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FRANKLIN � Police arrested three Franklin residents on heroin charges Thursday after an extensive drug investigation and surveillance operation involving more than 10 officers.
A little after 1 p.m. Thursday, investigators used a�warrant to search the Sunset Road home of a suspected�heroin dealer. Patrolmen and undercover detectives had been monitoring the home for drug dealing, police said.
Dylan J. Sullivan, 21, of 25 Sunset Road, was charged with possession of a Class A substance with intent to distribute, distribution of a Class A substance and conspiracy to violate state drug laws, police said.
Sullivan, police said, admitted selling heroin and was arrested with two bags of a brown substance that later tested positive for the opiate. He had hidden the second bag in his underwear, police said.
During the search, police said they confiscated cash, cellphones, plastic bags and digital scales. And they found a plastic container with a bag of marijuana and a white powder they said was used to dilute the heroin.
Police also arrested Sullivan�s mother, Ellen M. Sullivan, 51, of 25 Sunset Road, on drug charges.
In Ellen Sullivan�s room, police said they found a brown line of powder � believed to be heroin � on her nightstand, as well as suboxone and hydrocodone pills, both prescription opiates.
As police were searching Sullivan�s home, two people arrived and were briefly held and questioned. One was cleared, while police arrested the other, Michael C. McKie, 19, of 40 Highridge Circle,�police said.
McKie, police said, had a baggie of brown powder, later identified as heroin, in his wallet. He was charged with possession of a Class A substance, police said.
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FRANKLIN � Police arrested three Franklin residents on heroin charges Thursday after an extensive drug investigation and surveillance operation involving more than 10 officers.


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Loughner to Be Sentenced For Mass Shooting in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. - The man who pleaded guilty in the Arizona shooting rampage is expected to be sentenced for the attack that left six people dead and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.
The sentencing hearing Thursday will mark the first time victims will confront Jared Lee Loughner in court about the January 2011 shooting at a Giffords political event in Tucson, Ariz.
Loughner pleaded guilty three months ago to 19 federal charges under an agreement that guarantees he will spend his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors say an unspecified number of victims will comment before U.S. District Judge Larry Burns sentences Loughner.
It is unknown whether Giffords or her husband plans to make a court appearance or have a statement read on their behalf.

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State of Europe Forest 2011
The State of Europe's Forests 2011 report aims at providing decision makers and the broad public with up-to-date, comprehensive and fact-based information on the status and trends in forests and sustainable forest management in Europe in the period 1990-2010. The report has been jointly prepared by Forest Europe, UNECE and FAO.
The full report, country reports on quantitative and qualitative indicators, output table, graphs and maps are available here.
State of Europe's Forest 2007
State of forest and sustainable forest management in Europe 2007 - the most comprehensive report yet on sustainable forest management in Europe jointly prepared by the MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the occasion of the 5th Ministerial Conference.
- Global FRA 2005 - The main global enquiry into all aspects of forests, led by FAO, with major input from the UNECE/FAO Timber section for Europe (official pages)
- Study FRA 2005
- data for the UNECE region (introduction, database)
- State of Europe's Forest 2003 (PDF) - a comprehensive report on sustainable forest management in Europe jointly prepared by the MCPFE Liaison Unit Vienna and Timber Section.
- Forest Resources of Europe, CIS, North America, Australia, Japan and new Zealand - main report (Temperate and Boreal Forest Resource Assessment 2000 - TBFRA 2000). Contribution to the Global FRA 2000, with data and metadata for the second half of the 1990s.
- Private Forest Ownership: Results to the enquiry carried out on the ownership of Europe's forests and the characteristics of the owners.


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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Fantasy football offers the same kind of love/hate relationship as, say, a bottle of Wild Turkey. Sure, it tastes amazing and can make you feel on top of the world. But too much and you'll get angry and incoherent and later wake up in the frozen food section of the grocery store by the chuckling prepubescent teenager snapping pictures of you on his camera phone.
Last year I had just about enough of it. Despite my best efforts, I somehow ended up in three leagues and was talked into joining a fourth – with friends from ten years ago who I hadn't seen for at least five. What's worse – only half of these guys actually cared to check their lineups more than twice/season. Total slackers, agreed, yet I was committed.
The thing you have to understand is that with four fantasy teams, you essentially have every player worth having. In other words, you root for everyone and thus no one at the same time – this is a TERRIBLE place to be. I became so frustrated by the situation that I chugged a beer, ran into the garage and tried to lift the back end of my Tercel off the ground (I swear it moved).
Then came the revelation. The only way to undermine this stupid league, get guys I wanted, and avoid all responsibility was simple – I had to draft ALL Packers.
However, this turned out to be much harder than anticipated.
All the rankings seemed to agree that Jennings, Rodgers and Grant were the top 20. With the 5th pick in a 12-team league, I was in a baaaad spot to get all three. I knew I could snag #85 and #12 but the big question was, would #25 come back to me in round 3? After my "reach" for Jennings in the first followed by Rodgers in the second, the chat smackers were onto me. Yet Grant was still on the board and suddenly only two picks away! But wouldn't you know it, the f#@$*#g Muffin Tops grabbed Grant and followed it up with a heartbreaking, "How you like me know Greenfeeld!?" (He is a notoriously bad speller).
I sank into a minor depression as I went to my next best available, Donald Driver, and it was a piece of cake to get the rest of my guys. Yes, I had all Packers but it was just incomplete with Brandon Jackson and John Kuhn in my RB spots. Believe it or not, I did finish 4-9 (that's with a bye week!) and I did the math and would've gone 7-6 and made the playoffs had Grant fallen to me…sigh. This quote from American Beauty (1999) seems to sum things up nicely.
"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday."
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- AnonymousAugust 31, 2010 at 2:55 PM
If you were in my league, I would have ordered a code red on your ass.ReplyDelete
In Robert's defense, the league was a joke, and the other guys actually were the ones who needed a code red to teach them to check their lineups.ReplyDelete
You can't handle the truth.
Four of the jackasses didn't even show up for the (online) draft, and just took an autodraft. Same guys only set their lineups once all year, leaving players on bye or IR players in.ReplyDelete
It was a $10 entry fee that no one ended up paying.
I'd do it again.
Worst. League. Ever.
- Pashaww!!!August 31, 2010 at 4:22 PM
Judge Randolph: *Consider yourself in Contempt!*ReplyDelete
Kaffee: *Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?*
Judge Randolph: You *don't* have to answer that question!
