forcings,* whether due to Milankovitch cycles, solar variations, aerosols, or albedo variations driven by cosmic rays. The current interglacial has lasted for some ten thousand years—about the duration of past interglacials—and serious policy considerations arise as it nears its likely end. It is extremely unlikely that the current rise in carbon dioxide concentration—some 30% since 1750, and projected further increase over the next few decades—will significantly postpone the next glaciation. Figure 1 shows the representation from Wikipedia [1] of temperature over the Phanerozoic derived from the available proxy data.
Figure 1. Temperature of the Earth over the Phanerozoic eon. Figure from Wikipedia [1].
As can be seen from the figure, interglacial intervals are generally considerably shorter than the glacial ones. On the whole, the Earth for the last 5 million years has been colder than at any time in the last 550 million years, except for a glacial period 300 million years ago. This is despite the increasing luminosity of the Sun over the whole of the Phanerozoic.
The first part of this paper deals with some policy considerations raised by the current interglacial nearing its likely end. This is followed by a discussion of climate stability to changes in solar irradiance, and a probabilistic exploration of whether a decrease in solar activity comparable to the Maunder minimum of the late 17th century (the Little Ice Age) or the Dalton minimum of around 1805 could initiate a new ice age.
Policy Issues
It is known that the carbon dioxide geochemical cycle coupled with the evolution of both the Sun and biota over the Phanerozoic has led to the exceptionally low value of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration that characterizes modern times [2]. These low levels have in turn resulted in the Earth entering a period of instability characterized by the cyclical ice ages of the past 2.75 million years. The present extraordinary sensitivity of climate to small changes in forcing, whether due to Milankovitch cycles affecting insolation, solar variations as occurred during the Little Ice Age, variation in stratospheric aerosols, or cosmic ray driven albedo variations, is a result of the low carbon dioxide concentrations that have remained generally below 500 ppmv beginning some 20 million years ago. Although proxy data show concentrations of this gas occasionally falling below this level previous to 20 million years ago, the average was above [3]. The glacial period centered around 300 Myr in the past was perhaps an exception.
The current inter-glacial period has lasted for some ten thousand years, comparable to the length of past inter-glacials. While policy considerations over the last couple of decades have concentrated on potential effects of rising temperatures—due, it is believed by many, to the increase in carbon dioxide concentrations from anthropogenic sources—these concentrations are quite low relative to those during times of climate stability that include most of the Phanerozoic. Even if all the temperature increase over the last century is attributable to human activities, a doubtful proposition at best, the rise has been a relatively modest 0.7 oC, a value within natural variations over the last few millennia. During the Holocene Maximum extending from some 7,000 years before the present (BP) until 4,000 Yr BP, the temperature was about 1.3 oC warmer than the 20th century; during the Medieval Maximum, that lasted from 1000 AD to 1400 AD, the temperature was 0.6-0.7 oC warmer than the 20th century. Thus, while an enduring temperature rise of similar magnitude over the next century would cause humanity to face some changes that would undoubtedly be within our spectrum of adaptability (we have done so in the past), entering a new ice age would be catastrophic for the preservation of modern civilization. One has only to look at maps showing the extent of the glaciation during the last ice age to understand what a return to ice age conditions would mean. Even if the transition took centuries, the historical records of the Little Ice Age of the late 17th century make it clear that life would become increasingly difficult even in the early stages [4].
Over the near term, NASA maintains that Solar Cycle 25, peaking around 2022, could be one of the weakest in the last three centuries [5]. The sunspot minima around this time will be comparable to the Dalton Minima around 1805, and could cause a very significant cooling (see Fig. 2 and compare this period to that of The Little Ice Age of the late 17th century).
There has been much speculation in both the scientific and popular literature that increased warming as a consequence of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions could lead to an increased flow of fresh water into the north Atlantic that would shut down the thermohaline circulation, known alternately as the meridional overturning circulation or the Atlantic heat conveyor [6]. This in turn, it is argued, could initiate a new ice age in Europe. There are two major misconceptions behind such speculation: First, the Gulf Stream is not responsible for the transport of most of the heat that gives Europe its mild climate [7]; and while the shut down of the thermohaline circulation does appear to play an important role in the dramatic drop in temperature due to Heinrich and Dansgaard-Oeschger events [8], such shutdowns can only occur during an ice age. Indeed, Broecker [9], who first linked the thermohaline circulation to the ice ages, now discounts the fear that a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation could trigger an ice age. He has pointed out that for that scenario to work feedback amplification from extensive sea ice is required [10]. The possibility that global warming could trigger an ice age through shutdown of the thermohaline circulation may therefore be discounted.
Given that the real danger facing humanity is a return to a new ice age, it makes sense to ask what concentration of carbon dioxide would be adequate to stabilize climate so as to extend the current inter-glacial indefinitely. Some idea of the range of concentrations needed can be had from the work of Royer [3] who found that over the Phanerozoic consistent levels of carbon dioxide below 500 ppmv are associated with the two glaciations of greatest duration—those that occurred during the Permo-Carboniferous some 300 Myr ago and the Cenozoic, within which we are now living. Cool climates were found to be associated with carbon dioxide concentrations below 1000 ppmv, while no cool periods were associated with concentrations above 1000 ppmv.
Some support for the idea that moderately increased carbon dioxide concentrations could extend the current interglacial period comes from the work of Berger and Lautre [11]. Working with projections of June insolation at 65 oN as affected by Milankovitch variations over the coming 130 kyr, they used a 2-dimensional climate model to show that moderately increased carbon dioxide concentrations, coupled with the small amplitude of future variations in insolation, could extend the current interglacial by some 50 kyr. The insolation variations expected over the next 50 kyr are exceptionally small and occur only infrequently, the last time being some 400 kyr in the past. They also found that a carbon dioxide concentration of 750 ppmv would not extend the interglacial beyond the next 50 kyr. In addition, concentrations of less than 220 ppmv would terminate the current interglacial.
One should not, however, take these carbon dioxide concentrations as the last word. The sensitivity of the climate to a doubling of carbon dioxide concentration could be in error. The change in forcing due to a change in carbon dioxide concentration is given by
ΔF = α ln(C/C0) w/m2,
where C0 and C are the initial and final carbon dioxide concentrations. Since 1990, the estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the coefficient α changed by 15% (Δα/α = 0.15) and "implicitly include[s] the radiative effects of global mean cloud cover" [12], and estimates of the radiative effect of clouds are quite uncertain. If the actual sensitivity is significantly lower than current estimates, that would elevate the concentration of carbon dioxide needed to extend the current interglacial.
IPCC projections for carbon dioxide concentrations by the year 2100 depend on projections of social and industrial development in countries with large populations that currently consume small amounts of energy per capita. The highest concentrations projected are about 1100 ppmv. This projection could be exceeded, however, if development in China and India accelerates and if other underdeveloped nations are able to overcome current impediments to modernization.
