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Senior running backs Jovaun Tomlinson (176 yards) and Treyvon Mask (134) ran right. They ran left. And occasionally they ran up the middle, too, combining for 320 yards rushing and three touchdowns in Baldwin's 28-21 Conference I football victory over first-place, and previously unbeaten, Oceanside last Saturday.
"Once we saw that we could get to the edge, we just kept going at it," Baldwin head coach Steve Carroll said of his attack, which ripped off 10 runs of at least 10 yards, most of them to the outside. "We were able to hit the edge because our power-I backs and fullbacks [were making their blocks]."
But as much as the running backs shined, generating three of the Bruins' four touchdowns, the play of the defense had as much of a role in their fifth win in seven games. Bringing pressure from the opening series, the defense registered five sacks of Oceanside's potent quarterback, senior Tom Capone, who led the Sailors to an average of 28.8 points in their first six games. Senior Ryan Mahoney had 2.5 sacks, while junior Elijah Tucker had 1.5 and senior Lucas Krucher added one.
"To hold Oceanside to no points in the first half, you know you're doing something right," Carroll said. "We were able to get after the quarterback, and when you do that, you know that the coverage [in the secondary] is there."
And although the secondary didn't come up with an interception, there were plenty of active hands once the ball was in the air, as senior Travais Hylton broke up two passes and Mask broke up another. "They're a good defensive team and always have been," Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said.
Baldwin's defense made its final stand late in the fourth quarter, as the Sailors, who previously erased a 21-point deficit in a win over East Meadow, battled back with three touchdowns after intermission. Capone started Oceanside's final drive with a 10-yard run to put the Sailors in great position at midfield, but he had consecutive incomplete passes to senior wide receiver Anthony Pintabona. On third down, the Bruins again applied pressure, with Tucker getting a sack and forcing a punt.
"We know we're definitely always going to be in it," Blount said. "Today we just didn't make the plays."
Tomlinson and Mask made big plays beginning with Baldwin's opening series. Each had a run of at least 30 yards, and Tomlinson's 39-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter stood up as the game-winning touchdown. He burst through the heart of the Oceanside defense and raced untouched into the end zone, capping a brief three-play drive that covered more yards (58) than time on the clock (56 seconds).
After Oceanside broke through the Baldwin defense on senior Shane Saucier's 10-yard touchdown run, Mask helped the Bruins answer with a 2-yard scoring run on the next drive. Baldwin marched 60 yards in eight plays on the drive, highlighted by senior Jonathon Robinson's twisting 11-yard run down to the Sailors' 5. Grabbed in the backfield, Robinson fought through the initial tackle and spun through a defender inside the 10 before finally getting pulled down.
Hylton turned a simple 3-yard slant route into a 51-yard touchdown in the second quarter, making his way across the entire field before cutting down the Baldwin sideline.
Tomlinson opened the scoring by following an army of blockers into the end on a 3-yard run in the second quarter, capping a 97-yard drive that began when the Bruins turned in a goal-line stand on Oceanside's second possession.


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The Vatican will decide how to proceed with the young woman responsible for knocking down Pope Benedict XVI during Christmas Eve Mass only after it reviews medical and Vatican security reports, said Vatican spokesmen. Critical to the prosecutor's decision will be the doctors' evaluation concerning the woman's mental state and whether or not she was "of sound mind," said Rev. Ciro Benedettini, vice director of the Vatican press office. When the Vatican prosecutor has all the information, including a medical evaluation, he can recommend acquitting her of any crime, handing her over to Italian or Swiss authorities, or handing down a sentence, Father Benedettini said. The prosecutor will send his recommendation to the Vatican tribunal, which will then make the final ruling.
Susanna Maiolo, 25, jumped a security barrier at the start of the Dec. 24 liturgy as Pope Benedict processed into St. Peter's Basilica. As Vatican security guards tackled her to the ground, she was able to pull on the pope's vestments, causing him to lose his balance and tumble to the marble floor. The woman, who has Italian and Swiss citizenship, was taken away by papal guards. She was not armed but showed signs of mental instability, according to a Vatican statement. Immediately after the incident the pope was back on his feet and appeared unharmed. The Mass and other papal events took place as scheduled. Maiolo "remains under compulsory clinical treatment and the case remains under the jurisdiction of the Vatican judiciary," said Federico Lombardi, S.J., the Vatican spokesman. While the pope was unharmed by the attack, French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, 87, suffered a broken hip and spent Christmas in Rome's Gemelli hospital. Vatican sources confirmed that Maiolo was the same person who attempted to rush the pope at midnight Mass in 2008, but was tackled by guards before she could reach the pontiff.

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Chris Mooney | November 10, 2011
By Chris Mooney • Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 05:23
This would be sad, if it weren't also so telling.
On Monday I announced my new book The Republican Brain, which will be due out next spring. And I provided a brief description, as well as layering on plenty of nuance, like a good liberal, to make sure it wouldn't be misinterpreted.
So much for that!
Beginning with Roger Pielke, Jr. (not technically a conservative, but, well…), and then spreading to climate "skeptic" blogs like Watts Up With That and Marc Morano's Climate Depot, conservatives are claiming that the book is a form of "new eugenics" and that it describes them as "genetically/mentally/psychologically inferior," and so on.
All of this is completely without foundation, and in fact, contradicted by my own book announcement, which discusses the many strengths (as well as weaknesses) of the conservative psychology, and describes the left-right difference as a kind of necessary yin and yang.
And none of the people saying these things (including over 100 commenters at Watts' site) have read the book because it isn't out yet, and won't be for 6 months. In fact, it is still being edited.
Chalk up yet another example of conservative factual wrongness! Perhaps I can even fit it into the text.
But that's not all. These conservatives have somehow gotten the idea that Pielke, Jr., "reviewed" the book, although he did nothing of the kind. Here's Anthony Watts:
Chris Mooney has come up with new book to explain why people like you and I are "abby-normal" for not unthinkingly and uncritically accepting all aspects of
climate disruption. I haven't read it, though the cover itself speaks volumes. I won't commit the same dumb mistake that global warmingclimate change Peter Gleick committed when he wrote his bogus non-review of Donna LaFramboise's IPCC book, so I'll let somebody who has reviewed it speak about it. Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. Igor
If this is not committing the "same dumb mistake," it is definitely pretty close.
I won't do any more to defend a book that isn't even out yet, except to say two things: 1) It is based on solid science from psychology, political science, and other fields; 2) the sort of behavior we're seeing here—jumping to conclusions based on heuristics ("judging a book by its cover"), misrepresenting opponents' views based on no evidence…well, it turns out that these are precisely the kinds of things I'm criticizing. For a tiny taste, see this study, about "traditionalists" vastly misrepresenting the views of those who challenge them, in this case about changes to the English literature curriculum.
Thanks for helping to prove my argument, guys—6 months early!
I'm sure I can count on you in the second round, too.
RickJames replied on Permalink
I can only assume this is the
I can only assume this is the reaction you were looking for with that cover. People do judge a book both by it's cover and whatever they might know about the authors previous writings. This is a good example of building a market for a book. Good sales strategy.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Beautiful result!
The only question is whether the reactions should form a preface or the final chapter.
Not only are these people intellectually blind, they've got a hair-trigger response…
Chris Mooney replied on Permalink
hair trigger response...
This is partly the internet. But I think you'll find the book casts light on that….
Peter Moss replied on Permalink
Perhaps you could add an
Perhaps you could add an appendix to the book if it's not oo late, and place the comments in there as further amunition to your thesis.
On the other end of the
On the other end of the spectrum, although at a more extreme end, Bill O Reilly's book is copping a flogging .
Some reviews from good people:
1) "I wouldn't buy this book if the two inches of height it provides by standing on it would save me from a hanging."
2) "You know I have read a lot of books and some of them you really cannot just put down. I honestly could not wait to put this one down. Then I could not wait to get on here and put it down even more."
3) "Anti Liberty, Anti American from start to end. Historical facts stated simply not true. Terrible book. Don't buy even at gunpoint."
4) "I wanted to like this book, I really did. It was just a poorly written, opinionated piece about nothing relevant. It had a clear bias throughout the book. Look, if you want to learn about Lincoln, there are plenty of biographies you can pick up…I don't recommend this to anyone."
5) "We shouldn't be surprised that a petty dictatorial man like Bill O'Reilly would write so glowingly about a petty dictator like Abraham Lincoln. But we SHOULD be surprised that he'd write so POORLY about him.
I wish I could give this book a ZERO."
Considering he was writing about something that has volumes of information on it already, O Reilly still got it wrong. Where as Mooney is writing about psychological viewpoints & theories that are relatively new………& getting it right.
On another side note & forum whinge. Chris how come you can do strike through's on your text & we can't? The formatting tool bar on here needs work for us commenters.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Why can't watermelons do math ?