Col. Jessep: I'll answer the question!
[to Kaffee]
Col. Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Col. Jessep: *You want answers?*
Kaffee: *I want the truth!*
Col. Jessep: *You can't handle the truth!*
Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Col. Jessep: I did the job I...
Kaffee: *Did you order the Code Red?*
Col. Jessep: *You're Goddamned right I did!*
Last year it was easy to get all Packers. This year not so much. I grabbed A-Rod with the 4th overall in the 1st round. Grant in the 2nd, Jennings in the 3rd. grabbed Pack D in the 5th. The D-Bag Vikings fan one pick ahead of me grabs Finley and Woodson right before me. This guy hates the Pack as much as I love them (if that makes any sense.) I guess that's respect on some awkward way but that's fantasy football. My team name... Lords of Lambeau. Ready to kick ass! P.S. we do defense and I picked Collins, Barnett and Mathews with Crosby as kicker. GO PACK GO!ReplyDelete
Lords of Lambeau? That is FANTASTIC. Typical Vikings fan would do that! Still, you should have a great team this year.ReplyDelete


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It's important to realise is that there is no magic formula, phrase or approach that is the 'right' thing to say or do. There isn't a right set of words or attitudes that will always help. If you want to help someone who's facing a difficult time, just wanting to help and offering to be there for that person is what matters most.
One of the most important things is not what we say – it's that we're there and that we listen. When you understand the few simple rules of good listening, you'll be a great help and support. Listening can help build a relationship between you both that allows you to be even more supportive and to know what your relative or friend needs.
Being a good listener can help you understand in part what another person is feeling. We can never completely understand another person's thoughts and feelings, but listening helps us understand enough for them to feel that we empathise with them. Empathy means sensing what another person is feeling. It's an important way of showing love and concern for another person. This, in itself, can be very reassuring to a person with cancer.
As a listener, you don't need to have all the answers. You can help someone just by listening and simply allowing them to talk. A lot of the most awkward gaps in communication are due to not knowing some of the principles that help people talk freely. These are discussed on the following pages.


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Knowledge Base
|Welcome to our Knowledge Base. In this section we aim to provide you with some essential information to help you plan and enjoy your time with Spanish Home Zone. If there's something we haven't covered or you would like more information on, please let us know by clicking here More Information.
|Air conditioning
|All our properties have Air Conditioning. Please be aware of the benefits of having Air Conditioning, but also the costs involved and therefore sensible use is recommended and it is not necessary to leave it on all day, particularly when there is no one in the house. Please read and follow some simple suggestions.
All we ask is that you use it sensibly. For cooling, the air-con works best when set to around 23˚ C. The coolest setting (normally 16˚C) is not always the most efficient.
When using the air-con, keep doors and windows closed. The system is not designed to cool down your patio or the street outside. And, when leaving the property, turn the air-con off. It will only take a few minutes to cool down your rooms again when you return.
Above all, please treat your air conditioning with respect. Using it irresponsibly is not only unfair to the owner, it's also unkind to the environment.
|Airport transfers
|If you're not making your own arrangements for transfer to your property we will be pleased to assist you. Our SHZ partners provide a fully legal and insured airport collection and transfer to your rental property. Please enquire about rates and requirements when booking your property.
|Attractions and days out
|While the beach and pool provide the major attractions during the summer months, there's plenty to keep you occupied. So much, in fact that we'd need another web site to cover everything!
There's something for all ages, all walks of life and – thanks to the weather here – something to do all year round. From exploring the history and culture of the area with the cities of Alicante, Cartagena and Murcia each within one hour's drive, shopping at any of the numerous boutiques and malls to indulging in an array of sporting activities – in, on or off the water – to either pass the time of day or get the adrenalin flowing.
|Banks and currency
|Branches of all the major Spanish banks can be found in Pilar de la Horadada offering over the counter transactions from 08.30 until 13.30.
If you're exchanging currency, then it's best to do it before you arrive – and preferably not at your airport of departure. Sterling is not generally accepted by the local banks here in exchange for Euros, but there are plenty of ATMs in the area where you can withdraw Euros 24-7 or for topping up Spanish mobile phones.
The Costa Blanca and Costa Calida boast some of the best beaches in Spain – and arguably some of the best in the Mediterranean.
By staying in one of our Spanish Home Zone properties, you will never be further than 15 minutes drive from the nearest beach. In some cases, you'll be within 5 minutes walk!
From Cabo Roig in the north of the Spanish Home Zone down to Los Alcázares on the Mar Menor, you'll be spoilt for choice. The majorityhave Blue Flag status – and those that don't are usually only through a shortfall in beach amenities rather than the cleanliness of the water or the seashore.
|All bedding and towels, appropriate to the time of year, will be provided for your stay. As your property is let on a self-catering basis,we do not provide a change of linen or towels during your stay. Please make use of the washing machine provided.
|Bike hire
|With the relatively flat landscape, getting around on two wheels here is as popular as ever and a great way to explore. Through our partners at Costa Blanca Bike Hire you can hire a bike for yourself or your family, either before you arrive or when you are here. The bikes are delivered to and collected from your rental property. For daily hire or the duration of your stay. What could be easier? Please click on the link for more information.
|Booking information
|We've provided some useful information to help you through prior to booking your holiday rental. Please click Booking Information to take you directly to that section.
|Car hire
|If you're planning to hire a car for use during your trip, you may like to pre-book it and collect it from the airport. Alternatively, through our fully registered associates, we can arrange car hire for you from here. The car will be delivered to your property on your arrival which means we can collect you from the airport and take you straight to your property without the inconvenience of queuing at the rental desk or getting lost en route.
We can also supply car seats and booster seats which are a legal necessity if you have young children in tow. Please click here for more information Car Hire and let us know the dates you require and number in your party.
|Community rules
|Many of our rental properties are located with small 'urbanizations' which share communal areas such as gardens and swimming pool. Each community has published its own set of community rules (a copy of which will be available at the property) so that residents and visitors have mutual enjoyment of their surroundings and facilities. Please familiarize yourself with the community rules and respect them as they are for your benefit, comfort and safety.
|Cot hire and baby equipment
|For infants and toddlers we can supply a range of equipment through our registered partners to suit your requirements. From cots and stair guards to strollers and baby walkers. Either enquire during the booking process or click here for more information on rates and availability Cot Hire for your travel dates.
|Just a small point, but if you're a first time visitor please remember that Spain uses the standard two-pin euro plug for domestic electrical equipment and appliances. Two-pin to three-pin (English standard) adapters are widely available in the UK or can be purchased locally from supermarkets and electrical goods outlets. The power supply is 220 volts.