Even if development continues along its current trajectory, carbon dioxide concentrations are almost certain to fall in the range of 500-1000 ppmv over the next century. This is because there are very good reasons to be pessimistic about current approaches to limiting carbon dioxide emissions—they are simply not realistic, instead being the result of political rather than scientific considerations. This is an observation, not a criticism, since the current approach may be the best that is possible given existing international relationships and law, along with other aspects of political reality.
Two examples regarding fossil fuels may suffice to illustrate realistic constraints on curtailment of their use. First consider oil. Its use in industry is widespread for a variety of purposes in addition to energy production, but it will be irreplaceable in the transportation sector for decades. Apart from niche applications for other fuels, there are simply no good alternatives that are economically and politically viable. Some may be tempted to believe that the use of oil will be self-limiting, forcing the use of alternative fuels. This point of view is based on the claims of "peak oil" theorists. Such claims, however, show a misunderstanding of the meaning of "oil reserves". These reserves depend on price and are not a direct measure of the amount of oil physically available in the ground. There is plenty of oil, perhaps as much as the 7200 billion barrels estimated by ExxonMobil, but these reserves cannot be brought to market as cheaply as oil from the Persian Gulf, and the economics of oil dictates that cheaper oil will be used first. Moreover, these sources cannot begin production immediately; there is a ramp up period of years. If the phasing-in of such reserves does not match the decline of current oilfields, rising prices and conflict over resources are inevitable. In the end the oil will become available.
The argument that biofuels could replace oil is worth discussing. While the substitution of biofuels in the transportation sector appears at first blush promising, it has the severe handicap of competing with food production. Extensive development without careful planning is likely to raise the cost of food and other agricultural products much more than it already has. Nor is it clear how planning could be done without interfering with the market mechanisms needed for efficient production—existing subsidies have already had this effect.
There are other problems. One attractive choice for biodiesel fuel is rapeseed oil, but to produce enough biodiesel from this source to fuel the country would require some 1.4 billion acres. For comparison, the U.S. now has only 400 million acres under cultivation. In addition, there is the fresh water, already in short supply, and the fertilizer needed for this increased cultivation. Even if cellulose can be used as a feedstock, biofuels based on agriculture are unlikely to replace oil any time soon.
Another example is electricity. In the United States, about 40% of the carbon dioxide emissions are from the burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity. Projections by the International Energy Agency and the Energy Information Administration indicate that alternative sources of electricity such as solar and wind have no possibility of being able to displace this use of fossil fuels any time soon, if ever. The choice is between coal and nuclear, and the latter, while currently undergoing a limited renaissance, is beset by political obstacles, one of which is the prevalent concern about waste disposal. This concern, however, is also political [13].
Nevertheless, there is only one practical way known today to stabilizing carbon dioxide concentrations over the next few centuries: nuclear power coupled with the long-term development of a hydrogen economy based on nuclear energy. A hydrogen economy does not necessarily mean that nuclear generated hydrogen is burned directly; the hydrogen may be used in the production of liquid fuels, should it turn out that such fuels are the most efficient and economical means for storage and distribution. But other than the current feeble attempts to implement a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, this is not even on the international agenda.
Unless the international approach to stabilizing carbon dioxide concentrations changes dramatically, the world will continue to depend on fossil fuels for generations to come, and the burning of such vast quantities of fossil fuels is bound to have a serious environmental impact. The developed world cannot legislate how the developing world will use these fuels, and history has shown that commercialization will likely be at the lowest cost to the producer with the concomitant release of vast quantities of pollutants as well as carbon dioxide. China is a perfect contemporary example. Yet if the grinding poverty that most people in the developing world must live under today is to end through development along the Western model—and no alternative model has been shown to be viable—the required energy has to come from somewhere.
Resolving these issues is far beyond the purview of the IPCC. But that United Nations organization could have an important role in the future. The IPCC and the climatology community in general should devote far more effort to determining the optimal range of carbon dioxide concentrations that will stabilize the climate and extend the current interglacial period indefinitely.
Climate sensitivity
A measure of climate sensitivity is the predicted rise in temperature due to a doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration. Climate models give broad probability distributions in temperature for such a doubling, with small but finite probabilities of large increases. Roe and Baker [14] have shown that the breadth of these distributions is due to the nature of the climate system. They also showed that the probability distributions associated with such projections are relatively insensitive to decreases in the uncertainties associated with the underlying climate processes. The approach they used was the standard feedback analysis employed for many purposes including electronic feedback-amplifier theory.
Their approach is also applicable to other perturbations of the climate system besides changes in carbon dioxide concentration. The same methodology will be used here to look at the response of climate to a decrease in solar irradiance comparable to that of the Little Ice Age (LIA). In this case one also finds that there is a small probability of a large decrease in temperature that could initiate another Ice Age. The results are best summarized in the figure shown at the end of this section.
For a change in radiative forcing, the equilibrium change in global temperature, ΔT, is ΔT = λΔRf, where λ is the climate sensitivity and Rf is the change in radiative forcing, which—for the case being considered here—could be due to a change in solar irradiance or the Earth's albedo. In the absence of feedback processes, it is generally assumed that the reference climate sensitivity is λ0 = 0.3 oCw-1m2.
The best data available on total solar irradiance from 1600 to 2000 were given in 2001 by the IPCC in Fig. 6.5 of their report Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. They gave the change in solar irradiance between the LIA and around the year 1850 (after the LIA) as about 1.75 w/m2. The 2007 IPCC report rescaled this data by a factor of 0.27 based on the work of Yang, et al. [15]. The figure from the 2001 IPCC report is shown below.
Figure 2: Reconstructions of total solar irradiance (TSI) by Lean et al. (1995, solid red curve), Hoyt and Schatten (1993, data updated by the authors to 1999, solid black curve), Solanki and Fligge (1998, dotted blue curves), and Lockwood and Stamper (1999, heavy dash-dot green curve); the grey curve shows group sunspot numbers (Hoyt and Schatten, 1998) scaled to Nimbus-7 observations for 1979 to 1993. [Fig. 6.5 and caption from Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis] (Color on-line)
The updated estimate by Yang, et al., gives a model-dependent average increase in total solar irradiance from the Maunder minimum (the time of the LIA) to an average around 1850 as being about 0.7 w/m2. Using this value in the methodology developed below, however, yields unreasonable values for the total climate feedback in response to a change of solar irradiance. For this reason, an intermediate value of 1 w/m2 will be used here. This more conservative approach reduces the sensitivity of climate to changes in solar forcing. A decrease in solar irradiance of 1 w/m2 corresponds to a decrease in solar forcing of 0.178 w/m2.
The equilibrium change in temperature, ΔT0, due to a change in solar irradiance of 1 w/m2 is then ΔT0 = λ0ΔRf = (0.3 oCw-1m2) X (0.178 w/m2) = 0.053 oC. This is without any feedbacks from the climate system. Such feedbacks will affect the forcing, which in turn modifies ΔT. Along with Roe and Baker, it is assumed here that the functional relation is ΔT = λ0(ΔRf + c ΔT), where c is a constant. Let the total feedback factor, including feedbacks from multiple underlying climate processes, be defined as f = λ0c. Then one may express the latter functional relation as
A model-independent estimate of the climate sensitivity, including all feedbacks, to a change in solar irradiance can be calculated from data from the LIA. This in turn allows the feedback factor f to be calculated from the above formula.