It's bizzare how white statist men like to consider themselves some separate racial group .
It's my observation that they are defective in quantitative reasoning so have majors in subjects like English rather than math and physics .
If you want to dis my libertarian brain , please indulge me the with the half dozen equations which demonstrate you even know how to calculate the temperature of a radiantly heated vericolored ball .
Then we can start working towards a mutual quantitative understanding of planetary temperature explaining the 10c difference between us and a gray ball .
Otherwise , it's all just cheap self gratification .
RickJames replied on Permalink
the "watermelons" don't need
the "watermelons" don't need to do any math because the experts take care of that. You need to be smart enough to get around planetary temperature concerns espoused by the experts in that particular field. That doesn't change the fact that watermelons indeed exist and are motivated by great ideas of societal change.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Gee Bob, you come across as massively pompous. Hmm. What else? Vague. Oblivious to your own irrational prejudices too.
Rick, your suggestion that "watermelons" (why not just say "commies!!!!") are dumb because they give weight to expert knowledge rather than their own wishful thinking is comical given the wild intellectual flailing denialists perform.
RickJames replied on Permalink
I'm giving you credit for
I'm giving you credit for listening to experts while not ignoring the possibility of other motivation. I'ma nuanced guy.
Watermelon is not my preferred word. I was just referring to the other comment. However commie doesn't cover it because there isn't necessarilly any green in a commie. Surely you agree that it's possible to use green issues to further a leftist cause.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
This is about science , not personalities
Talk about pompous . I'm just fed up with the arrogant ignorance .
This is a widely cited blog that claims to defend the science behind the notion that increasing the concentration of the molecule which is the building block of life from about 3 or 4 molecules per 10,000 to perhaps even 5 will so change our spectrum that we will broil .
But all I see here are ad hominems and insults by people who appear to have been too lazy to or or intellectually incapable of learning for themselves even the most basic relevant textbook math and physics .
About as much to be learned here as among a flock of domesticated ducks – lots of quacking ; no independent intelligence .
Food Flavorant...
Check your facts buddy. All this extra plant food is killing plants. None of you folks want to explain this.
Texas, Australia, the Amazon Jungle are in an ever increasing cycles of drought. So… CO2 and no water = dead plants. Its simple simple simple math.
Talking about Concentrations without any understanding also doesn't help. Small concentrations make a big difference. Ever do a titration in university?
If you think we're erroneously 'defending science' please show me a paper that clearly demonstrates this. (Please, not another random blogger.)
Back to small concentrations… H2S or Hydrogen Sulphide is hideously dangerous stuff. At 10 PPM you smell rotten eggs, at 100 PPM you start to suffer from oxygen asphyxiation, at 300 PPM all your brain activity instantly stops. You can't even hold your breath well enough to prevent this.
Going with your arguement for a moment…
So where is the Pine tree getting the water from?
So please Bob Armstrong. Tell me what I need to tell Texas. The farmers there are too stupid to grow plants with plant food.
I bet they'd be happy if we could just bring back the dirty 30s dust bowl.
You can see where this is headed;
Dust, plants must love dust;
NY Times, Global Implications of Texas Drought (Texas will need to sell more oil?)
Grim Predictions:
Please sir, can we have some more?
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
And what has this extreme
And what has this extreme weather , which is nothing unusual in my 6+ decades , to do with CO2 ? Actually , it seems reminiscent of the hot , dry dust bowl decade of the 1930s .
You've heard of the dust bowl haven't you ? Was that caused by lack of CO2 ?
I have a better idea...
You seem to think that your farmer with his hydroponic farm has solved all these issues. CO2 is plant food.
Texas should just do what he did.
They should put a GIANT tarp over the entire place, to control the environment, then pump the water in from somewhere else. I dunno… Thailand? (They probably won't mind since their plants are starting to grow gills.)
Did you even look at the 6 decade Texas Precipitation trend line? Precipitation is going down, or in 2011… arriving at the wrong time.
The dust bowl was caused by lack of water. CO2 causes increased heat and a lack of water.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Show me the physics
One might as well try to argue with christian zionists .
The entire estimated change in mean temperature since before the industrial revolution is from perhaps 288k to 288.8k .
The US in the dust bowl 1930s was as hot as today .
But beside the fact that there is absolutely nothing unusual in the globe's continually chaotic weather , show me any physical derivation which leads from an increase in CO2 to drought .
I guess you have to concede that the current historic flooding in Thailand is not due to CO2 .
I'm sorry , my patience with the willful arrogant uneducated ignorance here is exhausted .
Bye , bye .
" I'm sorry , my patience
" I'm sorry , my patience with the willful arrogant uneducated ignorance here is exhausted .
Bye , bye ."
Translation. Defeated by logic. It would have been nice to see some of Bob's discussions with actual climate scientists.
Bob doesn't read science texts
Bob keeps saying that people who accept climate change don't read science books. If he were to read high school and college science books, he would read about climate change.
Information that is presented in school books reflects the consensus of experts.
The people who are cited in the high school and college texts are the accepted experts, and they are also cited in the IPCC Assessment Reports.
Bob keeps asking for information, but he doesn't read the textbooks or the IPCC reports.
He alleges that climate scientists are "self-selected," and refers without specifics to some other science that supposedly disputes climate change.
Some posters talk about watermelons. Actually climate change denialism has been very prevalent in the Russian media because Russian gas/oil tycoons own much of the Russian media.
The denialists Lord Monckton, John O'Sullivan, and Pat Michaels have appeared on the English-language Kremlin-financed Russia Today satellite TV.
Gazprom is majority-owned by the Russian government. It is the former Gas Ministry.
I don't see the problem as one of capitalism versus socialism. Russia is still pretty socialist, and they have a new ruling party called Unity. In Russia, the US, and Canada, the fossil-fuel guys have tremendous power in the government.
Since the fires in Russia during the summer of 2010, there is more discussion of climate change in the Russian media.
President Medvedev used to claim that global warming was a trick, but after the fires he said it was true. He is the former CEO of Gazprom. I think Putin put him there. He's not really a gas guy; he's trained as a lawyer. Actually, many Gazprom officals are former KGB.
Right now, the Russian Academy of Sciences is having a conference about climate change. They admit that it is happening, but they don't seem to be discussing moving to renewable energy. They are discussing the idea of putting aerosols in the atmosphere to keep out some sun.
During the forest fires, a Russian academic named Areshev accused American climate scientists of causing global warming by beaming secret climate weapons at "some countries" (Russia). Now it turns out that the Russians have been experimenting with aerosols.
The Academy of Sciences seem to be discussing the possibility of making a small "nuclear winter" to cool the planet. This will not solve the problem of the oceans becoming more acid.
One American presenting at this conference is Alan Robock, an expert on nuclear winter. His talk is called "Smoke and Mirrors."
He has a power point for his students with the same title, so I think he is going to tell the Russians and the other scientists that aerosols won't solve all the problems of global warming and may make new problems.
The FBI is one Federal organization that spreads false information about climate science and unsubstantiated, defamatory propaganda about climate scientists under the guise of "warning" our academics about foreign spies. They are part of the National Intelligence Council, which publishes about climate science, so there is no excuse for their propaganda.
The FBI recently published a ridiculous white paper that smeared climate scientists who study nuclear winter as Soviet dupes for being fooled about the "hoax" of nuclear winter. They cited a book about a KGB defector who has claimed that nuclear winter was a "KGB hoax."
The FBI did not go so far as to call nuclear winter a "KGB hoax," but they gave tremendous credibility to Sergei Tretyakov, the KGB defector (now dead) who did make this claim.
The FBI claims that the white paper is warning scientists about the tricks of foreign intelligence agencies, but the FBI seems to have fallen for propaganda themselves. The FBI is denigrating our climate scientists and spreading misinformation from vague, uncited sources about how the KGB tricks climate scientists.
The book the FBI cited, "Comrade J," quotes extensively from the denialist Russell Seitz.
The book doesn't even tell that a Russian nuclear winter expert named Valadimir Alexandrov disappeared during a conference in Spain in the 1980s. He had done research in the US.
The book claims that the Soviets only exploited nuclear winter as part of their "peace" campaign against putting Pershing missiles in Europe, but that "nobody" in Moscow believed in nuclear winter.
In fact, that "nobody" General Secretary Gorbachev says he signed a missle treaty because of the concerns of US and Soviet scientists about nuclear winter. Somehow, the FBI "intelligence analysts" overlooked that salient fact.
Most nuclear winter research was done in the U.S. Russian scientists came to the U.S. and participated in this research. Long before the issue of Pershing missiles, the Russians did research on aerosols and the Karakum desert.
It seems to me that it was a good thing that the Russians learned about nuclear winter, and if the KGB tried to use it for some propaganda, it didn't work. The Pershings were installed.