When thinking about golf in this part of Spain, it's difficult not to think in superlatives.
For a start, there is no better climate in Europe for year-round golfing than southern Spain.
Then – and thanks to Polaris World – there's the largest golf course circuit in Europe.
In the triangle formed by Alicante, Murcia and La Manga, there are more than 20 golf courses to choose from, many bearing the hallmarks of golfing legends such as Jack Nicklaus, Bernard Langer and Spain's own Seve Ballesteros. But for the closest (and most reasonably priced) golf course, try Lo Romero which is located mid-way between Pilar de la Horadada and Campoverde.
There are numerous golf-related outlets in the area that can assist with equipment hire and arrange bookings for you.
|Maid service
|We're pleased to offer a maid service to our rental clients who need that extra bit of help with (or a break from) tidying up, making beds, cleaning and other household duties. This can be for as little or as often as you would like. Please click here Maid Service to request more details on rates and to indicate your requirements during your stay.
|Most towns in the area have a designated market day. Some are larger than others, but mostly share a broad selection of fresh, local produce, household goods, clothing, souvenirs and imports.
Monday : San Pedro del Pinatar (am)
Tuesday : Mil Palmeras (pm) [July and August]
Wednesday : Torre de la Horadada (pm) [July and August]
Thursday : San Javier
Friday : Pilar de la Horadada (am)
Saturday : Playa Flamenca (am)
NB: Market days and times subject to change.
|Meet and greet service
|Meeting and greeting our rental guests has been one of the cornerstones of our personal service throughout our 10 years of business. We offer you the choice of being met at your airport of arrival and transporting you to your property or meeting you at a pre-arranged rendezvous point to guide you to your accommodation.
In both scenarios, we'll show you around the property, help you to get your bearings and answer any immediate questions you may have to help make your stay more enjoyable.
Please remember that although Sat-Nav here is slowly getting up to speed with other northern European countries, it is not always 100% reliable in picking out specific properties especially when they are set inside an urbanization or off the beaten track. It's also worth noting that Spanish postal codes tend to cover a whole town or area rather than an individual property or small cluster as in the UK.
|Pool protocol
|The crystal clear waters of your private or communal pool are there for all to enjoy thanks to the teams of professionals who work behind the scenes keeping your pool maintained to the highest standards.
However, sometimes the minority can spoil everything for the majority by disregarding a few simple guidelines.
• Always shower before using the pool, taking care to remove as much sand and sun lotion as you can. It's recommended to shower after using the pool too.
• Refrain from smoking, eating and drinking poolside or in the pool
• Respect other users, residents and visitors alike
• Familiarize yourself and your family of any pool rules especially if you are using a community pool
|"What's the crime rate like here?" is a question we get asked from time to time. In our experience, it's no worse than it is in other parts of Europe. To improve your personal security and reduce the likelihood of being involved in a crime, especially as you are out of the comfort zone of your home environment, we would simply recommend that you stay aware and remain vigilant at all times.
Most crimes are petty thefts involving opportunist thieves – but they are few and far between. The downside is that you never know if and when it might happen to you.
For some useful tips, you can click here to download our Visitor Security Guide.
|For everyday needs you'll find a choice of supermarkets – including Carrefour, Consum, Mercadona and SuperValu dotted around the area. Opening times generally are 09.00 to 21.00. Not all supermarkets are open on Sundays, although some are open on Sunday mornings during July and August. In addition, there are numerous Chinese 'bazaars' that are open seven days a week for general household and electrical goods.
For more specialized shopping you have a choice of several shopping malls, all of which are within 20 minutes drive. These include Habaneras (Torrevieja), Dos Mares (between San Pedro and San Javier) and La Zenia Boulevard (La Zenia), the latter of which claims to boast the largest Primark store in Europe!
For the more adventurous you could head in to Murcia to Thader and Nueva Condominia with IKEA nestled in between them.
|A set of bath and hand towels is provided for each guest along with kitchen towels and bath mats. These are for your personal use throughout your stay. Unless requested otherwise prior to booking, please use the laundry facilities available at your accommodation. Beach towels are not provided and we request that you do not use the bath and hand towels supplied for the beach. If you do not wish to bring your own beach towels, these can be arranged for a nominal charge.
|The water from the taps in your property is quite safe for washing and preparing food. However, we do recommend that you buy in drinking water from your local supermarket.
Also, please remember that Spain does not have an infinite supply of water so please use your tap water responsibly.
|Welcome packs
|We offer a choice of welcome packs which contain a selection of essential food and drinks, depending on your requirements. These are especially useful if you're arriving late at night (after the supermarkets have closed) or if you simply want to have some chilled beers and juices in the fridge on your arrival. Welcome packs must be booked at least 14 days before your arrival, so please let us know your requirements and we can advise of charges.


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I'm currently in the process of converting the garage space into my office/studio. One necessary evil I'm having to deal with is the unsightly electrical panel. Instead of trying to hide it, I decided why not use it to my advantage as a magnet board. It gave me the perfect excuse to pull out the vintage bingo markers my hubby gave me as part of a Valentine's gift several years ago. I've been holding out ~ knowing someday they would be of use.
The bingo magnets were easy to make. I simply glued magnets (you can find them here) to the back of the bingo markers with E6000. I let them glue dry overnight before using them.
You may have noticed the not-so-tidy paint job around the panel door ~ no worries ~ the whole room is in the process of a makeover. I'm so excited about my creative space!
Oh, and if you are interested you can see another magnet project I did here ~ using leftover foreign coins. Now I have two sets of magnets with a story. :)
XO ~ Dana


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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Unusual materials in jewelry making: Ostrich shells1 comments Posted by Contrariwise at 10:35 AM
Ostriches are clever and hard to catch. They run very fast and their kick is strong enough to kill a man or even a horse. It was hard for early people to catch ostriches, but their eggs were more available. They are about the size of 40 chicken eggs. To steal one from an ostrich nest, just throw a rock into the weeds. Ostriches are curious and will leave the nest to see what is going on. And what a steal! I have not eaten an ostrich omelet, but many people say they are very tasty. If you empty the egg from a hole you can use the shell to hold water (before people had bottles or pots). And when the eggshell breaks, you can make beads from them.