The average global reduction in temperature during the LIA is generally accepted to be about 0.4 oC. If the reduction in solar irradiance for the LIA is 1 w/m2, the change in forcing as given above is 0.178 w/m2, and therefore the climate sensitivity, including all feedbacks, is
Using the previous equation, this gives a value for f of f = 0.867. If the rescaled change in solar irradiance of 0.7 w/m2 were used, the result would be f = 0.9; alternatively, if the original un-rescaled data were used from Fig. 2, corresponding to a change in solar irradiance of 1.75 w/m2 for the period of interest, the resulting feedback would be 0.77. These are large feedback values compared to the mean value for carbon dioxide given by Roe and Baker as 0.65 (0.42 ≤ f ≤ 0.73).
Such a large feedback factor goes a long way towards explaining the extraordinary sensitivity of the climate system to small changes in forcing due to changes in solar irradiance, albedo, or insolation changes caused by Milankovitch cycles.
There are many uncertainties in the various feedbacks that make up the total feedback factor f. The effects of these uncertainties, following Roe and Baker, will be assumed to result in a normal distribution for f. Its average value will be assumed here to be = 0.867 as determined above, and the standard deviation of f will be chosen to be sf = 0.13, typical—according to Roe and Baker—of feedback studies using global climate models.
The change in temperature as a function of f, given the equilibrium change in temperature, ΔT0 = 0.053 oC due to a change in solar irradiance of 1 w/m2, is then
As f →1, the system approaches an unstable regime. For a decrease in forcing, ΔT0 is negative, and consequently so is ΔT. Because ΔT is not a linear function of f, the distribution for ΔT which, using Roe and Baker's notation is hT(ΔT), is not normal but is obtained in the following way.
The normal distribution for f is given by
Now f can be viewed as a function of ΔT, that is, f = f(ΔT). Taking the derivative of the expression above for ΔT, and multiplying the resulting equation by hf(f) allows one to write
hT(ΔT) is defined by the quantity on its left. Note that hT(ΔT) as defined has the property that as f ® 0 or 1, hT(ΔT) ® 0. Since, from the above,
the distribution hT(ΔT) can be written
Using the expression for the normal distribution hf(f) given above, hT(ΔT) takes its final form
The distributions and their relationships are shown below in Figure 3.
Note that the probable error for the feedback factor, P.E.—defined such that 50% of the data falls between ± P.E., is given by P.E. = 0.6745 sf = 0.0877. Added to this gives 0.95, perilously close to unity.
As pointed out by Roe and Baker, "The basic shape of hT(ΔT) is not an artifact of the analyses or choice of model parameters. It is an inevitable consequence of a system in which the net feedbacks are substantially positive." The long tail of the skewed distribution hT(ΔT) means that there is a not insignificant probability of large changes in temperature in response to relatively small changes in forcing. Keep in mind that the difference between the LIA and current global temperatures is only about 1.1 oC. Will Solar Cycle 25, mentioned earlier and predicted by NASA to be comparable to the Dalton Minimum, be the trigger for a new Ice Age?
Figure 3. The normal distribution hf(f) is shown on the right of the figure, while the distribution hT(ΔT) is on the left. The ordinate, showing temperature, is to be associated with the distribution hT(ΔT), while the abscissa, showing the feedback factor f, with hf(f). The third curve shows ΔT as a function of f. The temperature difference -ΔT0, excludes all feedbacks and corresponds to a decrease in temperature of 0.053 oC due to a drop in solar forcing comparable to the Little Ice Age. The average feedback f = 0.867 intersects the curve for ΔT(f) at a temperature of 0.398 oC. Note that even a 1s positive deviation from the mean in f gives a feedback very close to unity.
A more complete version of this paper is available at: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0801.3830 or a higher resolution version at http://www.gemarsh.com/wp-content/uploads/ClimateStabilityPolicy2.pdf
[2] J.F. Kasting and D.H. Grinspoon, The Faint Young Sun Problem, contained in C.P. Sonett, M.S. Giampapa, and M.S. Matthews, editors, The Sun in Time (University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1991), pp. 447-462; D.O.Gough, Solar Interior Structure and Luminosity, Solar Physics 74, 21-34 (1981); R. A. Berner, A. C. Lasaga, and R. M. Garrels, "The carbonate-silicate geochemical cycle and its effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 100 million years", Am. J. Sci. 283, 641-683 (1983).
[3] D. L. Royer, "CO2-forced climate thresholds during the Phanerozoic", Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70, 5665-5675 (2006).
[4] See, for example, B. W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror (Ballantine Books, New York 1978), Chapt. 2; R. A. Kerr, "The Little Ice Age—Only the Latest Big Chill", Science 284, 2069 (1999).
[5] NASA-Long Range Solar Forecast [http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10may_longrange.htm]. See also: M. A. Clilverd, et al., "Predicting Solar Cycle 24 and beyond", Space Weather 4, S09005, doi:10.1029/2005SW000207 (2006).
[6] See, for example: D. Quadfasel, "The Atlantic heat conveyor slows", Nature 438, 565-566 (2005); Q. Schiermeier, "A Sea Change", Nature 439, 256-260 (2006).
[7] R. Seager, "The Source of Europe's Mild Climate", American Scientist 94, 334-341 (2006); R. Seager, et al., "Is the Gulf Stream responsible for Europe's mild winters?", Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 128, 2563-2586 (2002).
[8] Heinrich events are due to a dramatic reduction or shutdown of the thermohaline circulation due to a large fresh water influx; the circulation recovers when the fresh water influx ends. Dansgaard-Oeschger events have a 1470 year quasi-periodicity due to solar cycles having a period of ~87 years and ~210 years that are in phase every 1470 years [H. Braun, M. Christl, S. Rahmstorf, A. Ganopolski, A. Mangini, C. Kubatzki, K Roth, and B. Kromer, "Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle demonstrated in a coupled model", Nature 438, 208-211 (2005)].
[9] Broecker, W.S., Peteet, D.M. & Rind, D., "Does the ocean−atmosphere system have more than one stable mode of operation?", Nature 315, 21−26 (1985).
[10] B. Goss Levi, "Is there a Slowing in the Atlantic Ocean's Overturning Circulation?", Physics Today (April 2006).
[11] A. Berger and M. F. Loutre, "An Exceptionally Long Interglacial Ahead?", Science 297, 1287-1288 (2002).
[12] J.T. Houghton, G.J. Jenkins and J.H. Ephraums (Editors), Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991), p. 52.
[13] W. H. Hannum, G. E. Marsh, and G. S. Stanford, "Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste", Scientific American (December 2005).
[14] G. H. Roe and M. B. Baker, "Why is Climate Sensitivity So Unpredictable?", Science 318, 629-632 (2007).