Here is one post about the Russian Academy of Sciences conference. From there you can get links to this absurd FBI white paper.
I have a degree in Soviet Studies, and I understand Soviet disinformation operations; but I think this FBI white paper is a real smear-job. I know for a fact (because I have done it) that Soviet Propaganda operations can be carefully documented with names of people, news articles, dates.
The FBI didn't make their case that the nuclear winter scientists were fooled by the KGB. Shame on them for publishing a conspiracy theory about our scientists! They sound as moronic as the KGB raving about Sakharov being manipulated by his wife the "Jewess Bonner" on this one.
I am having a spat with a Tampa, Florida FBI counterintelligence guy who has promoted the white paper in his newspaper.
He claims he will send my complaints up the chain of command, but he makes a lot of excuses for this white paper (which he says he did not write). People who know the history of nuclear winter research can see that the FBI is smearing some pretty famous people by making vague little hints that the scientists were manipulated. The FBI are citing as their source this stupid book titled Comrade J.
If the FBI think nucear winter is a KGB hoax, perhaps they should check with the Pentagon, the National Academy of Sciences, or even just FEMA. The FBI asked the NAS about their anthrax case. Perhaps they should ask about nuclear winter, too.
I recently read an obituary about a FEMA guy. Part of his job was to prepare for nuclear winter.
The FBI never even identifies the specific "disinformation" they purport to expose. The FBI is supposed to counter disinformation by correcting the record, but the FBI never tells what the false information was.
I usually am a fan of the FBI, but I am ashamed of them this time!
Really, this white paper looks like something a mononic KGB hack would write to defame a Soviet scientist. "Russia's master spy" Tretyakov is dead, so it is hard to really know what he believed. Maybe he was just a blow-hard who wanted to be an expert on things he didn't know about. He may have let the book's author, Pete Earley, put words in his mouth to give the Russell Seitz line credibility. Now the FBI is giving this book credibility.
Still, if nuclear winter is a "KGB hoax" the FBI should all enlighten us about the specific disinformation they claim the KGB spread. If they don't know the truth, how do they know something is disinformation? This disinformation happened in the 1980s, but still there are no specific facts about what the false information was.
The FBI agent I am debating with says that neither I nor Tretyakov know the truth about nuclear winter. Perhaps, but if the FBI claims in a white paper that the KGB spread disinformation about the science, then what is the truth?
If they know something was disinformation, what were the exact lies about the science?
No scholar will give FBI warnings about foreign agents any credibility if they write such dopey white papers.
Maybe the FBI should look at how domestic and foreign fossil fuel companies manipulate politicians and a few academics instead of spreading falsehoods about how climate scientists are being manipulated.
If the scientists are manipulated, the FBI should tell what is the disinformation. They shouldn't just quote some KGB guy who defected after communism ended, bought expensive cars and properties in Florida, and then gave the Russell Seitz line on nuclear winter.
The FBI looks really ridiculous now because they are giving the Russell Seitz line on nuclear winter while the Russians are having a conference to report their research on putting aerosols in the atmosphere to cool the planet.
Perhaps the FBI counterintelligence has already put aerosols into the atmosphere and can tell us that nothing happened because nuclear winter is a KGB hoax.
Nuclear winter, like physics, is not a KGB hoax. I expect only the highest standards from the FBI. They should either "show us the beef" or retract their smear AKA a "white paper." We can't have an organization that investigates crimes writing defamatory trash. They have to have high scientific standards and do real historical research; otherwise, "law officers" who are in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry like Attorney General Cuccinelli will exploit the credibility of the FBI and even try to turn them against our scientists like the Kremlin bosses turn the KGB on some of their great scientists.
People who want to know what the KGB does, need look no further than the campaign of defamation spearheaded by Attorney General Cuccinelli. He has turned his office into a political police, and Cuccinelli even quoted the Kremlin's news agency RIA Novosti in a legal document against the EPA.
Is that where the FBI wants to go?
Now I see that Cuccinelli has taken that document off the Internet. I guess he doesn't want people to see that he cited the Kremlin when he defamed the CRU scientists.
Perhaps the FBI should also take their stupid white paper off the Internet, apologise to the climate scientists they have defamed, and investigate how this white paper managed to get published.
russellseitz replied on Permalink
Dezinformatsia begins at home
russellseitz - Mon, 2011-11-14 14:02
Vote up!
Vote down!
Would Snapple be so good as to explain how, despite my consistently attesting to the reality of radiative forcing by CO2, in policy quarterlys and peer revired scientific journals for three decades , and likewise warning against the dangers of hyperbole in scientific discourse , in venues ranging from Climatic Change , Foreign Affairs and The National Interest, to Nature and the Washington Post , I merit description as a " climate denier "?
If he thinks 'denial' consists in criticizing Carl Sagan's popularization of Nuclear Winter as a locus classicus of putting PR before peer review, he'd better add Steve Schneider and a dozen more critics to his roster.
Then again he might bother to read what we wrote , change his mind, and proffer as many apologies. It is always hazardous to rely on third party polemics without checking their primary sources- If he didn't read what i wrote in Nature last July my blog at once speaks for itself and provides links to a plenum of my writings.
"So please Bob Armstrong.
"So please Bob Armstrong. Tell me what I need to tell Texas. The farmers there are too stupid to grow plants with plant food."
Or maybe the farmers in Thailand could get some pointers from Bob on what to do with all the extra water for their crops? Plants love water right?
Excerpt: "Tropical storms inundated 62 of 77 provinces, destroying 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) and as much as 7 million tons of crops, the government says. That equals 4.6 million tons of milled grain, 1 million more than the surplus expected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
RalphNader replied on Permalink
Unfortunately droughts we're invented before global warming and there is no link between any drought and a 1/2 degree of warming.
RalphNader replied on Permalink
This exchange
This exchange sums up nicely what mooneys book ist trying to say. Republicans want the facts, the science to be examined, while the left wing wants assurances from self proclaimed experts.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Not really, "Ralph"
Nope. Republicans try to declare that what suits them is the truth, progressives try to integrate a wider range of knowledge looking for the truth.
You're doin' it right now Ralph.
RalphNader replied on Permalink
The truth
The truth is quite simply that with increased c02 concentrations the globe has not warmed in the past 15 years. Despite all the predictions of severe warming it has not come to pass. End of story.
Some people rely on logic and reason to form their opinions. You can call them republicans and some democrats. Others rely on a small group of obscure self interested scientists to tell them what to think, inspite of a complete lack of evidence.
You can believe whatever you want, just accept the fact that the earth is not responding to your beliefs. Perhaps the earth votes republican?
"The truth is quite simply
"The truth is quite simply that with increased c02 concentrations the globe has not warmed in the past 15 years."
Where is this "truth" you talk about? I go to the major institutions and I cannot see any mention of no warming in the past 15 years.
All I see is stuff like this:
"Capping off the warmest decade on record, the average global temperature in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest year since reliable records began in 1880"
Global temperature rise
All three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed since 1880. 5 Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years. 6 Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase"
I've searched around the major institutions & cannot find this 15 years of no warming you are talking about. They are big sites I know, so maybe you could provide the link from one of the major institutions that mention this no warming for the past 15 years?
"The truth is quite simply
"The truth is quite simply that with increased c02 concentrations the globe has not warmed in the past 15 years."
Ralph, before we move onto the next post where you will repeat this statement again, can you provide evidence of this? From an institute that measures it…..not someone who comments on it or an interpreter of interpretations.
Phill, this graph shows how
Phill, this graph shows how Ralph views the temperatures vs how realists view them:
From here: http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling-january-2007-to-january-2008.htm
"The right wing want the lies
"The right wing want lies & the science to be delayed, while the good guys wants assurance from experts."
You had a few typos Ralph, I fixed it up for you.
Political warfare
I'll put this here for you, PM, but Snapple's post motivated it.
My argumentative trajectory has shifted from making arguments (which assumes a rational argument) to analyzing psychological motives (which assumes motivated cognitions for underlying denial) to evaluating political warfare tactics (which assumes bad faith argumentation and an immoral or amoral adversary). If the point of the argument was to make progress on issues related to climate science then it would be worthwhile but it's a little like attacking a scientific Potemkin village. At best, we're hoping for signs of good faith, since that would mean that there's still some potential that the arguer will recognize her/his irrationality. But at the worst, the 'denialist' is actually a propagandist whose point is to obfuscate and neutralize the enemy (us, in their eyes) by any means possible.