Labels: Etsy, jewelry, jewelry making
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
My first post ever3 comments Posted by Contrariwise at 11:31 AM
Uh oh. Now I have a blog. But what do I do with it. I guess I'll find out.
(...10 minutes later)
Well maybe I will start with talking about one of my hobbies, which is jewelry making. I've been making jewelry for quite a few years and have started selling recently. Not that I've ever made a profit. Oh no, I only hope to make a few bucks to support my habit.
So I found this website called Etsy, where you can post your hand-made stuff and supposedly sell it. (Note the word "supposedly")
Sounds easy. It's not.
First, there are only a gazillion other people who make handcrafted jewelry, and so the competition is stiff. Then nobody really seems to know about Etsy - so it becomes your job to advertise.
I don't think anyone can really make a living there. But it's sort of exciting to be able to set up a shop and see your work on the internet
You can visit my etsy site at this address http://www.contrariwise.etsy.com/
And since I have to hone my bloggins skills, let me show you what I listed this week on Etsy.
(...30 minutes later...)
And here they are:
Now let me spruce up this blog some more.
(...3 hours later.....)Look, I finally got a thumbnail album up. There it is on the right side of this page. (Thank you Lisa for the helpful hint.)


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Mitchell Anderson | January 21, 2010
By Mitchell Anderson • Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 18:37
Another climate change denier myth - this one a favorite of Anthony Watts and his "Watts Up With That" blog - has just bit the dust.
Many skeptics for years have sought to explain away decades of climate research by showing slides of weather station thermometers sited next to heating vents or surrounded by asphalt.
This much-touted "urban heat island effect" was supposed to trump all those fancy graphs and equations that egghead scientists were fixated on. Except it's not true.
A recent peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research looked at data from 114 weather stations from across the US over the last twenty years and compared measurements from locations that were well sited and those that weren't.
They did find an overall bias, but it was towards cooling rather warming.
According to the authors,
"the bias is counter intuitive to photographic documentation of poor exposure because associated instrument changes have led to an artificial negative ("cool") bias in maximum temperatures and only a slight positive ("warm") bias in minimum temperatures."
This is latest in an expanding body of science that has looked at the urban heat island effect in excruciating detail and found nothing to undermine the observed and disturbing warming in the US over the last several decades.
The IPCC found that: Over the Northern Hemisphere land areas where urban heat islands are most apparent, both the trends of lower-tropospheric temperature and surface air temperature show no significant differences. In fact, the lower-tropospheric temperatures warm at a slightly greater rate over North America (about 0.28°C/decade using satellite data) than do the surface temperatures (0.27°C/decade), although again the difference is not statistically significant.
Another paper in Climate Change in 2007 stated: Studies that have looked at hemispheric and global scales conclude that any urban-related trend is an order of magnitude smaller than decadal and longer time-scale trends evident in the series (e.g., Jones et al., 1990; Peterson et al., 1999)…Thus, the global land warming trend discussed is very unlikely to be influenced significantly by increasing urbanization (Parker, 2006).
While such dense scientific prose is not as photogenic as a picture of a weather station in a parking lot, the fact is that science has thoroughly picked over this red herring.
This myth is now officially busted.
RickJames replied on Permalink
Optics count
Either way - the damage is done because optics count. If you set a thermometer next to an artificial heat source and then successfully adjust the data, you still look dumb for putting a thermometer next to a heat source in the first place.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Busted, but...
Busted, but they'll keep saying it. They know they're lying, but they know they'll fool some people.
Umm...just stand in the
Umm…just stand in the middle ashpalt parking lot on a hot sunny day…duh
The study confirms that many
The study confirms that many sites are poorly sited; nearly 85% of them by USCRN standards. And at the end of the study, they actually thank Anthony Watts.
"The authors wish to thank Anthony Watts and the many volunteers at
surfacestations.org for their considerable efforts in documenting the current site characteristics of USHCN stations."
Why documenting sloppy weather sites and poor documentation of instrumentation and other changes qualifies one as a "denier" is beyond me. It is something professional climate scientists should have done years ago without the prodding of Anthony Watts.
Seems to me that Mr. Watts and his amateur cohorts have helped improve the quality of weather station data.
documenting vs false claims
Watts is classified as a denier, because he drew unsupported claims from his surfacestations project. Repeatedly he claimed that the poor siting resulted in a warm bias, without ever doing the analysis. Whenever someone did, they found his claims of a warm bias were untrue. He was told so several times, but he (and his supporters, including one Roger Pielke Sr) kept on making an unsupported claim in favor of the actual data analysis.
Watts and his amateur cohorts thus have not helped improve the quality of weather stations. They clearly are fine already.
Jim Eager replied on Permalink
Urban Heat Island Myth is Dead?
Well, we can hope, I suppose.
But experience has shown over and over again that the denialsphere is an alternate limbo reality full of undead zombie arguments and talking points.
Yup. Like Monty Python's
Yup. Like Monty Python's parrot, it's not dead, It's resting.
cyb3r_ph4ntom replied on Permalink
Skeptic vs. Denier
I'm a skeptic.
What does that mean?
This is basically what a skeptic claims; I'm right and here is the evidence to support my claim.
On the other hand a denier claims; I'm right and your wrong, listen only to me or others just like me. Inference rather than evidence is all that is needed to support a deniers claim.
Sorry about the rant, I just think that sometimes people confuse skeptics for deniers and then they're both "frowned" upon.
As a skeptic, I am always looking for evidence to support the claims I make, as well as claims other people make. I never simply "believe" what I'm told. I want proof!
This is evident in the report that has been published in the peer reviewed Journal of Geophysical Review. Every one involved in the study was skeptical of the claims made by deniers who, simply by inference, claimed that the temperatures would be higher than they should have been.
In fact, they where completely wrong. If they had engaged in some good old fashioned science, instead of the mental exercise of making stuff up, then they would have saved themselves the embarrassment and humiliation of being wrong again.
Hey deniers, next time ignore the pseudo-science crap and practice real science.
I can't wait to see what kind of backpedaling this will case amongst the deniers.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
How interesting you did not post this
What's the problem guys, don't like this? Seems to squash this premise to me.