[15] Y. M. Yang, J. L. Lean, and N. R. Sheeley, Jr., "Modeling the Sun's Magnetic Field and Irradiance Since 1713", Astrophys. J. 625, 522-538 (2005).
Gerald Marsh is a physicist, retired from Argonne National Laboratory, who has worked and published widely in the areas of science, nuclear power, and foreign affairs. He was a consultant to the Department of Defense on strategic nuclear technology and policy in the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations, and served with the U.S. START (arms control) delegation in Geneva. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. His most recent book is: "The Phantom Defense: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion" (Praeger Press).


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Statement from The Board of Regents on Vistasp Karbhari
Last week, we selected Vistasp Karbhari as the sole finalist for the presidency of The University of Texas at Arlington.
As provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dr. Karbhari is known as an extraordinary and innovative leader. Our initial impression based on the search committee's recommendation and our interviews with him is that he is extremely well suited to lead UT Arlington.
Three years ago, a horrific and tragic event occurred at UAH when a professor opened fire during a faculty meeting, killing three people and wounding three others.
This incident was discussed during the interview process, and Dr. Karbhari was heralded by his university for his leadership during such a critical time. He was described as compassionate, committed to taking care of victims' families and was praised for his ability to steer the campus through one of the most terrible experiences imaginable.
Under Alabama state law, public universities have absolute immunity and cannot be sued. In light of that, attorneys for families of two of the victims filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Dr. Karbhari, as the university's chief academic officer.
While all of the Regents were aware of the shooting incident on campus, not all were aware of the lawsuit at the time Dr. Karbhari was interviewed. As we continue to discuss the lawsuit with Dr. Karbhari and his attorneys, he remains our sole finalist for president at UTA.
We are profoundly grateful to the regents, administrators, faculty and others who served on our search committee and agree with them that Dr. Karbhari is the right person to lead UT Arlington, an innovative and unique academic environment that is a huge source of pride of our entire university system.
Under Texas law, university governing boards must name finalists for a presidency a minimum of 21 days before making an appointment. We will use this time to get to know Dr. Karbhari better and we hope the UT Arlington community will take the opportunity to do so as well. We welcome all feedback on this important decision.


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BarbaraMallires necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 112 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
You will design a logo that is needed for the front cover of a Home Services Directory.
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Desired Color Scheme:
Black & White....However, you may add additional colors (maybe blue and or green?), BUT you must also submit a second Black & White version as well. The logo will be printed on a white glossy card stock...so DO NOT use a BLACK background.
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IMPORTANT...The logo design you create will essentially be the whole cover design and look for the directory....so I think it should be about 4 inches wide by 4 1/2 inches tall....PLEASE LOOK AT THE SAMPLE to get an idea of how the logo (the name and the graphic), take up most of the cover! ...sample....   http://www.homehelperguide.com/
http://www.HomeHelperPages.com is a black and white 6 x 9 inch guide book for home owners. It is sent to all the residents of a city and it is full of listings of local "home service" type businesses that work in a particular city. Businesses such as plumbers, electricians, interior decorators, lawn service, painters, windows, carpentry, general contractors, etc., are all in there. It is a handy referance guide for home owners to use instead of the Yellow Pages.
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- These characters first appear in The Battle of Jericho.
- Beanball by Gene Fehler.
- Last Shot:A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
- Football Genius by Tim Green
- Out of Order by A.M. Jenkins
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- Yellow Flag by Robert Lipsyte
- The Big Field by Mike Lupica
- Dairy Queen: A Novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Slam! by Walter Dean Myers
- Mexican Whiteboy buy Matt de la Pena.
- My Thirteenth Season by Kristi Roberts
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- A fictionalized graphic novel of a real-life sports hero.
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Auckland's new tornado season
Remember when Auckland didn't have a tornado season? Every extreme weather event now makes me wonder if I'm watching the results of global warming occur right in front of my eyes.
I was downtown central Auckland at the bottom of Queen street when it hit. The thing that was amazing was the speed and ferocity of the storm, it went from quiet to full blown horizontal rain in the space of minutes. The noise was incredible and people were genuinely frightened by the ferocity.
The loss of lives and the damage done in West Auckland is terrible.
Climate change caused by man made pollution is warming our planet and that in turn will increase extreme weather events like the one we saw in Auckland yesterday. While most of the right wing NZ blogosphere refuse to accept that climate change is being exacerbated by human pollution, the fruits of their denial are now in full bloom for all to see.


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Topic: WebOS
Apple TV trails behind Roku, other TV platforms in US device sales
07/02/2019, 02:07 pm
The Apple TV ranked low in U.S. sales of streaming TV devices during the March quarter, leaving it nowhere near rivals like Roku or Sony, according to new estimates.
LG acquires webOS from HP to power smart HDTV sets
02/25/2013, 09:02 am
LG on Monday announced it has acquired the webOS operating system from Hewlett-Packard, which it will use to power its next-generation television sets.
Briefly: First Enyo-based iOS app, New Zealand trademark dispute
02/06/2012, 07:02 pm
The first app developed for Apple's iOS using the now open-source Enyo 2.0 framework has hit the App Store, while Apple seeks to bar the trademarking of a mobile device case called the "driPhone" in New Zealand.
Former Apple exec and Palm chief Jon Rubinstein leaves HP
01/27/2012, 12:01 pm
Hewlett-Packard on Friday confirmed that Jon Rubinstein, who came to the company through its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm, has left the company.
64GB iPhone 4S takes 21% of sales, 36% of iPhone buyers come from another platform
01/23/2012, 10:01 am
A new survey of recent iPhone customers found that 21 percent of iPhone 4S buyers chose Apple's highest capacity 64-gigabyte model, while 36 percent of users migrated from another platform like Android, BlackBerry or Palm.
iPhone 4S launch propels surging Apple 20% to close the gap with Android
01/18/2012, 08:01 am
The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Android in December.
HP says it will build new webOS powered tablets by 2013
12/09/2011, 03:12 pm
While stating her company would "bet heavily with Windows [8 tablets]" in the short term, HP chief executive Meg Whitman stated that the company will return to building a webOS tablet by 2013, if not next year.
HP to keep webOS, make available as an undefined open source project
12/09/2011, 02:12 pm
HP has finally outlined its plans for webOS today, stating that it will "contribute the webOS software to the open source community," apparently because it couldn't find a suitable buyer for the platform.
HP CEO rumored to pronounce fate of webOS on Friday
12/08/2011, 11:12 pm
After months of deliberation, Hewlett Packard's new CEO Meg Whitman is rumored to announce the PC maker's plans for webOS on Friday.
HP CEO: Apple likely to take away PC leadership position next year
11/30/2011, 05:11 pm
HP's new chief executive Meg Whitman told journalists Apple was doing "a great job" and that her company's once much smaller rival could likely pass HP to become the world's leading PC maker next year.
HP's Chairman using MacBook Air, may detail webOS plans next week
11/23/2011, 05:11 pm
HP is expected to finally announce a future path for its webOS platform next week, on the heels of an embarrassing PR photo portraying chairman Ray Lane using a MacBook Air at home.