Segueing back – one of my pet peeves is the notion that I need to specialize in every area of climate science or – ergo – it's invalid. This notion seems to be a misapplication of the fallacy of appeal to authority. By the same token, automobiles can't work because I'm not a mechanic. Electricity can exist because I'm not an electrician/physicist. And so on. It's a fallacy of incredulity (appeal to ignorance). How appropriate! [correction: it's actually argument from incredulity/lack of imagination]
I'd accept the burden of proof if proof actually meant something in the denalist universe, but it doesn't. The whole point of polical warfare is to produce doubt by producing an anti-truth (a lie) for every truth. The strategy is to create confusion. Another goal is to cite memes from the freeper codebook and thus maintain the Potemkin parallel universe. There's a peculiar rationale that guides denialist posts but there's never any progress towards explaining anything because the intent is to defeat truth rather than harness it. There's no attempt to expand on denialist's alternative explanations because they're like roads in a Potemkin village. They serve no purpose other than preserving the pretense.
I'm coming around to this kind of thinking...
Read this;
I started worrying about what was going on when I spoke to a conservative Environmental Engineer in Alberta. When I mentioned climate change, it touched off a torrent of hate for Al Gore, something I simply couldn't understand. Like somehow Al made it up and climate scientists are all wrong.
I then saw a few toxic arguements on my usual forums, so I decided to see what I could do about it. Which isn't much.
I started leaving links to more appropriate information sources rather than engage in arguements. I simply reply… say a bit, ask pointed questions, like "Who told you that?"
But I want folks to see some real info before they leap to conclusions.
Its not about winning arguements for me. Its about the fact that someone somewhere might come trolling by, see me behaving nicely (enough), and see links to good info. This is what I do in the more public spaces since this is obviously a war for joe average's mind.
caerbannog666 replied on Permalink
I have the technical background to evaluate many denier claims..
…and what I see repeatedly are shocking displays of denier incompetence and/or laziness.
For example, deniers have spent years making silly claims about the surface temperature record, claims that can easily be disproved by college students who have a couple of semesters of computer programming coursework under their belts.
Here are two specific examples of this:
1) UHI is responsible for the warming trend.
This can be disproved by downloading the GHCN raw data, writing up a straightforward gridding/averaging program, and computing global-average temperature anomalies for rural vs. urban stations. The urban/rural station designations are included in the GHCN data files and can easily be parsed out with some simple string processing routines. Don't trust the GHCN rural/urban designations? Then verify them for a representative sampling of stations with Google Earth. Use Google's API to overlay the station locations on top of the high-resolution satellite imagery and verify the stations' rural/urban status directly.
Although this is something that a competent analyst could do in a few days, deniers have failed to do anything like this in the *years* that they have been pushing their UHI claims.
2) The warming trend is an artifact of "dropped stations" .
This is even easier to disprove than (1) above. Simply modify the gridding/averaging code to process only the stations still actively reporting data. Compare the results with the results you get from processing all of the data. Sifting out the "dropped stations" takes only a few lines of code, btw. This is something that a competent analyst could do very quickly.
But in the *years* that deniers have been pushing this dropped-stations claim, they have failed to back up their claim by performing this simple, straightforward task.
(And yes, I've personally done both – and my results have proved that the UHI and "dropped stations" factors have virtually no impact on the global-temperature computations).
I could go on and on with more examples of denier incompetence (or laziness), but these two examples are damning enough on their own.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Furthering the cause?
While your comments here, Rick, are using "green issues" to advance a reactionary right-wing cause…
Why are you rooting around for "motivations" when the science lies before you?
RickJames replied on Permalink
people are complex. I find
people are complex.
I find the science interesting but I don't believe the future is all figured out. The future implications of the science vary a lot from nothing to unknown to catastrophic.
In the mean time individuals gravitate to one side or the other of the issue or more often totally ignore it. Why do they do these 3 things? It's not as simple as it may seem. Motivations are complex and we often don't understand our own motivations all that clearly. The assumption of political superiority on one side or the other indicates strong bias and muddies the waters.
chas rasper replied on Permalink
Some interesting commentary
Some interesting commentary over at the WUWT article about Chris Mooney's reaction to all the buzz he's generated. This comment in particular struck a cord;
"….he's trying to be a leftist Ann Coulter. The Coulter/Mooney formulation is simple, direct, and lucrative. You can sell a lot of books by providing a reasoned but deliciously hyperbolic rant about why the other half are idiots and/or crooks."
Roughly translated - 'Mooney is making bags of cash preaching to the choir".
Nothing wrong with that, eh? Everyone's got to make a living.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
So just
what is new?
RalphNader replied on Permalink
Essentially this book comes out and says I can pigeonhole people into a certain category based on their politicial ideology. Of course a provocative title will certainly generate sales amongst the extremist left base and of course is a good strategy to cater to this small group. On the plus side what this type of book also does is to segregate cliamte science to the extremist fringe, which is why no one will take it seriously. Mooney et al. do a good job of keeping the conflict alive to sell books and earn a living. Those who would like to see action on this file unfortunately are very poorly served by the mooneys of the world. In a sense mooney becomes a defacto denier by delaying action. To which I say keep those books and smear campaigns coming!
At the end of the day it comes down to this, some people want evidence, some people want experts. When there is no warming there is no problem, right now we don't see anything other than claims of warming to come, but many of us have heard the climate scientist cry wolf for far too long.
RickJames replied on Permalink
I personally believe that way
I personally believe that way over 99% of the population could be described as defacto deniers. It's why emissions are going up and up in years to come. Concern about agw does not touch lives in any meaningful way. Sometimes it's a way of making a living and sometimes it's an intellectual pursuit but it does not reach past that for almost anyone.
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Heartland Institute lobbyist, huh?
"Ralph", thanks for drawing our attention to a Heartland Institute lawyer's right-wing denialist "scientific insight." I love to watch fools dance!
I do note that Mr. Taylor's tired arguments, (not warming… much, not our fault, too expensive to address even if it was), are completely unrelated to Chris Mooney's premise, other than to provide the billionth example of right-wing double-speak and truculent scientific misrepresentation.
I'm so glad we don't need to do anything that might impact corporate profits our quality-of-life.
RalphNader replied on Permalink
Tired Arguements?
The fact that carbon emissions have increased by 1/3 and we have no warming in the same time frame point to the obvious, co2 is not a strong driver of climate.
This may be a tired scientific fact but get used to it, each year we see no warming and more c02 emissions people start to realise that global warming is not an issue. A friend of mine who is a professor of biology put is best. "It's incomprehensible that anyone still believes in this!"
Ben Lawson replied on Permalink
Yes, tired "arguements"
Snort! The tired argument is to pretend that every brief "pause" in warming is proof that there is no AGW impact while deliberately ignoring the widespread evidence that shows the opposite over actually meaningful time spans.
Another tired argument is to pretend that mainstream climate scientists are unaware of the myriad natural factors that affect climate, sometimes countering the AGW component, sometimes reinforcing it.
It's funny, "Ralph", how you were such an advocate of automobile safety when the chances of a crash, on any particular trip, was so small. Now you seem to be rolling the environmental dice on all our behalf. I hope it's not senility setting in.
The textbooks say there is
The textbooks say there is global warming, so you are the lazy ignorant, person who doesn't read the books.
Textbooks cite the IPCC scholars and the IPCC 4th Assessment Report. The National Intelligence Council, the Pentagon, the CIA, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, all our scientific organizations, and the National Academy of Sciences are concerned about climate change.
Catholic schools, for example, use an AP Environmental Science book that cites the IPCC as well as Pontifical Academicians Paul Crutzen and V. Ramanathan. Their research is used for the IPCC Report, and they advise the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences as well as other scientific and governmental organizations. Crutzen has a Nobel Prize, and that's who we read in our textbooks.
If you read our excellent textbooks, you might learn something. Perhaps you should read Dr. Michael Mann's easy-to-understand explanation of the IPCC 4th Assessment. The book is titled Dire Predictions.
The National Intelligence Council has posted quite a bit about climate change in different regions of the world here:
National Intelligence Council (NIC) [16 U.S. intelligence agencies], "Impact of Climate Change to 2030"
Thomas Fingar said:
"Our primary source for climate science was the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, which we augmented with other peer-reviewed analyses and contracted research. We used the UN Panel report as our baseline because this document was reviewed and coordinated on by the US government and internationally respected by the scientific community."
•Dr. Thomas Fingar, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis (June 25, 2008 before Congress)
The 'Our Government is Lying To Us' Theory
They don't even want to admit who's telling them that the world is warming.
Its our governments. Bush's government. Harper's Government… all the governments. Government research… government satellites… Government organizations…
And oh… the military. Yup… Appearently these guys are so deluded by some green movement that they are commiting TREASON to lie to their own people and collude with foreign military forces.
And some how all this is believed with zero nadda sippo evidence. Then if they get questioned… they yell "Al Gore!" or some other distracting public figure.
Meanwhile the trail of money from oil companies is quite clear. Tim Ball and his so called 'Friends of Science' got caught fraudulantly washing money through the University of Victoria. All oil money from red neck executives… Who clearly profit by smearing climate scientists.