I think it is Pielke who doesn't like it
It's quite hilarious to see Pielke Sr complain about "professional discourtesy", when Anthony Watts has had plenty of chances to do the analysis himself, but instead decided to claim a warm bias without doing the number crunching. How "professional" is claiming something that the data does not?
Besides that, Watts has been so 'stupid' to publish his data. With the demand that all data is freely available to anyone, why is it that it suddenly is a problem here that this data is used, with appropriate reference?
Ah, that's right, it's the deniosphere that is now caught in its own web. WAAAAAAA! SCREEEEAAAAAMMMM!
cyb3r_ph4ntom replied on Permalink
Why would they post it.
I don't know what you mean by, "Seems to squash this premise to me."
This is nothing more than a denier who got "caught with his pants down" and now he has cried fowl in an attempt to save face while he hurriedly writes a paper to "refute" this paper.
His attempt to include a credible scientific agency in his paper is simply fake.
Do you really believe that a denier who releases a "scientific" paper denying a scientific claim, consults with the scientists he is about to call liars?
I don't think so.
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No UHI Over the Oceans
There is no UHI or microclimet influence on temperature over the oceasn which cover 70% of the earth's surface. Temperature trends over these regions are very similar to those over land. Watts and co. never had a case.
"A rising tide lifts all boats."
The tide is increasing GHGs. A no brainer.
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/global_warming/ global_warming_misinformation_urban_heat_island.html
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I tried to read the linked paper but Adobe says the file is damaged and could not be repaired. Sort of the like the original data I guess. The deeper point is, the fanatics won't even investigate the critical claims until a skeptic makes them. And the fact that no bias was detected is probably an indication that the data were too unreliable to begin with.
How an urban setting could NOT create a bias is a mystery to me. Does the unavailable paper say it had already been taken into account, or that there is no such thing as urban heating? Sounds ridiculous. And why don't you fix your link? –AGF
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This article is a joke, right?
How can this article claim that the urban heat island effect is a myth?? It has been shown by many different methods in many different places and by many different researchers.
The existence of UHI is scientific fact.
A few methodological issues with an out-of-date study by one researcher does not mean that all the others conducted properly are also flawed! Nor does it mean that the study in question is entirely false.
Scott, you seem to misunderstand the issues of urban heat island effect and are focussing on something entirely unrelated.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
The myth is that UHI has not be factored out.
Anonymous, the denialist myth is that the rising US surface temperature measurements are misleading because so many of them are taken from places that have become more urban over time.
In fact, objective analysis has repeated shown that the well-accepted Urban Heat Island effect has been slightly over-corrected.
Perhaps the denialists knew this would be the likely outcome of a reexamination. Is this why they delayed proving their claim and instead shouted about "discourtesy" and waved amateur photographs of particular weather stations?
A G Foster replied on Permalink
The believers have a marked tendency to concentrate on the trivial and irrelevant. Sea surface temp is far more relevant than land temps. And the great bugbear of sea level rise continues to disappoint the informed faithful. It insists on a snail's pace of 3mm/year, and holds steady on a decadal scale (it's going down at the moment). Yet this steady, foot per century rise is translated into catastrophe by the non-deniers. And they wonder why we don't respect their intelligence.


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The Netherlands company, which has a satellite office in San Francisco, is launching a crowd-funding campaign Tuesday for the Frebble, a hand-held Bluetooth device that lets users have their hands held.
The Frebble uses haptic touch technology to sense when a person is squeezing it. The Frebble sends a signal through the Internet to a paired Frebble, which then activates a small lever that comes down on the receiver's hand with the same force as the original squeeze.
"Touch is a basic human need," CEO Frederic Petrignani said in an interview. "Researchers around the world are discovering the importance of social touch to people."
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George Digby was credited with signing more than 50 players who made it to the big leagues, including Hall of Famer Wade Boggs, who might not have been drafted by the Red Sox if not for Digby's convincing argument in 1976.
But like any great fisherman, there's always the story of the one who got away. In Digby's case, it was Willie Mays, who was recommended by Digby in 1949, but Boston declined.
George Digby was credited with signing more than 50 players who made it to the big leagues, including Hall of Famer Wade Boggs, who might not have been drafted by the Red Sox if not for Digby's convincing argument in 1976.
But like any great fisherman, there's always the story of the one who got away. In Digby's case, it was Willie Mays, who was recommended by Digby in 1949, but Boston declined.
Digby died on Friday at the age of 94 at his home in Nashville, Tenn., having retired only five years ago after spending 50 years as a scout and 14 years as a consultant for the Red Sox. He was born in New Orleans on Aug. 31, 1917.
Digby and the Red Sox developed a long-term relationship out of an incident in 1944, when the Red Sox signed pitcher Richard Callahan. Digby was Callahan's high school coach in New Orleans, and he drove such a hard bargain with the scout Boston sent to make the deal, not only did the Red Sox pony up to sign Callahan, they offered Digby a job and he became the franchise's first full-time scout in the South.
Callahan never played a day in the big leagues. There are, however, the names of 53 big league players he's credited with signing on Digby's Florida Sports Hall of Fame plaque, which hangs outside the pressbox at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The list includes Haywood Sullivan, a catcher who eventually became part of the ownership group in Boston, in 1952, and 27 years later signing Sullivan's son, Marc.
Frank Bolling was among the players Digby signed in 1945, his first year with the Red Sox. Three years later, Bolling became the first Digby signee to make it to the big leagues.
Digby watched Boggs play shortstop for Plant City (Fla.) High School and was enamored with the "smooth swing.'' The Major League Scouting Bureau, however, had Boggs as a non prospect and the Red Sox weren't convinced he was big league material.
"Haywood Sullivan was the scouting director at the time, and he said, 'George, we have to take him off our list.'" Digby told the Boston Globe at the time of Boggs' induction. "I said, 'The hell with the bureau. Leave him on.' I didn't know about him being a shortstop, but he could hit."
Digby didn't take no for an answer, and the Red Sox took Boggs in the seventh round of the 1976 Draft. They signed him for a $7,500 bonus plus money for college, which Boggs never used. It took six years, however, for Boggs to make it to the big leagues, including one year when the Red Sox left him off the 40-man roster and won the gamble when no other team selected him in the Rule 5 Draft.