HP considering sale of webOS to 'several' companies including Oracle
11/08/2011, 09:11 am
PC maker HP is said to still be considering the sale of its webOS mobile operating system, though any deal is expected to be less than the $1.2 billion it originally paid to acquire the platform from Palm.
All prospects for an internal HP webOS largely destroyed
10/28/2011, 06:10 pm
HP announced yesterday that it would retain its PC business while deflecting questions about the future of webOS for at least another month, but insiders note that HP has already destroyed the viability of the project moving forward internally, leaving a sale of the group its best hope for survival.
HP to keep PC business, future of webOS still uncertain
10/27/2011, 05:10 pm
Two weeks after calling an internal all hands meeting to discuss the status of its Personal Systems Group making PCs and mobile devices, HP has finally announced it will keep the division rather than spinning it off or selling it.
HP set to decide future of Palm, webOS this week
10/10/2011, 05:10 pm
HP is rumored to have finished the initial bidding process for its webOS unit and will hold an all-hands meeting tomorrow that may reveal its future plans for selling or spinning off the group, according to people familiar with the company's plans.
Rumor: Amazon eyeing purchase of HP's Palm division for webOS Kindles
09/30/2011, 09:09 am
Amazon is said to be considering a purchase of Palm, the smartphone maker now owned by Hewlett-Packard, and its webOS mobile operating system.
IDC: Apple's iPad 2 took market share from Android tablets in Q2 2011
09/14/2011, 10:09 am
Apple's iPad 2 took the lion's share of global tablet shipments in the second quarter of calendar 2011, with a 68.3 percent share, while Android's share of tablets slipped, according to the latest figures from IDC.
HTC eyeing webOS purchase to compete with Apple's iOS
09/12/2011, 11:09 am
Smartphone maker HTC has publicly stated it is considering buying its own mobile operating system platform, with HP's webOS a potential option for acquisition.
HP's confounding call to build more TouchPads likely due to obligations
08/31/2011, 02:08 pm
With Hewlett-Packard estimated to lose $200 for each TouchPad it sells at a fire sale price of $99, the company's head-scratching decision to resume production of the failed tablet is likely a result of agreements made with component suppliers.
Samsung rumored to buy webOS to compete with Apple's iOS, Mac OS X
08/29/2011, 10:08 am
In an effort to more directly compete with Apple's integrated hardware-software approach, Samsung is rumored to be interested in buying webOS from Hewlett-Packard.


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Our Chore BoardI just thought I'd tell you about our new chore system, because it's actually WORKING and working very well, I might add! If you're a parent, you know that with growing kids, the "systems" we put into place become outgrown, almost as fast as they outgrow their clothing! We have to keep up! Let me explain ...
A month or so ago, I lost my long standing part-time cleaning lady to a full-time office job! We were all very sad to see her go as she was perfect in her role of keeping our house as clean as possible with eight spinning tornadoes, one fast-moving busy mama, and one hairy dog under its roof!
This is the first time, since my littles were small, that I've been without someone to clean my house thoroughly each week, so I have to say, I was kinda nervous ... okay, I was SUPER PANICKED at the thought of adding "main cleaning lady" to my already way too long list of roles here in our home!
For the duration, it had been my cleaning lady's job to make sure that every nook and cranny (sounds like I'm talking about English muffins, no?) within each room was addressed weekly -- and it was my responsibility to clean and organize all of the areas in between that screamed for my attention as I flew by in my standard whirlwind of movement that I embody as a mom of eight!
I called myself the "SOS cleaning lady" -- and that role I've handled nicely while also being the chef, the scheduler, the personal shopper, the accountant, the story reader, the hug and kiss giver, the medical personnel on duty, the bus driver, the psychologist, the secretary, the personal assistant to myself, the quality control operator, the farmer, the teacher, and Ms. Fix It.
To add to the above mind blowing list: "THE ONE and ONLY CLEANING LADY" felt like it could be THE role to send me to dust and dirt H - E - double toothpicks (or H - E - double hockey sticks, if you prefer)! Oh crap ...
Following her departure, I made a mental note to get busy looking for a replacement, as soon as time allowed. Please refer to the above list of roles and allow yourself to try and figure out when THAT could be squeezed in!
In the meantime, and only because of mere coincidence, a friend happened to be telling me about a "chore jar" she put together for her kids when they were "bored" or when they needed to be "redirected."
She filled it with slips of paper. On each was a written important household chore that could easily be overlooked in any busy household, such as "dust all windowsills in the house," for example.
In essence, it seemed, the entire house cleaning duties were broken down into single duties, each on one tiny slip of paper!
I began thinking about this and soon had developed my own version of this method and my own chore jars -- two of them for my two different age groups -- and filled them with age appropriate duties for my kids to do. Each slip included instructions on how to complete each duty.
I went a step further and covered the outside of each jar with "the rules and reasons" a chore would be assigned. For example, unkindness.
Beyond that, I wrote a cash value on each chore and decided to offer the chores as an extra money maker for kids who weren't "in trouble" but who opted to choose chores in order to fill their piggy banks with spending money! (Our occasional trips to the toy store when our piggy banks fill up are a HUGE highlight in our house!)
My Little Kids' Chore Jar
Next, I made a magnetic dry erase board and placed eight magnetic clips on it, labeled with each child's name, to hold their assigned chores. I clip the chore slips onto the clips and on the dry erase portion, I can write the cash earned near their clip, if the chore was chosen versus assigned.
I couldn't contain my excitement as I presented the new "chore jars" one night as we sat together and ate dinner. There were groans and disgruntlement, I'll admit, until I mentioned the part where money could be earned by selecting a chore to complete! "You can make as much money as you want!" I announced! This part of the plan seemed to go over very well!
We are a few weeks into our new chore jar method and the house is still ... well, standing and even clean for the most part! Piggy banks are filling up and unkind or unacceptable behavior is being addressed. The best parts for me are the resulting clean house, of course, but most of all what I love is the family unity and values and the teamwork this system has reinforced.
And, I just have to add, normal kid "naughty" behavior is not nearly as upsetting when I can hand them a broom and end it immediately!
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With only a couple days left in Northern BC the guys get a few more session in before its time to head back home were the weather is rumored to be turning around. In this episode we learn that Steve will say just about anything to avoid getting kicked out of a spot, Belzile can make the best of any situation and Jake is a ridiculously good skater.
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supercomputer, a state-of-the-art, extremely powerful computer capable of manipulating massive amounts of data in a relatively short time. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized scientific and engineering applications that must handle very large databases or do a great amount of computation, among them meteorology, animated graphics, fluid dynamic calculations, nuclear energy research and weapon simulation, and petroleum exploration. There are two approaches to the design of supercomputers. One, called massively parallel processing (MPP), is to chain together thousands of commercially available microprocessors utilizing parallel processing techniques. A variant of this, called a Beowulf cluster, or cluster computing, employs large numbers of personal computers interconnected by a local area network and running programs written for parallel processing. The other approach, called vector processing, is to develop specialized hardware to solve complex calculations. This technique was employed (2002) in the Earth Simulator, a Japanese supercomputer with 640 nodes composed of 5104 specialized processors to execute 35.6 trillion mathematical operations per second; it is used to analyze earthquake and weather patterns and climate change, including global warming. Operating systems for supercomputers, formerly largely Unix-based, are now typically Linux-based.