Yup… Must be a secret green plot.
RickJames replied on Permalink
No, most greens aren't smart
No, most greens aren't smart enough to come up with anything beyond holding signs up and chaining themselves to concrete. (how to they go to the bathroom?)
On the internet in places like this, scientific uncertainty is minimized. A phrase like "the world is warming" can mean almost anything, but it's always used in a fear mongering way.
It's not hard to find scientific uncertainty about the range of future warming. So then, why do we find a minimization of the uncertainty?
Lets be generous and say it's about trying to alert a sleepy public to the issue of climate change. So we have to magnify our worst fears. Okay, Ill buy that. But it's not working.
You have been unable to wake up the 99% and you are off track to blame your debating opponents. No one pays attention to them either. People are and will remain comatose until they face some personal disaster. Well - not all of them but more than 99%.
related - read today that by 2012! hydrate melting may initiate super warming and kill 4.5 Billion. - yawn - nobody is even going to spend 10 seconds thinking about that possibility.
heres a deeper problem - if you go out into the general public and ask if they are concerned about global warming - they will all say yes but if you ask them to lift a finger to do something about it they will all say no.
Badgersouth replied on Permalink
Capitalism vs the Climate
Related reading:
"Capitalism vs. the Climate", Naomi Klein, The Nation, Nov 8, 2011
Klein's article is one of the best-written explanations of the "politics" of climate change that I have ever read.
I would like to see Chris Mooney address it in a future blog.
Should be Required Reading For All
It doesn't completely trash the folks on the right.
It shows why they are afraid, and why the arguements have skewed the way they have. Climate versus Economy.
It really should be read by all.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Actually, true conservatives
Actually, true conservatives can reason. I think they are still wrong, but they are reasonable.
SteveFunk replied on Permalink
Effective global warming mitigation will require a world government, which will reduce our freedom to act in our own national interest. It will also cause a hell of a depression. The Stern report is pie in the sky. Of course, not mitigating global warming will cause an even worse depression. But I can't blame conservatives for looking for evidence that the science is false. As Will Rogers said, "It's hard to get someone to understand something when their paycheck depends on not understanding it."
Davefinnigan replied on Permalink
Research - Republicans are socially destructive - duh
Chris - Proof for your thesis - maybe useful in the book.
This study examined correlations between moral value judgments on a 17-item Moral Intuition Survey (MIS), and participant scores on the Short-D3 "Dark Triad" Personality Inventory—a measure of three related "dark and socially destructive" personality traits: Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. Five hundred sixty-seven participants (302 male, 257 female, 2 transgendered; median age 28) were recruited online through Amazon Mechanical Turk and Yale Experiment Month web advertisements. Different responses to MIS items were initially hypothesized to be "conservative" or "liberal" in line with traditional public divides.
Our demographic data confirmed all of these hypothesized categorizations. We then tested two broad, exploratory hypotheses: (H1) the hypothesis that there would be "many" significant correlations between conservative MIS judgments and the Dark Triad, and (H2) the hypothesis that there would be no significant correlations between liberal MIS judgments and Machiavellianism or Psychopathy, but "some" significant correlations between liberal MIS judgments and Narcissism. Because our hypotheses were exploratory and we ran a large number of statistical tests (62 total), we utilized a Bonferroni Correction to set a very high threshold for significance (p = .0008).
Our results broadly supported our two hypotheses. We found eleven significant correlations between conservative MIS judgments and the Dark Triad—all at significance level of p < .00001—but no significant correlations between the Dark Triad and liberal MIS judgments. We believe that these results raise provocative moral questions about the personality bases of moral judgments. In particular, we propose that because the Short-D3 measures three "dark and antisocial" personality traits, our results raise some prima facie worries about the moral justification of some conservative moral judgments.
But didn't we already know this intuitively?
Good video
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but this is a good video by Dr Barry Bickmore, a conservative discussing why conservatives oppose AGW.
Dr Barry Bickmore - How to avoid the truth about climate change
Discussions include, the politics, statistics, the consensus, Galileo, argument from authority, models, environmentalists, Roy Spencer, Christopher Monckton.
russellseitz replied on Permalink
Dezinformatsia begins at home
Would Snapple be so good as to explain how, despite my consistently attesting to the reality of radiative forcing by CO2, in policy quarterlys and peer revired scientific journals for three decades , and likewise warning against the dangers of hyperbole in scientific discourse , in venues ranging from Climatic Change , Foreign Affairs and The National Interest, to Nature and the Washington Post , I merit description as a " climate denier "?
If he thinks criticizing Carl Sagan's popularization of Nuclear Winter as a locus classicus of putting PR before peer review, he'd better add Steve Schneider and a dozen more critics to his roster.
Then again he might bother to read what we wrote , change his mind, and proffer as many apologies. It is always hazardous to rely on third party polemics without checking their primary sources- my blog at once speaks for itself and provides links to a plenum of my writings.
Curiouser &
Curiouser & curioser.


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MAYZAN: Thank you Marty for taking the time to do this chat with me, I`m sure all of our visitors have been waiting for this interview as well. And congratulations on the initial success of "Loudspeaker"!
MF: Thanks and no problem!
MAYZAN: It`s been a while since we did an interview for the site, lots to talk about over the last few months for you, but let`s start by talking about "Loudspeaker". Was there a main concept or theme in making the album?
MF: If anything I knew I wanted to make the most aggressive album of my career so far. Ever since I came to Japan, I have been doing such an insane variety of things, and believe me I have enjoyed everything thoroughly. By playing with techno pop stars and doing mainstream TV all the time I`m sure that I have confused more than a few of my fans who have supported me for a long time. I think a lot of them realize that there are a lot of things I wanna do, but really wish that I would come out with an album of what I`m most known for. That was the only real concept I focused on for "Loudspeaker".
MAYZAN: That`s what the album sounds like to me, but I think you have really surprised a lot of people with an album like this. There are a lot of fans who think that you are into pop now and that`s it. When did you record this album?
MF: I am into pop! I just love music period. I have my own taste in music and it is probably a bit weird too. I just happen to have a ton of music in my system that I need to play. What I find fun and challenging in music is the pushing the extremes. I recorded "Loudspeaker" over 14 months a little at a time, while doing all the other things I do. So for example one day I may be playing a dance pop tune live with Ami Suzuki, then the next day writing and producing a ballad for Clair, then the next day playing a Japanese Enka song on TV then the next day I would go into the studio for "Loudspeaker" and work on a sick heavy track like "Stigmata/Addiction".
MAYZAN: What I like about the album is that it doesn`t show that pop side of you at all, it`s pure heavy all the way.
MF: I`m glad you like it, but that`s where you are a bit wrong, I have to say. Doing a wide variety of mainstream music and working with the top producers, writers and artists has given me a great insight on how to make heavy music more exciting and powerful. I`ve learned that even though a genre may be different, being influenced by people who are top class in their field can rub off in a big way on whatever you do. If you want to get technical, some of the song structures, key changes and modulations on the record are very pop, or j-pop in nature. It`s just that I may be playing at warp speed or detuned to low B or soaking in distortion so there is little chance that one would hear the record and think it`s poppy. I feel like it`s like when the metal meets well thought out structures it becomes more powerful.
MAYZAN: Come to think of it, you are the only artist to truly do a metal instrumental record. I mean, you have some great guests like Steve Vai, John Petrucci and Billy Sheehan on "Loudspeaker" and we all know how great they are but they really aren`t known for metal. When they do their instrumental albums, it`s more progressive than anything else. I guess for a lot of their fans, this is the first time to hear those guys in a full metal context. How was it working with them?
MF: I`ve been lucky enough to make some good friends who play fantastic. They all were very cooperative and seemed to enjoy doing their parts very much. For me it was a big experiment, I wanted to get these guys to play the most aggressive way they could because as a fan I really wanted to hear them in a full metal context like you say. They tore right through it and were so easy to work with. When John came into the studio, it reminded me of jamming with Jason Becker.
MAYZAN: In what way?
MF: John would come up with a phrase, I would love it but suggest changing a few notes. John would make the change, but then change it again to make it even cooler than I thought it would be. That would inspire me to tweak it once again, then he would get another idea and the whole thing would keep snowballing until we finally get this insane solo. Then we kinda have to stop because there would be no end to the constant friendly one-upmanship. Cacophony was like that too.
MAYZAN: Are you competitive when it comes to other guitar players?
MF: Not in the slightest. I find that whenever I`m around a good player, I just want to absorb any knowledge I can from them, while at the same time show them some of my stuff and explain it if asked.
MAYZAN: Tell us about the album cover. You and I have had a few good laughs about your past album covers! What was different this time?