Digby wasn't as fortunate with Mays. But then Digby was still a relative newcomer to pro ball in 1949, and he didn't have a relationship with the decision-makers in Boston. He, however, had a special feeling about Mays, who was playing with the Negro League's Birmingham Black Barons, which shared the ballpark with Boston's Minor League team, the Birmingham Barons.
"I had Willie Mays bought for $4,500," Digby told the Boston Globe. "I called up the Red Sox. I said, 'I got Willie Mays. He'll break the color line [for the Red Sox].'"
With Jackie Robinson having broke baseball's color barrier only two years earlier, a hesitant Boston front office declined. It wasn't until 11 years later that Pumpsie Green became the first African-American to appear in a game with the Red Sox, making them the last pre-expansion franchise to integrate its roster.
Mays, meanwhile, signed with the New York Giants in 1950, and the rest, as they say, is history.
The impact Digby had on the Red Sox franchise was never overlooked. In 2008, he became the first scout inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame, a tribute for a man whose list of signings includes not only Boggs and the Sullivans, but also Bob Montgomery, Mike Greenwell, Reid Nichols, Jerry Moses and Mike Smithson.
"Top 10 scouts in the history of baseball," Cubs special assignment scout Tim Wilken tweeted upon learning of Digby's death. "Ted Williams is probably cussing George for taking so long."
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And as the Red Sox learned over time, Digby's way was usually the right way when it came to scouting players.
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A collective bargaining agreement appeals panel overturned the NFL's suspensions of four players for their involvement in the New Orleans Saints' "bounty" program, NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah said Friday.
While the suspensions are vacated immediately, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell can go back and suspend the four players if he proves there was an intent to injure. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said all players are eligible to play, starting this weekend, until Goodell does so.
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Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the entire 2012 season, free agent Anthony Hargrove for eight games, Saints defensive end Will Smith for four games and Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita three games.
Fujita and Hargrove played for the Saints during the program's duration, from 2009 to 2011, under former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was suspended indefinitely by the NFL. The suspensions of Williams, coach Sean Payton (season-long), general manager Mickey Loomis (eight games) and assistant head coach Joe Vitt (six games) weren't involved in this appeals process.
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Vilma took to Twitter to express his satisfaction about the ruling, writing: "Victory is mine!!!!."
Hargrove's agent, Phil Williams, wouldn't comment on his client's status. Williams also wouldn't say whether or not teams had begun calling him now that Hargrove is eligible to be on the field for the opening week of the 2012 NFL season.
"It's all too new," Williams told NFL.com and NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport.
When asked if his client is physically able to play after being released by the Green Bay Packers in August, Williams said: "Of course. He's ready to play if he falls out of bed after a month."
According to a source close to Smith, the defensive end plans to play Sunday in the Saints' regular-season opener against the Washington Redskins and has been led to believe by the team that he will play.
"Thank you to everyone involved in the process of this solution," Smith tweeted. "And everyone who supported us through this whole ordeal"Fujita also shared his gratitude on Twitter: "I'm overwhelmed with all the support. Thank you so much everyone. Can't tell you how much it means to me."
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"I'm excited," Saints quarterback Drew Brees told NFL.com and NFL Network reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala. "I've been focused on the game, but I hoped that that would be the case. No, I'm not surprised. I wouldn't call me surprised. Obviously, they saw the information that we've seen for a long time."
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While The Hunger Games is not a non-stop fight-to-the-death action film, it succeeds at being something even more interesting.
Following the conclusion of the Harry Potter and Twilight book series, which wrapped-up in 2007 and 2008 respectively, Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games became the next "big thing" for young adult fiction readers. However, much like the darker themes presented in the later Harry Potter installments, The Hunger Games explores some especially heavy material - making it a go-to book series for not just young adults, but plenty of readers who also enjoy deeper literary offerings. As a result, it's no surprise that The Hunger Games film adaptation has, for some time, been one of the most anticipated movie events of 2012 - setting records for pre-release ticket sales and opening weekend sold-out shows.
That said, does writer/director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit and Pleasantville - not to mention writing credits on Big, Dave, and Mr. Baseball) ultimately deliver a Hunger Games film adaptation that accurately transports fan-favorite characters and events onto the big screen - as well as offering up an entertaining movie experience for audience members who haven't bothered with the books?
Despite a few hiccups that come with distilling a 350 page book (told in first person) into a two hour and twenty minute film, The Hunger Games is not only a solid adaptation of the source material - it succeeds at covering a copious amount of backstory, while at the same time delivering some genuinely entertaining (and at times, thrilling) moments, even for those who are still unfamiliar with the book series. The Hungers Games books are jam-packed with supporting characters and in-depth mythos - and so is the film adaptation (at times to a fault).
The basic story takes place in a dystopian future where the Capitol rules over the country of Panem (in what used to be North America) - and uses "The Hunger Games" to suppress the surrounding districts. Each year, the Capitol randomly selects one girl and boy from each of the twelve districts to participate in the Hunger Games - where the 24 "tribute" children fight to the death until only one remains.
When young Primrose Everdeen is chosen as tribute at the District 12 "reaping," her big sister, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), volunteers to fight in her place. Katniss is joined by fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a strong but insecure baker's son, and the two embark on a (one way?) trip to the Capitol to face off against the other district tributes (as well as one another). However, with guidance from District 12 resident (and previous Hunger Games winner) Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), stylist Cinna (Lenny Kravitz), and chaperone Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), Katniss and Peeta quickly discover that to survive the games they'll need more than just fast feet and good aim.
The central storyline from the books remains intact for the film adaptation, as Katniss attempts to make sense of her situation - both in terms of attempting to survive the Hunger Games (inside and outside of the arena), as well as the difference between illustrious Capitol life and the stark poverty she experienced back home in District 12. Katniss requires a lot from Lawrence (both physically and emotionally) and, as usual, the actress delivers a good, nuanced performance. While the role isn't likely to get her another "Best Actress" nomination at the Oscars, she does more with this genre piece than most of her peers might have attempted (just as she did with Mystique in X-Men: First Class).
There's little doubt that some moviegoers will dismiss The Hunger Games as the next Twilight saga - in terms of the quality of the acting and production values. However, as we addressed in our article detailing "5 Facts About 'The Hunger Games' Movie for Those Who Haven't Read the Books," Ross actually lined up a lot of top-tier acting talent (up-and-comers as well as Hollywood veterans) to ground the horrific events depicted in The Hunger Games with believable (and meaningful) performances. Hutcherson (as fellow tribute Peeta) also succeeds in keeping up with Lawrence - presenting one of the more interesting characters in the film (even with a pink-haired Elizabeth Banks and drunk Woody Harrelson running around); Hutcherson also delivers during a pair of especially contemplative moments.