Advances in supercomputing have regularly resulted in new supercomputers that significantly exceed the capabilities of those that are only a year older; by 2012 the fastest supercomputer was more than 250,000 times faster than the fastest in 1993 in terms of the number of calculations per second it could complete. Although calculation speed is the standard for measuring supercomputer power, it is not, however, an accurate indicator of everyday performance; most supercomputers are not fully utilized when running programs. Supercomputers can require significant amounts of electrical power, and many use water and refrigeration for cooling, but some are air-cooled and use no more power than the average home. In 2003 scientists at Virginia Tech assembled a relatively low-cost supercomputer using 1,100 dual-processor Apple Macintoshes; it was ranked at the time as the third fastest machine in the world.


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Victim's family speaks after alleged DUI driver released from jail
Man arrested on DUI charges for causing fatal accident
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The family of a man killed in a DUI crash spoke to Local 6, calling it disgusting that the man accused of causing the crash is out on bond.
"To me it wasn't just a car accident. He killed my father. He wasn't supposed to die like that. We're looking for justice," said 15-year-old Pricila Gil.
She said her dad, 57-year-old Luis Gil, was coming home from his job as a maintenance worker when the crash happened.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a man they say caused the DUI accident that resulted in Gil's death.
"I'm only 15 and he's not gonna be with me on my birthdays. He's not gonna walk me down the aisle," said Pricila Gil.
Troopers said they responded to an accident at John Young Parkway and Deerfield Court around 2:04 a.m. Saturday.
Troopers said 44-year-old Eduardo Medina was traveling south on John Young Parkway behind another car. The light turned red, and the other drivers slowed to stop, but Medina continued at the same rate of speed, hitting another driver.
According to troopers that driver, Gil, was pushed into two other cars and was killed.
Troopers said the other drivers were not injured seriously and Medina was arrested for DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
Medina was taken to the Orange County Jail where he bonded out later Saturday.
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With playoff home field advantage wrapped up by the home town Nats, the only thing undecided going into Sunday's regular season finale was question of who would win the 2014 presidents race championship.
So while fans at Nationals Park expected little on-field drama, anticipation was high about the final tie-breaking dogfight between four-time champion Abraham Lincoln and perennial loser Teddy Roosevelt.
What unfolded defied every fan's expectations.
The final presidents race of the season wasn't a dogfight at all, but rather a staged relay race featuring the racing presidents and the characters from the upcoming Dreamworks motion picture Penguins of Madagascar.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, and William Howard Taft lined up in tandem with penguins Private (pushed on a cart by George), Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski. Roosevelt did not participate.
Then, halfway through the race, the hero of San Juan Hill emerged from center field and darted past the relayers, passing Taft in the home stretch and running away uncontested with the presidents race title.
(Nats fans know that what the presidents race championship lacked in drama, Jordan Zimmerman provided as he tossed the first no hitter in team history. Congratulations to JZimm, and to September call-up Steven Souza, who sealed the no-no with a spectacular 9th inning catch.)
After over 600 losses, Teddy Roosevelt is now presidents race champion for the first time. The Nationals sport a record of 18-8 when Teddy wins this season (18-6 when Teddy wins in the fourth inning), a record which suggests that a few more Teddy victories in the playoffs would not be a bad idea.
Here's your finish line video:
As always throughout the season, finish line video for LetTeddyWin.com is by the intrepid lfahome of the Gnome Garden.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Swirled Cranberry Cheesecake
For the crust
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
3 ounces chocolate graham cracker sticks
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 large egg white
For the topping
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
6 ounces (about 1 1/2 cups) fresh cranberries
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 large egg white
For the filling
1 cup granulated sugar
20 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup milk
2 large eggs
1 large egg white
Preheat oven to 400
To make the crust
Add sugar, cocoa and graham crackers to a food processor - pulse until finely ground. Add butter and egg white - pulse just until combined. Scoop the mixture into the bottom of a 9" springform pan lightly coated with nonstick spray. Evenly press the mixture down to form a crust. Bake for 10 minutes - remove and let cool on a wire rack. When cool, wrap the outside of the pan with heavy duty foil.
Reduce oven temperature to 350
To make the topping
In a small saucepan, add sugar, orange juice, lemon juice and cranberries. Bring to a boil - cook until the cranberries pop and mixture thickens, about 5 to 6 minutes. Remove and let cool completely. Stir in zest. Scoop the mixture into a food processor and process until smooth. Stir in egg white and set aside.
To make the filling
In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar and cream cheeses until smooth. Add milk and mix until combined. Add eggs and egg white, one at a time, mixing just until combined. Scoop the mixture into the springform pan with the crust. Dollop cranberry puree over filling and swirl the mixtures together with a knife.
Place the springform pan inside a large baking dish and set on the oven rack. Pour boiling water up to about half way on the cheesecake pan. Bake until almost set in the center, about 40 to 50 minutes. Turn oven off and partially open oven door - let the cheesecake cool in the oven for about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and run a thin knife around outside edge of the cheesecake. Cool to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 8 hours or overnight before serving.
Makes 12 to 16 servings.
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9 comments:
the cake looks awsome and I wish we had fresh cranberries here in Israel!!ReplyDelete
Nice and unusual way to use cranberries - a lovely-looking recipe! Thanks, Joe!!ReplyDelete
Prettybaker - Thank you!ReplyDelete
Pille - We loved the mixture of colors... it made for a nice presentation!
Joe, I'd love to make this cake for Thanksgiving but wondered if it would be a great tragedy if I substituted plain graham crackers for the chocolate ones? (but still used the cocoa powder--what do you think).ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great recipe!
Augustina - I don't think it would ruin the recipe at all. It may be a little less chocolate-y, but I would do it if I only had plain on hand.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/11/2008 04:28:00 PM
Made this lovely recipe for a potluck Christmas dinner...Everyone LOVED it.ReplyDelete
I had to use regular graham crackers with cocoa powder but the crust still tasted chocolaty. I will definitely make it again and again!
Thanks so much!
Hi Trudy - Glad the cheesecake worked out well for you!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/24/2008 09:31:00 AM
So far so good! They are in the oven and smell amazing. I am fortunate to have working cranberry bogs behind my home. Every year, we get to take about 2-3 gallons off the bog after the harvest and make chutney every year. This is another great recipe to highlight this beautiful and under-utilized berry.ReplyDelete
Anon - How lucky for you! Hope you liked the results!ReplyDelete


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New Marine Family Meet & Greet
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA
Every Graduation Week - Wednesdays, 5-8PM
An evening hosted at the Bay View Restaurant every Wednesday before Boot Camp Graduation. It is a chance to mingle with other new Marine families, meet the Senior Drill Instructors, relax on the beautiful bay on MCRD and get a sneak peek slide show of the crucible of the graduating class.