MF: My longtime fans know I have had some damn shitty album covers over my career! Anytime I do an autograph signing, without fail someone shows up with a Hawaii album and it`s all over! Cacophony was not much better either. What can I tell you? Actually some of my solo album covers barely squeak by the OK meter in my opinion. Just barely. I actually liked the Music For Speeding cover but even then a lot of people didn`t think much of it. Up until now my favorite album cover of my career was Youthanasia. That was an awesome cover!
MAYZAN: "Loudspeaker" has a very cool cover in my opinion, what did you do different this time!?
MF: This time I had a concept of what I wanted, I knew who I wanted involved, and challenged all of them to make something that they could be really proud of. I am extremely happy with this cover, finally!
MAYZAN: Will the cover be the same outside of Japan? And while we`re on the subject what can you tell us about the worldwide release of "Loudspeaker"?
MF: The cover will likely be the same all over the world. There is some Japanese writing on it and we are debating whether to keep it or change it outside of Japan. Other than that it should be the same. We are planning a worldwide release, late fall this year.
MAYZAN: "Loudspeaker" charted at #20 in Japan, and sold out of its first pressing on the very first day of release, congratulations! It is particularly amazing for an instrumental album. What do you think made that happen and why not until now?
MF: I would like to think that it`s my best record yet and it probably is, but as you know there is so much more that goes into selling a record. Being on TV every week for the last year certainly is a factor. The first class team of my management and record company is a luxury that I have never had for my solo work before. All of those things play a part, I`m sure.
MAYZAN: You just did a performance with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, have you ever done anything like that before? How was it and will we be able to see it?
MF: It was for a TV show so it was filmed. It was a blast! I had done something similar in San Francisco when I played Jason Becker`s "End of the Beginning" with the San Francisco Community Orchestra which was a great experience, but the level of musicianship is completely different between a community orchestra and a world class 70 piece orchestra. It was unbelievable. The arranger did a fabulous job with my song, "Paradise Express" and the 2 other songs that I played. It was an awesome learning experience all the way around because the structure of an orchestra is so completely different from a band. All of the mental timing cues that you are used to from playing in a rock band are gone and it took some getting used to in rehearsals.
MAYZAN: Obviously broadcast is Japan only?
MF: That`s right. August 26th at 6PM on NHK.
MAYZAN: On a completely different subject, we got this email at the site, and I wanted to know what you thought about it.
[Marty, Since Feburary I have been running the myspace profile posing to be your official one? For awhile now I have been feeling rather guilty because I feel like I have been decieving over 4000 people, including Jason Becker, Jeff Loomis, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Nick Menza, and many other people.. I truly feel terrible.
Because of these people asking this I would like to know if I could have your permission to actually keep it running as the true official Myspace for you. With you being able to check it and use it, of course... I would completely re-design it according to how you would like me to and everything. I just thought I could bring that as an offer to you, that's your choice man. If you don't want me to I completely understand.
I'd like to also sincerly apologize for what I have done. I do feel guilty because of it..
Sincerly, Benjamin firstname.lastname@example.com]
MF: I don`t really have an opinion on this. I`m sure the net is full of imposters all across the board. For the record, as you know, the only site on the net that I have anything at all to do with is this one.
MAYZAN: I know that but the fact is there are many of your fans out there being deceived by people like this.
MF: If people want to pretend to be other people on the net, I say it`s lame, but whatever gets you off. I would like to think that people don`t necessarily believe everything they read on the net. Either way, the only thing that matters to me is the music, and that is the only thing I can control.
MAYZAN: You and I have been doing this site since the beginning, and your fans have come to trust the info here.
MF: You say you and I but it is mostly you! Great job, my friend. I would like to contribute more but I can either make music or talk about it.
MAYZAN: But you do have a `Marty`s Report` blog-type section in the Japanese side of the site, why not here?
MF: That is a place where I write short blurbs in Japanese about the events and stuff that I do in Japan. I prefer to chat with you like this for the English side.
MAYZAN: I can tell you that the rest of the world is very interested in when you will do anything outside of Japan. The majority of the emails that come here are basically asking that.
MF: I am planning a tour of Europe for early next year. It has been way too long since I have played there live aside from guitar clinics and special events. I`m also considering the U.S. and South America, but it is way too early to comment on that. MAYZAN: We all hope that happens! Thanks for chatting, Marty.
MF: Thanks for your great work on the site! See you soon.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – One men's lacrosse winning streak had to end today and it turned out to be the longest one. No. 20 Yale ended No. 19 Bryant's string at 10 when Matt Gibson (in photo) scored with 1.7 seconds left in the second overtime to give the Elis an 11-10 win and a sixth straight victory before 1,275 at Reese Stadium.
Yale's two-time All-America pick was kept off the scoreboard through five periods of thrilling action, though he did make two great passes to set up scores. Gibson, who had three points, moved around the net, spun and fired through Jameson Love's legs just before time expired on the new stadium scoreboard clock.
"We were trying to get into a play, and I looked up at the clock with I think 12 seconds left," said Gibson, who gave Yale its third straight OT win. "I knew that we had to make something happen fast, so I just kind of took my guy up the left side. He was playing good defense all game but that time I managed to stutter step and then get a shot from my left hand. It ended up going through the goalie's legs."
Junior defenseman Glenn Maiorano had been shadowing Gibson (25 goals, 40 points) all game. That could only work for so long.
"Their defense played really well, and the guy who was guarding me played very well. They beat us two years ago on our field, so to score the game-winner means a lot for me to get a little bit of revenge. It's good for the team going into the playoffs to be able to pull off a win like that," said Gibson.
The game-winner was set up by Peter Johnson's great defensive play after Bryant had held the ball for the first three minutes of the second OT. Johnson got the ball away from an attackman and sent it up the field before the home team called time out. Gibson ended up with the ball and, after making a few moves, looked up to see time was running out.
"We specifically wanted to defend their transition, especially their pole (Poli), number 55, who had three goals," said Johnson. "That plan didn't work out as well as expected. But 6-on-6, we played great. We just needed to stop their transition opportunities."
Eight different Elis found the net including Greg Mahony, who led the Blue (8-4) with three tallies, and Deron Dempster (2).
The Yale offense has one player to thank for the opportunity to spread the wealth tonight, sophomore face-off specialist Dylan Levings, who is fifth in the nation with a .641 mark. He was going up against No. 4 Kevin Massa and the true battle of bulldogs (both players took every face-off) went to Levings with 16 wins in 25 attempts, including nine straight.
"I watched a lot of film on it and studied what he did," said Levings. "I was pretty comfortable with what he was going to do, so I just tried to go out there and do my thing and see if that worked. I had my adjustments if it didn't."
Bryant (11-3), also nicknamed the Bulldogs, scored three straight goals over the last two and a half minutes to send the game into extra play. Mason Poli took the ball away from a Yale player in the home end, raced the length of the field, while almost falling twice, and then scored with 20.6 seconds left in regulation.
Yale sophomore goalie Jack Meyer faced 40 shots and made 13 saves, the exact total for the Bryant netminder, who saw 41 attempts.
The defenses dominated early. The first ball that found the net, from Bryant's Matt Larson, came at 2:17 of the opening quarter. That was Yale's only deficit of the night.
The Elis answered with 42 seconds left in the first on a spectacular Dempster tally. The junior attackman, who had two highlight-type scores, took a behind-the-net feed from Matt Gibson while beginning to spin a few feet outside the crease. He deposited the ball inside the far post.
Michael McCormack, who had a game-high five caused turnovers, created the opportunity for Yale's second goal and a 2-1 lead at the first break. The defenseman, who notched his second goal of the year during an eight-goal third period, snatched the ball from a black jersey and sent it to Michael Pratt before the captain tallied his sixth of the season.
Yale, which had leads of 6-3 and 10-7, had a slight edge in shots and ground balls in a game where the teams combined to go 0-for-9 with the extra man.
"I think we did a great job," said Yale head coach Andy Shay, who has seen his Bulldogs play a school-record 12 OT sessions this spring. "We wanted to win face-offs and we wanted to swallow up the time possession, and i think we did a very good job of that. They were playing great defense. They were sliding at times and not sliding at other times, and I think we had to be opportunistic, and the guys stepped up at the right times."
The Elis, who will play in their third straight Ivy League Tournament next month, close out the regular season by hosting Harvard next Saturday at 2 p.m. at Reese Stadium.
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With summer comes road work in Hood River County, with projects on Markham Road and on Dee Highway.
On Monday, MEI Construction of Portland will be starting work on the City of Hood River waterline southwest of Hood River.
The work will begin at Portland Road and Markham intersection and continue north on Markham for 4,500 feet.
Work begins at 7 a.m. each morning Monday through Thursday and ends each day between 5 and 7 p.m. Markham will have one-way traffic control set up and there could be delays up to 30 minutes. Accommodations for emergency services and school buses will be made and no delays will occur for those services.
All residences along Markham will also be accommodated by MEI during all driveway crossing in front of their home.