Unfortunately, even Peeta isn't safe from the book-to-film adaptation process - as many side characters are left entirely undeveloped or presented with somewhat muddled motivations. The scope of the film leaves some character actions and motivations a bit vague, which will cause non-fans to leave the theater with a mixed impression of who they are. In the case of Peeta, despite a full character arc that works on the surface level, his in-arena motivations aren't nearly as cohesive (or as interesting) as they are in the source material. In addition, the "Mockingjay," which has major thematic importance (not to mention practical application) in the book series goes almost entirely undeveloped in the film, and despite a lot of onscreen time that's spent on the subject, doesn't ever come full-circle. These aren't just "adaptation" nitpicks, in terms of what is shown on screen - the film leaves plotholes that could be confusing for general audiences (given the time that was spent setting them up).
Similarly, with one or two exceptions, the non-District 12 tributes are mostly just blank caricatures that leave next-to-no emotional impact as either victims or villains. Obviously, with 24 tributes, not to mention a number of non-Games side characters, it would be hard to get to know everyone (a lot of the kids are throwaways in the book); however, as a film (as opposed to a book - where Katniss is limited to first person), the experience could have benefited from a bit more time spent with a few other tributes - so that as they attempt to slaughter (or help) Katniss, they'd have more impact than just the immediate onscreen action. It's a tricky balance, and though the director succeeds overall, there are times when The Hunger Games seems more concerned with building up the larger world in preparation for a sequel, than fully serving some of the moments and characters featured in the current installment. That said, Ross does succeed in utilizing the film medium for the better, such as when he makes up for the lack of Katniss' internal thoughts by smartly implementing external sources for much needed exposition (via the game announcers and production team).
It needs to be said that some moviegoers - those expecting an epic action movie experience - may also find that the film drags (especially in Act 2), given the lengthy run time. Anyone interested in the series mythos will be sated by seeing book characters re-imagined on the big screen, but prior to the actual Hunger Games, there are very few (read: zero) large-scale action pieces to break up all the world-building and exposition. Patient moviegoers will enjoy plenty of intriguing character drama, but there's no doubt that the film (like the books) relies heavily on the back end to hit its action quota. Ultimately, action fans may still be underwhelmed by the actual Games themselves.
Quick, frantic cuts probably helped the film maintain a PG-13 rating, given all the teenagers that die on camera, but as a result, the film is short on captivating battle choreography or epic one-on-one confrontations. Instead of large-scale action set pieces, The Hunger Games movie presents a story about Katniss surviving (and often hiding) - not outright hunting down her fellow tributes - and because of that, the Games portion (despite loads of tense moments) could prove to be underwhelming. In the end, the film is better off for the restraint that Ross employs - since it keeps the focus on Katniss and her plight (not over-the-top CGI explosions) - but it will limit the entertainment value of the onscreen action for some moviegoers.
As the first installment in what will be a four-part film series (based on a three-part book series), Ross has done a solid job establishing the series' major players, as well as the ins and outs of Panem society. Ultimately the director crams a lot of quality content into the film's two-hour twenty-minute runtime - though some plot threads, scenes, and characters are underserved by the movie's conclusion. While The Hunger Games is not a non-stop fight-to-the-death action film, it succeeds at being something even more interesting - a fascinating and disturbing (not to mention tense) character drama that successfully captures the core themes of the book.
If you're still on the fence about The Hunger Games, check out the trailer below:
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One of the things I missed the most while traveling was having a standard stock of kitchenware. When you're bopping around from city to city, and readjusting to a new kitchen every few months, you're not going to have all necessary tools at your disposal. Expecially the super heavy items, like a mortar and pestle. I went almost three years without one. If you cook for a living, that should be a crime.
I used a mortar and pestle whenever I could, like while working at The Hutong in Beijing, but for most of the last peripapetic 3 years I mostly made do with ground spices. I just couldn't justify moving around 10-pound stone objects to every kitchen I used. (Nevermind that I had at least 5 times the weight in cookbooks.) But now, ever since moving home, I've been crushing spices like a fanatic.
For anyone who craves the numbingness of Sichuan peppercorn, the whole spice will always be more satisfying than the pre-ground variety. If you have to use "crack" to describe any food item, use it for Sichuan peppercorn, instead of Momofuku desserts. So, when faced with a mountain of shimeji, king trumpet, and large shiitake mushrooms (went a little overboard at Whole Foods), I decided to sort of recreate a wild mushroom stir-fry from a trip last year to Chengdu.
Sichuan peppercorn is my de facto spice for livening up any vegetable dish. Consider the awesomeness of Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans and Sichuan Cucumber Salad. Here, I used as many mushroom varieties as you can find, for textural variety. In addition to the aforementioned, I also tossed in crimini and enoki. If you want to up the ante, add a bit of dried porcini.
Initially, I wanted to serve this with some frisee on the side, but found some nice New Zealand spinach at the Union Square Greenmarket. The leaves are a bit smaller than regular spinach leaves, and have an innate saltiness that makes it perfect for this smoky umami-laden dish. And while you can certainly eat New Zealand spinach raw, it was a bit too acidic for me. A quick 30 seconds in the pan fixes that (or you can blanch it for 5 to 10 seconds), without rendering it too soggy.
Sichuan Wild Mushroom Sauté with New Zealand Spinach
Serves 4
- 1 pound mixed mushrooms (shiitake, enoki, shimeji, oyster, crimini, trumpet, etc.)
- 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons Sichuan peppercorn, crushed with a mortar and pestle, or 1 tablespoon ground Sichuan pepper
- 2 tablespoons white rice wine
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 handfuls of New Zealand spinach
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Slice the mushrooms to roughly uniform in size. For example, if using large shiitakes, slice them to 1/2-inch thick pieces. Slice trumpet mushrooms into halves or quarters. If using enoki mushrooms, separate so they don't clump when cooking.
- Heat the oil over medium-high heat. Sauté the garlic and Sichuan peppercorn until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms (except enoki) and sauté until they just begin to brown, about 3 minutes. Add the enoki and cook for another 2 minutes, or until all the mushrooms are tender.