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(I originally posted this back in 2009. Old Hickory is back in the news because of President Trump's musings upon him. As a result I decided to repost this.)
I have never liked President's Day. Why celebrate loser presidents like Jimmy Carter and James Buchanan, non-entities like Millard Fillmore, bad presidents, like Grant, with great presidents like Washington and Lincoln? We have had other great presidents, and one of them, although Republican as I am I bridle on bestowing the title upon him, was Andrew Jackson. No one was ever neutral about Old Hickory. He is described as the father of the Democrat party. Actually, both major parties owe their existence to him. The Whig party, the main ancestor of the modern Republican party, was founded in opposition to Jackson's policies.
For his entire life he stormed through the pages of American history, and he was many things during his life but never dull. As a 13 year old POW during the American Revolution he refused to polish a British officer's boots and received a saber slash across his head for his defiance, a scar he bore proudly for the rest of his life. Here we see Jackson's life in miniature: a refusal to bend no matter what the consequences.
By the age of 14 his mother and immediate family were dead and he was left a penniless orphan. By the age of 20 in 1787 he was an attorney, still penniless. Restless and ambitious, he set out for the Tennessee frontier where attorneys were rare, but litigation was not. By sheer determination Jackson carved a name for himself, first as Solicitor, we would say state's attorney, of the Western District of North Carolina now part of Tennessee, and then as the first Congressman for Tennessee in 1796, before being elected a US Senator for Tennessee in 1797. In 1798 he was appointed a judge for the Tennessee Supreme Court. When charging juries before their deliberations, he would always say: "Do what is right between these parties; that is what the law always means." It was proper that he did that. Jackson's knowledge of the law was so minimal, due to his lack of education, that he probably could not have instructed them on the actual law applicable in most cases in any event, and because Jackson throughout his life strove to do what was right, but only by his lights of what was right.
In 1791 he married Rachel Jackson. Theirs was the great presidential love match. Jackson loved "his Rachel" to idolatry, and in his eyes she was perfection. In 1794 they learned to their intense dismay that her first husband had not divorced her prior to 1791 as she and Jackson had thought. She had been separated from her first husand since 1788, but prior to her marriage to Jackson her first husband had merely filed a document with the court stating his intention to divorce her. The divorce was not granted until 1793. The Jacksons quickly remarried. His political enemies used the scandal against him for the rest of his life, to the intense and bitter anger of Jackson. He often said that he could easily forgive what his enemies said against him, but that he could never forgive their attacks against Rachel. As Rachel grew older she became more religious and caused Jackson to become more religious. By all accounts she was a very good and charitable woman, and it was the great tragedy of Jackson's life that she died just before he left for Washington to assume his duties as President.
In 1802 Jackson, who was fascinated all his life with military matters, was elected a major general of the Tennessee militia.
Jackson throughout his various political and judicial duties had prospered as a merchant and a land speculator. In 1804 he purchased a plantation 12 miles outside of Nashville and named it the Hermitage, resigned from the Tennessee Supreme Court and spent the next decade as a successful planter.
Upon the commencement of the War of 1812, Jackson immediately volunteered for active service. Nothing happened. Jackson assumed he was not called to duty due to his vigorous opposition to many of the policies of Thomas Jefferson, Madison's predecessor. ( It probably didn't help Jackson that Aaron Burr, former vice-president and deadly enemy of Jefferson, had stayed three days with Jackson during his treasonous trip to the West in 1805, although there is no evidence of Jackson's involvement in Burr's plot.)
Jackson's chance for military action came in 1813-1814 during the Creek War. After a very tough campaign, Jackson decisively defeated the Red Stick Creeks at the battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814. On the battlefield, Jackson found a two year old Creek boy with his dead mother. Jackson adopted him as his son, named him Lyncoya, and brought him home with him to the Hermitage and raised him with his other adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr. Jackson planned to have him educated at West Point, because he believed it to be the best school in the nation, but the boy died of tuberculosis in 1828. Jackson, the great foe of the Indians, is the only American president to adopt an Indian child. Jackson was nothing if not complicated.
The campaign against the Red Stick Creeks had made Jackson a national figure. It also almost killed him. Suffering from a chronic stomach disorder, Jackson could only get relief from the pain by bending a sapling and leaning over it with the sapling pressed against his stomach. The campaign was arduous for his troops also, a mixture of militia and regulars. On one occasion the militia decided they had had enough and began to march home. Jackson used the regulars to stop them. On another occasion the regulars decided they were through, and Jackson used the militia to force them to return to their duties. When both militia and regulars decided to leave on yet another occasion, Jackson rode to the head of the troops, aimed a musket at them and made it quite clear that he would kill the next man to take a step. The men looked at Jackson, Jackson gazed back at them, and they returned to camp. Afterwards, Jackson ordered that the musket be repaired as it couldn't have fired in any case. Most of the men Jackson led were frontiersmen and had a great deal of experience in cutting down trees. The toughest wood they knew of was Hickory, and Old Hickory, and doubtless some other unprintable ones that have not come down to us, is the nickname they gave their determined general.
While Jackson was crushing the Red Sticks, the War of 1812 was going badly for the country. With the abdication of Napoleon, hordes of British veteran troops were sent across the Atlantic to teach the Yankees a lesson. The burning of Washington in August 1814 was part of the lesson, and the American government had intelligence that a mighty British fleet and army were on their way to seize New Orleans. In August 1814 a British fleet established a base, with the consent of the Spanish government, at Pensacola, Florida, and used it to supply Indians hostile to the US. On November 7, 1814, Jackson seized Pensacola, chased the British troops out and destroyed the fortifications. The British fleet sailed off and Jackson marched to New Orleans.
Jackson arrived at New Orleans with his rough frontier army of militia and regulars on December 2, 1814. Space in a blog post does not allow me to detail the very interesting moves and counter-moves of the British commander General Edward Pakenham, brother in law of the Duke of Wellington and a peninsular war veteran, and Jackson. Suffice it to say that at the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, Jackson and his men, out-numbered three to two, handed the British the most lopsided defeat in their history, inflicting a little over 2000 casualties in exchange for 71 American casualties.
The Battle of New Orleans is sometimes called a useless battle because it was fought before news of the treaty of Ghent ending the war, which had been signed on December 24, 1814, reached America. This view is erroneous. The battle was a shot in the arm to American morale after a lack-lustre war, ensured that the British would abide by the terms of the treaty, and gave the British something to ponder on the few occasions during the nineteenth century when America and Britain again came close to war. Besides all of that, it produced one of my favorite songs from the Fifties.
After New Orleans Jackson was a national hero, just below George Washington in stature. Jackson received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal. During the First Seminole War, Jackson invaded and seized West Florida from the Spanish to cut off military supplies to the Seminoles. This caused a first class diplomatic furor which only ended with the purchase of Florida in 1821 by the US from Spain negotiated by John Quincy Adams. Jackson briefly served as military governor of Florida before resigning, largely at the request of his wife who was homesick.