The street will be temporary-paved every night and the final paving will occur in the first weeks of July.
Culvert repairs on the west side of OR 281, the Dee Highway, will mean delays for motorists south of Hood River from June 10-14.
ODOT is restarting the project to repair the culvert on the west side of the highway at milepost 13.1, north of Trout Creek Ridge Road. The project was postponed last November because of bad weather.
Most of the work will take place at the ends of the pipe. Equipment will be parked on the shoulder of Dee Highway.
Motorists should expect daytime single-lane closures with flaggers guiding traffic and delays of up to 20 minutes.
The schedule may change due to weather or other unforeseen delays.
Preparations for the work started the week of May 20 but the repairs won't begin until June 10, with all work scheduled to be completed by June 14.
In downtown Hood River, State Street construction will start in about a month, but vehicle traffic will not be affected. Crestline Construction will work off-street, mainly in the State Street parking lot, near Front Street, until street work begins in earnest after Labor Day.
According to City Manager Bob Francis, the city Urban Renewal Agency is scheduled to take action Monday on Crestline's $4.4 million bid on the project.
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Our last drive of the year was made extra special because a very gracious invite to visit one of our fellow owners wonderful private collection.
The day started well before dawn, with Old Baillie & I meeting in the usual spot at the top of Laurel Canyon, and driving the ridge of Mulholland to the Lux in total darkness. We met up with Mark there, then the raced up to the top of Topanga to catch the dawn, but the only band of clouds we've seen in a fortnight managed to obscure it. Unfazed we zipped on to a fortifying breakfast at the Marmalade. By the time we came out the clouds had vanished and California's wonderful winter weather returned to its normal beautiful self for our run down the coast to the airfield where botofogo's collection is spread through three hangers. The cars are all quite unique, and many of them have a pedigree or provenance that sets them apart from their contemporaries. By all means feel free to ask questions, and I'll make sure to get answers for you on everything.


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Sunday, 20 May 2012
One down two to go - Cocorico April
April was Charise's month and she chose houses as her theme. Much to my delight, as it may be no secret that I love paper pieced house blocks! Here's what I came up with.
There's a fair bit of spring cleaning going on inside this white picket fenced house. I wish those lovely ladies would come round my home sometime.
One down, two more to go!
Have a lovely Sunday,
Leila x
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oh it looks beautiful! i love the 3D effect of the fence. i am sure charise will LOVE this!ReplyDelete
oh, look at the picket fence!! So cute! You created such a cool illusion of depth, and those ladies cleaning are fun!ReplyDelete
I didn't really understand the houses thing but now I do! It's magical:-)ReplyDelete
Can't tell you how much I admire both your design skill and your precise sewing! After tackling little triangles on my last house block (a Kumiko Fujita one from Patchwork 318), I had about given up on triangles, but you've inspred me to try again. I see that it really is possible to end up with three points on each triangle ;)ReplyDelete
love the spring cleaning going on. very cute house!ReplyDelete
Fantastic! The fabric you select for your pieces, spot on :-)ReplyDelete
Great looking block! Very cool use of the fabric prints =DReplyDelete
You can't beat a house with cleaners!!ReplyDelete
Perfect x
Very efficient wee women! Could have done with them here this weekend...ReplyDelete
Oh SO cute! Can I get the pattern from you?ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing a piece of your life! I really enjoyed your blog. More power to you!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Love those cleaning ladies!ReplyDelete
This is seriously one of the cutest houses ever!! I want to live in the house!ReplyDelete
Such a delightful block- love so many things- the fence, the button, the busy ladies- adorable!ReplyDelete


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A full moon rose over the quiet surf town of Encinitas, California and slowly the shred heads came a howlin' into town for the world premiere of Absinthe Films', More. One by one they were lining up outside La Paloma theater and next thing you know it was a full-blown snow top prize (better word)
I talked to Absinthe's Patrick Armbruster, got my ticket, got inside, grabbed a seat and it was on. Take tight shots of Travis Rice, Gigi Ruf, and Nicolas Mueller slaying pillow lines, film it on a wire follow cam system, and put it to the transcendental sound of Pink Floyd, and you've stoked out even the most clueless snow bunny in the theater. At least that seemed to be the general consensus from all the hootin' and hollerin' going on.
The real breakthrough was the wire follow cams. I can't imagine how much time and money they spent to setting those things up, but it was the sweetest thing I've seen since sliced bread—awesome.
After the movie it was off to the bar. Gigi showed, Trice was chillin'. Kurt Wastell, Chris Coulter and a bunch of New Mexicans were taking shots, Matty Ryan and Justin Bennee were kickin' it, the Laser Gun Kids were in the house, Satellite was representin', the Richards showed, and I even saw the Flying Tomato hanging around outside. You should have been there, but since you weren't, check out the slideshow of pics from the night's madness.


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'Should I Quit My Job?' – 11 Critical Questions To Ask Yourself
"Should I quit my job?" has been playing in your mind far too often lately, hasn't it?
It takes courage to quit especially when you aren't even sure what you really want.
Most of us have been there. The signs maybe pointing to having to quit your job but you just aren't sure.
What are some of the criteria you should put on your list when you think you want to quit your job?
1. Have You Served For At Least Two Years?
When you ask, "Should I quit my job?" my first question back to you would be, "Have you served at least two years in this current company?" My two year rule is based on the rationale it takes at least 24 months before you can get into the system of a company before you start to really impress and make a solid contribution.
For the first six months you are likely to get on board, the next six, figure out the people, process, systems, and then you have the next 12 months to start making solid contributions. If you have at least served that long, it's fair to ask "Should I quit my job?" and consider quitting when there is a trigger for that thought.
2. What Experience Do You Have?
Of course there are exceptions to this two year rule, for example, you know deep inside you just made the wrong choice of company. Work is totally different from what you had expected. My personal experience? Jumping from an advertising agency to a software company! I did not even ask anyone else "Should I quit my job?"
3. Have You Tried To Reclaim Your Job?
Is the nature of your job changing? Not in the way your role has changed, in the way everything has remained the same but demands have increased with fewer resources. You are just drained. In which case, have you tried to manage those demands?
Do you have the same job or more responsibilities, but are given fewer resources? Have you tried to increase them? If you have and there is nothing the management is doing, perhaps it is time to rethink your situation. Then, it is not a question of capability but capacity. There is only so much a person can do.
4. Have You Tried To Rediscover Your Passion For Your Job?
When you are thinking "Should I quit my job?" – is it a question of being mentally tired and perhaps even a little bored with your current job? Maybe it is still challenging, it's one of those equivalent to a "seven year itch" phenomenon. You just want a change for the sake of a change? If that is the case, then you need to rediscover your career passion. Ask yourself if this is truly why you feel the way you feel – change for the sake of changing.
Then what you need is not to quit.
It is to rediscover your passion.
5. Are You Happy With Other Aspects Of Your Life?
If you are unhappy with other aspects of your life, it is easy to blame it on work. Think if you are unhappy with other aspects of your life. Are you using work as an easy target?
Do not expect work to bring you happiness if other aspects of your life are just plain unhappy.Quitting your job in this case will not work. Be certain it is work unhappiness nudging you to quit.
6. Is Work The Only Thing In Your Life?
Related to the above, you absolutely have nothing else in your life but work. You have no social life, you do not like any form of exercise, you have no religious inclination, and you do not even have a hobby. Do you hate the balance you have now?
7. Do You Work Under Toxic Leaders And Stupid Bosses?
Many people out there quit because of their bosses – specifically, stupid bosses that provide toxic leadership. They aren't mutually exclusive. If you work under these types of bosses, then you have one big reason to quit. There is no need to fight the boss or attempt to change the boss or the leadership. Business isn't a democracy and people do not change easily. The wiser way is to seek greener pasture.
Is the culture draining your energy? If leadership fails, you can almost be sure the culture will be bad too. Colleagues are not close, bosses fight against each other; it's just a cutthroat and back-stabbing environment. If that is the case, do not attempt to swim against it. No matter how hard you try, how positive you are, you are just going to fail. Quitting may only be the answer.
8. Is Your Work Is No Longer Challenging?
You know you have more experience than is required for the job. The work is no longer challenging for you and you get a feeling that you are rotting at work. It is even difficult to get clear goals, you have no proper feedback and you have lost control of how work progresses within your roles and responsibilities. There seems to be a breakdown somewhere and you cannot seem to pinpoint it, even after discussing it with your immediate superior.
So much so, even with a job description – you are no longer clear about your role and responsibilities. When that happens and you ask "Should I quit my job?" the answer is likely to be "Yes."
9. Are You Underpaid?
You have done your research and you know you are under paid. You have been asking for a pay raise but all you get are excuses. You know the company is doing well and others are getting an equitable increment except for you. Then it is time to leave.