- Add the rice wine to lift all the nice brown mushroom bits from the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle in the red pepper flakes. Salt and pepper to taste. Add you New Zealand spinach and cook very briefly, about 30 seconds. Serve while hot.


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There are listings and indexes in which the inclusion
of an organization's name brings prestige, but the inclusion
of its story in an encyclopedia attests to its permanency
and accomplishment. The Encyclopedia Americana,
after describing the sick state of the cotton industry in
the thirties and its improvement thereafter, states that
"many agencies and individuals have made efforts to improve
the cotton situation and conditions among southern
farmers" but it names only one. It reads, "Outstanding
among the various groups is the National Cotton Council
of America, an organization representing producers,
ginners, warehouse men, merchants, crushers and spinners.
Since its organization in 1938 it has spent thousands
of dollars annually in research, in the collection and dissemination
of information and in promotional activities
designed to make the production and distribution of cotton
and cotton seed more efficient and to expand the consumption
of cotton and cotton seed products."
To bring the Encyclopedia's account up to date, it
should be added that the Council's relatively shoestring
budget of around $100,000 in 1939 has expanded to over
$3 million dollars for the year 1965, and that millions
more are available for research and promotion through its
allies in government and industry and through other organizations
it has inspired and with which it cooperates.
The council was founded by Oscar Johnson, of Scott,
Mississippi, in 1938 when prices received by United
States cotton growers were distressingly low and individual
acreage distressingly small, when synthetic fibres
threatened rivalry and exports were cut down by the
increased competition of cotton growers in other countries.
"The industry must unite behind cotton for its very


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The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale
By Don Duggan-Haas, Robert M. Ross, and Warren D. Allmon
with contributions by Kelly E. Cronin, Trisha A. Smrecak, and Sara Auer Perry
Paleontological Research Institution (Special Publication 43), Ithaca, New York, 252 pp. 2013.
Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Geology of the Marcellus Shale
- Chapter 2. Why the Geology Matters
- Chapter 3. The Technology of Shale Gas Extraction
- Chapter 4. Water and Marcellus Shale Development
- Chapter 5. Beyond Water: Other Environmental Impacts of Marcellus Gas Development
- Chapter 6. Life-Cycle Analysis: Shale Gas and Climate Change
- Chapter 7. The Marcellus Shale in a Broader Energy Context
- Chapter 8. Compared to What? Risk, Uncertainty, & Hydrofracking
- Chapter 9. Teaching About the Marcellus Shale
- Chapter 10. So What?
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Glossary
- Endnotes
- Figure Credits
- References
- Index
- Contributors
The Marcellus Shale — a vast rock formation that holds a huge reservoir of natural gas — is at the center of one of the most controversial natural resources issues of our time. This is primarily because of the unconventional method used to extract gas from the shale — slickwater horizontal high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. Concerns about how widespread use of the practice will affect the natural environment — most especially freshwaters at the local level and climate at the global level — have thrust geology into the public view in a way seldom otherwise experienced. This book, funded by National Science Foundation grants NSF GEO 1016359 and 1035078, reviews the major science and technology issues around this complex topic, offering impartial, evidence-based, thought-provoking information to help citizens decide what to do.
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The final chapter of the book, entitled "So What?", attempts to "summarize the current state of what science 'knows' (i.e., has reached a reasonable consensus on) about natural gas in the Marcellus Shale," all the while acknowledging that "there is ample reason to believe that many aspects of this tentative consensus might change in the near future as research proceeds."
"It is perhaps the most balanced, authoritative and, most importantly, accessible summary I've come across of what we know about unconventional gas development in the Marcellus and beyond, what we don't know, and what we need to know. I heartily recommend this book, not just to those teaching about the Marcellus, but to laymen — like me — eager to learn more about it."
Seamus McGraw, author of The End of the Country: Dispatches from the Frack Zone
"This is an impressive collection of information that brings the complexity and scale of the issue down to the fundamentals, stripped of ideology and hype. I know of no other work that tackles the broad issues with this degree of scope, detail, and neutrality. This approach is hugely needed and will greatly serve the public."
Tom Wilber, author of Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale
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Beyonce has come under fire from the animal cruelty police for commissioning designers at custom sneaker company Perfectly Made Kicks to create pair of shoes made from exotic animal skins for her. (Check out the shoes here.)
After upsetting activists at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals by sporting an outfit made from python and iguana skin during her Super Bowl half-time show earlier this month, the singer is at it again after signing on for new shoes made from crocodile and anaconda skins, stingray, ostrich and calf hair.
PETA bosses have wasted no time in jumping on the star's latest fashion faux pas – a statement from the animal rights organisation reads: "These custom-made kicks come with a high price and it's paid by the various animals who were beaten and skinned alive or cruelly farmed and killed. Although most people aren't as familiar with the types of animals (snakes, stingrays, crocodiles, and ostriches) killed for this single pair of sneakers as they are with the cats and dogs we share our homes with, these animals are highly sensitive living beings who try hard to avoid capture and suffer enormously when trapped, netted, speared, and skinned alive.
"We hope that Beyonce will choose to wear more clothes from her own clothing line, which features faux fur, and that one day, she'll go completely cruelty-free.
"She can always choose the cruelty-free and green fashion favored by compassionate, chic celebrities such as Natalie Portman and Anne Hathaway and designers such as award-winning fashion queen Stella McCartney."


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Domino's official Facebook page in New Zealand has debuted the above logo, posting, " "
The pizza chain's CEO, Don Meij, explained the change in a press release.
"It was time to improve the one thing that signifies our brand - by creating a new clean, crisp and strong brand logo that reflects our new directions," Meij said. "We want to signal outside that something has changed inside, we want people to think differently about Domino's and believe this new logo design is the right step."
But not everyone loves the new logo.
Fans have left angry comments including, "Is that Cambria font? You could make that logo in like 3 minutes on publisher," "Dislike," and "how about Domi-NO."
Never fear, for now it looks like the new logo is staying in New Zealand.
"We allow our international markets to customize their pizza recipes to cater to local tastes; likewise, we give them leeway in terms of marketing," Tim McIntyre, Domino's VP of Communications, wrote to Business Insider in an email. "We have nothing to report about a new logo design in the U.S.
For now, Domino's website still instructs the media to use the original logo (right).