Jackson returned to the national political stage after he was elected a US Senator by the Tennessee legislature in 1822.
Running for president in 1824, Jackson, who won a plurality of the electoral votes, lost the election as a result of Henry Clay convincing the House of Representatives to elect John Quincy Adams. Jackson denounced this corrupt bargain, and leaving the Senate in 1825 began a non-stop campaign, albeit without his personally campaigning as was the custom at the time, for the White House in 1828.
The 1828 campaign was one of the most vituperative in our nation's history. Jackson was accused, among many other things, of being a traitor, murderer, bigamist, adulterer and jackass. Jackson was rather fond of the jackass appellation and used it as a symbol for him for a while. During the campaign the Democrat party was created by Jackson and his supporters as a revival of Jefferson's Republican party, and the self-proclaimed party of the common man. Jackson won with 56% of the vote and an electoral landslide.
Considering that this post is already approaching 2000 words I will be very brief as to Jackson's presidency. Jackson at his worst in his presidency were his actions regarding the expulsion of the Cherokee from Georgia which led to the Trail of Tears. I trust it is not only the fact that I am part Cherokee which causes me to view this episode as a stain on our national honor.
Jackson at his most ignorant in his presidency was his war on the Second National Bank. He "won" that war which directly led to the Panic of 1837 and a five year depression, second only in severity to the Great Depression. Thanks a lot Old Hickory. Economic illiteracy and the presidency always spells disaster for the economy.
Jackson was at his finest during the Nullification Crisis, the first attempt by South Carolina to start a Civil War. Jackson made his policy clear on April 13, 1830 when he gave a toast at a Jefferson dinner of the Democrat party: "Our Federal Union, it must be preserved". John C. Calhoun, Jackson's Vice President and the very embodiment of South Carolina, responded: "The Union, next to our liberty most dear.".
The crisis came to a head in 1832 and it looked as if war was in the offing. On December 10, 1832 Jackson issued his Nullification Proclamation which attacked both nullification and secession. Jackson threatened to hang every leader of the nullification forces if a drop of blood were shed in opposition to the laws of the United States. When Senator Hayne of South Carolina told Senator Benton of Missouri that he doubted if Jackson would really hang anyone, Benton, a good friend of Jackson and a man who had shot him in a brawl, one of many such affrays Jackson was involved in during his life, in 1813 before they became friends, told him that "When Jackson begins to talk about hanging, they can begin to look out for ropes". South Carolina ultimately backed down and our Civil War was reserved for a later generation.
On January 30, 1835, Jackson survived the first assassination attempt on an American president. Firing two pistols at Jackson, both of which misfired, the would be assassin found himself on the receiving end of the presidential cane, since the reaction of Jackson, although elderly and ailing, was to charge in the face of mortal danger.
As already noted, Jackson, through the influence of his wife, became more religious as he grew older, although his religion always had a bit of his rough edges about it, as this vignette demonstrates:
"young Nashville lawyer: "Mr. Cartwright, do you believe there is any such place as hell, as a place of torment?"
Rev. Peter Cartwright: "Yes, I do."
young Nashville lawyer: "Well, I thank God I have too much good sense to believe any such thing."
Andrew Jackson: "Well, sir, I thank God that there is such a place of torment as hell."
young Nashville lawyer: "Why, General Jackson, what do you want with such a place of torment as hell?"
Andrew Jackson: "To put such damned rascals as you are in, that oppose and vilify the Christian religion.""
Jackson was no bigot on matters of religion as this passage in a letter to Ellen Hanson on March 25, 1835 indicates (the spelling is all Jackson):
"I was brought up a rigid Presbeterian, to which I have always adhered. Our excellent constitution guarantees to every one freedom of religion, and charity tells us, and you know Charity is the reall basis of all true religion, and charity says judge the tree by its fruit. all who profess christianity, believe in a Saviour and that by and through him we must be saved. We ought therefor to consider all good christians, whose walk corresponds with their professions, be him Presbeterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, methodist or Roman catholic."
Jackson proved that this was no mere verbiage by his actions. He and his wife served as the guardian for Mary Anne Lewis, a Catholic. They made certain that she attended Mass and received instruction in the Faith. When she married, Andrew Jackson hosted the wedding on November 29, 1832, and her Catholic wedding was the first Roman Catholic ceremony performed at the White House. Next year the second Roman Catholic ceremony took place at the White House, the baptism of her son, Andrew Jackson Pageot. When the priest asked if the baby renounced Satan, President Jackson, who thought the query was being addressed to him, said in a loud voice: "I do! Most indubitably!" (Hattip to Thomas J. Craughwell for the details of this incident.)
Jackson died in 1845, death being the only adversary he could not overcome by grit and determination. His dying was long and painful and Jackson bore it with the same stoicism he had met the many illnesses and injuries that beset him throughout his long life. He made one remark that indicated his very deep faith:
"When I have Suffered sufficiently, the Lord will then take me to himself — but what are all my sufferings compared to those of the blessed Saviour, who died upon that cursed tree for me, mine are nothing."
Jackson had been a slave holder most of his adult life, and if he ever said a word about the essential injustice of slavery, except to condemn the international slave trade as "illegal and inhuman", history has not recorded it. On his death bed he did make the following statement:
"God will take care of you for me. I am my God's. I belong to him, I go but a short time before you, and I want to meet you all in heaven, both white & black. " His white and black listeners burst into tears at this, and Andrew Jackson said his final words:
"What is the matter with my Dear Children, have I alarmed you? Oh, do not cry — be good children & we will all meet in heaven."


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – In its first-ever home acrobatics and tumbling meet, King University fell to the Battlers of Alderson Broaddus University 263.26-226.49 in front a crowd of over 300 fans.
The historic meet was not only the first home event in the history of King's program, but also the inaugural competition for the Alderson Broaddus team. The Battlers are now 1-0 in their first season and will host King (0-2) on Sunday, March 9 in a meet that will also include Gannon University.
The injury-depleted King squad was only able to send ten competitors to the mat and had significantly lower start values than their counterparts from Alderson Broaddus. The Battlers took an early lead from King by scoring 35.05 points in their opening compulsory event while the Tornado put up a score of 28.75.
The Tornado made up ground in the acro event, outscoring Alderson Broaddus 24.21-23.68. King also excelled in the acro portion of last week's inaugural competition at Adrian University, outscoring the homestanding Bulldogs by a 3.23 point margin in the acro heats and holding an overall lead until the team routine to close out the competition.
Alderson Broaddus won each of the remaining four events after the acro portion, however. King drew closest in the toss event, compiling a score of 26.85 out of a possible 30 to trail the Battlers by just 1.30 points in the toss portion. But the Tornado would draw no closer, as Alderson Broaddus added to its lead in each remaining event, culminating with a 94.13-77.48 advantage in the team routine.


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