10. Can You Afford To Quit?
Of course, you need to ask, can you afford to do so? Assuming money is tight and you have a lot of financial obligations, your best plan maybe is to stick it out until you get an offer.
11.Is There A Better Offer?
Hey, if there is a better offer and you have answered the questions above sincerely, the answer to "Should I quit my job?" is a resounding, "Yes."
These 11 questions are a guide to help you answer the question "Should I quit my job?" It should help you discover insights into yourself.
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Yankees, Marlins warm up, but finale rained out
TAMPA, Fla. -- Saturday's Grapefruit League finale between the Yankees and the Marlins at George M. Steinbrenner Field was cancelled due to rain.
Both teams warmed up for the contest, which was scheduled to have Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova face Marlins right-hander Tom Koehler before both clubs prepare to begin their respective regular seasons.
"We just didn't want to mess around; what's the point?" said Marlins manager Mike Redmond, whose shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria was back in the lineup after missing four games with a groin strain.
The tarp was on the field for a pregame ceremony in which Yankees hurler Masahiro Tanaka was presented with the 2014 James P. Dawson Award, given to the top rookie in camp as voted upon by the Yankees' beat writers.
Skies appeared to be clearing before an on-field presentation honoring Derek Jeter, who was presented with the key to the city of Tampa, but a downpour prompted the cancellation of the game about 10 minutes after the scheduled first pitch.
"It was pouring out," Jeter said. "They were laughing at the video from my rookie ball season; I was a little skinnier. A lot of guys were laughing at that. Unfortunately it was kind of quick because of the weather."
The Yankees will travel to Houston to open the regular season against the Astros on Tuesday. The Marlins will have their Opening Day on Monday night against the Rockies in Miami.
Saturday's game will not be rescheduled, but tickets can be refunded.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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Cheryl Cole: 'Habemus Papam' Premiere at Cannes!
Cheryl Cole wears a daring dropped v-neck gown on the red carpet at the premiere of Habemus Papam at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival held at the Palais des Festivals on Friday (May 13) in Cannes, France.
The 27-year-old British entertainer was recently confirmed as one of the four judges on the American version of The X Factor, which will start this September on FOX.
Last weekend, Cheryl joined fellow judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and L.A. Reid for the first round of auditions.
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Angelina Jolie: World Refugee Day Press Conference in Jordan
Angelina Jolie sits in front of an audience at a press conference to mark World Refugee Day in Al-Zaatari Refugee Camp for Syrian refugees on Thursday (June 20) near Mafraq, Jordan.
The 38-year-old actress and UNHCR Special Envoy was joined at the front table by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
"I appeal to the world leaders – please, set aside your differences, unite to end the violence, and make diplomacy succeed," Angelina said at the event (via the New York Daily News).
Earlier in the week, Angelina met with some refugees and listened to their stories.


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Cloud, analytics, mobile, and new communications capabilities are ushering in a new period of industry disruption. Most CEOs in the high-tech industry are making major commitments to the digital technologies that are transforming business.
But Accenture analysis reveals that the vast majority of the world's leading technology companies are not currently translating these digital investments into better financial performance, and importantly, new business growth.
To better understand how companies are positioned to reinvent their business using digital, Accenture examined the digital performance of 55 of the largest companies in high-tech, and identified leading practices from companies that coupled digital and financial success—the Digital High Performers.
Using a systematic, data-driven approach, Accenture has assessed the digital performance of high-tech companies, from an 'outside in' perspective, focusing on capabilities across four business areas: PLAN, MAKE, SELL and MANAGE.
Our analysis found that although the high-tech industry has long been a catalyst for digital disruption in many industries, its overall Digital Performance score of 2.8 on the four-point scale indicates that the digital journey of many companies is lagging relative to the degree of disruption that is occurring in the industry. For example, 60% of high-tech companies have survived in the past without building up digital capabilities and only 9% of companies have achieved 'digital high performance'.
By contrast, the Digital High Performers – those that have managed to combine digital and financial success – posted an average score of 3.2. They excel in the use of digital technologies and tools across all aspects of their business.
To win in the changing industry landscape, high-tech incumbents need to accelerate the renewal of their core business while investing in building new platforms and "as-a-service" business models.
The PLAN dimension reflects whether companies see digital trends impacting the business, plan strategies and budgets for digitization, act decisively on digital, and take a leading role in digital development in their industry rather than reacting to it.
Our analysis found that when it comes to digital performance, overall high-tech companies excel at planning, and over 79% have a Chief Digital Officer or equivalent.
Acting early on disruptive trends is critical
For a high-tech company to be a Digital High Performer, seeing and acting on new digital trends must be integral to its strategy. The accelerating trend toward "as a service" business models" is a prime example.
Cloud, analytics and automation architectures behind "as a service" accelerate innovation, reduce costs and grow revenue.
Enabled by these plug-in, scalable, consumption-based services, high-tech companies can achieve significant, measurable business outcomes.
Our new perspective, A New High-Tech Industry is Born, looks at the capabilities required to manage this large scale change. For more information visit www.accenture.com/high-tech.
Our analysis reveals that high-tech companies are more advanced in the deployment of digital capabilities in design, build and run activities (MAKE) than they are in digital adoption in the SELL or MANAGE aspects of their business. For example, over 68% openly use crowd sourcing for idea generation.
Digital High Performers are leaders in digital product and service innovation that unlocks new revenue streams.
The digital world calls for changes that extend beyond the traditional borders of the enterprise and involves an entire ecosystem of partners, customers and suppliers.
As the product release cycles change from 12 to 18 months to continuous delivery, R&D can no longer be separated from enterprise infrastructure.
When all this is properly planned and executed, it will improve the way companies can innovate and manage costs and ultimately increase returns on R&D investment.
Are you making the right investments in digital to fuel high performance in Research and Design?
Accenture Product Lifecycle Services can help our clients create new revenue generating business models to designing efficient manufacturing operations that can deliver value-making innovation to market at lower costs. For more information visit www.accenture.com/PLS.
The SELL dimension of Digital Performance reflects the extent to which companies engage customers through digital means, sell through multiple integrated channels and serve customers with a seamless experience post-sale or subscription.
Our analyst found that while 82% of high-tech companies allow customers to view and comment on products/services via the company's own users' forum, overall the digital performance of high-tech companies in "SELL" capabilities is weaker relative to their 'PLAN' and 'MAKE' capabilities.
Digital capabilities are critical to sales and service enablement.
Digital High Performers are digitally enabling customer experience management by anticipating customer needs and desires.
Companies that are already providing cloud-based services have a clear advantage as they can monitor how their service is being used, determine how to cross- and up-sell their services, and improve the customer lifetime value for the company.
Digital investment in sales and channel spend that is tightly aligned with overall business strategies for growth can improve customer engagement, bolster sales productivity, and lift revenue.
Accenture Sales and Channel Services presents a compelling, and in many cases, self-funded opportunity to help clients accelerate profitable sales growth. For further information visit www.accenture.com/salesgrowth.
When it comes to embracing digital in renewing and managing the corporate culture and internal operations, high-tech companies are facing significant challenges (as indicated by a low overall average score of 2.4 out of 4 in the MANAGE dimension). And for those companies that are ready to move to "as a service" business models, there are direct and immediate impacts on corporate culture and operations.
Digital's disruptive impact on the enterprise is forcing companies, organizations, and governments to reimagine traditional functions— everything that drives a connected enterprise across business functions. For example, while 86% of High-Tech companies indicate that they continuously assess their cyber security, only 55% are open about hosting special initiatives to stress test their digital capabilities.
Digital High Performers are more advanced in digitally transforming their corporate culture and internal operations. With efficient, digital processes in place, employees have more time for innovation and tackling higher-level priorities.
Digital High Performers distinguish themselves by focusing on:
Digital High Performers are not only leaders in digital performance; they also demonstrate superior financial performance and shareholder value. This underscores the importance of having a thorough understanding of how digital disruption is transforming the high-tech industry and the ability to clearly articulate business strategies and associated digital initiatives that will most benefit the company in a digital future.
The Accenture Digital Performance Index is a cross-industry assessment framework developed by Accenture. It is based on a comprehensive review of publicly available information contained in investor materials (annual reports, financial filings, presentations, etc.), articles, interviews and corporate websites, to check for evidence of digital enablement in specific activities and metrics within each of four business dimensions: PLAN, MAKE, SELL, MANAGE.
A scale of one to four was used to rate company performance on each activity. A score of four indicates very strong evidence was found, while a score of one indicates no evidence was found.
The high-tech industry assessment was conducted during the November 2015 to January 2016 period and included 55 of the largest industry companies globally. Based on the aggregate company scores, Accenture identified the top 25 percent of high-tech companies making significant progress in their digital capabilities, which we designate as Digital High Performers.